Power Over Me
I woke up in the middle of the night to the voice of Vlad in my head. He sounded worried but I didn't feel like answering him, he probably just wanted to know if I was 'okay'. He has done this on random rare occasions since returning from Siberia.
I shut him out and tried to sleep again. But a few minutes later I feel him attempting to ram into my thoughts. I groaned in irritation and got out of bed. I slipped on my black jacket that nearly matched Vlad's hoodie. Mine just didn't have the red vampire smile on it. It was just a plain hoodie.
I drew open my curtains after brushing through my hair and unlocked my window. I swiftly jumped up on the window sill and out onto the roof. Once I was free from my home full of humans I floated easily into the night sky.
As I slowly flew my way toward the ground I wondered what Vlad would want. I yawned after I placed my feet on the sidewalk and started to walk. I continued to feel Vlad struggling to enter my mind and he was starting to bother me.
Finally I stood before his house. I sighed as my mind flew back to almost three years ago, when I was a small eighth grader on the evening of Halloween. I remember being hauled up these steps by Henry to meet Vlad.
My feet lifted off the earth for me to reach the window of his room. The window wasn't locked. I opened the window and began pulling myself inside, but I heard Vlad silently snap at me.
"Mi-Mina." Vlad's voice was struggling and I snapped my head up. I gasped and felt my nails dig deep into the window sill. I heard a fierce hiss pass through my lips as they pulled back to reveal my exposed fangs at full length.
D'Ablo let his hand fall from Vlad's throat and his eyes narrowed at me. Vlad sucked in air and coughed violently. I flung myself toward him and patted his back as he regained his breathing. The man continued to stand there and stare at us. My eyes flashed up at him and were set to kill.
"What are you doing here?" I snapped at him. Vlad shook his head and held up his hand.
"Nelly." He gasped, I didn't respond but continued to glare at D'Ablo.
"So this is my little creation..." D'Ablo grinned wickedly. "Come now, why don't you go and leave Vladimir and I alone?" As strange as it was, I felt a faint nudge in my mind to go home, yet D'Ablo was not inside my mind.
"Never; I will never leave Vlad." I said sternly, and D'Ablo's jaw tightened.
"I do not have to deal with you." He said, shoving me aside and going to Vlad. I pounced as him and we crashed to the floor. The moment I landed on him I attempted to hold his arms down. He was stronger than me and pushed me off of him. I hit Vlad's bed and tried my hardest not to wake Nelly with a yelp. D'Ablo chuckled and smirked down at me.
"I created a pathetic excuse for a vampire." He then turned to Vlad, and his face showed his level of cockiness. "I bet it is completely killing you, seeing your friend this way?" Vlad didn't answer. "Good, the rest of your life with regret is better than if I had killed her." He then turned back to me as he smirked again. "Thank you for torturing our dear Vladimir, like father like daughter."
"I hate you." I spat at him. He laughed evilly, and I grew in hatred.
"The journal or your life, boy." For some odd reason D'Ablo winked at me as he said that to Vlad. "I'll give you some time to think it over."
"That's not going to be easy if the Pravus can't be killed." Vlad said back at him.
"That's not what I meant. But you'll see soon enough." D'Ablo was just about to leave the room when he said over his shoulder. "Sweet dreams." He laughed coldly and I felt a chill go down my spine.
The room fell silent and neither of us moved an inch. Finally I turned my head to look at him in the faint darkness.
"I should go." I stood and made my way for the window.
"Why did you come?" He asked. I sighed and my arms fell limply at my sides.
"Well, while you were calling out for help, I heard you. You woke me up and kept trying to contact me when I tried to sleep. So I walked over here to see what you wanted."
"You attacked him..."
"Yeah... so?" I shrugged and dug my hands into my pockets. He sat down on his bed, his elbows supporting his head. I watched him for a moment and looked down then back up, and then I walked to the corner of the bed where he sat. I sat down next to him.
"He got into my house and he could have killed you and Nelly. He could have kidnapped me again, and he could do it again!" Vlad grumbled and I rubbed my hands lightly over his back. I felt the chills he got but I ignored it and continued to comfort him.
"He won't. He isn't that stupid Vlad. And Elysian law protects you from him in that way. He wouldn't get his hands dirty. And I told you, stop worrying about me."
"I know; you are right." He sighed, his hands holding his hair tightly between his fingers. "And I can't."
"Can't what?"
"Stop worrying. All summer you have been so lifeless that I feel like I killed you."
"You did kill me." I told him honestly, he groaned and I sighed in response. "But I know you are happy with her so I don't bother. I leave you alone because she is the one who hurts me, not you. Since she is with you every second and has taken my place all over the school, I stay away."
"She is my girlfriend; she just wants to be with me."
"I am your mate, and I just want to be with you too." I stood and went toward the window. "Just so you know, I think that since D'Ablo created me that he has a power over me. When he gave me that order to leave, I almost listened to him. And also, just because I can't be with you like I want to be that doesn't mean I am still not under my vow to protect you with my life." He looked up and I saw hurt in his eyes.
I climbed out of the window and before I closed it I muttered to him. "Oh and thanks for ditching Henry and I tomorrow."
