Finding My Wanted in the Unknown

Chapter 5

I felt like my head was going to explode. It was a pain like I'd never felt and I was begging for it to stop. I was encased in black. I was alone, in pain, and scared.

"Wake up," a man's voice whispered into my ear and I moved my head to the side to see who was there, but all I could see was black. The second he started talking, the pain stopped.

"Who are you?" I asked in a whisper and I felt a kiss on my cheek, causing me to jump slightly.

"I'm not going to hurt you."

"I didn't ask that. I asked who you were."

"Do you know who you are?" His question caused me to pause before answering and I tried to think about how I'd gotten here. I remembered growing up. I was a happy child who had loving, devoted parents. I graduated the top of my class and I'd gone to college to become a teacher. After that, it was all fuzzy.

"I'm Larissa." It came out strong because I knew who I was.

"Do you know who Eric is?"

"Uh, no, should I? And why are you asking me all these stupid questions? Why can't I move or see anything and who are you?" I started getting upset and the pain started in my head again, causing me to suck in a big gasp of air.

"Please, make it stop." It felt like my brain was being squeezed. I couldn't breathe because it hurt so badly and I was wishing for instant death rather than go through one more second of this pain.

"What did you just say?" The masculine voice spoke and the pain suddenly stopped. I didn't want to speak for fear that he'd hurt me again.

"I won't hurt you, love. Say it again."

I was breathing heavy and my mind was begging me to answer him, but something inside me just wouldn't let me speak. I took a few deep breaths, trying to catch my breath when I felt a burning pain up my right leg.

"Stop, please!" I screamed.

"Then answer my question! What did you say?" He screamed into my ear and I flinched back. Before I could stop myself from answering, the words had already flown out of my mouth.

"I didn't say anything! I thought in my head that I'd rather die!." My words came out in a sob and I realized that this was his goal. He'd succeeded in pushing me over the edge and over and over again, I begged for death, but it never came.

Torture came again and again. I could feel my skin tear open and my blood run down my skin. All I could do was close my eyes and prayed to a god that clearly wasn't listening.

I don't know how it happened exactly. Looking back at it now is all a blur. I just remember getting into a car accident, grabbing Alem and then nothing.

It had been a week since that day and as each day progressed I got a bigger head ache. It was so weird because I could almost swear that sometimes I could feel someones pain and emotions and I didn't know how that was possible because my soul mate was dead. Evangeline and I had had a great year together and then she was killed by another vampire. I had the best part of her though, because she'd given me Alem.

"Eric, are you alright?" Lucy asked me. She was playing with Alem on her living room floor. I gave her a weak, fake smile and she returned it to me. It was clear she wasn't buying my attempt to be happy but I couldn't tell her how I was feeling inside. I'd turned Lucy a very long time ago and when I saw her again a week ago, her familiar face was exactly what I needed... Or so I thought.

"I'm fine, Lucy. Thank you for asking." I walked over to them and sat down, picking up one of Alem's trucks to start playing with him. Something was wrong but I couldn't place my finger on what it was so I could try and fix it.