Dimitri opened the door.
"Last time, you were scared," he began, while guiding me down the hallway. "But today, I want you to see everything with different eyes."
"Different eyes? I think that will be difficult."
"This place works with a different dynamic from what you're used to," he explained, gesturing toward the closed doors, behind which I knew what was happening. "Here, everything is consensual. Humans come of their own free will, offer their blood because they want to, not because they are forced."
My face must have revealed my doubt, because he came closer, tilting his head toward me.
"I know it seems strange to you, but the vampire world is based on agreements. Many of these humans are here because they like the connection. They feel pleasure in being bitten. And vampires nee
