Finding and Changing Emily

Chapter 3: Daniel

A blood curdling scream came from my bedroom. I ran upstairs and up to my room. There, in my bed was Emily, thrashing around in the bed.
"Emily, wake up, it's okay." I said shaking her.
She awoke quickly, and her eyes were full of fear.
"Your okay." I whispered again.
I sat down on the bed next to her. She was crying and I had no idea what I was suppose to do. Slowly, I wrapped my arms around her, pulling her to me. She began to cry into my chest.
"Do you want to tell me what's wrong?"I whispered.
She stopped crying and looked up at me.
"No, it was just a dream. That's all."
Then she laid her head back on my chest. I smiled to myself. Here I was, a vampire who had never been with anyone ever and yet I was acting like a human suitor. I ran my hand genteelly down her back.
"Will you stay with me tonight?" She muttered.
She wanted me! She wanted me to protect her, to keep her safe from her dreams.
"Yes, now go to sleep. you've had a stressful day."
She nodded into my chest and fell back to sleep.
Two hours later, she starting having more nightmares. I woke her up and she wrapped her arms around my neck very tightly. She would have been killing me had I been human.
Her sent was very strong causing a burning sensation my throat. I tried not to breath but it just felt uncomfortable. I brushed my hand through her hair, enjoying the fact that I could touch her. She was warmer than me by about 20 degrees so I covered her with a blanket. I felt her skin but there was no goose bumps. She shifted in her sleep and opened her eyes. She looked at me and then looked around the room.
"He is going to find me." she whispered.
"What?" I asked.
She looked at me with so much fear and a small amount of trust in her eyes.
"My dad. He is going to find me and kill me. I'm going to die and nobody can help me."
Her worry was completely pointless. No one would be able to hurt her while she was around me.
"I'll protect you. You'll be okay I promise."
she touched my chest and looked at the wall.
"You can't know that. He'll kill your family too. I'll have to leave."
I knew what I was going to have to do. Something that vampires used all the time, mind control.
"Emily, look at me." I commanded.
She looked and I made sure she held my gaze.
"No one is going to hurt you, you are safe." I said.
Her pupils expanded as she responded to me.
"No one will hurt me? I'm safe?"
"Yes Emily, no one will hurt you again."
She nodded and cuddled closer to me. I felt like the monster that I was. How could I use my power on someone I cared about. Although she was sleeping now, and I knew I had given her safety, I felt horrid. I touched her face, and she smiled.
At around 6:45 Emily woke up and pulled herself from my arms as I was pretending to be asleep. She went to the restroom and while she was gone I "woke up". When she came back she gave me a glare but her face was flushed. She felt embarrassed by something.
"What happened last night? Between us?" She asked.
Oh so that was what she was worried about. She thought that I had used her.
"Nothing. You asked me to stay with you, so I did."
She nodded and walked toward the window. Her silence was killing me yet, I said nothing. Amanda, God bless her soul, knocked on the door and came in. Emily turned and smiled when she saw my sister.
"Are you ready for breakfast?" Amanda asked.
Emily nodded and left the room without even a glance my way. Amanda let her go first and mouthed "I'm sorry" then, she was gone.
Why was Emily staying away from me? Did she not want to be with me? Did she think I was lying about last night? True, I had yet to ask her if she wanted to be with me but still it stung a little. Sighing, I got up and went into my closet. Getting dressed, I decided that I would put all my hurt and rage to one place. One man in particular, Emily's dad. After that was done, I would continue my work of killing vampires that used humans for their blood. It was going to be hard to leave Emily but, I had too.
Leaving the house through the window, I ran back into the direction that I came from yesterday. Soon, I was at Emily's house. I knocked on the door and heard someone swallowing alcohol. The whole place smelled of it. I wanted a moment and then pounded on the door again.
"Emily, you little bitch! Did you come back?" He called.
I said nothing.
"Answer me damn it!" He screamed.
My self control broke. He talked to Emily like that? She was a lady, not someone to yell and scream at! I barged through the door, startling her dad. He looked at me in a drunken rage.
"Who the hell do you thank you are?" I screamed at him.
He went and reached for his gun but, I was faster. In two seconds I was next to him and snapped the gun in half. He looked taken back and was scared. I allowed my face to contract and the venom in my mouth to start flowing. He looked as if he had no idea if this was real or not. I grabbed his arm and snapped it.
"Do you like this? Do you think Emily liked this?" I screamed.
Then I punched him in the face. Blood poured out and I threw him to the ground.
"What do you know of Emily?" He questioned.
"How dare you even say her name." I spat.
I punched him in the face, as he cried. "I saw you. I saw you yesterday. I saw what you did to her. You are going to die."
I found the whip and hit him again and again. This abuser was crying. I looked him in the eyes and said.
"Emily isn't coming back to this hell hole. She is safe where she is. You won't be able to harm another person again."
He fell to his knees. "Please, please, mercy, spare my life. Just give me back my daughter. I'll be good I promise."
I laughed. "How many times did she beg you to stop? To leave her alone? No, death is coming."
I bit into his neck, stoping when the blood touched my lips. I then punched him in the chest, breaking a lung. He moaned in pain, crying. He was dying quickly but not quick enough.
"Tell her I'm sorry and I love her." He breathed then, he was gone.