Vampire Mates

< 3. Everyone has secrets; yours is just bigger >

<3. Everyone has secrets; yours is just bigger >

-Demetri-

The clock read 5 AM. I threw off my blankets as I sat up, running my fingers through my bedraggled hair. I couldn't sleep. Maybe there was something wrong with the air-conditioning. Perhaps I should ask someone to repaint the room green so I feel more relaxed. Maybe fix in a radio so I can listen to some music.

I stood up, the sound of the seconds passing by filling my ears as I headed to the toilet.

I'm not a child anymore, I thought to myself, why am I making excuses for myself?

The splash of cool water felt refreshing to my skin as I leaned over the sink. I sighed and rubbed my temples.

Lily, I thought as I pulled on my shirt, she's the one pulling me into this silly state of mind.

Dana had been sitting on her bed when I walked into her room, wanting to bid her goodnight before I left. I hadn't expected her to confess her undying love for me and start to kiss me. I had a weakness for rejecting people, so I didn't know what to do.

It must've looked to wrong to Rose.

I let my eyes slip shut. I hope Lily didn't feel any pain.

Vampires. We are creatures who live very long. Contrary to popular beliefs, vampires must die eventually. It's the circle of life, I suppose. The early vampires, before Count Dracula came to be known, were set apart from humans as Monsters from the Devil. They believed that we were warnings that doom was to be set upon earth. But vampires aren't evil. They—we—live sorrowful lives, filled with condemn from humans, fear for the sun, and a craving for blood. There wasn't a cure. No way out.

But vampires are blessed with soul mates, a partner that are created just for them. Their soul mates are their other halves and their one true loves. They are the only blessings we can get.

Lily was mine. Our souls were tied together, and hence if the other half, like me, was with someone else, she will feel pained, as if someone was ripping their hearts apart.

I silently apologized to Lily as I slipped into my shirt. I decided that I would go for a run and visit my friend Ramon, who was also a vampire and was sent by the royal family to guard me.

I thought about my family as I headed out to the elevator. I wondered how mother was doing, and if sister was finally agreeing to marry Jupiter from the Aspen Alps. I hoped that my younger brother was doing fine in pre-school and that all the doing well.

I felt my hands ball up into a fist as I thought about father. He was going to pass his throne down to me, when he suddenly announced that I was to find my soul mate before I could take the throne.

My father did not like me. I was an illegitimate child of a duke who had an affair with my mother. I was the only boy in my family that was of age, and finally my father knew I had to be crowned next in line. My younger brother had not matured enough to take the throne, and my sister was to be married off.

I looked down at my wrist. 60 it read. I pressed the down button by the elevator as I leaned against the wall. 60 days until the Sun Scattering. 60 days until father has to pass down the throne to me.

60 days to persuade Lily to come back with me.

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-Rose-

I pulled on my socks and slipped into my Nikes.

The curtains were drawn back, allowing the streaks of orange shine in. It was still early, but I just couldn't fall asleep. That was strange; I usually slept very easily.

But since I couldn't sleep, I decided I'd go out for a morning run. I hadn't had much time to exercise recently anyway.

I rolled my shoulders as I peeled off my shirt before throwing on a loose shirt. I kept on my shorts that I wore to sleep. I grabbed a banana and a water bottle, and took the keys, making sure not to wake the other girls up.

I used to run. A lot. I was on my middle school track and field team, but because I often skipped school, they had to cut me off. I stopped running after that, but I still ran occasionally.

A bitter feeling sunk into my bones as I remembered why, since young, I could run so quickly.

I remembered fear filling up my body as I ran down the stairs, screaming, tears streaming down my face as I curled into the corner, afraid that he was going to come and he was going to hurt me.

I remembered scars running over my back and bruises on my waist where he grabbed me. I remembered being different from people. I remembered every detail of my childhood, and I wished I didn't.

I ran because of fear. I ran because of survival. I ran because if I didn't, I could die.

So I suppose that was what made me run so well. I had to run away from him. I had run to run away from the people who hurt me. I had to run away from my problems.

And I suppose I was so good at running that I had, without noticing, run away from myself.

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When the elevator door opened up, my body immediately froze up.

"Morning," Demetri was the first to break the silence as he leaned against the wall. I raised my hand up awkwardly and headed inside.

"So," Demetri started again. "You going out for a run?"

I looked over at him. He was in a loosely fitted white t-shirt and some black jeans. He looked tired, but he just held that charisma that made him look like a model with his tall figure and muscular build.

"Yeah," I nodded. "You?"

"Um, out for a run too."

"In jeans?" I quirked my eyebrow as I eyed his sneakers and jeans.

He ran his fingers through his hair awkwardly. "I like to run in style."

I nodded, plastering on a strained smile. There were a few light shuffles before Demetri sighed. "You know, what you say yesterday... it was really nothing."

"Do you like Lily?" I suddenly asked, eyeing him.

Demetri stared back at me. "I suppose so." He muttered after a while. "She's just so sweet and lovely."

"You're the type of guy who looks very innocent and charming on the outside." I said as the elevator door dinged open. I stepped out and turned to look at him. "But I know you're hiding some secret. Well, everyone has them. Yours is just a little bigger."

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