Death is such a mythical thing that every human one way or the other is scared of, leaving the world and transitioned to the other without knowing where you are really going can be scary. But death is never an issue to vampires, they don't die and live for a very long time. In year 1114 AD in the battlefield Hawaii had no idea that Nina fed him her blood ─ he fought at all costs to protect himself, to escape death, but somehow he was stabbed by a sharp spear and he fell down.
Blood spattered all over the sand ─ his eyes lost sight and everything looked like a blur and it confused him. He felt as if his soul transitioned from his body and right there Hawaii died, he was afraid but at least he gave himself courage to just let go. That was the last time he was human and the next he woke up, Nina was close by him and they've been running ever since.