It Was A Brutal Picture,

Be Yourself-- Matthew Clairmont. Complete With Your Sharp Vampire Teeth And Your Scary Mother, Your Test Tubes Full Of Blood And Your Dna, Your Infuriating Bossiness And Your Maddening Sense Of Smell.

If The Butterfly Wings Its Way To The Sweet Light That Attracts It, It's Only Because It Doesn't Know That The Fire Can Consume It.

The Plain Truth Is That The Period I Study Is The 16th Century, And They Were Absolutely Obsessed With Witches And Spiritual Beings.

I'd Studied 16th Century Science And Magic. I Thought It Was Strange That People Were Interested In The Same Kinds Of Things My Research Was About. The More I Thought About It, The More Intriguing It Became And Pretty Soon I Was Writing A Novel About A Reluctant Witch And A 1500-year-old Vampire.

You Persist In This Romantic Vision Of What It Is To Be A Vampire, But Despite My Best Efforts To Curb It I Have A Taste For Blood.