Rivers of Confusion

Rivers of Confusion

Kael's POV

What was wrong with her? I sighed as I watched her run out of the hall as if I had a deadly virus.

She missed a step and almost broke her leg. She didn't even wait before she continued running, limping as she did. I frowned at her attitude. Was she that eager to get away from me?

I scowled as I packed my books and headed out of the lecture hall. I tried as much as I could to forget her but thoughts of her consumed my mind till I got home.

Sabrina.

I kept calling her name in my head.

I had spotted her the moment I walked into the room and knew I wanted to sit with her. Heck, I wanted to sit with her all semester and probably till I graduated if we took the same classes together. I wanted her the moment I saw her and not just in the way vampires wanted a particular human as their live blood bag. I wanted her in the way a man wanted a woman.

I felt my blood roar to life when my eyes met with hers and the insane jolt of attraction that went through me was one I had never felt before. I didn't think I would fall for a human the second I got into their world but this attraction was one I didn't want to give up on. I could tell that she was attracted to me the same way I was to her, which was why her attitude was confusing.

I hated the way she made me feel like I was disgusting. As far as I knew, I was a handsome dude and a hot catch, and I wasn't going overboard with how I thought of myself.

My phone rang and I sighed in relief at the distraction. I smiled at the caller ID, just the perfect person to get my mind off her.

"Hey, brother." Jael cheered the moment I picked the call.

"Hi."

"How is your first day of lectures?"

"Fine." Asides the girl I wanted to ask out running out of the class and almost dying.

"Sure?" He chuckled. "I thought you would be more excited than that."

I sighed. Jael had always been able to read through me. Even though he was two years older than I was, the bond between us was so thick that some of the vampires in our clan wondered if we were twins. It didn't help that we looked alike and I was as tall as he was. The only difference between us was that he had green eyes while I had blue ones.

"I am. I probably sound this way because I haven't eaten yet." I wasn't about to tell Jael that I was having girls issues already.

"What?" Jael shouted over the phone.

If he was with me, he would have given me a knock on the head.

"Why haven't you eaten yet?"

I winced at the sound of his voice. He sounded so much like our father at that moment that I felt thoroughly scolded.

"I woke up late, brother, and had to rush to class. I didn't want to be late on my first day of classes."

He snorted. "You aren't an average student, Kael. There are some risks you can't take like a normal human, like skipping breakfast and walking in the sun. You will be dehydrated and feel hungrier than usual and when that happens, your powers are weakened, your self-control is threatened, and you are at risk of exposing your identity. No one in that school must know what you are. Don't you ever forget that."

I sighed, hating that I had to endure a repeat of the lectures I had listened to all over at home.

"Yes, brother. I will protect myself and the clan with everything I've got."

"Good." He breathed in relief at my assurance. "Don't forget that humans and vampires aren't friends. They will hunt you down the moment they find out what you are."

"I know, Jael. I promise I won't forget that."

I thought of Sabrina and wondered if she was also like the other humans. Would she be disgusted if she knew what I was? Would she hunt me down if she found out that I was a vampire?

I sighed when I remembered how she ran out. I guessed I wasn't going to find out because it was obvious she didn't want to be around me.

"I have to go now, Jael. I will talk to you later." I ended the call and put the phone in my bag.

Your powers are weakened. Jael's words came back to me and I scolded myself for not feeding before leaving home. I wondered if that was why I hadn't been able to read Sabrina's mind earlier in class.

I had tried reading her mind as she hurriedly packed her books and left the class to know what the problem was but all I got was a blank wall.

That had been frustrating as hell.

The next day before leaving my home, I drank four bags of blood instead of the usual two I consumed at a go. I needed all the strength that I could get. I waited at a corner, watching the entrance of the classroom and careful to not let anyone see me. I smiled the moment I saw Sabrina walk into the class and stepped out of the shadow.

I made my way into the class, praying that no one was beside her. I scowled when I saw that there was no empty seat beside her and sent a mental nudge with my powers to those beside her to leave. She was searching through her bag and didn't know when those students left, and neither did she notice when I sat beside her.

She smiled when she found her pen and raised her head up. She looked so pretty with that smile on her face that I wanted her to keep smiling.

Obviously, that wasn't a wish I was going to get as her face went pale the moment she saw me.

I didn't think anyone could look paler than a vampire but at that moment, she did. It felt like all the blood drained from her face and I didn't want to think of blood while sitting beside her. There was something about her that tempted me even though I had consumed more than enough blood.

"Hi." I smiled at her, ignoring the horror on her face as she stared at me. "We meet again."

She really had to stop looking at me like she was staring at death. I didn't think my fangs were showing so I didn't know why she seemed afraid of me. There was something else rippling off her asides fear though. I could sense the attraction she felt toward me sizzling in the air and I wondered why she was determined to pretend she didn't like me.

I heard the way her heart skipped a beat and I wondered if that was due to fear or attraction. I sincerely wished that it was the latter.

She ignored me and stared at the board. I wasn't about to give up on her though.

"You know it's rude to not be friends with your seat partner. It's too early to make an enemy." I said.

I saw her blush and smiled, knowing I was getting to her.

She didn't respond to me though.

I sighed at how stubborn she was. I had had enough of being ignored and not knowing what was wrong with her. I narrowed my eyes and stared at her with concentration, trying to force myself into her mind. I came up empty.

I scowled as I tried again but still was unsuccessful. Her mind was a blank wall and I hated that I couldn't read her. I knew it wasn't because I wasn't strong because I wouldn't have been able to control those sitting beside her earlier if that was the case.

I looked around and tried reading someone's mind. I could.

I tried reading her mind again. I couldn't.

My heart skipped as I thought of what that meant.

She was either a witch or wasn't thinking of anything at that moment.

For both our sakes, I hoped it wasn't the former.