Dark Night: Episode 3 (The Darkest Nights Series) by Stefany Rattles

CHAPTER 7
     
    “Damn it!” I heard him say. “Mia, don’t go. Mia. Shit !” That was the last thing I heard because what I felt next made me scream in agony. Robert had injected me with more of the V2 and it hurt a lot . He covered my mouth and soothed me. “It is going to be okay. I promise…so sorry Mia… I don’t know what happened.” His voice might have cracked, I wasn’t sure though.
    Within minutes – that felt like hours later – I felt strong and my bite had healed fast. Sitting up, I looked at him. His eyes were closed and he was still holding onto my wrist like he would never let me go. As sweet as it was, my wrist was tender.
    “Robert I’m fine. Don’t worry. I’m not saying a word. It’ll be our secret but could you let go. It still kind of hurts.” I waited for him to release it, and he did but slowly. He pulled away and I sat on the edge of his bed unsure of how to say what I wanted to say. So I just went for it “It’s not only your fault… I don’t know. It’s weird to me. I’ve never felt anything like that before. But why did it happen?”
    “I took a lot of blood from you, and the V2 was working before I that but then it didn’t and that is why it hurt after I gave it to you again, I’m not supposed to give you more than once a day. Only if you use needles. Your body was weak and I thought you were going to__ you didn’t look good.” His face was expressionless like he had just seen a ghost or something. I didn’t know what to say to him. “I don’t know if it’s wise do that again, it is just too dangerous. I’ve done it before but no one else’s blood has ever called to me like yours has. Do you feel anything?”
    I wasn’t going to lie to him. The connection was there –between us. The bond and I couldn’t lie, I like it . That was the bad part because I still remembered what Mereily had said: “He’s done some bad things.” But I didn’t want to question him about it at the moment.
    “Yeah, the connection is there, is that normal? I mean after you bond with someone?” I asked out loud.
    “Yes. But it is too strong for just two bites. It doesn’t make sense.” He looked frustrated and confused. He had his hands in his pockets and he was standing a few feet away from me looking at everything around but me, the whole time while he spoke.
    “I’m new at this, so I don’t know what you’re talking about but I can tell you exactly what was going on with me if you want to know, I don’t know if that would help you understand whatever it is you’re not getting but if you do please tell me, I’d like to know.”
    “It’s not that just__ look, we will talk about this later. We need to do the tour before the ball and it is getting kind of late. Also, you might want to change.” He pointed at a spot of blood on my dress.
    “Great! I liked this dress.” He made a noise when I walked into the bathroom. I ended up picking a different dress that had been my second choice earlier.
    It was light brown and it also had the design of Virgo. It was slightly shorter and it had transparent long sleeves. I liked. Putting makeup on quickly I made sure my hair wasn’t too messed up. Catching my reflection in the mirror, I noticed that my skin was starting to look different. It was getting whiter and my hair was silkier.
    I left the same shoes and accessories on since they also matched this dress. Walking out of the bathroom I saw Robert waiting by the front door, with his back to me. He heard me getting closer and opened the door without a word. We walked in silence, until we were on the first floor.
    “You already know where the main dining area is and the garden. This is all part of the dorms.” He said in a bored tone as we walked a little too fast for my liking.
    We went through a black door and walked outside and we crossed a small bridge that was over a pond. “This is the main school.  Your friends can show you inside tomorrow morning since it’s locked