chosen // 5sos vampire

chapter 6

a/n since it looks like more people are reading, I'll try updating every day. i like to keep the chapters short. :-) thanks for reading.

luke //

"So how do you feel about becoming a vampire?" I spoke nonchalantly as if talking about the weather. Lillian just glared back at me and looked down to study the bedspread.

I moved towards the bed and lay on the covers next to her.

Making eye contact with Lillian, "I'll start at the beginning, maybe then you'll talk. Ashton and I are both vampires, right? Every vampire has its own soulmate, or someone they're destined to be with for the rest of their lives. When found the mate is marked by the vampire with an unbreakable bond. When separated with a bond, the pair will even feel pain. The mate basically becomes property of the vampire and is considered off limits to others. Without the soulmate the vampire feels empty and many vampires will waste years looking for their mate. But I didn't have to look hard for mine, you basically came to me."

I paused as Lillian gasped. In a quiet voice she whispered, "I belong to you?" I only nodded. Lillian asked me to continue.

"Many vampires will only find and bond with their mate at the consent of the Council, our leaders, but I did not. Forgetting their rules, the punishment for kidnapping a mortal is that I must turn you into our kind within the next two days or be forced to kill you. You know too much information to remain human. It would kill me to kill you, but on the other hand turning you without the bond would also kill you for my bite would be too strong. In summary, within the next two days we need to bond and you need to become immortal or else I have to kill you." I carefully avoided the word vampire.

I once again stopped to search for a reaction on Lillian's face. She remained stoic so I came out and asked, "Can we start?"

All I got was a small nod and a whimper. Reading her thoughts, I learned she did not want to die. I extended my arm to reach over and stroke her cheek, "Everything will be okay. I'll be as gentle as I can."

Lillian //

I was too upset to flinch away from his touch.

"Please Luke, let's just get this over with." My voice failed me as it cracked several times.

At my agreement to bonding, he sat up and scooped me up so I was laying across his lap. This was the closest I had ever been to my mate-kidnapper and we stayed in this position for a moment, Luke gently running a finger through my hair.

"I'm going to miss the sound of your heartbeat, Lillian," Luke murmured, "give me your arm."

Luke wrapped his fingers around my arm and brought it up towards his face.

"I'm not going to lie, my mark is going to hurt. It's going to feel like I'm licking your wrist and then suddenly feel like needles stabbing you repeatedly. Mating feels worse than if I was just drinking from you, don't ask me why. But that'll be when my canines puncture your skin. I'll then drink a small amount of your blood and my canines will release the venom that puts my bond into you. When I'm done, I'll offer you my blood which you must drink to complete the process. It'll heal the puncture marks and leave my mark. I just wanted to tell you what you're dealing with." Luke explained.

I used my words for the first time since I agreed to becoming his mate, "I'm ready."

Luke used his other hand to take mine and squeeze it. He cleared his throat, "You can squeeze my hand as tight as you want, just don't struggle. It'll make me want to suck you dry. I mean, you can't escape my hold anyways."

My leg bounces in anticipation. Luke finally feels like he has said enough, squeezes my hand one last time and bites into my wrist. I whimper loudly as I feel the blood exit my body and Luke only squeezes my hand tighter.

My body screams in pain and I feel light headed. I only think of the positives, he won't have to kill me.

Before I know it, he's pulling away from my wrist and uses his fang to make a small incision in his own wrist. He pulls on me to sit up and as I do, shoves his wrist into my mouth, forcing me to drink. My own wrist tingles and as I look down it heals, leaving a small moon shape where one puncture was.

Luke only giggles, "I get the moon on my wrist without any pain. I hope I didn't hurt you too bad. I know the venom flowing through your veins right now must sting as it wires your body to mine."

I look up at him, "You said too much before marking me, but I think that prepared me beyond the point I needed. My body does hurt, but it's bearable. Should we move onto step two?"

Luke rolled his eyes, "Let's not get cocky. When I turn you I'll make sure not to tell you anything then. If you wouldn't have gotten impatient with me before we mated I could have informed you that I'm taking away some of the pain. It's one of my talents. If you'd like I could give you all the pain back, then your small body would be ready to collapse."

I frantically shook my head no, looking down and tracing the moon shape.

"The turning will happen tonight, I'll give you some time to recover from the venom. The pain of becoming one of us is a lot more than merely mating with our kind." Luke sat up and walked towards the door.

I hesitated, "Luke, could you sleep with me? I feel really lonely in your room by myself."

"Vampires don't sleep, but I will offer cuddles until you fall asleep." Luke replied cheekily and launched himself into the space next to me.

With his arms tightly wrapped around me, I fell into a final, deep sleep.