epilogue
I walk down a lonely street. It's nighttime, but the early shades of gray that show dawn is coming start to appear in the sky.
I keep walking, steadily on down the deserted street, that in three hours, will be filled with the hustle and bustle of a city.
Yes, a city. Much has happened since I last came here. The night has been changed to a time where everything halts. It's the only break that this empty place has.
I stop, knowing I'm where I want to be.
I stand at the site where Drirletlan and Moonbay fell, but I was spared. I stand where I learned no one in this world is safe, unless they choose to be a hunter. I was hunted all my life. Now I see I was making a fatal mistake.I lay down two roses, one black and one red. This is it. This is the last moment of remembering my weak past. And knowing this strengthens me. Saying these things, releasing this emotion, listening to the things I have been told all of my life. I know now that I can leave all of the pain behind and start over new, with this last visit to my past.
Someone comes up behind me. I look back now to see that it is Aubrey, my fall, and my rebirth. He has showed me through words and examples that the hunted always fail, and that you need to hunt to live. He spared me, allowed me to live on with those words: Always remember, you are strong Aubrea, possibly stronger than I. If you survive make sure you are never the hunted again.
He stands with his hand held out, waiting for me to take it... and I do. I realize now what my life is. No longer can I be nice, kind, or anything human again.
I am now a hunter, I am now the true damned, damned to hunt and kill, I am now what a true vampire should be, and I now know what Aubrea was truly meant to be!
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