I wake to a low-lit room. A different room than I was in. It takes me a while to make out my surroundings. I am on a bed in the middle of a small room. There is a chest at the end of my mattress and a window to my left. I feel claustrophobic. The room seems to be closing in on me. My arms are trapped underneath my quilt. My whole body pressed into the mattress unable to move. The window closed, only musty air entering my lungs. Then Light.
"Camille?" Klaus! I cough to let him know I'm awake. My voice doesn't seem to be working. He hurries towards me. "Hey...how are you feeling?" His face is radiant. His hand lightly caresses my cheek and he sits down next me, cutting off what little oxygen I had. I start to squirm, to get away from the pressure. His hand goes still on my face, his face closes off. "I'm sorry" I clear my throat, trying to get rid of the dryness.
"N-no, I can't breathe." Confusion creeps onto his olive skin, then he leaps up. I take a long deep breath. "Thanks." He crouches next to my face so his green eyes are level with mine.
"How are you feeling?" A trace of a smile plays on my lips.
"Lethargic," Freya and mine's conversation replays in my mind. "Wait...arn't you...weren't you-"
"My dear Camille, you have missed out on a lot."
"But...What?" I'm so confused I need answers. "How can you be alright when I talked to Freya she seemed so scared for everyone?"
"Cami...you've been unconscious for weeks." My heart rate picks up and my breathing quickens.
"Wha-"My voice cracks. "I don't understand, why? Freya put me under a spell I know, but why was I out for so long? What happened? Who fired those arrows? Why am I in a different room? Klaus, whats going on?" His smile falters ever so slightly.
"Come on then, all will be answered soon enough." He gives me his hand and laces out fingers. I get pulled up by his strength. I look down expecting to see my dress, instead, I find a baggy T-shirt. One I could've sworn Klaus has worn to our therapy sessions
"What um... what happened to my dress?"
"It was blood-soaked and in urgent need of replacement. The top I supplied." I feel along my back, no bra. Wait does that mean...?
"Don't worry Camille, Hayley took care of you in that department."
"Oh." Some of the pressure lifts off from my chest. His mouth quirks at the edges. We start walking down towards the corridor. Blackness creeps along the side of my vision.
"Klaus...I don't- I don't feel so good." Quick as a flash he catches me just as my legs give out. Wrapping my limp body in a quilt, bundling me up in his arms- princess style. In one fluid motion. My head knocks against his chest, I hear the steady heartbeat of his dead heart. An anomaly produced by the virus Vampirism.
AUTHORS NOTE: sorry for not writing a long chapter again, be sure to comment and give me some tips or things you want to read next! :)
