Chapter 2

I stared into the hazel eyes of a man I would have thought to be mildly attractive, if I couldn't stop the thoughts of murdering him on the spot. An idea suddenly popped into my mind and I began bursting into tears. "Tom, please help me! I am Grace and there is a man who kidnapped me, please help me, I just got away!" I sobbed pulling my hands to my face. Tom instantly became worried,

"He's down here?" he asked and I nodded. He turned to go get help or something but I screamed for him to stop.

"Please, don't leave me alone." I begged as I jumped into his arms. He pulled me close as I took in his smell and heat. The flame in my throat began to burn crazily and I couldn't help but pull his lips to mine. It felt nice but there was no electricity like there was with Raffa, Raffa… he wouldn't have wanted this, does he even know?

I was so lost in my thoughts I hadn't even realised that Tom was kissing me back. Surprised I strained my hearing to make sure no one else was down here, well besides Nathan and his business partner. I deepened the kiss and he responded quickly, tangling his hands in my hair. I decided I had had enough kissing, I didn't like him, besides, I was technically cheating on Raffa. I ended the passionate kisses when I 'accidently' bit his lip. He pulled back, pain in his eyes. "I'm sorry." I said playfully. A drop of blood escaped and I latched my mouth to it. I snaked my hands behind his neck and pulled him closer, he struggled in fear but it was hopeless. I sucked deeply and frowned when only a small amount of blood trickled down my throat. I pulled away and stared into Tom's hazel eyes, fear shone in them along with disbelief and amazingly still a hint of lust. My attention soon turned to his neck as I sought out a vain, without even thinking about it I moved so I was behind him. One hand pulled his waist towards me while the other covered his mouth.

Quick as a snake I struck down on his neck. It wasn't as messy as I would have thought and most of the blood poured into my mouth. A voice in my head was screaming at me to stop as Tom attempted a muffled scream. I continued drinking until I got bored, all of the light seemed to fade from the confused man. I pulled away and let him go, he instantly slipped through my fingers and fell to the ground. I licked my lips as I knelt down in front of the crumpled body at my feet. My throat seemed normal, for now, yet my body felt all tingly. Raffa's words went through my mind, "to become a vampire you must have vampire blood then die, then feed off a human to complete it." SHIT. I lifted a shaky hand and felt his neck, no pulse. I stared into his eyes, he was dead.

"No, no, no, no, no you can't die!" I screamed shaking the lifeless body. The tingling had stopped and my body felt refreshed, I felt as if I had been sleeping and I was finally awake. What did I do? Tears threatened to spill as I fell backwards and stared at him. I began to shake my head back and forth as the tears finally fell down my cheeks. I shuffled backwards, I need to find Nathan, I needed to get away from here. I stood up and turned away from the body in a rush, I screamed in surprise as I saw Nathan leaning against the tunnel walls. His eyes were troubled as he slowly approached me, his arms outstretched. I ran into them without a moment's hesitation. Tears streaked down my cheeks and he held me tighter, stroking my hair and telling me everything was going to be alright.

"How can this be alright?" I screamed at him, "He's dead! I killed him!" Nathan squeezed my shoulders and pulled me back to look into his eyes.

"Listen!" He screamed at me, "This is fine, you just lost control. You just have to stay in control!" he pulled me in close yet again as another wave of tears rolled down my face.

"I can't believe I just lost control like that." I sobbed into his chest.

"You have forever to work on it." He stated bluntly. There were no sparks or electricity but it felt nice none the less. He held me for what felt like an eternity before he finally stepped back and began to drag me through the tunnel systems. I stared at Tom until I could no longer see him as Nathan pulled me around a corner.

He dragged me through the tunnels and my eyes adjusted even faster than before, although when we finally reached another ladder I felt extremely nervous all of the sudden. Nathan climbed up then reached down to pull me up. I gasped in surprise at how painful the sun was to my eyes. I closed them immediately throwing my hands over them, I heard a clicked and peeked out from my hands. Someone had closed the curtains in a small office, an expensive office. There were white leather couches facing a glass desk with a stainless steel chair behind it. A laptop and stacks of paper were all neatly arranged on the desk, even a little figurine of a wolf weighed down a few stray papers. My eyes flew around the room assessing everything in an instant, two men stood at the back whilst an important looking man was rising from his chair. He had a fitting suit on complete with black shoes and his brown hair was stylishly messy. He turned to look at me, a smile crossing his face. His eyes were extremely familiar, it took me a moment to place them before I realised that they looked just like mine. Suddenly memories of when I was young floated to my mind.

"Dad?" I asked stunned.