Instantly, regardless of how tired she felt, she scrambled up the bed and moved to look at his back, where she indeed found fresh bruises—something that would have been impossible for her very human self.
For a full moment she couldn't speak, but when she did, she couldn't help the terrified expression on her face.
"I'm—I'm a vampire now?" she asked with a bewildered look, one closer to fear than anything else.
"You hate the thought of drinking blood that much?" Zyren asked her, which only made her fear spiral higher as she looked on the verge of collapsing from shock.
"You're still human! One bonded to a vampire!" he responded, which made Aira look much more relieved than before as she continued to stare at him, waiting for more. She watched him turn around, scooting closer to where she knelt on the bed behind him.
She expected him to speak, only to feel him pull her closer, hard enough to make her fall completely onto him as he allowed himself to fall back onto the bed.
