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Chapter 10
Alexander's Point of View
Raven looked beautiful with a torn, black silk dress that puffed up and billowed in the slight breeze as she walked through the cemetery adoring the night. She made her way up to my grandmother's monument and turned around smiling, waiting for me. But instead of me walking up to her and holding her tightly, a figure that was not mine appeared. His light hair shown in the moonlight and she beamed up at him the way she does to me.
"Trevor..." she whispers his name lovingly and he turns her face towards his and kisses her.
I woke up in a cold sweat breathing heavily. I leaned my head in my hands trying to breathe normally. It was just a nightmare.
I looked around the small hidden room where my coffin was concealed. I could feel it was close to sunset and Raven would be coming over soon. I crawled out of my coffin and went through the small hidden door into my bedroom and began getting dressed.
I gazed out my attic room window and saw her walk up the stone walkway to the front door. Before she even knocked I opened the door and greeted her with a warm embrace. She stiffened in my arms a moment before slowly settling her head against my chest and exhaled.
"I missed you." I whispered in her ear.
She nodded her head and whispered back, "Me too".
I lead her into the den and she gasped. I had set up the den to resemble a movie theatre; an assortment of snacks and refreshments were on the coffee table with a stack of movies.
"Oh, Alexander, this is so sweet." Raven said and turned to me. "You're so sweet." And she gave me a peck on my cheek.
We were cuddling on the couch while watching the latest vampire flick and I noticed something; we haven't mentioned anything about last night. I gazed at her through the corner of my eyes.
Why isn't she talking about last night? We don't keep secrets from each other; we never have. I know Mathias was out of line but because he's a new vampire she's never known anything about she would have brought it up to me by now. Maybe she thinks she should protect me? Raven always tries to protect me...
I felt a wave of love and admiration sweep over me.
She can be stubborn at times... Ok, maybe all the time, but she's strong.
I leaned in to kiss the top of her head and I breathed in a scent that was not hers.
It wreaked of expensive cologne, grass and the human scent belonging to each individual person; a unique biological scent. A trademark, and it belonged to Trevor.
I recoiled a tad, but thankfully not enough for her to notice. But Trevor's scent burned my nose and made every inch of my skin crawl with disgust.
She was with him last night. I knew that already; it was brought to my attention by Mathias, but admitting it to myself and having the evidence so clear inside my head brings a whole new light to it. Not only was he with her, but he touched her. I don't know how... But I will find out.
"Alexander?" Raven's voice brought my attention away from the screen, which was now rolling the credits, and to her face that was wrinkled with worry.
"Sorry, I was just... Thinking."
She looked at me like she didn't believe me.
"If the movie wasn't interesting to you, you could have told me. We could have put in a different one." She said as she got up to put the movie back in its case.
"The movie was great." I lied.
Raven's Point of View
Alexander walked me to my front porch. We said our goodnights and gave each other goodnight kisses. But it wasn't until I got into my bedroom and shut the door that I sighed and fell back onto my bed and stared up at my ceiling. But the ceiling wasn't interesting so I rolled over to my side and gazed out of my window. The stars twinkled up over head. It was times like these that I was actually happy to live in the small, secluded town I call Dullsville.
But no matter how much the stars and th enight sky soothed me, I couldn't stop myself from thinking; and it was the thinking that made me restless.
All I knew was that there was new vampire in town. Possibly more nefarious than Jagger, Luna and Valentine, at least he seemed like it. I know I should have told Alexander about him and maybe that is the best decision I could possibly make. But this unsettles me. That new vampire is violent and unafraid to shed some blood. Not only that but Trevor was the only one there who protected me. What if Trevor didn't arrive when he did? I might have ended up a permanent resident of the cemetery! And that's another thing... Trevor. What was he doing there? Why was he there?!
I tossed and turned in my bed.
I wish there was an off-switch for my brain.
