Morning came too quickly and the headache that plagued me over the night had finally subsided. I had managed to get a small amount of sleep but I still felt a little off. I kept getting hot and cold flashes all night and my grandfather had spent most of the night taking care of me. He finally fell asleep in the chair next to my bed when my fever had calmed.
I got up carefully and quietly. The sunshine that managed to sneak into the room made my eyes hurt so I stumbled my way to the bathroom across the way from the room I was in. I took a long drink of water and splashed my face to try and get rid of the sticky sweat from my sleepy face. I felt awful because of the lack of any decent rest.I looked into the mirror to get a look at myself, my hair was a complete mess and my face was pale. Something else was off, but at first, I couldn't figure out what it was. I put it down to the fact that I was just unwell with something and began to try and tidy up my hair. ThEdward settled down on the couch beside me. He rubbed at his wrinkled forehead in thought. "Your grandmother, my wife, she wasn't human," he said quietly and then glanced at Rakesh a moment before back to me. "I don't know what she was, she never explained it to me either. We met when I was much younger," he continued and leaned back into the couch.I nodded slowly. It was a surprise to hear that my other grandmother wasn't human. This was the first time I had heard this, but then again, this was the first time learning I even had other grandparents. I wondered where she was now, if she wasn't human she'd surely be alive still, right? I didn't ask. I was sure I'd find out."It was a fairly dark night and I was driving home in my car after a long shift at my father's company," Edward began to explain to me. "That's when she ran out into the road, she was chased by someone and I suppose she must have seen my headlights and took the risk to dart across to get away
After that truth-bomb, Edward left the penthouse in order to get to work. He was some CEO or something, I barely paid much more attention to anything else. I was too stunned to really pay much more thought beyond everything that was going through my mind.Rakesh had been oddly quiet after he confessed the truth to me. I was angry, hurt, frustrated and shocked but I couldn't bring myself to blame him for keeping the truth from me. How hard was it on him that those he cared for were being held hostage by his family and he was more or less powerless to fight back or so Edward had tried to explain."Why does she have them?" I asked, only when I was calm enough again. Rakesh had retreated into one of the other bedrooms and refused to come out. I sat down by the door, not sure what else I could do.I could hear Rakesh sigh behind the door. "She doesn't tell me all her plans, she just said something in their blood was needed for some sort of ritual," he rep
That evening, Edward told me that he had to deal with the second night of the party and that no siren was going to be singing, but if we were to go, to make sure to wear the choker this time. I wasn't sure if I would be able too, but I nodded in agreement. I let Edward go on ahead of me while I waited for Rakesh to wake up. I was feeling perfectly fine now.It took a few hours after the sun had gone down for Rakesh to finally leave the room. He hesitated on seeing me waiting for him."What?" I asked with a tilt of my head as I slipped the choker over my neck. I didn't feel strange about the object. Maybe it was broken, or I hadn't fully turned into... whatever it was I had turned into?Rakesh shook his head slowly and warily moved into the room. "I do not know if anyone at the party will have any further information for us..." he mumbled out. I watched him, puzzled by his sudden new attitude towards me. I guessed he was worried that I was angry at hi
I stood alone in that room for a few moments, dazed and completely flustered by what had almost happened between us. Part of me had wanted Rakesh to feast on my blood, with or without that mind-control and that had surprised me. I knew he felt just as surprised by his own desires too. He had never shown any wish to take my blood before so why did he suddenly find himself drawn to do so now? Was it because of the change to my blood?I placed my fingers over the gem which still seemed slightly warm to the touch but after a while, I finally snapped out of my own thoughts. I decided to take a quick shower and covered myself in some of the deodorants that were in the room. I hoped it was enough to mask whatever scent I was giving off. I kept the choker on, as an extra precaution.I left the elevator and glanced around the hotel lobby for a moment. I recalled a few faces here and there and for the most part, people seemed to not even notice me at all. I moved towards
My grandfather found me first and he noticed how keen I was searching for Rakesh. He stopped me and gave me a worried look. "Are you sure you're well enough to join the party?" He asked me and I nodded. I felt perfectly fine now. I just wanted Rakesh to be beside me though I didn't voice that need in my heart."I am fine," I said with a smile. "Where is he? I thought he would be down here," I said, trying to not sound too emotional about not finding Rakesh but my heart wouldn't stop beating loudly in my chest. I hoped my grandfather hadn't noticed."He seemed a little distressed so he said he was going to find something to snack on," my grandfather explained. So that's where he had gone. I felt a pang of distress in my chest. I didn't want Rakesh to feast on another but I couldn't explain why. Maybe it was because of my awakened blood? I had to assume so and tried to push the feeling down.My grandfather gave me a strange look and perked up his eyebr
The scent of blood was strong as I travelled through the alleyways. I noticed several people with dazed looks, anyone else and it would have looked like drunkards asleep there but not to me. Rakesh really was feasting as though he were starving. I was surprised he had been able to hold back from finishing off each person.When I finally found him, he was almost keeled over, holding his mouth and looking rather rabid. I had never seen Rakesh like this before. He was alone and looked like he was going to throw up any second. He noticed me straight away and flashed those silver eyes at me in a warning. "Come no closer," he uttered towards me with a slight feral growl."Rakesh..." I said softly I was worried about him. "Come back to the hotel with me, please?" I asked, not wanting anyone to see him here like this. He looked terrible. Rakesh shook his head at me and uttered another warning growl and his eyes flashed again. I wasn't scared."It's alright,"
Standing on my tip-toes, I pressed my lips against Rakesh's own. I wouldn't let him escape me, not that he tried to resist me in any way, shape or form. His lips parted and I took the initiative, my tongue seeking entrance into his mouth. I heard him give a pleasured moan which spurred me on.I felt Rakesh's hands cling to the back of my waistcoat and I could feel he was giving in to the kiss, his tongue battled mine for dominance for a few seconds before we both pulled away for air. Kissing him was almost hypnotic and now I understood how Rakesh felt when he mentioned how intoxicating it was to have someone's scent so close by."Kayden," my name from his mouth rang like a golden bell. It sounded wonderful. I gave a small hum to show I was listening to Rakesh. "I do not wish to bring harm to you... please, no more, I can't do this..." he murmured weakly.I opened my eyes to study Rakesh's face for a moment. "Why would you bring harm to me? I'm fine i
I could feel my whole body and mind swooning as Rakesh fed off of my blood. It was a strange feeling. It was almost like when you have a blood sample taken: a small little prick and after a moment you feel faint, but it wasn't as unpleasant as I thought it might be. I expected this was just a process of how vampires and Ancient Ones fed, that I was calmed and the pain numbed because of that process.Rakesh's pleased moaning into my neck caused me to feel even more aroused than I was already feeling. I thought that no wonder humans were such easy prey, if they felt this good, why would they stop anyone from feeding on them? I realised that this felt as good to him as it was to me, though after a moment, my mind clouded over, all I could hear now was my heartbeat and another beating heart almost joined with mine.A soft moan escaped my lips and after a moment, Rakesh released my neck and whispered into my ear, "I fear if I eat any more of you, I'll kill you." The