Dimitri had me half over the bridge's edge. "Stop fighting me!"He said, trying to pull on the arm he held. He was in a precarious position himself, straddling the rail as he tried to lean over far enough to get me and actually hold onto me.
"Let go of me!" I yelled back. But he was too strong and managed to haul most of me over the rail, enough so that I wasn't in total danger of falling again. See, here's the thing. In that moment before I let go, I really had been contemplating my death. I'd come to terms with it and accepted it. I also, however, had known Dimitri might do something exactly like this. He was just that fast and that good. That was why I was holding my stake in the hand that was dangling free.
I looked him in the eye. "I will always love you." And I struck out, stake in hand, ready to kill the man I loved.
He narrowly dodged it and quickly pulled me over the bridge fully and on to the ground. We struggled for only a moment and I lost the grip I had on my stake. We lay on the ground, him on top of me, our faces inches apart. He grabbed both of my hands in his and intertwined our fingers. He had his hand pressed fully against the spirit ring Oksana gave me. He blinked a few times, and then, I saw the most amazing thing ever happen. His eyes transitioned into the deep brown I had fallen in love with. He blinked some more and I saw some of the red drip back in. "And I will always love you." With that said, he bent his neck and bit into mine. I felt the blood being drained from me. But then, I felt nothing as the wave of sweet endorphins rushed over me.