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happen.”
“Perhaps not,” Alex said. “But since it has happened, you should consider accepting the situation for what it is.”
“What is it?”
He reached out and took my hand from my lap. The body temperature difference between us was immediately noticeable. For some reason, I found it startling, and fought to not snatch my hand back.
“When I turned you into a vampire, I did so for many reasons. But it wasn’t your choice. Now you’ve been given back that choice, and I won’t take it away from you again.”
“What if I do make the choice?” I wanted to look into his eyes to see what his reaction was, but I instead kept my gaze on our intertwined hands.
“Please take some time and seriously think about this,” Alex said. “There are many things you can have as a human that you cannot as a vampire. You’ve been given a second chance—don’t make your decision lightly.”
“Wait, are you breaking up with me?”
“Emma....” Alex abruptly stood and went to the door, which he opened.
Tammy walked into the room with a large drink in her hand. “Do you make the drinks in this place strong and cheap just so people will keep coming back? Because it may just work on me.”
Alex looked her in the eyes and asked, “Do your witch powers remain?”
“Sure,” she said, obviously not affected. Then she turned and saw me. “Are you okay, Em? He didn’t bite you, did he?”
“No, of course not. I’m fine.”
She sat down next to me and appeared to be searching my neck for bite marks, even though she knew there wouldn’t be any. “So what’s up?”
Alex had closed the door and rolled the desk chair over so that he was sitting across from us.
“He wants to hypnotize me to find out exactly what happened last night.”
“Sounds good,” she said. “Give it a try.”
I glanced at Alex, this time allowing our eyes to meet. Again, I felt a lightness that almost bordered on falling into nothingness.
“Do you remember coming here to the club last night?” he asked.
“Yes.”
“Do you remember talking to me and Michael?”
“Yes.”
“What happened after that?”
“I was dancing with a bunch of guys and biting them for a long while.”
“Did anything unusual happen?”
“No...yes....” I heard myself trail off.
“Remember.” I felt Alex take my hands again and saw him lean forward to look more deeply into my eyes. “Remember what happened after you stopped dancing.”
“I saw a man. Or at least he looked like a man. He was breathing and living, but was not able to be hypnotized.”
“A witch?” Tammy asked.
I wasn’t able to answer her, but Alex asked, “Do you think he was a witch?”
“No....”
“What then?”
“Something else.”
“What happened when you met him?”
“He said he had been looking for me,” I said, startling myself with this information. “But then he said he must have been mistaken.”
“And then?” Alex prompted.
“We kissed,” I paused with the memory. How could I have forgotten that?
“And then?” Alex looked annoyed at having to ask again.
“I bit him and drank his blood.”
“Despite the fact that he wasn’t under your control?”
“He said it was fine.”
“And then?”
“There’s nothing after that,” I said. “I woke up a few hours later at home, human.”
Alex dropped my hands and took my face in his hands, bringing us even closer together. “What happened after you drank this man’s blood?”
I felt the room start to spin, but heard myself say, “I had trouble walking. He helped me outside and got me into a cab. He had me give my address and told the driver to take me there and not ask for pay. The driver did, and I managed to get out of the cab and go inside and up to my room, where I fell asleep right away.”
“You will remember all of this,” Alex said, before shifting his eyes away from mine.
I wobbled and almost fell off the couch, but Tammy grabbed me and pulled me back, so I
“Perhaps not,” Alex said. “But since it has happened, you should consider accepting the situation for what it is.”
“What is it?”
He reached out and took my hand from my lap. The body temperature difference between us was immediately noticeable. For some reason, I found it startling, and fought to not snatch my hand back.
“When I turned you into a vampire, I did so for many reasons. But it wasn’t your choice. Now you’ve been given back that choice, and I won’t take it away from you again.”
“What if I do make the choice?” I wanted to look into his eyes to see what his reaction was, but I instead kept my gaze on our intertwined hands.
“Please take some time and seriously think about this,” Alex said. “There are many things you can have as a human that you cannot as a vampire. You’ve been given a second chance—don’t make your decision lightly.”
“Wait, are you breaking up with me?”
“Emma....” Alex abruptly stood and went to the door, which he opened.
Tammy walked into the room with a large drink in her hand. “Do you make the drinks in this place strong and cheap just so people will keep coming back? Because it may just work on me.”
Alex looked her in the eyes and asked, “Do your witch powers remain?”
“Sure,” she said, obviously not affected. Then she turned and saw me. “Are you okay, Em? He didn’t bite you, did he?”
“No, of course not. I’m fine.”
She sat down next to me and appeared to be searching my neck for bite marks, even though she knew there wouldn’t be any. “So what’s up?”
Alex had closed the door and rolled the desk chair over so that he was sitting across from us.
“He wants to hypnotize me to find out exactly what happened last night.”
“Sounds good,” she said. “Give it a try.”
I glanced at Alex, this time allowing our eyes to meet. Again, I felt a lightness that almost bordered on falling into nothingness.
“Do you remember coming here to the club last night?” he asked.
“Yes.”
“Do you remember talking to me and Michael?”
“Yes.”
“What happened after that?”
“I was dancing with a bunch of guys and biting them for a long while.”
“Did anything unusual happen?”
“No...yes....” I heard myself trail off.
“Remember.” I felt Alex take my hands again and saw him lean forward to look more deeply into my eyes. “Remember what happened after you stopped dancing.”
“I saw a man. Or at least he looked like a man. He was breathing and living, but was not able to be hypnotized.”
“A witch?” Tammy asked.
I wasn’t able to answer her, but Alex asked, “Do you think he was a witch?”
“No....”
“What then?”
“Something else.”
“What happened when you met him?”
“He said he had been looking for me,” I said, startling myself with this information. “But then he said he must have been mistaken.”
“And then?” Alex prompted.
“We kissed,” I paused with the memory. How could I have forgotten that?
“And then?” Alex looked annoyed at having to ask again.
“I bit him and drank his blood.”
“Despite the fact that he wasn’t under your control?”
“He said it was fine.”
“And then?”
“There’s nothing after that,” I said. “I woke up a few hours later at home, human.”
Alex dropped my hands and took my face in his hands, bringing us even closer together. “What happened after you drank this man’s blood?”
I felt the room start to spin, but heard myself say, “I had trouble walking. He helped me outside and got me into a cab. He had me give my address and told the driver to take me there and not ask for pay. The driver did, and I managed to get out of the cab and go inside and up to my room, where I fell asleep right away.”
“You will remember all of this,” Alex said, before shifting his eyes away from mine.
I wobbled and almost fell off the couch, but Tammy grabbed me and pulled me back, so I
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