The Vampire Princess Saga Box Set (9 page)

CHAPTER 26

At breakfast
, my mother noticed my glum expression seeing that I looked down all the time.

Though
I tried to give the impression of being perfectly fine, my mother knew I wasn’t.

She
knew me so well and knew all my feelings, even when I was in love with someone and wanted to know why I was unusually quiet.

I couldn
’t tell her all I knew; I didn’t want she could know what I would become.

She
had been always naïve and never knew about my father’s true origin.

Why
should she know about everything in those crucial circumstances?

That
wasn’t fair. She didn’t need to suffer along with me. I should spare her from suffering.

“
Don’t worry about me… Everything’s all right.” I said, before getting my stuff and walking away.

***

I went to
school. Eros was the first person to walk in my direction. I looked at his face and he looked satisfied; he was staring at me with a sexy grin. His duty was over. Now I had known all the truth.

I
furiously glanced at him.

“
Did you sleep well last night?” he asked, sarcastically.

“Yeah and I slept more than I
should”, I answered sarcastically too, while my face was angry.

“
Days for us are usually short… though nights are long…” he said proudly and looking into my eyes.

“
You said I’ll be a vampire soon.” I looked back at him. “When will it be?”

“
Soon.” he said and stood in front of me. “You didn’t tell anything to anyone, did you?”

“
No, I didn’t, not even my mother knows”, I answered and lowered my head at that time.

“
Not even she can know that.” he informed me.

“
Is there anything I could do to avoid this?” I asked, with a decreased hope.

“
To avoid what?” he seemed confused.

“
From I becoming into a vampire.”

“
… No…” he looked at me thoughtfully.

Each
time it became more difficult on me accepting my sad fate.

“
How did you become into a vampire?” I asked him, curiously.

“
That’s a long story; I have no time to tell you about it, I’m going to the History class.” he said and walked forward.

“
I’m not in the mood for doing anything. I don’t even know why I came to school today.”

“
Being a vampire is not that bad.” He looked at me strangely.

“
If it was a good thing, everybody would wish to be a vampire.” I said, defiantly.

“
Have you taken a look at your back today?” he asked with a modest smile on his face.

I
frowned and was puzzled.

Why was
he asking me that?

I ran to the bathroom I took off my blouse. I turned my back and saw the symbol of Neptune reflected in the mirror, towards the left side of my lung.

I still didn’t know how that tattoo had been drawn on me.

And I remembered
Eros’ words telling me:

“
It appeared
on my arm
.”

I had a feeling that the same thing had happened to me.

CHAPTER 27

The rock and roll concert was on that day. Hours before the event, I went to Mirta’s house.

I brought some clothes in my backpack. My mother took me by the hand, carefully, and led me to the front door of our house.

Then she hugged me tightly for a while.

“
Don’t drink, don’t smoke and behave yourself well” I was well advised.

“You know I don’t do these things”, I answered.

“
That’s alright, daughter.” she said and hugged me again.

That
hug was lasted too long. I’d never hugged her that way. I felt a pang of remorse, as if I wouldn’t see her anymore.

“
I love you, mom”, I said, with a tormented voice, and feeling a pain that I knew it was inside me.

“
It’s nice to hear this.” she said.

I felt
she was smiling over my shoulders.

“
I don’t know if I’m the best daughter in the world for you, but you’re the best mother in the world for me.” I confessed and held her hands firmly.

“
If I could have other child, I would like to have another daughter like you.”

She admitted and
another embrace occurred to us… which lingered more than the first one…

CHAPTER 28

I
arrived at Mirta’s house and we went upstairs to her room.

Her
house was large, beautiful and comfortable.

Mirta
was almost ready and her make-up was finished.

She
helped me to choose my clothes, after I had gone several time in front of the mirror while I dressed many clothes.

After
we were tidy up, I made a silent comparison between us.

Mirta
was dressed to kill, in a short, tight dress and her beautiful thighs were exposed.

She was a dazzling
golden shoulder-length hair, her delicate skin and light brown eyes.

The color of her
lipstick was redder than her dress.

I
took a look at myself at the same time as I was dressed totally different from her.

I was
taking doll style shoes, a sheath dress and pink high heels, with ribbons on it.

My makeup
looked light, despite the red lipstick on my lips, the same used by Mirta.

I
untied my long, black and curly hair; my eyes were almost the same color of my locks. My skin was blushed with a scarlet tone.

We
went downstairs as soon as we heard the sound of Christian’s car horn.

CHAPTER 29

We arrived at the club; the place was crowded with people. I stopped next to the front doorstep, at the same time as I decided I would wait for Eros there.

“
Won’t you come in?” Mirta asked me, when she saw me standing in front of the club entrance.

“
I’ll stay here waiting for him.” I answered, looking at all around.

“
He should have already arrived, if he haven’t shown up until now, that’s because he won’t come.” she said, firmly.

I was overwhelmed with despair
. Mirta was right. He would probably not come anymore.

E
ven so I waited for him for half an hour… and he didn’t come.

Then
I walked into the club, alone. There was a lot of excitement in there and finding Mirta and Christian would be a tough mission for me.

I thought
it would have been easier and much less disappointing if I’d stayed home.

I was in
that concert for a reason, because of someone who didn’t even care about showing up.

He didn
’t deserve what I felt for him.

After all,
he was a monster… a vampire.

He
should not have a heart; at least he should not feel something about me.

It
was too late for me to explain this to my own heart. It was ruled by him.

That
was very clear. Every time I saw him, my heart palpitated.

I
glanced up at the private booth, on the second floor.

I saw
a dark shadow identical to Eros; he was staring at me. It seemed to be him, in his dark clothes.

Even staring at him,
he got out of sight and was no longer there where I saw him.

My
glance was irreducible looking for him in that club.

At that moment
a soft voice came out from the crowd.

Even
with all that boisterous noise, I could distinguish his remarkable voice.

“
I was looking for you.” he said, placing one hand softly on my right shoulder.

Then
I turned and saw his face so close to mine, while I stared at his dark gray eyes.

It seemed we were the only ones in that place.

“
I thought you wouldn’t come.” I confessed with a gleam in my eyes.

“
I said I would come.” His voice was so persuasive.

He gazed back
all around for a long moment and saw everyone around him.

He
could hear everyone’s hearts beating. It enticed him as if he’d been invited to drink human blood.

“
Let’s go”, he said and held my hand tighter, leading me through the crowd. We went to the booth, where there were half a dozen people.

When
he held my hand, I had the same feeling when he touched me for the first time, avoiding my fall to the ground.

His
hands, even frosty, but the touch of his cold hands on my skin as always made my body catch fire.

Looking down
at the stage, I could see the rock band performing.

I saw
Mirta in a corner. She was kissing Christian. I watched Eros to see his reaction. He was examining that type of behavior of the couple.

Mirta
was in her red dress with beautiful bare legs.

She really
attracted his attention.

Eros
stared at Mirta all the time as she was wearing that red dress; she was so alluring…and seductive.

Her
neck was the main highlight. Then he quickly looked away at the stage.

On
his side, there were humans with blood running through their veins.

In
his inner soul, the pulse of those people looked evident for him. He could listen to the beats of human hearts, he was racked with torment.

He was
defenseless on his appetite for human fresh blood.

I
could feel the gentle, soothing touch of his lips on my neck.

That
was a way to keep him under control. I had a half-breed blood, half human and half vampire. Through that my smell made him stop wishing human blood.

I didn
’t attract his attention in that aspect. But I couldn’t avoid his eyes to change its color, nor his sharp teeth breaking out his lips.

“
Eros, are you all right?” I asked, not understanding his strange reaction, I’d never seen him acting like that, uncontrollable.

“
The scent from your blood calms me down”, he said. So he set his face apart my neck. I felt his icy breath, almost ceasing. That was a different breath from a normal
person, from someone who wasn’t a vampire.

His face
came back to normal.

“
Let’s get out of here!” he suggested.

He
snatched my arm and led me into the throng.

We walked
through the people, pushing them, with many of them staring at us angrily.

Eros
frowned at me, impatiently, and pulled down a group of people in front of us.

We walked out of club in a few minutes. That was much easier than when we entered.

And then we reached the street
, walking side by side on the pavement.

“
What’s the matter with you?” I asked.

“
I can’t stay in the middle of so many people; the blood of some of them enhances my appetite for human blood.” Eros looked confused.

“
Have you bitten many people?” I asked, curious.

“
Enough.” His voice was aloof.

We walked on a desert street in silence; there were only some cars badly parked.

After that, we heard a blaring noise of people coming after me.

“She must be
there!” That was my doctor’s voice.

“
We’ll catch her.” other man said.

I didn
’t understand why the doctor was after me.

“
What did he want from me?”

“Let’s
run!” Eros said.

We ran and stopped over a different street. I glared at him and he stared at my frightened eyes.

There
were five men along with the doctor.

They reach
ed us, we were trapped. Eros looked from side to side, between me and the gun.

The
doctor was pointing the gun in my direction.

“
What do you want from me?” I cautiously asked.

“
We want you to come with us”, the doctor replied, and made a friendly gesture.

“
Why?” My voice was frightened.

“
You have a rare type of blood; we need to examine you.” he stated.