"Come back inside and join me, I have missed you." He said this before his lips were placed to mine for a very pa.s.sionate kiss. While he devoured my taste his hands felt for my skin pulling up my black top at the sides. I could feel the night air hit my cold flesh and mixed with the heat from his hands it was like the two elements were fighting against each other. For one long blissful moment I forgot all about the pain.
When he had finished, he picked me up into his arms and walked around the side of the building out of sight from the front entrance. Thank G.o.d because if he had walked back in the club with me like this I would have died with shame!
"Where are you taking me?" I asked, trying to look behind his huge shoulders that were blocking my view.
"Upstairs to the VIP." He said but I knew this wasn"t going to be the conventional way. He looked down at me and smirked as he made his way around to the side of the building.
"Close your eyes." He said and he bent his knees slightly before launching us both upwards. Thankfully this was when I closed my eyes. I felt us land and opened my eyes to find we were on the balcony outside the VIP area.
"Well that was quicker!" I said trying to pretend I hadn"t been as terrified as I had. However he just laughed heartily. He placed me down gently before taking my hand in his and leading me out through the gla.s.s doors. He looked happy, so I didn"t want to burst his bubble by telling him I really wasn"t up for sitting at his table. But off we went anyway and as usual, we got every Demon/Angel eye in the place staring at us. Draven never cared about this and led me proudly to my seat. There we were met by the same council members who were always at his table.
Ragnar was standing guard as we approached and for the first time he nodded to me and grinned after he did with Draven. I was shocked considering the last thing I had said to him was calling him a jerk. They all stood when they saw their Master was back and with an empty seat by his side he let me sit first. I had a feeling this was the ultimate sign of respect.
I sat and in turn everyone nodded to me. Takeshi was back and had fully recovered from Lucius"s mental attack. He wore his usual j.a.panese robe but this one was plain black apart from the purple Dragon he had embroidered on his back. Zagan was next to him and looked as scary as ever. I had never seen him in anything but his long black hood that hid most of his face. His long straight white blonde hair hung down and I think he was Sophia"s bodyguard but I wasn"t sure if there wasn"t something more going on with them both, as they seemed to flirt with each other a lot. On the other side was Celina and of course the breathtaking Aurora. She was wearing a black dress that was cut across the chest showing a shameful amount of bust, even if she did have her hair down to cover it. I tried not to look but she caught my expression and smiled like an evil cat!
Draven"s eyes didn"t leave mine though, so I didn"t care. Besides, I was in too much pain to care. Sophia looked happy to see me but as soon as she saw my pale face she knew something was wrong but I just shook my head slightly to warn her not to say anything. I was lucky because Draven missed it, while speaking with his brother. Vincent had nodded to me and I think I blushed but don"t think it was visible from my ill looking skin. It had been the first time I had seen him since kissing him. I had said sorry that night but when I got the next opportunity I should really say it again and again, many times over.
Sophia kept eyeing me carefully but she was true to my cause and kept quiet, but then I had a thought, I wondered if she could get me some tablets or at least some more supplies because if I was staying the night, then I really needed more. But how was I going to ask without Draven knowing.
"Keira what would you like to drink?" Draven squeezed my hand bringing me back round from thinking of a way to talk to Sophia.
"Umm, just mineral water please." I replied and Draven looked concerned with my plain choice but when I didn"t convey the reasons he allowed Loz, the waitress to get my drink. I was caught between trying not to show my discomfort and answer the questions I was being asked. Then I decided I would try something new.
"Sophia can you hear me, in your head I mean?" I asked this through my mind and I felt a bit stupid for trying but when she turned at looked at me I was hopeful. She winked when n.o.body was looking. Great! Well this was a start. So I continued, "Ok right, I am going to try something, can you talk to me in my mind if I let you in?" I waited for a slight response and when Zagan stopped gazing at her she nodded the tiniest amount. So the next thing was for me to try and let her in but I wasn"t quite sure how I even blocked them out to begin with. I let my mind wander and opened it up to my side where Sophia sat but this was worse than useless! So I tried another technique, I relaxed my mind and instead of pushing things out I let everything in, I opened up to the noises around me and listened for anything more. I could hear the hum of conversations behind me and the buzz of humans below. Then some gla.s.ses being put down, someone laughed behind us...Then it hit me I could here Sophia saying over and over "h.e.l.lo....h.e.l.lO.... can you hear me yet?" I had to try and not giggle but it was so funny because it was her voice but it was in my head! It was weird and amusing at the same time.
"Ok, I can hear you, can you still hear me?"
"Yes I can." I had to bite my lip to stop myself from smiling but when my water was put in front of me I had a reason to smile so I did, as I thanked Loz.
"This is cool!" I said and she just raised her eyes at me before smiling.
"Ok, so what"s wrong with you because no offense but you look like s.h.i.t!" She even sounded concerned in my mind and this was quite a surreal moment as I had never felt someone else"s voice in my head before.
"It"s the time of the month and I"m in pain, but don"t tell Draven "cause I don"t want him to fuss and worry." She couldn"t hide her frown but n.o.body was looking at us.
"Keira he will find out sooner or later and my guessing is it will be the first. You need to explain you are not well and need to go to bed, you look exhausted!"
"No, please don"t say anything, not yet but I do need your help." She rolled her eyes and then looked down as if to say yes.
"Ok, I"ll take that as you will help me. I need painkillers and umm...supplies." She sat there for a moment to think and Draven had noticed that I hadn"t spoken to anyone for a few minutes. I felt his hand on my leg and I almost jumped.
"Are you alright?" His voice blew down onto me and because my mind was open it felt different, more powerful like the first time I had heard it. I closed my eyes for a moment and let it help my cramps. Then I closed my mind back up quickly before he figured it out.
"Yes, I"m fine." I gave him a smile that he didn"t believe but thankfully, he didn"t pursue it. Instead he took my hand and brought it to his lips to kiss. I noticed Aurora"s eyes bulge slightly at the gesture and I shamefully allowed myself, a smug smile to creep across my lips. Meanwhile Sophia must have come up with something because she leaned over to me and said, "Oh Keira, you have to see this new dress of mine, it is simply divine. It is made from Italian silk and has a cut across the... oh well it would be better if I just showed you. Brother you don"t mind if I borrow Keira for a moment, do you?" It wasn"t really a question but more of a statement as she had already stood and was taking my arm. Zagan stood also but she turned to him and a look was all it took for him to get the message.
"What are you up to Sophia?" Draven said in an unhappy tone.
"Just girl stuff which is none of your business." She said firmly enough to make Draven let go of my hand, which he kissed again before doing so. Then I was being dragged away by Sophia. She looked lovely in her coral halter neck dress that was made from a material that floated around her doll like frame. It swayed as she walked and it was cut short showing off her beautiful legs that looked like they belonged on a shaving advert.
She linked my arm and walked me through the double doors that lead into their vast home. As soon as the doors closed I let out a moan and bent down to try and relieve the growing pain.
"Oh dear, you don"t have much luck do you?" Sophia rubbed my back and made large circles with her palm. I stayed like that for a minute before standing back up straight.
"Better?" Was all she said and I nodded.
"Thank you." She shrugged her shoulders and we carried on down the grand hallway. At the end was Draven"s bed chamber and Sophia opened the door for me. Once inside I almost collapsed on the couch.
"I will be back with what you need, do you have a preference?" I told her what I needed and she was out of the door before I could blink. I was finally glad be to be alone and in a horizontal position. I gripped at my stomach hoping this would somehow help but the pain just got worse because I couldn"t relax. By the time Sophia came back, I was close to agony. She had some clothes and bless her, some clean underwear.
"Right take these and then sort yourself out but you had better be quick because it won"t take long for my brother to get restless." I knew what she meant. When it came to me doing things without him, he was very suspicious. I swallowed the pills she gave me and went into the bathroom. Once I was finished, I changed into the comfortable black gym pants and new underwear that still held a label and price tag...Wow $150 for a pair of knickers! Oh dear this wasn"t a good idea.
I walked back out expecting to see just Sophia but I froze when I saw that Draven was now stood next to her with his arms folded. Sophia looked like she was trying very hard not to giggle at my situation but I just tried to act cool. Ok, so me and the word cool didn"t really mesh well, but it didn"t mean I couldn"t try.
"Why have you changed?" Draven was trying not to be demanding but it clearly took work. He was now looking even better as he had taken off his suit jacket and just had on a crisp white shirt under his waistcoat. His legs looked even longer in his well pressed trousers and all I wanted to do was to expose what was underneath them.
"Well, I will leave you both, Keira shopping tomorrow." She said and I now knew my price for asking her help, she was going to do the whole dress up the life size human doll thing.
"Shopping?"
"Yeah, you know, the place people go, to buy clothes and stuff and from what I hear someone keeps ripping your clothes, so it is only right that he should get you some new to replace the ones in pieces!" She smiled and it was bad to the bone. Draven shot her a look.
"Thank you Sophia, you really don"t understand the concept of prudence do you?" He said in an unimpressed way.
"Glad I could help," she said before leaving. I was still processing what she had said and wanted to know how the h.e.l.l she knew about my ripped clothes! I let out a sigh and walked over to the bed while Draven stood watching me like I had just done the crazy chicken dance. I was just about to step up to the bed when I felt Draven"s arms around me preventing me from going any further.
"Is there something wrong, what did Sophia show you?" Man, can anyone say paranoia?!
"You"re getting paranoid, she just showed me her dress and then asked me if I would go shopping with her tomorrow." The idea made me wince. I didn"t love shopping and knowing that Sophia would make a big fuss over the whole expedition didn"t help.
"And now?" He asked running his hand down my back, making it respond with pleasure. If it hadn"t been bad timing then I would have turned round and jumped on him. So it pained me to say, "I"m just tired that"s all." As soon as I said this he had me in his arms and placed me in bed like the last few steps would have been too much. What he didn"t realise is this just made me want him more.
"Then rest so I can wear you out again." His lips curved into a s.e.xy grin and he kissed me lightly before making the curtains around the bed move, encasing the frame in thick material. Of course he didn"t have to touch them to do this.
"Are you not joining me?" I said not helping the disappointment in my voice. This made him happy. He loved it when I was needy.
"Not yet but soon, now sleep." He ordered before pulling the last curtain across. Well at least I had got away without him knowing why I was so tired. Maybe my acting skills were getting more convincing. I lay there and let sleep take over the throbbing hurt in my belly knowing it wouldn"t be long before Draven would want to know why I didn"t want to make love to him and it pained me to know this was the first day we hadn"t had s.e.x. I guess I was subconsciously worried that he wouldn"t feel the same about me. It wasn"t like he was used to human women problems and this was a gross one. I was embarra.s.sed beyond belief and this was one part about being human that I didn"t want to share with my Demon Angel boyfriend!
Only a week.....
Chapter 11.
No More Excuses.
I knew I was dreaming but it still carried on. Normally with my dreams, I wake as soon as I realise what it is but with this one it was strange and different. Almost like something I needed to see.
I was outside the Library in town that was close to the campus. It was a sunny day and I could feel the heat on my skin and when I looked up at the sun, my vision went blotchy. I could hear and sense I was there for a reason so I went inside. A soon as I thought it, I didn"t even need to open any doors, I was right there by the information desk.
There I saw a man walk towards me and I knew it to be George, Frank"s uncle. I don"t know how I knew this as I had never seen a picture of him but there he was, bounding his long legs this way. He was a man in his late sixties but it was obvious that he kept himself in good shape as he hadn"t lost his fireman"s fitness. He had a full head of silver hair that caught the light in a shimmer as he walked past the tall windows of the library. As he got closer I could see almond shaped eyes of grey and he had laughter lines around strong features. This was clearly a man that had found lots of happiness in his life.
I lifted my hand up and waved but even though he was staring in my direction he didn"t react. It was like I wasn"t even here and when I looked down at myself and saw nothing, I knew why. I wasn"t there to be seen.... I was there to see!
I turned to face the woman behind the desk and knew it was Yvonne Dubeck, just as I had known it was George. It was a bit like being at a play and knowing who all the characters were without ever meeting the cast.
Yvonne Dubeck was a small framed, thin woman with half moon gla.s.ses resting on her long beak like nose and she wore her hair pulled back into a tight bun. She was pale and her mousey coloured hair did nothing for her grey strands coming through. She wore a tight pencil skirt that looked hard to walk in and a plum coloured shirt with a thin bow attached around the neck in the same material. She wasn"t much to look at but something happened as soon as she caught sight of George.
Her eyes widened and started to glow around the edges for a split second. She looked excited and when he came to stand right in front of her, she took off her gla.s.ses and her face softened, changing her appearance to one more striking. George couldn"t find the words at first as her powers over him took effect. I could almost make out the negative energy she was extracting from him. She was stalling for more time with him as he asked where the World War Two books were. Of course she offered to show him and off they walked.
I wanted to slap her away from him and somehow change the past but it was useless, I was only there to observe. I tried to follow but couldn"t move, so I shouted out in protest but that"s when the scenery changed and now I was back at more familiar ground.... I was back at Libby and Frank"s house, my new home.
I had to remember that I wasn"t asleep in my bed and this was just me sleepwalking. I was in my room and it was dark. I could just make out my long mirror but when I looked for my refection to be staring back at me, there was nothing. I was stood by my desk which now was a set of old pine drawers. I noticed that my bed was missing and there was an old rocking chair in its place which was now in the den.
In the chair sat George with the lights off and he was looking into a telescope. I walked over to see what he was looking at and he didn"t even stir as I approached. I looked up into a clear night sky covered in a blanket of stars. But this wasn"t why I was there. I heard a noise that George couldn"t. It was a chanting I couldn"t understand but I knew who it came from. I walked over to the window still taking care that George couldn"t feel me as I was now stood next to him. I looked down into the yard and directly below the window was Yvonne Dubeck, stood there no longer looking plain.
She was naked all but for a long black cloak around her shoulders and the hood was raised. Her hair was down and wild blowing around in the windy night breeze. Her eyes glowed like the full moon above, white and pearly. Her nails grew impossibly long until they curled round back into her own hands. They pierced the skin like razor tipped arrows and she howled in pain or pleasure, I couldn"t tell. Blood spurted into the air from the contact and looked like a black fountain glistening under an evil moon. I felt like I would soon lose my stomach contents but when I thought it couldn"t get any worse I felt the bile rise at the next stage of Yvonne"s demon phase.
Her chanting was getting louder and each time I listened, I would see something in her change. She moved the looped nails together and they interlocked, the blood sealing the bond, before creating a power source in the middle of them all. It got brighter and stronger, growing with every foreign word that pa.s.sed her spit covered lips. She was now losing liquid out of every orifice and I wrinkled my nose as if I could smell rancid cheese mixed with bleach. Her skin looked like plastic that was being stretched to the point before breaking, the blood behind, bubbling just beyond the surface, giving her body a deadly glow.
Then something happened. The ball of energy had reached its sizable limit causing it to explode, making the room fill with a blinding light, as though the house had created its own blue sun. George fell backwards off his chair and pulled his body backwards into the corner like a frightened child. As before, I couldn"t move and wanted desperately to run to him to comfort the shaking man. Then a clicking noise like a giant cricket was outside, started getting louder before showing itself. It was Yvonne, who had floated up to the window and with her hands raised up, it made her head look bigger. Then the image kept changing from the truth to what George was seeing. Where I could see Yvonne in her Demon form, he was watching himself be abducted by an Alien figure through the window.
He was screaming and when the clicking noise turned into a deafening high pitched scream, he placed his frightened hands over his ears. I had tears streaming down my face. Then the light disappeared and the feeding began. By this time George was in a state that was so beyond fear. He was no longer aware of anything around him, so Yvonne walked over to him and I got first hand a Demon feeding from a human.
It was like nothing I had ever seen before and my breath caught as a wave of fine blue mist flowed out of his body. It clearly didn"t hurt as he wasn"t even aware that he wasn"t alone. She placed a hand on him gently and it looked like she had just had an o.r.g.a.s.m. She let out a long moan and then touched her naked body with her hands that were now back to normal. All of her had returned to how she first looked. And when she was finished, she kissed him on the head before turning to find me in her way at the window. I don"t know how I had moved but I knew it symbolised my need to stop her. This time she saw me as my body was whole again.
"Mmm... Electus, I bet you taste good." (Means "Chosen" in Latin) Her voice was like ice and I couldn"t do anything but feel my skin p.r.i.c.kle, feeling the aftermath from her feed. My skin wasn"t the only thing in the room to grow cold. The moon came out filling the room with a natural blue light and I looked up, to see the walls cracking as they had now turned to ice. The floor was also being affected by this Demon and the freezing cold travelled up my legs after leaving the floor.
I wanted to cry out but nothing came. The Demon Yvonne got closer and the ice melted under her steps but refroze when she left each s.p.a.ce. Her nails grew once more but unlike last time, they forged into one long, flat blade and before I knew what was happening she rushed at me. I tried in vain to move but my legs were frozen to the floor boards below. Then, happening in the blink of an eye, she plunged the blade into my gut, making me bend over it and spit out blood over her naked body. I looked up to see her face change into Layla and I screamed out in both pain and cruel fear!
Then I shot upwards, gripping the pain in my lower stomach. It took me a while to realise I was in bed with Draven and he now had his arms around me but I couldn"t hear what he was saying, because there was a ringing in my ear from the noise Yvonne had been making. I pushed it out of my head until my senses came back into focus. I was panting and Draven rubbed my back like Sophia had done earlier.
"That was a bad one," Draven said bringing me back even more to the room I was in. I nodded but then let out a moan as my period pains had come back with a vengeance. Draven noticed me grip at my stomach, so he whipped back the covers before I could stop him. The curtains flew back and light filled the room.
"No, don"t!" I said through the pain but he wasn"t listening to me. He put his hand to the wet patch below me and lifted it to the light. My blood was on his hands...literally. I wanted to cry! I saw his face go pale before worry replaced it.
"Keira, what"s wrong... did I do this to?" He was trying not to shout but you could see it was difficult. He was angry with himself at the thought of hurting me.
"Oh no... no, no, no!" I said before burying my face in my hands. I could feel the tears wet my skin and then another almighty cramp brought me round.
"Keira tell me, what have I done?" He voice was pleading.
"It"s not you, it"s me. I"m so sorry you had to see this." I was so ashamed, it was worse than any pain my uterus was causing me.
"Then if it wasn"t me, then?.......Ah I see." He said as the b.l.o.o.d.y penny dropped, no pun intended! He relaxed instantly now he knew I was in no danger. He had already produced a cloth to wipe his hand clean before pulling me into him.
"Keira do not be sorry, I just wished you would have told me. I knew something was wrong but I never expected..."
"What? ... It to be so gross!" I said bitterly "No!... It to be so....so human." He said softly, before kissing me on my forehead.
"Do not be embarra.s.sed Keira, it is only natural. Are you in a lot of pain?" He was soothing back my hair off my wet face and when I jerked from the pain, he froze.
"I guess that is a yes." He got up from the bed and even in this situation I still gasped at the sight of his amazing naked body on full view. He came back with some tablets and water. I took them and he knelt down to wipe the tears from my cheeks. I was about to apologise again but he put his finger to my lips.
"Ssshh don"t do that," he said before kissing me.
"Right well let"s get you sorted." He said and was about to pick me up but I protested.
"Please, I am so ashamed already, I can do it." I said getting up and making sure to hide my behind! He didn"t like me getting up on my own, but come on, it was only a stupid period! I was about to look back at the mess I"d made of the sheets but before I could, Draven stopped me. Then a few seconds later he let me look. The sheets were clear and like brand new.
"You"re too good to me, thank you," I said thinking that I had the most caring boyfriend ever. He really was so sweet with me that it kind of made me want to cry but thankfully I didn"t. At least now I knew why I had been so sensitive lately.
"I am not good enough, if I were, then I would have noticed this sooner. Why didn"t you tell me?" He looked hurt that I hadn"t mentioned this to him and I really didn"t want to tell him why but I couldn"t see a way around it.
"Don"t get mad, ok?" This made him raise his eyebrows with curiosity.
"I thought you wouldn"t like me as much, you know because we can"t have s.e.x." As soon as I said it I felt a guilty lump form in my throat. Now he looked really hurt.
"Is that what you think of me, that s.e.x is the only thing that I am attracted too? Oh Keira, how could you?" He moved away from me and I couldn"t blame him, if it had been the other way around I would have been very angry.
"You said you wouldn"t get mad," I said quietly.
"Did I?" He asked sarcastically as we both knew he didn"t.
"Look I"m stupid and way oversensitive, I know this but I am so sorry." I was close to pleading.
"Sensitive YES but stupid no...Never!" He was coming back around and I almost wanted to laugh as I realised I had never argued with anyone in the nude. I went up to him and raised his face up to mine as he was sat on the couch looking down.
"Please forgive me, I get oversensitive when it"s the time of the...well you know and it plays on my insecurities. And when I still find it hard to fully understand what it is you see in me, all those insecurities get the better of me and make me say and think bad things." This was turning out to be the worst sorry in history but in a crazy way it seemed to be working. Until I added the icing on the cake and started trying to swallow over and over, as I knew what was coming! Oh G.o.d, please No!
I ran from the room and nearly ripped the door off to get to the bathroom fast enough. There, I threw up in the most expensive toilet I had ever used. I was saying a private prayer to G.o.d, asking for Draven not to hear me but I was too late, it was worse than hearing me, he was seeing me. His hands came to my face and pulled back my hair like he had read a manual on attending to sick girlfriends. Once he had it all, he held it tight with one hand and with his other he soothed my back.
"Please don"t watch," I said before more came up. The pain was nothing compared to my utter shame!
"Ssshh, don"t talk." He wouldn"t listen to me and he just stayed with me until I was finished and the contents of my stomach were cleared out. He handed me a tissue and I blew my noise and cleaned myself.
"Thank you but I think I have it from here," I said looking down and he knew what I meant, so he gave me some privacy. Once I had finished sorting myself out and washing the trousers and underwear that had been given to me, I wrapped a towel around myself and went back out. Draven pa.s.sed me some more sweat pants to put on and this time these were my own. He didn"t say a word as he pa.s.sed me some water and more tablets as the others didn"t have much chance at fulfilling their use.
"Better?" He asked when I downed all the water to the last drop. I nodded before walking up to him and hugging him like he was a lifeline. He held me back and I felt him sigh.
"Did I say I was sorry?" I said again hoping this would work but when I looked up he didn"t look very mad at me.
"Yes you did and although it is nice, it is also unnecessary." He went to kiss me and I turned my head. I had brushed my teeth like a woman possessed but I still didn"t want him kissing me just in case.
"Although when you do that, it doesn"t help the forgiving process," he said teasing me but he knew why I did it. I held his hand and pulled him to the bed were he lifted me over the steps and into the bed like I was child that needed a boost. We snuggled down into bed and the lights changed into a gentle glow. I knew this meant he want to talk.