Fighting Sense and Desire

Sabrina's POV

Why did I ever think I was about to get lucky? I was a girl who disobeyed her mother and stole her book. I guessed Mother Nature wanted to punish me for being a thief.

Why was he here anyway?

I knew vampires existed. I had learned of them the moment I could say my name out loud. I just didn't think a vampire would be here. Just my poor luck that I had wanted a normal life free of the supernaturals and I picked a school with a vampire.

Was he the only vampire here?

Did he also come to live among the humans, have a normal life and be free of the supernatural world like I wanted?

Were there other vampires around?

What would I do if there were other vampires here?

It seemed like I was the only witch in college as I wanted but that meant I was defenseless if I ran into a group of vampires.

Oh! I hoped it wasn't a bad idea coming here.

Vampires are the enemies. My mother's voice screamed loud in my head and I winced, hating the brutal reminder of my reality.

Thankfully, the professor walked in and I got something to distract me from the hot boy beside me. Yeah, I still found him hot and I hated myself for that.

Sabrina, snap out of it. He is a vampire. He is the enemy.

Despite how engaging the class was and how hard I tried, I couldn't help myself from glancing at him. I couldn't help the need to gawk at him. I wanted to erase the memory of what I knew about him. I shouldn't have let his hand brush mine. I could have continued with my fantasy about him.

Snap out of it, Sabrina. He is a vampire.

I rolled my eyes at the voice in my head. I wanted to shout at it that I knew and didn't need a reminder. With the way I kept stealing glances at him though, I didn't think I knew well enough that he was a vampire.

I guess I couldn't blame the voice screaming in my head.

"Is that you?" He asked, tapping me on the arm.

I sucked in a breath at the contact, hating the flare of desire mixed with dread that ran through my veins. I shouldn't feel this way. I stared at him to know why he tapped me and sighed dreamily. He had eyes I could drown myself in.

It's because he is a vampire. My mother's voice screamed at me. I told you not to fall for a vampire, girl.

I shuddered at how loud the voice was, feeling like my mother was right beside me and screaming.

"What?" I asked, my voice sounding harsher than I intended.

"Is your last name Brooks?" He asked.

I went pale. How did he know that? Was he reading my mind already? What a nasty vampire. Mum was right. Vampires weren't meant to be trusted.

"How did you know that?" I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Because the professor is having a roll call. He called the name and I wonder if that is you since no one else responded to it."

I blushed at his explanation. I had lost attention in class a few minutes ago and I blamed him for that.

"Miss Sabrina Brooks."

I turned to the professor when I heard my name. "Present, sir."

He scowled at me before ticking my name on his register and I got that feeling that he had already called my name more than twice and was about to mark me as absent.

Way to go, Sabrina.

"Thank you." I muttered to him without looking at him.

I didn't even know what his name was but I figured it was a good thing. That might help me get over this insane and forbidden attraction quickly.

"Kael Blad." The professor called out.

"Present, sir." The boy beside me responded.

Kael? What a perfect name for him. It suited him well and I found myself calling it several times in my mind.

Blad? I should have guessed. That was another proof that he was a vampire but I didn't think that humans were going to make the connection.

They were only going to think he came from an ancient family, which he probably did. Vampires were as ancient as time.

He couldn't have been more obvious that he was a blood-sucking monster with Blad as a last name, just as having Brooks as my last name made it obvious that I was a witch and had immense relation to nature.

"I'm Kael. Nice to meet you, Sabrina."

I went tense when I realized that he was trying to make conversation with me which was what any normal college student would have done with his seat partner, except that he wasn't a normal college student.

He was a vampire. Someone I should never be involved with.

Day one was a bust. I hoped I found someone during the remaining four days to go to the party with. I would love to go with him though. It was a shame I couldn't.

He is a vampire, Sabrina. My mother's voice screamed at me again. Remember the rules, girl. Don't you ever fall for a vampire.

I noticed he was staring at me and realized he was waiting for my response. My throat felt dry.

What was I supposed to say in response? It would have been easy to say it was nice to meet him if he wasn't a vampire.

Why did he have to be a vampire? That was what I wanted to say instead.

"See you all next class." The professor announced.

Without a word, I shoved my books into my bag and ran out of the hall.