Seeing the vampire blood in front of her, an essence different from the other vampires she had killed, Lauren hesitated.
Vicente said to her, "I know what you're feeling. I know you want to spend your last moments with me. It's not fair how things end, but you have to do it, Lauren. Take it here and now. I'm going to make this area inaccessible to all living things once you begin to absorb it.
When you wake up in a few weeks, go home and tell the family I'll do my best on the Supreme Continent to get back to them as soon as possible."
She nodded without saying anything, tears streaming down her delicate, pale face. But even though she felt strange, her heart pounding and her whole body numb, she did what she had to do.
With her brother still near, Lauren sat in a lotus position and used the blood of the strongest vampire in history.
