Valkyrie - the Vampire Princess 3 (5 page)

Chapter
11

I transported myself,
holding Eros in my arms
. He
was still
unconscious. Then w
e were
in his house - the same
house
which
he had led me to once to reveal
my
true
origin.

Eros was lying on the floor in front of me
. His blood had dirtied my
clothes
.
I was happy
he
was there beside me
.
Actually,
I
felt nervous
about
his
wound.

After that I put my right hand on his wound
point and a gray
energy
appeared
around his
body,
doing circular movements over him. Then
, his
wound
was healed.

In this case it had cost me
my vampire
energy
. I was
weak
,
I hadn’t drunk any blood yet
and
I had
lost
sleep on many nights
.

“Blood!”
I managed to say before my body contorted and I bent forward, putting my palms on the floor.

Eros
opened his eyes
and
stared at me
.
He got up and came walking toward me. Then
he took my arm and pulled me to him.

“Valkyrie, are you all right?”
he asked,
looking at me
with torment about my state.

“
I’m very weak
...”
I said and my voice was almost inaudible.

“Y
ou need
blood
,
” Eros
stated, finally looking into my eyes.

 
“
It’s good
to see you
again.
”
I stared into his deep mysterious gray eyes
.

He
met my eyes for a second and then he looked away
quickly toward the
wall
and saw a
rat
going up to the ceiling
.

He leaped forward and did a somersault. 
He got to
hold the
rat
with his left hand
.

Immediately,
he
walked closer to me with his hand extended,
offering
me
his prey
.

“
This is for you,
” he said,
in a sensual voice
.

I looked at the hunt
and as I realised I was
being
forced to devour
a
rat, well, it
wasn't in
my plans
.
However, I did
nearly
everything that
Eros suggested to me.

“A rat?”
I asked, my voice faltered at the end
.

“This is not so horrible, is it?
It’s like eating at a five-star restaurant!” he complimented.

I held the
rodent with my hand and ate it with aptitude. I
licked my lips
afterward as they were dirtied
with blood
. But I
still
wanted more.

“Are you okay
now?” he
asked me.

“Yes,”
I said
slowly
.

“
Sometimes
I
do that too,
” he
explained
. “
When
there’s really no
other suitable prey.”

“
I never thought
you’d do that,”
I confessed.

“What
?
”

“To have to
eat
a rat,” I answered.

“
It was strange
in the beginning to me too,
” he explained.

Silence came over us and
it seemed to trouble us.

“Why are you here?”
I asked confused.

“Y
ou need to return to
Neptune,”
he said hoarsely.

“I won’t go back to Neptune...”
I said penetratingly.

“You’re
in danger
if you
remain here among humans,
” he insisted.

“
I know how to protect myself from them.”

“
So much you
know -
  you were
almost
shot
!”

I stared toward the sound of his voice
.
This time
my face looked full of worry
.

“
I don’t want
your
protection,
”
I claimed.

Eros frowned at me as he was serious. Then he finally said,
“
I didn’t come here to protect you
.”

“
What are you doing
here
then?” I asked, incredulous.

He seemed to be fighting to hold his attention on me.

“
Your father
expelled me from planet Neptune
after
your
departure
.”

Eros was now
staring thoughtfully out the window.

“He did that?”
I
shook my head and then I wrinkled my forehead
.
I was worried about the situation
Eros was now in. “
Why
did he do that to you?”

“He did that b
ecause he thought
you
came back to Earth
for the sake of getting me
.”

Eros turned his head back to look at me.

“
Even though it was
true
...
he hasn’t any right to expel
you from Neptune,”
I said furious and annoyed at my father.

“He disagrees with the
idea
that I don’t satisfy the f
eeling
which you
have
for me.”

“
It’s not your fault.
”
I stared into his gray eyes.

“Your father doesn’t
see it
like that,
” he confessed.

“I need to talk to him,”
I said, anxious.

“
Don’t do it
!” he
said with his
predominant voice.

“He needs to accept you
back in
Neptune,” I said.

“I won’t
return to
Neptune,” h
e said seriously.

“
Where will be you go then?
Will you live on planet Earth?
You yourself
just
told me
it’s
too dangerous for
our kind,
”
I said to him.

“
I have no other place to go.”

“No, Eros... I don’t agree with my father.”

“He won’t
listen to
you! He doesn’t
listen to
anyone,
”
Eros said firmly.

“Neptune
needs
you and my father,
too,
” I declared sweetly.

“And you... you do
not need me?”
He just stared into my gray eyes.

I looked away, staring at the floor. My cheeks became ruddy
.
I didn’t know
how
to control
my timidity.

“
I don’t know
...”
I declared, shaking my head at myself.

I did need him
, but
it would be in a manner
of which he
could never
favor me.

Then, all of a sudden, I noticed
our
faces were so close.

“
Why don't you know
?” h
e asked, now standing before me
.

I could feel his cold breath against my cheek
.

It was the opportunity
I had to realize
a lingering kiss
that I had dreamed of for so long. 
But I had no courage to
accomplish it.

“I... am
confused,
” I said,
staring at his
pale lips
that I so craved.

His lips were all I wanted at that moment
.

“
I need to go away
...” I said and
turned
my body
to the side
and he
wasn't
face-to-face
with me anymore
.

My cowardice
act
turned him away from me
.

“Take care!” he said,
staring at me
as
I was going
toward the front door
.

“You, too,” I said with determination.

Yes, I was safe
.
After all,
I had much more
powers
than
him.

I was the
‘Vampire Princess’
that is, the daughter
of the most powerful vampire
in the universe
.

Chapter
12

The next morning,
when I walked to the kitchen for breakfast,
my mother
was holding her cup of coffee. I sat down at the dining table.

Minutes later we heard a ringing coming from the front door
.

“Who could that be?”

My mother rose from her chair and walked on to open the door.

When she
opened the door, a policeman was standing on our front porch.

“Good morning,
ma’am
!” he said.

“Good morning!”
she said, looking back at me,
not
knowing
what was happening.

Why
was the
policeman
at our front door?

I stood up and took a step toward my mother
,
standing beside her and held her
shoulder,
trying
to save her from harm.

“
I have warned everyone about
a black panther,”  he said.

“Panther?”
my mother asked,
startled.

“
Yes
,
ma’am. Someone
saw
that
wild
animal
in the forest.
That animal
probably
killed
our workmate,
” he
informed.

I lowered my face
as
he was referring to me
.

“
Are you attending
school,
young woman
?” he asked me.

“...
Yes
...” I
looked scared at him.

“Be careful!”
he insisted.

“Okay,” I finally said.

I was scared as I thought he might
discover the animal’s
real
origin.

“Valkyrie, I’ll
drive you to school,
” my mother said.

“
Then do it,
ma’am
...” the policeman reinforced.

“
I guess you don’t need
to
do that now,
mother,”
I said
without fear
.

“
Excuse me,
ladies
!” he said.

“Good work!” my mother said.

“
Thank you
,
ma’am,
” he said with gratitude.

My mother
closed the door behind us.

“
It’s dangerous
! A wild animal walking free by the town!” My mother believed this to be true.

“
Maybe that animal
i
sn’t so
dangerous
.”

“Valkyrie...
we're
talking about
a panther and not
a dog
.”