Instant blackout...that's how much the pain rocked his body. A simple human thought is that, 'I'm going to feel this in the morning...'<br/><br/>But he wouldn't, pain wouldn't hurt like it used to. To only, truly feel hurt is by another vampire and, probably to a vampire in love, that pain wouldn't compare to losing their mate....having them die or simply leave them broke their undead hearts and, eventually, kill them. That wouldn't happen to these two but that's the only way a vampire could feel true pain....besides touching anything blessed by GOD.<br/><br/>Hamish had lucid dreams almost....one part of the dream was the wedding and how wonderful it will be....seeing her in the beauty of many different dresses (he never seen her real dress) and how each dress only enhanced her beauty. Another was the honeymoon night....it wasn't a thought that crosses his mind...but he knew this eternal bondage of marriage means many things were no long off limits. Just the thought of her being his in every way, shape, and form was invigorating with the primal beast inside him roaring....and that dream got steamy real quick.<br/><br/>The last part he remember was looking at himself in the mental mirror. He saw who he saw for the past 25 years of life...not including the times he drunk the vampire venom....the mirror flashed his life before his eyes and whether it was a good life with friends and family or a bad one that was just plain and hurting or something in between...it didn't matter. It lead up to meeting her and the love chord that she struck. A bond of servitude to friendship to love and he was dying.<br/><br/>The mirror image of himself was switching...he saw him then Xavier smirking...him then Xavier..him then Xavier. The switching steadily sped up until it was getting so fast that the two finally merged and, truthfully, he favored Xavier a tad more and the grin widened...finally free of human chains and commands. Finally free of all mental thought of never being with Alexis because of the species difference. Xavier was Hamish's bestial side....a him no one else knew existed probably not even Hamish himself and Xavier was free...and Hamish could be his true self now.<br/><br/><br/>The next morning<br/><br/>He woke up to the sound of a death march playing. He looks and sees his groomsman looking solemn at him and he noticed he was in a coffin.