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had it in him.
                  He lifted her hair off her neck, exposing the jugular vein that fluttered faintly with her rapidly fading pulse. He had to do this now and he had to do it fast. He bit her neck, gulping down her blood and listening to her heart beat slow down until it stopped. He let go of her throat and put his wrist to his mouth, using his fangs to tear it open. He held the wound over her mouth and their mixed blood flowed between her lips.
                  As the blood dripped down her throat, he whispered prayers in his birth language. He felt the faintest flutter as her lips quivered against his wrist. He held his breath as he waited, finally letting it out when the tip of her tongue tickled his skin. He stroked her throat firmly and she moaned weakly as she automatically swallowed in response. After a moment of stillness, her mouth latched on firmly to his wrist and he felt her begin to draw deeply from his veins.
                  He smiled and felt a lump form in his throat as he watched her drink. “That’s a good girl, drink it down.”
                  As she continued to feed from him, he wrapped his other arm around her and carefully pulled her body off the rebar. She didn’t register it at all, focused on consuming their blood. He eased her down to the ground, careful to keep his wrist firm against her lips.
                  When he began to feel light headed, a sign that he had accomplished his goal, he pulled his wrist away from her mouth. She whimpered a bit, her mouth blindly seeking for more but she soon settled down and went still. He looked down at the tear in her shirt where the rebar had pierced through. The wound had stopped bleeding and he could see that it had already grown smaller. It was working.
                  He placed one hand on her shoulder, the other going to her face where he stroked her cheek softly. He had not expected this when he had come out tonight. He had just wanted to go for a walk to clear his head and now he had another child. Though it wasn’t the best of circumstances, he could already feel his love for her growing. He hadn’t realized until this moment that his family had been lacking but holding Cordelia, he now felt like it was complete. Yes, not the best of circumstances but the best of outcomes. Now it was time to take her home.
                  The shadows of the parking lot began to shimmer, moving like ripples of black ink towards Nicky and Cordelia. They were bathed in a darkness that seemed to absorb the faint light around them, a shadow that blacked out everything around it. There was a rush of wind that kicked up from nowhere and when the streetlights clicked on a few seconds later, the parking lot was completely empty.

 
    Chapter 3
                               
                  The first thing Cordelia noticed as she came awake was that she was hot. Really hot. A heavy weight covered her and it took her a moment to realize that a couple of thick blankets were pulled all the way up to her chin. Why in the hell was she under blankets in the middle of June?
                  She thrashed around to dislodge the covers and sighed dreamily in relief as cool air floated over her. Much better . She rolled onto her back, kicking away the last of the blankets and opened her eyes.
                  Since when was her bedroom ceiling red? She blinked a few times to get rid of the last dregs of sleep and stared up. Yep, still red. What the hell? It was a red velvet canopy and she certainly did not have one over her bed. She stretched out her arms and realized that this bed was much bigger than her own. Like three times as big.
                  She turned her head to the left and looked at the room. Two large windows were covered with heavy velvet drapes the color of merlot and an antique desk was against the wall