Chapter 6 Summary

Chapter Six carries on the methodology that we are now familiar with, that of switching narrative points of view to the other protagonist in the story, Simon the vampire youth. The chapter starts by revealing that it is Simon who has placed his cool hand on her brow, as he was outside the book store and sees the girl push her way through the massing crowd. He is drawn to her fear and her aloneness in the crowd, and reaches out to her and confides in her before she is fully aware of what is going on that it is death itself, so nearby, that frightens her so much.

Startled and shocked, Zoe confides in Simon that she is indeed scared and, when he offers to walk her home, she accepts. Simon himself is caught with fascination as he tries to talk to...