Cross My Heart And Hope To Die

Chapter 10 - The Beginning of the End

A/N: Its been a while! I know but I had a bit of a block on this chapter specifically. I wanted to give it a meaning but didn't know what to write about. I had written live five chapters after this one but couldn't get around to writing this one. The wait is over! Enjoy. - Ivana

The unwelcoming infiltrating light oozing through my shuttered window woke me up the next day. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I am not happy about this new day, I am actually a morning person, but I was not ecstatic about today, the day when it would all be over. 

Everything seemed so small now. All the problems we had during the few days we were here. Even everything that happened to me before that. None of that mattered anymore. All that matters is that Luke was here with me today. Although now that i think about it, I feel awfully alone. 

I turned to face where Luke had been sleeping to realize he was gone. Where has he gone? This is our last morning together.. My face fell a little. I guess he does still have matters to attend to before tonight. After all, I will be dead tonight. 

I had already made the decision. I would not be married to someone else that wasn’t Luke. I would not marry Lucius tomorrow, even if it will cost me my life. Which it will. 

 “Urgh..” I guess its time to get up. It is my last day to live after all. Might as well do all sorts of crazy things, right? 

Half way though the day I found myself going back to Elizabeth Petrova's room. This time no one was around the area. I walked into the room again. Something about the picture I saw yesterday was still with me. I had to just look at it one more time. One short glance. 

I made my way across the bedroom again but the picture along with the frame was gone! It was impossible. It was here just yesterday. It had to be around here somewhere, maybe I moved it. I started looking through the drawers making sure I placed everything were I found it initially. Oh God, I was surely in trouble. 

Click, As soon as I heard the door nub turning I dropped and rolled under the bed. Shit! They were obviously going to find me. Emily this is great, you are going to get yourself killed even before tonight. I stopped breathing for a whole minute as the stranger walked into the room and placed something on the night stand next to the bed. Then the feet froze. At the same time my heart completely stopped working and then it went in overdrive. 

"Show yourself." Edelyn's voice resonated through the whole room. Oh God. Yes. I would die before tonight. I will never see Luke's face again, I would never see his smile again. I would never know what kissing him would be like. Oh god. I rolled out the other side of the bed and stood my ground. If I was going down, I would go down fighting. 

"You? What are you doing here?" His face of disgust took all hope of getting out of this alive out of me. 

"I'm sorry. I just got lost." I decided to change the story up. Yesterday's explanation of exploring didn't go to well with Luke. It wouldn't work with Edelyn. 

"You got lost? And you ended up in the family quarters? Where were you going then?" His fury was growing with every question. I was doomed. 

"I'm sorry. I wasn't really thinking where I was going. I was just walking around." Which is something that could have totally happened to me. Even more today. I was so out of it. I looked around and saw that the picture was back. "Who is she?" I asked more to myself than Edelyn but he heard the question. 

"Do you love him?" He asked changing the topic completely. 

"Who?" How did he know. He couldn't possibly.

"Luke, Do you love him?" He was staring at me now. Reaidng my every move and emotion. 

I could either tell him the truth and die or lie and die. I'd rather go down being honest. "Yes, I do." I looked down at my hands. "I know it wasn't supposed to happen, and I know what my fate will be if I confess this to you but I would rather die than be with someone else for the rest of my existance."

Edelyn held a breath for a second and starting making his way around the bed. "That is fascinating." 

I didn't understand his reaction but something I understand. I was very close to my end. "So you are telling me you would give your life for your precious Luke? You would give your life for his." 

I don't think the question was for me to answer but, "Of course I would give my life for his. Is that an option? Can I do that now? I will die right now. Just spare his life." Edelyn looked at me straight in the eyes. 

"As you wish." He took his last step towards me and as a reflex I bowed my head back, giving him full access to my neck. He sank his fangs into my neck and started sucking his way through me.

"I love you Luke." Were my last words as my thoughts and my soul drowned more and more into oblivion. 

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