Love Bites™ (Harry Styles) [✔] Completed

Chapter Seven

Callie's POV

When I woke up my eyes instantly spotted curly blonde hair. I grimaced at her presence and kicked her off the edge of my bed. She fell with a thud, but quickly got up and brushed herself off. "I thought you'd never wake up," she complained. I scoffed as response, not wanting to waste my precious breath on her. As I got out of the comfortable mattress and went to the door, I was thinking about what I would eat once I was downstairs. However, when I reached for the doorknob Dacey was in my way.

"Uh-uh-uh," she shook her finger, "you have to stay in here with me."

"Oh please, I can do what I want."

I attempted to push her away, but she wouldn't move. Instead she tapped her foot with her arms crossed and smiled tauntingly at me.

"It's safer for you in here."

"Safer? Are you kidding me? I'm in a room with a vampire who'd sooner suck my blood than care about my safety."

"Harry's rules, hun. You're stuck with me all week."

She walked over to the bed and sat down. I raised an eyebrow at her and she patted the seat next to her.

"Come, sit."

"I'd rather jump off a cliff than sit next to you."

She chuckled, enjoying my disgrace toward her.

"Do you even know why I'm here, Callidora?"

"It's Callie, and no, but I don't care."

"Whatever. This might piss Harry off, so I'm going to let you in on a little secret."

I walked over to the bed and sat a good distance away from her, keeping my distance as well as my interest in the upcoming conversation.

"So, I should start with your parents before I get into the not-so-pretty details. To make a long story short, your father, Ambrogio, was forbidden to see your mother Selene by the sun god, Apollo. To make sure he did as Apollo said, he cursed Ambrogio so that the slightest touch of his sun rays would burn Ambrogio's skin, leaving him no way to see Selene ever. Ambrogio then made a deal with Hades, also known as Hell, that he and Selene would be safe in the underworld as long as Ambrogio got the silver bow for Artemis. As collateral, Ambrogio had to leave his soul with Hades until the bow was stolen."

Dacey went on with the story of my parents and by the end I was speechless. They were so in love that they accepted not being able to even touch each other as long as they could see one another. It was beautiful and tragic at the same time. My father was most definitely a helpless romantic. If only I had gotten the chance to meet him.

"But, wait, I'm not done. One of the lads found an old love letter that Ambrogio wrote to Selene telling her of the child he'd been promised by the witch Lilura. Lilura said he and Selene would have a child as beautiful as the forest in the fall with vibrant changing leaves. There was more, though. Because you are of a vampire and a goddess, you're a vampire goddess. That's why the boys are so attracted to you; you were made to have all of them fall in love with you and do as you wish. You're a manipulator really."

"What?"

"Hold on, hold on. So, now that you're eighteen you're beginning your transition into vampirism."

"No, I'm a human. I'm not a vampire."

"Not yet, but very soon."

"NO! I'll never be a vampire!"

"You can't stop it, it's your fate as the child of Atque Deficere and orinem lamia, Ambrogio."

"Shut up!"

Anger boiled up inside of me. I am not a vampire. I will not be a vampire. There's just no way. I've been human all my life, it's not going to change. Dacey sat enjoying my anger. I got up and went to attack her, but excruciating pain overcame my entirety. Her smile only grew wider at my agony.

"Oh joy, it's always so much fun to watch the newbies suffer."

As much as I wanted to lash out at her, I was incompetent to do so. I screamed and cried, the pain becoming overwhelming. What was happening to me?

Harry's POV

"BS," I said to Niall.

He frowned and picked up the stack of playing cards. The other lads laughed, knowing he had half of the deck in his hands. As we got to Liam's turn a loud scream of pain shot through the house. All five of us were quickly on our feet and racing upstairs to Callidora's room. If Dacey did something, I swear I'll-

We all stopped, spotting Callidora on her knees, grabbing at her face and screaming in agony. Suddenly the screaming stopped and she froze. Dacey furrowed her eyebrows as she looked down upon Callidora. Before I knew it she spun round and ran to pounce on Zayn. I caught her wrist just in time as Zayn stumbled backward and I pulled her back to me.

"Calm down," I whispered, "Just take deep breaths."

As I said this to her I noticed the red tint in her eyes and the fangs protruding from her mouth. Her transition was happening faster than we'd expected, but it was also more painful than the one we'd experienced. Her eyes slowly faded back to their normal shade of blue and her canines shrunk back to the normal size. She collapsed into my chest, holding me tight for what seemed like dear life. She began to weep into my chest repeating the words, "Please, make it stop."

It broke my heart whenever I saw her in pain or sadness. I turned to Dacey, quite displeased with her and her actions. If this was her way of getting revenge, she was going to experience it ten times worse.

"You were supposed to help her, not antagonise her into this!" I yelled.

"If you want it to be fast, you've got to make her angry. The faster she turns, the less pain she feels; it's simple."

"Less painful my ass," Callidora interrupted, "That was the worst pain I've felt in my life!"

I rubbed her back soothingly as Dacey spoke. "I could always call for the help of Tatia."

"No, I don't want a witch involved with this too. You're enough of a pest."

Dacey shrugged, "It could all be over in a day... Or two at the most, if you let Tatia help, you know."

I contemplated the option in my mind. Callidora didn't need to experience the transition pain any longer than necessary, so maybe this would be the best option for her sake.

"Fine, but you can call her; I'm done bargaining. And if either of you hurt her, you better run as far away as possible or I'll make your life a living hell."

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