The silence in the room is heavy and oppressive.
“Do you want to die?” The ancient vampire finally asks me, his voice so cold that it sends a shiver down my spine. “Because I can put you out of your misery.”
I can feel some of the energy pouring back into me, and I stay silent, not wanting to piss him off.
“You want to leave town.” He watches me with those terrifying eyes. “I can understand that. But if you let a mate, fated or not, destroy you so easily, then you do not have the strength that I saw in you all those years ago. You can die miserable, half breed, or you can die happy. The choice is yours. Just because your life has been a cruel one so far, doesn’t mean that you have to go out of your way to punish yourself and let your enemies know that they have won. Because that is t
