The Vampire Hotel

Chapter 21 - Comfort

// Italic is a flashback.

Astrid's POV

I was laying next to my mate as she was peacefully sleeping away, my fingers gently going through her hair until I watched her open her pretty purple eyes. She blinked a few times, before she noticed me. "How long was I passed out for?" she asked me, "A few hours. I was starting to worry about you." I replied. 

Immediately, my mate frowned at me before she moved herself so that she was laying on her side. She then wrapped her arm around my waist. "Do you know what happened to me? Because I can't exactly remember." she then asked me. "You started to have a mini blood lust. You reminded me of...me when I was new." I told her, "But, you resisted it. And that is a great thing." 

I then started to think about my first blood lust, which wasn't helping this situation. "Astrid?" Leanna asked me, but I couldn't hear her. She was muffled. No...No....

My whole body was tingling. I passionately needed some of that red deliciousness from a person. I was roaming in a street of old London until my new scent caught onto something. I followed the scent into some sort of party but the people were wearing black. I continued to walk, until I found myself staring at a woman that wasn't my type. She looked like she had been crying as her mascara stained her cheeks. I was staring at her for a good few minutes before she looked up. "How long have you been staring at me in this awful state?" she asked me. 

I didn't reply, I just continued to stare down at her until I felt a sharp tingle down my spine. I watched her stand up from her stool. I watched her unbutton the top of her dress, before she pulled the collar down to expose her neck. I looked around, seeing that everyone was minding their own businesses and my head tilted down to sniff her. Pure. She was very pure...

I then quickly sank my fangs into her, causing me to accidentally let out a small moan which made everyone turn to look at me. I then pulled away, swallowing the last gulp of blood and wiped the blood from my chin with the back of my hand. I glared at all of them, "Who wants to be dinner?" I asked them. I could see that they were all petrified of me and they should be. I was a dirty vampire. After no reply, I decided to scare them some more. So, I sank my fangs into the woman again, beginning to eat her throat out which caused some screams to erupt in the room...

"Please fucking snap out of it!!" I heard my mate yell at me, making me snap completely out of the horrible flashback. "Oh thank god..." she then quickly said, immediately pressing her lips against mine. I kissed her back, "I missed you." I told her. This made her smile at me, exposing her beautiful fangs. 

"I'm sorry." she apologised, "Don't be. It's not your fault that you gave me a flashback. I'm back now. With you." I said to her. She then pulled me into a deep comforting hug.