Predetermined

Chapter 6 - Promise

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Erin deflated the moment she saw the door close fully too, Renfield was escorting them back to their car. Vlad and the others still remained tense until they heard the car start up and drive away from the school.

Vlad opened his arms and Erin stepped into them, sighing as she breathed in his comforting scent. She always relaxed immediately when she could smell him.

"I suppose getting you to bite me won't work." She whispered to him, her eyes tearing but not one fell. She was only half joking.

"Biting you won't solve this." Vlad kissed her temple. "They'll want to slay you instead." Erin nodded he was right, that's why she had to get Ryan out of their way. They'd made the decision that Ryan didn't want to exist as a vampire, they hadn't actually asked him.

"It will if you drain her." Ingrid suggested, "I mean she'll be free that way." This was one fight she'd gladly be part of, she didn't like the idea Erin didn't have rights either.

The Count rolled his eyes, "You're not helping Ingrid."

Erin gave her a small smile; she knew Ingrid was only trying to help.

"You really don't want to be a slayer?" Bertrand asked Erin firmly, he wanted the truth he would be able to tell immediately if she was lying to him.

"I don't want my license back. I don't want to slay any of you. The vampire I killed was an accident." She told them firmly before they could ask about the vampire. "The UV grenade broke when I was trying to seal Vlad's coffin with her inside, I never wanted to hurt her."

The Count nodded, he seemed to believe Erin's comments and judging from Vlad's impassive reaction he'd already been told this before. If she'd come clean with him then if his son wanted her here he wouldn't be able to stop it. "She can stay here, if she doesn't want to be a slayer then she doesn't have to be." Vlad gave him a grateful smile before his father continued, "Besides having one less slayer in the world makes crushing them easier."

Vlad shook his head at his father's typical comment, Erin didn't seem offended though so he let the subject drop.

Erin wouldn't feel any better in this room with his family; they always made the atmosphere gloomy even though most of the time it was unintentional.

Vlad unwrapped his arms from around her, he stepped back and lifted her chin upwards. "Come on."

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Erin breathed in lungful after lungful of the cool night air. Vlad watched her with a little envy; he missed being able to breath although it sounded ridiculous.

She closed her eyes taking in the peaceful night. The school was on the edge of the city but they rarely heard any of the city noises. Opening her eyes she clanked upwards at the moon, smiling as the courtyard was bathed in a moonlit glow of white. There were no clouds in the sky so she could see the stars clearly. Looking up at the stars always used to calm her down, she was glad to find that it still worked.

Vlad watched her in fascination as she looked up to the stars, he'd never really studied them. All his life he'd avoided anything to do with the night hating that it would be the only sight he'd see after sixteen years of living in the daylight. Looking at them he could see why breathers were so fascinated with them.

Erin folded her arms over her chest, the air was colder than that in the school. She was used to the cold of the school as Vlad's clan didn't really need to use heating as they didn't feel the cold, although some warmth came from the fires that the Count like to light in various rooms. Although they had tried to use the central heating but they soon discovered it needed fixing and there was no point in paying out if they were only going to use it once. She felt her skin goosebump but she enjoyed the sensation.