The Breeding

chapter 12

I startle awake with a scream from the nightmares that haunt me every time I fall unconscious, I look around the room i'm in and remember where I am. I'm still stuck in this big manor with the eight men I don't know and I have no idea why we are even being kept here to begin with.

I hear rustling at the door then a knock "Vaia, are you ok, what's wrong!?" Whoever is on the other side of the door asks in concern.

I wince realizing I screamed out loud and they probably think I'm being hurt in here, I remember locking the door so I could be alone so I know they can't come in here even if I was being murdered.

"Vaia!, Please answer me" the voice calls out again more desperate this time.

I feel guilty making him worry so
I hurry to the door and lean against it " I'm ok, it was just a....bad dream" I murmur just loud enough for him to hear me through the door.

I hear him exhale in relief and I get curious to see who it is, but not sure if I'm ready to be around other people yet after the nightmare I just had.

"Are you ok, do you need anything?" He asks quietly.

I think about it for a second before responding " I don't know, I don't think so" I turn around and slide down the door to a sitting position looking across the room to a window and I see it's still dark out "why are you up?" I ask him.

He hesitates " I've been sitting outside the door making sure you were ok, and nothing was going to hurt you..." He sounds slightly embarrassed and I smile to myself.

That's sweet, he didn't have to do that but the fact he did makes me feel safer and yet vulnerable at the same time. No one has ever gone out of their way to make sure I'm safe let alone while I'm sleeping.

"Thank you" I push the word's out and it's weird for me speaking again after not speaking for months on end.

"Don't thank me I didn't do it just for you, I also did it for myself" he is now sitting down against the door as well.

"How so?" I ask curiously

"I feel better knowing I can be here to protect you if something happens, I wouldn't be able to sleep anyway so I figured I'd do something I can control and make sure you are safe at all times" he softly explains.

My insides get all tingly and I scrunch my face in confusion over the feeling, I've never had that happen before kind of like if something was fluttering in my stomach. Maybe I'm hungry.

I slowly stand and open the door

The dark haired guy with blue eyes and the scar is the one that stands quickly and turns to me in concern. I can't help but stare at him in awe, he is so beautiful it makes him look angelic even though he looks exhausted and his hair is tousled like he ran his hands through it a couple time's.

"Why, can't you sleep?" I whisper while looking down to my bare feet.

I look back up at him as he steps closer and my heartbeat quickens but not in fright I realize.

"The same as you" he whisperers back while looking into my eyes.

I frown and look at his scar in question then quickly look back down in worry he'll notice and get mad.

His hand slowly lifts giving me time to move if I don't want him to touch me, he uses his finger to bring my eyes back to his and I exhale sharply with the emotions I see in them and the one's running through me at his touch.

" Yes the scar is part of the reason I have nightmares, maybe one day we'll be able to tell each other about the thing's that haunt us" he murmurs while his finger gently rubs my face.

I close my eyes and lean into his touch before opening them again and looking up to his face" I think I would like that".

He smiles and pulls his hand back to his side.

Him smiling makes that feeling in my stomach happen again and I get worried.

"What's wrong Doe?" He softly demands

"I don't know, I have a feeling in my stomach like fluttering" I respond with worry " maybe I need to eat?".

He stops moving completely for a second before his entire face lights up and turns red his smile getting bigger " It's called butterflies, you have butterflies in your stomach".

I gasp and look down at my stomach " what, are they alive?!" I start to freak out.

He laughs and the butterflies start moving again.

"No, not real butterflies" he says through his laughter " it's just a saying of sorts it's not anything bad I promise".

I nod even though i'm still confused but he seems to find it funny so I know i'm not in any danger from the butterflies.

"We can still go get you something to eat if you'd like though?" He says and grabs my hand now not laughing but still smiling.

"Yes please, I would enjoy that" I answer him

We walk down the hallway and across the manor to the kitchen with him still holding my much smaller hand in his. When we get closer I hear stuff moving in the kitchen and hushed whispers.

We walk in and the first thing I notice is how messy it is and the second is the tall bodies of the twins laughing quietly to each other covered in white powder.

I giggle at how ridiculous they look, they both yelp and cling to each other then their eye's snap to us noticing it's just us standing here and not a monster out to get them and they let go of the other.

They immediately start laughing too at their reaction to us and how much of a mess they've caused. They both wave at me in greeting and I wave back shyly.

"What are you two trying to do" the guy holding my hand asks them and I realize I don't know his name.

"Nyx dude, get in here and help us this wanker doesn't know what he's doing and making me mess this up" the twin with grey eyes exclaims.

I'm pretty sure that one is Lorenzo.

"Me?!?!, You're the one that ruined the first batch by doing the wrong measurements!" Laurent yells at him.

I flinch from the noise and slightly slide behind Nyx.

He immediately notices my reaction and pulls me closer to him in comfort "guy's how about you calm down and then we'll figure out what you're issues is" he firmly tells them in inside voice trying not to startle me more.

They both turn towards us again and see me clinging to Nyx and their faces fall realizing they scared me.

"We're sorry Vaia we didn't mean to frighten you" maybe Laurent says.

"It's ok" I say quietly and my cheeks heat from embarrassment and their gaze on me

Nyx pulls me into the kitchen and moves stuff off the counter then lifts me and sets me down on it.

He smirks at me then turns around to face the twins" let's fix your mess shall we".