The smell became stronger as it drew closer. The voice inside Selena's head begged her to look for the source. Something inside her had been awakened. She did not feel herself.
Selena ran towards the door, however, before she could reach for the handle the door opened.
Lowe stood there. His scent rose to torment her.
He walked into the room, slamming the door behind him.
The voice in her head went silent.
They stood inches apart. His smoldering eyes drew her in. He scanned her body. Only rapid, shallow breaths could be heard.
Lowe had always been ruggedly handsome but he was somehow more attractive. She felt a recklessly savage lust unlikely anything she had ever felt before. She wanted him to take her into his arms.
This encounter was filled with excitement and anticipation. These feelings were strange to her but she wanted to explore them. She craved him.
Both their hearts were racing.
"What is happening to me?" Has he drugged me?" she wondered.
"He would never do that" retorted the voice.
Lowe's hand gently cupped Selena's face. As he touched her the iris of his eyes changed from his usual ice blue with yellow specs to entirely yellow. His skin was warm to the touch.
Lowe looked at Selena as the aching tension between them built.
"What are you?" he almost pleaded.
The narcotic power of his voice and eyes sending Selena wild. This is the first time she had seen him show any emotion.
"A vampire" she muttered.
Selena assumed that he knew she was a vampire as it was obvious from her pale skin and red eyes. He had also watched her feed.
"Not that. What are you" he pleaded again.
"I told you I am a vampire." she raised her voice this time.
"What else?" he asked this time in a calmer tone.
"What do you mean?" she replied.
"I wonder if he knows I am the Queen" she thought to herself.
He sighed.
He had now calmed down and was stroking her long hair. He was an opiate, she had no wish to kick.
"Kiss him" the voice in her head said".
The world outside the room had completely disappeared from both of them.
She realised that her arms were wrapped around his torso, holding onto him. The space between them had completely disappeared. Her body pressed against his lean muscles.
"Is this because you're the vampire Queen" he purred into her ear, sending shivers down her spine.
There was a moment of silence.
"You knew," she exclaimed in shock after she processed his words.
He grinned. That grin made her cheeks flushed and her knees weak. He wrapped his arm around her waist, holding her up against him.
"Kiss him", the voice in her head repeated again. "Make him yours."
"Stop talking" she replied to the voice.
"Who are you talking to?" he asked as he looked at her with a puzzled expression on his face.
"I keep hearing this voice" she mistakenly replied.
More silence.
"He must think I am insane" she thought. She wondered if she was crazy, she was not only hearing a voice in her head but now she was replying to it.
Lowe's response was to pick Selena up and carry her over to the couch. He then sat her down.
Selena sat there anticipating his next move. The voice in her head had gone quiet as she had been subdued whilst being in his arms.
"Explain the voice," he said
Selena was surprised that he was humoring her. She herself thought she had gone crazy but he spoke in such a serious manner it had her second guessing herself. She then proceeded to explain the strange thoughts, feelings and emotions she had experienced since she had awoken. She first explained the uncontrollable rage, then the strange smell and finally the voice. She was careful to leave out any thoughts, feelings or emotions which related to him.
He finished listening.
"I wonder what he is thinking about?" she wondered whilst he stared at her.
Without a word, Lowe left the room. She was not surprised by his response as she had already started to get used to his personality.
Selena's eyes started to scan the room. It was a mess. She located the clothes which Lowe had left for her. The clothes were once again shorts and a top but this time they were more feminine. "He must have lent them from a woman," she thought. A sharp pain appeared in her chest momentarily,
"He is ours" the voice in her head sprung up.
"Who are you?"
"I am you," the voice replied.
Selena did not reply. She thought there was no point humoring her madness.
"I want to go for a run! Go find mate, ask him to join us. I miss him" the voice pestered.
"Mate?!"
"Yes go ask mate", the voice begged.
"I already have a husband". Selena replied.
Her response made the voice in her head whimper before disappearing.
She picked up and went into the bathroom to shower and get dressed.
Selena stepped out of the shower, wrapped her long hair up in the towel and then quickly got dressed. She felt an unusual chill against her skin.
As she was leaving the bathroom, she stopped.
Something in the mirror caught her eye. She stood frozen staring into the mirror.