Chapter 55 Chapter 55: Back.
I felt light-headed and at first it was difficult for me to open my eyes. There was a pain in my head that makes it difficult for me pry my eyes open. Nevertheless, I forcefully pry them open only to be met with darkness.
Cool air brushed against my skin and it made goose bumps rise against my skin. I could tell I was lying on a rocky ground because my back felt sore and it sort of hurts a bit.
I sat up from the ground where I was lying on and I looked around me. I was in the woods. It was a bit dark and the towering trees around me swayed slightly as they responded to the whisper of the wind.
I stood there disoriented for a second, but then a car passed by, the screeching sound reached my ears so violently forcing my head to snap in the direction where it came from.
The street lights brightened up the place and everything looks bright and lively even in the darkness.
My heart sank when I realized what was happening. I was back in the human world. Domenic pushed me out of his world against my will. I wanted to be with him, but he pushed me away like I didn’t matter, like my feelings meant nothing to him.
He said he wasn’t sure of his feelings. Doesn’t that mean he doesn’t like me? I was only fooling myself all this time. I thought I could win him over, but I guess I just wasn’t enough. I quickly wiped off the tears that roll down my eyes.
He wouldn’t even visit anymore. I will probably never see him again. He made it clear that he would remain there in the human world, he was never going to come here. I'll never get to see him again.
I tried to hold it in, but my sobs still ended up slipping out. I thought I had him, but I only ended up losing him and breaking my own heart.
Why does it hurt so badly? It wasn’t supposed to hurt this much. I didn’t feel this much pain when Jason heartlessly broke up with me. Why does this hurt even worse than that time? What makes it so different?
Probably because this isn’t a breakup, it was downright rejection. I gave my all to Domenic but he threw me away like I meant nothing to him. I know he says he wants to protect me and all, but won’t he protect me better if he’s by my side? This time, he made it even clear that he had no intention of coming to the human world, not even to visit.
That fucking heartless bastard! He used that as an excuse to get rid of me!
But he did save me from Giron. Doesn’t that mean that he likes me even a little?
Fuck! Why does he keep messing with my mind? He has given up me; he doesn’t love me, so why should I care about him as well?
I never belonged there ayway. This is my world, and I think I have to return to living my own life.
But, can my life ever get back to normal? Can I simply forget that I didn’t encounter a supernatural world, fell in the love with the vampire prince who happens t be the Russian mafia leader; Domenic Darkshadow? Would anyone even believe me if I told them Vampires exist? They might call me insane and ship me off to the nearest mental asylum.
All I can do now is return to my normal life and hope that I would be able to adjust. There are still people I would miss, like Lysander and Sarah.
Oh fuck! I had thought that I would bring Sarah with me when I return to the human world. Well, that bastard prince pushed me out on such short notice. How could he?!
I felt the urge to cry again, so I quickly pushed him out of my mind. He’s not worth it. He’s even worse than Jason.
In annoyance, I left the woods into the opened street. I looked tattered like someone homeless, and I had no idea where I was. The place doesn’t look familiar. The best thing to do now is to take a cab and go back home.
I dreaded my mom’s reaction. I’ve been away from home for almost a month now. What would I tell her? How would I explain to her that I got lost in a world filled with vampires without looking like an insane person to her?
Fuck! I don’t even know anymore. I’m just going to return home for now. I'm really very tired.
I hailed a cab and the dude was looking at me like he was sure I escaped from an asylum. I wouldn’t blame him if he thinks that. I definitely look like it.
"Uh hi, can you take me to Beverly street?"
The poor guy looked at me speechless like he was contemplating ignoring me and driving away.
I looked down at my tattered clothes and chuckled awkwardly. "Don't mind the state I'm in. I got lost in the woods and fell a few times." I pushed my hair behind my ear trying to ease the awkwardness of his stare.
"Do you have money?" He finally asked.
Hope surfaced again in my heart and I answered. "My mom will take care of that when we get there."
He doesn't look like he believes a word I was saying, but he nodded anyway. "Hop on in."
"Thank you!" I said gleefully as I happily climbed unto the back of the cab.
It's settled then. I'm truly back to my world and away from Domenic. No more vampires, no more human slaves, no more terrifying demons like Giron and all those who tried to hurt me.
Although I truly wonder if there are also vampires here in the human world. Maybe they are in hiding just like Domenic when he was still in the human world as the leader of the Russian Mafia.
After everything I have seen and experienced in the human world, can my life really go back to normal?