“What do you…?” Alice gulped down her fear, “what do you expect from me?” She asked, trying to sound strong when she was nothing but frightened beyond comprehension. She had awoken a minute or so earlier and was now sitting alone on the sofa while facing Maria, Blake, and Harry who had a pained expression on his face for she wouldn’t let him near her. “Do you want my blood?” She all but choked out the last word. Alice was at loss. She didn’t know what they wanted from her and why they were telling her suddenly about their nature after two years of silence. “Harry hasn’t turned into a vampire yet,” Maria explained in a placating tone, “but he still believes you’re the only one for him.” “The only one?” Alice repeated, half incredulous, half perplexed. Then as it dawned on her, she c