Elize was too dizzy. Auril's remark brought her back to reality. She had to hide somewhere, or else she would die. "Yes, I am a vampire," she said in a shaky voice. Her limbs became limp and she staggered back.
Auril held her firmly so that she didn't fall. The girl was scarcely breathing. "I— I can't—" she tried to say something but she couldn't. She was unable to speak. And perhaps she was in so much pain that she was crying. He saw pink tears running down. When she looked up at him with half-lidded eyes, he knew that she was too unwell. She whimpered.
