"Lascilo solo!" he demanded to be left alone. He knew he was being followed by something that roamed in the darkness, something he knew wasn't human. He moved more quickly along the cobblestone street, only to hear his own shoes clicking against the street. He felt a sudden chill pass over him, like being thrown into the Po River.
"Li otterro" the mysterious voice taunted.
Bruto was trying to figure out why the voice was saying that it will get him. Was it going to kill him? He felt his heart race at that thought. He took several deep breaths in attempt to slow it down. He didn't want to die at the age of twenty and five. His life was finally going in the right direction, he may have finally found the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. Sophia Milano, thinking of her brings him a feeling of happiness and security. Looking into her warm brown eyes, everything felt right.
"Li otterro!" the voice yelled.
"Lascilo solo! Non ho fatto niete a voi!" Bruto argued with the voice.
"Non importa a me. Faccio soltanto a che cosa me dico" the voice is only doing what he is told.
"Perche me allora?" Bruto questioned himself out loud. Why was it him?
Bruto was suddenly scared and felt the need to run. He broke out in a sprint in the opposite direction of the voice, running till he couldn't breathe air into his lungs. He almost crashed to a stop, panting for air.
Bruto still felt like he was being watched. He felt the darkness encircle him, his heart racing, feels a short, sharp pain in his neck. Darkness consumes him. *********
"Di disposizione giovani uno ancora" the calm voice soothed, steadying his movements.
"Siete sicuri" the voice kept repeating. Bruto felt safe and slept.
Bruto woke with an endless thirst. Just then a strange man brought a fresh kill and placed it at his feet.
"Bevanda. Guadagnerete rapidamente la resistenza da anima" the man said, then demonstrated when Bruto didn't understand. He sucked the animal dry, not thinking about the blood until he finished.
"Perche sono anima bevente? Che cosa e errato con me? Che cosa mi sono transformato in?" Bruto questioned himself irrationally.
"Siete appena come me. Ora siete un vampire, come sono io" the man explained.
A vampire? Bruto couldn't believe he was a monster. "Non sono come voi! Non sono un vampire!" he yelled at the man in disbelief.
"Sono Severan. Li aiutero fino a che non possiate arrangiarsi lei. Ora ascolti me" he commanded Bruto to listen to him.
"Dovete dimenticare tutto nella vostra vita precedente, non importeranno ora che site un vampire."
"Dimentichi Sophia? Nessun non passo dimenticarlo. La amo con tutto il mio cuore!" Bruto yelled at Severan.