True Blood - hima (fb2 epub reader .txt) 📗

deep love towards me; his thoughts are warm and filled with love. He hugged me close to his chest as if to protect me from any harm. He is eager to hear any word from me and see me smile. He is going to keep me with him even the cost of his life or pack. How could one love someone so much after a first meeting? I peeped at him and he is staring with the same earth brown eyes that I saw before in the beast. I closed my eyes out of fear, where did the animal go? I thought.

I could feel the smell of blood and my savior twisted uncomfortably, I heard all my families at once.
“What happened?” I heard Tristan’s voice. The stranger put me down gently and I stood up bracing myself, now that I’m back with my family, I felt confident enough to steal a glance at my savior. He is way taller than me and his chest muscles are neatly carved. I blushed as I recognized that he is shirtless. I made an attempt to walk towards the worried faces of my family.

I stumbled as my sore knee pained. It must have hurt when Dustan pounced on me. I didn’t hit the ground, Keetes was on my right supporting my shoulders with a distraught look on his face and the stranger on my left supported me with the same painful expression playing on his face. The funny thing about it is that they both glared at each other for touching me.


“Stretch your leg.” Mitrik twisted my ankle to make sure where I broke my bones. “Don’t worry, the pain won’t be longer, we heal faster.” He smirked. Em snapped at him and fussed.

Keetes sat me on the chair, my savior walked uncomfortably and stood right next to me, eyes filled with concern. His concern and love towards me is so intense that I involuntarily blushed.

“Um…Thanks for saving me… your name?” I asked tentatively. He is surprised but he wanted to hear more from me.

“Conan…”he smiled, he really has a beautiful smile.

“Conan… can we talk in private for a second?” Tristan cleared his throat to break his intense stare at me. Conan nodded mutely without taking his eyes away from me. I have never seen anyone in the night world being so oblivious to Tristan after all he is the king. I wondered who this stranger might be.

Tristan led him to the other room and shut the door behind but I can feel and hear every movement of the muscle that the stranger made, how could it be so vivid? Distance is always a problem for me to read mind being a young vampire but the strangers thoughts are so vivid, it’s like his mind is part of mine.

“You betrayed us…”he accused Tristan, “It is the only way I could protect her…” Tristan voice reverberated in his mind. “From whom…?” he said with derision. “I just wanted to give her a chance to choose her life partner… you know… um… Keetes is bonded to her.” Tristan said coldly. “But…I’m the one to first imprint on her and so she will be mine.” He concluded.

“We agreed that this will be her choice.” Tristan said rising his tone. The stranger laughed. “You are clever…”

“If she has to get to know me, she has to live with me.” He insisted. “She can’t live in the woods, I won’t agree to that.” Flora shrieked.

“She is right; she can’t live in the woods. It’s not safe for her there one of your clan may try to attack her.”

“She still has trouble with accepting what she is and I don’t want her to know how much more her life is complicated.” Tristan added.

There is an involuntary pass before he started speaking again. “I’ll take her somewhere else…”

“No…” I heard Keetes shrill response. I glanced over the room, he is nowhere to be seen, and when did he leave? I pictured them glaring at each other, somehow I don’t want anyone hurt.

“What’s wrong?” I heard Em’s worried voice, I broke my attention from the conversation inside and faced Mitrik, and he stood still and stared at the space with a deepening frown on his face. I know from experience that he is having a vision.

Mitrik left without answering worried Em, Em tailed him and I watched them go for a while and having nothing to do, I followed them in.

“I have seen them coming after her.” Mitrik stressed. Tristan stared blankly at him, Flora slumped on the chair without a word, and seeing them I understood that something is really wrong with the vision. “Not again, we have been away from her for years….” She lost her words.

“Who are coming?” I added,”After whom?” Everyone stared at me then Tristan and Flora stared at each other. Flora pleaded Tristan to not to tell me.

“Mom, I can handle anything…” “They are after you…They have been once when you are a kid that’s the reason why we left you at a human’s house.” Tristan added. I’m sure that he didn’t give me the whole truth because I can see him struggling to keep his thoughts from me and I’m even more sure that even if I demand him about it, he wouldn’t say.

“We need to keep her somewhere safe, where they wouldn’t find her.” Keetes replied.

“I know of a place but It’ll take some time for us to get the place ready to live in until then someone should keep her safe…” Mitrik said turning his attention towards Conan.

Conan nodded. “She is not going with him alone…”Keetes snarled.

“It’s only three day’s arrangement and then we can be together…”Mitrik tried to explain. Keetes still glared at him. “We have to leave now… every moment we waste throws her into danger…” that information stopped Keetes from going towards Conan. Keetes left reluctantly, Mitrik promised Em that he will come back soon.


“Just go to her room before anyone senses you here. Em… stays with her.” Flora said directing a disgusting glance towards Conor.

Em walked me to my room, Conor tailing us. We locked ourselves in the room. I sat thinking what’s all this about. Conor was stealing glances towards me; I couldn’t make myself hate him. There is something about him that makes me more comfortable.

Em sat on the window sill glancing towards the sky; I know it’s hard for her to be away from Mitrik. What about me? It’s even hard for me too. Three days passed inside the room, occasionally, mom or dad comes in carrying blood to quench our thirst. None is allowed out or in, we barely spoke to each other except for the huge sighs each of us take from time to time. Conor was more uncomfortable than both of us, he being in his enemy’s shelter and being closed in a room.

Each time I smiled at him, I could hear him thinking fondly of me as to how my smile could erase all his tensions. Not even a second in the day passed without him thinking about me. He thinks that everything I do; sleep, talk, sigh, think… everything is beautiful in his eyes. I never felt such fanatic devotion from anyone. It’s even a big mystery as to how I could hear his thoughts clearly. Each time I tried to ask I shut my mouth voluntarily.

Three days later when I’m deep in sleep, I felt someone waking me up; I shoved the hands away and snuggled into the warm bed sheets. Someone pulled me up away from the covers and I tried to wake but I couldn’t make myself open my eyes.

I felt someone carrying me away; I could feel the rhythmic beat of a heart and earthly smell. I hugged him close so I could smell that, I hear a low growl but ignored it.

Feeling warm and cozy once again, I fell asleep again. I woke up in my cozy bed; I stretched and laughed at my weird dream last night.

“Finally… you are up. It surprises me how you sleep like a rock?” Em teased. I smiled. I sat up, glancing at my surroundings for the first time. I’m not in my room, finally they must have let me out but the walls are made of wood and there is no room in palace that is built with wooden walls. Curiously, I got up and as soon as my feet touched the ground, I saw even the floor is wooden.

“What’s this place?” I asked. “It’s our new home and hide out for us.” She said. “Are we still in the night kingdom…?” I asked myself.

“You will be surprised; if you know where we are…” I frowned. “See for yourself.” She said leading me outside the house. We walked through the sandy floor and up above the sun is well hid behind the dark clouds. Our wood house is small and cozy, well tucked between the tall and dense trees. She led me through the trees and finally the trees cleared to view the vast stretch of water that lay ahead us. A single thought fluttered in my mind.

“This is our island…” she said excited. “How… why…?” I asked confused. “They wouldn’t be looking for us in mortal world… they aren’t clever enough…”Mitrik smirked coming towards us. “What about the rule that vampires should keep away from mortals…?” I asked. “You yourself mentioned that people never come this way and it is in constant cover of clouds so there isn’t any problem even with the sun.”

“Come on… admit it. You admire my clever ideas…” he said boastfully. “Yeah! I do…”I replied smugly.

Keetes walked towards us from behind the trees, I rushed towards him and gave him a hug. He didn’t even hug me back; he just gave a weak smile. “Let’s get back to the house, I need talk about something.” Mitrik said in a serious voice.

My eyes searched involuntarily all the sides to see someone, “What…” Em prodded. I shrugged and walked towards the house. The house was small and cozy enough with little furniture. We had two rooms and a living room; it was just more than enough for us now.

“We never went this far into the island…” I thought out loud. “Obviously, the boys did.” Em said. “So, girls how do you like our work.” He said looking around the house. “What…?” we said in unison. “I thought you just found out this house which already belonged here. I mean four days... is very less time for you to construct this cozy home.” “Time runs different in mortal world remember?” Mitrik replied to me. “Four days in our world is four months here and we are what vampires with extraordinary powers so it’s just nothing…” Mitrik replied.

“I just wanted to give some pointers, Stay hidden whenever you see a mortal passing by. Don’t do anything that shows our presence here. Each day one of us will be awake just to be safe…” I cut him off.

“Where is Conan?” I asked. At the same moment I caught a glance of Keetes shifting uncomfortably. “It is too much for him to stay here along with four other vampires.” Mitrik snapped.

“He must have left…” Em supplied. At the same instant I could feel his heart beat growing louder and smell his presence as if he is somewhere close to