I sat at the dining table fumbling with the large glass filled with blood. Would I really have to drink this all the time? How long can I last without it? I thought back to my brothers face when he saw my darken pupils and fangs.
He has not been back to see me since. I slumped in my chair unhappily and twirled Damien's medallion in my hand. Just the mere thought about him made me light up. The door to the dining room opened, and I looked up to spot Alina coming in. She had a face full of smiles, as her light pink gown scuffed against the floor.
I wonder if she told Jace yet. They had not left each others arms much like Damien and I. I suppose everyone drowned themselves in their carnal desires instead of facing the cold hard facts. I ignored my anger towards Damien for turning me, my strange dream or whatever that was, and the fact that Daine still walks the earth. I suppose Alina had things to keep from her lover just as well. I looked back at my glass.
"Addy!" she beamed when she bounced right by my side.
"Did you hear us coming?" she questions as Jace whooshes to her side. I could hear them the moment they opened their bedroom door. But I'm sure she knew that.
"Of course I did," I reply as I swirl the blood around. Alina looks down at the glass and then back at me.
"Don't waste your supper. Besides Jace and I are in charge of your vampire lessons today." she smiles while pushing the cup towards me. The closer the glass came, the more I wanted it. I felt my fangs push out my gums and I gripped the cup even tighter. I pushed it away from me.
"Teach me how to control this." I hiss at her, and she looks taken aback for a second. Then she smiles again while placing her hands on my shoulders.
"Blood lust is something we will get into. But you still have to drink since you haven't drunk in a while." I squeezed the cup and thought back to how my life changed drastically the moment I ran into the very being that I am. I thought back to my mother and how disappointed she must be.
'Look at my so-called daughter now' she would no doubt utter somberly. I thought back to my brother's frightful eyes and threw the cup across the room. The glass shattered and blood went everywhere.
Perhaps I was a bit overdramatic, but I hated that something like this would control me for the rest of my life. Everything was just bubbling on the inside, and I have fallen in the routine of holding back my words. Pretending that everything is fine when it is not. Pretending that I have my life handled when in fact I do not. Alina looked over at the shattered remains,
"Perhaps we should get Damien," she replied to Jace
"No, because I don't want to see him and I don't want to see you either. Just leave me alone." I grumble as I push my chair back and stand to my feet. Alina and Jace look hurt at my words, but I whooshed away before uttering a single apology.
I abruptly stopped in my tracks when I spotted a staff worker in the garden. She was tending to the shrubs, and I felt drawn to her. I do not know who this woman is and I'm not sure I've seen her around the castle before. But then again there are hundreds of staff in here.
She had light brown hair that's shoulder length. She wore the typical bright yellow garden dress with a white apron wrapped around her waist. I sat on the edge of the fountain without her noticing and watched. I sat quietly and observed her doing her regular garden duties.
It was not as late as I thought it would be, but the moon was high in the sky. Why am I so memorized by her movements? Why can I not pull myself away? She snipped a stubborn vine and pricked herself on the garden shears. She swore under her breath and grabbed her pricked finger in her hand.
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The Entanglement {Book 1}
Vampiri"Most gods throw dice, but fate plays chess, and you don't find out until its too late that he's been playing with two queens all along." - Terry Pratchett Addeline, a feisty and free-spirited peasant lives in a complicated world. A world where vamp...
