Innocence

~Chapter Forty-Three~

*days later*

"How is it like to be a vampire?"

I shrugged and kept painting my cousin, Camille's, nails. She had been over a lot lately with my aunt and the rest of my family, and we've begun to get along very well. She stayed over last night and tonight she's also staying with me. She's a year younger than me, so there's not much difference between us. Plus, we share lots of things in common. That's what I like about her the most.

"It's... different." I said and finished up her pinkie's nail with black polish. "It's just... unexplainable."

She nodded and I smiled down at her nails. There. They're done. And they don't look like a pre-k's artwork. Which makes me even happier.

Speaking about Ks, after sealing the bond with Ken, we went out a few times, but he had to run some errands these days, related to his pack, so we haven't really seen each other much. But he always sends me a text message or calls me at night. Last night we didn't talk much because Camille was over and he didn't want to interrupt our bonding. But this morning he called me and we talked for a while before Camille woke up. We've been alright, I suppose.

I haven't heard of Angel since the last time I saw him near my house. I've tried smelling him around and all, but I find no trace of him. For some reason, I knew he already knew about my bonding and everything that happened between me and Ken. So maybe that's a reason to stay away from me. Still... even if I suppose he's done enough damage, I kind of would like to know if he's alright, how he's doing; stuff like that... he did help me by the end, anyway. Could give the guy some credit for that.

"Do you want some sparkles on your nails?" Camille asked me and I shrugged.

"Sure, why not?" I said and gave her my hands. She begun her own work with my nails with crimson red and black nail polish. I just studied her.

Camille is very short, she's about a foot in a half smaller than me. But she's so beautiful. Her hair is kind of dark but kinda has a chestnut color when the sun shines against it. Her eyes are big and almond shaped, light brown with multiple rows of eyelashes. Her mouth is small and so is her nose, a small heart shaped face, and maybe her teeth are a bit crooked, she's still gorgeous. Even with her size, she has the perfect body with an hourglass shape to her curves. I still don't understand how she hasn't found her mate. She's amazing. Not just in the outside, but I've seen into her soul and heart and saw how much of a great person she is.

She begun with the crimson on my thumb nail and pursed her lips. Her eyebrows furrowed, and she held a confused look. I was about to ask her what was wrong, but she answered before.

"How have you survived these days without blood? I haven't seen you ingest any." She said and I shrugged.

True that. But well... I'm controlling myself...

"Haven't felt that thirsty these days.." I said and she nodded. "I'm a hybrid; I'm a vampire but my wolf genes are stronger. So, I need blood but not as much as a regular vampire does. It's not my only energy/life source."

She nodded again and continued doing my nails.

After Camille and I let our nails dry, she said she was going to take a shower. I had nodded and said I'd wait for her right here on my bed. So she left and I stayed on my bed, thinking.

I've felt different after being with Ken. I don't know if my family has noticed by his scent surrounding me, but I have felt very different. I've noticed what Ken talked to me about that day, how my eyes changed. Since I'm a vampire, I have red in my eyes near the pupil. Though, originally, my eyes were dark brown thanks to my dad. But when I'm in my wolf form, angry, upset, extremely happy, or going through any other emotion, they glow a sort of orangey reddish color. Since Ken's eyes are blue, the orange in mine made its way to his in a way and sort of changed them to purple when they glow. But just sometimes. When they're not glowing, you can see rays of purple and golden near the center of his eye and it's just amazing. Mine just have sparks of purple when they glow and Ken says they look very pretty.