Bitten {Book 1} ✔

Chapter Twenty Nine

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*Watch the video I feel like it goes well with this chapter*

Eyes.

They say they are a gateway to our souls.

But what if you don't have a soul, then are they a gateway to your darkness.

The air that gushes out of Mason makes my demon side subside as I take in his shocked demeanor.

He must hate me. To see what I really am and that is a killer.

Instinctively my head bows down and close my eyes, "I'm sorry," I turn around ready to run off into the darkness.

Where to? Who knows.

"Abigail," his voice makes me look up at him.

Is he relieved?

"Yes," I whisper my eyes locking on his gaze and the small smile that pulls at the corner of his lip makes me tilt my head to the side to get a better look at him.

The shadow that casts over his face darkens his right side but with my vision, I can see that he seems happy that I am here.

"Are you okay? That's not your blood is it," his eyes lower down to my bloodstained clothes and I follow his gaze.

"No, I don't even have a scratch," I say raising up my gaze and he huffs out in relief.

He comes to me with long strides, "Come here," his arms wrap around me tightly, "you don't know how worried I was about you. I thought I was going to go insane," his lips brush against my hair as he places a gentle kiss on my temple.

Standing there stiffly I do not know how to react. He is not reacting the way a normal human would and that would be by running for the hills with his daughter.

"Mason," I sigh and pull away from him, the hurt in his eyes makes it to hard for me to look at him, "why are you still here?"

I refuse to look at him, "Because you told me to meet you back at the apartment and since you know what happened out there I thought we were going to talk," he runs his fingers through his hair flustered with what is occurring at the moment.

What was happening?

I need to let him go for his own good — his safety.

"Mason, what happened in the field," I inhale slowly, "it can't happen again. I'm sorry if I would have met you as a human maybe it could have worked out."

"Do you hear yourself?"

His sudden outburst makes my demon side angry.

"If you were human, human," his eyes dart in every direction trying to fathom what he is saying, "if you were a human do you think we would even get this far?"

Pushing my demon down I look at him, "what are you talking about?"

"Abigail, we would have not met if you weren't a vampire. If you were human you wouldn't have been at the park that day with Wes or in that street that same night that I got attacked."

That much is true I can't argue with him on that.

"The reason I met you is that you were a vampire."

"I'm a monster," I hiss at him trying to bash that bit of information into his thick skull, "I kill humans to survive. I can lose control on split-second kill you Mason. Think about your daughter!"

Raising my voice towards the end. I feel defeated making my way towards my couch I sink into it and roll my head back. My mind wants them to leave and stay safe but my heart, oh my be stilled heart, wants to have them here close to me.