Unconventional Affair

Chapter 1

The sun had set a long time ago as the clouds gather to form an image I can't figure out. I drive home in dad's Toyota Camry, watching as the street's lights flash every minute I pass by them. I bob my head to the beat as shake it off by Taylor Swift blast through my speaker.

It's my first time in the human world and gosh, it's a lot different from Shadow world: a place where not only bloodsuckers live but other supernatural beings. My family came to this city just last week but I didn't go with them because I wasn't done with my mission, mastering how to control my fangs from coming out anytime I smell blood.

I'm different from other bloodsuckers. I haven't had my first blood or have my first bite. I'm just like a full mortal, I eat cheese and burgers and they are my best combo.

Two years ago, on my sixteenth birthday, my older brother Arden had his first kill and got bitten by a bloodsucker. He became a full-bloodsucker. I was terrified because he couldn't control it. 'A Dhampir becomes a full bloodsucker when they kill or get bitten by one and becomes a hybrid when being bitten by a werewolf or taste a witch blood.' said the council. 'We don't kill, we protect those we love.' Dad added.

My thoughts wander as I mindlessly look out at lights in the distance. I look in my rearview mirror as a car suddenly passes mine by at full speed going at least 30 mph faster.

"Whoa, come on!!" I yell in the direction of the car riding in front of me. I open the map dad had left for me before I left for the academy last week. It's complicated because I can't figure out how the human world works, so instead I turn on the GPS to direct me home. I know you all will be wondering how I got to know how to drive, well firstly, I took a few classes from dad and I'm not fully a bloodsucker so I can't do stuff like flying or shapeshifting, but I can hypnotize and the color of my eyes glow anytime someone I'm bond with is in trouble or if they want me to read their mind.

I slam on the brakes and turn the wheel facing the opposite direction as the car stop in front of a grey house. My chest pushed against my seat belt, throwing me back against the seat. I unbuckle my seatbelt and open the door, stepping out into the warm night air. I shut the door and stand in front of the house.

"She found it," Mom says as she hugs me. "I'm glad you completed your training." She rubs my back and I give a smile. "Come on." She rubs my arms and we walk towards the house and she leads me to the porch.

She opens the door and we step into the house. The house was Elizabethan, with wooden panels along the corridors and ornate chandeliers hung in the ceiling. The stairs lead down into a tall galleried room with a rug spread out over flagstones and a fireplace big enough. A long polished wooden table has been set for the whole family. It's beautiful.

"You will get used to it," Dad says as he comes to hug me. I smile as I lean to him. "How was your training?" he add.

I open my teeth and my fangs come out slowly but it was painful so I stop. "Dad, I thought u wanted us to live a normal life."

"I do and now that you are here, why don't you join us for dinner? ...you must be very tired."

"You could have let me come pick you up, instead of coming yourself." Arden interrupt as he remove the shade he was putting on. His eyes are red, I'm sure they haven't fed him blood since they enter the human world.

"Awen bro, you look scary, how are you coping without taking a sip of blooddddddd?" I tease.

He opens his teeth and his fangs come out, he wants to attack me with it but mom stops him immediately. I would have turned into a full-bloodsucker, just like him in minutes if she hadn't.

"Enough... come Inez__ I will show you your room." She says excitedly, heading up the staircase. I walk behind her but stop on the landing, a few steps up still looking around the house.

She opens the door, I step into the room. The room has a rectangular silhouette with edges that have been smoothed so that it gives them that modern design look as well as making the walls looking as single, one that encircles the room.

The color of the walls is light blue; similarly, the color of the wall is blue.

There are six light bulbs inserted inside the empty corresponding cavities, all of them rotates and focus at different points.

The floor is wooden and the color's golden brown. The bed's longest side is sided by the right wall of my room, while the computer and peripherals are on the other side of the room. The writing desk is equipped with a lamp as well as a laptop. It is made of stainless steel while the legs are in powder-coated steel. The stool is silver-colored which goes well with the color of the table and also that of the laptops. In the center of the room, there is a red seating combination sofa; its legs are in nickel-plated steel.

"So, how is Arden coping?" I ask mom as we both sit on the sofa.

She sigh. "You saw the way he is; we are trying to make him eat normal food again." She stands up and turns to look at me. "School is tomorrow, how excited?" she asks.

"Is anyone ever? What do you think?" I reply with a question and give a small smile.

"Come and join us when you are done." She leaves the room and closes the door behind her.

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That night after dinner, I take a hot bath. I walk over to the dresser and dry my wet hair. I wear my blue robe and check the time. It's eleven O'Clock. I walk over to the bed and the next thing I know, I fall into a heavy dreamy sleep.

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