Valkyrie - The Vampire Princess

CHAPTER 22

CHAPTER 22

At breakfast, my mother noticed my glum expression seeing as I gazed down all the time. Though I tried to give the impression of being perfectly fine, my mother knew I wasn't.

She knew me so well and knew all my feelings, even when I was in love with someone. She wanted to know why I was unusually quiet. I couldn't tell her all I knew. I didn't want her to know what I would become.

She had always been naïve and never knew about my father's true origin. Why should she know about everything in those crucial circumstances? That wasn't correct. She didn't need to suffer along with me. I should spare her from suffering.

"Don't worry about me... Everything's good," I said, before getting my stuff and walking away.

I went to school. Eros was the first person to walk in my direction. I looked at his face and he looked satisfied. He was staring at me with a sexy grin. His duty was over. Now I knew the entire truth. I glanced at him furiously.

"Did you sleep well last night?" he asked, sarcastically.

"Yeah, and I slept more than I should," I answered sarcastically too although my face was angry.

"Days for us are usually short... though nights are long..." he said proudly and looked into my eyes.

"You said I'll be a vampire soon." I looked back at him. "When will it be?"

"Soon," he said and stood in front of me. His gaze met mine. "You didn't say anything to anyone, did you?"

"No, I didn't, not even my mother knows," I answered and lowered my head at that time. Eros remained looking at my figure.

"Not even she can know anything," he informed me and glanced away. He looked thoughtful.

"Is there something I could do to avoid this?" I asked, with a decreased hope.

"To avoid what?" he seemed confused at my question. Soon he wrinkled his forehead at me.

My eyes met his. "To avoid becoming a vampire."

"... No..." he looked to the side thoughtfully.

Each time it became more difficult for me to accept my sad fate. It wasn't this luck I had desired for.

After some seconds I asked him curiously, "How did you become a vampire?"

"That's a long story. I have no time to tell you about it. I'm going to history class," he responded and walked forward.

"I'm not in a good mood to do anything. I don't even know why I came to school today."

"Being a vampire is not so bad." He looked at me strangely.

"If it was a good thing, everybody would wish to be a vampire," I said, defiantly.

"Have you taken a look at your back today?" he asked with a modest smile on his face.

I frowned at him as I was puzzled.

Why was he asking me that?

Soon I ran to the school bathroom and took off my blouse. I turned aside and saw the symbol of Neptune reflected in the mirror, towards the left side of my lung.

I still didn't know how that tattoo had been drawn on me. At that moment I remembered Eros' words telling me.

"It appeared on my arm."

I had a feeling that the same thing had happened to me.

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