Story 1: The Love You Brought

Chapter 1

Leave behind the feeling of a human. Decay in this immortality... The eternal life, not a blessing as many believe and wish to obtain- but an unbreakable curse. Time becomes irrelevant, the world moves faster but you stay the same. Something that was never asked for. May the loneliness decay this sad body of what's left of hope... leaving at bay any other feeling of humanity. A beast you shall become, and like one you shall feast upon the flesh... You are the chosen one... the one to carry on my legacy...

I snapped my eyes open, taking deep breaths, cold sweat trailing down my pale face, my sharp ears ringing. My head was pounding as I tried to get ahold of myself. I held my head with both hands as I grind my teeth, letting the headache subside... I looked around to see that I was in my room, I moved my head to see as the quiet rain hit my window and making it foggy.

"Lo stesso incubo... di nuovo?" Said Lucca in a worried tone. I looked up to see that he was in the ceiling upside down, worry all over his face.

"Sì..." I sighed as I cleaned off the sweat from my face. "The same nightmare..." I looked out the window again

"Did you remember anything this time...?" Lucca asked, jumping off the ceiling and sitting next to me on the window.

I shaked my head side to side slowly with a disappointed face. "It's like I'm forgetting instead..."

"Is there really nothing I can do to help you, padre?" Lucca leaned forward, getting comfortable on my chest. "I'm really worried..."

"I'm sorry but no..." I ran my hands through Lucca's white locks, trying to comfort him. "So am I... but I'll be fine. Incidentally, any leads of your brother?"

"Hmmm..." Lucca made a worried sound as he looked to face me, he was pouting, I just snickered at him, running my cold fingers over his messy bangs. "About that.. I'll have to leave again... I have a lead that he may be on North City, not sure for how long will I be gone this time..." He looked down sadly.

Lucca is my eldest adoptive son of my three children, he travels a lot in search of his missing younger brother, Giulio, who is my second son. The third one... is a special case but I'm not currently looking after them. Lucca dislikes leaving me alone for too long lately, he tries to rush his trips but I scold him when he does that, people will notice he's a vampire and things could get ugly... This society has changed through the years, let's just say they aren't quite friendly to us "predators". Miraculously, I have been able to blend in rather well and have lived in this old apartment for 30 years now in the West City. North City was around a 4 to 5 days trip, and he needs to search the whole city as well. I knew he would be gone for another few months again. But I let him go because I know soon enough we'll all be together like a family, and waiting is all I'm good for at the end...

"Just be careful and be sure to send me letters when you arrive and your progress, okay Lucca?" I told him as I hugged him closer and placed an affectionate kiss on his forehead

"Stooop!" Lucca said embarrassingly with a blush, wiping his forehead with the back of his hand. "But yes, you know I always do. Ti amo, padre..." He hugged me back and before I knew he was already gone

The loneliness quickly washing up, he only stayed for a day now that I think about it. He made sure to bring me more blood supplies, but I didn't have much appetite... again. I needed to do something new! I can't stay mopping here forever each time Lucca leaves. The problem is that I am being hunted down again, they only saw my bat form though, but if I'm provoked again they'll figure out this is my human form... I would have to move again. So I need to be extra careful each time I leave the house, but today was different. I really wanted to do something out of the usual, so I suited up on my tight outfit and left to the most eye-catching bar I saw first.