His Secret

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

I sat quietly in the hotel room we had gotten at the last minute. I stared out the window thinking about what had just happened. I had killed something... and that trading was meant for it. When I asked Ryan what it was he ignored me. He hadn't said a word to me since we got in his car and right now he's as still as a wall.

"Ryan." I called out his name. He didn't respond, just sat there.

"Ryan." I tried again. I reached for his shoulder, and shook him a bit. He flinched and looked at me with regret in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Leslie." He apologized. "I didn't mean for this to happen. They know now, and they're after us." He stated, "They're after you." I shook my head not understanding what is going on. Why are these people after me, why isn't he making any sense, and should I be afraid? I rubbed his back trying to calm him. He rambled on and on. I zoned out but caught the last of his rambles."They wont stop until we're dead."

"Ryan look at me." I demanded. His head snapped toward my direction.

"Tell me what I killed, and who is trying to kill us."

"I knew it wouldn't last." He mumbled. "It had to be him. Andrew."

"So it's Andrew!" I yelled.

"No, but I'm sure he had something to do with it." He replied.

"Okay, now answer my first question, and don't dodge the question." I said getting agitated.

"Fine, but only the simple things first." He agreed letting out a heavy sigh.

"First, Andrew... he's... um.. my brother."

"Oh My God! The devil's spawn is your brother?" I said jokingly.

"Look, you wanted to know everything. None of what I am about to tell you is a joke. This is only the beginning." Ryan scolded me. I nodded my head in understanding.

"The other thing is... none of us- well me and my brother, we're not human." Ryan blurted out. I couldn't hold it in my laughter bubbled out of me like hot lava. I couldn't breath and I could see Ryan's cloudy gray eyes turning into a jet black. At the sight I choked on my own laughter and actually looked at him.

"So if your not human then what are you?" I asked trying to be as serious as I could.

"A vampire..." an image of him with fangs and in a dark alley popped up into my head. I closed my eyes and shook my head forcefully, not knowing where the image came from. Another image popped into my head. It was his brother throwing me up against the walls, his fangs glistening in the moon light.

"What?" I breathed out. The images was starting to make me woozy. His hand touched my forehead and the images stopped.

"Look at me." he said leveling my eyes with his. "Really look at me and study me." I looked at him noticing for the first time that his lips was the only thing that had actual color. His skin was pale but not as pale as the books described a vampire would look like. It was a pasty white type of color, but it looked as though he couldn't catch a tan. His hair was a chocolate brow, but it looked as though the color has been enhanced. I also noticed that whenever he touched me his body heat, it never changed. He never got sick even when I had the flu and slept in the same bed as him one night. We used to make jokes about it, but now that I think about it nothing about him is normal. And I knew it before I had even had the chance to talk to him.

I looked back up into his stormy eyes. They glistened with regret, and when he put his arm out to touch me I jerked back in fear. I didn't move fast enough though because when he touched me all the memories of the night at the bar came flooding back to me. Tears rushed to my eyes at a rapid pace, and with every image it made it harder for me to breath. I don't know how long the images had been flashing but it felt like forever until it finally stopped.

Everything around me was spinning when I finally came back into reality. Ryan's face blured as he came closer to me calling my name.

"Leslie..." his voiced sounded muffled to me.

"No... don't..." I repeated as he came closer to me. I held my hand out terrorized trying to keep him from touching me. I rolled off the bed hitting my head in the process, and that's when my world went black.

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I woke up to Ryan shaking me urgently. His eyes were alert and frantic as he woke me up. I sat up and looked around. I noticed I was in his shirt and he had nothing on but his boxers. I looked down at my self and my pants were on the other side of the bed. I don't remember how I fell asleep.

"Get up! We need to go now!" he whispered urgently.

"What? Why..." I said as I took in my surroundings. Everything came back to me and I hurriedly jumped out the bed. I looked down for my pants and noticed they were on the other side of the bed. Ryan flashed across the room and grabbed his pants that were sitting in the chair. I gasped about to go across the bed and grab my pants.

"They're here." Before I could move Ryan grabbed me by the waist and we were out the door within half a second.

"Don't scream, and control your breathing." he whispered in my ear. I couldn't help it he scared me now and I didn't want to be around him anymore.

"They will hear your heart beating if you don't calm down." he warned. I don't know who ' they ' are, and I don't want to know. I tried my hardest to control it.

"To late." he whispered. I saw three big men reflected in the elevator doors. He took my hand and we ran back into our hotel room. 'We have to find another way out.' I heard his voice in my head and I felt as though my eyes were about to pop out of my head. My eyes turned into the size of golf balls from the surprise. I saw him turn his head to the window. His figured blurred as he went to look outside.

He looked at me then at the window. I shook my head realizing what he wanted to do. ' Either this or we die.' I shut my eyes and let out a big breath. Before I knew it I could hear the crash of the window being shattered, and myself falling with a pair of strong arms around me. I could feel the shards of glass cutting my skin, and then I felt a huge jolt as we hit the ground. When I opened my eyes I was still in Ryan's arms. I looked up to the broken window, and could see the three big- no scratch that, huge guys standing in our places. I let out a low shriek.

"Damn it!" He let out before he ran to the car while holding me.

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Short chapter but I wanted to let you guys know that I didn't leave. Sorry for that though. Lately everything has been so hectic. So here you go and I hope you enjoy what I have so far!

- Jessica