t's not long before I understand why Felix had to leave while the sun went done, I could hear the wolves howling, barking and running almost instantly once the sun set, the crisp ocean breeze slowly envelopes my body, but thanks to my werewolf self I don't feel the cold anymore. I continue to lay on the ground watching the sky above, waiting for my mind to figure out what I should do, the running of the wolves is getting closer to me as the strength of our internal bonds gets louder and louder. I can't let them hear my thoughts, not now, not like this. 'Amaris, why… you… here?', I can barely hear him, but I know what he is asking. I sit up panic taking over as I realise, they'll be able to hear me soon, I can't let them know I'm apparently a royal vampire, and I'm promised to Felix. I sit at the edge of the cliff trying to figure out what to do and my body and mind instinctively tells me to jump, without much thought that's what I do. The fall feels short, the cold water strikes me as I hit the surface, it's not long before it becomes warm, the warmth of the water surrounds me as I fall beneath the surface, I try to swim up to the surface but the large wave after wave keeps me underneath. I see an unknown figure slowly swim up to me as I'm pushed further and further towards the cliffs edge. I can't hear their thoughts under the water, its quite peaceful when I can't hear them, I sink into this feeling of peace, I close my eyes and let the water take me where it needs to take me. I can feel my lungs slowly getting harder to breathe and my heart beating faster and then slowing down. 'You need to fight, baby you need to fight, your not allowed to die not yet its not your time', I hear a voice whisper, it's a soft voice, a recognisable voice but I don't know why, 'baby girl please fight, I know you miss me, but you need to fight, you have to protect them all, protect them against the maleficis and immortui they control, you can protect them all', my mind goes black after hearing the voices, I feel a hand grab at me, pulling at me, my body instinctively tries to fight back but my body gives out quickly.
My eyes blink open, over and over as I regain consciousness, I look around, the flicker of candles blinding me in the corners of the rooms, cobblestone walls surround me, the damp smell of mould and sea water envelopes my senses, I can hear the pounding of the waves smashing against the outside of the walls, as my mind begins to take in my surroundings, I begin to realise I don't know where the fuck I am. I lay in an old bed, dust bunnies lay spread across the sheets, I sit up, my hand is bitten by a metal cuff around my wrist, the clanging of the chains locking me to the bed is loud, too loud, the sound echoed throughout the room, bouncing of the stone. I try and use my hearing to see if anyone is around, the large solid wooden door, the stone walls and the continuous waves makes it hard to hear, but when I focus hard enough, I can make out some faint voices,
"What the hell Nex?, you kidnapped her?",
"I didn't kidnap her, I saved her, we saved her",
"Then why is she chained up?",
"I couldn't just let her walk out, when we aren't paying attention! Can I?",
"I'm not ok with this, she won't trust us if she believes he are out to hurt her",
"We should've let her die, we know its the only way her vampirism will be activated, but you begged me to help save her",
"It wouldn't have worked, if her werewolf side was suppressed until her mother died, then I believe her vampirism will be suppressed until her dads dead, we need to find her dad first and then kill her",
"I'm still surprised the werewolves were able to find and kill her mum, I mean we've all been searching for the family trying to get them to choose which clans they will be with, but the werewolves killed her, their alpha, their queen, it was quite amusing", I shriek at the realisation, I always believed my mum was murdered somehow, but for my pack to have done it, her pack, the pack that has taken me in and helped me transform and understand what it is like to be a werewolf, Damien, oh god Damien, he was the defacto leader, did he order someone to kill my mum, to force me to become a werewolf. I think they heard my shriek as their voices become quiet and their footsteps get louder, I move to the corner of the bed, curling up in the corner, scared of who's going to come in,
"Come on Nex, we have to let her go, she needs to trust us, she needs to know the truth about everything", The large wooden door slowly opening, the door scratches against the floor of the room, a large light beams through the door, the silhouettes of the men are large, one seems oddly familiar, the light dulls my senses,
"Amaris, Amaris, you don't need to be afraid, my brother is an idiot and locked you up but I'm going to unlock the chains", the voice now apparent is familiar to my ears,
"Why am I here? Why, please tell me why?", I screech, my fear pooling out in my voice,
"Amaris, its me, we aren't going to hurt you, we were watching you making sure you were ok, when you fell into the water, you didn't come back up so we saved you, but after we pulled you to the waters edge, in the sand, you didn't wake up, you coughed up the water then fell back unconscious, we didn't know where to take you so we brought you to our little safe house", he moves further into the light, his figure become more opaque and his features becoming more dominant.
"Felix?", my voice soft and confused,
"Yes, I'm sorry we scared you", the other man walks into the room, he looks incredibly similar to Felix, his features seem older, and his eyes shine a golden red in the light of the candle flames.
"that's Nex my older brother, his sorry he chained you up", Felix says quietly, you can hear the compassion in his voice,
"Nex Nex?", I question,
"Sorry his first name is Malum, I just call him Nex", Felix giggles,
"If he's the older brother, why are you first in line for the throne? Why am I promised to marry you?",
"I told you we elect our clan leaders, the only requirement is that they be apart of the Royal bloodlines, the clan elected me to be the next leader and thus I was promised to you, and you were promised to me", Felix explains,
"So, was I elected to be a leader as well?",
"Unfortunately, you didn't have to be elected",
"What why?", I squirm in the bed, the chains ring as the hit the side of the bed,
"I'll explain later, let me get you unlocked and fed", Felix states as he leans across me grabbing the metal cuffs gripping around my wrists, the metal cuffs fall to the ground with a loud bang after they are released from my wrist, Felix gently curls his fingers around mine as he pulls me to my feet and walks me up a large spiral staircase and into a large hallway, he walks me past all the creepy statues lining the walls and into what I would believe to be the lounge room, where he seats me onto a couch, a large black leather couch. Nex follows shortly behind, but he veers off into another room.
"Why don't I have to be elected?", I state, determination to figure out the truth comes out a little spiteful,
"Apart from your father you are the last of your bloodline, and your bloodline happens to be one of the most prominent and powerful bloodlines within our clans, but as your father became a werewolf, he no longer has the vampirism blood running through his veins, and thus not only did he betray his family and clan and he also made it so you are the last living Regalis Dracul", He explains, "So the leadership automatically falls onto you", he continues to hold my hands softly, his thumb performs circles on the top of my hand, creating a calming sensation over my body.
"So… if I'm the only living Dracul and the only living Reika then what the hell am I supposed to do? I can't choose both can I?", I question,
"I'm not sure, no one is, no one alive has had this type of situation happen before, we are just as confused as you",
"I heard you guys talking about killing me and killing my father? You're not actually planning on killing us, are you?", is expression changes from soft to shocked in a matter of seconds,
"You heard us talking?, unfortunately as soon as the vampire clans get any sort of sign of your dad he will be killed, he betrayed us all, and they won't go lightly on him, and some believe that you have to die to have your vampirism activated, I however, think it will be activated if your dad dies, just like what happened when your mum died", Felix suggests in a calm voice, the thought of my mum dying in the car sparks the memory of the conversation,
"My mum was killed by the werewolves, wasn't she?",
"Yes… she was… I'm not sure which clan killed her though, but that also means I'm not one hundred percent sure it wasn't yours", he pulls me into a hug, tears slowly fall down my face,
"This doesn't make any sense to me", I say through my tears, bubbles form in my nose as my tears get deeper and quicker, "I should go, everyone will be worried about me". I quickly stand up from the couch, but my legs give out and a fall back straight away. Felix wraps his arms around me,
"I can't let you go, you almost died, stay the night, I'll take you back in the morning", he whispers in my ear, I wrap my arms around him, pulling him in close,
"Thank you for being honest with me, and thank you for saving me, I will stay, but please don't make me go back into that room and I don't have any pyjamas",
"Of course you don't have to stay in that room, and I'll grab you something to wear", he states as he hops up from the couch and disappears into the other rooms of the house.
Shortly after his departure Nex stumbles into the room, he seems to be drunk, but can vampires get drunk? I wander to myself, he stumbles over to an armchair and plops himself down, the armchair is an old black leather exactly like the couch.
"I'm sorry for locking you up, I just wasn't sure how you would react to being here and us", he stumbles through his words,
"It's ok, I understand, just don't do it again", I say calmly,
"You're a pretty one, kinda wish I fought harder to be the next leader of the clan, you would've been fun to have as a wife", he scoffs a haughty laugh follows,
"Wait what would you have to fight? Aren't you guys just elected?", I question,
"We are elected but we have to fight first, generally the one who shows they are stronger, smarter and the most strategic throughout the battles, I just chose not to fight",
"That's very interesting", I say. The conversation slowly dies down, leading to a silent atmosphere, a few minutes pass before Felix comes walking into the room,
"Sorry it took me so long, I was just making up the guest room", he states as he passes me some clothes, "I'm sorry I don't have anything more suitable, we don't normally have guests", a smile forms over his face as he grabs my hand and pulls me up from the couch, "I'll show you to your room, your probably cold and hungry, anything specific you'd like to eat? I'll bring it up", he questions,
"Um, I'm not really all that hungry, maybe just some noodles or something", I state, he continues to guide me through the house, It's bigger than I expected from that small room in the basement, there's door after door as we walk through the house, he brings me to a room at the end of the hallway,
"There's a bathroom in there, feel free to have a shower or bath, I put some soaps in there for you I hope it's suitable", he states as he opens the door to the room, "It will be a little dark, we try not to have too many windows and the aesthetic of this place is a little dark, I can bring in some more candles if you'd like?", I walk through the doorway, the walls in the room are a stained black wood, with golden candles holders hanging from each side of the walls, a large canopy bed sits in the middle of the far back wall, with black silk sheets drooped over the bed. There's a door not far from the bed on the right side, with a cute black stained wooden bedside table which sits in between the bed and the door. As you walk into the room there is a cute cobblestone fireplace sitting in the middle of the wall opposite the bed and a couch like the one in the loungeroom sitting in front of the loungeroom, a large tv hangs above the fireplace and a door sits on the left side of the room. I walk into the room and find myself turning around to face Felix,
"Thank you, Felix, I really appreciate what you've done for me", I say, a smile falls across my face as I talk to him,
"You really don't have to be thanking me", he says, "I'll bring up some food in about half an hour or 45 minutes", he gives me a quick hug and kisses me on the forehead, I stand there a little stunned at the situation, it's like we were in a relationship. I quickly pull myself together and head into the bathroom to have a shower, I find myself standing in an all-black bathroom, lit by candles like the rest of the house, the bath and shower are all very modern and chic, with the counter tops and sinks being modern with a little medieval detail to them. I can't help but smell all the soaps and body lotions Felix set up in the bathroom for me, they smell of caramel and vanilla, to my surprise it is exactly like what I would use at home, but more expansive. I turn on the shower and make it as hot as possible, since my werewolf form has been activated heat and cold don't affect me as much almost not at all, so having a shower doesn't feel as fulfilling unless I have it as hot as possible. The steam begins to envelope the bathroom, creating like a thick fog due to the coldness of the room temperature, I step inside and to my surprise the water is extremely hot, too hot, it burns my leg as I step into the shower, I quickly turn the temperature down and fall underneath the water. after some time, the water feels nice on my skin, incredible, the water pressure is hard enough that I can feel the dirt coming off my skin but soft enough that it doesn't hurt but is instead soothing, I find myself just standing underneath the water, letting it drip onto my body for what feels like for ever, I take the time to relax and clear my mind of everything that has happened to me over the past few weeks. After some time, I hear a knock at the door and the door creak open,
"Amaris? Are you in the shower? I brought some food up for you, I'll just leave it on the bedside table", I hear him say through the bathroom door, as he places the tray on the bedside table,
"I'll be out in a second", I respond, I quickly turn off the shower and place the towel Felix set up for me around my body, I walked out of the bathroom, apparently without thinking to put clothes on and run straight into Felix, my heading smashing straight into his chest. I slowly peer up at him, "I'm so sorry, I didn't expect you to be right there", the smell of his cologne slowly invigorates my senses, unexpectedly turning me on, he normally smells disgusting to me, but right now he smells amazing,
"It's ok, I was just about to leave, just wanted to make sure you were ok", he says as he quickly turns around to leave, I grab his wrist as he tries to walk away,
"Please stay", I plead, "I don't like eating alone", he turns to face me, my hand still gripping onto his wrist, he looks me up and down, water is dripping down my body from my hair,
"You should get changed first", he responds, "If you stay wrapped in a towel I'm not to sure I'll be able to control myself", he smirks, I look down at myself embarrassed for forgetting to get changed, I can feel my face turn red, I flee to the bathroom closing the door hard behind me burying my head into my hands,
'You stupid idiot, I could I forget to get changed, I probably look desperate and horny',
I change into the clothes Felix had gotten for me, a large black oversized sweatshirt and a pair of boxer shorts that were too big, so I decide to wear the underwear I was wearing, which just so happened to be a black lacey G-string, 'great', I think to myself, I take a hair dryer to my hair quickly to dry it a bit and let it fall down my shoulders. I walk out of the bathroom Felix sits on the couch looking out the one window in the room, the moon shines on him, he looks rather ethereal in this light, he turns to face me when I shut the bathroom door, a smile creeping across his face as he looks at me.
"What?", I exclaim, "Do I look stupid or something?",
"No, not at all, I'm just so happy to finally get to see you in that sweatshirt", he says his smile growing wider, "I hope the clothes picked out for you fit nicely?", he questions,
"The sweatshirt is nice but what do you mean you are happy to finally see me in it?", I respond questioningly, "The boxers were a tad too large, so I put back on my G-string", I state blatantly, spacing on what I just said to him.
"I bought it specifically for you to wear when I found out you were to be my wife", he responds laughing throughout his sentence.
"Oh", I blush, "Wait, why are you laughing?",
"You just told me you're wearing a G-string", I shriek in embarrassment, I hide my head in my hands,
"Come on, come sit down and eat, nothing to be embarrassed about", he laughs, I continue to hide my head in my hands, making sure not to look him in the eyes as I stumble over to the couch, I fall onto the couch apparently really close to him as I stumbled and had to stop myself from falling by putting my hand onto his leg, I peer up at him my head still facing the floor,
"I'm so sorry", I plead, he grabs the bottom of my chin and lifts my face, so my eyes meet his,
"You don't have to be so shy around me, just relax, be yourself, I won't do anything unless you ask me too", he says as he lets go of my face and slowly places me backwards into the couch. He stands up and grabs the tray of food from a coffee table, I assume he placed it there while I was in the shower, he hands it to me,
"Eat, please you must be starving", he says quietly, we slowly delve into a nice conversation as I eat the food he prepared for me, it was a bit more than just noodles. But it turns out I was starving because I devoured the food he made for me, he sat sipping on what I would presume to be some sort of blood as we continued to talk and talk, we seemed to have been talking for hours, I had finished my food a long time before we stopped talking,
"You should head to bed Amaris", Felix says, "I should, could you stay with me?", I question, he looks at me surprised, "Just until I fall asleep, lay with me please?", I plead,
"I should take the dishes to the kitchen, if you'd still like me to stay when I return I will", he states as he grabs the dishes and leaves the room. I lay down on the bed curling myself up in the sheets, I decide to check my phone to see what seems to be hundreds of missed calls and messages, the only message I respond to is my aunts,
Sorry, phone died, I'm staying at a friend's house out of town a bit, will be back after school tomorrow, I'm sorry. I didn't realise how late it got, and I didn't bring my car here, I don't receive a message back which isn't too surprising as it is quite early in the morning, and my aunt would be asleep. A few minutes into watching short reels on my phone Felix knocks at the door, before I can answer he opens the door and peers through,
"You still awake?", he questions,
"Yes, come lay with me please?", the tone in my voice sounds flirtatious even too myself, but he doesn't seem to be bothered as he walks in, goes around to each candle blowing them out and lies down in the bed with me, he lays facing me, our eyes meet and he just stays staring at me, his cold blue eyes, don't look so cold anymore, they have a slight sparkle to them as if a shield as slowly fallen down,
"I'm really glad I've finally gotten the chance to meet you Amaris", Felix says a smooth husky tone in his voice, "You don't understand how long I've actually been waiting for you", he moves his hand up to cup my face, he gently strokes my cheek, brushing a strand of hair behind my ear. I choose to look away from his eyes and pull myself closer to him entangling my body around his, resting my head onto his chest, I close my eyes and listen for a heartbeat that's not there,
"I'm glad I had the chance to meet you too", I yawn as I fall into a deep sleep.