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at my lips. “And you’re saying that if I
don’t take the antidote every month I’ll turn into a vampire?”
    Melcher frowned for the first time. “If you stop taking the
antidote, you’ll die and there will be no heaven to welcome you on the other
side.”
    I matched his frown. Maybe it was just me, but I didn’t like
people telling me I was going to hell.
    “Are there any side effects to having ‘vampire blood’?” I
asked, thinking about the distortion in the mirror. At least I had a
reflection, even if it wasn’t clear. That was a good sign, right?
    Melcher looked me up and down. “You might notice some
sensitivity at first, but your injections will eventually take care of any…discomforts
you may experience. Do you have any specific concerns?”
    I pressed my lips together, not in the mood to share with
Mr. Self-Righteous.
    Instead I asked, “Do you really expect me to believe this?”
    Melcher looked at Crist. She nodded, and they stood in
unison. I turned my head to follow their movements to the door.
    “We understand your denial,” Melcher said. “In fact, every
new operative goes through it. That’s why we’ve found it best to follow up this
introduction with a live demonstration. Follow me.”
    Right then, getting out of that room sounded good.
    I followed the agents out the double doors and back down the
way we’d come.
    We entered the lobby and turned down another hall leading to
the back of the complex, away from freedom. I wondered if the woman at the
front desk would come to my aid if I called out for help.
    Melcher placed a hand on my back as though sensing my
hesitation and pushed me gently forward. I walked faster just to get his hand
off me.
    When we reached the end of the hall, Crist led us through a
set of swinging double doors into a second, shorter hallway. Midway down the
hall, she used her key card to unlock a metal door. She held it open, and I
followed Melcher into a small, stark room. A long metal table faced a two-way
mirror overlooking a brightly lit room.
    I peered through the glass, expecting to see whatever
creature or thing the agents wanted to show me, but the room was empty except
for a metal table in the center.
    Maybe they meant to stick me in there and interrogate me.
    Crist stood against the door, propping it open. I followed
Melcher back into the hall where he stopped in front of room number two and
swiped his keycard. A metallic click unlocked the door. Melcher held it open.
    He sounded way too serious when he next spoke. “You are
about to meet your first vampire, Aurora. I’ll warn you, he’s no Edward Cullen.
I wish there was a way to make this easier on you, but the first experience is
always traumatic. To see how your blood infects the creature you will need to
let him feed on you. Let me stress that it will come as a shock, but there’s
nothing to fear. Your blood will protect you.”
    I didn’t realize my feet were making a run for it until
Crist grabbed me by the arm. “This way, Aurora.”
    She released my arm long enough to shove me forward.
    I spun around in time to see the door close, trapping me
inside. It was the same brightly lit room I’d seen through the window. When I
looked at the glass, the other room was gone, replaced by a featureless
reflection.
     

 
     6

Initiation
     
    There was an electronic crackle, and a voice filled the
room. “Welcome to initiation, Aurora. This test will last as long as you want”
    I wanted out of this insane asylum. I rushed to the
door and tried yanking down the silver handle, but it didn’t budge.
    I turned and my eyes raced over every square inch of the
enclosed room. There was a metal table in the very center. I walked up to it
and looked down at the weapons laid on top: a handgun, crossbow, hunting knife,
ax, and wooden stake.
    The intercom crackled back to life.
      “Once the subject has fed on your blood you will need to
choose a weapon and finish him off.”
    “What? No! I’m not killing