Cooper would never be able to pinpoint the exact moment either. It had something to do with Nancy being both young and yet not at all innocent at the same time. Here was someone both full of life and who understood the score. Most of all, he just liked her. Plus, she was nice on the eyes.

"Nah. This might all be rumors made of stuff 'n nonsense. But if it is something, things are going t'get complicated. There might be a newborn vampire running around. That means one thing: hunters." Cooper had great sympathy for newborn vampires. His early years had been a bloody haze of finding out the limits of his powers and satiating his hunger every night when it struck with a vengeance. He'd had no older vampire to guide, going it alone for almost a hundred years.