Vampire Heart
1.
"Lady Elisa? Can you come out, please? It's me, Demetri. I brought you something to eat" his voice told me; from under the bed, I saw the dark classic-cut shoes, like the trousers.
I groaned scared. My stomach growled in protest.
"I leave your food here. I just ask you, please, to calm down. You will not solve anything by doing so, I assure you that we are not going to do you any harm. I am leaving," he said, before taking his leave.
I heard the door closing; he had left the tray on the floor, the pizza box on top, closed.
It was a torture to smell the delicious scent of the pizza and not eat it, out of the fear that they might come back as soon as I ventured out.
I was here since yesterday morning, and since yesterday morning I was under the bed, scared.
I felt exhausted.
Three men had come: Aro, Caius and Marcus, so they said they were called. " my mates".
Nice stuff.
Caius had scared me to death, even more than I already was.
Aggressive, he barked at me first to come out from under the bed, terrifying me. Perhaps he had not done it voluntarily and it was I who was upset and misunderstood.
Aro had intervened immediately, while I was crying bitterly, Caius mortified beside him. He had not lifted the bed but he had taken my hand by force, leaving it a little later; I didn't understand why.
"Elisa, please forgive the circumstances of our meeting, unfortunately our nature urges us to nourish ourselves like this, and I am mortified that you are so frightened, this room is mine, and as soon as you have calmed down we can talk calmly. For now, I can only assure you that nothing and nobody will hurt you, you have our word, and we would like you to rest on the bed, not underneath.
Felix and Demetri will be here at your disposal. Now we're leaving, I'll come back later to talk to you. Calm down, please. "Aro told me gently, leaving me confused, scared and full of questions.
I cried, sobbing silently.
That vampire who had tried to kill me was out there.
I felt like dying.
Demetri entered again the room in the late afternoon.
Someone outside the room snorted.
"Lady Elisa?" He called me gently, handing me a handkerchief under the bed. I drew back from him, trembling. I felt very pale.
Demetri sighed.
"Listen, I understand you're scared, but everything's fine." He told me reassuringly, handing me the handkerchief.
"Everything ... all right? Are you all right ?!" I replied, in tears and between sobs - did you try to kill me yesterday! Or have you forgotten ?! Do you suffer from amnesia ?! Tell your friend out there! nice but I would like to stay below! " I said, as Demetri looked at me mortified, as I trembled and accepted the handkerchief.
"As you wish. We're out here if ... if you need something," he said, stepping out again.
Apart from Demetri who had entered the room, it was evening when someone came to me again. It was three o'clock that morning: Aro, Caius and Marcus.
"Fairy, come out. Don't worry, we don't have bad intentions. You didn't eat," he said, worried, "isn't it to your liking?" He asked.
I couldn't answer, terrified.
Caius snorted. I felt myself turning white.
The heart a thousand.
"Honey, we ate yesterday. If we wanted your blood, we could lift the bed and kill you in an instant. But we love you, you're our partner, our mate. And we would never hurt you. Please come out." He said.
I saw him lower, I had eyes full of tears again. He lifted the covers that touched the ground and looked at me, his eyes red as rubies.
I curled up on myself, like a cat, withdrawing from him, moaning in fear.
He sighed, looking at me.
He was beautiful: the long black hair touched the floor, and the delicate face and the features were so graceful to seem unreal.
"It was unexpected for everyone, I assure you. But you have nothing to fear.
Please come out and eat something. I will explain everything to you. You can ask me what you want. Please. "He said, holding out his hand under the bed.
I swallowed, looked at him. I cursed myself as I took his hand with my fingertips, surprised at how cold it was. What would they do to me otherwise?
I jumped as he raised the bed with one arm, as if it were stuffed instead of solid wood.
He helped me get up, and put the bed back down gently, making me sit up immediately. The other two were right next to me.
What he told me left me incredulous and confused: vampires.
I was their mate, I was a special person at the center of their universe.
My stomach growled again. I had never been so hungry in my life. I didn't eat from the breakfast i had last morning. I looked with desire at the pizza on the floor, closed in the cardboard, now cold.
I swallowed and looked away.
The three vampires watched me, worried. They exchanged a tense look.
"I will order another one, okay? Something warm will do you good. How do you like it? We were amazed at how many variations there were ... that was with tomato and cheese ..." Aro said, gently, sitting next to me and hugging me with his left arm. I stared at my hands in my lap. It annoyed me that he touch me.
"I just want to eat. This cold pizza is good too ..." I said, a faint voice, scared, trembling "... and taking a shower. And sleeping. And going home" I added, weak.
"No, you'll have a warm meal. I'll order it. And you can't go home. Our existence must remain secret. I'm sorry, Elisa" He said, giving me a light kiss on my hair that made me wince.
"What type of pizza do you prefer?" He asked me again.
"With mushrooms ...?" I ventured distracted; I would never see my parents and my grandmother again, nor my home. I felt myself missing, as if I no longer had the earth under my feet.
He smiled to me.
"All right. Why don't you go take a shower in the meantime, my dear? You seem to need it. If I can, I'd suggest a hot bath", he said, before leaving.
I sat on the bed, a little calmer, along with Caius and Marcus.
They didn't look bad intentioned.
Could I really trust them?
"This is your new home, Elisa. You will be treated like a queen, don't worry," Marcus said to me, kindly.
Meanwhile, a woman entered the door. She was very beautiful, with long chocolate hair and red eyes that made me shiver; she smiled at me sweetly after greeting Caius and Marcus with "Masters".
"Hi Elisa, I'm Corin. Aro sends me to help you with the bathroom." She told me, making me stand up gently from the bed. I followed her into the bathroom, trembling, followed by Caius's gaze, which frightened me.
Corin was beautiful, the most beautiful woman I had ever seen, except Heidi.
Corin filled the tub, and helped me undress. I took off my white shoes, my pink socks, my jeans, the pink flower top.
I was very petite: my figure was reflected in the mirror, and a girl with long brown wavy hair up to her knees, all tangled and disheveled, gave me a frightened and tired look with chocolate eyes, trembling like a leaf.
Corin placed a rose bath bomb in the tub, and she helped me soaking in.
She started combing my hair.
The water was very hot. I felt the tears slide down my cheeks.
"Elisa? Honey, don't cry. You have no reason I assure you, nobody will hurt you. Why are you crying honey?" She asked me while she was untangling the knots from my hairs.
"I can't go home ... and how can you be sure that you won't kill me?" I asked trembling "I'm a fairy. I'm not like you. I miss home, and I think Caius hates me. I'm so sorry for Felix! I didn't want to hurt him I swear it but I was so frightened! Is he angry?" I asked her, tears running down my cheeks.
"What? Honey, no. You are marsters' mate. Caius has a particular character but he doesn't hate you. Don't worry. They are very worried. They have three thousand years old and they have never had a true mate, especially a fairy then, and they don't know how not to be frightened you. You are precious to them, like a pearl: you are their mate, they love you immensely, and you are a fairy, and even this, even if in a lesser way, makes you precious to their eyes. Nobody will hurt you. This is your home now. Take the time you wish to get used to it, to used to us. Everything will be fine. And Felix is more ... stunned and annoyed than angry, I assure you." She said, stroking my shoulders kindly.
"You're beautiful, anyway. Are the other fairies all as beautiful as you?" She added, finishing to combine my hair.
I finished washing my hair by myself, carefully rinsed myself and left the tub. I felt dizzy, and Corin caught me.
"Oplà, hold! You're really need to eat. Come, now get dressed and then go eat," she said, starting to dab my hair with a towel.
"Do you eat pizza too?" I asked her.
She laughed, amused, and looked at me.
"Oh no, we can only eat blood. Human food has a foul smell and taste for us. Like garbage, that's it," she said.
I nodded.
She helped me wearing a beautiful white silk nightgown, down to the ankles.
I went out from bathroom barefoot.
I was sleeping on my feet, but I was also very hungry.
Caius remained in the room, the pizza was on the table to the right of the bathroom, along with a bottle of water and a glass.
Caius dismissed Corin, who went out while I looked at her in despair: I didn't want to be alone with Caius. He scared me out.
Here is another dizziness. I leaned against the wall, my legs giving way, my vision turning grey.
Caius was next to me in an instant, making me sit down immediately at the table.
"You have to eat. Come on," he said in a tone that allowed for no replies.
I opened the pizza box, mushrooms Pizza, as I asked.
I ate the Pizza burning my throat, Caius besides me.
"Why do you think I hate you?" He asked me as I finished.
I looked at him frightened.
"And why are you always terrified every time I talk to you?" He asked me as I tried to swallow.
I felt tears in my eyes.
"Not again, I can't stand emotional crises." He said, annoyed.
I pushed the tears back, suppressing sobs.
"Then?" He asked me as I drank some water trying to talk.
"I- ...the way you look at me, the way you talk to me ... it seems I get on your nerves! I've been down your bed for two days because you killed dozens of people under my eyes and I thought you wanted to harm me too! And the only reason why I'm not dead is because of this "bond" that I don't feel I have. I'm a fairy, and maybe I'm insignificant for you like a flea! Please, I want to go home! " I told him, in tears.
He sighed.
"I'm sorry that my behavior causes you suffering and intimidates you. Unfortunately, I have a less calm disposition than my brothers, but you must not be scared by me, my darling.
And never say that you are insignificant again- he said to me seriously- because for me and my brothers you are the most beautiful, desirable and important creature that exist. The bond was sudden, and you'll have
all the time to settle in. I really want things work beetween us, Elisa. And I'm sorry to inform you that you can't go home. You know about us, and we can't let you go, otherwise we should kill you. And I would jump into the fire rather than harm you. I know it's hard, but you'll see that things will get better. And I can assure you that you have surprised us, and not a little, fairy. "He told me, looking at me.
I wiped my eyes with a handkerchief that Caius gave me, and I finished eating in silence, finishing the pizza calmly, the vampire's eyes following my every gesture.
"Is it good?" He asked, disgusted.
"Very good" I said, smiling as I finished the last bite.
"Thank you," I added.
"Nothing. We'll order you all the food you want and deserve. Do you eat often like humans?" He asked, looking at me.
"Technically I am human ... that is, a little bit. I eat quite often, I sleep, etc." I replied, rising slowly from my chair.
My eyes closed on their own.
He picked me up and, before reaching the bed, I was already asleep.
