Days passed like minutes, months went like hours, a year passed before we knew it. Time seemed to escape me leaving me clueless and totally unprepared. My birthday came before I could even say what-the-hell. Being with Eren does that to me.

On the more pleasant side of news, the last year has been quiet and peaceful. The Wings of Freedom haven't made one peep, keeping silent. It worries me but everyone else is taking it as victory. I'm hoping they're right, because if I am then we're in danger. The Wings of Freedom I knew would never back down from a fight. They would wait until the perfect time to strike. But maybe I'm wrong, Erwin was starting to change. Mike turning into a vampire was a huge shock to him. He was struggling to be around his lover. Maybe Mike changed the way Erwin saw us.

Us, can I even call myself a vampire? I haven't officially turned but Eren and I have long since started the process. By Ymir's predictions, I should be a full blooded vampire by January if we complete the blood fusion.

"A lot has happened this year, I wonder what next year will bring." My fingers brush against Eren's arm. He takes a deep breath, smelling for my scent. A smile lights his face and the breath is released.

"Maybe I'll finally get you pregnant. Who knows? We could always adopt." I roll my eyes. We have no time to raise a child. What would life be like for them? Would we show them all the horrors a vampire is capable of? Or would we hide them from it until they were old enough? The idea of a red eyed, blood dripping from mouth vampire around a tiny baby makes me cringe.

"That might not be a good idea. Some of our members are a little vicious when they're hungry." Eren gets up from the bed, his body looks more like a statue than that of a twenty-five year old.

"You're probably right, before we got all those vampires from the Northern clans, we'd have been fine. Now it's like watch were you step, it could be an empty blood pack or a puddle of blood. I'm going to have to get on them if they can't control themselves. I let it go for the first few months, it's hard to adjust from acting like pure animals to civil people. But they're trying my patiences." He walks over to the desk and picks up a journal. I join him and hug him from behind.

"What are we going to do about the Alphas? They seemed...upset when we spoke of sending them away." I glance over his shoulder, with more effort than I'd care to admit, looking at what he's reading. It's a list of all the rules Eren has established. He picks up a pen and writes another down.

Blood packets are to be either drank or kept in the refrigerators, if another packet is found on the floor or its contents spilled, there will be consequences.

"I plan on explaining what might happen since there are so many Alphas here now. They can not assume they will be on the council because of their rank. They are not in charge of their old pack members. I am the alpha here." He puts the journal down in its place, then turns to face me. His arms wrap around me.

"I don't trust Keith. He looks at you like you're a child." I grumble, most of the new Clan members are having a difficult time respecting Eren. Which explains why the house is being trashed at the current moment.

"I don't either, if he makes one wrong move I'll end him. He smells of betrayal. His whole Clan smells of it. Recon Corps sounds too much like Survey Corps for my liking. But Nile doesn't sound much better." Eren looks behind me, searching for the answers.

"Nile just looks like a pig, don't worry about him. I can handle him." Eren looks back at me and grins.

"Ah my little inamorato thinks he can handle an alpha. So cute." He winks at me, hiding the truth. I may be his little inamorato but I'm not defenseless. I was a vampire hunter before I chose him.

"They should fear me, if they knew who I really was then they would." I step away from his warmth. Duty calls.

"It's already time?" He whines, looking more like a teenager than a blood drinking deity.

"It's getting close, he needs me a little more than you do." I slip on my clothes, taking a few seconds to tease Eren knowing he wants to rip them off.

"Nobody needs you more than me. Are you sure you can't just have Sasha do it? She'd love to." He pouts, sticking his lip out.

"They won't know what to say, what to do. I don't know why I do but I just do. My visions or whatever they are, showed me what to do." I go to the door, ready to leave but Eren quickly blocks my path.

"I'm not sure you should go alone. We have so many enemies, this would be a perfect opportunity for them." His sea green eyes pull me in.

"I suppose you're right, but it can't be you or anyone he knows. It'll just tip everything off." Eren frowns, he doesn't trust any of the new members.

"Are you sure-"

"Eren, I can't upset the balance. It's the first thing they showed me." That shuts him up. He knows that the balance is very delicate. One wrong move could change the out come of a vision. Tip over the whole course of fate.

"Just- Just be safe. I lost you before, I won't lose you to one of those assholes." I laugh at his word choice. He sounds like a character from a Nicholas Sparks book.

"I'm not going away, I'm going outside. You can listen from inside. Just stay inside. I'll see you soon." I kiss him before leaving.

I ended up taking Rico, a member from the Garrison clan. She's single, but I'm pretty sure she prefers it that way.

"I need you to stand by the trees over there. Don't make a sound, he's going to be scared." I instruct her where to stand. She just nods her head. A girl of few words, I could get used to her.

I walk over to the grave, grass had started to grow over it but winter came. It's too cold for this shit but I can't do anything about the timing. It's funny to think that last year there wasn't any snow on the ground. We had an outdoor wedding in December. It helps that most of the guests are immune to temperature.

I take a knife out from my jacket preparing to start the ceremony. With one last glance at Rico, I slide the blade against my palm. Immediate pain shoots up my arm, my teeth clench from the sensation.

"You will rise from your frozen grave, the bones that have turned to dust will join again and become one. The flesh that decomposed to become soil will return to bone. The blood from your body will be of mine. More vampire than human. You will be as you were before death took you. The process must start over. You must relive your past to join the future. Rise Connie Springer, join your Clan. Join your family. Join your inamorata in life again. Flesh to flesh. Blood to blood. I call you to come alive." The words leave my mouth, but they are not mine. Whoever sends me my visions takes control over me for ceremonies. I only know them as one concept. The balance. They show me a path for the future, if I ignore or fail to do certain tasks then the path will change. Sometimes for the better, but usually not.

The ground in front of me begins to break, Connie's hand pops up from his grave. He found his way out. I stand and watch as he slowly climbs out. His skin is very pale, but at least he has skin. He has more hair than usual, making it look like he has an afro.

"Levi?" He says slowly, his voice is dry and horse.

"You must drink my blood, you won't like it and it'll come back up but you must. Once you are inside, drink from Sasha. You will faint and not wake up for another week. But you will wake up." I crouch down, extending my hand to him. Connie goes wide eyed and tries to back away. But he doesn't go far, his legs are already giving out.

"You'll die without my blood. You must be how you once were before becoming who you must be. Relive your past to join the future." I take his head and shove it into my palm. He sucks my blood down, the stream slows to a trickle then stops altogether. I let him go, motioning for Rico to come here.

"Take him inside to Sasha, well preferably after he pukes. I've already told her to be by the door. All you have to do is hold him while she gives her blood. He won't be able to stand." I wrap my hand up as she takes him back to the house. She grows when he starts to vomit, she wasn't fast enough so some blood stains her jacket. Once Connie finishes, Rico takes him inside.

I sit in the snow and look up at the white sky. Whoever the Balance is, must be up there. I'm not a believer in religion but what it has shown me makes me regret all the times I knocked religious people.

When I go back inside, it's a madhouse which is what I expected. The newer members look like they've seen a ghost while the old look like they just shit themselves. Marco stands with the alphas, trying his best to explain the situation to them. When our eyes meet, he waves me over. Great. I reluctantly join him, not wanting to talk to those assholes.

"I just don't understand how a human would be able to bring someone back from the dead. He should be using his power more, I have a list of all the dead he needs to bring back." Keith jointers on, making Marco turn red.

"I can't bring back just anyone. I can only do what the Balance wants me to do. I was suppose to bring Connie back. I haven't been told to bring your dead back. They mean nothing to our Clan." I just give it to him straight. He seems taken back, like no one has really talked to him this way. Well he better get used to it. Being the Alpha's inamorato makes me equal to his statues.

"The balance? What kind of drugs are you on?" Nile puts a hand on his hip, looking more like a child than anything.

"I wish, you would look better if I was." He takes a step back, looking like I hit him instead of insulting him.

"Now if you all will just shut up, that would be great. I have other things to do and answering all your petty questions is not one of them." With that I leave, probably leaving Marco worse then when I came over.

I take a few minute to check on Connie, finding him asleep in his bed. Sasha sits on his bed petting him. She stops when I enter the room.

"Don't worry, he's going to wake up. It'll be about a week." She smiles up at me, but the tears still remain.

"Thank you Levi, thank you so much." She turns back to her lover and strokes his face.

"Can you do me a favor, Levi?" She doesn't look at me but I don't need her to.

"Of course,"

"Take that girl, the one with black hair, to Eren. She's been...interesting to play with but I have my love back. I have no need for her." Oh Sasha, what have you been doing?

"That's no problem, have a good day Sasha." She doesn't look at me as I leave. I doubt she's going to leave his side until he wakes up. I need to tell Eren to have someone take a blood packet to her.

I find Eren in the library instead of our room. This has become his favorite room, I think it's the smell he likes the most. Something about all the old books creates a soothing scent. That's another thing I've gained since I started drinking his blood. I can smell a lot better. Not as good as a vampire but better than a human.

"Have you summoned the council yet?" I sit across from him at a table in the back.

"Yes, we've decided to meet tomorrow. Its not wise to meet on a day like today." His words send shivers down my body. On a day like today. The ceremony seemed so small compared to everyone's reaction. If there was a meeting today, our house would be torn apart from all the craziness.

"Sasha didn't kill Mikasa, she actually told me to bring her to you." His book falls from his hands. He looks at me, his eyes wide and shocked.

"She's been alive all this time? What has Sasha done to her?" My heart tingles at first, with jealous. But it doesn't take me long to realize what he means.

"She mentioned that it's been interesting playing with her but since Connie is back, she doesn't need Mikasa anymore." Eren shakes his head, not happy with Sasha.

"I'm going to have to kill her. If there's even a small chance that Mikasa could turn, I can't take it. She would try to kill us all. Who knows what rank she'll get." I watch as the gears start turning in his head.

"We could always use her a bait." That stops his gears, whatever he was planning disappears.

"Should we tempt them though? They haven't came after us, it might be better if we just leave them alone." I lean on the table, looking closer into his eyes.

"You and I both know that what we should do is not what you want. You want to kill them for what they've done. I want to see that organization crumble, they destroyed me." Eren reaches and brushes a strand of hair out of my eyes.

"And you will, Mikasa will have to die before we begin. We can't let her leave." I frown at him, killing her is the exact opposite of what I was thinking.

"Don't worry, Levi. I have an ace up my sleeve."