All Chapters of Between Thirst and Love : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Today is my wedding day. Most girls dream about their wedding day. I spent mine wishing it would never come.Even though I wished I hadn't spoken to my father, I'm glad I got to say what's on my chest for the past seven years.Well some of it, anyway.I lay sprawled on my bed watching the ceiling whiles sunlight streams from the window beside my bed telling me it's morning.I spent most of my night turning and tossing in bed dreading and hoping that today never came or maybe someone would finally find me valuable and kidnap me so I wouldn't have to attend my stupid wedding.A knock on the door has me groaning out loud.‘Enter’ I say reluctantly.The maid from yesterday in the library, Zoey? I think, opens the door holding a beautiful white gown that only makes my stomach churn.‘Miss, I'm here to prepare the bath and help you get ready for your wedding’.She walks into my closet and hangs the dress on one of the wooden hangers. I sit up on the bed, head in my hands and sigh.She heads

Chapter 4– The Rules of Ashcroft Manor.I wake up in an enormous bedroom that doesn't feel like mine. I stare at the ceiling that feels foreign to me. I sit up immediately and look around me at the pale blue walls.Everything is silent except for the drizzling rain tapping against the windows.In the silence, I start to wonder why I am in a room that isn't the childhood bedroom I've known for the past twenty years of my life.Then, it all comes crashing down.The wedding.Me, arriving at the Ashcroft estate.The servants.Damien showing me to my room.And me, falling on my bed.I fall back on the bed, covering my face with a pillow and groaning.Someone knocks on the door.I throw the pillow away from my face and sit up.A maid steps in.She looks in her middle twenties. She has ginger hair, hazel eyes with a tan skin.She bows and says,‘My lady… Lord Ashcroft requests your presence’. I almost roll my eyes.‘Where is he?’. I ask‘In the library, my lady’.I nod expecting her to turn

‘What are you doing here?’. Damien questions through clenched teeth behind me.I let out a tiny scream and turn around to face him.He's in a white short sleeve shirt with black trousers. And an impatient expression etched on his face. Expecting me to answer his earlier question.‘I…um… I’ I stutter unable to calm my racing heart.‘The door’. I finally manage to say.‘What about it?’. He asks annoyance laced in his tone.If I wasn't scared right now, I would've snapped at him.‘It opened. By itself’. ‘What are you talking about?’. He replies, arms crossed over his chest.Now I was annoyed.‘I got out of bed to get a glass of water, when I heard strange sounds coming from this room’. I say pointing behind me without turning around. ‘So, I decided to check it out, thinking maybe someone needed help. I got to the door about to twist the door knob when it opened. By itself’. I finish as calmly as I possibly can.He looks at me with an eyebrow raised.‘Really?’. He asks, his tone filled

I can't stop thinking about what happened in the stables. I keep wondering who messaged Damien and why his entire demeanor changed.He wasn't present at lunch or dinner. I had to sit in the silence of the dinning room with my thoughts.My eyes darts towards the clock on my nightstand.11:20am.I tried to sleep but gave when I couldn't shut my brain up. I stare at the ceiling trying to calm my thoughts.My breaths the only sounds in the quiet night.Is he okay?.What was in that letter?.Did something happen to Cassian?.Is he hurt?. Is he dea–?’.No, I can't think like that. I need to calm down.I breathe in and out. Repeating the process for ten seconds.My eyes flutter close and drift off to sleep. ‘Elara’. Mother calls.‘Yes, mother?’. I reply.‘I’ll be gone for a while’.‘Really?’. I turn facing her.Her blonde hair falling freely on her shoulders. Blue eyes staring back at my brown ones.‘Can I come with you?’. I ask, excited to go on an adventure.She smiles sadly.‘No, I ha

I try to fight the vampire off. He laughs at my feeble and pathetic attempt of throwing a punch.I see a flash of shadow behind the vampire and wonder if he isn't the only one.Fear grips me as the thought settles in my mind.I couldn't even take on one vampire, how am I supposed to take on two?.I watch as Damien tears the attacker away from me. I'm so shocked and terrified that freeze.Damien however fights the vampire ruthlessly in the middle of the forest.But he doesn't fight the vampire like a normal man.He moves too fast. Even for the vampire.His eyes turn red.His canines elongate. Fangs appearing.And suddenly everything I've been noticing makes so much sense.The coldness.The blood.The strange room. The injured man.The midnight secret.Damien is a vampire too.The attacker falls on the ground besides Damien's feet. He's dead.Oh heavens, he's dead.Damien killed hi–‘He’s not dead’. Damien says turning to face me, reading my mind. ‘He’s just unconscious’.He walks to