"No." I shook my head adamantly. "I won't go." What was with the people I loved and trusted suddenly turning their backs on me?
"There's no future for us, Chloe." He effortlessly removed my death grip from his shirt and held my hands in his. "Even if you wanted to become what I am, I can't change you. I won't. I am not going to let you become a monster like Hannah."
A shiver of fear raced up my spine. I swallowed hard against the bile rising in my throat. He was right about that - I didn't want to be a vampire. But that didn't mean we couldn't be together. There was another way. There had to be.
"And I won't steal the life I know you want. The life you deserve. I can't be that selfish," he said.
"You have no idea what I want." I pulled my hands from his and crossed my arms over my chest as if trying to prevent him from tearing out my heart.