The Traitor's Bite

Summary

After I fell in love with the vampire Damien, I endured the agony of his turning me.

It was because he said he couldn't bear the thought of us being parted by my old age and death.

Later, another woman would ask him, her face a mask of innocence as she lay in his arms, "Why won't you turn me?"

Damien, his voice thick with a pain I recognized, would kiss her cheek and say, "Because I could never stand to see you hurt."

So that was it. To truly love someone meant you couldn't bear to cause them pain.

My heart finally broke for good. I didn't belong in this world anyway.