Chapter 18: Open Up

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Jasper's POV:

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Jasper's POV:

I just couldn't. I couldn't talk about it, even though I desperately wanted too. It was simply too much too handle. I knew Klaire was just trying to be her helpful self, but I couldn't talk about it with anyone. Even talking about it with Xavier made me want to throw him against a wall.

He whined when I slammed the door on Klaire, wanting nothing more than to hold her and tell her all about the necklace, but I couldn't listen to any of it. I took a breath as I began to get dressed in a pair of grey jeans and a white dress shirt, and thought about it. I'd have to tell her sometime what the necklace meant, but I didn't know if I could or not.

What happened all those years ago hit me hard, harder than the whole family. They got over it as time went on, but I didn't.

Nearly everyday those thought kept coming back to me, and the only way I knew how to stop them was to shut myself off. I couldn't bare it anymore. I had turned into a monster, an emotionless one. I went out and killed people for my enjoyment, and I thrived off of it.

It had taken centuries for me to come around and be the king I was suppose too, but even then, I still didn't care for anyone. I wasn't so murderous anymore, but still didn't care about what happened to anyone.

Now? I have shown more emotion to Klaire then I have in centuries, it felt odd, but it also felt good to know I can trust someone this much. I knew my emotions were still shut off, but I could still show some type of feelings towards Klaire even if I hadn't turned them on.

I felt the tiniest bit of regret being harsh to her all this time, to yelling at her and choking her against a wall where she passed out, but I couldn't help this rage within me when something didn't go my way or when something that I knew would make me feel again was brought up.

Ever since she was tortured by those awful dogs and Martha, I couldn't lose her and let myself slip further into the humanity side of things, almost tipping over the edge. But as I thought about what I would have to face when I turned my humanity back on, I couldn't go any further.

I was shocked when Klaire let me be her first, I thought she would push me away after all I had done to her, but she didn't. I felt oddly electrified at how her touch made me whimper pathetically against her that time we had sex. Just her touch made me want to turn everything back on where I could be the goofy and playful guy I used to be all those years ago, and be able to let Klaire see that side of me.

I opened the door, seeing her sitting on the edge of the bed with the dream-catcher in her hands. She looked up at me as I stepped out and my eyes lowered to the floor as I felt regret for yelling at her.

"Do you still want to go to the hot tub later?" I asked her, I knew she was most likely going to say no, probably scared of me, which made me feel hurt. I hated myself.

She looked at me surprised and stood up, standing a few feet away from me, the dream-catcher fumbling in her hands. Xavier saw that I had broken the one Zoe had stolen for her, and went to buy another one, pretending it was me so no one knew it was him.

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