Bitten Lust

A Peek Inside

•Elijah POV•

I watched Kellin racing away with Savannah on her back. She had no idea what we just gotten ourselves into.
I could feel the nagging of the secret I'd been keeping from her. Could I tell her? Would she be okay with it? Would she leave me? Kill me even? I sighed and turned towards Colton. He was watching closely as Kelling ran back and forth with Savannah.
I could see the distrust in his eyes.
I turned back to watch and felt his eyes on me. I looked back and our eyes met. His eyes flickered a deep red. I felt a smile play at the edge of my lips.
Touched by darkness ourselves. I smiled. Not the tainted kind Kellin had. Hers was capable of love and happiness. Hers in a way was good. Childs play compared to the darkness we held.
His eyes faltered then dropped the brilliant green they usually held and the true color was all that was left, a deep crimson red.
His lips opened to talk, but I shushed him. Tapping my temple lightly to let him know to talk through our minds.
Colton: "Are we telling them?"
Elijah: "Is it smart?" I thought a moment before continuing "To tell them we aren't even capable of the love they think we have for them."
I watched as Colton's eyes flickered a deeper red, almost black. He thought he was actually capable of love?
I let a small chuckle out. Oh, dear dear brother.
Colton: "We can to love." He shot daggers at me with his dark eyes.
I smiled lightly feeling my eyes falter, the already dark brown faded to a red as close to black as possible.
     Elijah: "We're Darkbloods. Vampires born of and touched by the worst of the darkness."
Colton shook his head at me slowly and spoke aloud "You're so wrong, I was touched by light, my Savannah. A light so pure and loving that I began to love too."
I shook my head, the poor boy, false hope was always so misleading.
He waited for a response awhile until he realized I was giving him one through our minds.
Elijah: "False hope brother, false hope."
I looked away from him in time to see a happy Kellin barreling towards me. She abruptly stopped and Savannah hopped off, almost as quick as shed stopped she'd began to run towards me again.
I felt a stinging rush through my eyes as I covered the darkness as best as I could.
Lucky Colton, having the smallest amount of Darkblood in him, being able to have a color that was genuine to any type of humanity.
The older I got the harder it was to hold on to my own. My humanity slipping away year by year. After 4 century's alive, I didn't know how much longer I have before falling to the feet of what they called Mad Vampire Disease.
It's when our humanity completely slips away from us, which hasn't happened in longer than I've been alive because of the fact that it was so rare to be born a Darkblood.
I was an exception to all things humanity stood for. No feelings, breathe, heartbeat. Nothing of the sorts.
But having Kellin here made it easier. Another sort of darkness, not so full of hate as mine was amazing, filling my insane mind with thoughts and promises. I couldn't deny I did respond towards her, but I knew it wasn't love, it couldn't be, it was impossible, right?
I was snapped out of my thoughts by soft hands cupping around my jaw and as I looked down my eyes met with those of Kellin, the one making not only Colton, but even I question the Darkbloods nature.