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She pulls the girl out of my arms and lets her fall to the floor with a thump. Then she crawls into my lap, her legs on either side of my hips, her hands stroking my face. She kisses me, licking my bloody lips. It's then I see her sharp teeth – just likemine.
"You're now immortal," she says. "I gave you the gift of eternity. These mortals – they exist for your pleasure. Look at them as if they were your servants, your toys, your food. You are a hunter, now. The supreme hunter. They are yourprey."
"They're humans," I say inprotest.
"And you're no longer human. You're superior. You can run faster, you're stronger, your sight and hearing and touch and smell and taste – every sense is heightened. Every emotionmagnified."
Even now, so soon after my metamorphosis, I know I'm no longer the same. I'm no longer one ofthem.
"What amI?"
"You," she says and kisses me again, deeply. "You arevampyr."
* * *
Michel closesthe manuscript and my cheeks are hot from the description of Julien as he kills his firsthuman.
"The rest is not for you to hear," he says quietly as he flips through the pages. "It concerns my own debasement." We sit in silence for a moment and I can tell he'suncomfortable.
"Is yours worse thanJulien's?"
"Much worse. Sacrilegious would be one way to describe it," he says, his voice quiet. "I was still a believer, and apriest."
Of course, I want more than anything to read it, but I feel very sorry for him and for Julien after hearing about Julien's turning. They didn't ask for this existence. It was forced onthem.
"Now, I must leave," he says, not meeting my eyes. He returns the manuscript to its envelope and gets up, shrugging on his coat. He walks to the door and I follow, feeling veryawkward.
"I'm sorry," I say, after opening the door for him, not able to think of what else tosay.
"Forwhat?"
"That you both were made into vampires against yourwill."
He turns to me and smiles softly, reaching out to touch my cheek with the backs of hisfingers.
"Sweet Eve," he says. "Little ballerina and child prodigy. Sad for a vampire even though one took your mother from you and left youalone?"
"You were humanonce."
"Iwas."
A flood of warmth goes through me from his touch, taking away the sadness I feel from the story I've just heard. I feel so sorry for him and for Julien. It's then, of course, that I think of meeting Julien earlier before the test and then afterwards. He frowns, for he's found my memories. He drops the manuscript and takes my head in his hands, staring in myeyes.
"You met with Julien,twice?"
"He found me. He followed me after thetest."
He shakes his head and I feel him probing my memories, and as he does, I relive them. Michel goes over each word, eachgesture.
"Stay away from him, Eve. You're not forhim."
I pull away and he lets mego.
"He said my mother wanted him to have me as his Adept. That he was supposed to trainme."
"We don't always get what we want." He frowns at me, then he takes in a deep breath and exhales. "Eve, I don't want to forbid you. But if you're going to be my Adept, you have to just accept my will. Don't see Julien. He'll only try to make things more difficult." He bends down to pick up the manuscript, but his face is dark now, his browfurrowed.
I don't say anything. I want to be Michel's Adept, I think. I'm not sure what Ifeel.
