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The only normality to my life as a vampire was in my first two years. After Samuel passed I began to hear his voice in my head. I died, returned and thought I would get lucky enough to have a normal life. No such luck. I have been hearing Samuel for the last month since my return. I didn’t want to worry anyone so I have kept it to myself. I was sure Caleb knew something was up. Samuel had a way of chiming in at the exact moment of intimacy. My body would freeze up and the desire was instantly lost. I didn’t feel comfortable with Samuel in my head. Needless to say, my sex life was next to nothing these days.
Caleb left to hunt with Ben so I decided to shower. I walked into my bathroom and looked into the wall-sized mirror. My body was back to normal, my hair had glow and bounce and the scent of death was finally gone. It took a while for it to finally leave my body.
A month ago, looking at my reflection in the mirror made me sick. I looked worse than Caleb. He only had dark half-moon circles under his eyes and sunken in cheeks. I looked dead for sure. Es and Ben had to venture out with us, for safety reasons. I was bloodthirsty and nearly killed three people. Thank goodness for my maker’s fast reflexes. After feeding my skin lost the disgusting grey-green color but my body was still skeletal. My skin had pulled tightly against the structure of my face. I had to feed several more times before my entire body finally filled out.
I started my shower and stepped in. I wet my hair and applied some shampoo. I have a new found love for soap after the way I smelled. It even clung to my bed. Everything had to be burned and replaced. New bedding was also purchased. I had a blood red down comforter with a black paisley design and black sheets to match. I rinsed my hair and used the conditioner before moving on to washing my body.
I sat down on the stone floor of the shower and let the water rain down on me. I was trying to relax but there was a knock at my room door. It opened and I heard Elsa call my name. I didn’t want to reply. I knew the truth of her past with Caleb but that didn’t mean I had to like it. He had permanently moved into my room and gave her his. I caught her watching him with hungry eyes several times but Es begged me to keep my cool. I agreed until she overstepped her bounds. I could put up with the skimpy clothes and lustful looks but I will not put up with her flirting with him. Of course, Caleb was oblivious to it.
“Willow, can I come in?” she asked.
“I’m in the shower. I will be out in a minute,” I replied but her adorable face poked around the doorframe. I stood quickly and hissed at her. My fangs had come down in defense. “I said I will be out in a minute.”
Her smile faded, “I didn’t mean to startle you.” She looked me up and down and then licked her lips. My shower didn’t have a curtain so she was getting a full frontal. There was no trying to hide my body from her after she had seen everything.
“What do you want?” I growled and turned off the water. I grabbed my towel and wrapped it around my hair. I then secured another around my body. I didn’t like her. Something in my gut told me she knew more about Samuel than she led on. I couldn’t help feeling she botched the spell on purpose just to get me out of the way.
“Elsa left with the guys. I wanted to know if you would like to go out and hunt. There’s a fantastic bar I found in town. There’s music, dancing and blood galore.”
“You go ahead. I already hunted tonight,” I walked past her to my room and entered my closet to get some clothes on. I emerged to see her sitting on my bed.
“You didn’t have to get dressed on my account,” she winked one green eye at me. Was she making a pass at me?
“I hadn’t planned on it but you came in. I had no real choice.”
“You know...my sister has taken a woman lover or two,” she stated in a questioning tone.
“Yeah, so. Your point being?”
“So the taste for women doesn’t end with her,” she winked and smiled her adorable smile. I thought she was a very attractive woman but I didn’t swing that way.
“Good to know,” I said and returned to the bathroom to hang my towels. When I turned back around she was right there in my face. Her lips met mine. My body froze the same way it did when Samuel spoke to me. She pulled away and smiled.
“What did you think of that?” she questioned. It was then that I noticed her hand on my breast. Her thumb was stroking my nipple through my tee. I should have put on a bra. My body betrayed me as the nub grew tight under her touch. I pushed her hand away.
“I think you should leave.”
“Awe, why?” she poked out her bottom lip.
“I’m with Caleb.”
“He can watch if you’d like,” she said and leaned in to kiss me again but I grabbed the back of her neck. I applied just enough pressure to immobilize her and spun her around quickly. “Oh, you like it rough.”
I opened my bedroom door, “I sure do and if you aren’t careful you will figure out just how rough I can get,” I said, tossing her into the hall and slamming my door.