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few months. Now, let me help you. Please, I want to know, I need to know what you’re struggling with. I want you to stay, please tell me, please don ’ t go,” I managed to say before my pounding heart kept me from saying more.
     
    He looked into my eyes and his face softened. He took a deep breath and said, “I just can’t keep this from you anymore.” He seemed to grow stronger when he said this . H e sat up straighter and looked me in the eyes. “This will be a lot for you to hear right now but please trust me when I say that, once I tell you, we won’t have much time.”
     
    I took a deep breath, nodded my head and waited for him to continue.
     
    “ There are things that will be set in motion, soon, with me telling you what I’m about to tell you and, depending on your response, it could get dangerous for you, for me, for both of us. I’ll have to act quickly to keep you safe… that is my first priority… my second is finding a way for us to be together, forever.”
     
    He allowed this to sink in for a moment. I stood there stunned, trying to remember to breathe. I looked into his amazingly deep, incredibly beautiful eyes. I was vaguely aware of his cold hands resting on mine. I glanced down at them and looked at his beautiful pale white, opaque, almost translucent light blue, skin. I turned one hand over, studying it, so smooth, not a single flaw, yet so gentle… and so cold. I looked back up at his face and brushed my finger down his cheek to his jaw line, it was just as cold and smooth as his hand. I cupped my hand over his cheek. As I did this he closed his eyes and smiled, looking like he had been waiting forever for me to do that. I finally stammered out , “I - I don’t understand, but please, tell me more.”
     
    He smiled so softly. “I know,” he said. Suddenly he stood and for an instant I was afraid he was going to try to leave again, but instead he turned and guided me to sit on the sofa. He gently placed my afghan over me , as though he knew I was suddenly cold and shivering . He went to the fireplace and quickly started a fire then he came back and sat on the couch, facing me, with one arm draped along the back and his other hand gently reaching over to hold mine.
     
    “ Okay, Sarah,” he said , “ there isn’t an easy way of telling you this, so I’m just going to say it all. I won’t hold anything back. You can ask as many questions as you need to and I’ll answer as many as I can, but I will tell you that this is going to be very hard for you to hear. A re you ready?”
     
    I swallowed hard, took a deep breath, tried to say yes, but only managed to nod.
     
    “ There are things that exist in this world that most people don’t know about or don’t believe in,” he said.
     
    “ You’re talking about ghosts… and vampires, right?” I whispered, because my subconscious already knew what he was talking about. It’s just that I kept trying to ignore all the clues that were right in front of me.
     
    He stared at me for a moment, then smiled and nodded his head. “Yes, like ghosts and vampires,” he said.
     
    “ And you’re the second one on that list,” I said.
     
    Again he smiled, “Yes, I am.”
     
    “ And you drink blood?” I asked.
     
    “ I’ll get to that in a minute,” he smiled as he said . “ F irst my history, then my diet.”
     
    “ Okay,” I quietly said.
     
    His hands trembled slightly as they held mine and he continued, “I’m breaking all the rules here and that scares me to death,” he smiled at his irony . “We really aren’t allowed to do this, but because of you, rules don’t matter to me anymore… you are the only thing that matters.”
     
    My heart was slamming in my chest - this really can’t be real. My head screamed at me that I should be terrified . I mean he did just tell me that he was a vampire. Shouldn’t that scare the crap out of me? Either because it was true or perhaps he was completely insane? But, for some