The Sorrow Gates

Chapter 5-The kiss of night

We ran away from the mansion building. He was mumbling words although I didn't listen because all I was thinking about is his freezing hand in my warm one. I wondered if I should give him my mittens. We stood by a tree, I was gazing into his face as he stood there silent only for a minute.

"Luna... Luna! Hello? "

"Hm? Sorry what were you saying?"

"Luna you need to leave, this is not a town for you. You go back you will be shredded like coyotes having dinner." He says.

"I cannot go back this is better than the other town, You don't understand!" I say tugging at my hood to cover my scars. He notices and takes my hoodie off leaving me with my T-Shirt on that's ripped up, showing every scar, bruise, and cut. He looks at me and says, "I'm sorry, but I'm not lying Luna you could die here." I snap back at him "I could die anywhere! Do you get it! I was loved! I was.. I would rather die out here where I was being lead too, other than to die out there being scarred forever!!" I yell at him. He looks at me I get angry and grasp my jacket and tug at it hard and I just end up in his arms. He hugs me tightly.

"Okay, I am going to take you to my cabin. Just when sun rises I wont be there... So don't leave to do anything just stay in the cabin if I take you okay and we will figure something out." He says to me. I sit there in his arms for a while sobbing like a baby he wipes my tears with his freezing thumb. I sniffle and look at him. "Okay..-Sniffle- but you need some serious warmth for your hands because your freezing(I laugh and he wipes my tears)." He looks surprised and looks at his pale hand. "Oh, it feels fine to me. But okay(He laughs)." We walk to his cabin that is like 3 miles away from the mansion.

We walk into his cabin, I look around noticing all the great features. He wasn't a bad decorator at all, He had a modest yet very old look to his home. I sat on his couch noticing the lit candles. "Did you light these candles?" He looks at me confused then says, "Uhm, Yea I did earlier when I left for town then I  smel... found you. I looked at him in a confused look,. "Uh, what?" He snaps back at me and says "Nothing, Heres some blankets I lit the fireplace so you'll be warm." I look at the fire place and watch the fire burn the dust that was laid on top of the wood. I shrug. "Thanks." He walks away and leaves me. I fall asleep on the couch realizing when I went to sleep it was 3:30am, I woke at 1:36 pm, almost exactly 10 hours of sleep. I wandered around the cabin and did notice that he was right. He was gone. I sniffled breathing in the sunlight and the warm and also chilling air. I stared at the paintings on his wall, The naked models sitting with birds in grass surrounded by others doing the same. I stared deeply into the pictures noticing who wrote the name on the bottom I read it 'Nathaniel Irum 1830, Town of Sorrows before awakening." I shrugged at the picture, and double taked. I couldn't believe my eyes. I didn't believe them. All of the pictures were somewhere in the 1800's then I found his newest one. It was a girl, She looked just like me except her hair was an auburn color. She was not me though, but like a twin. I read the bottom as it said 'Lunah, 2016 Dec 2, 2:35am before death, Nathaniel Irum My one true love I shall never give up on you even after death, I will find you in the next life.' I got scared for a minute and thought about Lunah, Her name was spelled differently but still sounded like mine, She looked like me, She died right when I was born. I sit down and stare at the table for hours thousands of thoughts in my head. 'I must be that girl', 'This is what she lead me here for... to be with Nate?', 'This is just weird!', I sat there and walked into his bathroom and found a bath-tub with a bottle full of leafs smashed into a green liquid. I took a shower and got cleaned up. I got out with a towel on only to find him there.

"AHH! -Runs back into shower and hides behind curtain- How long have you been standing there?!?!"

"Hahaha! Only for a few minutes, I was admiring my beautiful curtain, and what's behind it. " He says in a nice tone.

"I'm so embarrassed!! Get out! Please haha."- I yell at him anxiously. I change fast throwing on some of his clothes hoping he wont mind.

I walk into the room only to find him there staring out of the window. He turns around and smiles. I remember earlier about the pictures and suddenly look frightend. Nate notices me and asks, " What's wrong?". I stare at him with my shocked eyes. "Nate..-I sigh- I seen Lunah in your painting. If you can do anything for me please explain these dates and the fact that this woman looks just like me and I was born at the same time of her death." He stares at me surprised.

He turns to look out the window and slowly says "I... am not normal Luna, those people in town well... we aren't necessarily humans. And well about Lunah, uhh you kinda are her..." He says to me bluntly but calm. I stare at him staring into his perfection, only wanting to take him in under so much that has happened. I grasp myself back into the real. "Well... wha..what do you mean not human.." Fragily saying. "Okay im a vampire Luna its the only blunt way I can put it. I wish I could've said this better but that's what I am." He stares at me expecting me to believe this. I think about for about 5 minutes unknowingly, 'Okay well he is extremely hot, pale, has those red eyes, hes freezing, and hiding from society, so he has to be a vampire but seriously why am I beleving this'-Mind-

"I..i don't know what too say..", I look away at the ground, His hand reaches up and caress's my face. I cringe at the coldness. I stare into his eyes. "It is not real, but in your heart you know the impossible is real. That is what lead you here Luna, your heart. So tell me what is your heart saying right know?"

I wanted to say, My heart wants you to kiss me and stroll me away in your lips forever. But I didn't I said what was really true. "My heart says that I have something I really need too do. But I don't know what it is. And your... happiness, love, and nuturance is blocking it, But I don't want it to go away cause I just... love you in some way, like I've known you forever."

We stare at each other and I get it, the moment I've been waiting for so long ever since I met him... Well even thought I met him like an 13 hours ago.. But I got it That soft kiss, the breach of one another, the cold and the hot, The lips that don't rip from each other but just stay in a blanket of warmth and love, Then from that moment I realized I finally found happiness. After my mother died I couldn't feel anything, but that kiss, never-ending, a soft present that made me happy but almost left me with a bite on my neck if I did any more than that. I guess first base was all I could get too.