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Created on: November 06, 2008
The Turning
" Why do you treat me like your porcelain doll in a glass box, can't you see that I'm ready", Hailey said while breathing in his back alley presence.
" I know you are ready my love, but I can't bare the thought of spoiling the purity we have together", Romus responded. He was stricken by her courageous spirit and deep longing eyes that seem to pierce right through him.
" I want to become you, to feel youto understand what it is truly like, turning me is the only way", Hailey suggested. Hailey wanted to invite his intoxicating touch, but she loved playing hard to prey.
" The turning is not so black and redthere is much you have to learn", educated Romus while enchanting her with his aching, pale flesh that modeled out of an unbuttoned white shirt.
" It is that easy my love. I know your hungry for me.a thirsty midnight feast I can tempt. Well I am here, standing timelessly, willing and surrendering everything to you. Come on, it will only take seconds. I offer you my tender throbbing, naked neck to your thrusting bite. Can't you taste it? It's my boiling blood raging down your throat", teased Hailey while giving him the look of vulnerability.
Romus needed to feed, he felt himself slipping away, but he controlled the urges by scraping his teeth against the wall.
" Being a vampire isn't romantic. It's not a fantasy that cleanses the mind from all those who perished from a selfish gluttony. Being a vampire is raw, primal and beastly. Even if you care now, eventually you become numb and heartless, I don't want that for you.never for you", honestly preached Romus while yearning to hold her.
" I don't care as long as I am with you", Hailey said just like all the others in his past that he cared about.
Hailey approached Romus and eased into his arms. Her heart violently pounded against his cool chest, her petite body helplessly clenching on to his
" Hailey I have something to tell you, something I never told anyone", Romus whispered into her ear that was partially buried underneath her coarse, red ribbon hair.
" What is it?", Hailey asked without regret.
" The turning, for some, is difficult to master. It is a delicate art of timing and control. Over the years my discipline has been lacking and well I never really successfully pulled off a turning, sort of a vampires version of virginity", Romus tried to explain while making it more confusing.
" What are you saying?", Hailey gasped while looking up into his loving, dark eyes.
" Every woman I tried to turn has died", Romus
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