'None of us really change over time; we only become more fully what we are.' - Anne Rice
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Cold...
Empty...
Where am I?
Am I dead?
I'm encased in pain, a continuous fire spreading through my body and yet I'm paralyzed. Completely unable to scream, to move. I can't beg for help or let anyone know how much pain I'm in.
Maybe I'm in hell. This is my punishment for allowing Mark and Lara to die. Or maybe it's because I murdered Peyton and Quinn in cold blood. Either way, I'm being punished severely and I can't help but feel I deserve it. I mean I was punished when I was alive, it's almost fitting that death would be the same. Torturous.
Echoes surround me, breaking through to my conscience. Soon they become clear until it's one person's voice.
His voice...
Aldéric.
I can't hear what he's saying but he's calling for me and I'm unable to call to him. I can't speak, I can't let him know that I'm listening. That I'm right here. I don't even know where 'here' is. The pain is too much and soon what is left of my conscious state drifts away until I become completely numb and unaware of everything around me.
Nothing...
When I finally drift back in, a groan surrounds me. Then another one. It takes my mind a while to process that the groans are coming from my own lips.
"Rose?"
"AHH!" I screech, my hands clamping over my ears, desperate to block out the noise. Why is it so loud?
"Sorry, I forgot how sensitive you would be." I can still hear Ric's voice, but he's speaking in a lower register, helping to ease the painful ache from my eardrums. I blink my eyes open, finding the room to be shrouded in darkness but I can see everything perfectly, including the concerned brown eyes studying me.
He touches my hand and I attempt to shy away because my entire body still feels like it's on fire. I'm completely surprised when I throw myself back into the wall at incredible speed. Fuck, what just happened?
"Careful," Ric warns, his voice soothing, "It's going to take you some time to get used to your heightened senses and speed."
My what?
I blink my eyes a few times, trying to make sense of what just happened, as well as try to remember anything from before I woke up. I can only remember pieces...
Walking down the aisle...
Seeing my mum...
Ric and Aurelian tied up...
But everything else is still blurry.
Aldéric can see the panic in my eyes as I press my back into the wall behind me, my mind fuzzy as the fiery ache continues to attack my body- No, not my body. My stomach. I'm so badly hungry and it hurts. Bad. "Ric, what- Ahh!" A sharp pain shoots through both sides of my gums until I feel sharp points poking out of my bottom lip.
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The Dark Rose 🌹 {18+}
Vampire[COMPLETED] ೋღ🌹ღೋ He stands roughly a few feet away from me, his body towering over my crouched one. I bring my legs up to my chest, pushing myself further into the wall as he kneels down towards me. He brings his nose to the crook of my neck, my f...
