Vampire

Learning what I am

Chapter 3

Slowly regaining consciousness I hear two voices quietly arguing. One is Adonis and the other one is…opening my eyes…hot guy. As if they can sense that I’m awake, they both stop talking and look my way. Adonis runs over to me, kneels down and grabs my hand. “Hey sweetheart, are you okay?”

I nod.

“Did he hurt you?”

I look over at the hot guy. “No.”

“Why did you pass out then? That’s not a normal action for one of us.”

One of us? Oh right, vampires.

“He was pinning me down. I couldn’t fight him off. All I could think of was Marty. His hands all over me. Him raping me. Him slitting my throat.” I shudder. “I couldn’t fight then. I couldn’t fight now. I couldn’t save myself. I panicked.”

“I see.” I look up and see him glancing over at hot guy. I look over too and I shrink back. He’s staring at me and he looks so pissed that I can’t help but wonder what I did to put that look on his face. Adonis grabs my chin, turning my face back to look at him. “Don’t be afraid of Rome. He doesn’t mean you any harm. He’s just angry about what happened to you.” I look over to him and he’s staring at me, but his face has softened a bit.

“Why? No offence, but I don’t know him. I don’t know you. Why would you two care? No one has ever cared about me. Why would you? While I’m at it, why did you do this to me? Why did you turn me into a monster? You should have just let me die. I was ready to die. I had accepted my fate. There’s nothing for me in this world. Nothing at all except what I already had, which was absolutely nothing. Nothing but a shitty trailer and a shitty job. A job where all I did was get ogled and groped and soon I would have been a w***e. My boss would have started to pressure me to do it soon enough. He pressures all the girls. There would have been no option for me, but to say yes. Those who said no would disappear. Death would have been a sweet escape from what I have ahead of me. I am nothing in a world where there is nothing for me. I don’t want this. There has to be a way for this to be reversed. I don’t want it. Please. I want to die.” I have tears streaming down my face and I know it’s only going to get worse. I look back up to see them both staring at me like I've lost my mind. Maybe I have. I really don't know. Maybe I'm hallucinating and I'm really in a coma or something. I look down at my arm, then I reach over and pinch myself. Ow. That hurt. Ok, there goes that theory. Not a dream. I stand up looking at Adonis and hot guy to see them both looking at me as if I am certifiably crazy. Maybe I am. Hell I don't know what's real anymore. All I know is I should be dead but I'm very much alive.  I have no other explanations.

I look at hot guy, then back at Adonis. “Is he a vampire also?” Hit guy chuckles as Adonis shakes his head.  “No. Rome is not a vampire. He is a wolf.” I'm pretty sure my jaw has dropped to the floor at this point. “Er, ah, a wolf?” Now they are both full blown laughing at me, making me feel like an i***t and flat out pissing me off. Adonis notices that I'm not laughing and stops laughing with a shake of his head. “You, my dear, have a lot to learn about your new world still. There's a whole other world mixed in with the one you've known with vampires, shifters, witches, dragons, etc.”

“Oh.”

“Oh? That's it? No questions?”

I can feel that pain starting to build up again and with no way to avoid it I slide to the floor on my knees grabbing my stomach and start to dry heave. Adonis and Rome both lunge towards me. I can hear Rome in the background asking what's wrong with me, I'd kinda like to know that myself.

“She needs to feed. She has not fed since she's been reborn. She took off before I could give her any blood. “

Hearing that I whimper. I don't want to drink blood. I don't want to be a vampire. Dear God, please, let me die. Take this pain away. All of a sudden I smell the sweetest smell. Whatever it is smells amazing.  I look up to see Adonis holding out his wrist. Dripping with blood. I can't resist. I grab his arm and sink my teeth into his wrist. Mentally I know that it's disgusting, but that does not stop the thought that this is the best thing I've ever tasted. Better than chocolate  Definitely better than s*x, but then again I haven't had the best experiences with s*x. I feel a hand pushing at me and that's when I hear the voices. I look up and see Adonis looking bit more pale than he already looked. I release his arm, jump back and crawl backwards across the room. I'm absolutely horrified. What in God’s name have I done?

Hearing footsteps I look up. Rome is slowely making his way towards me as if he's approaching a scared animal. I guess that would be a decent description for how so feel right now. Must be how I look too. When he reaches me, he squats down so that he's almost down to my level.  I look away. He places his hand under my chin, turning my head so that I have no choice other than to look at him

 “You've done nothing wrong little one. You are scared and confused. I get that. I can't say I totally understand, since I was born this way, but I can see how scared you are. I'm not sure why. But I find that I don't like seeing you scared. Or upset.  I have a suspicion, but I'll keep that to myself for now. You're not ready. Sean is fine. He just needs to rest for a few. He let you drink more than he should have.”

I just stare at him as the thoughts fly through my head.  Adonis has a name. Sean. I think I like Adonis better.  I think I'm in shock. Why else would I be having such random thoughts. I feel a slight pain in my arm so I shake out of it and look down. Rome pinched my arm. What the hell? I look at him in shock. He holds his hands up.

“You zoned out. I was trying to get your attention.”

I nod and look over at Adonis, er, Sean. He's looking over at us and looks pissed off. “What's the matter with him?”

“He realized something that he doesn't like.”

“What?”

“You'll find out in time. You're not ready for all that. You need to feed and get strong before you have anything else thrown at you.”

“I fed already. Did you forget? Just look at him if you need a reminder.” I nod in Seans direction. The wound is healed but his arm is still stained with blood and he's still pale. Well... Paler than before.

“Yes, and that will hold you over for now, but you need human blood. You cannot survive off of our blood. I will NOT drink from a human.” He just looks at me with that never- ending patience of his. “You’d be amazed at what you will do when temptation is staring you in the face.” I shake my head and look away. “I’d like to think that I can.” He shakes his head and touches my face, so that my attention is solely on him. “It would be amazing if you’re able to, but don’t beat yourself up if you can’t. No one here will think different of you. Control takes time.”

   “If I’m going to attack a human, can it at least be someone who deserves it? Like the bastard that hurt me.” Rome just stares at me for a moment. I see his eyes start to glow and he lets out a low growl. “Oh, he will get his, but I plan on handling that asshole.” “NO!” “He’s mine!” I gasp and jump back putting my hand to my mouth. That came out of nowhere and in a voice I didn’t recognize. “What was that? Why did I just sound like that?” Adonis and Rome look at each other and start laughing. I look back and forth between the two. “If someone does not tell me what just happened."

   Adonis holds up his hand as he stops laughing. “Don’t flip out. You’re not possessed or anything. You my darling are a vampire and as such, you have some demon like qualities. Revenge on those who wronged you is a strong motivator for the beast inside of you to come out. Us vamps, are also very possessive. You obviously feel very strongly that revenge is yours and yours alone. Rome just tried to take that from you. You didn’t like it. It’s nothing to be ashamed of and if revenge is something that motivates you then you have something to live for.” I just stare at him in shock. “Revenge?