Marabella POV It was more awkward than I thought to sit there with my brother and Mom. Of course, Mom was chatty, proper, and polite, but all I could do was sit there.My brother looked so different. He was pale, his eyes red, and he wore clothes like Silas now. It was off-putting. So was the feel of him.My shadows were prickly, wary, like they knew they had been inside him once, knew he was connected to me, but since he was now a vampire, they couldn’t figure out the reason for the connection.It was disorienting.“Don’t be nervous. I assure you, I am in control,” Lucas said, and I smiled tightly.“I know, you just feel different from last time,” I said.He shrugged. “I am different. I am a vampire now.”“I’m sorry,” I said, guilt eating at me for the compromise I had made on his life.It shouldn’t have been my decision, and I had made it anyway. He was a vampire because I had made it happen, and it sucked knowing that I had made him the cold and distant thing he was.“Don’t be. It
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