Chapter 10
Mitchell heard Amber's screams as he came out of the toilet and immediately raced out of the club knowing that he had to get to her before it was too late. Racing around the corner he found her slumped against the wall, blood all over her front Seth standing in front of her his head bent. Seth turned to look at him and Mitchell saw blood around his mouth and knew instantly what had happened.
"You bastard. Amber is my WIFE. How could you," Mitchell snarled.
Seth smirked then turned back to Amber. Infuriated Mitchell yanked him away from Amber who slumped to the ground, blood bubbling out of her neck.
"I'm going to kill you, you BASTARD," Mitchell snarled, fury contorting his features.
Before he could do anything Seth had darted away into the darkness. Mitchell cursed angrily then turned back to Amber who he could see was near death due to blood loss. He had no choice now in what he had to do as he couldn't live without her. She was his world, his everything and she kept him strong. He had never wanted to turn her into a vampire but it was his only option to save her from death. Amber was already unconscious and Mitchell knew he only had moments to act.
"I'm so sorry babe. So sorry," Mitchell said dropping to his knees and yanking up his sleeve.
Allowing his fangs to manifest he bit his arm, drawing blood then put his arm to Amber's mouth allowing his blood to flow into her mouth and down her throat. She shuddered and lay still and he knew she was clinically dead and would be for a few hours.
Picking Amber up Mitchell stumbled back to their place tears running down his cheeks. George and Nina were watching a movie when he arrived home and they looked up as he entered. They were dumbfounded to see Amber in Mitchell's arms covered in blood.
"W..what happened?" George asked.
"Seth is what happened. He fed from her. Fled before I could kill him," Mitchell said grimly.
"And Amber… Is she…?" George asked.
"Yes and no. I got to her just in time. I turned her as I had to save her. I had to. So Amber is clinically dead now but will awaken in a couple of hours' time," Mitchell said.
"As a vampire?" Nina asked.
"Yes. I hope she will forgive me when she awakens and finds out what I've done," Mitchell said.
"I'm sure she will. Amber loves you. You're her husband," Nina said.
"Could you.. could you help me clean her up?" Mitchell asked.
"Yeah sure," Nina said.
Mitchell carried Amber upstairs and Nina followed. In the bathroom they undressed Amber and sponged away the blood then dressed her in some clean clothes then Mitchell carried her into their room and placed her gently on their bed. He sat down near the bed as he wanted to be there when she woke.
Two hours later Amber opened her eyes to find she was at her home in the room she and Mitchell shared. Confused she wondered how she'd gotten there. Her last memories were of Seth attacking her and biting her then she was in a corridor and was going to be judged. And there were men there. Then she remembered what they were going to do and looked at Mitchell wide eyed. How was it that she had come back? Mitchell was sitting by their bed his head in his hands. She sat up and as she did so a wave of nausea flowed over her followed by an intense desire for blood. Mitchell looked up and noticed she was awake.
"Don't try to move too quickly. You need time to adjust," he said.
"Adjust?" Amber asked.
"Babe I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. When Seth attacked you… I… I… had to save you. You were near death when I found you and I couldn't let you go. I love you and I can't live without you. Please forgive me. I promise I didn't drink from you. That was all Seth," Mitchell said, tears running down his cheeks.
Amber's head swam as she realized what had happened. It explained her intense desire for blood.
"I'm a vampire?" she asked in disbelief.
"Yes. We're together forever. Never growing old, never changing," Mitchell said, "I never wanted to subject you to my curse. But I couldn't let you go. If I'd let you die I would have killed again. I know I would," Mitchell said.
"I don't want to drink blood. No matter how hungry I am," Amber said.
"Normally when a vampire recruits a new vampire he will feed him blood and help him adjust to the changes. But I won't feed you blood. I will help you adjust to your new nature. I still love you. This doesn't change how I feel about you. In fact it's even better than before as there is no issue of you growing old and dying," Mitchell said.
"Good. We will get through this together. We can support each other as we stay on the wagon. I'm so glad we have each other," Amber said.
"Did you kill Seth?" Amber asked.
"Bastard got away. But I'd love to see his face when he finds out you're a vampire AND not drinking blood. He can't take you away from me ever now," Mitchell said.
"Unless he stakes me," Amber said.
"I won't let that happen. And I won't abandon you like I did Lauren," Mitchell said.
He wrapped his arms around Amber, holding her close. She snuggled into him and they stayed like that for a while.
"So now what?" Amber eventually asked, looking at Mitchell.
"Carry on as normal. Keep going to your classes. Be as human as possible. Don't let on that anything's happened to you," Mitchell said.
"Can I tell my friends? They know about you," Amber said.
"Yes but only them. No one else," Mitchell said, "Oh and the others here know too. I had to tell them," Mitchell said.
"Of course," Amber said.
"I think you will be fine. In fact you are even more beautiful now," Mitchell said.
He had been worried she would change as some people's personalities changed completely when they were turned but Amber seemed to be the same as she was before he'd been forced to turn her.
"I guess there will be some changes. Like I won't be able to have my photo taken. So I will need to take care to avoid that happening," Amber said.
Her head was spinning as she tried to process everything that had happened. She had mixed feelings about it all. On the one had it meant that she would be with Mitchell for an eternity unless one of them should be staked, torn apart, bled to death or beheaded. On the other it meant she was a monster and would be forever fighting her new nature. And she wouldn't be able to have children, ever, as she was now sterile. But then an idea occurred to her.
"You know what. We could take in some vampires who were turned as children and they would be our children. We could help them stay dry. At least that way we can still have children," Amber said.
"Yes. That is a wonderful idea. I'd love to be a father," Mitchell said.
"How do we go about it?" Amber asked.
"I will contact other vampires and make enquiries, "Mitchell said.
He smiled at Amber and the two hugged then Mitchell lowered his mouth to Amber's and they kissed.
"I bet I look terrible with fangs and black eyes," Amber said, when they came up for air.
"Of course you won't," Mitchell said.
Amber manifested feeling her new fangs sliding down. Then she let herself return to normal.
"Well?" she asked.
"You look totally sexy," Mitchell said.
He found her mouth with his again and the two kissed their kiss quickly deepening. Soon they were fumbling with each other's clothes then in their bed…
Half an hour later they were cuddled up, Amber resting her head on Mitchell's bare chest and his arm around her.
"I guess I better go and find the vampires I want to talk to," Mitchell said.
He wasn't looking forward to contacting other vampires but he had decided to go and find them and talk to them that night. They both got dressed again then Amber went downstairs to find George and Nina talking quietly. They looked up when they heard her coming down the stairs.
"Hey. How are you feeling. We're really sorry about what happened to you," George said.
"I'm ok., actually no I'm great. Hungry but I'm not going to drink blood. Mitchell and I are going to support each other and keep each other on the wagon," Amber said.
"We know what you two were up to as we could hear you down here. Was it um any different now you're a vampire?" George asked.
"Oh my gosh where do I start. It's like all my senses are heightened so it felt so incredible. A billion times better than when I was human," Amber said.
"Well do you think you could keep it down. You weren't that loud when you were still a human," George said, "All that panting and moaning each other's names," he ended.
"I'm sorry you had to hear that. I will make sure we keep it down in the future," Amber said.
"Mitchell told us about you adopting some vampire children," Nina said, "I have to say it's a fantastic idea.
"Don't worry I have no problem with werewolves if that concerns you," Amber said.
"We never thought you would. We know you are our friend and that won't have changed," Nina said.
"I'm worried about Mitchell. If he runs into Seth the poop will really hit the fan. One of them will end up dead," Amber said.
"Hopefully it will be Seth who will end up dead," Nina said.
Mitchell arrived back a few hours later.
"How did it go?" Amber asked.
"Really good. The other vampires I contacted think it's a good idea and have given me some contacts," Mitchell said, "Don't worry they know you aren't going to drink blood nor will our children," he ended.
Amber shivered feeling cold.
"I'm so cold," she said.
"That's something you will need to get used to. Vampires are always cold. I would suggest you wear plenty of layers like I do," he said.
"What about in the summer. It would look really odd wearing a lot of layers," Amber said.
"We still have to wear layers as we are sensitive to the sun. You'll need to get some sunglasses as you'll notice that your eyes are sensitive to the sun when you next go outside," Mitchell said.
"I'll do that," Amber said.
"I guess I"ll be mostly nocturnal though now," Amber said.
"Nah not really. I'm not," Mitchell said.
The two of them went to bed after that and fell asleep in each other's arms, Amber cuddled up tight to Mitchell.
The next evening Mitchell went out to meet the contacts he'd been given leaving Amber with Annie as George and Nina had work. They watched TV and hung out together
"So you're really a vampire now. Cool huh," Annie said, finally working up the courage to talk about it.
"I'm still getting used to it to be honest. It is cool that I'm not going to age and that Mitchell and I can be together forever," Amber said.
"Um that guy Geoff was hanging around earlier. George told him to get lost as he knows you don't want to see him," Annie said.
"Oh for pity's sake why can't he get the message," Amber growled, her fangs descending.
"Whoa Amber calm down," Annie said.
A knock came at the door then and Amber looked at Annie her fangs disappearing. Going to the door she answered it to find Geoff there.
"Hey gorgeous I've been wanting to talk to you," Geoff said.
"Get lost Geoff there's nothing you can say to me that I'm interested in hearing," Amber said.
"Bitch," Geoff snarled, back handing her across the face.
Her head snapped around and back and to his horror her Amber's eyes were black and she had fangs.
"I would suggest you get out of here. I don't want to hurt you but I will if you don't leave me alone," Amber growled.
Geoff snarled something incomprehensible then grabbing her began tearing at her clothes.
"At least I"ll get what I should have had," he growled.
Instantly the vampire in Amber surfaced, savage and furious, demanding release. Her eyes turned black and hard, filled with cruelty and her mouth curled into a snarl her fangs showing. She pushed Geoff away from her and slammed him up against the wall pinning him there with the superhuman strength of a vampire that she now had.
"That is the last time you touch me Geoff Collins," Amber snarled.
Her fangs were at his throat in an instant ripping it open and then she was dropping him as he slumped to the floor and stumbling away from him horrified at what she had done. She was a monster and she had killed. Amber could smell Geoff's blood as he bled out and the desire to feed overwhelmed her. She wanted, no she needed his blood and it took all her willpower to remain where she was. She would not drink no matter how strong the desire became, would not give into her thirst and go down that road. She would retain her humanity. She had to, needed to in order to help Mitchell stay clean. Suddenly she burst into tears overwhelmed by what had happened wishing Mitchell were there. He would know what to do.
When Mitchell returned a few hours later he found her curled in a ball sobbing next to a very dead Geoff who was in a pool of blood. The blood called to him but ignoring its pull he went to Amber.
"Amber. What happened?" he asked, dropping to his knees and pulling Amber into his arms.
"Geoff tried to.. tried to sexually assault me. I didn't mean to do it," Amber sobbed.
"Ssh it's ok it was self-defense. He shouldn't have messed with you," Mitchell said, gently caressing her back to comfort her.
"I never wanted to kill anyone," Amber said.
"It wasn't murder as it was self-defense. You've done nothing wrong. It was a natural response now that you're a vampire," Mitchell said.
That made Amber feel a little better.
"Did you feed from him?" Mitchell asked.
"No. Somehow I was able to resist the urge to do so. I just tore his throat open and let him go," Amber said, "And don't you feed from him," she added.
"I have no intention of feeding from him. Besides he's been dead a couple of hours hasn't he. His blood wouldn't be any good," Mitchell said.
Amber looked confused so Mitchell had to explain.
"We need fresh blood preferably from a live source. If the source is dead or for example bagged blood from the hospital it's not the same," Mitchell said.
"I see. It was so hard not to feed. The smell of his blood as he bled out was intoxicating. It was like it was calling to me. But I knew if I fed I'd want more. And it would cause you to end up killing again too," Amber said.
"I am proud of you as I know how hard it would have been to resist that temptation to feed," Mitchell said.
"I can now understand what you've been going through. Man it must be so hard for you," Amber said.
"We can feed from each other but again it's not the same as live human blood," Mitchell said, "And yeah it's very hard as you would have discovered yourself," Mitchell said.
He wrapped Geoff's body in an old blanket and disposed of it. When he got back he told Amber that Geoff's death would be ruled a suicide or an accident as the vampires had a system set up which covered up vampire killings in that manner to avoid the existence of vampires becoming public knowledge. Amber and Mitchell then cleaned up the blood that had been left behind and once that was done no one would be the wiser that Amber had been forced to kill Geoff in self defence.
"So did you meet the contacts you were given?" Amber asked.
"I did. And they suggested we recruit terminally ill children. It is a good idea when you think about it as they will die anyway. We don't have to feed from them, just get them to drink some of our blood. And we would only recruit children with their parents' permission," Mitchell said.
"Would their parents stay a part of their lives?" Amber asked.
"If they wished," Mitchell said.
"How many children do you wish to have. And what age do you want them to be?" Amber asked.
"I don't' know how many I want but I think our kids should be older children. Not teenagers so around 10 to 12 years of age.
"Around Bernie's age then. He's 12 isn't he," Amber said.
"Someone like him would be perfect to be my son," Mitchell said.