Blood Lust

Finaly home

Lyx

I carry Valerie towards mother and shake my head.

"What, I just wanted to see her." She whispers at me as I get closer.

"She is sleeping. Can you get the door atleast?" Mother nods and gets the door leading inside the house. I follow her inside and step past her so she can close the door behind us. There isn't much movement since dawn is in a few minutes.

"Okay we are going upstairs, good night mother." She keeps following behind me and I stop. She practically runs into me when I stop.

"What are you doing?" I ask her.

"Making sure she gets to bed safe." She simply said. So I keep walking.

"What do you think I am going to do? Drop her?" I chuckle quietly. Valerie's eyebrows pinch together, and she turns her head against my chest.

"Don't you dare joke like that!" She whisper yells at me. We walk in silence up the stairs to my room. Mother steps in front of me and gets the door for me and I walk in laying her down on my bed.

"Okay mother, it has been a long night for both of us I want sleep and she needs it too. Tomorrow night if she feels up to it we can introduce you both." She looks behind me towards Valerie sleeping on my bed. I can see the sadness and excitement mingling in her eyes. I know she is afraid that she wont accept her but she is excited to finally see her daughter safe after 23 years of wondering.

"She is so pretty, I just cant... I can't believe I missed her growing up. God... If only I... I fought harder to find her..." The tears start streaming down her face and the guilt sits in my stomach instantly. It is a feeling that I am familiar with when it comes to mother not getting to know Valerie. I pull her into a hug and try my best to console her.

"Shhhh... Its okay. She had a good childhood, I promise. You guys can talk later now go to bed and rest mother." I kiss the top of her head and walk her down the hall to her room. Although being immortal seems to have its perks, when we are emotionally drained and upset it affects us physically. It's like our equivalent of getting sick. That is why we try our best to maintain our mental health.

"Good night Lysander." With that she closes the door to her room. I walk back to my room, I left the door open so I just stand in the doorway looking at Valerie curled up on my bed. It's so big compared to hers, it looks like it could swallow her up. I take of my shirt and jeans, finding sweatpants in my dresser. I pull out an extra shirt and set it in the bathroom just in case, since I left her stuff in the car. I pull out my phone and leave her a message for when she wakes up. I know I won't wake up until an hour before sunset. I like to get up an hour early to get a few extra things done. Finally, I get in bed next to her, wrapping my arm around her waist and pulling her into me. She fits perfectly against my body, like she was meant for me. I pull the blanket up over us so she doesn't get cold. She managed to toss and turn enough that it wasn't on her anymore when I came back from mothers room. For the first time, I get to close my eyes and fall asleep next to my Valerie. Usually I have to leave, but in my room there are no windows, so no worry about the sun.

Valerie

I wake up in the middle of the day. Im nice and cozy, I almost don't want to wake up. I reach for my find and find nothing. I slowly open my eyes realizing that I am not in my bed. I try to get up but there are strong arms wrapped around me holding on tight. Oh my god I am in Lyx's bed. Last night I agreed to come to his home so that he didn't have to leave me. Instantly, I am embarrassed. God I practically cried when he tried to turn the lights off, of course he was serious about taking me home. I look around and slowly pry his arms off of me. The lamp is still on. He must not have turned it off, in case I woke up before him. It would probably be extremely dark in here if he did. There aren't any windows but there are four different doors, leading god only knows where. I slowly slip out of bed to snoop around, because what else is there to do? My phone is sitting on the nightstand on my side with one new message.

*Hey kitten, I hope you slept well. I won't be up until later. Make yourself at home. If you need anything, the staff are always around during the day. They know you are the number one priority here. I wasn't sure how long you would sleep so I asked them to leave your meals outside the door so you didn't have to ask.Feel free to just stay in here all day. I know you are shy around new people. My study is attached and has all my entertainment systems and stuff. *

I roll my eyes. I hate how well he knows me, but it definitely saves me from some awkward interactions. My stomach growls... there should be some sort of food outside one of these doors. I feel like I am in one of those shows where you have to pick the right door.

Okay door number one is the door on my side of the bed lets try that I suppose... I walk over to it and slowly turn the knob. I sigh when I open it. No food, just the bathroom. I peek inside... A large and very luxurious bathroom at that though.