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"More than ready, co me off the floor and escorted me over to my bed "Lie Down"
I did what I was told I stared at the ceiling noteye contact with any of the men that now circled my bed I jumped as a small knock rocked the front door Eli answered and in stepped a girl aboutblonde hair draped over her narrow shoulders Were all goddesses so pretty?
"Hi," she said cheerfully, gliding over to the bed "I’m Mila"
"Ruby"
"Okay, noe are ready," Gwydion called He threw four ties over to Eli
"Tie her down"
"Wait, tie ly undesirable by the ht the first split-second of a vampire bite is painful, you’re in for a rude shock"
Eli bound my ankles with the cloth and tied them to the bottom two bed posts He did the sa potions and parch I couldn’t help but make connections to a deep black cauldron and a makeshift house in a cave
"Aha," he exclaimed as he pulled a little clear bottle filled hite liquid fro "Drink this"
I openedust as the ’off apple’ bitterness ran down my throat
"The reaction is always the sarew heavier and a bout of nausea coursed through ?"
"We aren’t that cruel You’re not going to be ahen this happens… although youThe potion you were given isn’t an anaesthetic, but it puts you to sleep and iuess it is pretty cruel"
"But I’ll still feel it?"
Gwydion nodded Worry burned at hts, think happy thoughts, I urgedness, frantically searching for so My heart leaped out of hmy knees to my chest but it was hopeless -- I couldn’t move I was paralyzed, left to cry alone in the darkness, When the pain subsided, a ser as it came closer A video clip of allmy neck; after that, I watched myself kill and eat a bunch of hues would stop Screa flesh filled my ears as the memories replayed themselves over and over Another screah ed, my voice echoed around my own mind It was useless, no one could hear me and no one could help er tied to the bed The last thing I re, I must have fallen into a deep dreaed over ht light that cascaded in through the asn’t helping I slid out of bed cautiously, trying not to loseas my feet came in contact with the floor I stood for a while and closedmy eyes, I drifted over to the bathroo myself as I went I came to an abrupt stop when I ended up face to face with myself in the bathroom mirror I stroked my cheek with my hand; my skin was so warm and alive I was still a little pale but at least it was the kind of pale you develop through winter and not the kind of pale that rese lashes were two bright ocean blue eyes
"My eyes…" I whispered
As the ray of light glinted off the mirror, I couldn’t help but to shed a tear asblack hair see, porcelain-like skin I rubbed er a vaain would I crave blood every second of every day, suck blood fro, or pierce the flesh of a hus I’ll ever need to worry about would be sleeping or boys or food
My body began to shake and a luht back the tears that pushed against my eyes but I couldn’t Tears poured down my face, so clear and perfect I don’t knohether I’er a monster, but at the saet a second chance and ainst the wall and slid down to the ground, angry atup my knees, I rested ainstoverwhel but curl up into a ball on the cold tiled floor It see I’d ever experienced; now, I’m normal, I should be happy… but I don’t kno I feel
"Ruby?"
A deep, calh the bathroom It was Eli I didn’t open my eyes to look at him; I probably couldn’t if I tried His crisp aftershave and clean safted intoa word, just providing co even now that I couldn’t smell his blood I waited until the tears slowed before I leantwas I asleep?" I sniffled
"Twelve hours" His lips arched with a trace of a smile, and my eyes were drawn to his lips
My heart pounded, he has such a sweet s?" he asked softly
"Sore, overwheler or nausea I had forgotten what being hungry with a norry? Why didn’t you say so?" Mila’s cheerful face peered into the bathroo not far fro!"
"Mila, I think we should give Ruby so," Eli replied
"No, it sounds great," I blurted "I want to go outside"
His green gaze held mine and his lips formed an impassive line He was not happy with et so Eli exhaled as he stood up "Okay, we’ll leave when you’re ready"
I sighed in relief; I didn’t really want to go out but I needed a distraction I just wanted to forget about what happened to odsend The hot water rolled down the back ofto my body when I opened the shower door and stepped out It was strange, feeling all these new sensations that weren’t actually new All these new feelings reht panic washed over ht any fresh clothes in
"Thank god" I exhaled when I saw a new shelf had been attached to the wall
Ast the underwear and jeans that were stacked on the shelf there was a very pretty white su some sun
When I was a vampire, I would apply make-up so I could look more ‘alive’ and less, well, dead Today, I didn’t have to put any ain full red lips had already given rasped the handle of the bathroo into a room full of people Whatever the discussions in the room were, it went silent as soon as I stepped into the room All eyes fell on me Gwydion, Mr Aleksandrov, Tay, and my teacher Lillian stared wide-eyed and pleased My eyes rested on Eli, I seem to always find his face when I need reassurance, and it helped, a lot Eli’s eyes glazed over with such astonishaze returned I approached Gwydion and hugged him
"Thank you," I whispered
He simply nodded and sain and it’s all because of you"