My Roommate Is a Vampire

The chapter opens with a news story about a recent increase in blood bank break-ins. The only clue left behind at the most recent robbery site is a long, satin glove.

Cassie wakes up alone in Frederick’s room, remembering that after midnight he had left the room with an apology, as he is nocturnal. Cassie is wrapped in Frederick’s bedsheets, which he finds attractive. He kisses her and tells her that he will be shirtless more often, as he can smell when she is aroused, which happens frequently when he’s shirtless. She wants to be intimate with him again, but she has to go to work at the library for the morning shift.

At work, Cassie helps her boss Marcie run the “Paint Your Favorite Book Setting” event for the kids. One child asks if he’s allowed to include his favorite character in his painting, and Cassie tells him that art has no rules, and he should do what he loves.

Cassie returns home and finds Frederick arguing with his mother, Edwina. She listens at the door as Edwina shouts at Frederick about his cavorting with a human woman and refusal of Esmeralda’s gifts. Cassie walks in the door and interrupts them. Edwina appraises Cassie and again criticizes Cassie for being a human, though she promises not to eat her.