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My eyes had turned pitch black

It was as if they had never been green

I splashed cold water onit with a towel, as if this would soered back,to me?

Chapter 5: Ben

The moment of clarity that had descended on

I soon went back to relishing the waysoout at the dark waters

I sat for al for ain, and, like a slave to ed back to shore

I barely even felt the sun digging into ht out my next victi into an to lose track of how many people I killed in the days that followed

But after as perhaps the tenth uilt was practically non-existent

I was barely self-aware enough for this to scare evento feel no different than slicing open an orange--a means of sustenance I couldn’t do without

It wasn’t until the phone rang in ain

I scrambled to pick it up

"Hello?" I said

"Joseph" It was Jeraht I’d check in on you

How are you coping?" "Fine," I grunted

"Good

Good

So you’re finding blood all right?" "Yes" "All right

I was just curious

Not all newly turned vampires are cut out to beand just partake of the blood

But it see up

I re down at the receiver

There was soht with me, and I wasn’t sure why

Murderer

That hat he’d called ered the eret

Guilt

Fright at what I was beco, perhaps had already become

No

I can’t let myself fall like this

I pulleddown at the phone