It was four nights before Burke was fully turned. The first two nights, Reynaud drained his lover of a small part of his blood, replacing it with his own, so that Burke’s body would begin to accept it without it killing him. It also helped Burke to bond with his soon-to-be Sire. “As if I’m not already,” he’d said when Reynaud told him that. “Love is the greatest bond of all.”
The third night, Reynaud allowed Burke to drink a pint of his blood. Only then did he drain Burke until he reached the death-sleep and then fed him again. It was Reynaud’s blood which Burke had ingested that sustained him as he moved from life to undeath.
The final night, Burke awoke in great pain, physically, mentally, and emotionally. He vomited and had diarrhea, cried, shook uncontrollably, and was in a state of
