The Devil's Thirst Trap

Chapter 11

Zoey walked around in her room aimlessly fighting with herself whether this was reality or just all in her mind.

(Wh...what the hell was that...? Did...did I see things? Is he what I think he is...A vampire..?), Zoey thought to herself as she started to chew on her nails.

"Pssh, there's no way in the world...What if he is...?", she asked herself stopping in her tracks and then jumping on the bed as she rolled around. "AM I GOING MAD?!", she yelled into her pillow.

(He was kinda hot though when he sank his teeth into my wrist...), she thought to herself and then covered her face with a pillow embarassed.

(But that wasn't it...I felt like there was an awakening in me...like...as if I saw everything different, I could hear every slightest sound for quite a long time, it doesn't make sense. I felt so energetic and I felt like I had so much strength in me. What is going on with me? Why did I enjoy it...?)

Just then Zoey heard a slight knock on her wooden room doors.

"Zoey...?It's me, Alexander...I was hoping that we could clear the air between us and talk about this, look...I'm sorry about earlier, that was not my attention to scare you. I ... uh... also got some cookies and cream ice cream for you.", he said hoping for a response as Damien waited in a corner guiding and encouraging him to talk to her a bit more. Alexander wanted to kill him so badly, for starters, he was not the type to apologize so easily, second, he never begged anyone for anything in his life, and third, he was embarrassed as hell!

Zoey jumped for joy quietly when she heard about the ice cream, she then opened the door slowly for him keeping her best poker face on as she started to talk.

"Come in."

Alex and Zoey sat in awkward silence for quite a couple of good minutes waiting for the other to start the conversation as Damien and the maid placed their ears by the door.

"So-"

"The other night-"

They both said in unison.

"Do you want to go first or...?", she asked Alex as she made a gesture with her hands.

"Ladies first.", he also gestured his hand and folded it, which showed his flexed, and toned mussels through the white shirt which held onto him.

"You used me... didn't you...?And all of this just for what?", she asked calmly as she looked out the window to see a blanket of snow covering the land for miles and miles.

Alex looked at her in shock, and he just kept quiet for some time until he dared to gather his words.

"It's not what you think...", he muttered under his breath.

Zoey stood up and went to bend next to him as she touched his hand gently, "Then tell me. What's going on?", she asked as she looked at him with earnest eyes.

"If I tell you, you will get scared, you might hate me and be disgusted.", he said as he pulled his hand away.

"Alex, I want to understand you, but I can't if you don't talk to me.", she pleaded as she still knelt next to his side.

(A descendant of Queen Mary...kneeling to me...?Just how much more humble and cute can this girl get...?), Alex thought to himself.

"Get off the floor and I will explain.", he said as he tried to keep his voice monotone.

Zoey tried to get up off the floor but felt her legs numb and she fell on him sitting on his lap. Faces inches away, their noses touching, her hands around his muscular neck and his hands around her slender waist.

"Zoey...", he said looking at her with the most desperate eyes who wanted her.

Zoey tried to get up off his lap quickly but as she got up he just tightened the grip around her waist and pulled her down on his lap. Zoey turned her face away as she blushed in embarrassment, but he held her chin and made her face him.

"Wha...what are you doing....?", she mumbled under her breath as her grip on his shoulders tightened unconsciously, which he had an idea of how she felt. Embarrassed, nervous, scared, and shy.

He gently caressed her face and then started to play with her hair and placed a kiss on her forehead.

"And what if I told you that I am a vampire?", he looked at her with gentle eyes and waited for her answer.

"It's still shocking to believe that you're a vampire but...there's nothing we can do about it...can we...?", she said as she started to play with his hair."We just have to accept it and get used to each other...You're still a living being with feelings, it doesn't make you any different, no matter status or what, we all are equal."

"It's not going to be easy for you to adjust, do you think you can handle it?", he said as he stroked her back.

"Well then...we will only know when the time comes.", Zoey added as she chuckled and placed a kiss on his cheek, and ran out of the room giggling while leaving him in awe.

Zoey didn't notice Damien and the maid waiting there, but Alexander did when he came out of the room blushing. Damien signaled the maid to leave and tried to sound professional and serious.

"Well, it seems like everything went well, did it Mr. Griffin?", Damien asked with anticipation and he pushed his glasses up.

"She somehow...gave me a different perspective of life and status...", Alex said as he touched his cheek as he reminisce on the talk that they had.

"Oh, how so sir? If you don't mind me asking.",Damien asked as he tilted his head to one side.

"Well...that's a secret for now.", Alexander said as he winked at Damien and patted him on his shoulder, and walked away to follow Zoey who went to the library.

"Argh!!! Why is this book so far away from my reach!", Zoey exclaimed as she tiptoed trying to reach for a book.

But just then she felt a hand hold her left hand gently as the other hand reached out for the book. To her surprise, she found Alexander attractive as he leaned forward for the book.

She watched how his Adam's apple moved up and down gently and her eyes trailed down to his neck, Zoey felt in a trance-like state as she trailed her fingers from his jawline to his throat to his neckline and then his collarbone which made him flinch.

"Stop...stop making this difficult for the both of us...",Alexander trailed off in his words as he gritted his teeth.

But she didn't listen, she continued to caress his collarbone and they both gazed at each other intensely, as their faces started to move closer together as they both anticipated in their minds a kiss but something happened to their surprise to see a woman in the mansion.

"Alexander?"

A/N: Who is this new, mysterious person...?