[Honor]

He sat up, his teeth clenched in anger. The anger was directed mostly at himself. Why did he have to be a slayer? Why couldn't he just be a normal human? Some was directed at Artemis. Why did she have to be a vampire? Why couldn't she just be human? He felt betrayed by this, though no one had betrayed him. Why was it that his only piece of happiness had been taken from him? Fate was too cruel sometimes.

Digging in his pocket he pulled out his cell phone. Flipping it open he scrolled through his contact list until he found her number. He didn't call her just stared at the number. Would she answer if he called? He didn't know, and as much as he wanted to hear her voice he had a desire of equal force of not wanting to hear her voice. She wasn't who he had thought her to be. She couldn't be. She was a monster who only sought blood of the living to sustain her own selfish life. He had to believe that was the truth, that she was evil and had been deceiving him.

But why would she deceive him? Things didn't add up. If she really only cared for blood then she would have tried to feed from him by now, but she never had. It didn't make any sense.