*Meadow*

She continued. "Everything slowed down, and we both felt and saw the dark shadow approach us. I cried as he claimed me to be his, since he had bathed me in his blood and I had accepted it. Gordon growled at him and was ready to fight for me but I was slipping away, I was about to die. The dark shadow offered him a deal... he would let me free of the blood oath if he made one, a new one, with him. I was going to object, I barely knew who he was but already wanted to protect ...