Olivia
I sobbed in Damien's arms for a while. Then I stood up and threw the remains of the amulet as far as I could into the forest. And then I screamed at the sky until my voice broke.
And when I was so wrung out that all I could do was sit by the creek and stare at the water, Damien came and crouched on his heels next to me.
He did not speak, at first. He just watched me, and waited.
"I don't want to be a vampire," I told him.
"That's okay," he said.
"I won't be your slave, either," I said.
"I know," he said.
"He loved me," I insisted.
"He did," Damien agreed. "I will have to work for eternity to live up to his example."
I twisted and stared at him.
"I have been granted a second chance," he said. "Elizabeth was taken from me. You were given to me. And in my pain and bl
