Bloodstream

Chapter 7

Waking up next to ed sheeran was strange. His hair falls all around his head on the white pillows and a small smile sits on his face as he sleeps. The sun is streaming in through the inch of open curtain, onto Eds face. He looks so peaceful and calm. My feelings are the opposite. Cameron's words are running through my mind, crashing down on my brain like a waterfall. The idiot.

Remember how I said a vampire can turn one person into a vampire? Well that's not exactly true. We can turn one person into a SANE vampire. When we feed, we compel the victim. But Cameron's never been a very strong compeller. His strengths are more physical...let me explain a little something to you.

Bite a human once, intending to turn them, they will become a vampire.
Bite a second human, intending to turn them or in Cameron's case not using strong enough compulsion, you create a true monster. When we turn someone, the blood we consume becomes tainted with vampirism. This means the sire now has the blood of two vampires. Giving someone the blood of two vampires as well as their own is to much for their bodies to handle during the transformation, it sets their mind on one thing. Bite the other vampire. Whoever Cameron turned will be satisfied with the consumption of Cams' blood. But unsatisfied with mine. So long story short, this new vampire will want to kill me and drink from me. And it will do anything, ANYTHING to make that happen. Anyone that stands in its way will no doubt be killed. While a vampire with the blood of two other vampires cannot compel, they are twice as strong as an average vampire.

I try to sit up but Ed has his arm around my bare waist and suddenly I am completely aware of how nakedly naked I am. I may be no virgin but I don't exactly do this often. I slowly move his arm off my waist and get out of the bed, grabbing a blanket that fell onto the ground last night and wrapping it around myself. I step over my beautiful dress, crumpled on the floor and pick up my small bag, containing my phone and a few other little things. I open my phone and there's a ton of messages...mostly from Katlyne.

Everyone must be sending freak out texts. Katlyne, my security, Cameron... No one knows where I am. At least that's what I thought the messages would say. But the messages from Katlyne are photos. Photos from magazine covers and articles. Photos of me and Ed. Kissing on the balcony, running down the street, getting into a taxi, even one outside his hotel.....oh no..
"What the hell were you thinking Skyler?" Katlyne texts. What was I thinking? The media will kill me before this vampire does. I hear Ed stir in bed. And he rubs his eyes and sits up.
"Hey" I say stupidly. My voice sounds husky and weak.
"Hey" he says back casually. "Whatcha doing over there?"
"Checking my phone"
"You can come back over here...if you want" he says with a cute, shy smile. I giggle and get back into bed, not unwrapping the sheet from my body until I'm under the covers. He chuckles and pulls me close. He goes to whisper something in my ear, probably something offensive and dirty, but to my surprise he says
"Do you want some pancakes?" I nod my head frantically.
"Yes please!" I say.

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Sorry it's so short, but it explains why Cameron's gone crazy :)
-grace xxx