I had also talked him into agreeing to give me one week to prepare myself for my ‘new birthday’, as I had sarcastically pinned it. As for marriage, we agreed to plan something within a couple of months so that I would hopefully be accustomed to my new life and have time to make arrangements for a small ceremony. He had also patiently answered the inquiries about how I would feed and where he gets his blood from. I had insisted that I only be given blood obtained from donor banks. The thought of feeding off of someone was too much for me. And I was slightly disturbed to hear that Alex got his blood from willing female donors. He explained that fresh blood was much more potent and vampires that drank directly from humans were stronger than those that drank the prepackaged kind. I decided that that was a battle for another time, but I definitely planned on addressing that issue if we were going to be together. Jealousy stirred at the thought of Alex with other girls even if it was only as a means of sustenance.
