Once Upon A War (EV)

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Elbore's POV

Zayn left, Harry seemed more suspicous than ever. Frowning and creasing his eyex having a glow which I couldn't define making me dread the worst.

I smiled to him, feeling guilty to not being able to tell him what's going on, and why I was here. Unfortunately, it depended of my life.

"By the way, Elbore." Called me the curly with a serious voice which I didn't know before. "Where is your dress?" I put my eyes down to my body when I remembered that I was putting tops petticoat.

"Oh, I unleashed it on my way, it was making me uncomfortable." tried to lye to seem more true than ever, even if I knew that my talents of actress weere not that good.

Moreover, Harry must thought the same thing because he crossed his arms in sign of authority and fixed me in the eyes, his golden wards were a litlle desabilizing.

"Al I right to believe that you you're hadding some thing from me, Elbore?"

"Not at all!" I said, probably a little more precipitately cause Harry seemed to hesitate a little, before disappearing in a second. For sure, I made him angry, or he was suspecing some thing.

But now that he left, I relaxed and changed the direction. Indeed, I had to make my lover belive that I was going back to Elvide, my ware, which wasn't true at all. And without the comments of Zayn, it would be perfect, but owing to him, now, Harry was suspecting something.

I started walking once again to the camp of the vampires. "I had to find a way to talk to Niall." I thought. But how? I already will be easy to be located by these creatures because of the smell of my blood, I coldn't add another risk.

I decided then to hide behind a bush. I will thank myself for putting pants, which made it easier. Well positioned, squatting, I observed their camp, searching for a blond hair or an irish accent.

It seemed to me that I stayed here for hours when I finally saw a sign from Niall. The young vampire got out of a tent of the samll town, the hair in disorder and the wards more shiny and golden than ever. He was going to te edge of the camp in opposite to me, going to hunt for sure.

It was the best moment. When dissapeared from my sight, I got up and started running as fast as I could, whitout making a lot of noise so I won't get located. After many scratches, I could arrive to the other side of the forest and searched for Niall.

"We got lost, princess?" A voice made me jume, it was deap, seemed like a growl.

I turned slowly, my heart beating so fast, waiting for seeing Zayn, or even Louis, but definitely not a blond hair. Niall was looking at me with his wards more golden than the sun, which seemed to pierce me so much cause his gaze was fixed on me. His canines were out, making him more scary.

"Euh no, no I ... I am with my royal garde, it doesn't has to be that far from here." I was lying, trying to not shake.

The vampire raised his nose and started semlling the air, which surprised me first before telling me :

"There is only you as human here, princess. Which means that you're telling me nonsense, and it's hurting me."

He acted to be upset, taking his hand to his heart in a dramatic gesture.

"Maybe they got out of the forest to wait for me at the edge of it. I should go, or I will be remprimanded. Nice to meet you, Sir."

I turned nervously, and started walking where was Elvide, holding myself o not start running away. Unfortunatelyn, Niall wasn't that stupid.

I felt a hand on ly shoulder and turned sharply.

I was now in front of a two seething eyes, like lava in coalescence. I immediately felt my body frozing.

"I know that you are lying, princess, and it doesn't make me laugh at all. Now, see, I didn't eat since days ago, and my stomach is empty. So if you you could only get a little closer..."

My brain started walking again when I understood what he was going to do. I started debating and trying to get out of his hold, taking me over his face and his shiny canines.

"Wait, I will tell you eveything. Why I came here." I said quickly.

First, I thought that he woould'nt believe me, but a light of curiosity and satisfaction passed in his gaze and he let go one of my arms, always keeping me close to him.

"So why did you come here?" He asked, an I got his breathing on my face, causing me nausea because of the hints of blood that we could smell.

"I ... I wanted to talk to you." For a second, I thought that I saw an expression of surprise passing on his face.

"Of what?"

"For a complicated process, I got some golish saliva in my body, which pushes me alittle to the trasformation every day. But I want to stay human and you're the only one who can help me."

"And how?"

"You see, when I had the first symptoms, they sent two doctors to me, the Sirs Horan." Just by hearing the name, the gaze of Niall getting harden and I felt his muscle getting tighten. "And they were your father and your brother. They told me that I'm going to be a vvampire, and the only cure was the verveine. But I have to bring you back to them to have it. It's my deal."

I fixed himd for a long moment, waiting for a reaction from fim, before he satrted laughing.

"So you want me to accept and to follow you like a little dog, so you can deliver mme to my father and my brother?"

"No, not excatly. I just want try to conince you."

"well, it seemes tht I don't really want to lose my freedome to the people who I run away from."

"But if you already run away when you were a human, why don't you do it once again, knowing that you're a vampire, so you are stronger and faster?"

"Listen to me princess." He holded my shoulders. "When my father wants something,he awlays gets it. And if it's his vampire son who he wants to see again, so he would take care to ensure that he won't have a possibility to escape."

He realised me and gave me a bad look for a few minutes. Then suddenly, a sadist smile appeared on his lips, which scared me. Which devilish plan could be in his mind?

"I imagine that Louis would be happy for bringing him his princess."