-In Romania-
I take Jessica's hand and we make our way home. This was a fun adventure today I think to myself. Jessica and I decided to take a trip into the forest. Her family is royal. Her mother and father are the last royal vampires left. We are in hiding from the normal vampires who killed off the last of the royals. Something about them being to powerful to be in control. The neat thing about them is that they are 20% human. I've only heard good things about the royal family so I can't see why they need to be killed off.
Her family took me in when I was just a young wolf boy. They found me in the very forest Jessica and I had our adventure in. I'm not sure why they took me in but I am forever grateful and in their debt.
Jessica was just 6 months old when her mother Clarisse and father Nova took her in. They said her parents were killed by very bad vampires. She's 4 years old now and we have become very close. She is completely human. I have sworn to keep her safe from any harm that comes her way. I will keep this promise no matter the cost.
-4 years later-
Jessica and I our in our little hut with her mother and father. They are cooking dinner for us. It's been a calm day for the most part but I can't help but feel like something is off.
We start eating dinner . It's delicious. Jessica looks at me and smiles. I smile back sweetly. She looks so happy. And this makes me happy. I'm so grateful to have her in my life. She is a very amazing girl.
I hear a faint sound in the distance. Obviously I can hear miles away with my heightened hearing. I look to Clarisse and Nova and their eyes have changed black from their beautiful blue eyes. "Oh no" I think to myself. This can't be good....Shit! It smells like vampires. They smell different from Clair and Nova. This is definitely not good. Nova looks to me and tells me to take Jessica and run. I do as he says.
I transform into a very big wolf and gesture for Jessica to hop on my back. She is used to seeing me in this form. She always begs for me to change so she can ride on my back. She looks so frightened right now and she doesn't want to leave. But we have to if I am to keep her safe. We travel about 25 miles to the end of the woods. I peek out of the woods and notice a town. I gesture for Jessica to get off my back and I transform back into my human form. This is very painful every time I do it but I have gotten used to it.
We make our way into this town and I keep my eyes peel for anything strange. It seems pretty normal. We make our way to the dinner that is across the street from us. We go in the run down dinner and take a seat at the booth closest to the back wall away from everyone. I ask Jessica if she is hungry and she doesn't answer. I look at her and there is so much sadness in her eyes. "Jessica it will be okay. Your parents are strong and I know they will get away. We will spend the night in this town tonight and make our way back towards the hut tomorrow." She looks to me with hope in her eyes. I lied to her. Most likely her parents didn't get away and I believe it will end horrible. But I didn't want to believe it. So i gave myself and her false hope. She will hate me tomorrow for lying.
-2 hours later-
We are fortunate and find an abandoned house tucked away in the edge of the woods. We make our way into the house. It looks better on the inside then the outside and there is a few pieces of furniture in there. Good this will help Jessica sleep better. By this time it's already 11 at night. Jessica makes her way to the couch and starts to doze off. She makes me promise to keep watch over me all night. And that's what I do.
Tomorrow comes quicker than I thought it would and we make our way back to the hut. We chat along the way about where we will go once we reach her parents. I'm not sure what to tell her.
A few hours later we reach the hut and it's super quite. This isn't a good sign. I smell blood. I change into a wolf just incase someone bad is still here. We make our way towards the hut. The smell of blood gets worse each step forward. Should I tell Jessica to wait out here? I turn to her and look at her eyes. She knows I want her to stay right where she is. I make my way inside looking around to make sure no one is going to jump out. I turn the corner and there I see Clair and Nova covered in blood. Their head are ripped off of their bodies and sitting on the counter. Their bodies lay in pools of blood on the floor. I change into human form. "Noooo!" I scream out.
Jessica comes running in and before I can run towards her she rounds the corner and sees her parents lifeless bodies. She starts to tun to them screaming and crying. I run up to her pushing her back towards the door to get her out. I finally get her out or the hut and Jessica falls to the ground and goes into a tight ball. She is hysterical and I start to cry. Tears fall so fast down my face that I can't seem to stop them. I turn myself into a wolf since I can't cry that way. I look at Jessica who is still tightly wrapped in a ball and I just curl myself around her to comfort her. My whole wolf body circles completely around her. My pitch black fur covers her body and keeps her warm. She uses it to wipe the tears away here and there. Eventually she passes out from the shock and I doze off with my body still circled around her.
-6 months later-
Today is Jessica's birthday. Today is the day that I find her a forever home. She doesn't know this but she needs a normal life. To forget about her crazy past. I know a friendly vampire who knows some humans who would love to have her as theirs. She lives in the United states and that's where we are now. We have traveled very far for this. She lives right down the street from the family and promised she would be safe with the humans.
We come up to the vampires house. Grace and I have been friends for the longest time. She is the only vampire I trust now. I knock on her door.
"ASHER! It's so nice to finally see you. Although i wish it were under different circumstances." She screams out with a sad smile on her face. I pull her into a huge hug and hold it for a minute. "And you must be Jessica. It's nice to finally meet you hunny!" Grace give Jessics a small smile and gets down to her level. Jessica quickly retreats behind me slowly peeking around my back. Grace smiles at her again and offers us to come in. We make our way through the front door.
Grace offers Jessica something to drink and gives her a coloring book and crayons. She sits her at the table in the kitchen and we move to the living room to talk. I tell Grace everything that has happened and that Jessica needs humans to take care of her instead of me. I don't know how to be a parent and she needs to go to school and learn human things. Grace nods and tells me that she knows someone down the street who have been wanting to adopt.
"I can make something up about how I found her and can't take care of her. These people have been talking about kids for awhile. They are humans for sure I can smell it. The girl is human right?" Grace looks at me wanting an answer fast. "Yes of course she's human." Why would Grace even think different? She just nods and agrees to take Jessica from me. We stay together for the night. I'm not sure how I will day goodbye to her tomorrow. Maybe I shouldn't tell her goodbye at all. It will only be tough for the both of us.
No.... I couldn't make her think I abandoned her. I convince myself to tell her goodbye tomorrow. It's not like she will remember me anyways. Grace has agreed to put a spell on her to wipe her memory of everything that has happened. But I will never forget her. I will always have her memory with me. For the rest of my life.
Morning time comes and I'm dreading this moment. I find Jessica playing in the backyard and I drag myself to go speak with her. This is going to be it, the last day I'll ever see her again. My eyes start to swell with tears. Jessica hears me coming and looks up to me. She is smiling but it drops when she sees me with tears in my eyes.
"What's wrong Ash!" Jessica says to me. I see the sadness in her eyes when she looks at me. I have a feeling she knows what this is about. I sit next to her in the grass and look into her eyes. "You know I love you right Jessica? And I just want you safe. You know that right?" Jessica just nods at me and I continue to tell her how much she means to me. Here comes the moment I have been dreading this whole conversation.
"Jessica, I have to leave today. And you have to stay here. Grace will always be here for you and she knows people who want to take care of you. You will be able to go to school like you've always wanted and meet new humans just like you." I say with a growing lump in my chest and throat. My eyes fill with more tears. And they start to flow down my face.
"YOU'RE LEAVING ME?" she screams at me. Her eyes fill with tears and they are like waterfalls. My heart breaks hard. "Jessica im so so..." She cuts me off by running inside.
Wow I feel like shit. I don't know what to think or do. So I just start to leave. Grace runs out to me through the front door. I look up to her. I can't really see because the tears but I can tell it's her. She grabs me and pulls me into a hug. I hold her for a good minute before I pull away. "Thank you for this Grace. Please make sure she is okay always!" Grace nod and starts to make her way to her house.
She plans on introducing Jessica to her new family and plans to erase her memories shortly after. She won't remember me or her real family or anything about wolf's and vampires. I start to make my way towards the way I came to this town. I plan to go back and kill these vampires who took Jessica's parents away from us. I will kill them. No matter what it takes.
-15 years later-
Grace hasn't told me much about Jessica over the years other than that she turned her into a vampire. I wonder how she looks now that she has transformed. Grace decided she would invite me to her Halloween party and I couldn't be more excited. I decide to dress up into a sexy vampire. Maybe now I can tell Jessica about her family and myself. I wonder how she would take it. I'm just excited to see her so maybe I should take it slow.
-Grace's Halloween party-
I show up just in time for the Halloween contest. I didnt hear anything but to start making my way to the front where Grace is standing. Shes standing next to this gorgeous woman. There are quite a few people who are doing the contest. I don't think I'll win but whatever.
Grace announces that me and another girl are tied and that there will be a tie breaker.
Grace starts to make her way to me with the beautiful woman. Grace introduces her and her name is Jessica. No way that this is MY Jessica. The Jessica that I took care of. But it is. No way. She's so beautiful! I take her hand and kiss it. She doesn't recognize me at all. She looks like she wants to pull away. I release her hand. She tells me it's nice to meet me and a agree back. We exchange things some words and I have to pretend not to know her. I just want to kiss and hold her. Wait.... did I just think about kissing her? Nope stop thinking like that Asher. Don't do it.
Jessica excuses herself from me and walks up to Grace. Grace announces the tie is between me and this vampire girl who is dressed as a "sexy" nurse. In my opinion she's not that pretty. We make our way up front and that's when Grace announces that I'm going to have to kiss Jessica. Oh no.....no no no no. Nope. I can't do that. No way that's happening. Well....maybe. I did say I wanted to kiss her. I feel my heart beat a little faster. And I actually get excited about it. I think Jessica can tell. I try to contain my excitement. The vampire kissed her and Jessica looks disappointed. I tilt my head in confusion. Did she want that to feel good or something? Maybe I have a chance on my kiss being better. What why the fuck do I care so much? I can't possibly like her right?
I walk up to Jessica and ask if she is ready. She just nods at me. I give her a small smile and I go to close the distant between us. I start kissing her and it's instant connections. I feel the sparks fly and I think she does too by the way she starts grabbing my face and getting into it. I have to pull away before this goes any farther. I pull back from her and look into her eyes. She turns to Grace and I make my way back through the crowd.
All the sudden I hear Jessica scream my name and I rush up to the front. Apparently I won. Wait I wont! Jessica must of really enjoyed the kiss. I give both Grace and Jessica a hug.
it's around 2:30 and I check my phone. I have alot of missed calls and texts. I check my voice mails.
Oh no.....no.....this isn't good. The normal vampires found out Jessica exists. Who the hell told them!!! No no no no! I have to tell Grace.
I wait till everyone leaves to approach them. I walk up to them both and tell them that I want to stay the night.They both don't say anything and I take that as my answer. I head to the kitchen. Grace goes upstairs and Jessica starts cleaning. She eventually heads upstairs along with Grace. I have to tell them tonight. It's a must.
Eventually I gain the courage to go up and speak to them. I knock on their bedroom door and Grace tells me to come in. I open the door and walk over to her where she is sitting on the side of the bed and I step infront of her. I start explaining to Grace about the calls and voicemails I recieved. The next thing I know Jessica is on top of me ready to rip my throat out. Im terrified. Shes so strong. Grace throws her to the side and i start to get up and move my way to the corner of the room. Jessica hops up and tries to jump through the air to pounce me. Grace grabs her mid air and throws her to the ground and gets on top of her. Grace stares for a minute and Jessica seems calm now. They both get up and Jessica looks my way. I shoot her a small smile and she growls my way. She still looks angry.
I wipe the smile from my face. "Guys what is going on with you two? What the hell is going on?!" Jessica screams at us. Grace and I look at each other then back to her. " Jessica.... We have to talk about something important." I say while moving towards Grace. "We have to do something together." I give her a small smirk.
Jessica looks really confused. But this is a serious matter. I have to explain everything tonight. She stares back at both me and Grace angerly.
I hope this goes okay...
*To be comtinued*
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