"What about his first feed? There aren't any people here," Axel broke the silence half an hour later.
I turned from my position at Mason's bedside. First feed? I suppose I hadn't thought this through. I'd never even considered that he'd need to feed on blood, human blood.
"We'll have to find someone soon. He'll be ravenous when he wakes," Demetri said as if it were no big deal. "He'll need a mentor, Kylie. It isn't easy for a young vampire to control his bloodlust. I'll help him all that I can, but he needs an older vampire to train him how to feed without killing." I swallowed hard. No, I hadn't thought this through at all.
I wiped my forehead. "Okay, okay. The next town is about thirty miles north of here and according to the map, that town wasn't affected at all by the tear, so that's where we need to go. Now, before he wakes." Mason's stomach had already knitted back together, a side effect from the vamp blood he'd ingested.
I lifted him over my shoulder. I would be able to move faster carrying him this way.
"I can carry him, Kylie," Axel offered.
Shaking my head, I told him, "No, he's my brother and my responsibility now. When he wakes, he’s going to be rearing for a fight. He can take it out on me."