Chapter 16: Bond
“ True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. ” — Baltasar Gracian.
“ True, ” he says.
“ Then what are we waiting for? ”
He chuckles at my impatience. “ You do realize that blood bond is almost like a familial bond, right? ”
“ Yeah, so? ”
“ It ’ s one thing if you drink from your parents. It ’ s another thing entirely if you drink from a stranger —”
“ We are not strangers, ” I add.
“— Aside from parents to child, vampires drink from each other because they are lovers. ”
“ Which we are not. But bonds between friends also exist. ”
“ Soulmates, you mean? ” he inquires.
“ Yes. Soulmates are individuals who ideally suited one another, and I am beginning to think of us as close friends now. That should be an enough reason to form a bond, right?
