... Ambrosia.
Lupita's heart stopped as she stared into those beautiful red-gray eyes that seemed to draw her in like a magnet. But they weren't happy like she wanted them to be, they were sad and confused. A storm of all the bad emotions in those beautiful eyes of hers. Lupita felt the need to walk toward her; hold her... kiss her. Anything! She just wanted... her.
No. She was a vampire. Vampires were bad. They almost killed her. They imprisoned her and used her as an attraction. They tortured her, killed her family, and cursed her. They were evil.
But somehow, this beautiful vampire made all of those memories seem so far away. Almost non-existent. Everything felt right when she was near. She felt safe.
Ambrosia suddenly turned around and sped walked away, and without thinking twice, Lupita followed after her mate.
"Ambrosia!" she shouted as she ran after her and skidded to a stop in front of her. "That wasn't anything."
"Why would I think it was?" she asked and tried to walk past her but Lupita placed her hands on her shoulders to keep her in place. Electricity went through her entire body at the touch and everything felt warm and fuzzy. Her shoulders relaxed and she looked up at Ambrosia, noticing the girl was slightly taller than her. She would have to stand on her toes to kiss her properly.
"You seem upset," Lupita said and rubbed her shoulder with her thumb. It felt so natural to be intimate with the girl.
"I am," Ambrosia said but quickly caught herself. "Not! I am not upset! You can do whatever you want! I don't even know you, why would I care?" she shouted - her accent coming through quite a lot - and Lupita smiled inwardly as she realized she wasn't trying to leave her hold.
"You are upset," Lupita stated and smiled at her.
Ambrosia's cheeks puffed slightly and her cheeks turned a soft pink, while her eyes glowed a soft black. But she didn't say anything or try to move away.
Lupita wanted to do nothing more than to kiss her at that moment. To hold her forever and kiss her until the end of their days. Why didn't she just do it? She knew Ambrosia wanted it as well by the way she glanced at her lips every once in a while.
She knew why. Who was she kidding? She was scared. Terrified. She wanted time to heal, time to understand why this girl was her chosen one. And she wanted to give Ambrosia that time as well. Maybe get to know her better so this all wouldn't come like a shock. It seemed as if she had been recently turned as well, and Lupita knew she needed time to process that as well. They both needed time. Maybe not as much as Lupita had originally thought, but they still needed time.
Lupita took a deep breath and reluctantly took her hands back and looked at her mate.
"Nothing is going on between me and Jazmyn," she said and smiled at her before cautiously taking her hand and squeezing it. "Werewolves have mates, and she isn't mine," Lupita reassured her and slowly began walking away, keeping eye contact with the newborn vampire as she did so. Though Ambrosia's eyes suddenly went to something behind her and they widened in horror. Lupita turned and was suddenly knocked onto the floor, her nose cracking in the process and blood spewing out.
Tears ran down her face as memories flooded her mind and the sudden impact made it impossible for her to hold them back.
A bell sounded in the distance as she stood up, her nose cracked and bleeding as she looked down at the lifeless body at her feet and then at the thousands of people around her, cheering her "name".
"Blood Moon! Blood Moon!"
A name given to her because of her thirst for blood and her magical heritage. Shorter versions of her warrior name were "Blood" or "Moon", as her captors called her other than her real name. "Blood Spitter", "Blood Eater", "Cursed Blood", the list went on for the many variations of her name, but "Blood Moon" was the most popular.
A whipping sound was heard and in the next second her back erupted in pain. A pain she never quite got used to. The stinging of your skin opening and swelling, just to quickly try to close again, only to be met with an even worse stinging sensation around her neck. While she went through it every day, it never got better.
"Back in the cell!" the man yelled and whipped her again as Lupita gripped the metal collar around her neck to try and pry it off, but with no success.
"Don't try and take it off," a cold voice said and Lupita looked up into two red eyes. He crouched down to her level as she had fallen to the floor in pain as the man behind her kept whipping her back and arms. He grabbed her collar and looked her in the eyes with a fake, sweet smile on his face while his eyes were full of evil. "You know what it will do." He took her harshly by the cheeks and kissed her forehead before hooking a lead to her collar and dragging her away from the cheering people above.
"Cupcake!"
Lupita snapped her head up and saw Ambrosia crouched down in front of her with a tissue that she quickly hid behind her back.
"You went into full panic mode," she said and stroked her knee, sending waves of comfort into Lupita as she did so. "I cleaned it all off. The halfling said you couldn't handle it."
"Stop calling me "halfling". I have a name bloodsucker," Jazmyn said and Lupita fixed her adjusting eyes toward a figure standing to the side.
Ambrosia just rolled her eyes and looked at Lupita. "Are you ok?"
Lupita nodded and breathed heavily before she leaned forward and into Ambrosia's chest. She needed less time than she thought. They quickly ended up in a cuddling position with Ambrosia eventually beginning to carefully massage her scalp with her medium-long nails.
"She doesn't like that," Jazmyn said once she realized what the vampire was doing.
"Her purring says otherwise," Ambrosia countered and Lupita blushed as she heard herself.
Jazmyn stayed quiet after that, they all did, and Lupita basked in the feeling of being close to her mate, though she sensed she was confused and unsure, but thankfully not uncomfortable.
"We have missed a period. We need to get to class," Jazmyn said, breaking the silence.
Lupita reluctantly pulled away from her mate and smiled when she helped her up.
"Would you like to sit together at lunch?" Ambrosia suddenly asked when they both stood.
"I would love to, but I don't know what Jazmyn thinks," Lupita said and looked at Jazmyn.
"The others are concerned about you. They asked a lot of questions when you were gone," Jazmyn answered simply but effectively.
"I need to explain somewhat why I left," Lupita said and smiled at Ambrosia. "Maybe another time?"
"Sure," Ambrosia said, slightly disappointed but she still smiled.
Lupita just smiled and walked over to Jazmyn on shaky legs as they left for their next class.
"What was that?" Jazmyn asked as she helped Lupita stand.
"What was what?" she asked her friend.
"All of it. The purring, the cuddles, you let her touch your hair and you are the same person that wanted to rip her head off at the football tryouts," Jazmyn ranted, her dark cheeks even darker.
Lupita looked down and scratched the back of her neck while avoiding her friend's eyes.
"What were you trying to do in that room?" she decided to ask.
"My question first," Jazmyn said sternly and Lupita rolled her eyes.
"I panicked and she was the closest person to me. I feel better with physical touch," she said, half truthful. "Now you."
Jazmyn stared at her for a while, her eyes averting to Lupita's hand a couple of times so she put them in her pockets. She couldn't go around letting her think she wanted something, it would end badly for the both of them.
"I don't know what you are talking about," she said and Lupita could feel the lie. "You were close and I just tried to adjust so that I was more comfortable."
"Don't lie," Lupita said and scowled at her, her nose scrunching up as she did.
Jazmyn looked down and Lupita heard sniffing soon after. She didn't want to make her cry, she just wanted answers directly from her friend and not from her mother.
"Please don't cry Jazmyn," she said and pulled her into a hug. "I'm sorry."
"N-no," Jazmyn stuttered and wrapped her arms tightly around Lupita's middle. "Y-you don-don't have t-t-to be sorry. I should." She continued to sob and Lupita wasn't sure why she was so emotional all of the sudden, but she kept hugging and stroking her back either way. "Sorry if I made you uncomfortable," Jazmyn said once she had calmed down.
"It is fine," Lupita said and heard Jazmyn suck in a sharp breath. "I know you didn't mean it."
Jazmyn just nodded into her shoulder and slowly pulled away.
"We really need to get to class now," she said and wiped her red nose.
"Yeah," Lupita said, took her friend's hand, and led her to the next class. They ended up being very late since Lupita didn't know where it was.
A/N: I am trying to update regularly, but I have been sick and school is starting up. But I will still try!!
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