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have to put up my walls again. It was getting so hard not to fall into his arms and cry my eyes out. Especially since he explained everything. But, this was for hi s own good , and I loved him t o o much to let anything ever happen to him. Besides, I knew as the years passed, he'd eventually get over me and find someone else.
As the tears flooded my eyes, I pushed off my stool and made my way through the crowd. Once I'd climbed the stairs to the second floor , I took a moment to look around, making sure that Christian hadn't left Evie's office yet. I didn't see him so I started towards the farthest room at the end of the hall. T hat's when someone grabbed me.
* * * * *
(Christian)
"Now? You want to make me the new Sire right now?"
"Yes. I think the sooner the better. I've told Dax my plan but no one else knows. I think it will be to our advantage to keep it a secret."
"So even if I become the Sire now, you want me to wait to change Rose?"
"I'm sorry, but yes. I think it would be to our benefit if the demons still think we don't have an active Sire that can create new vampires. Plus , I feel that whatever information Balam provides us with in regards to killing them , it will truly be to our advantage having two Sires instead of one . The element of surprise will be on our side. "
I considered Evie's plan. It was a good one . I was just extremely nervous . I hadn't thought this day would be upon me for quite some time, and I wasn't s ure I could keep this from Rose . "Alright, but even if I can't change Rose yet, I still want to tell her it's done. I don't want to keep any more secrets from her."
"Tha t's fine. But please make sure she unders tands the necessity of keeping it secret. I don't even want the rest of the clan to know until I'm ready. I won't risk one of them becoming inf ected by accident and having this knowledge to share with our enemies."
"Alright. I'm ready. Should we go downstairs?"
Evie looked at the door and the lock slammed into place. I was always forgetting telekinesis was one of the powers she developed during her triggering. "We'll be undisturbed. Let's begin."
"What do I need to do?" I asked, unsure of my part in all of this.
"Nothing. I t's actually a very quick process . I will perform the ritual and say the words, then everything else happens internally. You'll feel a rush of additional strength as the poison of true death and the sedative of eternal life flow into you. Let's begin . "
I shifted slightly in my seat a nd my palms started to sweat. "What if I'm not really the one being triggered ? What if this clairaudien t power is just something else completely?" I couldn't help but share my insecurities. I was afraid of not being the one , a nd I didn't want Evie to attempt the ritual if it wasn't meant to be.
"Christian, your clairaudience is just another psychic power which allows you t o hear the unspoken . There is no doubt that you're the one . Now please, trust me."
"Okay, Evie. I do."
She instructed me to lie down on the couch as she stood over me with her hands extended. She explained that she would be reading my energy and only when it was time to "pass the powers" would she be biting me. I closed my eyes and listened as she began.
Her voice carried the Sire command as she chanted, " I call on my ancestors, join me now. Flow through me as Christian completes this vow. The new Sire , he i s triggered to be . N ow let my power s flow from me."
In the next instant she'd shoved my head to the side and su nk her fangs into my neck. My body arched off the couch as w arm liquid flowed into my veins . It felt similar to being turned, but a hundred times more intens e.
I was bombarded by a variety of colors layering my mind. I saw sparkling yellow as the sedative of eternal life spread throughout my body. Then flashes of green blinded me as the poison of true death settled deep within my heart. I t literally felt as if these powers were filling u p special compartments
As the tears flooded my eyes, I pushed off my stool and made my way through the crowd. Once I'd climbed the stairs to the second floor , I took a moment to look around, making sure that Christian hadn't left Evie's office yet. I didn't see him so I started towards the farthest room at the end of the hall. T hat's when someone grabbed me.
* * * * *
(Christian)
"Now? You want to make me the new Sire right now?"
"Yes. I think the sooner the better. I've told Dax my plan but no one else knows. I think it will be to our advantage to keep it a secret."
"So even if I become the Sire now, you want me to wait to change Rose?"
"I'm sorry, but yes. I think it would be to our benefit if the demons still think we don't have an active Sire that can create new vampires. Plus , I feel that whatever information Balam provides us with in regards to killing them , it will truly be to our advantage having two Sires instead of one . The element of surprise will be on our side. "
I considered Evie's plan. It was a good one . I was just extremely nervous . I hadn't thought this day would be upon me for quite some time, and I wasn't s ure I could keep this from Rose . "Alright, but even if I can't change Rose yet, I still want to tell her it's done. I don't want to keep any more secrets from her."
"Tha t's fine. But please make sure she unders tands the necessity of keeping it secret. I don't even want the rest of the clan to know until I'm ready. I won't risk one of them becoming inf ected by accident and having this knowledge to share with our enemies."
"Alright. I'm ready. Should we go downstairs?"
Evie looked at the door and the lock slammed into place. I was always forgetting telekinesis was one of the powers she developed during her triggering. "We'll be undisturbed. Let's begin."
"What do I need to do?" I asked, unsure of my part in all of this.
"Nothing. I t's actually a very quick process . I will perform the ritual and say the words, then everything else happens internally. You'll feel a rush of additional strength as the poison of true death and the sedative of eternal life flow into you. Let's begin . "
I shifted slightly in my seat a nd my palms started to sweat. "What if I'm not really the one being triggered ? What if this clairaudien t power is just something else completely?" I couldn't help but share my insecurities. I was afraid of not being the one , a nd I didn't want Evie to attempt the ritual if it wasn't meant to be.
"Christian, your clairaudience is just another psychic power which allows you t o hear the unspoken . There is no doubt that you're the one . Now please, trust me."
"Okay, Evie. I do."
She instructed me to lie down on the couch as she stood over me with her hands extended. She explained that she would be reading my energy and only when it was time to "pass the powers" would she be biting me. I closed my eyes and listened as she began.
Her voice carried the Sire command as she chanted, " I call on my ancestors, join me now. Flow through me as Christian completes this vow. The new Sire , he i s triggered to be . N ow let my power s flow from me."
In the next instant she'd shoved my head to the side and su nk her fangs into my neck. My body arched off the couch as w arm liquid flowed into my veins . It felt similar to being turned, but a hundred times more intens e.
I was bombarded by a variety of colors layering my mind. I saw sparkling yellow as the sedative of eternal life spread throughout my body. Then flashes of green blinded me as the poison of true death settled deep within my heart. I t literally felt as if these powers were filling u p special compartments
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