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bottle of the finest Irish whiskey.
    “A man after my unbeating heart.”
    “If only.” Debir winked at his friend, knowing that was all she would ever be. He removed the top and offered the bottle to her.
    Lily gulped the whiskey down as if she was about to wither from thirst. A contented sigh escaped her lips when she passed the bottle back.
    As Debir was in mid gulp, they heard a loud growl, followed by a crash, coming from inside the tent.
    “Are you insane!” a wicked, tall, blonde female vampire screeched. “Manchester will use this against us. They are using you to get rid of us!”
    “No, you misunderstand, Ambrosia. It is just an option for those who are ready,” Martin pleaded as others came to join Ambrosia in her fury.
    “This option you have created will send us further into hiding. Now that Manchester has the power to eliminate us, they won’t hesitate. I will not stand for it! I was nothing but a waste of space as a human. I will not let you, or anyone else take this away from me.” Ambrosia reached for her half-emptied goblet and swallowed the remaining blood in one swallow. “This is life! This is what gives me breath in my body and venom in my veins. If you, Martin Leatherby, or any of your Manchester lackeys try to take it away, I will rip all your limbs from your body, break every bone, and crush your skull to dust!”
    Lily saw the fright in her sire’s eyes. Ambrosia was not one to break promises and had a lot of respect from a majority of the vampire community. Terror echoed through Lily as she saw the devilish twinkle in Ambrosia’s eye. Lily’s seventy-year-old reflexes were nothing compared to Ambrosia’s seven-hundred-year old ones. 
    Ambrosia crashed into Martin, which sent them both flying through the back of the tent before Lily could even blink. 
    Fights broke out all around as Lily rushed to her sire. “Ambrosia! No!” She reached the two as Ambrosia was about to crush Martin’s skull.
    Ambrosia smiled as the pressure of her hands on each side of Martin’s face increased. “You’re next, little one.” Ambrosia’s dress fell open at her thigh to reveal a blade strapped there.
    Lily threw all her strength and speed at Ambrosia and received the razor sharp slash of the carbon steel blade across her chest for her efforts. The pain seared through her entire body. 
    Ambrosia rejoiced in the damage. She lifted her hand to bring a blow to Lily’s chest, but an invisible force threw her to the ground.
    Lily rushed to Martin’s side and noticed the color in his eyes. They had changed from the ever-present brown to a bright and beautiful shade of blue. She noticed a few more wrinkles on his brow and at the corners of his eyes, while laugh lines graced the corners of his mouth as he smiled.
    “It’s happening. My heart is beating.”
    Lily lowered her ear to hear the rapid pace of a heart that beat against the walls of his chest. She could see his skin pink up and could smell the blood flowing through his veins. “How?”
    “I don’t know, my girl.”
    Lily noticed Ambrosia in a similar state, except the once vivacious looking twenty-something looked as if she were at least fifty. “She’s aging too fast!” Lily rushed to Ambrosia.
    “I can feel the life entering and leaving at the same time,” Ambrosia whispered as her hair began to turn from blond to shades of gray.
    “I don’t understand.” Lily’s breathing quickened upon seeing the changes happen right before her eyes.
    “It had to be . . .” Ambrosia gulped a violent breath, and then she was no more. 
    Left in front of Lily was the shell of what looked to be a ninety-year-old woman. She returned to Martin’s side to find him aging as well, but not as rapidly.
    “It had to be the blood. Did you?” Martin gasped out.
    “No.” Lily shook her head.
    “Good. Manchester is not to blame here. Remember that, my girl.”
    “I will.”
    She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to find her oldest friend.