The kids get home to Troy's place and sit down on the couch. Lucille picked them up. She went to the kitchen so the kids could talk. Gabriella looked at her boyfriend and best friends. "So what did you mean earlier when you all said you haven't been completely honest with me since we met?"

Troy sighed. "Taylor and myself are vampires. We drink animal blood."

Taylor added. "I also drink cloned blood. I'm the same species as Selene."

Gabriella looked shocked. "Vampires?! What about you, Eve?"

"I'm half vampire half lycan." She replied.

"What's a lycan?"

"A European warewolf. My father is a hybrid too. Mom is a vampire. She saved Daddy about a year before I was born. But not before he was bitten by a lycan first and was dying of silver nitrate."

"Silver nitrate?"

"It's liquid silver. It's specially made to kill lycans as they're allergic to silver. Straight through the bloodstream and nothing to dig out."

"Eww."

Eve nodded. "But it's necessary. My mother's species burns in the sunlight, but she was given a gift by our founding father Alexander Corvinus. She now has the ability to walk in the sunlight without burning to ash."

"What about you, Taylor? You said you were the same species as Selene."

"Selene had my mother bite her long before I was born. She passed the gift onto her and when I was born, I was born with it. I inherited it."

"Wow. This is a lot to take in."

"There's more." Troy said and Gabby looked at him confused. "My species is a bit different. The sun can't burn us. We sparkle and the only thing that can break through our skin is a warewolf's teeth or another vampire's teeth. For us to die, we must be completely ripped apart and the pieces burned to ash."

"Oww."

"Yeah, but it rarely happens unless necessary. It's forbidden to kill our own kind otherwise. Only the warewolves can do it as they please. Except to my family specifically and Chad's due to a treaty."

"Anything else?"

Taylor spoke up again. "Just one more about my species. The way for us to die is we have to be shot in the heart or shot by ultraviolet bullets."

"Ultraviolet bullets?"

"Sunlight used as a weapon. It burns us from the inside out."

"Eww. And oww."

"Yeah, so we have to be careful."

Gabriella nodded then looked at her boyfriend. "So why'd you pick me?"

"You're my mate. Like Michael is Selene's mate and my dad is my mom's mate."

"But how do you know?"

"You just feel it. It's like an instinct. You just know."

"So now what?"

"According to law, when we find our mates, if not already a vampire, we're supposed to turn them."

"Vampires have laws?"

"Yeah. Sort of like a government, but for vampires. They're called The Vulteri."

"The Vulteri?"

"Yeah, but they don't know I met my mate when we were just babies. And they still don't know. If they find out you know about us, being human, they'll make me turn you or kill you. So I've been shielding you all our lives. I'm letting it be your decision whether to be turned or not."

"This is so much. I...I have to think about it a little bit. Can I have until tomorrow?"

"Of course. Take all the time you need. See you tomorrow, Sweetheart." He replied and kissed her forehead.

She smiled and went home.

The next morning, Gabriella got up and quickly dressed, brushed her teeth, grabbed her backpack, and headed to Troy's. It was 6:30 and Troy was on the couch ready to go, waiting for the girls. Gabriella knocked and he opened the door to see her smiling big. "Morning, Gabby. You're a bit early."

"I made up my mind. You know, about what you said yesterday."

"Oh." He stepped aside to let her in and closed the door behind her. "So what did you decide?"

"I want you to turn me. Right now."

"Now?"

"Now." She confirmed and exposed her neck for him.

"This is going to burn. It'll only last for about five minutes, but it will hurt."

She nodded. "I can handle it. Do it."

Troy nodded and bit her exposed neck drinking a little then pulled away. Gabriella fell in his arms and started screaming due to the burning. Taylor and Eve rushed in and saw Gabriella in pain. "What happened?!" Taylor asked panicked.

"She wanted me to turn her. It'll only be three minutes now and she'll be one of us."

Taylor nodded in understanding and the girls sat and waited.