The Alpha's Eden

The void

Eden PoV

One minute I'd felt like I was in the most peaceful bliss, floating and worry free,  and seconds later I was plummeting downwards. I couldn't see anything but pitch black and despite my efforts I found nothing to grab onto in order to slow my fall. I winced, readied myself for a painful impact that would probably shatter every bone in my body at best or kill me at worst. I screwed my eyes tightly closed and held my breath in the hope that somehow I'd survive this. But the bone breaking impact never happened. Rather than a hard surface like rock or the cold forest ground I landed in a pair of strong, imposing arms, they cushioned my body and I bounced slightly before they tightened their grip on me.

"Umm thanks. I'm okay now" my voice was unusually quiet and the sense of awkwardness at finding comfort in a stranger's arms didn't fail me. Not to mention the faint familiarity of this person's scent.

"I'm just glad I got here in time" He replied with a deep voice.

"You can put me down now" I told him and clambered from his arms and gingerly stepped onto the floor below me. But then as I gazed downwards I saw that there was no ground but a void that felt oddly firm beneath my feet. "What the flying fuck??" My shock made my entire balance waver and he steadied me at my shoulders. His hands rested there until I nodded that I was okay.

"Where am I?" My eyes darted all around me and my heart hammered as the sheer vastness of the void hit home. There was just nothing. Nothing but endless darkness but nothing tangible that I could see or touch other than myself and the man before me.

But this place, whatever it was, didn't feel evil or threatening. It just felt so fucking endlessly empty and yet so full of nothingness. There were no smells in the air, no sounds other than our voices and my heart racing.

Only my heart, It suddenly hit me. This man's heart wasn't beating and that meant only one thing. He was a vampire. But why was he here and where the fuck exactly was here?

"I'm not here to hurt you. Although I don't think I'd stand much chance of that anyway would I?" He chuckled when he sensed my attention was on him again. "Not that I'd ever hurt you, that's the last thing I'd ever do Eden" he added with a level of sincerity that only left even more questions in my head.

"You know my name?" I pointed out the obvious but still I wanted to hear him admit it.

"Of course I do" he shrugged like that was obvious, which it was but that wasn't the point.

How did he know my name? Did he know me, because I couldn't figure out who he was and most importantly, Why was he here?

"Where are we?"

"The void. You're exactly where you're meant to be right now so don't worry, nothing went wrong. But I have some things to show you so we should get moving. I'm not sure how much time we have this time" the man began to walk and motioned for me to go with him.

I paused but after I took another good look around I figured I'd be better off with this mysterious man than alone but I had to know more first. "Show me? Go,where? Enough time?" My mouth moved a lot quicker than my brain but I couldn't help but need answers because I was beyond confused at this point.

"Are you gonna just spend all the time asking silly questions or are you going to let me show you exactly what I'm talking about huh?" He cocked his head to one side and smirked at me knowingly. I jogged to catch up and we began to walk in silence shoulder to shoulder.

"What the hell?"A loud gasp left my lips when a large dark wood door appeared a few metres ahead of us that blocked our path.

"Time to look behind door number one" the man suggested as we got up to it.