World So Cold

I bit into the throat of my victim. I relished the way the screamed as the pain wracked their body. They fought with everything they had. A trapped animal, kicking and screaming. There was no use escaping though. Once they were in my grip there was no getting out.

I relished the satisfying feeling of their blood flowing down my throat and how each heart beat became weaker and weaker. Eventually I felt their pulse stop yet I still drank, wanting to get every drop. When the blood was gone I dropped the corpse and let them fall to the ground. Licking around my mouth I made sure there was no blood present.

I looked at the two bodies that were lying near the base of the tree. They had been two hikers that were out in the forest. Satisfied, I felt my fangs retract. My hunger was satiated for today. Turning into a raven I flew back to the boarding house and entered inside.

Stefan had been sitting on his bed, a textbook laid out in front of him. Upon entering he looked up at me in disapproval and disgust. “Are you satisfied,” he said in the same disgusted tone.

“It is Thanksgiving, Stefan. A time of feasting,” I said flashing a smile.

“I’m starting to wonder why I am keeping you protected. You’re no better than Damon.”

“I don’t torture you endlessly,” I pointed out. “What I do is my business. You have no right to criticize what I’m doing. I’m a vampire. Feeding and killing is what we do.” Stefan shut his text book, his temper rising.

“It’s not what we do, it’s what you do. And I want no part of it.”

“And that’s why you’ll always be weak. You want to protect Elena so bad, but you aren’t even doing a good job of it. You think you can protect her from Damon?”

“I’m going to try,” he said standing up and grounding his teeth.

“And you’re going to fail. Damon can kill you in a second. And then there will be nothing between him and Elena.”

“Elena would never go for him. She knows what a monster he is.”

“I wouldn’t be so sure about that, Stefan. You must realize it. I do. Elena has a fire in her. There’s something about her that could bring her to the top. Why would she settle for such a low rank like you?”

In a flash Stefan struck out at me and pushed me. I flew into the wall before falling onto the ground. I was up in the blink of an eye. I saw Stefan’s face, his dark eyes and his extended fangs. “You can’t even deny it, Stefan. You know it’s true. There’s no hope for you.” With a snarl Stefan launched himself at me and managed to pin me to the wall.

I gave a laugh before shoving him off of me. “Get out,” growled Stefan.

“Gladly,” I said with a smile. “There was never any point in you ‘protecting’ me anyway.” I turned into a crow and took off into the night.

As I went out a thought crossed my mind. I was going to find Damon. I was tired of him avoiding me. I knew he was there. And if he wasn’t going to come to me, I was going to come to him. I sent out a probing thought, one I hoped he wouldn’t notice.

I got a point that he was coming from and I turned that way. It was then I realized that it was coming from Elena’s house. Alarm and suspicion flared up. And beneath that another bit of anger. It was like losing him to Katherine all over again.

As I got to her house his presence was inside. Quickly I scanned all the windows looking for a glimpse of him. It was as I did this that he came out. I could immediately see his aura was shining, content with blood that he had taken.

I went to Elena’s bedroom window. I flew down and landed on the window sill. A part of me was hoping to see Elena dead, drained of blood. But she was simply breathing softly asleep. He had left her alive.

A huge wave of rage and fury came over me for an instant I contemplated going in and killing her. Pretty sure the only thing that stopped me was the fact I hadn’t been invited in.