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"The danger for a new vampire is confusion. Hunger does not arrive with clean labels. It can feel like a need. Want, Desire and Attachment. Even comfort. If you do not understand the difference, you become easier to control and easier to lose."
Lily's throat moved once.
"And for me?" she asked quietly.
Sekhmet's answer came without hesitation.
"For you, I will not let the first feeding become ugly."
The line entered her like warmth and fire at the same time.
Sekhmet's expression remained steady, but his voice lowered.
"I will teach you properly. You will know what hunger is and what is not. You will know when you are being ruled and when you are choosing. You will not stumble into blood and call the confusion fate."
Lily held his gaze.
For one moment the whole Void Land seemed to narrow around that promise.
Then she asked the next question because of course she did.
"When I turn…"
Her voice almost caught, but she held it steady.
