Tessa’s POV I stared at Anna blankly, not expecting such a question from her. I must admit that I really liked it here. Despite the blood of slaves and the hostile vampires and humans that kept watching me, I felt oddly safe being around them. The Elders made me feel very welcome and very safe, especially Anna. But I hadn’t thought about staying here forever. I mean, I suppose the point of me being here was to see if I could handle this type of lifestyle and I think I’m handling it well. But I’m not sure how I would be able to live amongst them and not be immortal. Would Joseph make me a blood slave? Is that something I would want? Or would he make me into a vampire? I could die if he did that and I’m also not sure if that’s something I would want. But every day I’m with Joseph, I fal