Max smirked as he gripped the hysterical girl tighter in his clutches. His face contorted into the beast of the night, and he watched David in glee. The half vampire doubled over on the ground, trying to contain his blood lust. The girl, however, bled profusely from her legs and arms, something Max did prior to David's initiation. She begged and pleaded to be spared, but it only annoyed David on end. He didn't want to kill her; he couldn't.

"David, please! You can't kill me! I thought you loved me!" she screamed for mercy, but her husband shook his head. He watched as the blood dripped off her body and into the puddle of blood around her. Max gripped her throat and tilted her head. With one movement of his finger, he pricked a small part of her skin. Blood began pouring from it.

The half vampire had enough. The rhythm of her beating heart sent him into a frenzy. David felt his teeth lengthen and his face stretch. He knew his hideous side came through, and it only increased Rebecca's screams.

Shaking his head, he turned to her. His blood red eyes halted her hysteria. "Shut up! Just shut up! Don't you see? Every time you make a noise, your blood pulses faster. When you move, you bleed more!"

Max chuckled from behind Rebecca, but the young girl whimpered. "This isn't how I wanted to die."

"I didn't want to die either, but I have no choice, do I?" David spat, and Max took a step back. Rebecca cowered as David approached, but she didn't dare move a muscle. His beastly features softened as Max let go of the wife. The half vampire looked her up and down, and he mentally cursed Max for letting her into this predicament. "Max, why can't I turn her?"

"Because she would be a horrible mate. Must I explain to you again, that someone who has heart as pure as hers can't become a vampire? It would merely kill her," Max drawled, but Rebecca shook her head in protest. David smelt the mouth watering blood, and he had to contain himself from pouncing her. From the corner of his eye, he saw blood slowly drip from her arm.

"Please, Max."

Max casually walked over to the two and placed a hand on Rebecca's neck. David watched as she winced in pain. When Max took his hand off, it was covered in blood. Disgusted, David refused to watch his Sire smell the blood of his lover. "Something this sweet couldn't be apart of what we have. She'd die within the first week."

"How would you know?" Rebecca asked tentatively. Max laughed and showed her the blood. Her stomach churned, and David's eyes went straight towards her. Her face became pale, from the lack of blood, and he could see her weaken from it.

"Max, please!"

"David, David, David. The first rule of becoming a vampire is to always listen to your Sire. You don't question him, and you do what he says. I'm telling you that it is not possible to turn this foul creature, because she would be dead anyways. Why waste my precious time when you can just turn right now?" Max stated. David shook his head and took a deep breath. Rebecca's previously fast paced heart was now slowing as the minutes ticked by. Her normally tan skin turned a ghastly white color, and David could hear her lingering breaths.

The half vampire gulped, and he reluctantly nodded. Max smirked and let go of the mortal girl. "I'll be back in ten minutes. Hopefully her corpse will be rotting when I come back."

David took a step toward his dying wife and kneeled down. Before he latched his fangs into her neck, he told her one thing.

"Please forgive me, Rebecca."

"I'll always love you, David," was her last statement before David drank her blood dry.