***Chapter Five***
**I will save you**
Eric's face was still. I had no way of knowing what he was thinking. Wishing only in this moment that I could read the minds of vampires.
I made the move to stand but my legs buckled beneath me an obvious sign of my incurable decease. Strong arms wrapped themselves around me looking up I see it. Love. If Eric can feel that.
"You do know what you're asking of me? Don't you?"
"I wouldn't have said it if I didn't mean it. " I offer up honestly. "I know it's a loaded question. I'll understand if you need time or better yet I'll understand if you turn me down. There are far more-" she feels his cold finger on her lips making her go silent.
"I need to hear you say it. " he whispers almost silently she could barely see the ignorant and self-absorbed Eric she knew so much. The Eric who was looking at her with such raw emotion had her head spinning, "Eric, will you do me the pleasure of being my maker?"
There she said it. And true enough the words spoken out loud somehow made that statement even more true or real. The next moment she felt two strong arms wrapping around her thin torso, "I will save you."
She closed her eyes and accepted the comfort. It wasn't just a small and simple act - this was where her mortal and ill life changed for the better.