Last chapter!! sobs Ah, well, it's been really, really nice knowing you all. I've really enjoyed writing this, and I thank all of you for reading this. Hopefully, you'll read some of my other stories… (hint, hint) but hey, no pressure!
(If you don' I'll send my specially trained ninja squirrels at you! Beware of the rage of the ninja squirrels!)
Chapter 10 – Epilogue
"Haven't seen you around for a while" Vlad laughed, his black eyes laughing scornfully at me. I didn't care, that much; all I felt was a slight tint of disgust. He was attractive, to humans, sure. We all were. But he had something… slimy about him that even humans noticed. A remnant from his time as a London pimp, perhaps.
"I've been busy." I sat down beside Caleb who couldn't resist smiling. He knew I despised Vlad. That was part of the reason why he hang out with him.
"So I've heard" Vlad breathed, eyes widened in fake excitement. "Busy with that little human, ey? So, you've turned her yet? Or just killed her?" He laughed. "Surely, you must have killed her. I've tried it out sometimes. They never last, humans." I raised an eyebrow.
"You disgust me" I said coldly. He sipped what appeared to be red wine. O, probably. The cheapest kind. Vlad didn't like animal blood. It didn't make him feel as big and powerful as human blood did.
He probably needed the confirmation. It wasn't like he actually was big and powerful, after all.
"Sure I do. So, what was it? Kill or transformation?" Caleb, who hadn't spoken yet, now raised his voice.
"I'm actually curious, too. You look different, Mischa." He'd seen it, of course. Older, stronger vampires normally did. The change that appeared was visible, though faint.
"I've taken a lifemate."
"Oh." Caleb leaned back. He understood, apparently. He had known from the moment I mentioned the word Lifemate.
It was curious, that he knew me so well.
"Reeeally?" It was really far below a vampires dignity to be such a gossip.
But then, I had never been that sure Vlad was a vampire. My theory was something in the line of mutant or creature of the black lagoon.
"Yes. That little human you were talking about." I had the pleasure to see his jaw drop.
"So you did turn her?" I shook my head. I could see how he was struggling to understand what was going on.
He probably never would. He was much, much too stupid for that.
I would never turn Kaia.
She wouldn't survive it. Never. I wouldn't turn her, because it would kill her.
"Congrats, mate. Cheers!" I could see the faintest trace of sorrow in Caleb's eyes as he raised his glass. He knew. He had always been very intuitive.
I would live with Kaia. I would live with her, and when she died, I would follow her.
After all, four hundred years seemed more than enough.
"Well then, I guess it's time for me to get out of here. The night is young." Vlad grinned, his ugly, yellow fangs showing. Disappeared through the door. Caleb silently sipped his AB- and then sighed.
"Mate, I knew it was a bad idea from the start." I grinned.
"Depends on your point of view."
"Ah, well, there'll be at least eighty years, won't it?" I shrugged.
"Probably."
"Yeah. I guess I'll just have to find someone just as stupid as you, after that."
"I guess so. Good luck. Can't that hard." He laughed.
"I guess not."
Silence.
"She's that important to you?"
"Yes."
"You shouldn't have told him, you know."
"Yes, I should. Now they know what happens if they try anything." I exposed my teeth.
"Good luck, then. I should get going, too." He stood up. "I'll see you around."
"You will." He nodded good bye and disappeared, too. I was left alone at the small table. No point in staying, now. I had to feed, too. If I was going to spend the rest of my life with Kaia, I had to make sure she lived for as long as possible. It was like that old poem…
I wonder, vampire
How long the hunger can be controlled
By your fading, tormented soul?
I had no intention of finding out.
(Bye! now crying for real One final review. Please?
Yours truly,
Mickasala)