Chapter 12 Summary

Chapter Twelve reveals Simon's point of view as he concocts his plan of how to despatch his brother, the evil and cruel vampire child, Christopher.

Chapter Twelve finds simon thinking over his recent discussion with Zoe, his centuries long fight with his brother and his own nature as a vampire as he digs a pit. Simon is sad as he realizes that he must not let himself care too much about Zoe, because she is mortal and her life will last for a very short time compared to his own eternal undeath. He considers how much pain and sadness that he himself has caused for others in his life as a vampire, and realizes that, just as Christopher is condemned to a childlike anger and petulance (which in time has turned to cruelty and sadism), he himself could have been condemned to a...