Chapter Five:
I was sure that I didn't want Cameron to know but I especially didn't want Carson to know. I helped him up and brought him to my room as quietly and quickly as possible. I laid him on the bed and tore off his torn shirt. I was exhausted but I knew I couldn't let him die, not like this. I worked on him for a few hours trying to clean and stitch up the wound. When I was done I laid my head on the edge of the bed waiting. I yawned and not long after fell asleep.
In a daze I woke up but realized that I wasn't in my room. 'Where am I?' My mind could be heard as if I were speaking it aloud. I looked around and my eyes caught onto something that grabbed at my attention. About 3 stories above my head a huge waterfall roared. I walked over to it just before the rocketing water. The cool mist covering me as I looked up feeling it's cool drops on my face. I looked down looking at my arms. I remember wearing a shoulder cut shirt yet I couldn't feel it on my upper chest. I looked at my arms and realized that I was not wearing what I had remembered wearing. I now had on a slim tight Victorian tan dress with a flower pattern on it. The long sleeves made a V shape on the top of my hands and on my stomach an upside down V shape connected to a veil type of thing. The collar was a low box cut and around my neck I wore a silver necklace with a red gem as the pendant.
"Alice." My name being spoken from behind me. I turned to see a guy with long white hair and a black outfit that looked like a warriors but not bulky but slim and fitting. We had the same eyes, blue, and filled with sadness. He had a sword case on his side and as his hands fell to the sides I placed mine on the pendent. 'Who is this guy?' I thought than realized that my thoughts could be heard and I covered my mouth as I blushed. He smirked increasing the blush even more. He walked toward me so closed that I could hear his slow breathing over the roar of the water falling over the ridged rocks behind. There was an awkward silence as he stood over me with his lips near my ear. My face got redder as I felt his hands on my arms slowly grazing them. "Don't you remember me?" His voice echoing in my ear. I swallowed hard.
My voice raspy as I replied "No."
"Fine, I'll make you remember." His voice gentle with a French accent. "This won't hurt much." I felt his breath on my neck which didn't make to blush any better as I looked out over his shoulder in question. I took a deep breath and he used that as coverage and I felt something sharp and slick. Fangs? I gasped as pain shot through my body. I tried to push him away as I started to regain myself but that did nothing. I relaxed knowing that I wouldn't get out of this and I gave up. I knew I wouldn't get out alive as easily as I came in. At that point his fangs were forced from my neck and I grabbed onto his back and dug my nails into him. Although I was hurting him I could feel the pain that I was inflicting on him so I let go but yelped out in pain. He panted as I snapped my eyes shut.
"You- you're a, parasite." I said trying to keep my voice down.
"Well I wouldn't put it like that." He said as he tilted my head up to him. I opened my eyes as my vision began to blur. With the state I was in he had me in the palm of his hand. He pressed his lips to mine kissing me passionately. His kiss tasted metallic like blood, my blood. He pressed a little harder making the kiss rough and all of a sudden there on my upper left shoulder a burning sensation appeared. I could hear it's sizzling, burning my flesh. His grip got tighter on my arms keeping me there unable to break away. He broke away from my lips and worked his way down my jaw line to my neck where he lingered a bit then kissed me once more. I wanted to scream but my voice seemed farther away from me than my heart which had seemed to have faded away from me.
"Stop" I managed to say as he broke away from me for air. Tears appeared in my eyes as I closed them slowly. He stopped and I felt his eyes on me. "Please, just stop." I managed to say as I rested my head on his cold broad chest. I heard his heartbeat under my head and I gasped in shock as I felt him wrap his arms around me holding me tightly.
"You always were timid." He said softly. "But we need to finish this. I need you…" He hesitated. "I need your blood." He said. I tried to pull away but before my eyes he twisted and turned from a human, into a black leopard and sank his teeth into my neck biting hard. I screamed as I saw blood splatter everywhere. A glimpse of my parents shown before me and then darkness covered me.
I awoke with a start gasping for air as I stood up holding the left side of my neck. I swallowed hard as I walked to the wall and leant against it. I stared at nothing as my vision blurred.
"What the hell happened to you?" I hear a familiar voice that rescues me from my darkness that is my imagination. His voice, the light in the darkness, Jake. I look up to see Jake sitting up with the bandages around his chest. I mindlessly run up to him putting my hand over his cut.
"You're crazy!" I yell at him. "You can't sit up!" I say trying to push him down. He pushes back grabbing my wrists so that I'm defenseless. I struggle still trying to find a way to get him to lie back down.
"Would you stop? It doesn't hurt!" Jake said and I stopped. I stared into his eyes and started undoing the bandage. "God, do you never stop?" He asked but I ignored him. I opened the bandage and realized that the wound was almost completely healed. I undid the stitches and ran my hand over his chest. I stopped as I realized that Jake I was staring at me. I looked up and his eyes were like glass. I felt that if I just simply touched him that he would break into a million pieces.