(AS THE CLOCK STRUCK MIDNIGHT, SHANGUN'S BODY BEGAN TO SHIFT, HIS TEETH SHARPENED, HIS EYES TURNED RED, AND HIS SKIN PALE. HE HAD MANY DAYS WITHOUT DRINKING BLOOD, HIS BODY WAS CRAVING FOR THE WARMTH BLOOD)
RYAN WOKE TO CHECK WHAT WAS HAPPENING, HIS EYES WIDENED IN SHOCK AS HE SAW SHANGUN, SHANGUN'S EYES GLEAMED WITH AN OTHERWORLDY INTENSITY, HIS FANGS BARED IN A SNARL
THE AIR WAS HEARVY WITH TENSION AS RYAN STRUGGLED TO RECONCILE THE MAN HE LOVED WITH THE MONSTER THAT STOOD BEFORE HIM
"SHANGUN WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU, RYAN ASKED, HIS VOICE TREMBLING WITH FEAR
SHANGUN IN PAIN TRYING TO BARE IT, BUT HE CAN'T " I'M SORRY RYAN, I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT I WAS A VAMPIRE "
"I CAN SEE THAT, BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE DYING"
"DON'T WORRY, VAMPIRES NEVER DIE, I WILL BE OKAY "
(RYAN'S EYES FILLED WITH TEARS, TRYING TO CALM HIMSELF, BUT HE CAN'T BEAR TO SEE HIS MAN IN PAIN, HE'S SCARED OF HIM, BUT THE LOVE HE HAS FOR SHANGUN MAKES HIM STRONGER)
"SHANGUN JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED NOW, THERE MUST BE SOMETHING "
"BLOOD, I NEED BLOOD, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY RYAN, I WILL BE OKAY"
"HOW CAN I NOT WORRY, WHEN YOU ARE LIKE THIS SHANGUN "
"SHANGUN, YOU HAVE TO DRINK MY BLOOD" RYAN SAID, HIS VOICE SHAKING WITH URGENCY, IT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL SURVIVE "
SHANGUN'S EYES WIDENED IN HORROR, "RYAN, NO!, I CAN'T DO THAT"
" YOU MUST, "RYAN INSISTED, PULLING OUT A SMALL KNIFE AND MAKING A SHALLOW CUT ON HIS WRIST "PLEASE SHANGUN, YOU'RE DYING. I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR EYES"
"RYAN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YOU MIGHT DIE, CLOSE YOUR WOUND "
"SHANGUN PLEASE JUST DRINK IT, YOU ARE DYING AND I CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN "
SHANGUN'S GAZE WAS FIXED ON THE BLOOD WELLING UP FROM RYAN'S WRIST, HIS THIRST WAS OVERWHELMING, BUT THE THOUGHT OF DRINKING HIS BOYFRIEND'S BLOOD REPULSED HIM
"RYAN I CAN'T, SHANGUN WHISPERED, HIS VOICE CRACKING.
"RYAN GRASPED SHANGUN'S HAND, PULLING IT TOWARDS HIS WRIST "YOU MUST, I WANT TO SAVE YOU SHANGUN DRINK!"
WITH A TREMBLING HAND, SHANGUN RAISE RYAN'S WRIST TO HIS LIPS, HE HESITATED FOR A MOMENT, THEN CLOSED HIS EYES AND TOOK A DEEP SHALLOW
AS SHANGUN DRANK THE BLOOD, HE FELT A SURGE OF ENERGY FLOWING THROUGH HIS VEINS, HIS BODY BEGAN TO REPAIR AND HIS STRENGTH RETURNING, BUT WITH EACH SWALLOW, HE COULD SENSE RYAN'S LIFE FORCE EBBING AWAY
"HE THEN STOPPED DRINKING, PULLING AWAY FROM RYAN'S WRIST "I CAN'T KEEP DRINKING, YOU WILL DIE!"
RYAN'S EYES WERE GLASSY, HIS FACE PALE " IT'S OKAY SHANGUN, I KNEW THE RISK, YOU HAVE TO LIVE"
SHANGUN'S HEART BEGAN TO RACE WITH GUILT AND FEAR, WHAT HAD HE JUST DONE? HAD HE SACRIFICED HIS BOYFRIEND'S LIFE TO SAVE HIS OWN?
SHANGUN TOUCHED RYAN'S FACE " NO, RYAN YOU CAN'T DIE I WON'T LET YOU"
"RYAN'S SMILE WAS WEAK "YOU'RE A VAMPIRE SHANGUN, YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER"
SHANGUN'S WIDENED IN HORROR, NO! OH GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE?"
"RYAN THEN CLOSED HIS EYES , HE COULDN'T BREATH, HE WAS TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS, SHANGUN GOT SCARED AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO"
"A MAN WEARING BLACK APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE, LOOKED AT SHANGUN AND SMILED"
SHANGUN "HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE, WHO ARE YOU!"
"OH SON, I'M DISAPPOINTED, HOW CAN YOU FORGET THE PERSON WHO TURNED YOU A VAMPIRE"
SHANGUN'S MIND WENT BACK AND REMEMBERED THAT HE WAS THE MAN HE MET IN THE FOREST WHEN HE WAS YOUNG"
"WHAT DO YOU WANT "
"YOU KILLED YOUR BOYFRIEND NOW, WOW WOW, HE STARTED LAUGHING AND CLAPPING HIS HANDS, YOU REALLY ARE A VAMPIRE SON"
SHANGUN IGNORED HIM AND LOOKED AT RYAN " RYAN PLEASE WAKE UP, HE SAID , WHILE CRYING "
"OH BOY , HE'S ALREADY DEAD, STOP WASTING YOUR ENERGY AND TIME ON THESE HUMANS, YOU ARE A VAMPIRE "
"SHANGUN'S EYES TURNED RED AND HIS SIDE DARKENED, SHUT UP! HIS VOICE SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS POSSESSED