p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="3abd1c193b2451587aa17f4ab18aa636"*Anissa*/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="523c5a20a723e25c8345fc76573bfac0"Circe was adjusting well to her new life as a vampire she made her kills easily and without attention, and from what I could tell she seemed to be adjusting to her new life much better than I was adjusting when I was first turned. Her prey was just so willing to do what she asked that it was creepy, so I put it to a test one day and had her make her prey do some strange things and all she did was ask though it seemed to only affect men, and her beauty was a plus, enhanced by her vampirism made her the easiest spiderweb for our prey. And when I confronted her she said it felt psychic so I've had her practising constantly for the last three months, and today marked the year I had been turned. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="8b4e48c8df1988ab0fdfb4592d84bd1d""span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Congrats are in order, I remembered today is your death day/span", she seemed to say so enthusiastically and I couldn't help but smirk slightly. "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Yeah well, don't expect me to celebrate/span". She rolled her eyes and ran vampire fast somewhere into the woods, I trusted her enough to come back, and I couldn't help but feel a twinge of sadness. What is wrong with me I thought, em style="box-sizing: border-box;"how did Circe make me feel all weird inside, how could she bring down all my walls instantly when I tried so hard to build them, how is it that she was the only person who could do this, why did I have this serious urge to protect her and defend her. There was no explaining/em em style="box-sizing: border-box;"it, from the moment I saved her it was like my world became fixated on her, she suddenly became my centre as if I lived for her and it has only worsened as I spent these last months together with her, and you know what I don't feel bad for having these thoughts but I just couldn't stand if she couldn't reciprocate these feelings./em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="d989a4014218b25b16e5d73b6535b006"I was broken from my thoughts from a loud cough, and when I looked up I saw Circe standing against a tree staring at me, with a flirtatious smile, she came closer and when she was just a couple of inches closer to my face, I became embarrassingly aware of my back being pressed against the outside wall of the abandoned factory, and began to avoid eye contact. "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"I knew it!/span", she couldn't help but yell, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"knew what?!/span", I asked putting some distance between us./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="a3d19977fddc2451a0841868f8c259d9"She seemed to try and say the words but didn't and immediately knew something was wrong, I raised my eyebrows at her questioning her, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"I'm sorry, but I can't help but feel that you harbour some sort of feelings towards me...and I waited for you to make your move but you didn't do anything so.../span" she paused. And I noticed that even though she couldn't breathe she seemed to be getting out of breath, but then she continued, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"I'm making my move, this is going to sound crazy, but...is there something between us Anissa?/span". /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="4cfcc75e0495681796fcd7729bb5b3c1"I was completely baffled but not stupid enough to let this pass me by so I raced to her, grabbed her and planted a hard yet firm kiss against her lips, and almost immediately she returned the kiss back. When it finally seemed like forever we drew apart and I found myself smiling, and I asked playfully, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"I thought you couldn't control women?/span". And if Circe could blush she would, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Well I said it was hard but not impossible...also I hope you don't think I was playing some trick on you?/span", she tried to play it cool but I could the uncertainty in her perfect melodious voice, so I assured her, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"No, I assure you, from the moment I first set eyes on you I haven't been able to stop thinking about you,/span"./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="fbe0e3f7a2e013bcfd615f01ac11ca23"She snorted, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"K, no need to be cheesy/span". /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="f1d180844e3499c207cc0c509f170d90"I laughed, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"hey, I'm not trying to be cheesy/span"./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="9f47989663af6b0a67858571fd2d259e"We stared at each other for a while, and Circe finally broke the stare, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Hey, I was wondering if we could expand our little...group?/span". I was completely caught off guard with her question and created an awkward silence, and after some deep thought I put in thanks to vampire thought processing. It pained me to ask but I was almost certain of the reason she brought this up, I scoffed to show her my irritation, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Who did you turn?/span". If she could get any paler she would, she couldn't even make eye contact. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="522014af5b1d2e2d3e19b2b607602679""I'm sorry but I didn't want her to die I'm sorry, it was a moment of weakness and it won't happen again!", she apologized. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="470f421b1970ba5cf15d6a7c0581a5d3"I couldn't help but scoff at that, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Is...that supposed to be an apology?! You can't have this guilt what I did...was a mistake, everyone else dies from my venom, only you survived! that is an accident!/span", before I realised it I was yelling, and she was shrinking away, and for a moment I found a voice creeping in, "em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I'll take care of her, let me out/em"./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="6ad05be1483f5ad69d13331731b510da"I screamed at Circe, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"LEAVE! it's not safe, I need to cool off...we can keep her but no more...understood!/span". Circe nodded and retreated into the woods and out of earshot, while I gathered my thoughts, trying to distinguish mine from the beasts. I could feel the voice's presence the first few months of my turning but it was never really a problem till I turned Circe, then I started to hear it's voice, it was such a different side of me and the battle to hold it in was worsening every day as I found it making its way into my every thought./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="3331b723a39c321e1290f475d4d490b1"And I knew that for Circe's sake I had to hold it in or...well I don't know what will happen, and that's what scared me./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="9fcd74ff7a17db788ec5c8776c902c0e"And so I peered at my surroundings, taking it all in to distract me, I saw a building sign, it said 'Georgia building company', I even filled it with thoughts of my village, wolves, lore, the elders, the forest...and my sister. That thought silenced the voice and I found myself dry sobbing since I couldn't cry tears./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="142dea63c1b49a6564a463358a812b45"*Jennifa*/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="4099b84c2df76e98c318b253c9880ad9"I woke up sharply with just one thought in my head, that would surely cause many problems and yet solve the most important ones, and yet I found myself believing it, 'Georgia building company'. And suddenly I found myself believing all of Lynn's theory as they were suddenly falling into place, I-95 that lead to Georgia right next door and the 'Georgia building company', and for once I was going to chase those leads give myself closure even if they didn't pan out./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="e15aff8d93a345e8c5a44f0af1f11d92"For the first time in the longest time, I felt hope. "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Anissa's alive?!/span"/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="523c5a20a723e25c8345fc76573bfac0"Circe was adjusting well to her new life as a vampire she made her kills easily and without attention, and from what I could tell she seemed to be adjusting to her new life much better than I was adjusting when I was first turned. Her prey was just so willing to do what she asked that it was creepy, so I put it to a test one day and had her make her prey do some strange things and all she did was ask though it seemed to only affect men, and her beauty was a plus, enhanced by her vampirism made her the easiest spiderweb for our prey. And when I confronted her she said it felt psychic so I've had her practising constantly for the last three months, and today marked the year I had been turned. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="8b4e48c8df1988ab0fdfb4592d84bd1d""span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Congrats are in order, I remembered today is your death day/span", she seemed to say so enthusiastically and I couldn't help but smirk slightly. "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Yeah well, don't expect me to celebrate/span". She rolled her eyes and ran vampire fast somewhere into the woods, I trusted her enough to come back, and I couldn't help but feel a twinge of sadness. What is wrong with me I thought, em style="box-sizing: border-box;"how did Circe make me feel all weird inside, how could she bring down all my walls instantly when I tried so hard to build them, how is it that she was the only person who could do this, why did I have this serious urge to protect her and defend her. There was no explaining/em em style="box-sizing: border-box;"it, from the moment I saved her it was like my world became fixated on her, she suddenly became my centre as if I lived for her and it has only worsened as I spent these last months together with her, and you know what I don't feel bad for having these thoughts but I just couldn't stand if she couldn't reciprocate these feelings./em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="d989a4014218b25b16e5d73b6535b006"I was broken from my thoughts from a loud cough, and when I looked up I saw Circe standing against a tree staring at me, with a flirtatious smile, she came closer and when she was just a couple of inches closer to my face, I became embarrassingly aware of my back being pressed against the outside wall of the abandoned factory, and began to avoid eye contact. "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"I knew it!/span", she couldn't help but yell, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"knew what?!/span", I asked putting some distance between us./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="a3d19977fddc2451a0841868f8c259d9"She seemed to try and say the words but didn't and immediately knew something was wrong, I raised my eyebrows at her questioning her, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"I'm sorry, but I can't help but feel that you harbour some sort of feelings towards me...and I waited for you to make your move but you didn't do anything so.../span" she paused. And I noticed that even though she couldn't breathe she seemed to be getting out of breath, but then she continued, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"I'm making my move, this is going to sound crazy, but...is there something between us Anissa?/span". /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="4cfcc75e0495681796fcd7729bb5b3c1"I was completely baffled but not stupid enough to let this pass me by so I raced to her, grabbed her and planted a hard yet firm kiss against her lips, and almost immediately she returned the kiss back. When it finally seemed like forever we drew apart and I found myself smiling, and I asked playfully, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"I thought you couldn't control women?/span". And if Circe could blush she would, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Well I said it was hard but not impossible...also I hope you don't think I was playing some trick on you?/span", she tried to play it cool but I could the uncertainty in her perfect melodious voice, so I assured her, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"No, I assure you, from the moment I first set eyes on you I haven't been able to stop thinking about you,/span"./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="fbe0e3f7a2e013bcfd615f01ac11ca23"She snorted, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"K, no need to be cheesy/span". /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="f1d180844e3499c207cc0c509f170d90"I laughed, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"hey, I'm not trying to be cheesy/span"./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="9f47989663af6b0a67858571fd2d259e"We stared at each other for a while, and Circe finally broke the stare, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Hey, I was wondering if we could expand our little...group?/span". I was completely caught off guard with her question and created an awkward silence, and after some deep thought I put in thanks to vampire thought processing. It pained me to ask but I was almost certain of the reason she brought this up, I scoffed to show her my irritation, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Who did you turn?/span". If she could get any paler she would, she couldn't even make eye contact. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="522014af5b1d2e2d3e19b2b607602679""I'm sorry but I didn't want her to die I'm sorry, it was a moment of weakness and it won't happen again!", she apologized. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="470f421b1970ba5cf15d6a7c0581a5d3"I couldn't help but scoff at that, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Is...that supposed to be an apology?! You can't have this guilt what I did...was a mistake, everyone else dies from my venom, only you survived! that is an accident!/span", before I realised it I was yelling, and she was shrinking away, and for a moment I found a voice creeping in, "em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I'll take care of her, let me out/em"./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="6ad05be1483f5ad69d13331731b510da"I screamed at Circe, "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"LEAVE! it's not safe, I need to cool off...we can keep her but no more...understood!/span". Circe nodded and retreated into the woods and out of earshot, while I gathered my thoughts, trying to distinguish mine from the beasts. I could feel the voice's presence the first few months of my turning but it was never really a problem till I turned Circe, then I started to hear it's voice, it was such a different side of me and the battle to hold it in was worsening every day as I found it making its way into my every thought./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="9fcd74ff7a17db788ec5c8776c902c0e"And so I peered at my surroundings, taking it all in to distract me, I saw a building sign, it said 'Georgia building company', I even filled it with thoughts of my village, wolves, lore, the elders, the forest...and my sister. That thought silenced the voice and I found myself dry sobbing since I couldn't cry tears./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="142dea63c1b49a6564a463358a812b45"*Jennifa*/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="4099b84c2df76e98c318b253c9880ad9"I woke up sharply with just one thought in my head, that would surely cause many problems and yet solve the most important ones, and yet I found myself believing it, 'Georgia building company'. And suddenly I found myself believing all of Lynn's theory as they were suddenly falling into place, I-95 that lead to Georgia right next door and the 'Georgia building company', and for once I was going to chase those leads give myself closure even if they didn't pan out./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="e15aff8d93a345e8c5a44f0af1f11d92"For the first time in the longest time, I felt hope. "span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Anissa's alive?!/span"/p
