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What’s changed?’ Jason asked. ‘It’s not like we’ve been hiding the fact that we’re together. I’m over at your house all the time. Your parents seemed fine with it.’
    ‘I know. I thought my parents liked you, even,’ Sienna answered. ‘And they do. They kept saying that last night. They think you’re a really good person. They are so grateful to you for the way you went after Tamburo when he was going to kill me. They know you saved my life, but . . .’ Her voice trailed off.
    ‘But I’m not a
vampire
!’ The statement came out harder than Jason had meant it to, fueled by frustration and sadness.
    ‘Yeah.’ Sienna stroked his arm. ‘Yeah.’
    ‘I still don’t understand why they suddenly want you to break up with me. It’s not like they ever thought I
was
a vampire,’ Jason pointed out. ‘It’s not new information.’
    ‘I know. I said the same thing,’ Sienna told him. ‘Basically, they didn’t think you and I were ever going to get that serious. They figured that if they just left the situation alone, time would take care of the problem.’
    Jason ran his hand through his hair. ‘Problem,’ he repeated. ‘And what exactly
is
the problem? Did they say? If we knew exactly what they were thinking, maybe we could find a way to change their minds.’
    Sienna let out a sigh that seemed to come from the very depths of her soul. ‘They just kept telling me that there were too many risks. They don’t think it’s safe for me – or for you either.’
    Jason took a moment and forced himself to consider things from her parents’ point of view. ‘OK. I get how there are risks for me,’ he said. ‘Like Tamburo coming after me because he thought I was a . . . one of you. But I’m willing to take whatever risks there are. I want to be with you no matter what.’ He shook his head. ‘What I don’t understand is why your parents think going out with a human is any kind of risk for you.’
    ‘I think they finally realized we’re really in love,’ Sienna told him.
    ‘And that should be a good thing, right?’ Jason asked.
    ‘It should be. No, it
is
,’ Sienna said, her voice cracking a little. ‘But now that they’ve really accepted that, I think they’re afraid that we’re going to want to be together forever.’
    ‘And what if we do?’ Jason demanded.
    ‘Forever. Like
hundreds of years
,’ Sienna explained. ‘Which would mean me making you a vampire. Turning you. And that’s forbidden. By the DeVere Heights Vampire Council
and
the Vampire High Council.’
    ‘What about my aunt? She was turned,’ Jason argued.
    ‘That was only allowed because her husband was so powerful. He was on the Vampire High Council. No one could stop him.’ Sienna took Jason’s hand. ‘It’s not about you and me. It’s about humans and vampires. Transformation brings our two worlds together, and my parents – my parents and everyone else – think that’s hugely dangerous for all vampires. And for humans too.’
    ‘So transformation is the big problem. OK. So we go to your parents and we promise them that that won’t happen,’ Jason said, staring intently into Sienna’s eyes. He could see that she wasn’t convinced he’d found a solution.
    ‘There’s something else,’ she admitted after a moment’s hesitation. ‘And this is what
they
think. It’s not what
I
think . . .’
    Jason nodded.
    ‘They think another vampire is always going to be better at keeping our secrets, because they share the same secrets,’ Sienna tried to explain.
    Jason could feel anger welling up inside him. Sienna’s parents thought he couldn’t be trusted not to expose them just because he was a human? Even after everything he’d been through in order to protect their vampires’ secrets.
    ‘I would never do anything that could possibly hurt you. Or your parents. Or any of you. Haven’t I proved that?’ he demanded. ‘After stopping Tamburo? After being attacked by Luke Archer when he was consumed