Here I am, Rowan Radley,
smallish in stature, pale, skinny.
An observer of life and a lover of boys from afar.
I spend a lot of my time asking why.
Why was I born now and not some other time?
And why here?
My mother, Helen.
Prepping for my dad's, Peter's, birthday party.
She's probably scheduled every minute,
printed it out, put it in a plastic envelope
next to all the other plastic envelopes
about the schedules and to-do lists,
all the bread making courses, keep-fit classes,
pony club, PTA.
And that's Clara.
My strange, pale sister,
vomiting constantly since she turned vegan.
At this point, I have no idea what fate
lies waiting in my blood.
All I know is I'm a freak.
Hope he's gonna talk to people.
I think if he actually talks to people,
they'll like him even less.
Hello, Helen!
Lorna!
You didn't have to bring anything.
Really, you didn't. I've cooked.
It's nothing, Hel.
It's just a tiny noodle salad
with marinated chicken and chili and lime dressing.
It's her signature dish.
Hi, Clara.
You look nice.
A bit pale.
That's your new vegan look, I suppose.
We brought Tilly.
She's over there somewhere with your brother.
Come on, she'd love to hang out with you.
Mark, shabbily.
So, where's Peter then?
Birthday boy.
He can't be 47.
He's so
firm-looking.
Don't be scared. I don't bite.
Unless people ask really nicely.
Nice one.
Oh, jeez!
Stealing booze from the Radleys?
Yeah, supplies for the real party.
Up the field by the abbey, just teenagers.
Imagine Glastonbury.
Nice.
Then imagine something much smaller
with no bands and much less good.
Right.
I'll get some more.
Oh, thanks.
- Sup. - Yo.
So you into him or what?
The new boy.
- Evan? - Mm.
No.
That'd be like kissing my brother.
No, we're just friends. He's kind of innocent.
I know.
And so pretty.
Watch and learn.
- Here you go. - What's up?
Evan, you're all washed and brushed.
Thanks.
Wait, am I intruding?
No, of course not.
This guy can tell you some awesome things about physics,
if that's what you're into.
Come on, let's go.
- Is it? - Hm?
What are you into?
Can we please?
Yeah, yeah.
Who's that? Is that Steve Harper?
That's Stuart Harper.
Oh, and look, he's on his way over.
Awesome.
The guy's a sporting legend, Clara.
- Aye, aye. - All right.
- How are we? - Good.
Good?
Good, good, good.
Awesome party.
Just awesome.
Wait, guys. Look.
Yeah, could you not, mate?
Could you not? Then you...
Yeah, you're just about to bend the arms all the way back.
- Oh, sorry. - Yeah, all right.
Good man. Good stuff.
Hm.
Oh. - Mm.
- Right. - Yeah.
Sure.
- Yeah, mm-hm, mm. - Mm, mm-hm.
I'm going back.
Ah, right.
Well, maybe you could just have a drink.
I'll come with you.
No, it's fine.
You're busy.
No, it's all right. I'll walk you back.
I'm not five years old. - No, no, no.
You don't know what's lurking about in the woods,
and you don't wanna get bitten, do you?
By what?
Erm, you know, like a badger?
Hm.
Yeah, I think I'll take my chances.
I'll see you, Evan.
Evan?
Oh my God!
Oh, mate.
You're even more of a freak than normal.
I'm not a freak.
Look, I feel shit. I just wanna go home.
All right, I'm sorry. I am.
Look.
I just thought we could
you know, get to know each other.
What?
Yeah, just like...
I don't know, like a little bit better.
- I'm sorry! - It's fine. It's fine.
You can make it up to me.
All right?
Look, it's all right. We don't have to kiss.
What? Come on.
You're being weird.
All right.
It's all right. Come on.
Calm down, all right?
Hey!
God, you're strong, aren't you?
Calm down.
It's all right. It's all right!
It's all right, I won't bite!
You're the rabbit, I'm the wolf!
I see you! Run, rabbit, run!
Fine, it's fine, it's fine.
Please! Please let me go!
Shut up!
Wait, wait.
It's okay.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Oh, I think that's your dad.
Evan!
I have to go.
What, are you serious?
Yeah, yeah.
He has problems with anxiety and loud noises
and lots of things.
I'll see you later.
Do you want to end up like your mother?
Do you?
I'm trying to keep us safe here!
I told you.
What's wrong?
Oh my God! Here.
Oh!
Oh, my little girl!
It's all right. We're here.
Mommy and Daddy are here.
Fuck!
No.
Is there really an alternative?
God only knows what he weighs. We could carry him.
Are you listening to yourself?
A few metals. That's all it would take, Peter.
Helen!
Helen, this is not you speaking. This is the behavior.
You are acting out, and you know where this ends.
Hm?
Come back.
I'm sorry.
I'm so fucking triggered.
It's like an ache.
Do the breathing thing.
Quickly, upstairs.
Paintballing.
Mustn't let it stain.
Sorry, could someone please tell me
what the hell is going on?
What's the matter with her?
She killed a boy at your school.
She what?
Wait, is that actual blood on those clothes?
Oh my God. Was there an accident?
What's happened?
Your sister killed Stuart Harper.
It's quite a lot to take in.
You must have one or two questions.
Mom, what have I done?
It's not your fault.
I couldn't stop.
No, it's compulsive.
What is?
Dad?
Helen?
I wish we'd done it earlier.
We did our best.
God, where was the roadmap for this?
We did our best.
Are we adopted? What is this?
You're not adopted.
Clara.
Clara, my little love, listen to me.
When you went vegan, it had an effect on you.
It made you particularly vulnerable
to certain cravings, okay?
All that's happened tonight is
you acted like what you are.
What am I, mom?
You're a vampire.
We all are.
It's a family disease.
Is this a metaphor?
It's plain, biological truth.
We've wanted to live as normal a life as possible.
The lives of most vampires are dissolute, horrifying.
Most vampires?
Your mother and I made a choice.
And we chose sobriety.
We're in recovery.
We are what's known as abstainers.
Now they know.
Am I gonna do a thing like...
whatever she just did?
No.
It's not impossible.
What?
Oh my God.
You irresponsible, selfish...
Oh, no.
Why the fuck did you even have us?
No, Rowan. We wanted you.
We wanted you, our babies.
To love.
Anyhow, there's the old book,
and the program itself.
The steps.
And there's a helpline you can call.
And there's also an app with affirmations,
but it's a bit crap, to be honest.
What else can I tell you?
It's nonsense about reflections,
but it is actually true about garlic.
But I like garlic.
It kicks in after you've first been
active.
And, yeah, okay, it's true,
you lose some things if you aren't active,
but you gain some things too.
What do you lose?
Certain abilities. Mind control sort of thing.
I don't kill people.
Once you've been clean for long enough,
you have morals like everyone else.
It comes back, morality.
What a relief.
I'm a doctor, Rowan.
I chose a very different path.
You made us.
You made killers.
How could you do that?
It's very late. Get some sleep.
Just don't say anything, okay?
Who are you calling?
You know who I'm calling.
Oh, God.
Okay, he can help.
Please be rational about this.
Will.
Yes, it has.
Yeah, yeah, you were right.
I know.
She's a bit stressed at the moment, to be honest.
So, how soon can you come?
Great. Great.
Okay.
Okay, I'll see you tomorrow.
It's a Saturday morning, so we're having breakfast.
We just need to seem normal, do normal things.
Well, I'm meeting and Evan, so I should get ready.
I thought you were a woke vegan.
Piss off, Rowan.
Clara!
You are not allowed to talk that way!
You both lied to me my entire life.
You can all fuck off.
Will.
Long time.
I know.
So, you gonna invite me in then?
Oh!
Of course.
I invite you into my home.
So, how are you?
Fantastic.
Really?
Yeah, really. Why wouldn't I be?
Is that home?
I tend to think of it as freedom.
So, this charming little nook is where you live.
Yes.
Ah.
Helen's sense of composition always was unique.
And there she is.
Helen, you've not changed a bit.
Don't be ridiculous.
I'll make some coffee.
Someone here?
Rowan.
This is my brother, your uncle, Will.
What?
Could I borrow your bicycle just for the morning?
Sure.
Hello.
It's no good.
Get him out of here.
What? Do you want her daughter to go to prison
for the rest of her life?
Helen, I have to go to work.
They didn't mention you had an uncle?
No.
Why didn't they tell me?
Step four.
"We undertake to sever contacts
with all active vampires in our lives."
They've only just told you what you are.
Well, then I'd have been a bit tricky to explain before now.
You freaked out. Don't be.
This is the start of an infinitely pleasurable
existence for you.
You still do it.
Do you?
Blood?
Absolutely.
You murder people
Only sometimes.
I mean, it's not always necessary.
Nicer if not, because
the bloody bureaucracy always gets in the way.
Why not just stop all of it?
'Cause drinking blood is pure bliss.
Bureaucracy?
Murder investigations, et cetera. Yawn.
They take that so seriously, the police.
You gonna eat that?
You're not very like Dad, are you?
Not anymore, no.
- All right. - Yeah.
- I trust you. - Yeah, you should.
It's gonna look good.
I bet you chose something way fresher.
Mm-hm.
Anyhow, ready for the big reveal?
Whoa!
Where are you gonna wear it, the village pub?
It's the exact same shade.
You knew it.
No, I just think the boys in our year might die.
What, you set an alarm to go home?
But how would you dad even know if you're home anyway?
He's on his laptop ranting most of the time.
He wasn't always like that.
Used to be a policeman.
Very respectable.
Evan, I'm sorry.
I just don't want you to go.
Sometimes I think if other people knew what a freak I am,
they'd scream and run away.
I know what you mean.
With the greatest respect, my friend,
your family's normal.
I mean, your mother bakes.
We were normal once.
When mom was around.
breakfast together, hugs, love.
My dad used to do this cute thing every morning
when I went to school.
So I knew we were always together.
That's sweet.
Yeah.
Do you wanna know what he's always ranting about?
Vampires.
Thinks there's vampires everywhere.
Well, that's pretty weird.
Yeah.
Come on, let's go home.
And I'll flirt with that hot barista guy
and get us free bubble tea on the way.
You do you.
Fits like a glove. Nice and snug.
This is the map,
with the woods and the boathouse and everything.
Peter's marked it all out, highlighted things.
Course he has. What's the X for?
Oh, I'm guessing it's the abandoned corpse of a teenage boy.
Got it.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Yeah.
Dad, come on.
Fuck! Bloody daylight.
Have you done it?
Yeah.
Thank you.
You're all right. Wanna come in?
Excuse the smell. Smells of me.
I should get on, really.
Been entertaining?
Ah, nothing special, just a couple mates.
Can I ask you something?
Hm?
How long has it been since you last relaxed?
I relax.
What are you talking about? I relax.
You're blushing.
No, I'm not.
Little bit of color in your cheeks.
Oh, just fuck off, would you, Will?
And there she is.
Thought you got yourself lost in this shitty place.
Got yourself sealed up in one of your plastic envelopes.
It's not shitty.
This is the town I live in.
That's my home, my family, Will!
Do you remember that time I made you...
- No. - Scream out so loud that-
I don't remember any of it and neither do you.
I do, though.
I think about it.
All the time.
Look, I didn't come here for this.
Are you sure?
We need your help with Clara, Will.
Just until the fallout's all dealt with, then you go.
I don't want you to be in any doubt.
Doubt?
No place for doubt in this town.
All wearing their fleece sweaters,
all comfortably certain about their lives.
Like you.
Yeah, okay. I'm gonna go.
School boy Stuart Harper
has been reported missing since Friday night.
The police asking for members of public to be in touch
with any information relating to his whereabouts .
Well, it's usually someone they know.
- Is that right? - Mm-hm.
That doesn't mean he's dead.
He could just be missing.
If they don't get found in 24 hours,
odds are they're dead.
Oh my gosh.
Weird thing is...
Mm-hm?
And I shouldn't be talking about this, really, but
there's no sign of a struggle anywhere.
No CCTV.
Just vanished.
- So weird. - Mm-hm.
Is rioja nice with a curry, or do we need something white?
You can take that down, can't you?
If you're eating meat again.
So crazy about Stuart Harper.
What if there's a murderer still out there?
Well, if there is, I'm sure they'll get caught.
You really think so?
Mm-hm. Totally.
The police are awesome.
Well, don't get my dad on that subject.
Never found my mom.
Ugh. My uncle Will's got Rowan into all this old people music.
And it's so cringe.
People started making music on computers
for a reason, you know!
Does Rowan date?
That is single most revolting idea I've ever heard.
Do you want some ice cream?
Oh, yes, please.
Yeah.
No, no, I love this.
My mom used to play this.
Cool photos.
You took these?
Ages ago.
What's this for?
I use it to take photographs.
It's honestly nothing.
What's inside this?
Can I see?
I mean, if you want.
It's all from one drop of blood.
Wow .
It's just a dorky sort of art project.
I seriously need to get out more, right?
What's it about?
It's just...
There's this feeling I get.
It's like sometimes I lie in the grass outside
when it's dark and quiet,
and I can feel the whole town sleeping,
I can feel everyone in it,
and I can feel the whole world.
And suddenly there's no difference between you and me
and the sea and the trees,
all the cells in one drop of blood
and all the stars in the sky.
What?
Evan?
Yeah.
You coming?
Yeah.
Come in.
Lorna!
So, how can I help you?
Well, I've been feeling a bit faint, actually.
All week.
It's often when I stand up.
Blood pressure by the sounds of things.
It's a bit fiddly.
It's one of these old manual ones.
There we are.
Well, normal.
Oh.
Look.
I, um...
I suppose it could be low iron.
Hm?
We could do some tests.
Blood tests?
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Just keep your arm straight.
All right.
This is a tourniquet.
Clench your hands a couple of times.
Like that?
You have such lovely veins.
Gosh, no one's ever said that before.
Right, just a sharp scratch.
Going to do three of these.
There we are.
Don't take all of it.
Clara!
So why did Stuart come after you?
Why do boys walk after girls in fields at parties.
So he walked after you, and what did he say?
I tried to let him down gently, but...
What?
He started to cry.
I mean, he was drunk.
It was so awful.
Have you ever had a boy cry over you?
It was humiliating for him.
Anyway, he cried, and then he just went off.
Off where?
Back to the party.
Yes, the thing is, Clara,
no one saw him at the party after you left.
Oh.
Well, that's weird.
Yeah, you should look into that.
Clara's very upset about Stuart going missing.
No, I'm not.
People always do that when someone dies.
I'm not pretending he was a saint.
Dies?
What?
You said, "When someone dies."
It's beeping.
The tumble dryer.
Will, please. The police are interviewing Clara.
It's gone wrong.
Am I hearing this?
Please. Will. Just come and do it.
I thought it was transgressive,
manipulative and unethical.
Look, I was a high-minded bitch when I was young.
Now here we all are in middle age!
Please, just help.
Oh, we're just in the middle of asking
a few questions, actually.
Yes.
Would it be possible for you to wait outside, sir?
No.
I'm sorry, I can't do that.
Clara Radley knows absolutely nothing
about that boy.
Oh.
Really?
Not a thing.
In fact, if this case comes up in the future,
you're gonna find it highly amusing.
Gosh, well,
in that case, we mustn't waste any more of your time.
I do apologize, Mr. And Mrs. Radley.
Clara...
It must have been a mistake.
We'll let you get on.
I'll show you out.
Whoa!
I mean, that was literally so close.
It was so sick.
Thank you.
So do you, like, have a job?
I'm a fucking academic, I'll have you know.
English literature.
On sabbatical, sort of.
Is it amazing?
Is what amazing?
Oh, you mean drinking someone else's blood.
It's so fucking good
there are no words to make you understand.
Better than sex?
Yeah, better than sex.
Have you had sex?
No.
Not even with that little friend of your big sisters?
What?
The way you stare at him.
I'd have eaten him whole by now.
Oh, no thanks. I'm fine with this.
Should we get the hell out of here?
You okay?
You look lovely.
In my PJS?
Helen, what's happened to us?
I know.
We used to...
All the time.
I know we did.
Before work, even.
Peter it's really, really late.
God.
He'll wake up the whole street,
Gone out for sex, probably.
Seven.
11.
He'll take over.
This is my son.
11.
Yeah.
12.
I think you've made a mistake.
My apologies, sir.
21.
Let's go spend it.
So who do you want?
Huh?
That one?
Boys, girls, the world's a feast of pleasures,
ready for anyone who dares help themselves first.
Mm. Hey!
You've been drinking.
You can tell your uncle you're not allowed to drink, okay?
He's not here to set a bad example.
Bad example?
At at least he's not so obsessed with fitting in
he's just invisible.
He's not your dad.
Well, I wish he was.
Stuart!
Hi darling. I'm back.
Just having a bath!
Can I bring you a glass of wine?
I've already got one.
Okay.
Nevermind.
Will?
Am I imagining this?
Yeah.
But I'm helping.
These are the rules.
You can say anything you want.
You can look.
But you just can't touch.
But it's not real.
I'm not really being...
Shh, shh, shh, shh.
It's our secret, okay?
What you did with the police,
the way they just did what you told them.
You liked that?
Yeah.
You sometimes wish I could do the same to you?
Yes.
Mom, when's supper?
Dad's cooking!
God, can't you?
No! I've...
I've got my book club.
Oh, I'll get some chips.
Pete.
Mm-hm. Your husband?
What are you doing?
Kissing my wife.
Are you drunk? What's happened to you?
No, I just feel good, that's all.
Good?
Yeah, good.
Do you remember that?
And you look so hot in these jeans.
Have you been drinking blood?
What?
Don't be ridiculous.
I'm not gonna just go and use
and escalate the craving again.
What, after all this time, that would be insane.
Okay.
Look, I have to go.
You are gonna make supper, aren't you?
Mm-hm.
They smell good.
Are you going out?
Just walking.
Cheers.
Is everything...
No, not really.
I know everything with your dad's not...
well, if there's anything that...
what I mean is, if there's ever something,
anything at all...
I...
Thank you.
Was there something you wanted to say?
When Clara came in?
I can't remember.
Oh well.
I'll see ya.
Idiot.
Uncle Will?
How can I help?
Oh...
I've got some information about the Stuart Harper case.
I'm an ex-policeman, so...
Clara Radley's fingerprints that quite clearly...
He's here...
He's here about...
Clara Radley!
From what I heard, the money was hers.
He just pretends he's made it, and she let him.
Some more wine, Helen?
Well, are we gonna get around to the book?
Always the worst moment in a book club
that these things have to be faced.
Hold on.
We haven't mentioned the most shocking thing of all.
Stuart Harper.
Oh, no doubt.
It's so horrible.
I saw his mom, Juliette,
in the supermarket the other day.
Like a ghost she was.
To lose a child.
And she's just had a new baby, too,
hasn't she?
Course she has. Poor woman.
Single mom, too.
No. Is she?
On her own?
Helen?
I...
I'm so sorry.
I think I left the...
I forgot to...
So is that the fiery act of conversion?
Yeah. It's when a vampire kills
but then transforms a victim.
Transforms? How?
You can save a victim's life
by feeding them your blood,
and they'll change from human to vampire,
Which leads to the everlasting chains of enthrallment.
Yeah, the everlasting chains
mean the human victim would always crave
the vampire who converted them.
Even if he, if the victim,
hadn't showed any signs of interest in the converter before?
Oh, yeah, instantly.
Like love.
You convert someone and they fall in love with you.
No, quite the opposite.
Conversion actually prevents real love.
It's tragic, really.
Oh.
How long does it last?
The craving?
Forever.
There's no escape for the victim,
not unless the converter dies.
I just watched a group of women
unwittingly discuss how my family's
ruined another person's life.
Oh, Helen, yawn.
What?
Big,
sad
yawn.
I just think you're wasting your life, that's all.
I should be craving, craving constantly?
How's that different from what you've got?
That was nice earlier.
The bath.
I'm married to Peter, Will.
And I love him.
So much.
You just can't see it anymore.
Oh, God, what a mess.
Hey, you're here because you're mine.
I'm the one who converted you.
I don't want to feel like this around you.
I hate you.
Anytime Peter touches me, I think of you.
It's not fair to him.
Please!
You can't escape it!
Rowan, I made your favorite pancakes.
Do you want some?
I'm late for school.
You've made Rowan drink blood, Will!
Uh, no.
You've made him a pathetic slave to his appetite,
like mom, and, dad, and you, and...
me.
Well, they do say it's a family disease, Petey.
You've got to clean the van.
Why on earth would I clean the van?
I mean, I quite like it.
Are you insane?
Eccentric.
Did something screw you up at birth?
Did I offend you by coming out first?
Fuck's sake.
Or are you off that you were weak
and you had to be put in an incubator?
Not weak.
The cord was around my neck.
You're talking shit, Pete.
Are you high?
You are high.
What would Helen think?
You know, you really won't shift all of that
without the right solvent.
Take it from someone who's dealt with a lot of stains.
Dad?
Dad, wake up!
You hacked into my phone.
Those pictures, that's my life, my private life.
It's to keep you safe.
No, it's not!
She left.
Mom left us.
She wanted a different life.
And what we have to do, Dad,
what we have to do is accept that.
The Radley aren't safe. They're vampires, okay?
Clara Radley killed that boy!
I have evidence!
What evidence?
I... His sunglasses.
Her fingerprints are all over them!
She must have tried them on.
No, no, no, she...
Yes, all the kids did. I think I did.
Someone took a picture.
See?
Dad?
That little bit of you right now
that's got a doubt, please,
please listen to it.
Look at me. Look at me, Dad.
Take my fingerprints.
Check the glasses if you want. You wanna do that?
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
It's okay. It's okay.
You're not well.
You can get better, though, right?
Yo.
Hello.
Sup?
No, nothing.
I'm good. I just slept a bit funny.
Is that Rowan?
He looks...
Yeah.
He does.
Evan.
Yeah.
You're the most gorgeous boy I've ever seen.
You're the most beautiful boy I can imagine.
Everything about you is beautiful.
I write you poems, but they don't do you any justice.
Will you let me take you out tonight?
Okay.
I'll come get you at 8:00.
Hello, Doctor.
Lorna.
You look very nice today, Peter.
So, have we got my results?
Yep.
Low iron, so you'll need a supplement.
I'll write you a prescription.
Peter, you don't live forever, do you?
What I mean is,
you and I, we could meet at the Abbey tonight
to look at the stars.
If you don't have any special plans.
Have you got special plans?
No.
I'm not sure.
I'll call you?
Okay.
See you a bit later.
I've made our life impossible, haven't I?
No, you haven't.
I wanted all of this more than you did.
But I think it's time we both stop pretending.
Okay.
I think you're right.
You know the fact is...
you are always way out of my league,
Pete, that's-
If I hadn't converted you,
there's no chance that you would be with me.
What?
This isn't voluntary for you.
You are only here with me now
because of some last little scraps of craving.
This was never love.
This was just a conversion.
we tried really hard to turn into a marriage.
Pete, no, please.
There's things I should say.
You shouldn't live like this any longer.
Nor should I.
We both want to
be loved.
To feel wanted.
You don't want me, Helen.
Pete, no, you have to listen to me.
I need a drink.
Oh, fuck.
It's just Rowan.
Like I said, we'll go to the arcade, maybe grab a bite.
It's nothing to worry about.
See you later then, okay?
What do you wanna play?
A game. I don't really care.
Me neither.
Is when I find out you're really, really good at the arcade.
Don't hurt me! I'm nine!
Oh, oh! Double ladder.
Back in a sec.
Okay, I'll be here.
Don't touch him, you freak!
My brother?
Such a cliche!
Anything, anything but this.
Look, I want to be straight with you.
Oh, yeah, so do I.
I'm packing a bag.
You didn't convert me.
What?
I faked when you bit me, but you weren't my first.
Jesus, you're incredible.
That's so fucking convincing.
I know. I'm sorry.
You were scared and shaky.
That was real, Pete.
I was excited.
It's just,
it wasn't my first time.
That was with Will.
When the fuck did this all happen?
Will was staying, do you remember?
You were doing that course?
You'd left early.
I woke up halfway through.
His teeth were already in me.
It was already too late.
You were asleep?
The truth is, though,
I enjoyed it.
That's the truth.
I drank from him all through the weekend, I think.
When he bit me, I lost all self-control.
I'm so sorry.
Yeah, but the craving,
You must have been craving him all these years.
Yeah, it's pretty constant.
But I've tried to stay busy, you know?
A book club, PTA,
baking courses, volunteering, gardening,
church choir, pony club, my painting.
Jesus.
Helen.
It just gets worse with abstaining.
Much worse.
Much, much worse.
Now it feels like he's invading my mind night and day.
It's...
It's a lot.
I hate him.
But I love you.
It was always just you.
I'm sorry.
Owen?
Owen.
Oh, God.
Uncle Will!
Oh, hello.
I'm freaking out. I need to talk.
I need a drink.
I had a date. It was terrible.
It was the smell of his body.
It was like I could smell every different element of it.
Every nuance, every aspect of his history.
It was torture.
It's only torture if you don't give into it.
I would've killed him.
Ah, yes.
All the kids at school were right about me.
I'm a freak.
I should be locked up.
I'm a menace to society.
I'm a sociopath.
Here, have a great big alcoholic drink.
It'll do you good.
His blood was in your mouth.
I can smell it on the bottle.
Is he dead?
Don't over overreact.
Lots of other nice boys out there.
I told you, Rowan,
feast on whoever you want, whenever you want.
Is he dead?
Possibly.
Probably. I bit very deep into his neck.
So tender and young.
He was too good for you to waste, Rowan, so I took him.
I will fucking kill you!
Calm down, Rowan.
Odds are I'll kill you first.
Evan!
No!
Uncle Will's trying to kill Rowan!
I know about Helen.
Oh do you?
Poor, Petey.
I got there first.
You violated her!
She loved it.
"Oh, Will, do it again, do it again."
You don't kill me.
You're the victim.
This is the Abstainers helpline.
Your call is important to us. Please hold.
Hello! Hello!
Yes, I'm here.
Oh my God, it's really bad!
I think he's gonna die!
I'm sorry, sir. This isn't one of the scenarios I'm trained to deal with.
So what?
He's dying, and you're a vampire!
Can't you just... Can't you just tell me what to do?
I'm just meant to offer support.
I'm going to have to put you on hold.
No!
No, no, please don't do that. I'm begging you.
I am begging you. He is my son.
If you want him to live,
you have to make a choice.
He needs vampire blood.
You can let him die, or you can give him to a vampire.
Dad.
My boy.
Come here.
Help!
Oh!
Come inside!
I'm so sorry, Dad.
Shh.
It's okay.
It was all true.
This what happened to mom.
Shh.
It's gonna be okay.
Please, I want him to live.
It's okay.
I want him to live.
It's okay.
Rowan.
The world is so intricate.
So unendingly beautiful.
♪ If I should die this very moment, ♪
♪ I wouldn't fear
Here we are in the mystery of it all.
Making mistakes.
Trying to put things right,
Letting go.
Letting life in.
Nothing stays the same.
You can live on the outside,
just take in everything you can get.
But you'll miss it all.
The moments you know you're a part of the world.
Part of this gigantic puzzle that you fit into perfectly.
♪ All this time I've missed you ♪
♪ And searched this human race ♪
♪ Here is true peace ♪
Fate can be so weird.
What's in the stars, in the blood.
♪ Bathed in your sighs ♪
♪ Could we stay right here ♪
♪ Till the end of time ♪
♪ Till the earth stops turning ♪
♪ Gonna love you till the seas run dry ♪
♪ I found the one ♪
♪ I've waited for ♪
♪ The one ♪
♪ I've waited for ♪
♪ Wanna stay right here ♪
♪ Till the end of time ♪
♪ Till the earth stops turning ♪
The truth is we have no idea what we're all here for.
♪ I've waited for ♪
Until, suddenly, we do.
♪ The one ♪
♪ I've waited ♪
And even if it hurts a lot,
it all makes a weird kind of sense,
'cause maybe love can conquer everything
and your freaky little life is exactly how it needs to be.