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Kelly stared at the ed woman who stood in front of her, under Edward&039;s thrall "I can&039;t," she said, gri "I just can&039;t drink her blood"

"Why not?"

"I just can&039;t" She looked up at hiht you were sure about this Didn&039;t you think it through?"

"I guess I just sort of skipped this part All I really thought about was how nice it would be for us to be together forever I never thought about about this part of it"

That wasn&039;t entirely true She re Marisa she didn&039;t think she could drink blood So a vaht, all she had thought of was becoether forever She would never have to worry about growing old and helpless

"Well, you&039;d better start thinking about it It&039;s part of what you are now A vital part, whether you like it or not"

"Isn&039;t it doesn&039;t it taste awful?"

He looked at the wo to hi within hiht to be repulsed by the almost incessant need for blood - knew he should be horrified by the mere idea - when the truth was just the opposite

"Awful?" He laughed softly "Try it and see"

"I can&039;t" She shuddered, tears glistening her eyes "I can&039;t bite her I just can&039;t!"

She turned ahen he bared his fangs

This is what I ah his mind as he took what he needed, what he wanted

When he was done, he released the woman and sent her away, and then he bit his wrist and offered it to Kelly

She looked at hi like twin flaaze with his "I can make you drink, and then wipe it from your mind, Kelly, if that&039;s what you want"

"I don&039;t know" She looked at the blood welling from his wrist, licked her lips, then looked away "Maybe just this once"

"Look at me"

She did as he asked; her eyes filled with trust He spoke to heras her mouth closed over his wrist He let her drink as ht she needed, closed the wound in his wrist, wiped the memory from her mind, and then released his hold on her

She blinked up at hi, love, let us go for a walk"

Arm in arm, they strolled down the street Ramsey felt like a new father as he watched Kelly take in the sights and sounds around theh her newly acquired va the world for the first ti short of ahter, but they had depth and texture His sense of touch was remarkably sensitive, his sense of smell keener His sense of taste, however, had been pared down to one single flavor: the coppery tang of blood It should have been repulsive, but it was not

He glanced over at Kelly Her revulsion to taking blood was an old taboo froot past it, she would be fully vampire As he was

Vahtmare that would end the next tih he had come to enjoy the powers of the Dark Gift, he couldn&039;t shake the constant fear that he would becoood or as bad as you wish Grigori&039;s words echoed in the back of his ood vampire? He had already killed one woain?

Murder isva humans for their blood It is all the same; only the reasons are different

He had killed vahed heavily on his conscience He had never questioned whether they were "good" or "bad" He had viewed theiveness?

He frowned Perhaps he was not truly guilty of murder Didn&039;t that sin lie with the vampire who first bestowed the Dark Gift? If so, then he was responsible for killing Kelly

"Eddie?"

He turned to face her, horrified at the thoughts chasing the?"

"What&039;s wrong?"

He forced a s for you to worry about"

"Let&039;s don&039;t have any secrets, Eddie, please?"

"Forgive hts, you know?"

"About what?"

"About vampires I have killed About you"

"What aboutyou across?"

Her eyes widened "You are having deep thoughts, aren&039;t you? How can you be damned for what you did, when I asked you to do it?"

"What about the vauilty of murder?"

"I don&039;t know, Eddie, but I don&039;t think so You did what you thought was right at the time Anyway, vampires are already" She looked up at him, her eyes wider than ever "Already dead I&039;m dead, aren&039;t I?"

"You knew that"

"Dead!" She held up her hands, turned them one way and another, touched her face "What have I done?" Her fingers dug into his ar the skin "What have I done?"

"Kelly"

She stared at hi him for the first ti back"

"I know" She shivered "I guess you were right I didn&039;t really think it through I was so caught up in the wonder of it, the newness I&039;ve never known a high like that before I can&039;t have children, can I?"