Chapter One
Lightning Strikes
Scooter’s hopes sank when the aluminium boat’s motor
shuddered and died. The summer day had gone wrong early. If
this young writer had crafted the story of today—a glorious
reunion with friends who survived a vampire—it would have
turned out better.

Nothing compared to confronting the undead, but a
thunderstorm could be just as deadly, especially when caught
adrift in the middle of Lake Tawakoni, along ‘Tornado Alley’ in
northern Texas.
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Chapter Two
Stranded
The three friends looked at each other, torn over what to do. “Y’all just can’t sit there!” Kristie cried.

“The hail will kill you before you can get there!” Scooter yelled over the din of the ice chunks crashing on the dock.

“It can’t be Shade! You saw him turned to dust! And if he wasn’t, it’s still daylight!” Russell shouted.

“Ya call this daylight?! It’s as black as night, darker now than sunset that day!” Kristie’s words froze them. The stormy gloom might be dark enough. A bitterly cold wind sheared under the dock. The gusts whistled like banshees.
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