I knew that Dorian needed to be alone after the loss of his father. I made my way back to my rooms and looked at the leather luggage still on the bed. I was supposed to leave today. I could not leave Dorian like this. He was the last vampire. His life would be spent utterly alone, something I could not wish on anyone.
I think my decision had been made before I was even thinking of leaving. I am going to stay with Dorian Lark. I am going to ask him to change me into a vampire. I will spend whatever life I have ahead of me as one of the creatures I have come to understand are not monsters like I once thought. I will learn to drink blood, I cringed. Alina had somehow become capable of it. I still have my own doubts if I will be able to.
That day I rode with Christina to the village. I took
