Chapter 434
Katelina woke the next morning to fading sunlight. She slipped from bed and scurried out to the public restroom. When she'd finished, she took a moment to examine her shoulder and her back. Tomorrow, they'd be completely healed.
Terror seized her. Without the ancient vampire to wash it away, it took hold. Oh God! Samael planned to turn her!
No.
A vision of Jorick swam behind her eyes and her chest tightened. Where was he? He couldn't let this happen. He couldn't let someone else turn her into a vampire. If she had to change, then he had to be the one to do it. Otherwise-
She forced her memories in order and pulled up everything she could on fledglings. When someone was turned into a vampire they owed a blood debt to their master, leaving them something like a slave. She remembered what Jorick had said:
"Only the master chooses when it has been paid. One vampire's blood debt may be finished in a year, while others have it dangled over their heads for centuries."