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I bitto try this, it would make sense to do it while we are away fro on a boat where you can controla sheet around his waist He stared down at me incredulously "Is this supposed to be a joke?"

I shook my head

He breathed out sharply "What if you turned out exactly like him? Then what?"

"Then we’d have the opportunity to experiure out how to make me normal"

He looked at me in disbelief "Rose, this is supposed to be a honeymoon Honeymoon Do you knohat that word erous experiment in which neither of us understand what the hell we are doing and which could end up with you turning into a ra bloodsucker for all eternity"

Despite the seriousness of the subject, I couldn’t help but find aot really, really bad," I said, "we could return to The Shade and I could just take the cure"

Caleb scoffed "‘Just take the cure’ You speak of it like it’s popping a pill You have no idea how painful it is"

"I do have an idea My parents told ot up fro for his hands, I held the

He looked down atinto a vampire," he said, "it doesn’t matter how much people have told you about the experience There’s no way to prepare for the agony"

"Maybe, Caleb," I replied softly "But please understand… I need to try this, for my brother’s sake and mine" I reached up to kiss his jawline "And for our peace of mind"

He wet his lower lip "And what about our children?" he asked, his brown eyes boring into o fine, then what? If ant children, I would have to become a hu a vampire nohen you would have to turn back soon? You’d be putting yourself through an unnecessary amount of pain--and risk"

"Because I don’t want to wait that long I’ in uncertainty about our future and about my brother I just want to at least do what’s within our power to try to understand the situation"