I just wanted to say THANK YOU, for the amazing reviews and to the many people who clicked on the follow/favorite button! If you see certain spelling mistakes please let me know, English is my second language so I make mistakes. Well here it goes, chapter two!
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She screamed, a muffled scream to be exact and tasted the disgusting dirt in her mouth as she woke up her underground prison. Panic hit her as she tried to set herself free, thinking she would never reach the surface, but a few seconds later she did. Alexandria could feel the wind against her skin and pushed herself into a sitting position, letting all the remaining dirt on her body softly fall off her. Disorientated she looked around,spitting out the remaining dirt.
A cemetery, what the actual fuck?
She had woken up in many places, worn down mansions, rooftops and strange bedrooms where she probably had sex the night before in a drunken state but never a cemetery, this certainly was something new to add to the list.
Carefully she stepped out of the grave onto the soft grass and whipped some remaining dirt of her face. As she opened her eyes again she saw a figure in the shadows of the giant oak tree a few meters away.
First she thought her mind was playing tricks on her but the figure shifted a bit, making it seem like if it was making itself comfortable. Yes, there definitely was somebody there.
Slowly she stepped forward, her eyes locked on the dark figure under the tree. All of a sudden the figure moved, making Alexandria's eyes widen in shock as it apparently stood up, revealing a very tall man as he stepped out of the shadows.
She swallowed the lump in her throat, he was taller, so much taller than her making Alex feel highly intimidated by him. She studied him for a just a second, for the first time seeing him clearly as he stepped into the moonlight. His light blond hair hanged loose, a few inches above his shoulders, a pale face and blue eyes that burned right through hers. She got a strange feeling she knew this man, but from where?
Alexandria couldn't remember a single thing from the night before, it was all foggy. It reminded her of one of times she had a party and drank so much she passed out, the next morning unable to recall any of the events of the night before.
Holy shit, maybe I- No! No, I wouldn't. How old is he? Late twenties, early thirties no I would never have sex with someone that old, even I have an age limit!
'Hello.' He said as he stepped slowly into her direction, his eyes locked on her.
Alex kept her mouth tightly shut and took a step back, wanting to create more space between her and the strange man as her suspicion was growing about the whole situation. What was he doing at a cemetery in the middle of the night and more importantly what was she doing here?
'Cat got your tongue?'
She bit on the inside of her lower lip, preventing herself from screaming blood and murder as she vaguely tried to remember where she knew him from. It was there, somewhere in the back of her mind waiting for her to find it. She just knew it.
Suddenly he stood in front of Alexandria, towering over her small frame making her jump in surprise.
Must be because of his long legs.
I said, Hello.' The man said once more, his tone of voice containing a slight warning.
Holy shit, say something Alex.
'H- hello.' She managed to say, her voice clearly showing she was nervous.
The tall man gave her a small smile, pleased with the answer she had given to him and tucked a lock of dirty blond hair behind her ear, making Alex freeze in fear at the sudden contact.
'I never expected to have a new one so soon, but in some things you can't have a say.' The man said gruffly as he studied her from head to toe.
A new one? What is he talking about?
She tried to calm herself down, Alex closed her eyes and took an unnecessary breath hoping she would get a grip. ' I- I'm sorry. But who are you? Because seriously, you're freaking me out!'
The man cocked his head to the side, looking confused by her words before roughly grabbing her by the chin, making Alex wince in pain.
'You don't remember me?'
'No.' She squeaked, the man loosened his grip on her chin, giving Alex the opportunity to pull free.
'Amnesia, another problem to add to the pile.' His tone was frustrated as he spoke.
Amnesia, what the hell? I have no fucking amnesia!
'Listen, just because I don't know who the hell you are,
doesn't mean I have freaking amnesia!' Alex shot back as she crossed her arms over her chest, her fear of the man suddenly forgotten.
'You know what never mind, I- I need to go.' Alex said before walking past him, brushing her shoulder against his black leather jacket. She just wanted to go home, forget this strange night and take a shower. Stepping over the different graves she made her way towards the stone path feeling extremely brave for walking away.
'Fuck.' She muttered as she looked at her shoes, there was nothing left of her brand new designer sneakers that she bought last week. The sneakers that were once blood red, were stained with mud, Alex pouted at the loss that had cost her a small fortune.
All of a sudden a gush of wind hit her in the face and once again the man stood in front of her, making Alex yelp at his sudden appearance. There was no way he could have moved that fast, no human being could.
No fucking way.
'O my god.' She whispered, her eyes widening at the sudden realisation as she took a step back in fear.
'You're a vampire.'
Alexandria didn't have anything against vampires, she didn't hate them but she wasn't a fan either. She knew all too well that some killed and raped, but so did humans so there was no difference in that. But vampires were stronger, faster and let's face it a bit scarier, making an encounter with them on an abandoned cemetery probably a bit more dangerous.
'Indeed, I am.' The vampire said, a 'click' could be heard as he unleashed his fangs and took another step forward, there was no less than a meter between them.
'Are you frightened?'
What a stupid question to ask!
'No, I'm completely comfortable actually.' She said, sarcasm dripping, but as soon as the words had left her mouth she had regretted them. She mentally kicked herself for the lack of control, this was no ordinary person. This was a vampire and Alexandria reminded herself he could rip her throat out if he wanted to.
The vampire laughed, a sincere laugh, Alexandria could hear it and see a glistering of amusement in his blue eyes as she looked at him.
'What is your name, young one?' He asked before retrieving his fangs.
Alex shifted her weight from one foot to the other as she tried to suppress a giggle at his choice of words. She knew nothing of this vampire, but at his way of talking she presumed he was old. Old fashioned language mixed with the normal day one didn't really make her think he was changed a few years ago.
Maybe two hundred?
'Alex, my name is Alex.' She said unsure, she actually didn't want to tell the vampire anything about herself, but somewhere deep inside of her she had the strangest desire to please him which freaked her out even more.
Mistaken her feelings for fear the vampire held his hands up in a surrendering manner.
'I won't hurt you, I promise. I have already fed.'
Alex eyes widened at the idea he had already had eaten, the image of the vampire ripping apart someone his skin as the blood gushed out of it filled her head. She wondered how blood actually tasted, metallic like probably. Or sweet like syrup.
Sweet, thick, red syrup.
A strange hunger awoke inside of her, something that she never felt before. A hunger that burned. It burned her throat, her stomach and her veins making her whole body suddenly feel like it was on fire. She looked at the vampire confused, who smiled slightly before releasing his fangs again and biting deeply into his own wrist, his blood poured out quickly dripping down on the stone path.
And then she smelled it, it filled her nostrils and made its way through her body, for a slight second the burning stopped. It smelled like all of the best sweets in the world combined together in one special scent and it smelled wonderful.
I want it.
She wanted to taste it, wanted to know if it tasted as good as it smelled. But deep down inside of her something was pulling her back. Telling her this was wrong, unnatural. She could feel it in the back of her mind, screaming at her in despair to control herself and Alex obeyed, well she tried and took a step away from the vampire hoping the burning feeling would disappear as she made the distance between them bigger.
'Come.' He said gently, motioning with his hand at her, Alex fought an inner battle with herself as she looked at the bleeding wrist and shook her head, taking another step back. She didn't want it, she had to be strong.
'Come.' The vampire said, this time more sternly as he glared at her warningly, she could see his patience getting thinner by the second and she bit her lip in frustration. She shouldn't do it, but the vampire would get angry and who knows what would happen then? A bit couldn't hurt, now could it?
No! No! No! Don't do it!
But she did, the need for the blood taking over her body. Making her feel like animal acting on his natural instincts, like a predator on the loose. Alex opened her mouth as she stepped towards the vampire, feeling a sudden pressure on her gums. Not a second later she heard the familiar 'click' as her own fangs appeared.
She didn't care about the fangs, maybe she was vampire, maybe it was a side effect of the smell from the vampire blood but it didn't matter. All that mattered was the dark sweet liquid that was dripping from the vampires arm.
Alex giggled as she touched the pointy fangs with her tongue, no wonder vampires could rip open someone's neck, they felt as sharp as a well bladed knife.
'Drink.' The vampire said smirking down at her. His words were the last little push she needed to sink her teeth into the open flesh and Alex started to drink eagerly.
And she had been right, it tasted sweet, really sweet like syrup, warm syrup. It soothed the burning feeling and Alex found out the more she drank it made the burning feeling disappear.
'Enough.' The vampire said as he tried to pull back his open wrist, but Alex held onto it tighter, digging her nails into his skin. She wanted more, she wanted it all, every single little drop that made its way out of the wound in her mouth.
'Alex.' He growled as he grabbed her with his free hand by her neck, giving her a little squeeze trying to get her attention. It was weird, hearing him say her name but she still ignored the vampire, completely focused on the sweet liquid.
More.
She heard the man sigh as he let go of her neck, somehow she could feel he was slightly disappointed, but why?
'Alex, I want you to stop drinking. As your maker I command you.'
An unpleasant feeling in her stomach appeared as the vampire spoke, again there was that feeling to please him. To obey his wishes, so she stopped and did what she was asked to do. She let go of his wrist and looked up to him with confused eyes, her mouth dripping with blood as the spell was broken.
Maker, my maker?
'How did you? I'm not a v-'
Amnesia, another problem to add to the pile.
When a vampire bites you and you become a vampire they get like- complete control. It's because they're your maker.
Meet your maker.
And then she remembered the night before, all coming together like pieces of a broken puzzle. She remembered how the man had stabbed her, how she was pulled out of the car and how the Sheriff had set his pair of fangs into her neck.
'This can't be real.' Suddenly she had the urge to throw up, feeling sick to her stomach at the taste from the blood in her mouth.
'This can't be fucking real! I don't want to be a vampire!' She screamed taking a step back in utter horror, the pain she felt in her heart had now become physically making her body tremble and ache in pain.
The vampire flinched for a slight second, hurt written all over his face but as soon as it appeared it was gone.
'No, no, no.' she whispered, shaking her head as tears ran down her face. This was not what she wanted, this isn't what she wanted to be, she wanted to grow older, marry, maybe even have kids but her future had been ripped from her in the blink of an eye.
'I can't be seventeen forever, I just can't.'
Suddenly she felt the anger rise inside of her, her blood rushing through her dead veins as she felt another tear escape. He did this to her, he made her like this, it was his fault!
'I wanted to die.' She hissed angrily, pointing one of her fingers to him. 'I wanted to fucking die!'
The Sheriff reached out and grabbed her by the arm tightly, his cold fingers burning through the soft material of her dirty white shirt. 'And I let you die.' He said in a deathly tone as he pulled her towards him, their faces inches away from each other, forcing Alex to look into his eyes.
She clenched her jaw tightly shut, forcing herself to calm down so she could speak properly but she tossed the idea aside as she thought about her situation. She wasn't going to calm down, she was going to rip his fucking head off.
'Let me go.' She hissed through gritted teeth as she tried to set free from his iron grip, but he wrapped his hand only tighter around her arm making her winch in pain as he glared down at her.
'No.'
At his words she lost it, she raised her free hand and tried to knock him in the face with it as hard could. It worked and the back of her knuckles collided into his nose, A sickening crack could be heard before a stream of blood began gushing out, she had broken it.
The vampire finally released her and took a step back, grabbing his nose with his large hand in surprise. Within seconds his hand was soaking wet from the red liquid, dribbling down on his light grey shirt.
Not giving it a second thought Alex made a run for it, as fast as her legs could carry her she run into the dark forrest that laid behind her. But before she could set her feet onto the soft mussy ground, she was yanked back by her maker who held her tightly into place. She squirmed into his grip, trying to pull herself free.
'You think you can outrun me? I am over a thousand years old.' He said before laughing loudly at her failing attempts to break free from his iron embrace.
'Let me go, you asshole!' Alexandria yelled angrily and fought once more but nothing worked and she let out a scream in frustration. She looked up at the Sheriff who chuckled at her angry expression, making Alexandria blood boil once again. She wanted to rip him apart so badly.
The dried up blood that was smeared above the Sheriff his upper lip, gave him a monstrous look in the dark with his fangs unleashed.
She felt tears bubble up again as she remembered herself that she didn't look much different, she looked like a monster too.
A monster that parents told their children about at night.
'I'm going let you go. You can run off again if you like but then we can start over again and again, until you listen.' Her maker growled as she felt his embrace weakening.
Alexandria felt like a child being scolded by her elders as she listened to his words, but deciding to spare herself further humilation she nodded softly and stood up.
'Good girl.' He muttered mockingly, straightening his jacket, before looking back at her again.
Alexandria whipped a red tear away with her hand, thinking it was mixture of tears and the dried blood on her cheek. Why did she have this sudden mood changes, within seconds she felt different, angry, sad, frustrated and then all of them at once. Why couldn't she controle it?
How could she continue with her old life anyway, she was dead. She was a freaking corpse with fangs, that burned in the sunlight and drank blood. How would Kate react, her friends, her mother? Probably scared out of her wits holding a cross in front of her as she would yell prayers of the bible.
I'm going to lose everyone.
Alexandria let the tears flow, having no idea what to do about her current situation she just cried. Which made her even more angry at herself, she never was an emotional mess and now she was sobbing all over the place.
Her face was cupped between two large hands as she continued to cry. She didn't understand why the Sheriff suddenly wanted to comfort her, maybe he took pity on her.
'You will be fine, in time all will work out.' He said soothingly as he stroke her cheek softy with his thumb.
She gazed at the Sheriff, his face blurred because of her tears.
'Fine, I'm never going to be fine. I- I'm fucked!' She bluntly stated and she meant it, she knew nothing of this new world where she so roughly had been thrown into. She probably wouldn't last a day.
The sheriff chuckled at her words and whipped another red tear from her cheek before speaking.
'I will teach you everything, after all what kind of maker would I be If I would abandon my child? Unless of course you would like to explore the immortal life all alone.'
Child? What is he talking about?
The confused look on her face was enough for the Sheriff to know she didn't understand half the words he was saying. He explained to her what the connection between a maker and child meant, that he could feel her. Her emotions to be exact and that he could command her, making her obey to his wishes if he felt the need to do so.
'So you can feel me right now?' She asked as she eyed him carefully, Alexandria still didn't know what to make all of this.
Her maker nodded and once again he looked at her seriously, his blue eyes meeting hers obviously trying to feel her emotions.
'You're suspicious of me.' He said after a few seconds, looking up in surprise. Alex shifted uncomfortably in front of him, he was right. She was suspicious of him, she wondered if there were any snakes under the grass with this so called maker-child plan.
'Are there any strings attached?' She dared to ask him.
The Sheriff smiled sadly at her, pain could be seen in his eyes as he looked at Alexandria, who regretted the question immediately at seeing his face.
'All I ask from you is your loyalty, loyalty towards me and only me.' He said genuinely, grabbing one of her hands and squeezing it slightly. 'In return for that, I'll be you're father, you're brother and you're friend.'
Alexandria swallowed the lump in her throat as she looked at him, really looked at him, passed the blood smeared face into his sea blue eyes, he was lonely. Incredibly lonely. And she was too, she realized. The ancient vampire wanted to give her something she had lost many years ago and all he wanted was loyalty in return.
'I accept.'
Family
So yeah, chapter two! Tell me what you think, reviews keep me motivated!
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