He moved fast, coming again to the bedside of his beloved, taking in her white hair and lined face, the shallow rise and fall of her chest. He knew it was almost time, almost time for them to say a last goodbye. He cursed himself for the decision they’d made, long ago, to let her age, naturally, and come to this final end. She was right, she had been right, all those years ago. She could be, even now, the same vibrant young woman she had been in 1955. Maybe he was a coward. Maybe he should have taken the chance.
Amazing how this could have been Mick and Beth some decades from now, considering his feeling for turning somebody. And also , amazing how these rather different in their mentalities vampires have so much in common and how often their (not so) parallel universes cross. I wonder if Beth would still leave Mick alone in NY after this meeting...
So much pain saying goodbye to the ones you love, and how often this should happen in a vampire long lifetime..He clasped her hand, taking some comfort from the faint pressure of her hand on his.
I admit that in the series Sarah made me look at Josef in a totally different way; keeping her human on his decision in this story brings a little of ...Mick in him and I love him even more..