When she released his shoulder, she felt him do the same. A moment later, his tongue smoothed over the area.
“Oh, Samson!” she whispered.
He kissed her, catching her as she came down from her high. “I’m here, sweetness, I’m here.”
She panted heavily. Had she even breathed during the entire time? She couldn’t remember. “You didn’t tell me it would be so amazing.”
Samson chuckled softly. “The deeper the love, the more intense the bonding.”
Isabella brushed her lips to his. “I could feel you.”
“And I could feel you. Your heart is pure. I’m honored you gave it to me.” He kissed her tenderly.
“I’m going to love living here with you,” she said.
“I’m going to love it too” Samson replied. “So can I ask what method you choose?”
They lay in each others arms for a while before Isabella suddenly sat up on the bed. Samson tried to hold her back but she moved her arm away from him. With her back turned to him, she whispered :
“I want to turn tonight, Samson”
Samson sat up too. Isabella hadn’t mentioned the idea to him again after the last time they had talked about it, and he was starting to think that she had finally decided that it wasn’t really what she wanted. He had felt a little bad about it, because he knew that he was madly in love with her. He knew that she was the one thing he had been waiting for. She was his mate. His life had changed for good since he met her and he would have loved nothing more than to spend his immortal life with her. But he had to be sure that this was what she really wanted. That she wasn’t making the decision in the spur of the moment. But now she was saying it again, and he could feel his heart start to beat faster.
He knelt on the bed and stayed behind her, pulling her back to his chest as he kissed her neck.
“You have to be sure Belle” he said. “Are you sure about this?”
Isabella didn’t reply, but she stood and held her hand out to him. He took it and stood, then let her lead him into the bathroom. When they entered, Samson saw that the bathtub was filled to the brim. He got the message immediately and stared at her.
“Seriously? Drowning?” he asked her. “You are really weird, do you know that?”
“Yes” Isabella said, smiling. “But when you think about it, is there any part of this that isn’t weird?”
Samson had to admit that she had a point. There was definitely nothing normal about turning into a vampire.
I have always thought about how it would feel if I drowned. Except I could never found out because that would just be sucide. It’s weird, I know but the point is that now I get to answer that question. How cool is it that I get to die and come back to life? If I’m going to die, I would like it to be my own way. The way I want and have always imagined”.
“Are you sure about this?” Samson asked her again. “Let’s forget about how it’s going to happen and focus more on what happens when you wake up. You are sure that this is really what you want?”
Isabella frowned. “Why do you keep asking me that?” she asked. “Look around you, Samson. I know what you are and I’m still here. I just blood bonded with you for fucks sake. The fucking bath is filled to the brim and I’m about to step in? If you don’t want me to do this, maybe you should just say so instead of asking me that question over and over again”
Samson grabbed her hands in his. “I want you to, Belle” he said, “I really do. But I would prefer it if you live your human life with me happily, than live an immortal one filled with regret. I would hate to see you unhappy for any reason. I will not be able to forgive myself if you hate being a vampire. After all, the only reason why you know that they exist is because of me”
Isabella nodded as she held his face in hands, trying to remove any doubt from his mind. “I understand. I would like nothing more than to spend forever with you Samson. I want this. This is my happy ending and I want it to be with you. I want this, Samson. I really do. And if I don’t, you can always drive a stake through my heart”
“Fine” Samson replied, smiling at her joke. “Let’s hope that it won’t come to that because that would even be worse. I will stand out here and wait for you to come back”
Isabella planted a Kiss on his lips before she stepped into the tub.
“To new beginnings” Samson said.
“To new beginnings” Isabella replied, as she slowly lowered her entire body into the tub.
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“Hey, Samson. Get down here.”
Samson and Isabella woke immediately to Mark’s voice calling to him from downstairs. Samson grumbled as he was in no mood for his friends at the moment. After Isabella had turned, she had insisted on them going to bed and feeding from him instead of the blood bags, something that Samson had been completely okay with, although he told her that she would have to take human blood soon. She needed her strength as a new vampire, and only human blood could give her that. As a new vampire, she would also experience a great deal of blood craving and he had a lot to teach her. They had slept off after another round of love making, and were enjoying each other’s warmth in bed when Mark’s voice woke them up.
“Oh, I can’t believe I heard that” Isabella said, as she stretched against him.
“Yeah, one of the advantages of being a vampire. In fact every sense is heightened.” Samson replied as he planted a Kiss on her forehead. “What do you think? Should I tell them to leave? I would rather spend the day with you”
Isabella shook her head. “I would love that too, but Whatever it is, it sounds important. So let’s see what he wants. Besides, I’m a vampire now, we have all the time in the world”
Sansom smiled at her. She was right about that. They had all the time in the world.
They both stood and began to get dressed and in seconds, they were both walking down the stairs.