How Vampires Love

Chapter V

Flimsy love

After five hours he finally returned. No matter how modern the weapons worn by the men of Gerald and Ambrosios, he did not present a single scratch, he was intact, but at the same time very annoyed. He told me we had to find a secluded place where people could not see us. Apparently something strange was happening, but although I asked him about what was happening, he just told me that in London it was already night and August and Gerald were holding a fight at that moment. Obviously he thought that with his answer I could deduce what was happening, but it was not like that, his answer did not tell me much, rather it made me question about how he could know what was happening there. I could not understand what was happening until I saw it with my own eyes while we were going to take the train to get to the place where my father had kept the cars with which we would transport, he perspired as if he were fighting a battle or running a marathon. At that moment I began to decipher it, apparently could perceive what was happening to his brother and this disturbed him. The crimson that naturally covered his lips had completely disappeared, unlike the usual, he looked restless.

When he reached the station for a moment he lost his balance, so even though he was much taller than me, I put my arm around his waist so that he would lean on me somehow, he obviously needed help, but I knew more than well that he would never ask me for it.

During the brief moment we were in the train, a wound suddenly opened on his face; Upon noticing it quickly I rested his head on my shoulder to be able to avoid that the people in the train noticed the strange event, in that exact moment I realized that he not only could perceive what was happening to his brother, but he was feeling it in live flesh. Not until then did I realize how strong the ties that bound them together were. Having it so close to my neck it was not very difficult to notice how his breathing accelerated, and this at the same time also made me see the anxiety that caused him to feel so closely the flow of my blood. . I immediately knew that feeling was for him how to find an oasis in the middle of the desert after having walked in it for several days, therefore, I asked him to restrain himself, since if he had the luxury of biting me in front of the people who were in the train, probably they would be alarmed and this would happen to the point of becoming a vampire hunt now also by humans, which would only add more problems. 

After leaving the station his condition had worsened, the wounds on his skin opened and closed more frequently. Since he could not continue without people noticing him, he asked me to go for the car, and meanwhile he would wait for me hiding behind the booth that was on the other side of the street.

  By the time I returned with the Corvette Stingray 2019, his condition had not changed significantly. With a choked voice he explained that leaving the road half an hour from the place where we were there was an old house where he had previously stayed. He told me that there was an old man who was in charge of taking care of the place, that he would not refuse to lend it to us if I told him that he was coming with me, but that I had to tell him that he had a contagious disease to keep him away and to avoid him to get scared by seeing what was happening. Without hesitation I did things as he asked. As soon as we entered the house, I helped him to lie on the bed that was in the last room, then he referred me to the main room, there I would find a trunk and inside this some strong chains that I had to take, and so I did. Then he asked me to chain him as soon as possible, however, I refused to comply with this last request.

"If you do not tie me now, you will regret it later, since in a few hours I will not be able to resist the call of your blood and much less I will be able to avoid hurting you. He told me in the middle of his fight against himself."

"If you need to drink it to be well just do it." I told him without hesitation.

"You do not understand, if I drink your blood like me Gerald will gather strength and your father will not be able to finish him off."

"What can I do then?"

"Do not be scared, or be weak when the time comes. My condition will get worse as time goes on, but if you do anything to help me Gerald will escape. So you can leave the room if you do not want to see it, but do not leave the house, it does not take long for the night to fall."

"I understand. I'll be sitting in the chair in the corner in case you need something during the process."

"No matter how long it lasts or what happens, do not approach me even if I ask you to do so, it is possible that in a few hours I will be out of myself. I need you to well understand that you can't do anything for me until the process ends."

It had been three hours since I chained him. As time passed, I felt increasingly helpless to know that I could not help. Knowing I could not continue to contemplate the pain he was going through, I decided to leave the house, however, it was useless. His cries shook the place. For me the situation was already unbearable, and after a while I decided to go back inside to see that everything was okay; at that moment he shouted so loud that without noticing I used for the first time my vampire side skills and I arrived in an instant to where he was. Once in the room what my eyes saw was too much, the bed was full of blood, which still continued to come out of his neck as if cuts had been made all around him, notwithstanding his head was still in place; His chest was open and even I could see his heart beating. With all this I deduced that Gerald was about to die. Then my fear increased when I thought that he could also die when his brother's heart was torn out, and based on what I felt just by thinking about the possibility that this could happen, I could not stand it anymore. Seeing him in that state, and pronouncing the words "this time will be my life for your life, because I think it necessary" I simply approached him so he would drink my blood. But seeing that despite this he still contained himself, I had to cut my neck with the tiny dagger that hung as an ornament on my wrist, then I knelt on the bed and took his head between my hands near my neck and inevitably, he could not resist another minute and finally gave in. Although he still looked somewhat emaciated, it was amazing how quickly his body returned to normal in the physical aspect. However, he still continued to take my blood with greater fervor in each sip, apparently could not stop, I was already beginning to feel weakened, I even had difficulty holding on to my knees and I was slowly falling sitting on the bed. I was almost unconscious by the time Angel came back to him, so, realizing the situation, in an impulse to stop, he threw me against the wall causing a heavy blow to the head. It was less than a minute before I fainted completely, during that time, as if it were a delirium, I could see while desperately struggling to reach me one more time, I also saw how he broke the chains of his feet being tied only by his hands and just in that moment I completely lost consciousness. On another occasion he could have broken all his chains with a single pull and even disrupt the bed with one blow, but fortunately inside he remained very weak and exhausted to continue fighting.