Pure Bloodlust

Chapter 4

After the Christmas night party that my father held that night, I was so tired and I changed myself into my pajamas. I was already finishing reading my book and I go up to the balcony. I'm in love with the wind breeze of the night skies. I looked around and I saw a person moving below me. I looked closer and it was Xavier. Should that guy take a rest or something? He stopped at his tracks and just looked at the moon, I looked at the moon he was staring at and it was really admirable. Beautiful shiny moon just like how I look at Xavier's eyes. I looked back at Xavier and he was nowhere to be seen. Where was he? He was just there a second ago and now he was gone. I looked around and thought he will not be that far, was it? I went downstairs to the garden hoping I see him was still here. He must be.

I was walking at the garden and trying to find him. "Xavier?" I called out his name and no answered. That was odd he was not here? I looked around and still I cannot see him. Maybe he went inside to his room. I turned around and was about to go inside the house until I heard squeaking sounds come from the garden. I turned around and looking for the sound that I just heard. "What was that?" while I was looking around I did not realized I'm already at the center on the garden where the fountain are. Still looking for the sound I just heard, I went looking very closed to the ground floor. While I was turning my phone flashlight on I saw a little dripping blood on the floor. Following the trailed of the dripping blood to the end and found a dead rat by the end of it. I screamed and looked around. 

I was scared looking at the dead rat with the unstopped dripping blood and the smell. Who could have done this? I thought, surely it was not a cat. I heard the bush garden moved and I was shocked. Decided to walked backward very slowly and looked at the moving bush. I stopped at my track and just stared at the bushes. "Who is that?" I said. The bushes stopped moving and I can't hear anymore rustled. Until I felt the cold breeze pass me by and I was become more afraid. I wanna run but I can't. Until the calmed voice I heard from behind me stopped my track and turned. I looked at the person and felt relief that I cannot walked. "my lady?" I looked at Xavier with a frighten face I have. 

Xavier came closer and hugged me with his warmth hugs. "My lady, why are you here? you should be sleeping right now? It is cold." I hold Xavier so tightly and looked at him. "How do you know I was here?" Xavier gave me that look and I am so calm in his arms. "I heard you screaming and I came to look for you." I hid my face on his chest to a relief and I pointed the bushed behind me. "There was something there just now and that something killed the rat over there. I know it is not a cat, there is something else." he stopped hugging me and walked towards the bushes. I looked at him and he said "It was nothing here my lady" maybe that thing just ran off somewhere but what was it?

"Come my lady, we should get inside. It is not appropriate of you running around in the garden looking like that" I looked at him and myself that I realized I was in my night dress. "here" Xavier gave me his jacket and cover me. I looked at him and tugged the jacket close. He gestured his hand for me to followed him and we go inside the house. While we were in the house about to go to my bedroom. I stopped my track and looked at him. "Xavier where were you just now? I came to the garden to find you." Xavier smiled and came closer. "I was going out for awhile and realized it was too cold for me so I went back in" I looked at him. The weather sure cold tonight, he was right maybe I am just paranoid. "You should get some rest my lady" he holds my hand and kiss at the back of my palms. I looked at him and flustered of what he just did. "Good night my lady" I looked at him and nodded. "Good night Xavier" I ran towards my room and locked the  bedroom floor. I can feel my heart beating unconditionally saying what was that all about. I slumped myself in bed and drove myself to sleep.

The next moring, I woke up with a heavy headache and I was already slumped in my bed. I wanna stood up but then my head was just so heavy to lift up. I don't know what to do until father came in and knocked the door. "Sweetheart, are you still asleep?" i forced myself to stand up and went to the door. I unlocked the door and opened it slightly. "Sweetheart, are you okay?" I looked at my father and shook my head. "I might having a headache. Can you grab some water for me father and a medicine" my father nodded and continued what he wants to say. "I'll get for you but I let the maid send it to you because I need to go and see the site for awhile okay sweetie" I nodded and kiss my father on the cheek goodbye. I went to my bed and slumped myself. I almost forgot that I should be picking the gown for the ball tonight. I'm going to eat my medicine and after that I will go straight to the tailor checked on my dress. I mean I drank a bit that night Christmas party. 

Someone knocked on my door and I shouted "the door is unlocked, you can come in"  I wasn't looking at the person came to the door and I heard the voices. "My lady, eat your medicine and here is the porridge that the maid cook for you" I looked at his way and he was there. I cannot think straight. The night, him.