Desire by Blood | Desire Series ~ 1

Chapter 3

Nikolas to the side ^^^

I park my car in front of Susanna apartment before taking out my phone to inform her that I am downstairs. A few minutes later, she comes out of the building in a blue tight dress with silver high heels and a little purse. I get out of the car to go meet her on the sidewalk.

"You're exceptionally beautiful today, Susanna," I compliment her with a smile as I take her hand to bring it to my lips.

She slightly blushes, "Thank you, Micah. You're very handsome too," she shyly answers as I open the car's door to let her in. Once she is seated, I close the passenger's door and go back to the driver's side. "Where are we going?"

Looking away from the road, I give her a cheesy grin before answering, "It's a surprise."

"Aw, come on! You can give me a hint!" she pouts as she turns her head to look at me.

I shortly give her a drop it glance, but when I see her pout, I cave in. "Okay, okay, it's something you have never seen or experienced before."

She gives me a small scowl since I know she isn't satisfied with my answer, but she stops asking about it. She has finally understood that I will not tell her more than that or she will run away as soon as she knows. The ride is made in a quiet silence with some soft music playing in the background, but once we get out of the city she turns to me and asks where we are going. Again, I answer her that it's a surprise. She smiles before going back to look at the landscape, but she starts to worry when I stop my car, not the Tesla, at the edge of the woods.

"Where are we?" she asks wearily as she stumbles forward into my arm.

"Do you trust me?" I ask back, but instead of the usual yes, she hesitates. "What? You think I'm going to murder you here?" I laugh making her relax, just a little bit.

"You could have told me that we are going on an excursion. I am not dressed in the most appropriate way," she mumbles as I look down at her outfit. Well, the view isn't all bad.

"Here," I help her walk on the path that is leading us deeper into the forest.

Fortunately, it didn't rain yesterday or else it would have been a pain in the ass to walk in the mud without dirtying my shoes and pants. but when I was younger, I already chased a young woman while it was raining. It had been a little more challenging than usual, but I still had her at the end. I chuckle at the thought of her cries and moans just before she died. They all make the sweetest sound when I sink my fangs into their neck. 

"Aren't we going a little too deep into the forest?" Susanna asks as she looks around her while clinging to my arm.

"You're right. This is deep enough," I answer as I pull away from her. "Now, let's hunt."

"Hunt? But you didn't bring a gun. What are we hunting anyway?" she mutters as she looks at the sunset. 

I smile at her confusion making her take a step back. Instead of giving her an explanation, I have decided to show her instead. I move a little to the left as I feel her eyes on me. Then, I run for a few meters before stopping when we are face to face with our chest almost touching each other. Susanna gasps and stumbles back until her back hits on a tree trunk.

"H-how? You were there... A-and then you..." she stutters trying to understand what just happened. I smirk at her, I will never get tired of the confusion and the fear flashing in their eyes. Again, I close the gap between us with my vampire running speed making her fall to her knees. "W-what are you?"

I crouch down to be on her eye level before asking, "You really don't know?" I slowly extend my hand to touch her arm, but she flinches away making a bubble of pride appearing in my chest. "You are scared of me? Even if you claimed that you love me?" She whimpers and tries to scoot away from me, but because of the tree blocking her way, her shoes only scratch at the ground. "You will love me no matter what right?" I repeat the words she once said to me as I tilt my head to the side.