Darkened Love

Part Eight

Happy Halloween! Stay safe! 🎃👻

"I-what?" Emma asked, unsure of what happened. She clutched her head, feeling a sudden pain go through it.

"You're a vampire now, Emma. I'm so sorry I did this to you," he cried. Tears fell down his cheeks.

"No, it's okay. It is what I wanted, right? I can still live my normal life as long as I'm not in the sun."

"Swan, you have no idea how hard this will be for you. It took me years before I was able to control myself to not drink blood. It's not easy to deprive yourself. But, I can help you with the sun problem." He got up and ran upstairs, coming down a few minutes later. He held out a ring for her. "It was Milah's," Killian explained. "I kept it. It will protect you from the sun."

Emma took the ring from him and slipped it on her finger. She felt a sudden rush of energy through her body and closed her eyes. After the energy rush had passed, she opened her eyes, but nothing was different from before. "Let's work on my control. I have school Monday."

"You won't be able to last for a full six hours surrounded by humans."

"I have to try!" She yelled.

"I'm so sorry." His head fell to her arm and he shook his head. "This is all my fault."

"It's alright," Emma said, trying to sooth him.

"No, it's not. You are going to suffer because I was selfish. You're not going to be able to age like you once did, meaning your parents will be suspicious and you will have to tell them the truth that you were really hanging out with a vampire and he sucked your blood and almost killed you, making him turn you into a vampire so you wouldn't die! You shouldn't have met me, Emma. I ruined your life."

"You didn't ruin anything. This will just be a road block we have to face together. As long as I have you, I'm happy. I love you."

"We can't love a selfish monster."

"If you're a monster then so am I. We can be vampires for Halloween."

Killian chuckled. "I love you too, Swan."

"So, let's go work on my control."

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Killian took Emma for a walk around his property. He knew that taking her into the heart of town would be too dangerous. Her new senses allowed her super speed, strength, and smell. He kept his arm wrapped around her tightly. She would jerk every once in awhile, and try to escape his grasp. But, Emma was still learning all of her new abilities, and hadn't realized that she really could escape.

"I thought we were going to work on my control. This feels like walking," Emma complained.

"We are, love. Can you smell that?" He asked.

"Smell that thing that I've never noticed before? Yeah."

"That would be the blood of the humans in town. In order for you to stay healthy you do need blood, but I will provide that to you because you can't go out and get it for yourself yet." Emma looked as if she was going to protest, but she shut her mouth and looked back down to the ground. Killian pushed her a few steps closer to the town and Emma started squirming more. He increased his grip on her, surely leaving bruises on her skin. "Swan, I'm so sorry for doing this to you. It's all my fault and now you are going to suffer because of what I did."

"Stop doing this to yourself," she whispered between breaths. "I can do this."

"Maybe, but I can't watch you go through this!" He let go and Emma started to panic.