Just Breath

Sebastian lay in his king sized bed fatigued. His eyes remained ajar as he glowered at the worn down ceiling tile. It was a scarlet color, and it almost looked like silk. Sebastian thought ambiguously, his mind could only converge on getting to sleep, but it was a struggle. For about three days he lay awake discerning about the cold breeze that blustered against his window. The sudden blare woke him from his purposeless rest.

This time however, it was different. The sound was more of a slam then bluster. Sebastian hurdled out of his bed and made his way to the window, which was completely fastened and impenetrable. Sebastian walked back to his bed and lay down. Abruptly, a woman stood in front of the brick fireplace. She was fair with distinctive green eyes, long thigh length curly red hair, vast full lips, and an impeccable figure. The woman was wearing a short white dress with lace in the torso area, knee high black leather boots and a black leather coat. Her look was very exquisite. Sebastian was very persuaded by her striking eyes and long erotic red hair. Sebastian gazed at her for a moment, but then said "Who are you?" The woman smirked and spoke with a gentle and seductive tone, "My name is Elizabeth." She walked toward him gracefully. "I have been waiting to meet you, Sebastian."

Sebastian got out of his bed and walked toward her. The hair on the back of his neck erected and chills ran throughout his body. "How do you know my name?" asked Sebastian with a timid slide of his voice. His feet tripped him, but he managed to stay aloft. He stared at Elizabeth longingly. Her attractive greens eyes looked deep into his soul, like she was reading his mind. "You are destined for great things Sebastian. All's it takes is one bite and the world will bow down to your power and angst." Elizabeth's voice was substantial. Sebastian flinched, but he could not abstain, he was compelled by her beauty. Then Elizabeth smiled, and she began to walk towards Sebastian. She stroked his long neck, and glanced into his eyes with a curved smile. Elizabeth stopped circling him and softly kissed Sebastian on the lips. When she pulled away she paused, but then bit vigorously into his neck, feeding on his blood. Elizabeth thought about stopping, but she couldn't suppress her satisfaction. Sebastian's blood slipped down her throat. It was warm and gratifying. Sebastian clenched his fists and attempted to throw Elizabeth off of him, but he wrapped his arms around her instead. Elizabeth bit into him again and this time she dynamically drank his blood sucking every last drop out. Sebastian fell to the ground in a heartbeat. His skin was zealously pale and his eyes turned black. Elizabeth wiped the blood from her mouth and went to his aid. She ripped open her wrists and fed him her blood.

Sebastian awoke from his coma and looked up at Elizabeth; her green eyes looked at him inattentively. She forced a smile. "Are you okay, I did not intend on hurting you that massively." Elizabeth gestured toward the fang marks. It began to mend, and the blood slowly dried up and eventually dematerialized. Elizabeth looked down then spoke, "You're healing, and that means you're changing. Good, then let's go." Elizabeth walked to the balcony door and turned the handle. Sebastian sat on the cold ground with a stunned look on his face. His eyes were perplexed and he looked as if someone just killed his mother in front of him. Elizabeth stopped and turned to him; her eyes lonely. "W-What happened?" asked Sebastian in an inaudible tone. "I turned you, well you're still altering, but soon you will feel the thirst." Sebastian snapped out of his delusion and looked at Elizabeth. "Thirst? What is that?" He rubbed his neck like something was there and slowly proceeded to get up. He stood about six feet away from Elizabeth, for he was scared of her fangs but enamored by her reluctant loveliness. "I won't hurt you anymore. You needed to be turned. The thirst is blood. We feed on it. Now, we must go." Sebastian was taken back by how straight forward she was being, but to eschew being bitten once again he continued with her, and not asking anymore questions. "Okay."

Sebastian and Elizabeth walked along the shoreline. The waves crashed along the sand, Sebastian watched tediously. Subsequently, Sebastian looked at Elizabeth; she was looking out at the bright full moon. Her long black eyelashes shimmered in the moonlight. Sebastian was daunted by her magnificence; she was the most elegant, beautiful, lovely creature he had ever seen. She seemed guarded and withheld, and Sebastian liked the mystery about her. A group of people sat on a blue knitted blanket on the sand. They had instruments that made beautiful sounds. A woman was holding a French violin. The music coming from the object was majestic and full of harmony. Elizabeth didn't care much for the music, and she seemed to be looking for something else. Her facial expression was very blatant. She did not make many sudden movements, so Sebastian decided to listen to the music. The woman holding the violin was young, maybe 17. Her hair was long and wavy. The moonlight shone off of her dark brown hair. Two big hazel eyes stood out on her face and long thick eyelashes covered her eye lids. The music she played was wonderful. "Don't look too hard, Sebastian. She's a shape shifter." Sebastian turned to Elizabeth with a weary look. "What is a shape shifter?" The look on his face was curious. "A shape shifter can turn into anything you desire. That woman or whatever it may be is what you want, sexually. She is quite beautiful, yes?" Sebastian turned back at the girl and looked longingly. "Yes. Quite."

Elizabeth continued to walk. "Come then, shape shifters are very dangerous. If you get into that trouble then you won't be hungry anymore." The grin on her face made Sebastian feel timid. 'A shape shifter,' thought Sebastian; very odd. How could he have not thought about this before? Unexpectedly, Sebastian turned around and gawped at the beautiful woman. Her looks were very alluring. The woman gazed back at Sebastian, and gesturing him to come to her. Elizabeth watched as he walked back to her. The woman quickly glanced at Elizabeth. The woman put her violin down and got up from the blanket. She walked provocatively toward Sebastian. When she was in front of him she caressed his neck, and Sebastian fell to the ground. The woman smirked at his pathetic body on the cold wet sand. Her body started to tremble, her face changed into a repulsive thing. The thing opened its mouth and six sharps fangs appeared. It stuck outs it tongue, it resembled a cobras tongue, but much thicker. The thing got down on its left knee and peacefully stroked Sebastian.

Elizabeth however, was not pleased, she ran toward the thing with full force. Her eyes were wild and her long red hair flew back. In a way her long legs seemed to be imperceptible, for she was running faster than a bullet from a pistol. Elizabeth then jumped on the things back and bit into its neck. The thing yelped in pain and blood poured from its neck. It took its left hand and dug its claws into Elizabeth's shoulder. She fell to the ground, but quickly got back up. Her eyes were blood shot and veins came out of her face. Blood dripped from Elizabeth's shoulder and mouth. The thing ran toward Elizabeth and tackled her with all its might. She fell to the ground; the thing was on top of her now. Elizabeth grabbed its neck and bit into its torso and began to devour its insides. The thing yelled in horror, but Elizabeth didn't hesitate. It tried to stop her, but it was no good, for she continued to eat the shape shifters organs. Elizabeth then paused and reached for its heart. She ripped it out very easily and bit into it. Blood shot out of it, and the thing was dead. The heart was a blackish color, and bigger than a normal humans heart. Elizabeth than got up and walked toward Sebastian.

Sebastian's body lay convulsing. Elizabeth kissed him gently on the lips and once again fed him her blood from her wrist. It took a minute for Sebastian too come to consciousness. He wearily looked around then back at Elizabeth her scenic green eyes shining into his pale grey. Although she was such a monstrous creature she was the most beautiful woman Sebastian had ever seen. She looked very weak and vulnerable, but strong and independent in a way. Sebastian wanted to know more, for at this moment in time he was confused and hurt in two different events. Two beautiful women; both seductive and alluring, but both extremely dangerous and in both situations he was the one who got hurt. The second woman however, was something called a shape shifter that was planning to kill him. How could he be so naïve of this? He should have known from when he first saw her that she was trouble, and once again Elizabeth risked her own life to save him; fighting and letting him drink from her nourishing blood. Something about Elizabeth made Sebastian feel very secure, and he knew whenever she was around he'd be protected.

Elizabeth quickly helped Sebastian up. When they both got up they looked at each other in the eyes, looking into their pupils. Elizabeth seemed to be searching for something. Sebastian looked at her just to admire her beauty. She liked the attention he gave her. She also knew that he liked her, but she didn't know if she liked him back. Was it possible to love someone you just meant? Elizabeth turned away and began to walk forward. Sebastian turned around and did not continue. His words were shaky, "Elizabeth." Elizabeth than stopped and turned around, "Yes?" Sebastian began to calm down a bit and spoke confidentially, "Thank you."

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