I am so excited about the awesome response my story had been receiving! Thanks so much everyone! It just makes me want to churn out three chapters every day but I think I'll hold back on that for the interest of quality!
Okay I have decided that with episode 10 I will post a playlist of songs to go with my fanfic and I will put some serious effort into finding good songs! I loved it when AngstGoddess did this for Wide Awake (Awesome story as all of you probably already know) and I thought I would try it too.
Anyways, on with chapter 5… please enjoy it and review!
Why was my sole purpose to protect her? Why had she filled my head with questions when I could not answer a single one? Why had she made so confused?
"You know," spoke the angel softly, "I have told you my name but you haven't told me yours."
"Why are you so curious about me?" I asked her. "You should be running away from me screaming."
I faltered with my last few words. I knew that the running and screaming would come soon. It had to. I knew Evelyn would regain sensible thought and she would be as frightened as she was when Felix had attacked her. She would run from me and for some reason I knew it would break me in ways that could not be repaired.
Suddenly, for the second time since meeting her she placed her soft, pale hands on my face, forcing me to look her in the eye.
"I am not afraid of you," she said with such conviction that there was no way I could doubt her. "I know you will not hurt me. If anything I feel safe around you."
"But I am a monster," I whispered, even more confused than before.
"That is what they have made you into. You were not always so and I know that you are starting to remember how it was before they got to you. When you were like me."
Evelyn's close proximity in this small room was becoming too much to bear. Her beautiful scent was overwhelming me. I knew that while I was still myself I could resist her but I doubted my restraint if the monster within me began to overtake my body.
"Evelyn…" I spoke in a strained voice. "I need to leave for a moment. The… smell is becoming too much."
I knew my eyes were growing darker and more menacing by the minute despite having just fed.
"I'm sorry," she said softly as her head fell to stare at her muddied shoes.
"I will return later…" I said as I turned towards the exit, "…. I promise."
I quickly began making my way out of the cell but not so fast as to scare her with my obviously superhuman speed and agility.
"Wait!" she said as I reached the door.
I turned to look at her and was once again hit by the extraordinary beauty that was held within her picturesque features.
"You have not told me your name." she said with a small smile.
I could not believe how comfortable she was with who I was. That she still observed silly human customs in a room with a monster. Despite all of this I found it impossible not to mirror her expression.
"My name is Alec," I said with my first genuine smile in decades.
"Alec," she said to herself softly just the same as I had when I had discovered her name, "Well, Alec I am sorry to be an inconvenience but I am… not like you. I need certain things to stay alive."
Of course, she was human and she needed human food.
"I am so sorry," I said quickly, "It has been a long time since I was human. I will of course bring you food and water when I return."
She smiled with relief as I made my promise.
"Thank you but Alec, could you please bring me some blankets or warmer clothes."
For the first time since being in the dungeon I noticed her thin white sundress, the small shivers that consistently ran through her body and the goosebumps that tormented her ivory skin.
"Of course, I am so sorry," I said for the second time. "I do not feel the cold… or anything for that matter."
I quickly pulled off my thick black jacket that I wore for the sake of appearances, rather than any need for its warmth, and walked back over to Evelyn. I halted my breath so I would not be so affected by her scent and draped it over her shoulders. The sight of her in something of mine moved strange feelings within me and I made a silent oath to find her some warmer clothes of her own. Evelyn then looked up at me then with an expression that made my solid stance all at once fragile, as if I could fall at any moment.
"Thank you," she said softly.
I was suddenly overcome by the most absurd thoughts. With her looking up at me I began to study the curves of her small pink lips and imagined mine against them. What was this?
Knowing I had to leave the room before something else happened I quickly turned stiffly without a word and fled from the room, not worrying about hiding my speed.
I never once stopped until I reached my chambers again. I made a mental note to myself to arrange a replacement door for the one Jane had shattered. I doubted I would remember as my thoughts consisted of a single thing…Evelyn. I had to find the things she needed and I hoped desperately that busying myself with that task would keep my mind away from the final thoughts it had in the depths of the dungeon. First I had to find clothes and bedding for her. After studying Evelyn for many moments more than was prudent, I assumed she would be approximately Jane's size. I quickly made my way to her chambers which was three doors up from mine. I listened carefully for a moment outside her door and was relieved to hear nothing from within. Opening the door, I was glad to find that she was not in her chambers and quickly crossed to her wardrobe. When I opened the doors I was assailed by masses of black clothing. No, Evelyn was too pure to be clad in such darkness though I did not fully understand why. Then, in among the dark, I saw I shot of midnight blue… well it is better then black, I decided and pulled it from the hanger. I was glad to see that it was a thick, woollen jacket and skirt with a soft white blouse beneath. I hoped it would be enough to keep her warm as I quickly grabbed a pair of white tights for added warmth and pair of black shoes that were Jane's staple. At least she owned too many pairs of them to notice one missing.
I all but ran back to my room with the garments and laid them on the lounge I kept for reading and the likes. I had no need for a bed, I mused. It was with that I realised that Evelyn did need a bed or cushioning at the very least to make the cell floor acceptable. Looking at my favourite lounge I realised that the soft, expensive cushions lifted off the lounge and decided they would have to do. Stacking all three large cushions beside the now bare lounge I realised that the hardest thing was yet to come… where was I going to find human food?
Gianna…
I know we kept human food somewhere to sustain our human secretary. Why Aro kept her alive for so long was still a mystery to me but now I saw her unnecessary presence as a gift. Where would the keep human food in a residence for dozens of vampires? The kitchen? I knew the kitchens in archaic buildings like this where usually in the lower levels so I bundled the things I had already procured for Evelyn into my arms and made my way back down the many staircases. Luckily, the only people I passed on this venture downwards were lowly vampires that the Volturi held to maintain a menacing presence of sheer numbers. None of them dared to question me; one of the members of the Volturi's private guards. Eventually I passed a very large set of double doors on my descent and upon checking inside I concluded that it had once been a medieval kitchen but was now somewhat modernised with a cold cupboard I vaguely recalled that humans stored their food in now days. I opened the white door and was faced with the most disgusting smelling array of so called food. How did they eat this?
After concluding that I had no idea how much food Evelyn ate I grabbed a big pot that was hanging above the oven and filled it with an array of different things until it was full with food and a few bottles of water. I quickly picked up the cushions and clothes once more and continued my descent toward Evelyn, thankful for my superior balance that meant I didn't drop a single thing from the precarious pile in my arms. As I once again took the same array of turns perfectly from memory I thought for a moment on the fact that I had managed to push those strange urges from my mind. I convinced myself it had been just a moment of insanity and that it would not happen again.
I was proven so desperately wrong as I turned the last corner and came face to face with Evelyn, sitting pensively against the cell wall buried in my coat. I felt the strange urge rise inside of me once more, draining out all of the other urges that the smell of her blood summoned. All I wanted was to kiss her.
Wow, that is five chapters in less than twenty four hours… I'm a freaking machine.
I promise I'll make it six chapters in less than twenty four hours if I get three more reviews : D. Even if you have reviewed my previous chapters please keep them coming so I know if you like the direction the story is on.
Always glad to write more for you!
