The sensation was so good I almost didn’t want it to end but I was becoming weaker, I didn’t know how to tell Cedric but thankfully, I didn’t have to, he withdrew his fangs from my shoulder and rested his head on my chest for a moment. “Are you alright now?” He did not respond “Cedric?” “I swore I wasn’t going to become like them, I told myself I didn’t need human blood to survive, but here we are” “Please don’t speak that way, I am the one who offered it to you, and you didn’t have a choice” “Yes, I did have a choice, I could have waited for my wounds to heal naturally like they always do” “And suffer? Do you really think I would be okay with seeing you in pain? Just because you can heal naturally doesn’t mean you should be okay with getting hurt” Through the dim light provided by

