I stumbled back into my lonely room, feeling defeat and embarassment. Everything they've worked me for was about to go to waste. I slumped back into a corner chair and threw my head into my hands.
"What an idiot I am. Thinking I could handle being even a HALF vampire, knowing that everyone had unleading doubt in me." I sniffed, "I wish I had just gotten killed."
The door creaked open, "Eli?"
I jolted up and quickly wiped away my pitiful tears, n way I was going to let anyone know I was crying, "D-Darren... Hi. What're you doing here?"
"Larten sent me here. He wanted me to drop this off," he held up a small, velvet lined box, "I think it's for you." he handed it to me.
"Wonder what it is." I smiled. Whether it was for me or not, I opened it. I pulled out a lace necklace made of silk and tiny rhinestone-esque beads. The silken strands were wound together in a spider-like design, twisting itself into a webby pattern. Woven into the web were letters, possibly the initials of the previous owner or the designer.
"E.L.C.? What's that?" Darren asked.
"It might be the company that made it... You know... Like Dulce and Cabana or something." leave it to designer brands to confuse men.
"I don't know... it looks pretty elaborate for a designer. Besides, where would Crepsley get designer jewelry?"
He had a point...
"Well... I don't know. Maybe it's a misprint. Maybe he meant to do my last name but he didn't know it."
"Then why'd he think it was a C.?"
"How should I know?"
"Then maybe it was meant for someone else."
"No, it had to be for me. My name starts with an E. then my middle name is an L. but... why C.?" I started to ponder it further as I put it on. E.L.C. ... Elitria...
Lilium...
Why would Creps-
CREPSLEY.
He was with me all along... the answer was right in front of me. How could I havebeen so blind? Ofcourse the explaination had no sensebility whatever it might be, but it had to be. I just couldn't believe it...
"No... That's impossible? There's no way... R-right, Darren?" I focused everything on his answer, praying that it wasn't true what I- WE were both thinking...
"I'm sorry, Eli... But if it isn't true... Then I don't know what is." The last thing in the world I wanted to hear. Just as my life got worse, it became more complete at heart and soul... But my mind refused to believe it. But I eventually had to accept it. The Truth.
The Honest-To-Vampire-God's Truth.
I am Larten Crepsley's daughter.
I fainted.