CHAPTER THREE
Noah's POV
For some reasons, I believed everyone who came to Willow Creek came just to escape the harsh reality of life, or so I thought.
It was morning again and the sun was shining brightly, giving me the reminder to stay indoors till sunset. Last night was memorable. I drove through the streets and at one point, I kick-started my car and timed myself. It took me ten minutes to drive down the street. It'll take me a few seconds to get there if wanted to do it my own way.
Unusually, there was a knock on my door and I hurried to pull it open. I shut my eyes and sniffed the scent of the person standing outside.
I looked through the windows and the face of one of my neighbors returned to my memories.
I could hear how fast her heart was beating and the smell of her blood wafted into my nostrils but self-control was the basic thing I mastered ever since I ran away from my kingdom.
Who would lose his precious mate and stay in the same castle? Maybe stronger people could that, but certainly not me. The memories of sinking my teeth into her veins and sucking life out of my one only mate, Elena, returned to my head at intervals, and a sense of sadness washed over me. A sense of guilt.
"Who is standing out there?" I asked in a deep tone, holding the doorknob. I felt like it would break if my hands were on it for long, so I dropped my hands.
"My husband says he needs your truck for a quick journey." The woman said to me from outside, and I quickly snapped back to consciousness. Why was I assuming that it was the girl whom I saved last night?
Well, I was glad it's not.
"Drive safely." I responded to the woman, but she kept knocking hard on my door. I wondered if she was confident or simply stupid.
"You didn't hand the keys over to me. Can you give them to me now please?"
"No, I will not give it to you. My truck is mine and I will need to use it pretty soon." I replied to her and walked back into the large rooms to observe my routine daily life. The curtains were drawn and there were bottles of beer all over the rooms.
I didn't give the keys to the woman deliberately because she'd been trying to see me step out of my house in the day. She had once asked me what am I. But I think anyone who got close to me wouldn't need to be told. Yes, I did feel thirsty but the guilt of draining my mate has made me abstain from drinking.
"He won't give it to us. He's such a jerk~" I heard the woman say to her husband in their little cottage. For a temporary moment, I wished they knew that I was once the vampire King who would sink my teeth into the veins of the innocent.
"Don't go there. He won't answer the door-"
"I don't care. I just need to get this to him."
"Are you so silly? I repeat, don't go there. Just go back to your cottage and live your damn life."
"Are you my mother? Stop talking already."
I heard these arguments between two ladies outside. Maybe one woman and one lady and even though I was in the bathroom, I sniffed the scents of the two of them but I couldn't recognize who they were.
Minutes later, I wanted to take a quick walk round my house to ease the boredoms of staying alone when I saw this large frame sitting on my doorstep.
"THANK YOU!" The person wrote it on the large whiteboard frame and left. Who could it be? I scoffed and kicked the frame away. I could see it landing on the shrubs at a far distance.
"Noah, come on, we're playing a game." My neighbors said to me but I scoffed and walked away without any response. I didn't feel there was any need to speak with anyone, whether someone like me, someone close, or a mere human being. It did trigger the memories of the past and I wouldn't want to relive the moment.
After the little stroll round my house, I decided to have a drink. The glass cup was on the table but the beer in the bottle was exhausted. I sighed frustratedly and whooshed in the direction of the other room to pull up some cash. I needed to get more of this.
But it was still sunny. I couldn't walk so confidently to the store but I didn't feel like I needed anyone's help to help me get this. I waited till sunset and went out to get the beer in my truck of course. I've had several people ask me how I reached somewhere on time or how I did something so quickly. I hated to answer questions and so I did things that didn't trigger anyone to ask me any questions.
My heart skipped a beat when I saw the same girl I rescued trying to pay for packs of beer as well and some other stuff. Was she someone like me? No I didn't smell her. I would have known. Or maybe because I've stayed away from my energy drink in human veins, maybe that's why I couldn't differentiate.
I stared at her for long before she realized someone was looking at her. She fixed her gaze on mine and I quickly averted mine. I walked away as fast as possible, regretting that she caught me. There was something unique about her, and I wished I could find out without her involvement.
I bought bottles of beer and I was about to enter my truck when I remembered to close the boot. Before I opened the car door, someone closed it for me and I was scared to see that it was the girl. She flashed me another smirk and drove off in her Camry. I let out a deep breath and returned home to process my thoughts.