Bleeding Love

Chapter Twelve: Nightmares of Another Life

Daniella gasped as she clutched her neck as she woke with a start, she panted softly as she quickly turned on her bedroom light and looked around her room; her green crochet trim vest and shorts set sticking to her body slightly.

The brunette couldn't believe this was happening again, that the nightmares where returning like they had done while she was a little girl.

“You’re a grown woman Dani… there’s no such thing as vampires,” Daniella scolded herself as Midnight looked at her, the brunette offered her cat a weak smile as she wiped the cold sweat from her head.

It had been a week since her date with Gerard, who along with his team-mates Cesc, David and Lionel had been visiting her whenever they could.

It also hadn’t escaped her notice that Sandro seemed angry with her about something, the day after her date with Gerard he had looked at her disgusted before giving her a ton of paperwork and storming off.

Midnight meowed concerned as she clambered onto Daniella’s lap making the brunette smile at her softly as she stroked her.

“It was just a nightmare,” Daniella murmured as she lay back in bed and yawned as she glanced at her clock; it was only 3am in the morning and she had to be up in four hours.

Daniella couldn't help herself as she slowly started to fall back asleep; Midnight glanced at her owner, who drifted off carefully, the dark bags that lay under her eyes, where a tell-tale sign that she hadn’t been sleeping well recently.

It was another moment before Gerard stepped back into the room, he looked at her concerned wishing he knew what was disturbing her so; he turned off the bedside light as he watched her sleep.

The vampire brushed some hair from her face; he had picked up on it the moment that she had come into work a few days ago that there was something bothering her in her sleep.

Midnight meowed softly as she moved away from her owner allowing Gerard to sit on the bed next to her; he often spent the night watching Daniella sleep in an attempt to make sure that Sandro didn't carry through with his threat to harm her.

He gently sucked on his tongue for a moment, before Gerard moved to kiss down her neck softly so that she didn't wake; he knew that until the time was right that this was the best way of claiming her and protect her from other vampires.

The brunette moaned softly in her sleep making Gerard pull away from her, taking a deep breath; he smirked at his scent that now covered the brunette, he hoped that this time he would be able to protect to protect her.

***

Yawning as she walked to her office, Daniella was grateful to whoever invented make-up to hide the bags under her eyes; she felt drained and wanted nothing more than to go home and crawl back into bed.

The brunette didn't know why but the less sleep that she got the more black she wore and she knew that it was mainly a mourning colour; she shook her head amused at her thoughts.

Daniella knew that if she slipped up then Sandro wouldn’t hesitate to fire her, especially with the mood that he had been in for the past week since her date with Gerard.

“Hola you must be Daniella,” said a cheerful voice making the brunette jump as she spotted a woman smiling at her from next to her office; Daniella nodded warily making the woman before her flash her, a smile as she followed her into the office.

“I’m Carla, Cesc’s girlfriend… Gerard has told me all about you,” the woman said excitedly making Daniella stop what she was doing making Carla bump into her; the brunette shifted nervously as she looked at the woman before her, there was something about Carla that unsettled her.

However Daniella didn't get a chance to speak as Cesc and Gerard burst into the room, making Carla roll her eyes as she offered Gerard an innocent smile.

“I thought I would introduce myself to Dani here since you’ve been hiding her from us,” Carla said making Gerard snarl at her softly so that Daniella didn't hear him as he moved to stand next to her.

Carla was still new to the vampire lifestyle and when Patricia had told Gerard that she had gone to meet Daniella alone, he had panicked at the thought of Carla losing control and killing the brunette.

“It was nice to meet you Dani, hopefully I’ll see you tomorrow at the gathering we are having,” Carla said making Gerard glare at her, Cesc chuckled as he wrapped his arm around his mate; who offered an innocent look at Gerard before they left the office.

Taking a deep breath, Gerard turned his attention to Daniella who offered him a tired smile, making him look at her concerned; he knew now would be a good time to ask her what was bothering her.

“Daniella, what’s wrong?” he asked concerned making the brunette shake her head, she tried to fight off a yawn with little success making the Spaniard raise an eyebrow at her.

“It’s nothing Gerard… I’ve just being having bad dreams,” Daniella said softly making the Spaniard slowly stepped towards her as his blue eyes searched hers; he couldn't help but be concerned for her as she shook her head.

“What are these dreams about?” he asked curiously, the brunette sighed as she leant back against her desk and looked down at her hands; she knew that he would probably think that she was stupid if she told him.

“Nena,” Gerard pleaded making Daniella looked at him, the brunette sighed as she ran a hand through her hair; he cupped her face as he shot her a pleading look making her nod. Licking her lips, Daniella looked at him

“I’ve been having dreams were I’m this woman named Catharine and she’s a maid working for vampires… the dreams are never in the right order, she’s in love with this vampire but it’s forbidden,” Daniella said making Gerard’s eyes widened as he realised what her dreams where of; they weren’t just some random dreams, they were dreams of him and Catharine.

***

 Sandro pursed his lips as he looked at Pep, who was standing across from him; the two vampires had spent most of the afternoon discussing how they would deal with the Daniella situation.

“You know that this is far from over Guardiola, when the royal family learn of her existence then she will be killed again,” Sandro said making Pep glare at him, he didn't miss the threat in the other vampire’s words; Sandro was still a threat to Gerard’s relationship with Daniella and the coven had made it clear that the brunette was protected.

“Then you remember our bargain,” Pep said as he looked at the man that seemed to hold Daniella’s life in his hands; if he could be kept quiet then there was a chance for Gerard and the brunette, something that Pep was willing to take.

“Of course… through I don’t see why she is so important to you,” Sandro said smugly as he tilted his head, he could never understand what the coven saw in choosing human’s as their mates.

“She is important because she is my eldest fledgling’s mate,” Pep said as he turned to leave, he hoped that it would be enough to protect Daniella for now.