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Christopher. After the battle, Zoƫ offers herself to Simon for him to turn into a vampire for companionship. He refuses and, seeking the peace he has been unable to get since his transformation, decides to end his life now that his revenge is complete. Simon spends his final hours with Zoƫ; they have
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of their mother and his vampirism; hence, he wants retribution against his brother. Prior to Simon's revelations, Lorraine was almost killed by
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vampire who was turned since he was a nineteen-year-old youth. During the story, Zoƫ's mother is in hospital dying from cancer. Zoƫ and Simon come to terms with their own mortality and the loss of their loved ones through their growing relationship and their battle with an evil vampire named
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and has been successful by its own merits. Klause has been said to have successfully integrated "gory details" into a "sensuous and suspenseful story". The novel has been cited in the psychology journal
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with her father and stepmother, leaving Zoƫ completely alone. On the news, there are reports of women being killed in Zoƫ's area, whose throats are slashed and drained of blood.
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inadvertently saved her friend's life by interfering. Skeptical, Zoƫ allows Simon to feed upon her in a controlled manner to prove his claims.
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versions. The novel was Klause's first; it was published on
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