Alex jumped and as the suddenly the vampires at her command silently filed into the room. He wondered what they were thinking as he was standing with his shift off and his red silk dangling down loosely down his bare chest... he felt like a complete and total fool and he was surprised Lillium had not scolded him acting like such an idiot while they had been standing outside... not that it mattered any more, as he couldn’t exactly rush around to find where he had put his shirt.<br/><br/>He blinked and then stared at Xefer after he commented about the enemy highly underestimating her. He wasn’t exactly a munitions expert but he could definitely that those had not been ordinary bullets! Not the way they had exploded on impact. And if they had been in a bigger group they would not have been able to slip in slow close undetected.  It had been only pure luck that had kept them from entering Lillium’s room! But Alex knew he was not an expert on anything and so he kept his mouth shut...right now he just looked like the queens pretty play toy.<br/><br/>Alex had been expecting some sort of praise for fending off a small band of assassins! but instead she started started taking about seeing to his protection! Him! He wanted to object but then she mentioned something about entertaining him for the evening and he didn’t want to ruin the mood by trying to hop and try to act all tough in front of a bunch of immortals.<br/><br/>Once the vampires had left, Alex brightened up and he smiled over at Lillium, hoping to get some sort of praise! But that was not what he got... is as almost if she expected it of him... as if he some kind Rambo! No he had almost died and now she was talking about warning him of the dangers... Hadn’t he already proved himself?<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold"> “Come.”</span></span><br/><br/>Alex swallowed hard, as Lillium beckoned him to follow her... it slowly began to dawn on him that she wasn’t talking to about the assassins but rather herself... he hesitantly followed after her. He couldn't help but wonder what male spiders felt the same way he was as they climbed into the larger cannibalistic females spiders web to mate and most likely be eaten after! Alex bare feet padded softly against the cold marble floor as he followed Lillium into the swirling white mist. The tub was so big it might as well have been a small warm water swimming pool!<br/><br/>Then suddenly Lillium took off her blood stained gown and he stared at her, with both desire and shock of what was actually going to happen in the very near future!<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">“Please try to understand the world… you are entering. You handled yourself well against human soldiers. But what about the Vampires that will come for you? If you choose this path please understand that you will have to become stronger.”</span></span><br/><br/>Alex paused, he wasn't exactly sure what she was talking about, "Stronger?" he asked, "Well they were all stronger than me, I was just smarter that was all," he grinned blushing as she approached him, he felt like an idiot now... at first he and been too under dressed, now he felt overly dressed. But before he could undo his belt buckle, she clasped his face firmly in her hands and she began studying the thin red burn mark across his cheek where the bullet had grazed him. He grinned as he was finally was getting some sort of recognition and he was quite liking the attention. Alex's strong arms slipped around Lillium's waist, all to eager to hear more praise... but then she started talking about something else entirely. Alex blinked and rand his hand through his blond hair, that once had been combed at the interview was now to its usual unruly mess... what as he supposed to accept?...<br/><br/>"I..I don't understand, I of course accept you," he smiled, but he had feeling that wasn't exactly what she was eluding to. Alex chuckled as she licked the sensitive red mark on his cheek, and then he yelped and excitedly tugged as his belt loop and pulled him flattened his hips up against hers. But just was he leaned into began making love with her, Alarm bells went off in his head!<br/><br/>"Wait! you aren't talking about... about...about turning me are you?" he gasped, not that he would have much of a chance to put up a fight against her if he chose not to. What would happen if he said 'No'?   "Are you?" he asked, as he was feeling a little confused. "I am not sure if I want to be a vampire... I mean something else! I am strong enough, I didn't have any trouble with the vampire, it was the human that almost shot me!" he tried to reason. "I am not saying, no, I just...I just...thats just a really big decision, would I be like you? I would be able to eat food and I wouldn't be feel like a just came out of the freezer like some of the other vampires right? What...what happens if I say yes? or if I say no? do I have to choose right now?" he asked.