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movements weren’t my own
even thought I was making them.
    “Would
you like a drink?” he asked as he walked back to the bar.
    “That
depends on whether you are going to drug me. Or is that just something my uncle
does for you?” I asked trying to be difficult.
    He
smiled. “As you can see I don’t need drugs to encourage you to do as I wish.”
    I
scowled. “I will have one,” I said relenting.
    He
turned back toward what he was doing. “I thought so. So are you going to tell
me what the look of loss was for when I mentioned your dear Aubrey?”
    I
scoffed. “I am not telling you anything.”
    He
laughed. “You know I could make you, but I don’t think I will. I believe one
day we will be friends. You and I are not as different as you think.”
    “I
am nothing like you!” I said angrily. I attempted to fight his control, but it
was useless. I didn’t even know what I was fighting.
    “Calm
down, and keep your voice down. Not yet you aren’t,” he said amused as he set
my drink on the coffee table in front of me. He took a seat in the chair next
to the couch I was on. “Once all your friends turn their back on you, and your
true colors start to come out. You will become like me, I can assure you.”
    “I
will never kill anyone. Colin said I can fight it just like he did!” I said
angrily. I wanted to yell and scream, but I was stuck motionless. All I could
do was talk.
    He
started laughing like I said something funny. “Colin is a liar and a weakling.
I should have known he would feed you lies to make himself look better. Colin
killed four young women his first day as a vampire. Frankly I am shocked you
haven’t killed anyone yet. Hunters seem to have more of a bloodlust then human
fledglings.”
    I
watched him for a second. “You’re a liar,” I said softly even though I wasn’t
completely convinced he was lying.
    “I
was there. I think I would know,” he said amused.
    “If
he did kill like that it was your fault. You were his maker you should have
controlled him,” I countered.
    He
laughed. “I didn’t care if he killed humans. That is what they are there for.
How do you think vampires learn control? They learn by gorging themselves until
they eventually level out.”
    “I
know I will never be like you. I don’t dismiss life so easily,” I said softly.
    “Correction
love, you do not dismiss human life so easily. Humans to me are like vampires
to you. You didn’t mind putting a stake through as many vampires as you could
find, but you call me a monster for surviving by feeding on humans. That is a
little hypocritical don’t you think?” he asked amused.
    I
didn’t reply. He was technically right, but I wasn’t going to give him the
satisfaction of admitting it. “What are you going to do with me?” I asked
tiredly.
    H
smiled. “That is completely up to you. I could tell you what I would like to
do, but I do not think you will be very agreeable,” he said suggestively.
    I
scoffed. “I figured you would force me just like you have been.”
    “You
can have your drink,” he said as he nodded toward the glass on the table. “I am
not going to force you to be with me because I know you will come to me on your
own one day.”
    It
was my turn to laugh. “That will never happen.”
    “Never
say never dear,” he said amused. “Why don’t you go up to your room, and do not
leave without my permission.”
    I
sighed and downed my drink. Then I walked up the stairs and back to the room he
had me in when he originally turned me. I was glad to be away from him, but I
was still in his house.

 
    I
woke up when my bedroom door opened. I didn’t even realize I fell asleep. I was
guessing it was another one of Cornelius’s tricks. I straightened when a human
man walked into the room. He smiled at me. It was a lazy smile. I could tell he
was under a trance.
    “Leave,”
I ordered when I felt the hunger hit me.
    “I
am here to feed you. I can’t leave,” he said