I'm sorry that I'm doing this to Kaname. I'm sorry that I ran out on you. I'm sorry that she wanted me to kill you.

Zero… I'm sorry I can't tell you what I'm doing—not yet. I'm sorry that I will become something you hate. I'm sorry I never knew how much pain you were in all those years, but I'm going to change all that right now.

I want Zero to live, even if it means sacrificing myself. I'll do anything I can to save him—even if it is something unforgivable. I will save him even if he won't forgive me for what I'm about to do for him.

Thank you, Maria, for letting me help Zero—for letting me choose to save him in a way that I don't have to injure anyone else.

And thank whatever god is out there that allowed my blood to be tempting to vampires, allowing me to save Zero. I never could have killed him with that gun—whether or not he turned into a Level E.

I've chosen.