Saving Peyton ( SP #1)

Ch. 4

dedicated to FANTASYgirl1011

"Wait what do you want do know first?" He asked.

"Hmm, how about you explain what I have to with all of this?" I said.

He nodded and then said,

"Vampires have soulmates, much like werewolf's have mates, but a vampires soulmate is called his or her beloved. Not every vampire finds their beloved, just like not every werewolf finds their mate. And like werewolf's, vampires soulmates can be human or vampire. That my dear is what you are to me, my beloved." He said. I'm not going to lie that much information is a lot to take in.

"So what happens if I don't want to be around you, or be your beloved? Or say I do, what happens? Will other vampires want to meet me?"

" Well, unfortunately you don't have a say in whether you want to be my beloved or not, because now that you've been around me the last 48 hours, when we're apart you'll get this uncomfortable feeling. And if we're apart longer than 12 hours, the pain you then would experience isn't so pleasant. And yes others will most likely want to meet you, considering I'm the last vampire prince." He responded. I nodded my head, and closed my eyes taking all the information in.

Finally after what seemed like forever, he asked,

" Any more questions?"

I shook my head yes.

"Okay, ask." He said.

I thought about which question to ask first. I finally decided when I asked,

"Can you maybe tell me what's real and what's myths about vampires?" I asked quietly.

He nodded and then said,

" Uhm, well, we can't go in the sunlight, garlic doesn't bother us, we have to be invited in, your house is the exception because of what you are to me, we don't sparkle, we have to drink blood, but it can be human or animal, and we have super speed, compulsion and we can read others thoughts."

I nodded. "So what happens if you were out in the sunlight? And where do you go when the sun is out?" I asked.

" If we are out when the sun is out, and it is directly on our skin, we will eventually turn to ash, but only after we totally burn up. And we usually are asleep in a dark place, usually like a cellar or basement." He replied.

"Okay I have one more question," I paused to see if it was okay to ask. He nodded his head signaling it was okay "How old exactly are you? I mean you said you were the last vampire prince," I asked quietly.

He looked down at his hands before saying softly, almost to where I couldn't hear him, "old," I looked over at him.

"How old?" I asked but not very quietly this time.

After saying that he looked at me with amusement, probably because I was turning beet red in the face.

"I'm 180 years old in vampire years, but 23 in human years."

Whoa he's 23,? I thought to myself. I only just turned 18 last week. I yawned and looked at the clock, in tiny green letters read 12:45.

"Come on, you need to rest, I imagine it's been a long day for you, lay down." He said.

I laid down and pulled the covers over me, but before I slipped into unconscious I mumbled

"you can't stay here."

He chuckled and just told me to go to sleep and not worry about him.