Where's the boy? -- Halloween -- Hidden attic -- Search continues -- Otis Otis -- Secrets and sanctuary -- Feeding time -- Book -- Snow and ashes -- meeting of monsters -- Mr. Otis comes to diner -- Mr. Craig -- Bound by blood -- Elysia -- End of a dark journey -- Mark of a vampire.

For thirteen years, Vlad, aided by his aunt and best friend, has kept secret that he is half-vampire, but when his missing teacher is replaced by a sinister substitute, he learns that there is more to being a vampire, and to his parents' deaths, than he could have guessed.