“Decades of time pass without change. One day bleeds into the next. They flow as a slow procession of memory and regret that becomes static and unchanging, until life is just existing. And suddenly you find yourself in an alley, face-to-face with a beautiful, brazen, bold vampire and she infuses your world with color and light. One breath of time, and you realize you have been living in monochrome and shadow. One night was all it took to change my life.”

