Corvinus’s blood, she recalled. She recalled the transcendent look on the old man’s dying face, as well as his answer when she had nervously asked him what she would become.
“The Future.”
Michael joined her in the daylight. She knew she didn’t have to explain how much this meant to her. He was obviously just as moved as she was. They kissed passionately, the kiss evolving into an immortal embrace that seemed to last forever.
Together, side by side, they watched the most glorious sunrise she could ever imagine. Her moist eyes reflected the first light of a whole new day. Selene felt as though her old life, which had come to a brutal end one night in a blood-splattered barn, had finally been restored to her.
She still had questions, of course. The unknown was now her new reality, for she did not fully comprehend what she had become. The future would bring many new mysteries, maybe even new dangers and fears, but the first step, the first new day, had arrived at last.
Six hundred summers, she reflected. Six hundred snowy winters. Thirty-five generations of mortal humanity. And finally, again…the sun.
About the Author
GREG COX is the New York Times best-selling author of numerous novels and nonfiction works. He wrote the novelization of the first Underworld movie, as well as an original prequel titled Underworld: Blood Enemy. He also coedited two anthologies of science fiction vampire and werewolf stories, titled Tomorrow Sucks and Tomorrow Bites.
In addition, he has written books and short stories based on such popular series as Alias, Batman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Farscape, Iron Man, Roswell, Star Trek, Xena, and X-Men. His official website can be found at www.gregcox-author.com.
He lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania.
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