Grace looked at me in horror, as the door slammed and locked behind me. I was too weak to reach out her. I lied there with my head on her lap, curled up in a ball, trying to grasp what just happened to me. This couldn’t be real, could it? He didn’t just nearly kill me? Did he?
Softly, Grace began stroking my hair, just like I always did to her when she was upset. Leaning over she spoke in a stuttered whisper, through tear, “M-m-m-o-m, I’m so sorry, I tried to get away, but I couldn’t. Xander wouldn’t let me. He came out of nowhere”. I cut her off. “Shhh, it’s okay. Talk later. Alone.” I pleaded with my eyes, hoping she would understand. I needed to think and register what just happened, and I could barely grasp what was going on, let alone speak about it.
Suddenly Grace gasped. “Mom, your neck. You’re bleeding. Oh my God, Mom! You’re covered in blood.”
I reached up and touched the mangled flesh where moments ago, his fangs had ripped into me. My fingers grazed the sticky substance that was starting to clot on my neck.
Shaking a little, I said, “I’m fine, a little blood never hurt anyone”, and gave her a nervous laugh. “I’ll be fine; I just need a little rest”. With that I closed my eyes, in hopes that sleep would erase these memories.
As I lied there, trying to ignore the pain, letting the motion of the car drift me to sleep. Once in a while I would wake up, looking around I would realize I was still in the back seat of a car, and I would force myself to drift back to sleep. Sleeping was the only escape this hell.
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Xander POV
Should have known she would pull something like that. There is such a stubborn streak in her. Part of me admires her for it, but the hassle it causes. It exhausting. Man, I hate being such a dick, but she has to learn. She cannot continue to defy me. Sooner she learns her lesson the better off we’ll all be. She is mine, and the sooner she realizes it, the better.
Mmmm, not how I expected to taste her for the first time, like that. I had wanted for her to experience how sensual a vampire kiss could be, especially mine. I planned to blow her mind. Well, at least I did do that, didn’t I, blow her mind that is. Oh, well. Not my problem, if she doesn’t learn fast. Her life will be a living hell.
In just a few hours I’ll be home. Haven’t been up here in years… Doesn’t look like much has changed around here. Thankfully, I called ahead to have it cleaned out and the house stocked. Who knows how long we will have to stay here? All depend how long it takes her to accept me.
Locking eyes with Grace, through the rear view mirror, is becoming unnerving. Such a pretty child, but way she stares so intensely at me; it is tad unsettling. The fear is still in her eyes; still she is trying to be so strong and protective. It’s kind of cute how that little thing has become the protector over her mother. Seems I will have to win little girl over, with my undeniable charm, or I could just compel her. It will make my life easier.
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To Save My Daughter
VampireBook One: Ava, a single mother; works hard to support herself and her daughter Grace. Ava is no different for any other mother in the world; she'd do anything to protect her child. What she thought was just a typical night at home, changed her life...
