AN: Thanks to DreamOfTheEndless and SweetLovinCullen for pre-reading. Thanks to babylopez2008 for beta-ing.

Really, what was I expecting? That she'd wake up and fall desperately in love with me? That kind of thing only happens in fairy tales, and I'm not exactly Prince Charming.

I still think she's taking this pretty well. She hasn't even tried to hurt me. I wonder why that is.

"I've never felt that much pain before," she says as she stares at her hands in her lap.

"It was the venom," I reply. "It was altering you... changing you from human to-"

"Vampire." She finishes my sentence and looks up at me. I nod once to confirm. "What I did to that animal..." She shudders.

"At least it wasn't a human," I say.

She doesn't say anything to my remark. I almost believe she didn't hear me say it until she finally utters, "Why couldn't you just let me die?"