Allure

♡3. Mate

I drank and drank the animals blood. I couldn't stop until I felt myself pulled away.

"Enough. You must stop before the heart does." Lestat said.

I wiped the blood from my lips and stood up beside him.
We walked back towards the house. It was very large. A mansion. But his 'family' lived here too.

"Who's Harry?" I asked as we walked. "My brother. The youngest of my brothers. And... your mate." He said.
I rolled my eyes to myself, "I don't want a mate." I spoke. He stopped and turned to me. "You don't have that choice. And you don't get to chose who it will be."

"Then how do you know he's mine?"

"I could tell. I could feel it. When he sees you, he'll feel it too. So will you."

We came back into the house. There was nobody around. "Where is he?" I asked. But he didn't answer. We kept walking. Finally we came to a door.
He opened it and I saw a coffin laying on the floor. It was.. the weirdest thing to see a real coffin knowing a vampire slept in it.

"Wake him." Lestat said.

I looked at him confused and he nodded, "Lilith, this is the way to meet him."

"How did—"

"I know a lot about you." He said before leaving the room. Not giving a decent explanation to knowing my name.

I walked over to the coffin and kneeled down beside it. I lifted the side, it was lighter than I thought.

Then my eyes landed on the sleeping vampire inside. He was beautiful. Brown hair, glowing tan but fair skin. He was... perfect. I moved my hand to touch his lips lightly. I was so drawn to him, I had to. My head tilted at the coloured he had. I expected him to be so pale. Like Lestat but his paleness was different. Beautiful.

His eyes suddenly shot open and his hand grabbed my wrist. It didn't scare me like it should have. My eyes landed on his. They were green. And his landed on mine.

He sat up without saying a word and without leaving my gaze.
Then he kissed me. So deeply. So much deeper than any kiss I'd ever had before this.

He pulled away with furrowed brows, "you're half human..?" He said. I nodded. He got up quickly and grabbed my wrist again, dragging me out of the room behind him. He pushed open a door and their sat the rest of the family. The most people I had seen in this mansion so far.

"Which one of you did it?" He said angrily.

"Did what?" A dark haired man I hadn't seen before asked.

"Bit her. She was mine. She was supposed to be all human until I changed her myself.. Which one of you bit her first!" He yelled.

I felt a touch on my hand and snatched it away from the blonde woman sitting on a couch beside me, "beautiful.." she said quietly. Her fangs showing.

"Harry.. She's so.." The man I didn't know said as he looked at me the same way Lestat and Lucius both did when I'd first met them.

Harry pulled me away from him, "it was you then, wasn't it Hunter. You bit her!" Harry said angrily. The one named Hunter shook his head, "no, but I wish I had." He said before playing with the ends of my hair.

"Don't." I spat. "It was Lestat." I told him. Finally stopping the accusations.

Everyone's head turned to Lestat. He smirked and laughed, "what's some fun between brothers.."

"You know she'll never fully be mine if I'm not the one to change her myself." Harry said. I furrowed my brows together. He never said that. I had only just met Harry but the truth of him being my mate was undeniable. I already loved him like I'd known him forever. And Lestat took away the one thing that would make it fully true.

"I did what I had to. I wanted her first but she didn't fit me." Lestat said.

"You son of a bitch!" I said, pushing him to his knees. He looked up at me. I scratched the side of his face and then the other side. He looked at me hurt. His gaze never leaving mine. The blood dropped from his cheeks but healed all too quickly. He healed himself.

"You will always be mine in part, even if you are Harry's mate. That's what I wanted."

"Yes but I don't want you. I never will. You stay away from me." I said, leaving the room with an anger fuming from me.

My hand was caught by someone else's and I turned to see Harry. My mate. The one who I looked at once and loved. "Vampire mates ate strange." I said quietly.

"Yes but that's the way it is.. I might know a way to.. bond us." He said.

"What is it?"

"You feed from me."

"But I—"

"It won't make you a full vampire. For that, you must drink from a human.. if you haven't already." He spoke with suspicion on the end.

"I haven't."

He smiled, "good.." He bit his wrist with his own fangs and put it up to my mouth. I never noticed his height till now as he towered over my small frame.

I sucked in the blood and it was good. I felt myself moaning against his wrist and I couldn't stop. I didn't really want to. But he pulled his wrist away quickly and then his mouth was on mine just as fast. He kissed me and this one was different than the first one. It was closing the deal. I was his mate.

For good.