Chapter 3
Erin's P.O.V.
"No!" I shrieked "No!" I couldn't be that woman. Not that impossibly horrible… witch. White knotted hair and black veins showing through wrinkly, stretched out skin, so pale it was almost transparent. Joints stiff and swollen from arthritis. No that was not me. The-the room. It wasn't my room. It was the room of a mad person. Locked up for their own safety. That was not the room I have been staying for days now. I squeezed my eyes shut trying to block out my surroundings but it only made it clearer bolder. It made my body concentrate on the pain and it was unbearable. I screamed out in fear and pain. Somehow there must be a way to stop all this lunacy. It was like something out of a horror movie. Suddenly there were hands on my shoulders shaking me as if trying to wake someone and there was a voice. A familiar voice. But there was no one else in my cell especially not him.
Vlad's P.O.V.
There was screaming. A woman screaming. Not Ingrid. It was coming from… from her room and something else. A scent. A smell. Of blood.
I stopped in my tracks, sniffing as I closed my eyes. Either Erin's gone hunting or… My eye's snapped open. Impossible. We would have known the minute she walked through the door, she wouldn't have known we were. "Do you smell that?" Dad asked excitedly rushing into the hallway. "I do" Ingrid said as she walked through the doorway of her room "Slayer's blood" Bertrand confirmed following her. They all smirked and started for Erin's room. "Wait" I said. I didn't want to believe it. Erin. She wouldn't lie to me like that. Surely my powers are just acting up. "Come on Vlad" Dad said "I'm sure Erin won't mind us sharing her meal" he grabbed me and sped to her room. But there was no one there. Dad stamped his foot in frustration. "Greedy girl!" he exclaimed "Left none for us" Slowly they all filed out disappointed but able to get over it.
As soon as they were gone I rushed to the bathroom. It reeked of slayers blood and… and her. I lifted a hand and took the door handle firmly. Slowly I started opening it and sure enough she was in there sitting on the floor with her back against the wall. My first reaction was to give her a piece of my mind. She lied to me about two huge things but then I saw the rest of the bathroom. The mirror had been shattered and shards were all over the floor covered in blood. My eyes darted across the floor and saw Erin's bare legs, covered in cuts. I followed the cuts all her body. Shards ripped through the vest top she was wearing, trails of blood starting from her shoulders and running down her arms onto the floor others from her head and face trailing down her neck and chest, soaking into the already dyed red top. I squeezed my eyes closed and looked down. Away from her. I didn't know what to do. I felt betrayed and hurt by her lies but I couldn't leave her like this. So… vulnerable, weak. Slowly I lifted my head and looked at her bloodstained face. Eyes closed, face troubled as if having a bad dream.
All my common sense and logical thinking was telling me not to trust her. 'A slayer is not to be trusted' the motto I'd been taught all my life but there was something different about her. Adapted and trained to a slayer's lifestyle but her blood wasn't normal. Not for a slayer. Slayers blood. It has a significant smell bitter almost but is supposed to be the most heavenly tasting. Each slayer has their own mix. No two bloods smell the same but all have an element, an unmistakable element. Hers was masked with a sweeter scent like her heart hadn't taken to the culture like the others have. Like her own body was fighting against its nature. Bertrand had always trained me to trust my instincts and all my body was telling me to do was rush to her and pull her into my arms. I'm sure it's wrong decision…
But I made it anyway.
A/N Merry Christmas! Thanks for reading. I know that i changed the summary a little but i came up with a better idea for this fanfic so i hope you don't mind. It's still going to be pretty much the same. Except Vlad find's out Erin's secret much earlier. Thanks again! Don't forget to review!
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