Bleeding Love

Chapter Seventeen: Recovering from Death

Daniella moaned softly as she slowly woke up, her throat felt raw and she felt too warm as someone wiped her head with a cool cloth; she wasn’t sure what had happened but she knew that it was bad.

The brunette was wearing a blue animal print nightie that Gerard had sent Carla to collect from his apartment so that he could change Daniella into something warm since her clothes were wet.

“Open your eyes Dani,” Gerard murmured softly making the brunette furrow her brow as her head ached, she licked her dry lips before she slowly blinked her eyes open allowing them to adjust to the bedside light.

Gerard let out a sigh of relief as he smiled at her softly, she had been asleep for two days and he had worried that she wasn’t going to wake after she had technically died for several moments.

“How are you feeling?” Gerard asked as he handed Daniella a glass of water, she stared at him confused before what had happened slowly came flooding back.

Gerard watched her closely; he knew that he was going to have to tell her the truth about what had happened, she had died and he had brought her back.

“I died,” Daniella said softly as she stared at Gerard shocked, she remembered talking with her Abuelo and being in the accident; the brunette licked her lips as she looked at Gerard for answers.

“How am I alive?” Daniella asked making Gerard sigh as he moved to take her hands, he knew that she would be freaked out with what he was about to tell her.

“I saved you… but there’s something I have to tell you Daniella,” Gerard said making her stare at him, she recalled her Abuelo saying something about a mate; however it set her on edge now that she realised that he hadn’t meant it in the friend sort of way.

“I need you to listen closely… I know that after this you will want to leave and I respect that but I want you to know that I love you,” Gerard said as he ran a hand through his hair, Daniella swallowed as she listened to him speak; she felt something nagging at the back of her mind as he spoke to her. Gerard watched her for a moment before he sighed.

“I’m not human… I haven’t been for two hundred and eighty-seven years,” Gerard said making Daniella stare at him; something that her Abuelo had told her as a child begged at her to be remembered.

Daniella stared at him confused as she watched him try to find the right words to tell her whatever he had to say; it was during this time that Daniella looked at Gerard closely.

He was unmistakably good looking and tall, mysterious, intelligent and he gave off this air of danger that she couldn't help but be drawn to; he was strangely drawn to her neck and often ran his teeth down her neck before he would push her away.

Daniella stiffened as she realised why these traits nagged at the back of her mind, Gerard watched her closely as she stared at him shocked

“Oh my God… you’re a vampire,” Daniella blurted out as she recalled the stories that her Abuelo had told her as a small child before he had passed away.

***

Cesc and David stared at Lionel’s unmoving body; it had been two days since they had injected him with Cesc’s blood and snapped his neck to make him a vampire.

They hadn’t been sure if they had injected him in time so that his body was able to absorb the vampire venom from Cesc’s blood and additionally had bitten him several times to be sure that he turned.

“He’s quiet,” David murmured as they listened to his heartbeat, a vampire’s heartbeat was a lot slower than a human’s and so didn't make as much noise when it beat.

Cesc nodded as he listened carefully to Lionel’s heart slowing down, he could clearly hear Daniella’s now from upstairs and it made him slightly calm that the brunette had survived the crash.

“Pep thinks he’ll wake up soon… we’ll have to take him hunting as soon as he does,” Cesc murmured as he watched the Argentine, they couldn't risk him going after Daniella if he caught her scent and attempted to kill her since she was claimed now.

The two vampires fell silent as they watched Lionel’s fingers twitch before Cesc carefully approached his friend; it wasn’t a good idea to surprise newborn vampires.

They were renowned for the strength since they still had their original blood in their veins, however once that wore out it made them easier to take on.

“Leo?” Cesc said softly as he stared at Lionel, who opened his brown eyes and stared at him confused; it was a little foggy what had happened but he remembered the burning of Cesc’s venom as it changed him.

“You okay?” Cesc asked as he watched him carefully so he didn't startle the newborn Lionel, who nodded as he licked his lips and tilted his head to listen at the heartbeat that he could hear.

“Lionel… do you know what happened?” David asked making the Argentine look at him, they knew what Lionel could hear and they doubted that Gerard wouldn’t be too happy if Lionel attacked Daniella after he had told her what he was.

“I’m a vampire,” the Argentine whispered making Cesc nod, Lionel had been begging him and Gerard for years to consider changing him into one after he had discovered what they were.

“Come on Leo… let’s take you hunting,” David said softly making Lionel nod eagerly as his throat started to burn for blood, he swallowed still a little in awe about what was going on.

***

Daniella took a deep breath as she watched Gerard; she couldn't believe that her Abuelo’s stories from her childhood were true.

They had been sitting in silence since she had realised what Gerard was, he was watching her concerned as she tried to wrap her head around what she had remembered.

“Dani… I would never hurt you,” Gerard said softly as she looked at him, the brunette licked her lips as she tried to clear her thoughts from what had happened the last few days.

“Why me? Why did choose me as your mate?” Daniella said making Gerard stare at her dumbfounded as he realised that someone had told her about him choosing her as his mate.

Daniella watched as an angry Gerard forced himself to calm down; she wondered how her dead Abuelo had known about this.

“Who told you?” Gerard asked as he perked his ears softly at the sound of Cesc and David leaving the coven house; he knew that they would be taking Lionel for his first hunting trip since they would have come and told him if the Argentine hadn’t survived the change.

“My dead Abuelo… I saw him when I died,” Daniella said softly as she gently moved a hand to her neck, she wondered if that was why she was still alive; had Gerard turned her to save her life.

“I didn't turn you… I just gave you some of my blood to help you recover,” Gerard said making Daniella nod as she swallowed, she had a lot of questions and she knew that afterwards that she was going to need some time to adjust to the news that her boyfriend was a vampire.

“You can ask me anything Dani… I won’t hide anything from you,” the vampire said as he sat at the end of the bed, leaving space between them so that Daniella wouldn’t become uncomfortable.