EN | Romance of Blood (Demetri Volturi, Twilight) ✔️

Chapter five

Point of view of Demetri Volturi

“I have leukemia. Not just her. The bitch that can't be cured because only 3% of people worldwide get it and unfortunately it's genetic. My mother gave it to me during pregnancy because she didn't know she had it. They wanted to do clinical trials on me to try to cure me but I refused. My mother was lucky to die in her sleep. Me with my epilepsy and more, I wonder how I can still be alive. Overnight I could have an accident and cause internal bleeding or a stroke.”

She sighed. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. I stared at her when she was sad. Not sure of what her reaction would be, I put my hand on hers.

 “When I had my concussion and was in a coma on a oxygen machine my heart was beating so slowly that they almost unplugged the machine and let me go but I woke up. I don't have a mother, my father is an asshole. I'm lost in Italy and I'm going to die soon. What a beautiful life. Life is a bitch.”

“I can heal you. " I told her quietly.

“Please don't give me false hope. The doctors said it's incurable.” She said.

I smiled at her.

“That's not the case and the doctors don't know about this method. Would you do anything to live disease-free and young forever? What I have to offer you is not known to current medicine.”

She stared at me and she seemed a bit puzzled.

“Keep on going.”

“I myself have used this method and I can assure you that you will never be sick again. I'm not twenty-one. I am one thousand thirty-seven years old.”

She started laughing.

“No it's impossible ! That would mean that you were born..."

 “I was born in nine hundred and eighty five. I'm not lying to you, I have no reason to lie to you. I can give you this gift of immortality, but it comes at a price.”

She stared at me without saying anything.

 “You will no longer be human. You can no longer live here among humans, you will have to live with us forever.” I continued.

“Free? Housed and feed for free?"she asked, smiling.

I smiled at her enthusiasm even though she still didn't understand what I was talking about.

“Sort of. We don't pay anything. We are numerous. You could make friends too, because there are many like me.”

 "How does it work ? If I'm not human anymore, what would I be?” She asked me quietly.

I stared at her. Should I tell her?

“If I tell you and you refuse this method, I could not let you live because this secret must remain a secret for our safety.”

She was staring at me and her heartbeat remained very calm.

 “It's not like I'm losing much, for now I want to die every day of my life. If you are sure you have a solution that can cure me, please tell me. I want to know it.”