Enticed By His Darkness

7

"Come on sit down" he pulled out a chair for me "I'll bring you something to eat" he grinned and went to the sideboard. I watch him and Elijah getting breakfast. It all seemed so easy for her while I was still kneading my fingers nervously. It really took all of my self-control not to jump up and follow the scent of blood. Elijah sat down across from me and Nick put a plate in front of me. "Bon appetite" he grinned and sat down next to me. Then he pushed another glass with a thick red liquid towards me "I think you'd prefer that" he laughed and I smelled the intoxicating scent again. I picked up the glass and sipped. The blood wet my lips and it tasted delicious. I closed my eyes with relish and leaned back. I took another sip and enjoyed the tingling feeling in my stomach.

"You really have self control" Elijah said and I opened my eyes and looked at him. He had a glass of blood in his hand himself.

"Well, if I like something, I enjoy it," I admitted, licking my lower lip.

"Not everyone has that kind of control. But that's good. Then it will be easier for you. That's the trick. Drink slowly. Then the feeling of satiety lasts longer. Cheers" Nick nudged his glass against mine "And you should have some regular food too. That helps a bit too."

I nodded and ate my breakfast. But it tasted empty. No comparison to the blood. I pushed away my empty plate and picked up my glass.

"How many students are actually at the school here?" I then asked, leaning back.

"Oh well. There are around 150 students. witches, werewolves and elves. You are so cute. And when they get older and finish school, they are trained to defend themselves against the primal beings. When they're ready they either stay here or in an apartment in London or the London area." Nick rocked in his chair and looked back and forth between Elijah and me. Elijah stared at me with his icy stare. I really wondered what I had done to him.

"Are there any other boarding schools like this?" I asked and took another sip. The drops rolled down my throat and tingled all the way to my stomach. Simply delicious. I was already sounding like a junkie.

"Clear. There are schools like this all over the world. In Washington, Vancouver, Rio, Lagos, Hong Kong, Tokyo and in Vienna"

"Wow. Are there that many of us?" I almost choked and looked at him. He had to laugh and nodded, "Far too many. I would say we make up about almost 0.5 percent of the world's population. Really, like a disease or a plague"

He seemed a little upset to me. Like he doesn't want that or even despises himself. Which I somehow couldn't blame him for. Who would want to be a killing machine? A monster with blood thirst and almost uncontrollable. I didn't want to do it myself, but I'd dealt with worse situations.

"And is it just you two here? So if I combine that correctly, there are just as many rooms behind the two doors as this one, right?" I asked, pointing in the direction of the corridor.

"Yes a room for the children, one for the elderly and a room for us, for the monsters and no it's not just us"

"No, there's me too" a high-pitched woman's voice from the door. A slender blonde entered the room and she really was an apparition. Beautiful. Her eyes were bright blue and she wore a blue dress that only underscored that.

"Have you caught a little savage? Sweet" she winked at me and sat down next to Elijah and kissed his cheek. I already hated her.

"Bee, this is Chloe. Chloe this is Elisabeth" Nick introduced us. I continued to sip my glass and watched the two of them. But Elijah hadn't reacted.

"Wonderful name. Like the queen. But queen of what? Where are you from?" she asked, leaning back. She looked me up and down, her gaze piercing me.

"I'm from New York but I was born in London and lived here until I was ten. Then we moved to the States" I wouldn't reveal more about myself.

"I know, I checked with Kate and read your file," she c****d her chin, examining her pink fingernails. What, files? There was a file on me and.. isn't there such a thing as confidentiality and privacy?

"You what?" Elijah had broken his freeze and was staring at Chloe. My fingers tightened on my glass. If everything that happened in New York was in those files, then I could forget about my new life here. Nick had told me there were no secrets in this school.

"I have to know what you're bringing here. She's the first newcomer in months and a girl at that. It's not a big deal" she said, smiling coolly at me. "It was really interesting. All the parties and so many bad things" she practically spat out the words. Tears burned my eyes and anger welled up inside me.

"Such a bad, bad girl. Do you miss your party life in New York? With all the stars and starlets? Your little escapades?"

"That's enough," my voice was low and cracked. The tears threatened to burst out of me, as did all the anger that had been gathering in my stomach. My hand was shaking, letting the contents of my glass slosh dangerously close to the rim.

"Are you ashamed of that? What would your parents think of that?"

"I said that's enough," I yelled, and the glass I was clutching so tightly broke. It was as easy as snapping just a thin twig. The shards cut into my palms, but it didn't really hurt. But what hurt was the mention of my parents."You have no right to read my private stuff and talk about my old life and certainly not my parents" I was so incredibly angry and a now familiar growl erupted in my throat. What was she imagining? I wanted to throw myself at her, but Nick held me tight.

"Pack your little fangs back into a Queeny. You'd lose out." Chloe grabbed a glass of blood and stalked out of the room, just as she had come in. Shaking with anger, I sank back into the chair and couldn't help the tears from falling. Me Buried my face in my hands and sobbed in. Then I was pulled into strong arms.

"Just let her talk. I think your fangs are cute." Nick rubbed my back and I cried all over his shirt. These issues were sore points and she had just dumped salt on them. The last two days had been chaotic and just plain madness. Drunk out of a club, came here stunned, a whole new world that I was now a part of, vampire. "Nick, will you please leave me alone with her for a moment?" I heard Elijah ask.

Nick let go of me but I looked at him pleadingly not to leave me alone with Elijah. I never knew how I felt about him. Either he was as nice and caring as he was tonight. Held my hand, comforted me and even stayed with me when I didn't want to be alone. Or he was grumpy and mean. Just like yesterday on the roof and earlier on the door. I couldn't do anything with that kind. He should kindly decide whether he liked me or not. I watched Nick walk out of the room and then sank back into my chair. I crossed my arms stubbornly. He should see that I wasn't in the mood for him. I could do without Elijah's whims. He just made my life miserable with his good looks that made me weak and his bad mood.

"You need to be more in control of yourself." Elijah sat down across from me at the table and leaned back. I raised my eyebrows at him. That was private. It's nobody's business but my own."

I leaned forward in my chair and glared at him. "So don't tell me to control myself. You should get your moods under control"

"Are you up for a fight?" he smiled and his voice softened. I shrugged "Maybe. I've got such anger in my stomach. I want to tear the room apart and you're only making it worse."

"It's normal, the anger at the beginning. But that will pass in a few days." Elijah had also leaned forward. I could literally feel the sparks and the heat between us. But I wouldn't let that unsettle me. After all, I knew these guys. They break hearts, too incapable of feeling, makes girls cry. And Elijah was one of those guys, but I wouldn't give my heart away again, especially to him. Despite his attraction to me.

"Elijah, why did you want to talk to me? But not only because of the 'anger right?' I asked and leaned back again.

"No, I didn't want that. I just wanted to make it clear to you again that you now have a new life. Everything will change. You have to keep it all to yourself. None of us may find out what we are and who we are. Did you understand that? Even your friends shouldn't know about it. You would only endanger her if you initiate her into your new life" he said seriously and I looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"You don't seriously think I'd endanger my friends, do you? I'm not that stupid and I'm not happy about my situation. I don't feel like Bella from Twilight" I said, leaning back "So you can skip that. Besides, how am I supposed to talk to my friends or call them? There's no service here and I'm not allowed outside and all that I don't want to either. I don't want to take an innocent human life" I sighed and let my head fall back and stared at the ceiling. But it would be tempting. A whole city with blood bags running. heaven again. What was I thinking? I wasn't a monster. Although, yes. I was the most dangerous monster of them all.

"Well, then we've settled that." Elijah got up and walked to the door. "Oh and Beth" he threw me a note "this is the WiFi password from our router in the loft. Nick said you need it for whatever"

I couldn't help but grin. Nick was just the best. I was already so incredibly close to him. The last few days he had supported me and had been by my side.

"And another thing. You should keep your hands off Nick"

And with those words he was gone from the room. I would have liked to yell at him what kind of problem he actually had. That had been the most pointless conversation in a long time. I put the note in my pocket and took another glass of blood and left the room. I sniffed the air, but the other two rooms were now empty. My footsteps echoed off the walls as I walked down the hallway and came back to the grand entrance hall. Where do you think all the classrooms were? I sipped my glass and looked around the entrance hall. But there wasn't much to see here. Two flights of stairs, the chandelier and Kate's room. So I turned and walked back down the aisle. There were no paintings here like there were in the hall where my room was. Here the walls were empty. Only the painted in a deep blue. At the other end of the hall was a glass door and just as I was about to push it open I heard footsteps behind me and I smelled it and heard it. The blood and a beating heart. The scent clouded my mind and made me unable to think clearly. I closed my eyes and breathed in the smell. I stroked my lips and my teeth with my tongue. I turned around hesitantly

"Calm down Elizabeth. It's just Kate" she held out her arms and looked at me intently. I swallowed. My throat was dry, craving for liquid "You better have a drink from your glass her and dropped her arms and tilted her head slightly. I obeyed and took a sip. Much better. Mhh. My body relaxed and I looked at Kate. I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand and gave her an apologetic look.

"Sorry"

"All right. You've only been a vampire for a few hours. A killing machine but we still need to talk and as long as you've got that glass and it's always full I have nothing to worry about" she smiled pointing back at the entrance hall.

"Come to my office"