The shadows under the stars.

Chapter 7. Victoria

  I'm jolted awake the second I hear a scream. I know it was Camille's scream, what if she was in danger? I rush into the kitchen already knowing where it came from due to my hearing. I see her laying and the floor. What the hell! I lift her up and walk her over to my bedroom. She must have passed out after waking up, there must still be  toxins plaguing her. I rest her on the bed where I quickly examine her head to make sure she has no bump. After feeling that she has no bump I leave her alone to sleep. 

  I take a quick look seeing her stir in her sleep. I smile at her. She looks so peaceful when she sleeps even when she's stirring. In the small bit of light the curtains allow through you can see her brown hair, silky soft just small details but all the while it makes me feel mushy inside. I turn to exit my room and remember the head in my kitchen. Probably what also triggered her to pass out as well. She must be so overwhelmed. I've never had this happen to me but my old lover was once poisoned by the toxins and died she had inhaled to much of them and passed away suddenly. Remembering her feels like a slap in the face. 

   I walk over to my kitchen and find the head still sitting on the table. I have to hide it in case any vampires know Tylen's missing and go searching for him I could be killed for the crime I pulled killing him. Humans were allowed to kill other creatures but we aren't allowed to kill them only feast on them. Other creatures can kill each other too but we cant kill the same specie because that's treason, however humans can do whatever they want. These are the rules we have to follow to live in this world even though it wasn't our choice. It almost makes me hate humans but the memory of Camille and my old lover just goes to show that they aren't all horrible. 

   Camille may be a vampire hunter but she hasn't killed me and has proven to not be ruthless. I close the bedroom door quietly so she doesn't wake up. The tree toxins are  probably going to take a long time to get out of her system because she was up there for a long time but not long enough for it to be fatal. That's also why it only took Tylen's head to make her pass out.

   I Move Tylens head under a wooden plank that isn't nailed into the ground well enough. In the night I will move it so it doesn't make my entire cabin smell like death but until then I should try to sleep more. I take a quick peak outside one of the windows to admire the beautiful sun it makes me envy humans because they can enjoy long periods of time out in the sun but vampires can only handle a few before it becomes sort of fatal. 

  I remember before I was a vampire I enjoyed being out in the sun chasing after butterflies and taking walks out in the fields. Thinking about before I was a vampire hurts because it feels so long ago and yet it was only 126 years ago. I close my eyes feeling the warmth of the sun on my face. I embrace it because it reminds me of happier times when my family liked me and they didn't hate me for hating what they were. It hadn't been my fault. I stop thinking about my family because I cant handle the thoughts. I pull away from the window letting the curtain fall. I lay down on the floor of the spare bedroom because of its lack for the bed. I close my eyes and rest. Trying my hardest not to think about everything in this damned world. I fall asleep with thoughts of Camille.