Christine
After some gentle coaxing, Suron left and went on with his other 'duties.' I had to promise, cross my heart and hope to die, pinky swear, and do some obscene booty shake to let me go on my own. Suron wasn't kidding when he said he was supposed to watch me. Justin wanted me far away from mom, and sitting on the front lawn wasn't even to be tolerated.
I guess it was kind of lame that I would sit there, staring at the picturesque light blue 1950's style house, but it wasn't like I had tons of friends to talk to. I uprooted my life because I was worried for my mom, but Justin thought it would be an excellent idea for me to move here. In fact, he insisted. This makes me wonder if this is because mates, soulmates, and beloveds were all genetic.
The problem was, I didn't believe in it. I thought Wyatt was my soul mate. I thought he was the one I was to spend my life with. I was head over heels in love with him, or so I thought. It was all one-sided, I painted him to be the perfect boyfriend in my mind. We were high school sweethearts, we went through college together, the whole sorority, fraternity thing, we were picture perfect. Finally, I cracked and let him supposedly 'make love to me.' It was supposed to be both of our first times.
He knew how much I wanted to save myself for marriage. That I would give that unique piece away to my one and only. Once he talked me into it, I thought I was because he couldn't wait to really claim me. I made him wait four and a half years, and the little comments about being a prude and 'we don't live in the Victorian ages' comments got under my skin.
So I gave in, gave him that part of me and all,to find out he was lousy in bed, and it wasn't even his first time like he had told me after the fact.
Holding back a sniff, I pushed in the front door of the shared living space. It was a nicely decorated hme. I didn't have to bring any furniture, just essential bedding, my personal effects, and my beloved cat, Christopher, that stayed in my room. Mom couldn't even have a cat in her presence, no animals, just in case she went into her' blood fever.'
God, I swear if she ate my cat, I think I would be sick.
The private bathroom made things easier, I could hide in my room for days, and no one would notice. I bought myself a mini fridge with a lock to put my medication in. I had clotting promotor pills I took regularly, but if I forgot a pill, I had aminocaproic acid that could be taken orally or by shots to put directly into the wounded area.
Christopher sat on his perch by the window, his cat tower overlooking the lake. As much as I wasn't too keen on the place where these vampries had these fangs that could drink my blood and very well kill me, they had nice digs. The locks on the doors didn't help me feel at ease. They were supposedly strong and could break down the weak doors they had on the place. They just wanted us to make it appear to be safe.
Petting Christopher, he raised his butt for a good scratch until my phone on my bed rang. The Jaws theme song came on, signaling it was the sperm donor. Shit, this wasn't good news if he was calling. He usually told mom what to say to me.
Picking up the phone, I swiped across the screen that held my mother and me. The last picture I would have of her being a human. Bracing myself, I spoke my shaky, 'hello.'
"Where is your mother?" He spat. "I come home from a very long international trip from Germany to find divorce papers sitting on the kitchen table, her wedding ring, and your damn cat is nowhere to be found." I pulled the phone away, lowering the volume at the same time.
"It sounds like she left you then," I calmly spoke. The grip on dad's phone crackled as his grip grew tighter. His heavy breathing seeped into the speaker. Dad's silence let me know he was going into raging bitch mode.
"Where the hell is she? She never leaves unless she's with you, and now that you are out of college, I'm sure you are with her." I snorted at him.
"Surprised you noticed I graduated. I guess I could give you props for that." I scratched under Christopher's chin before I fell onto the bed.
"Christine!" he shouted, and I flinched. "Where is your mother!? Her phone is here, and I can't track her!" I rolled my eyes. Could he be that dense for an airline pilot? Surely he had to go through some IQ test before carrying countless passengers on a plane and shooting them over the ocean.
"It sounds like she left you." I drawled, sitting back on my fluffy pillows. Christopher jumped from the cat stand and hobbled over to the bed. His bright blue silicone nail caps raked across my stomach. Wow, mom remembered to stick those babies on so I didn't get scratched.
And you are over here being a selfish little brat whining on their perfectly manicured lawn as she changes into a vampire.
Time for some retribution on dear old dad for making mom suffer then.
"Let me put it to you straight, dad." I spouted out 'dad' with distaste. It was a fowl name to even have on my tongue. "Mom left you for someone that will treat her right. She finally got the courage out of all those years of you putting her down to leave your sorry ass."
Yeah, I was nothing like my mother anymore. Sure I could be sweet and kind, but after Wyatt broke my damn heart, I'd become a vicious tigress ready to kill any man in sight. They all want women for one thing. Maybe mom got lucky, but I know luck could never strike my family twice. And well, mom deserved to be happy.
Dad growled into the phone. "You tell that bitch she better get back here in a week and crawl up the damn driveway, and I may take her back," he snapped. "Or I'll leak every dirty little thing about her to the community and maybe add some things to it," he threatened. I pulled the phone away from my ear. I knew mom was homeless, but that was the gist of it. Dad supposedly saved her from a life of poverty, and the whole community we surrounded ourselves with painted him as a hero.
"They will all think—" I tutted into the phone, not caring.
Maybe I should talk Justin into letting mom visit dad during her blood thirst and drain him dry.
"I think mom stopped caring what other people think, but I'll be happy to send along the message," I picked at my hang nail. Christopher hissed into the phone hearing my dad's heavy breathing.
"So you are with her. You are supporting her slutty behavior? Do you want to know what your mother did before I met her? Do you want to—" I took an empty candy wrapper from the side of my bed, balling it up next to the speaker of the phone.
"Dad? Dad? I can't hear you? I think there is some static on the line?" Christopher pawed at the paper as I giggled.
"You bitch, you're cut off. Don't expect a damn dime from me in your account," he yelled again. I'm sure his phone was swimming in his spittle as he spoke. I never had the balls to talk to dad like this before, and I must say, it was pretty invigorating. Maybe it was because I was surrounded by a bunch of vampires that now hold a picture of my father's face to ensure he would never be let in.Not that he would find us, anyway."You hear me?! Not a damn dime!" I cut the call and tossed the phone on the bed. Little did he know I moved all my money to a new bank account. Justin was pretty savvy in that department. It was like he had everything planned out before I even arrived. He forced mom to not take one single dime from her now ex-husband. Justin was supposedly rich anyway and said he would take care of us.I mean, who ever heard of a poor vampire anyway? They were all rich. If I met a poor vampire, I think I might choke on my own spit. This place was oozing with money. Many of them
SebastianI wasn’t expecting to find her this quickly, far from it. I thought I had a few more decades at least before I saw her but I didn’t. The smell of her O-negative blood had the wind shift around me. If the whisps of Bergarian dared to come to the Earth realm I swear they would have led me to her. My body moved with its own motivation to wander off the gravel path to get closer to the hooded figure that at on the bench by the lake.I had taken it upon myself to go explore on my own. As much as Rowan was being a great host, showing my room, giving me this thing called a cell phone, it was all too much. Too much electronics, televisions all the fancy stuff that humans had come up with since the last time I had been here some one hundred and fifty years ago.That was all behind me, however, as I stared at the dark hooded figure that overlooked the lake. She was in deep thought, her hand going over the screen of bright colors. A picture, a picture of a girl and a boy smashed agains
“Want to hear my last name?” she purred. Dear goddess almighty. When she isn’t talking like I’m going to eat her she had the most captivating deep, feminine voice. Luckily my hands were in my pockets.“S-sure,” I stuttered.“Business,” she winked throwing her hair over her shoulder, and continued the graveled path.“Nunya Business? Nunya Business.” I repeated over and over. I smiled widely, my fangs overshadowing my lower lip as I barked out a laugh. Slapping my knee my laughter roared over the lake, echoing into the not-to-distant woods. Vampires from afar watched me in amusement, some snorting at my ridiculousness. I don’t remember if I have ever laughed that hard in my life, it felt surprisingly refreshing, it felt right. My heart did summersaults, feeling the soaring eagles run through me.I was too busy laughing to pay attention where my beloved was going until the smell of her intoxicating scent filled my lungs. Different, her blood was different than any other human’s that I ha
Sebastian"And there is also this donkey," Suron began laughing, shaking his head. I paid him no attention. My mind was elsewhere. The urge to follow Christine back to her home and watch what bedroom she went into by the windows was so damn strong. I had to ensure she was alright, especially since she went into the house with many racist bastards. She was here, though. She was here in this coven. I found her the same day I arrived. What were the odds of that? I grinned slightly, looking over my shoulder. Gods, wouldn't it be great if she popped right back out of the house and walked down the cafeteria? She has to eat sometime.The phone buzzed in my pocket. Rowan had gifted me this contraption, and I spent most of my time in my room trying to work it. It was 'the latest craze,' the humans had created. Having seen a few from when I was on the road, I had questions about how they gazed into the window, falling into a mindless trance watching cat videos.It vibrated again. Pulling it
ChristineMy hand glid up the rail, trying to force myself up the stairs and into my room. For a reason unknown to me, my body wanted to walk out the door and find that handsome vampire. Which could not happen. Today had been too much and way embarrassing. Not only did I let someone sneak up on me while I let my walls down, but on top of it all, it was some handsome vampire with danger written all over him. He had fangs, ashen skin, nails that could lengthen into claws, and worst of all, I was damn attracted to him. Holy hell.He was completely different from Suron. I didn't find that goofball as a threat. Suron had this child-like innocence to him, which could be a ploy to get close to me, be the best of buddies to keep me away from mom. The way children seemed so keen on the vampire made me doubt that. Maybe he did want to be friends. Sebastian, though, was something else. There had to be an ulterior motive. No one that good-looking ever talks to me. The ruffled dark hair, the sl
Denying her happiness would be wrong, but part of me was selfish. Why couldn't we just be normal, have her find a nice human man to take care of her? But Justin was far from the ordinary human, he was perfect for mom. My back thumped on the bed, just before my phone buzzed. I immediately pressed accept, sitting up in the bed. Christopher jumped off his cat stand and curled in my lap as my mom's face came on the screen.How lame, I had to video chat with my mom, that was just down the street. God, she was beautiful. She had bright red eyes, her hair thick, and that beautiful lighter blonde had her eyes pop all the more. The pink rosy cheeks and her wrinkle-free face had her looking just like me. Mom didn't look like a mom anymore. We could pass for sisters."Chrissy!" she smiled, and as she did, my stomach sank even more. Those two white fangs protruded from her mouth. She frowned as my smile faded. I don't think I would get used to this."I'm sorry," she covered her mouth. "I'm stil
ChristineThe darkness loomed over me as I traveled through the coven. The lights that usually invaded the streets at night were so low it was no point to have them lit. Crunching of the white gravel, I veered off the path, walking to the enormous plantation-style house that housed Rowan and Adaline. That was my beacon, not the home where I was staying, and I wasn't sure why.It was a pull. Continuing to walk, my vision narrowed as I reached the house. Nothing else seems to matter but going up those front steps and walking through the white double doors. My heart beat into my chest, pounding relentlessly as I entered.This was a scene out of a horror movie. The lights were off, and small candles were lit in their wake. The wind outside had the tree limbs rattle at the windows. Why in the hell was I in here?It was a pull or a calling, I didn't know which, but it had me tugging along to the large staircase, urging me to climb. The more I climbed, the stronger the pull became. My brea
ChristineI pulled up to the first coffee shop I saw, probably the only coffee shop in town. My phone blasted loudly, the first ring I had heard from it in weeks. My friends had long packed up and moved out of college, most of them working for their parent's companies or maybe traveling the world. Pulling it out, hoping to see a familiar name, but to my dismay, it was an unknown number. Answering the phone with a questioning 'hello,' breathing on the other side insued. "Hello?" I pulled the phone away again, still not seeing a number. Repeating myself a third time, I huffed out a breath and hung up. Creep.The coffee shop was rather large for a town this size. There were numerous tables, some that could hold ten people. Then I realized that this town also served another purpose, which was for the vampires and their businesses.All the vampires were rich, or the older ones were anyway. After living for so long, they could invest, invest, invest and just reap the benefits later. They