Chapter fourteen

Vanessa opened her eyes slowly but everything seems normal. She sat up and check herself then looked at the book. She got frightened that she quickly threw it into the drawer and proceed to check herself properly in the mirror. She took a look at herself in the mirror and nearly have her veins out of her flesh when she saw her eyes in golden color. She moved back and fell to the bed.

"what's this?, what's happening?",

she said touching her face as she was so confused that she didn't even know what to do next.

"wait,if what is inside that book is correct, does that means I'm not a vampire?", she reasoned. She became so glad, what she was so scared of has been resolved. She isn't going to become a monster, she's not going to kill her friends. She smiled graciously and went back to the mirror,then heaved a relief sigh. Her eyes changed back to normal the moment she calmed down.

"woah",she exclaimed. She became curious and excited at the same time about her skills, she went to get the book and go through it one more time. She tried changing back her eyes according to the book instruction and she succeeded. She proceeded on get a sheet of paper. She stretched her hand to it,

"fire",she said in mind and it immediately caught fire.

"woah", sh quickly tried putting it off.

"OMG!!!! OMG!!!!!!! I did it!!!!!!!!", she was so excited.

Vanessa came out of her room, fully dressed. She met her dad setting up for dinner while the news was on. She turned her attention back to the broadcast which is about 25 civilians that was killed by the vampires. The image of the corpses that were brutally killed pissed her off.

"hey sweetheart", her dad called,he succeeded in getting her attention off the TV.

"good morning Dad", she greeted ,

"how was your night?", he asked,

"fine dad and you?",

"it was great, come over ",

She walked to the dinning room ," I'm sorry Dad, but can I skip breakfast, I lost my appetite",

"why?, what's wrong?",

"the tragic news turned me off",

"c'mon, this isn't the first time, you can't starve yourself because of that",

"I really have no energy to eat anything now",

"ok fine, how about you have just tea?",

"no dad",

"what?, you lost appetite for tea also?", Paul said sounding annoyed already,

"I will take something when I'm back", she said and made to leave.

Out of annoyance, he smashed the cup of tea resulting to the hot tea splashing on his leg. Vanessa turned back to see her dad holding his leg with a fuming face.

"dad",she rushed to him,"are you alright?",

"you expect me to be?, on which day have you ever appreciate my efforts. I spent my time trying to make breakfast and you just told me you have no appetite",

"dad..",

"I'm trying to do my duty like every other protective father will be , I searched for the injections that will prevent vampires from lusting over my daughter's blood but she disregarded it of course, you ain't even giving me a chance..",

"dad please...",she shouted," I appreciate you okay?",

"show me",

She snatched a slice piece of bread, dip it into the jam and shove it into her mouth. She ate it angrily and forcefully swallow it.

"are you satisfied now, are you happy now?, I appreciate everything you've ever done for me but you are the one who doesn't understand your daughter. How can I bring myself to eat seeing how brutally my fellow humans were killed, their families are there right now mourning. With all these thoughts in my head, you still expect me to have appetite?. I appreciate you, you are the one who doesn't appreciate my feelings", she yelled and stormed out. Paul called after her but she turned deaf ears and left the house without another word.

Paul phone rang , he picked it and said,

"hello....yeah.....I mixed it with the jam.....not really... it should be 20% gone now.....yeah 80% is left in her.....I will make sure to destroy it before it manifest.....yes my lord.....I will make sure she drinks his blood...yes that's the final stage.....yes my lord", he said and hung up.

Vanessa felt something moving in her tummy and halt her bicycle.

"why does it feels like am gonna vom...", before she finished her sentence, she vomited.

"ops .....", she breathe in and out slowly,"I guess I didn't chew it properly",

She convinced herself and continue her ride to school but then, she suddenly stopped.

"I... think I should change my mind?", she said to herself.