What was odder still was that even though she felt the heightened tension in every cell in her body, her heart wasn’t beating faster.
In fact it wasn’t beating at all.
Eva put every ounce of strength she had into opening her eyelids. They barely opened. But it was enough. She could see his face beside hers.
Then she felt the crush of his mouth on hers, far hotter than it had been before. But somehow the kiss was different, more intense, flowing through her, setting off sparks in every fiber of her being. The cold wax-like sensation that bound her began to melt, making movement possible.
Eva sat up slowly, and Raphael’s strong arms wrapped around her. Her ears heard each audible gasp of the others in duplicate, once in the room, another time in her head, like some strange echo.
A strange sweet liquid that tasted vaguely like almonds swirled in her mouth.
Eva.
Raphael’s voice echoed in her head.
Smile for me.
It was impossible that she could hear his thoughts, yet somehow she knew that’s precisely what was happening.
She spread her lips into a smile, noticing the strange sensation of longer teeth pressing at the edges of her lips. His eyes widened, and she felt him shake beneath her hands. He crushed her to his warm, solid chest, and it felt like coming home.
“Darling Eva. You’ve done it. I don’t know how, but you’ve done what no one else ever has. You’ve returned as one of us.”
I’m a vampire?
He pulled back a fraction, his face radiant as he stroked her cheek with infinite tenderness. “Yes.”
This time, she crushed herself to his chest, a fierce joy filling her. She was going to have forever with him. And somehow, in sacrificing it all, she’d been given everything she’d ever wanted.
She pulled back gazing in his eyes. “What about the plague? Are you safe?”
“You’ve broken it, my love. I don’t know how, but you’ve done it.”
Eva cocked her head to one side. “I think I finally understand.”
“What happened?”
“They sent me back.”
“Who?”
“The voices on the other side. They told me I still had something important to do and I couldn’t stay. And this time they told me what it was.”
He smiled, and it lit the entire room, making her feel more alive than she ever had before. “And what was it?”
“To love you forever.”
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