Chapter 11

I felt someone pick me up and from the sound of their voice it was my daddy. "It will be ok sweetheart your body is healing, but you've still lost a lot of blood and we will need to give you some." I felt liquid drop on my lips and run down my throat. The vampire in me immediately took over and my eyes were open. I grabbed a hold of my dad's arm and began sucking the blood from his body.

"Woa baby girl, I think you're good now. Can you sit up?" I was still a bit dizzy, but I sat up ok and daddy helped me stand and get balanced.

I hugged him," where is everyone"?

"They are fighting and we need to get out of here as soon as we can before Julias sends more warriors to fight".

He took me to where everyone was and  only allowed me to observe the fight. I knew he didn't want me getting hurt again and as bad as I wanted to help I knew he was right. I needed to stay on the sidelines until I could learn my new found abilities and how to control them.

When the last warrior was killed Luke came directly to me. He pulled me close," I'm so sorry. I wasn't there for you when I should have been.. I let this happen to you".

I pulled away so he could look in my eyes, " this is not your fault Luke, Noah is messed up and he deserved anything he got today. You protected me the best way you could and nobody could have known that Noah would have stabbed me".

"I'm sorry", he said, " he ran like a coward and let his men fight his fight and we couldn't reach him, but make no mistake darlin we will track him down and we will kill that bastard".

"Take her and Melody home and send more warriors", my dad ordered.

"You got it sir".

We said our goodbyes and found the car that mom and daddy had brought. They had only brought four warriors with them so we will definitely have to send more because there will be an all out war when they find Noah. Turns out that Noah had taken me to Alabama. I can't believe he had gotten as far as he did, but at least it was easier for them to find me after I left our information at the gas station. It didn't take long after boarding the plane to get home and snuggle in my warm bed and did I mention Luke hasn't left my side since Alabama. We laid snuggled next to each other and when he is turned on his southern accent gets thicker.

" Darlin yur gon kill me with that beautiful body of yours".

I giggled," well we wouldn't want that happening now do we", pulling him into my bare body.

He had a look of guilt in his eyes," your only sixteen and before you say anythin about us doin the other stuff from before I didn't take your virginity. I don't want ya thinkin that ya owe me anythin or that I'm expectin it. I love ya and I want ya to be sure you're ready".

This is why I loved him.I held his head in my hands so he could see into my soul. "Baby, you are anything and everything I could ask for and more. You care and show more love than I could have ever wished for. I want to do this with you now and be used to each other's bodies before we have to do it in front of everyone".

"Only if you're sure".

"God I love that accent of yours. Get over here and make love to me. I need it and I need it now". After I had said that it took two seconds for him to do what I had asked.

He slowly kissed me deeply and ran his hands down my body. He moved his mouth to my breasts giving them both equal attention. My back began to arch and he continued down in between my legs. The attention he was giving me there was nothing like before because he had been holding back the other time we had done this and I almost instantly had an orgasm and my sweet juices poured into his mouth. He came up and kissed me hard.

"Bite me like before".

I did and he bit me and he entered me slowly all of the emotions he was having in this moment soared through my veins and the motion of the act of love making sent me into an earth shattering orgasm and I had to let go and scream out his name. He picked up his pace and I screamed again as he finished inside of me. He kissed me and cuddled next to me. I had tears in my eyes and he noticed.

"Awe darlin are you ok. Did I hurt you"?

"No", I choked out, " it was so amazing. More amazing than I'd ever dreamed it would be. I felt everything you felt for me and I loved it. I will have to get used to it because it was almost too much because I've never felt that much emotion at one time before".

"I will tone it down a bit", he said, pushing a strand of hair behind my ear.

"No, don't ever tone it down. I love feeling what I mean to you. It's so special to me".

"You got it". He sat up in bed and looked at me intensely.

"I need to tell you some things about me.. like where I came from".

"Sure", I said taking his hand," I'd love to know".

"Well for starters before I was turned by your grandfather I had a family and kids. I lived with them all until they died and never fell in love again until you because I couldn't bear to live through the loss of someone I loved like that again. I hadn't known who I truly was until I met up with your Gramps one night in an old saloon. I was there getting a few drinks before heading home from a hard day's work and he made himself noticed by pulling me aside as I made my way to my horse to leave. He told me who I was and I felt that I had an obligation to fulfill so that I could better both the human race and the vampire's as well".

"Weren't your children like us because of who you are?", I asked.

"Well darlin it doesn't work that way because the mother has to be of the bloodline for it to work".

"How long did you have with your family after that?", I asked.

"Well I was born November 4, 1869 I met my wife Kristina April 12,1884 and by January 25,1885 we were married. We had Jeffrey October 13, 1885 and Krystal September 19, 1886 they were eight and nine years old when they died of pneumonia and my wife killed herself by hanging shortly after because she just couldn't live with it. Before you asked me why I didn't change them it's because I never thought about it. I never lived as a vampire and it never crossed my mind until your Gramps showed up one day and asked me why I didn't. I went through years of depression after that and I turned into a murderer killing innocent people, projecting how bad I felt on the inside".

I honestly didn't know what to say because it surprised me that he lived like this. I hadn't ever thought of what it would be like to witness such things so I knew I wouldn't be holding it against him. I sighed, " it's ok everything you just told me is in the past and I know you're better now".

"I promise that it is", he said with relief in his eyes," you don't know how much it means to me that you can accept that part of me. It was so hard back then because after I went crazy it was hard to bring myself back. I had consumed so much blood that it started rejecting regular food and I had to go through a detox of sorts after I had come to terms with everything. I felt like a monster and I had to go through what some would call a twelve step program but more extensive. If it wasn't for Gramps I'd never have survived it and I'd still be the monster I was today".

"I love you Luke, it doesn't matter what happened in the past, all that matters to me is how we are together right here right now."

"You don't know how much it means to me to hear you say that Lila." He kissed me and we had the rest of the night and all day the next day to send ourselves into ecstasy.

When I woke up it was 7:00 pm and Luke was gone. I got out of bed and walked over to the dresser where he had left a note.

" Sorry to leave you , but your Gramps wanted to go over some things with me. I'll be back by 9. I love you."

My heart felt full after everything we had done and what we had talked about. I couldn't wait for him to come back to our room so we could have more fun and conversation. I walk out onto our balcony and admire the city lights in the night sky. It had never occurred to me to ask him what he did for a living. I guess he just works for Gramps. I had decorated my room after we had moved in and I love exotic looking plants and I had a couple of them out on the balcony. I had palm trees and other bright flowers put here. I could smell the lotus flowers I had by the sliding doors that let out to where I was and their sweet scent captivated me as the breeze brought more of their scent to where I was. I stood leaning against the railing with my eyes closed letting the wind blow through my hair and took everything in. It was a calming feeling to know I had found the love of my life and I finally felt like I knew where my life was headed. I had a purpose.

Suddenly everything got disrupted when I heard one of my flower pots shatter against the marble floor. My eyes sprang open and I searched through the dimly lit balcony for anything that could have caused the noise. Then I heard a man's voice and it sent chills down my spine.

"Thought you were rid of me didn't you princess."