"We've got to go. They're coming here to kill you. Er, again."

" - You have to leave, I'm dangerous - "

"No. I'm not leaving you. I've decided."

Keening noise, and then - 

She starts crying. 

Oh no, what does she do now-

Hugs?

"You'll die," she says, though she doesn't fight the hug. "They always die - I kill them - "

"I'm not gonna die. But-"

"I'm still not leaving you. I won't."

"Why?"

"Because I love you."

Desperate, hungry kiss, and sharp teeth clash with Dani's lips (and Dani feels cold, ice water in her veins).

It hurts.

But she doesn't hate it.

Carmilla tears open Dani's blouse - breaks their kiss - she's incredibly strong, her grip on Dani like iron - 

And she sinks two long fangs into Dani's left breast, points diving for her heart. 

Aaaah-

Dani's vision goes dark, like she's been plunged beneath the surface of an icy river - 

She stumbles, limbs going limp.

She wakes up to Carmilla shaking her and calling her name. 

(It's dark out. It wasn't before, the mausoleum's high windows had permitted some sunlight.)

"Nn. Carmilla...?"

Hug!!!

"'M sorry I bit you," she mumbles, voice shaky. "But you're okay..."

"I am." Nuzzle. "I feel good."

"You smell - different."

"Am I- like you now?"

"...I don't know."

"How could we tell?"

"I've never - met anyone else like me, and I don't know how I became - what I am. Or what's unique to me. And I feel - different now."

"I'm very strong?" she says. "And - I can't talk about what I am, or arrange directly for people to find out - though I think that's broken. At least with you. And I'm forced back to my grave every morning, but - you woke me up early, and you don't have a grave..."

"We could find a gym, I guess. See where my deadlift's at."