And so, the strongest vampires were standing by should he need restraining.
After ten minutes, there was no change. Twenty minutes, nothing. An hour went by, and Walter lay there, unmoving.
Rose had just about begun to lose all hope of speaking to him again when suddenly, Walter bolted upright, taking a deep breath and then falling on his back, his eyes closed. It was as if he'd been given an electric shock and then fallen unconscious again.
Rose took his hand in hers again and began to talk to him. She told him all about her life and the life of their family, how much she loved him.
"I never stopped loving you, even though I'm an old lady now and you're still a young man," she chuckled. "You look exactly the same as when we were married all those years ago..." and she continued talkin
