Reborn

Chapter Twelve

I didn't end up seeing Rose until a week later. Apparently, Shadow had decided against letting me go so soon after I'd been turned, despite him previously telling me he thought I was ready.

Whatever his reasoning was, he didn't explain it to me and it was frustrating. It felt like he was keeping something from me, something big, and I hated the thought of being kept in the dark. It was my life, after all, and I had a right to try and live it as much as I could. Being turned wasn't exactly a walk in the park for me, I did still struggle. While I could understand him not wanting me to go, I was never going to get used to my new life if I wasn't ever given the opportunity.

I'd had to go hunting three times during the past week and I still wasn't used to it. Though I felt no remorse for draining my victims, that didn't mean I didn't still struggle afterwards. Killing people - innocent or not - was still difficult to deal with once I was back at home, mulling it all over.

While I was clearly in the dark about whatever was going on now, it seemed like I wasn't the only one. Neither Alec or Ric knew what was going on with Shadow either. The three of us had even tried to go speak to Leah, only to find the door to the library locked so we couldn't even get in. It became increasingly obvious that whatever was going on, Leah was a part of it.

So I got to thinking. What could possibly be going on that Shadow would prevent me from seeing my best friend? What could possibly be happening that he assumed their was some danger lurking around? I couldn't understand it because everything had seemed quiet. Not too quiet either because if that was the case, I'd probably agree that something was going on. No, everything was just normal. Well, as normal as things could get anyway.

To get some sense of normalcy back into my life, I decided to go and see Rose whether Shadow liked it or not. He may be my boyfriend but I wasn't going to abide by his every command when I felt fine. I wasn't thirsting for blood so I knew that I'd be okay. I wanted to see Rose and that's exactly what I was going to do.

Sending Rose a quick text to let her know I could see her today, it didn't take long for her to reply. She had been eagerly waiting for me to tell her when I could actually function around humans without wanting to rip their throats out. Those were her words too, not mine. Anyway, it didn't take long before we agreed on a place to meet so I headed to my room to get changed.

Pulling on a pair of black skinny jeans and a red crop top, I realised that since being turned, I felt a lot more confident than I used to when I was human. I knew that was down to Shadow more than anything else and I was suddenly hit by the fact that I owed him a lot more than I could ever give.

Half an hour later, I was leaving the house before Shadow could stop me. I did leave a note telling him that I was going to meet Rose but I deliberately left out where I would be meeting her. I knew he'd only come and find me and I didn't want that. I wanted to spent time with Rose without anybody else because I knew they'd end up watching my every move just in case the blood lust took over. Somethine was more likely to happen if they were waiting for it because it'd put me on edge, which would only lead to me thinking about the blood lust and that's something I didn't want.

"Violet!" Rose squealed excitedly when she saw me walking over to her. I had only just come to a stop in front of her when she threw herself into my arms, squeezing me in the tightest hug she could muster.

"Hey, Rose." I smiled, detaching myself from her grip and taking a step back. So far, so good, I told myself. As long as I didn't breathe, I could probably get through this okay. "How've you been?"

"I've been great! Hanging around in a hotel did get pretty boring but thankfully, I've had Ric coming to keep me company."

My eyebrows shot up upon hearing that. "Wait, what?"