Love Darling? || Vampire Voltiaere

22. When I say go, run!

Y/n's pov.:

,,You know you're very dramatic for a hundred-year-old vampire,, you're both heading to the front door and Voltiaere is constantly sighing.

,,Don't use my own words against me, that is two favours you owe me,, he mumbled.

,,Wait! What!? Hey, that's not fair!,, he takes the picnic basket from your hands and finally started to walk faster.

,,Life is not fair! That is why I prefer my version of it,, he smirks and turns his back to you.

,,Don't you ever miss it?,, you ask quietly.

,,Miss what?,, he asked back confused.

,,Your life before being a vampire,, he stops and looks at you.

,,I...I didn't have a life before, I am a born vampire,, he said a bit too quiet.

,,So, you don't know what it is like to feel alive?,, he was about to answer, but you two were interrupted.

,,We are all ready young master,, the guard said.

Voltiaere clears his throat and nods at the guard ,,Shall we, darling?,,.

He stretches out his hand, but you didn't take it *Did I go too far?*.

You walk out to see a bunch of guards and you both go on your walk. He showed you the borders. ,,Here is where Brandon and I use to hide when we used to get into trouble,, he said walking further.

,,Were you and him close?,, you pry.

,,Very. We used to be inseparable,, you decide not to pry further, since it seems to bring him sadness. You both pick a spot and set up the picnic. ,,If you want to know, then you have to ask, darling,, he looks over to you and you feel your heart quicken. ,,I don't mind. For you I am an open book,, you sigh as you both sit down.

,,When I first came here, everyone told me how dangerous your brother is, even you did. I've only seen him save my life and care for you in some way. Even when your father thinks of him as a disgrace. Why? What happened that he is so misunderstood?,, the guards started a fire and left a bit of distance for you both, so you didn't have to think of volume.

,,Brandon is almost 300 years older than me, so when he was about my age there was a lot of pressure for him. My father had even higher hopes he had for me,, he lies down and looks up at the night sky. ,,One day Brandon and I were playing in this forest, when we heard werewolves going like mad. We, being the nosey teenagers, we were, went after them to have a look. From one second to the next Brandon left my side and was protecting this poor boy, fighting of six werewolves,, he turned to his side looking at you. ,,Do you know what a soulmate is?,, he asked.

,,Like in the books? Two lovers who are destined for each other? Everone here had mentioned Brandon had one,, he nods turning back on to his back. ,, Was the boy his soulmate?,, you ask connecting two and two together.

,,Yes. Every creature gets a soulmate, some rare cases a creature does get a human soulmate. The only downside is that we don't instantly realise it, as long as the human isn't a creature. The gods aren't stupid though, we get a need for protection and whenever we touch our soulmate it's like a surge of energy,, you hand him a plate of food.