Warm heart, cold touch (Vampire Verse)

Fear

A/N: Chapter one, off to a bit of a violent start but it's a vampire novel what did u expect?

Encre's P.O.V 

I was awoken by a blood curdling scream coming from my window looking out to the forest... The North forest... There had been rumours passing from ear to ear in the village... The vampires were coming. "oh god..." I began to mutter prayers under my breath as the shriek abruptly was silenced. No matter how hard I tried to resist from getting out of bed to investigate, I did... I got dressed and grabbed some sort of sharp object just in case I would need it. I went to the gates only to be greeted with a blood drenched human body. I was paralyzed, I couldn't move. My vision went blurry as I felt like I was going to pass out... I fell to my knees still up-right but my bone shook in pure fear... I forced my eyes open. "Oh my god..."  I used my hand to close the  eyes of the petrified human, stood up still trembling and went home thinking about what i had just witnessed. My mind was torn between telling Eterna the huntress or keeping this to my self... the villagers will see it... lord knows what life will be like these next few months...

???????'s P.O.V

"Not the best blood I've tasted, not the worst either..." I muttered to myself while returning back to my palace. "that damn skeleton... why didn't I kill him!?" Part of me was hating myself for not killing him while the rest of me was mad because I didn't say anything to him... I watched him in the shadows from afar... He was... Indescribable...

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I arrived back at my castle, my son, jasper looked as if he had been waiting for a while... was he waiting for me? god knows. "Suave." The butler Flinched. "Y- Yes m'lord?" 

"give this to Gazelle." I said while passing him my cloche. "see if she can get the blood out of it." "I'll see to it sir."

That damn skeleton I thought.

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Encre's P.O.V

I had a difficult time falling back to sleep that night... All I could think about was that human... Who's going to be next? I wondered... soon enough the sun rose, I realized I was running out of paint as I headed up to the attic/art room I made for myself. I had been working on a painting with all the spare time I had which was a lot but I have been working on it for a month, hell, sometimes I'd fall asleep at the easel. By now I was dressed, I grabbed my coat and as I left, I picked a wild flower that I found outside of my house. there were many of them. to many to count. The first place I went was to the gates where the human was killed. Eterna and the other guards removed the body so it wouldn't cause an outcry. I placed the wild flower gently onto the ground where the human's body was. It was the least I could do to honour the dead like I always have. "may you be among the gods now" I said quietly. I stood up and headed to the central  plaza where the art shoppe is. I opened the door with the little bell jingling like it always did. (A/N: the clerk is my OC Thorn. she has a Scottish accent) "Thorn!" I said joyfully. she look up, and greeted me with the same smile she always did. "oh! Good morning Encre!" I walked over to the counter, I thought about telling her what I saw last night. I knew I could trust her, we've been friends for a while. I handed her a list of the paint type and the colors I needed. "Vampires are getting brave." I started. "so you've been hearing the rumours to?" she said while climbing a ladder to get a box of paints from a shelf. "rumours?" I questioned. "yep, folks been saying the was an attack last night. your lucky the vampire didn't see ya." she stated. I felt stupid to ask but I did. "why is that?" 

"People talk... folks 'round here been sayn' if one sees you, its a death sentence." she continued while placing the box on the floor going through it checking the list every now and again. "Best to stay away from the gates." Thorn placed the paints on the counter, I paid her the right amount like I always did. I placed them into a cloth bag she made for me 2 years ago. "stay safe!" I said while leaving. "You too!" she smiled.

(A/N: sorry folks! its a cliffhanger!)