Authors Note;- Hello again! Welcome to the sequel of Temptation! If any one can think of a name for it I would be grateful, any suggestions are welcome! Happy Reading xox
Chapter One
Searching
Erin and Bertrand were laid on the floor, looking up at the stars.
"Erin?-" Bertrand spoke first, breaking the heavenly silence. Erin turned to face him.
"-Why did you run away? I mean, running away doesn't solve anything, I should know that..."
Erin sighed.
"I ran away because I have no idea who Vlad has become, who he is about to become. This Vlad locked me up in a room for a number of days, he fang cuffed me there so I could not escape, he threatens me, he lies to me-" She paused, realising how pathetic she sounded.
"But you lied to Vlad, Erin, you have to remember that, you hurt him."
Erin closed her eyes, trying to stop the tears from falling. "-I love Vlad, Bertrand, but someone came back into my life, and I..-" Bertrand looked at her.
"Jasper?" He asked, quietly.
Erin opened her eyes and tears pooled down her pale cheeks.
"Yes, Jasper."
"What happened between you two, Erin?" He asked, lightly, he didn't want to prey but he couldn't deny he was curious.
"He was the first love I ever had." She replied, sadly.
Bertrand sighed and huddled closer to her.
They had both noticed a cold chill in the air.
"Yes?" Bertrand prompted.
"I loved him, Bertrand, I suppose I still do. I thought I'd lost him about three years ago. I thought I'd never get over him, I didn't, in fact when I first met you all, I was still madly in love with him. I met Vlad, and he changed me, for the better. I didn't think I would ever feel complete without Jasper, with another person, with another vampire.-" She paused, willing her words to form in her mouth. "-I was so happy with Vlad. Then Jasper turned up there and all my old feelings came back for him. I hurt Vlad in the most terrible way, Bertrand, I-" She dared not look Vlad's tutor in the eyes. "-I slept with him, but what hurt Vlad most is that I lied to him, about-" She paused yet again, wondering whether to continue.
"Erin?" Bertrand asked. She had no choice, she couldn't stop her story there.
"-Bertrand, before I met any of you, I slayed a vampire." Bertrand stared at her in complete and utter shock.
"You slayed a vampire?"
"Yeah, it's kind of a long story."
"We have all night." Bertrand shot back, intrigued.
"Well, me and Jasper were happy, then someone tried to ruin it.-" Erin looked at him again. "-Didn't Ingrid tell you anything about this?"
Bertrand winced.
"No, she didn't, she probably would have-" Erin interrupted him.
"Don't do that to yourself, Bertrand, it will only make things seem worse. I'll tell you, right now.-" Bertrand nodded, slowly, agreeing. "-It all started when me and Jasper met a vampire named Malikai.-" She began, slowly. "-He wanted me, but I wanted Jasper more.-" She coughed. "-He got his revenge, slaughtering all of Jasper's clan before moving on to Jasper himself-" She smiled a small, but faint smile. "-Or so I thought. I couldn't take it, I lost control, and before I knew it, he was a pile of dust on the floor..."
Bertrand's face was that of complete shock and confusion. "I thought you said Jasper was alive."
"He is, that's why it gets complicated." Bertrand couldn't take it all in.
"Right, okay." He said, not getting any of it.
"It doesn't even matter, Bertrand,what matters now is that we are there for each other when we need people, that's all that matters right now."
Bertrand smiled at her, warmly. "Thank you, Erin."
"Ingrid was my friend, Bertrand, I miss her too, but I can tell you, wherever she is, she's safe from harm now, she has too be, she will be watching over you and Luna, me and Vlad, and maybe even The Count."
"I hope beyond all hope that you are right, Erin.-" Bertrand sighed, contently. "-Right now, all we need is one another, isn't it?" He finished, hopefully.
"Yes, it is, Bertrand, we don't need anyone other than ourselves right now." She laid down once again, and drifted off into a contented state, next to her protector.