k_a_webb | The Donor House: Melody: Becoming a Vampire (part 3)

Rex shook his head. “I can’t.”

“You can.” Melody bit her lip. “I know it’s not going to be easy, not when everyone thinks you’ve been dead for decades, but I need to tell them what happened and I don’t think I can do that without someone beside me. They’re human, Rex. Going there alone, a newly changed vampire…” She trailed off, because she knew she didn’t need to spell it out to him. “Please.”

“What are you going to say?”

It was obvious that he was procrastinating, but she didn’t blame him. What she’d asked of him… Melody wished things were easier, but she wasn’t going to walk away from everyone and everything that she knew without telling them why. Of course that might mean leaving Rex behind, if he really was determined to stay close to home, because she couldn’t, not when her entire future had changed more than she thought was possible. The plans she’d had for the rest of her life were ashes. Her vampire life was the phoenix rising from them and she knew she had to do what was right for her.

“That I crashed into a tree, because I slipped on a patch of ice that I didn’t know was there, and you saved my life.” Melody shrugged. “I’ll tell them that you asked me if I wanted to be a vampire, that you checked more than once that I was certain, that you didn’t do this out selfishless but because you were truly thinking of what I might want. Once that’s done I’ll pack up what I want.” She studied Rex. “Would you ever think about leaving?”

“Leaving to go where?”

“On the south coast there’s a place… it’s called the Donor House and that’s where I want to go, because I think it will be the best place for me to learn how to be a vampire without having to fed from anyone who’s unwilling.”

“I’ve never heard of it.” Rex shrugged. “Honestly I’ve kept away from other vampires since I left my creator. So many of them are… well, they’ve embraced what they are in a way that I never could. My vampiric siblings are like that and that’s part of the reason I left. I knew I could never be like them, I didn’t want to, and walking away from that seemed the best option, even though it meant I made more mistakes than I would have liked when I was younger. You do, in time, get used to being a vampire, but it’s not an easy life and, as I said, not one that I would force on anyone.”

“Apparently the vampires at the House aren’t like that. They’re the same as you. One of my friends has applied to be a donor and Nick’s going to come here to interview her.”

“Nick who?”

“Nick Reeves. He’s one of the creators of the House. From what the website said he’s the one who chooses the donors and he’s very picky about getting the right people there. Only donors he truly believes are capable of accepting the vampires for who they are get given a place.”

Mirrored from K. A. Webb Writing.

The Donor House: Melody: Becoming a Vampire (part 3)

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