This is it, I thought. I'm going to die.
A profound gloom curled its way around my heart.
Never in a million years did I imagine my life would end this way. If I pictured anything, it was that I disappeared into nothingness as the vampire queen took over my body. Dying like this? No one would know.
And I thought of Silindra on an altar, her blood drained from her body.
Sacrificed for Sharra's whims.
I never would've guessed my fate would be so entwined with hers.
I didn't want to die. I didn't want those I loved to die. I wanted to live!
The knife hovering above me abruptly descended and sank deep into my chest.
If I could have, I would have cried out in pain. I felt every rip, every tear, every shredded vein, and vessel as the blade entered my body.
But I was unable to mo
