Bound Together

Chapter Thirteen

Dilan's POV

The graveyard was just as quiet as it was every time I went to visit my parents' graves. My parents' graves were at the furthest end of the graveyard, next to each other with other victims of the animal attack that I was now sure it wasn't. It had been a massacre, a slaughter and I remembered what Rose had said, vampires only caused destruction. I glanced at Cleopatra who seemed to be a little bit not herself. She wasn't as cheerful as she always was and I realised her being in the graveyard was bothering her.

I walked across the graveyard with Cleopatra walking behind me. It didn't take long to reach the area that was enclosed and dedicated to the people who had died during that night. The thirty three tombstones were arranged well, with those of relatives next to each other. My parents were buried at the furthest corner of the graveyard. The trees had formed a sort of canopy on my parents graves and a few other graves hence forming a shadow on them which created a sort of dark vibe. The graves and the area around them were covered with dried leaves from the trees which made me sweep the dry leaves from my parents' graves every time I visited the graveyard. There was already a huge pile of dry leaves against the fence and it always grew with every visit I made.

Due to habit, I reached for a broom that I had made a few years back for the purpose of keeping my parents' final resting place clean and well kept. I began to sweep aware of Cleopatra who was staring at me as I swept the dry leaves to the huge pile.

"Let me help," Cleopatra said after a while. I wanted to say no but she had already taken the broom in her hand.

"Thanks," I said to her as she began to sweep.

"Don't thank me," she said as she swept the dry leaves of the tombstones and where I always sat. This made me sit as I looked at the tombstones.  David Livingston and Isabella Livingstone, the names were written on the tombstones made me remember what I had lost that night. I had very few memories of my parents and the most vivid and clear of them was when I found their dead bodies. I felt my eyes water, tears already forming on them.

Why did it have to be me? I asked myself. I had lost my parents within a night, within a minute and it had made me grow up without parents. It had scarred me for life and I knew that scar couldn't heal, it was always going to be there. Why was it only me going through so much? I had been left alone to face the world and it would have been worse had it not been for Claire and her mom, sister to my father. And now I was being hunted by vampires. Oh how I loved my life, I thought sarcastically.

The only thing I felt was good in my life was a certain vampire that was sweeping dry leaves. She seemed too engrossed in the task of sweeping that she wasn't aware that I was staring at her. She was the only thing I felt I valued in my life. My parents were dead. Most people I knew were probably seeing me as a bother and I couldn't really know what they felt about me. It was also possible that I was going to leave the town forever hence forgetting them all. Cleopatra was all I had...

"You are staring at me in a very creepy way," I heard Cleopatra say making me realize that she was already done sweeping. She kept the broom where I kept after sweeping the area better than I could and turned. It was when she saw the tears in my eyes and within a second, she was seated next to me and comforting me.

"It's going to be alright," she said as she patted my back. This soothed me but at the same time, I broke down into tears making her t-shirt wet with tears.

"It's fine, am here," she said. Whenever she said those words, I sort of felt better. Her words had an effect on me and they seemed to calm me down.

"You are the only one, only thing I have," I found myself saying once I had finished crying and raised my head to look at her. She looked at me, her beautiful eyes captivating me like always. The eyes gave a glimpse of someone's soul and due to the soulmate effect we had on each other, I felt so much close to her soul as I stared at her.