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weaken the vampire, and so those were the moments when they struck.
    Vampires could survive past the severance of the blood-bond, though the human could not. But in the first moment the human was killed, the part that connected them would be torn from their bodies, shocking and weakening them. Their senses would be useless until their body had adapted.
    Unluckily for her, if Robert ever died, her body would never be strong enough to survive the severing of the connection. She would die within minutes. Bloody good job it took much more to kill a powerful vampire than to kill a human.
    Sophie had no plans to die in the immediate future.
    “Why am I still weak after just feeding from you?” Sophie asked.
    “You know about the lack of blood?” he asked.
    “Kind of hard to miss that memo.”
    He nodded understanding.
    “You will start to weaken as my blood leaves your body. It has been three years since you last fed from me and you, Sophie, need to learn to accept me again. It will take a little time before you start to feel normal.” Robert wiped his hands on the towel.
    “What do you mean? I thought I was strong enough with the bond and little blood.” Sophie pulled herself up into a sitting position.
    He sighed, shaking his head. “This is why people shouldn’t get involved unless they know what they are offering.”
    “What? What’s going on, Robert?”
    “The blood bond works. You can feel me? Sense me?”
    Sophie nodded.
    “Well, the bond works by giving protection through the blood. Because I drank your blood, I knew who you cared for and how to protect them. By the same token, you should feel stronger and healthier and the aging process should slow down and eventually stop—but only with a constant supply of my blood.”
    “I don’t understand. I’m getting weaker,” Sophie complained.
    Sophie heard him growl, then Robert looked up at her. “That is because the bond was never completed. Also, you didn’t stay around long enough to take regular feedings from me. ”
    Sophie’s mind stopped working, her heart racing.
    “What do you mean the bond was never completed? You drank my blood until I was almost dead. I remember. Then I drank your blood.”
    He pressed his finger against her lips, stopping all talk.
    “That was the start of the process. To complete the blood bond, you have to give yourself to me willingly.”
    “But I did all that.”
    “No. You have to give all of yourself to me. There is a reason a blood bond mate has to be a virgin. I must be the first and only one.”
    Sophie couldn’t stop her eyes from widening. “Do you mean I have… No, I mean—”
    “We have to have sex. Sex, along with the blood draining, brings the connection. You will need to stay with me.”
    “Stay with you?” The surprises just keep on coming tonight.
    “That is why you’ve been getting weaker. You will need my blood and I’ll need yours to keep the bond strong. Always.”
    Sophie felther mouth open in shock.
    “But, but—”
    “You thought you knew all of our secrets?”
    Sophie watched him get up off his seat.
    “We need to have sex?”
    “I gave you over three years to come to terms with this.”
    She shook her head. “Not sex, you didn’t.”
    “You came to us like you knew what you were getting yourself into. I’ve upheld my part of the bargain and will continue to do so. However, if you don’t take my blood or fulfil the blood bond, you will continue to get weaker. I don’t want to upset you with all the details, but let me say it won't be pretty,” Robert said, confirming the harsh reality of her situation.
    Sophie ran her fingers through her hair.
    “What happens if I don’t agree? And don’t pretty up the facts. Like you said, I came to you thinking I knew what I was getting myself into. I obviously didn’t know everything, and now I’d like to know. ” She could feel the energy returning to her.
    “These past three years, you’ve been getting weaker. Well, over time, you