It seemed like forever before I finally blacked out. I could not hear and I could not see, but I could still feel the pain as I guess he was still sucking the life from me. The burning pressure was so bad from his venom entering my body as he sucked my blood it was almost numbing which in truth made the pain a million times worse than when he first sank his fangs into me. I could feel my heart racing out of control then suddenly it stopped there was no sound comming from inside of me it was like it was hollow. And even though my heart is not beating I am still laying here life less in agonizing pain. I don’t know how long I’ve laid here before the pain suddenly stopped, then I was out cold nothing but the cold empty darkness around me.
* * * * * *
When I started comming to. I could hear voices. I heard Mica and Angelic talking.
“Mica. How much blood did you take from her?” Angelic asked him.
“I’m not exactly sure. I was kind of preoccupied at the time. It was hard for me to stop. It has been so long since I tasted human blood, it was very hard for me to stop, but I did.” He answered sounding worried.
I started becomming confused. I opened my eye’s and I could see them. They tuned to look at me. They were sitting on the edge of the bed.
“Raven!” She squealed with relief. “How do you feel?”
“Confused, I think.” I answered her.
“Do you hurt anywhere?” Mica asked comming to sit beside me. I turned my head toward him.
“No, not any more.” I said. Then I started to get really confused. I was hearing other voices. Seeing flashes of images in my mind like I did that one day when Mica was on the phone with Lavon. These new voices were not comming from Mica or Angelic or anyone from our family. I sighed then tried to tune out all of the voices and images. “So did you....?” I could not finish my sentence. The voices were too loud for me to think strait.
“Yes. I did turn you. It was not planned. I was worried that I had took too much of your blood. You have been out for a very long time.”
“How long?” I managed to ask. I was still sorda confused like disoriented.
“Almost a week. You have took the longest to come too. None of us took over three or four day’s and you were out for six and a half day’s.” Mica told me.
I moved wanting to get up then realized that I may not have clothes on. I looked down to be sure.
“I dressed you. Would you like to get up?” Mica asked.
“Yes I would.” I paused with the voices in my head seeming like they were screaming at me. “Why am I hearing voices?” I asked. “The voices are screaming loud.” I put my hands to my head as if I had a horrible headache.
“What are you talking about?” Angelic asked me looking confused.
“It’s like I am hearing fifty different voices and seeing different images in my mind at one time. It is not pleasent.”
“Telepathy.” Mica stated. “You can read minds. Since you are new it is going to be hard to control, but you can practice to control it.” He smiled. Then another look crossed his face that made me think that he hoped that I controlled it soon, so I could not hear his thoughts. I frowned at that.
“Are we in trouble with the rest of the family?” I asked him. Realizing that their last words were that I would not be turned for another two weeks.
“I’m not really sure yet. I haven’t left this room to see anyone else.”
“I hope it won’t be to bad. I just want to be happy and think that everything can be okay now, no more worries.” Mica agreed with me nodding his head.
I decided that I would go ahead and try to move now. I was going to earlier, but I was distracted by these voices in my mind. I got up so quickly that it startled me. I knew that I was going to be faster and stonger and all of the extra things that come with this new life, but it still startled me. This will be something that I will have to get used to.
I also noticed what Mica was telling me about the sences. I can see every little strand of everything. I can hear far away, except for I need to figure out which I’m hearing through my ears and which I am hearing in my mind. That is going to be complicated. I did not feel the need to breath, I have no heartbeat.
I walked over to the mirror wondering if my looks have changed much. I seen in the mirror. I didn’t quite look like myself, but I did. My eye’s are silver, from the venom that is running through me right now. My skin is not hard and not soft, but it does look humanly. I am pale, I don’t have a tan or a tint to my skin any longer, which I guess is to be expected since I am pretty much dead. Mabe people won’t notice, that my looks have changed any, even though it is not a big change.
I looked at Mica. “My eye’s are beautiful now. Just like your’s.”
“Of course they are. Raven you are more beautiful than anyone I know.” I watched him stare into my eye’s for the next five minutes the way that I alway’s stare into his.
“Okay break it up. We all have the same color eye’s. Now we need to focus on getting Raven out of here and back to the house without drawing attention to ourselves. Plus I can feel hunger comming from her..., and let me tell you, it is not for human food.”
“Your right. I am craving something that smell’s very good to me right now. It seems to be comming from close by.” I said. I realized what I was talking about and shock crossed my face, When my emotions started to flare up I felt something in my mouth and looked into the mirror to realize that my fangs were out.
Mica looked at me. His were showing as well. I smiled. “How exactly do you control these things?” I asked either of them.
“Just calm yourself first then they should retract.” Angelic said and patted my shoulder. She looked to Mica. “We have got some teaching on our hands. And not a whole lot of time unless you want to be leaving her at home while we have to go out.” She sighed.
Angelic walked out of the room to call they’re mom and dad and the rest. Mica talked to me about things that were going to be different for me. I think he was trying to give me a lesson as living human as a halfbreed vampire. It did not take long for the family to get here. I could here their thoughts as they were walking up the flight of stairs to our floor.
“Mica. I don’t think that your dad is very happy with this. I don’t mean to read his thoughts, but I can hear them. He is projecting his thoughts very loudly.”
“Don’t worry Raven. I will be the one he will give grief to, not you. You didn’t even realize that I was going to turn you. We both knew better on the other subject, but that was something that we just could not stop.” He said, smiling remembering that night, and seeing it in his head made me smile. It made me want to be alone with him, but I know that we have to speak to everyone first. We have to straighten everything out and I have to learn.
Mica and I sat in the room and talked for a while. He explained again things that I will be going through. He said that this life may seem like a regular human life but in truth it is very different. Like the craving for blood. He is not sure why it’s stronger for me than it was for the rest of them.
“When me and the rest of our family was born into our new life, the craving for blood was not as strong as you are saying your’s is.”
“It feels like that is the only thing that I want. I have no taste for human food at all.”
“We’ll figure something out. You will have to try and eat regular food though. Then mabe the craving will at least fade.”
I will have to learn how to be myself again. I don’t think that it will be to hard for me, I can feel an ounce of humanity starting to build inside of me. I just hope that it doesn’t take long to control all of the voices and images that are screaming at me inside of my head every second.
We finally decided that we should join the rest of the family in the livingroom. We heard when they came in earlier, but we were so engrossed in our conversation
of him explaining things to me. His dad spoke as we walked into the livingroom.
“Mica.” Charles said displeased with his son. “We need to talk.”
“Dad. It wasn’t purposely. It happened and as you can see everything is fine.” Mica said defending his actions.
“She is fine.” Angelic spoke up for her brother. “Just look at her. The only thing were not sure about is why it took so long for her transformation to be complete....”
Mica interrupted her. “Plus her craving for blood is much more stronger than our’s was. Angelic said she can feel the intense craving herself, and Raven said she has no taste at all to even attempt to eat regular food.”
“That could be a problem.” Charles said in thought. “We will have to keep a close eye on her. She may have more of the vampire side then whatever the other half of us is.”
“Definately.” Carter agreed.
The rest of the day passed quickly. No one seemed to be upset with me, but I could see that Charles is still displeased with his son and his actions. My craving for blood has not eased up yet. I still have no taste for regular food, but I force my self to eat it. My new body seems to agree with it mostly, but I don’t enjoy the taste of it. I barely remember the taste this food had, it taste’s completely different to me now. Charles say’s if the craving doesn’t ease up soon then they will have to figure out something.
Charles thought it would be best if me and Mica stayed at the condo for now, so I can learn before having to go out in public. He also asked Angelic and Carter to stay here and to help. They agreed and I told them that I will do my best to block out their thoughts.
* * * * * *
Tomorrow is thanksgiving. It has been two weeks since I was brought into my new life. My craving for blood only seems to be getting stronger. I can control my gift better now. It is getting easier to block out the thoughts that I don’t want to hear or see. I’m used to having fangs now, but before, I startled myself a few times when they popped out unconsciencely. Angelic thought it was hilarious. My fangs are not huge. I have two on the top set of my teeth.The second teeth over from my two front teeth on either side.
It’s funny though. I actually bit Mica once while we were showing our love for each other. He said it didn’t hurt, but was actually quite pleasureable. He said that it was one reason that he could not let go when he sank his teeth into me, it was pleasureable to him. That and the fact that the blood that he sucking from my body tasted better then any human food he has ever tasted. His craving for blood resurfaced for a few day’s after that, but he was able to control it. I get grouchy when I need blood and can’t have it. We are more like vampires than I thought. Well I am anyway’s, more than my family is. Hearing what it is like and expierenceing it let’s me see the difference.
My new life is pleasureable and I am very happy now, much more than before. The tension has almost completely eased between the family and Mica. It makes me more comfortable. Tonight we will leave to go to the the house with everyone else for thanksgiving tomorrow. Mica thinks I will be okay on the way their. I wish that my mom could be here, but I still have to control my actions and my cravings first, and I understand that. Mom still thinks that we are out of the country for now. It is to keep her safe from this world and Lavon’s stupidity of wanting to expose my family to her, but he has no clue that I am not human anymore. Won’t he be surprised the next time he see’s me. Which I hope is not soon.
Chapter Seventeen
A New Worry
Thanksgiving passed and everything turned out great. It’s a week past thanksgiving, a few more day’s until December. I like not sleeping. Their is so much more that I get to see and do. The nights don’t go by as slowly as I thought. I am frozen in time, forever twenty two and my fiance twenty one. I believe that this will be my best life.
Well we havn’t heard from Lavon since that day that I called him then left out with him, that was a major mistake in which I tremendously regret it. But Mica forgave me. But I still wonder where Mica went to when he left me. I try to let it go, telling myself that it is in the past, done and over with. It is now time to look to my glorious future.
I am still grasping that I will never die, that I am immortal forever. I have nailed down the date for our wedding and of course Mica agree’s. The date is set for January first. Time to start out the new year with happieness. My color’s for the wedding will be white and silver. Everyone agree’s with that also. I can’t wait to be Mrs. Raven Wolfe.
Mica and I have moved are things into the condo where we are now living. Angelic and Carter returned home. My guards are here too. Mica say’s just because I ‘ve been turned it doesn’t mean that I don’t need my bodyguard’s.
Today me and Mica are here watching a movie sitting on the sofa, cuddled up. Well I think that I should say that we are trying to watch the movie. It is so hard to keep are hands and lips to ourselves, especially now that I am in better control of myself.
“Would you like some breakfast?” I asked him as I was trying to get to the kitchen to cook something.
“I’m not particulary hungry for food.” He replied with a smile on his face. “But you know I am hungry for you!” He pulled me back to him on the sofa and started kissing me.
Once he moved his lips to my neck I was able to speak. “I think that you just like the taste that I have.” I said laughing lightly.
“I think that it is the biting I love.” He said. “I’ve loved the taste that you have, ever since I first bit you.”
“I’m hungry. Do you want breakfast or not?” I asked trying to be serious.
“No I’m fine, promise. I’m not hungry right now.”
As he was speaking my phone rang. “Hello.” I answered.
“Hello beautiful.” It was Lavon.
“What do you want?” I asked harshly. Mica looked over at me, but I got up and walked into the kitchen. Mica’s eye’s followed me the whole way.
“Calm down! I was just calling to see if your so called boyfriend ever told you where he was the night that he left you and didn’t return until the middle of the next night.”
“No. Why do you want to know?” I asked curious to what he knew of that night.
“Well let’s just say that I am a friend doing you a favor. Remember when I told you that Krystal has a child?”
“Yes, I do, but get to your point!”
“Well the child went with his father. Why don’t you ask Mica who the child’s father is! I think that you will definately want to know.” Lavon said then hung the phone up in my ear.
I stood there in the kitchen fighting with myself about what I knew he meant and trying to tell myself that it wasn’t true. Mica is not supposed to be keeping anything else from me. And if he is I don’t know what I will do. I’m not really sure how long I was standing there arguing with logic, but finally Mica came into the kitchen. He turned me to face him, and stared into my worried and confused eye’s and that’s when I seen the fear in his.
“Who was that on the phone Rave?” He said with an even voice.
I ignored his question and asked one of my own, and I was sure that I already knew the answer. I just didn’t want to believe it. “Who is Krystal’s son’s father?” His eye’s weren’t as shocked as they should be, so I guess that was the answer to my question, but I waited for him to say it.
“How did you know that she had a son?”
“Lavon told me the day before you changed me.” I could feel irritation taking over my other emotions.
“Was that Lavon on the phone?” He asked, anger ringing in his voice.
“Why are you getting mad Mica? Is their something that you havn’t told me? Something that I should have known a long time ago!” I asked, my eye’s narrowing and tasting the anger all through my body as it builds more and more potent with each second that ticks by.
“I knew it was him! Damn him to eternity of hell!” He said rasing his voice and balling up his fists. When he was able to calm down a bit he spoke again. “Rave, I was going to tell you. I was just waiting for the right time.”
“Tell me now!” I glared at him waiting for him to say the words that could possibly make me leave! I refuse to read his mind. It’s something that I have worked on. I can block his thoughts pretty easy.
“I told you that I had consequences for dating Krystal. She had my son, his name is Micheal. She has put me through hell from it, but I do love my son.” He tried to pull me to him, but I pulled away. I was to mad for him to even think about touching me right now. “Rave, I’m sorry, I wasn’t sure what to do!”
“You seem to be apologizing alot here lately for so called mistakes you’ve made. Don’t you think? I’m going to talk to your sister’s I can’t be here with you right now, but come and find me when you learn to stop lying!” I surprised myself at how calm I was while I spoke to him.
I turned and left out the door. I didn’t bother with driving. I needed to get to the house quickly.I wasn’t sure how long I could hold my anger back and I didn’t want to take it out on some innocent human that smelled so delicious.
Charles must have seen me comming. Angelic and Liza were waiting on me outside of the house and we walked around to the back yard.
“Dad said that you were comming to talk to us and that you were not happy. What’s going on? I can feel that you are holding back alot of anger, possibly rage.” Ang. asked me. Liza stood beside her starring intensely at me waiting on my response.
“I’m not sure if I can marry your brother until he learns to stop lying to me and hiding things from me, hiding things from me even in his thoughts.”
“Your hurt and angry, I understand, but don’t do this to him. Please.” Liza pleaded.
“How am I suppoesed to marry someone that can not be truthful with me?”
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