by Amira Rain
Dana, who'd become my best and dearest friend by this time, had already been turned into a vampire after giving Stephanie two siblings, born only four months apart. To the surprise of both of us, she actually loved being a vampire, even the drinking blood part. Like Noah had promised, her squeamishness when it came to blood pretty much disappeared after she was changed. She'd even come to love "hunting" trips into the forestland around the city. Thinking about my own change, this encouraged me greatly, and I was more than a bit grateful that Dana had been the vampire "guinea pig" for us both.
Nick turned me into a vampire himself, although not in our home, like I'd wanted, but at the hospital, where I could be monitored in case of anything going wrong before I'd been fully changed. It turned out this was wise. Despite Dana's assurances that everything would be just fine, I got a severe case of nerves when we entered the hospital lobby. In pretty typical fashion for me, I fainted dead away just past the double doors, collapsing right into Nick's arms, my pulse pounding. And when I woke up in a bed however long later, it was all over. My vision was unusually sharp, and colors were unusually vivid, and I knew that Nick had gone ahead and turned me into a vampire while I'd been out.
Which, having a hunch I might develop some serious nerves, was exactly what I'd told him to do in the event of me fainting. I’d given him clear instructions to just go ahead with it because I’d gotten to the point that I just didn’t want to wait any longer.
Just like he had after the battle with the Dormios, he sat by my bedside, holding my hand, and after I'd looked around the room for a few moments, he asked me how I felt. "Not sick in any way, I hope? Although there are herbs we can blend with wine or whiskey you can drink if you do feel a little ill in any way."
Thinking, I shook my head. "No, I feel completely fine. Except colors are a little bit brighter."
"Good. And you don’t have a headache or anything? Do you feel dizzy at all?"
I shook my head, realizing that I actually felt pretty incredible, more refreshed and alive than I'd ever felt, as if I'd just been reborn, which I kind of had been in a way. This day would forever be my "vampire birthday,” which Dana had told me was an actual thing. To my amusement and delight, she told me that we each now got to celebrate two birthdays a year.
In response to Nick’s questions, I smiled and gave his hand a squeeze. "I really don’t feel sick in any way. I just feel lucky, Nick. I just feel extremely lucky. Because at one point in my life, when my coven family was killed, I just wanted to die. I just wanted the pain to be over because I didn't think I would ever recover from the loss. I didn't think I could ever be truly happy again.
“Now I can see just how wrong I was. I actually tried to take my own life, but now I'm so incredibly grateful that I didn't succeed because I have everything to live for, and now, I have several hundred years to live this beautiful life with you and our family.
“And right now, somewhere, I think my coven mother Aurelia is smiling down on me. Wherever her spirit is, I think she can just feel my happiness somehow...and the same with my coven sisters. I think they can feel my happiness, too. I think they’re watching me in some way, and they’re rejoicing." Suddenly misty, I wiped my eyes with the back of a hand. "I hope they are, anyway."
Nick picked up my hand and kissed it, something he often did, and something I loved. "I know they are. I think every one of your family members can feel your happiness right now, whether they've passed the boundaries of this earth, or whether they're still here with us. I’m sure of it. I think your coven members are rejoicing right along with you right now."
Becoming even mistier, I wiped my eyes again, sniffling. "Thanks. It means a lot to me to hear you say that."
It really did. As our marriage had continued to grow and deepen, it had become increasingly important to me that Nick and I be in sync with each other, not only on a physical level but on an emotional one as well. It was also just as important to me that we supported each other, no matter what, and Nick had already proved that he would.
In fact, when I had temporarily given up on my idea to open an art gallery in the city, similar to the one I’d used to work at back in Detroit, it had been Nick who’d urged me not to quit. So, I hadn’t, and several months later, the new gallery had opened. I had cut the red ribbon at the entrance with David in one of my arms and Nick by my side. True to form, I’d shed more than a few tears that day.
Back in the present, on the day I was changed into a vampire, after Nick and I had done a celebratory shot of whiskey together, toasting to our future happiness, I told him that I had just one question about my new state of being as a vampire. "And maybe it's a stupid question, but...I just feel like I have to ask."
Nick looked at me like I was crazy. "There's no question you could ask that I'd think was stupid. So, please, Tiff...just ask me anything."
Fighting a smile, I said all right. "I guess I'm just wondering...well, does kissing feel any different when a person has become a vampire? Will it feel more intense to me or anything?"
With a smile slowly curving his lips, Nick leaned in closer to me. "Let's find out."
He brought his mouth to mine, and almost immediately, I felt the most exquisite, intense tingle run from my lips all the way down to the tips of my toes. When he broke the kiss a few moments later and asked me what I thought, I found myself almost completely breathless.
"I'm not quite sure yet. But why don't we get me out of this hospital and back home, so we can experiment with vampire kissing a little further."
Nick gave me a half-grin so devastatingly sexy that it made me curl my toes, then he pulled me out of bed and onto his lap with one swift movement, displaying his incredible vampire strength. "Your wish is my command, Mrs. Alexander."
Smiling, I wrapped my arms around his neck with a feeling of lightness in my chest, knowing he really meant what he'd said.
Later, at home, after a passionate, three-hour-long lovemaking session, I rested in his arms, asking him if he remembered the day when we’d first met in the government prison. He said of course he did and asked me why.
Smiling a little, I moved my shoulders in a slight shrug. “I guess I was just thinking that that was the first day my life truly began. It feels like it, anyway. I know for sure that my happiness began the day I met you.”
With a look of clear tenderness in his eyes, Nick said he could definitely say the same. He then brushed a gentle kiss against my mouth, reminding me of just how very sweet my life had become.
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