The vampire was laying on the ground, her body spread among the leaves, panting in pain. She needed blood! No matter how much she hated it, no matter how much it disgusted her, her whole body was starving for a few drops of the crimson nectar.
"Come on Quinny, you are making the snails look fast!"
Voices, young ones at that. Vayne felt her fangs expanding inside her mouth, her vision became blurry for a second. She stayed still, desperately hoping that the kids will just pass her by.
'Go away. Please, go away'
She heard footsteps approaching her and she could already smell the humans. Her fangs were now poking at her lower lip.
"Quinny, there is someone over there!"
The vampire swore. She could hear the boy's blood, honey filled rivers running across the child's entire body, its heart pumping inside his ribcage sending the sweet nectar around, almost like a chef stirring rich soup in a pot. Shauna gulped, she had almost started salivating.
"..away "
Her words were a silent mumble, her tongue numb from the intoxicating smell reaching her nostrils. The boy moved closer, kneeling by her side, he started shaking her shoulder.
"Miss, are you ok, miss?"
Her black heart clenched in agony, her vision was gradually turning red.
"ge .. t .. a ... wa .. y"
Another pair of footsteps joined them, a young girl came into view, Vayne could only see her eyes, innocent golden orbs shinning like amber. The boy turned to face her, pointing its neck to the vampire and that's when Vayne lost it.
She hissed in excitement, grabbing the poor boy by the back f its head only to slam it into the ground violently, her fangs sinking into the fountain of his neck before he could even realize what was happening. The boy screamed, flailing its tiny hands around her but Shauna ignored him, her eyes burning with delight as she kept drinking. The crimson fluid slipping inside her mouth and esophagus, caressing her tongue and warming her stomach. The boy finally stopped struggling, its hollow gaze turning downwards and Vayne separated herself from the boy, licking her lips.
She froze, her gaze following the toddler's sobs, there was a small trembling figure on the ground crying loudly. A young girl, staring at her accusingly, her horror filed eyes staring right back at her crimson pools of hunger.
"Ca.. Caleb."
The choked sob woke Vayne from her trance, her eyes moved downwards, spotting the boy's cold body before darting back to her hands and the blood painting her fingers. Her eyes widened.
"No... no ..no ..no"
She felt tears rolling down her cheeks, the blood in her stomach rising to her mouth and she threw up. The boy's blood now drowning the leaves and local flora in crimson undertones, her body shaking violently mirroring the little girl's.
"I.. I am sorry, I ... I didn't .. mean to."
She tries to reach the child, but the girl cries out in fear and crawls away, her scared amber eye's locked on Vayne's scarlet ones. The vampire gets up and runs away, vanishing into the night leaving the girl alone in the woods hugging her brother's corpse.
Vayne opened her eyes, panting like mad, her heartbeat speeding up with every shaky breath that managed to penetrate the vault that used to be her lungs. She gasps, her blood suddenly turning into ice the moment she comes face to face with the amused scout and Quinn smiles venomously, her amber eyes locked on the vampire's shocked rubies.
"So Shauna, did you sleep well?"