An hour later we were in Michaela's parents' lounge room, with her family congregated there sitting in different seats scattered around the living room. I, meanwhile, sat with Michaela on one of her mother's plush leather sofas that sat next to a baby grand piano. As her mother, Alison, paced the living room, contemplating the decision I had made earlier.

"I feel like this is a bad idea," she finally says in a long brief moment of silence, as all our gazes turn to her.

"How so?" interjected Michaela's aunt.

"Well, Jake is a Federal Agent, he works for the CIA, if they find out that 'we' turned him into a vampire, they will come after us as they will probably no doubt want to track and hunt down who was responsible, this is very dangerous for us,." She replies, coming to a stop in front of the old-fashioned fire place they had.

"Not only that," began Michaela's sister, as our gazes turned to her, as she sat on a recliner, "They will find out about us, our cover will be blown."

"I hadn't thought of that," speaks up Michael's father, all gazes turn to him, "It's a big risk. I'm thrilled to the fact that Jake has obliged to it and willing to do it, but it is very risky concerning us and the possibility of the CIA coming after us."

I step in, "It's a risk I'm willing to take, let me take the heat, if they do try and come after you or do anything to you, I'll stall them." I say veering my eyes at everyone in the room.

I feel Michaela take my hand in hers and give it a soft rub, "Jake," She says grabbing my attention; I turn my head to her, "Are you sure about this? What would happen if the CIA found out that you were a vampire and did things behind their back?" she asks.

I give a shrug of my shoulders, "Well to put it mildly, there a few possible scenarios that would happen to me, in the likelihood of that happening." I reply.

"Such as?" says Michaela's brother leaning against the door frame.

"I can get thrown in jail for misconduct and treason, but there is a worse scenario than that." I say.

Michaela raises an eyebrow, "What would that be?"

I give a pause, "Execution, they will shoot me on the spot. The CIA is trained to shoot to kill." I reply as I hear gasps among Michaela's family.

I feel Michaela's grip on my hand get tighter, as in a 'I am not letting you do this and getting yourself killed' motive, but it got to the point her strength was making my hand go numb.
"Michaela you're kind of squeezing my hand too tight." I say to her. "Oh, sorry," she says releasing my hand.

I give my hand a stretch, letting the blood flow back to it, making sure I have no broken bones to speak of.

"We vampires at times don't realize our own strength." She says apologetically.
"I've noticed." I reply giving my hand a rub.

Michaela's mother stood in front of the fire-place, looking at a framed picture of a vampire sitting in a wingback chair, I'm assuming it is a descending relative.

She turns around and addresses me. "Jake, I'm sorry to say, I'm not gonna allow this to happen or you to do this, it was my mistake on my behalf of even thinking such idea, it would risk your job, your life and our own lives of vampires, it would reveal us." She says calmly her fangs showing lightly.

I had noticed that since they are in the privacy of their home, they let their fangs show and have them out as if it was normal even in the presence of me, a human, but they trust me as I'm Michaela's mate, as said in their terms.

I take in what Alison just had said, but I'm not gonna buy it. "No, I will do it, whether you like it or not, I don't care if I will never be a human again, I will go through with it, I promised you that I will help and I intend to keep that promise."

Alison shook her head, "No Jake, I mean it, I'm not letting you do it, I will not allow it to happen, that's final, what I say, goes."

"On whose authority?" I ask smugly.

"Mine." She says, getting slightly irritated. I bang a fist on the coffee table, "Says you! You wanted my help, you want me to turn into a vampire like you to help you, now you decline and not give in with it! I say it's up to me! You're the one who wanted me to change the course of my life to help you!" I say raising my voice.

I see as her fangs extend a bit more to a longer length, as her eyes glowed brighter.

Uncle Martin turns his head to me, "Jake," says Uncle Martin, "I suggest you don't piss off Alison, she has made her decision."

I give him a wide-eyed look.

"Excuse me, or what? What is she gonna do?" I say gesturing my hand at Alison. "Huh," I say standing up, reaching for my badge, holding it up in plain sight, shoving it around for everyone to see. "This is an 'I outrank you all' badge, it means I can make the decisions here whether you like it or not, I'm the government agent here, you're not! So as I said once and am saying it again, we are going to do this, I am ordering you to." I say slowly putting my badge away.

Alison glares at me, her eyes glowing bluer than usual, and her fangs showing cleanly. "NO JAKE!" she shouts with a piercing tone making everyone flinch, including myself.

"And Jake, you don't outrank me, I outrank you here." She says in a bitter tone.

"Oh really? Am I supposed to believe that?" I say sarcastically.

"Michaela, tell him." Says Alison bitterly.

Michaela turns to me, as I sit back down beside her. "Jake, I haven't told you yet, but my mother… she is the queen of our species."

"Queen?" I say in disbelief. "You gotta be kidding me."

"No, I am not kidding, I'm very serious, she is the queen, the leader of us, what she says goes, she makes the decisions for us as a whole species."

"I learn something new every minute when I'm with you, don't I?" I say. "It would seem so, Jake." She replies.

Alison looks at me with a stern look. "Yes, Jake, you are learning new things about us that you never knew, I am the queen of our species, as my decision is final….there's no need for you anymore Jake…I'm sorry…you know too much." She says slowly, drawing a polished silver pistol, taking aim at me.

Michaela stood up in a fraction of a second, hissed at her mother and bared her fangs as she aimed a gun at her mate. "Mother, what the hell do you think you're doing?!" she raises her voice with a piercing tone. She walked out in front of her mother, standing in the clear shot she had on me.

"Michaela, my darling, move out of the way, please." She says calmly.

"No! You're aiming a gun at Jake, my mate, how dare you! What is wrong with you?" Michaela says, baring her fangs menacingly.

That's when my CIA instincts kicked in. I drew out my pistol in such fast reflexes even everyone in the room got caught off guard by it. I cocked the slide and took aim at Michaela's mother, with Michaela standing between us, trying to dampen the situation.

"Drop… the… gun… now, Alison." I say seriously, aiming down the iron-sights.

"Why don't you drop your gun, Jake, it'll make it even." She replies.

"Why don't you both drop your guns before someone gets hurt?" Mentions Michaela eyeing me and Alison, with her eyes glowing blue and fangs clearly visible, she is ready to take action if needn't to be.

"No Michaela," I say aiming my gun at Alison, "She pulled a gun on a federal agent, I take that shit seriously."

"Listen to me Jake," Michaela gives me a stern look, "Can you not be a CIA Agent for one minute? You're making the situation worse."

"Am I Michaela? What confuses me is the fact that a vampire carries a gun, now you have to admit that is fairly odd, seeing that vampires such as yourselves have far superior strength and abilities than us humans, a gun would be useless to you in many ways you can imagine; you probably don't even know how to use it." I said as I held my pistol in the weaver-technique, the proper way we were trained to hold a firearm.

Alison flicked away some hair from her face, as she held the pistol aimed clearly at me. "Jake, I've had this gun for a very long time; I just never had the use for it, but I do now. Never knew when it would come in handy."

I sighed, as I lowered my pistol. I de-cocked the slide, disarming the gun, as I flicked the safety on. I holstered it. "There, I'm unarmed now, I put my gun away, now let's resolve this and put the gun away, okay Alison?"

My heart was pumping and so was my adrenaline, sweat started to bead off my forehead.

Michaela looked at her mother with plea. "Please mother, lower your gun and put it away, I'm begging you, please don't harm my mate."

Her mother sighed. "Fine." She lowered her pistol. Michaela withdrew her vampire-hostility as she calmed down.

I slowly walked over to Alison and held my hand out. She was confused by the notion. "May I have the gun, please, Alison, for my safety and yours." She nodded slowly. She handed me the pistol barrel first.

"Thanks, you're doing the right thing." I say as I thumbed the button releasing the magazine, I stuffed it in my suit jacket. I then jacked the slide back and forth, ejecting the bullet as it landed on the carpet of the living room.

I lifted up my suit jacket as I slid the pistol in the back of my waist band and belt. Alison stood there in utter bewilderment, unsure on how to react of what she has just done. Michaela slowly pulls her mother into a comforting hug.

I sigh. "Alison, I didn't mean for us to become in a confrontation. You're my mate's mother; I should not have done that. In your terms you're my mate-in-law, but our 'human' terms you're my mother in law. I'm sorry; I apologize for what has happened."
Michaela broke the hug with her mother, as Alison slowly walked up to me. I held my head low, as I was saddened for the outcome. She placed a soft hand on my shoulder, as I looked up at her.

"Jake, I'm the one who should be sorry, that was wrong for me to do, I should not have pulled a gun on you, it was very wrong and it wasn't necessary. I overreacted, there is a reason why I did act like the way I did."

I give a look of confusion. "What reason would that be?" I ask.

"The reason is that if we do follow through with this idea of mine, I will suffer the poignant of the situation, making me have awash of guilt and regret, knowing that I have altered your destiny by turning you into a vampire, it's the thought of you not being able to become human again that made me realize this, that's why I pulled a gun on you and why I was so hesitant on doing it."

I nodded in an understanding motion. "I understand, Alison, I completely do, but ultimately the terms of my transformation is up to you. As you're the queen, it is your decision."

She sighs, as she takes her hand off my shoulder. "Do you really want this, Jake?" she asks with a muster of sadness in her voice.

I nodded, "Yes I do want this, I do want to become a vampire like you and your family. I want to help you and Michaela in any way I can, this is the best solution. I don't care if I'm incapable of being a human again, once I'm fully transformed I will forget the human life I had and focus on the new destiny that awaits me. You, Michaela and your family can help me progress through it, teach me the means of being a vampire."

"That's quite poetic, Jake." She replies, as she starts to ponder. She walks to the fireplace as she contemplates in front of it, she turns to Michaela who was seated on the sofa, "Michaela my darling, can you come here for a minute?" she asks.

She stands up from the sofa and strolls over to Alison. I can overhear them whispering about certain things, but I couldn't make out what was said.

They both turned around and addressed me. "Jake I have spoken to Michaela, as she is your mate, she recommends that we turn you into a vampire, as I, the queen of the Sirenth, have come to a decision, I have agreed that we will proceed with my idea and have you transformed into a vampire." She says giving me a smile.

I give a bow. "Thank you, Alison." She gives me a nod. "Jake, please sit down with Michaela, we will discuss what is about to transpire."

I walk over and sit down next to Michaela on the leather sofa; she places a hand on my lap. "I do have questions about the process though, as they are along the lines of importance of being a vampire?" I ask as I give Alison my full attention.

Alison sits down on a recliner and crosses her legs as she cups her fingers into a tent under her chin. "What questions do you have for me?"

"Are their certain things I have to be cautious of when I'm a vampire? Such as the sun, humans, other things to be aware of?"

"The stories you have read or heard that explain that the sun damages and kills us vampires is a myth, yes it does do some harm but not as much as you think, it cannot kill us, in fact it does quite the opposite." Alison explains.

"What do you mean 'the opposite', how so?" I ask.

"Well, Jake," began Jessica, all eyes turn to her, "When we walk out and about in the sun, our skin glows as such, yes it may sound stupid at first but it's the truth, it glows a bit, the sun gives our skin a shimmer in a way, due to the extreme glare of the sun, we wear sunglasses, as our eyes are sensitive to bright light, you will have to wear them, the sun will not affect you Jake, so there's no need to worry about that, that's why the skin of our species is pale white, it absorbs the sun's rays and light." She states.

I nod. "Well, that's a relief, glad to know. I always had thought that in the stories of vampires and legends that the sun killed you, but now I learn it doesn't, that it's a benefit in a way."

"Yes," says Alison, as we turn our attention to her. "It has been beneficial for us over many centuries."

I glance at Alison, as Michaela gives my lap a rub with her hand. I glance at her; she gives me a loving smile, her fangs showing slightly.

I then look back to Alison. "What about humans?" I ask.

"We don't bother them, they don't bother us. We blend in, we keep our kind secret, that's why we live the normal lives as humans do, so we blend in, that's why Michaela is a registered nurse, I'm an accountant and Michaela's father Dan is a manager of a corporate business. So when you do become a vampire Jake, keep a low profile, do NOT let the CIA know what you are, or things will become chaotic and our cover is blown, including yours." She replies.

"I understand completely. There's one other counterpoint that has me… worried about becoming a vampire?" I ask mildly.

"Blood?" replies Michaela; she could tell instantly that it had me worried.

I cringed, but I nod in reply.

She took my hand in hers, as she looked at me with an adoring look. "Jake I know what you're thinking; it's nothing to be worried about. We do live and feed on blood, but it's not what you think or have read about in fantasy stories or the legends you have heard about vampires. We do not go around killing humans or animals for fun, just for the lust of hunger for blood, no, we are not like that, yes many centuries ago it was like that, but now times have changed, we get blood a much more reasonable way as my mother mentioned earlier on, through blood banks as such. There is one strict rule that we always abide by, Jake, it is an extremely strict rule that we Sirenth always follow and that is we will never drink from a human only if it's absolutely necessary, I mean like life and death situation." She replies.

A thought comes to my mind as I put my index finger up in a 'I just thought of something' motion. "What about when you turn someone into a vampire? That requires biting someone, right?"

"Not in the way that you humans think by reading stories and think about of vampire legends, that's all a myth, when we want to turn someone into our own kind, yes we do bite them, but not aggressively, we do it in a much more conventional manner, we ask them first." She replies.

"Wait, are you saying there have been people already you have asked and they wanted to become vampires and you bit them to transform them?" I ask stunned.

Michaela nods. "Yes Jake, there has been already, many humans to be honest, who know us personally, have asked us to transform them into vampires, we agreed to it."

I was in disbelief. "Wow, I never knew. So how does the process work? Like I know you bite them, but what happens?" I ask.

Michaela gives a light cough and clears her throat, she looks over at her mother, she gives her a nod of approval. "Well, we lay you down; give your neck a clean with a sanitizer, then I will extend my fangs, slowly bite into your neck until my fangs pierce your flesh, we Sirenth generate a venom that will make you turn into one of us, that's the 'only' way to trigger the transformation, nothing else will ever trigger it, we are the only ones who carry this kind of venom, nothing on this planet has the ability to do it like us." I nod. "So, you inject venom into me, then what happens?"

"Once I inject my venom into you, your body will go into an intense sense of pleasure, so don't be alarmed, but there's a catch." She says as she gives me a look of displeasure.

I raise an eyebrow. "What's the catch?" I ask.

"The process of injecting venom into someone takes a lot out of us, so to compensate for that we have to get some blood back." She replies.

"So you suck some of my blood to replenish your energy?" I ask.

She nods. "Yes think of it that way."

"Well, that's normal, nothing wrong with that. If that's how it works, it works. I'm okay with that."

Alison looks at me then at Michaela. "Michaela," she says grabbing her attention, she turns to look at her mother. "Is he ready?" she asks.

She nods. "Yes, mother, I think he is definitely ready."

"Great, that's what we want to hear." Speaks up Michaela's uncle, as he eyes us both.

She put her hand against my cheek and caressed it, "Jake to let you know, we will not let anything happen to you, we all will be there beside you to make sure that everything goes smoothly."

"I trust you and your family with my life, Michaela." I say.

Alison stood up from her recliner chair, "I will go get the room ready." She says and strolls off going up stairs.

We watch her as she leaves. "How long will the changes take?" I ask Michaela.

"Two days maximum, you will start to feel the early stages of the transformation a couple hours after the bite. You will need to feed on blood once you feel the changes, we will give you a big dosage of it once you wake up." She replies.

"Thank you Michaela," I say as I smile at her. "You maybe a vampire, but I love you so goddamn much. Now I will become one just like you, thanks to you."

She gives me a heartwarming smile and leans into me for a comforting hug. She breaks the hug as I look over at all her family members, they all give me a smile, knowing that I will become a vampire like them; they are here to support me. This is it; this is where my destiny will change forever, no more being a human, say goodbye to my old human life, I never thought this would ever happen to me. Having an altered destiny, having my life turned around forever, not having the ability to go back to my old life I had as being a human.

Alison makes her way back down stairs, she walks into the living room, glances at all of us as our gazes look at her.

"The room is ready, Jake if you're ready to begin, now's the time." She says as she gives me a gleaming look. Oh I knew that look; it's the look of happiness and content that I'm becoming a vampire like them.

I slowly got up from the sofa and stood up. Michaela did the same. I made my way to the stairs, as Michaela's family watched me carefully, I took a step onto the first rung of the stairs, suddenly it felt like my eyes played this all in slow motion, as I walk up each step of the stair case, Michaela followed behind me as some of her family members, this is it, the night I will never be a human again, my destiny will be altered forever, I smile forms on my mouth as it turns into smirk, this is the day Agent Lawson becomes a vampire.