Chapter 2 Summary

In Chapter Two, the author presents the reader with the other main character in the book, that of the vampire boy Simon as we see this chapter entirely from his perspective.

The chapter starts immediately after the incident in the park with Zoe and Simon is hunting in an alleyway for rats to drink their blood. Simon is confused at the attraction he feels for the voluptuous Zoe, and wonders whether it is was her beauty or her fear that attracts him. After feeding, and instead of going back to the park he decides to visit a house that is known to him, and the reader follows him on his journey through the city.

Simon approaches the house and steals into the backyard, where he scales a tree to watch a young, six-year old boy in bed at night reading a book. Before...