"Yeah, but where are we gonna go? Not too many places unless we walk all the way into Dinkytown." Annalies glanced around as they walked out of the building. The apartment building had 9 floors and separate four towers. All of those people were now trying to crowd out of the front doors. She glanced behind and saw all of the employee's ushering people out of the building. She briefly wondered if it was the same at all of the apartment buildings in the area. If so, how long would it take them to inspect? 

"Guess we can just make our way to campus and sit in a library or something. Get some studying done?" She was simply shooting ideas out there, but she still couldn't figure it out. "I wonder what Markus is doing. I hope he is OK." She checked for her phone in her purse and frowned when she didn't see it. She wouldn't be able to call him now. She doubted anything was wrong, but she didn't want him to freak out if he couldn't get ahold of her. She briefly wondered if she could sneak back into the building. Adam would never let her. He thought she was fragile. 

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Markus boldly moved forward, placed one hand on her shoulder, and moved her chin up so he could meet her eyes, "Listen. Your heart no longer beats. You no longer need to even breathe. You will never age another day. All we need to do now is get you fed. If you keep yourself calm you can put the person into a trance. They'll even enjoy it, but you have to stay calm. Please. Let me help you." His eyes were pleading with her and he doubted that she would allow him to be this close to her for longer. She would probably always hate him and after he taught her everything he knew she would never speak to him again. 

It saddened him to think about all of this. He hadn't just ruined her life. He had ruined the only connection he had ever felt. He had never had feelings for another person. Not even during his few years of human life. There was something so special about Cassandra and he had fucked all of that up. It was time to stop thinking of himself though. He had to fix this.