“ Azalea ?” My fathers voice came from behind the closed door.
I closed the windows and called to him to get in.
When he did he sighed and shook his head.
“ I heard that Madam Athanasia visited you.”
I nodded.
“ What did she tell you?”
He sat on the edge of the bed and waited for my reply.
“ She told me about a story.”
“ The one with the two lovers in it ?”
“ Yes.”
“ Well , it would be expected.”
I sat near him eager to listen what my father has to say.
“ I don't know much Azalea and for that I'm sorry but you should keep your distance from that boy until we see an end to this story. You are half-vampire you can keep up with the pain but he is a mere human and he would feel the pain more than you.”
The thought of hurting Ethan crushed my heart to pieces.
“ Father , when you and mother meet was it like this ?”
I know it pained him to talk about mother but I had to ask him.
He shook his head.
“ It was difficult of course , but only for the thirst I had for her blood. Nothing like this.”
I put my fingers on my chin.
“ Thinking about it I never had the urge for his blood.”
My father looked at me with a stern look.
“ You never heard his blood pass through his veins ?”
I shook my head.
“ The only thing I heard was his heart beating. But it was beating in an odd pattern.”
“ Odd pattern?”
“ Yeah , I never heard anything like this. I usually distance heart beats but his somehow bugged me. And also he saw me from the tainted windows.”
My father kept looking at me.
“ I was right he is not a mere human after all.”
“ You just said he was.”
He glared at me and stood up.
“ He can go out in daylight so he is not a full vampire. Maybe he is like you.”
“ But , you told me I was the only case.”
“ And that's what I thought. But there is no reasonable explanation for this.”
My head was thumping. I was confused. Scared and most off all I feel lost without him here.
“ Father how can you possibly feel for someone so much?”
He knelt to his knees and put his hands on mine.
“ I don't like telling my daughter this but maybe it's fate. Something far more bigger than us.”
“ That's what he said. He told me he will find out what it is.”
My father smiled.
“ We will find it as well. For now keep it buried Azalea. The vampires from all over the world are coming to meet you next week.”
My eyes shot wide.
“ What?”
“ The elders thought it might be a good opportunity to open the doors to minds greater then our own. The Elders may have lived the longest and are the most knowledgeable but there are others with minds like a deep ocean. They might find you the answer.”
I nodded.
Meeting thousands of Vampires wasn't on my top list to do. But if this is what it takes to find and answer for me and Ethan then I will willingly agree to meet them.
My father went to tell the Elders about the situation so far.
They seemed oddly worried about this situation but who can blame them. A half-breed and a unknown human might destroy everything.
But how is that even possible?
Thinking about the story Madam Athanasia told me , somehow it grabbed my heart strings. The story seemed so familiar. I've read thousands of books regarding vampires , so maybe the story was fitted somewhere there.
A soft knock came on my window.
I ran to open it but no one was there.
Then my eyes fell on a piece of red paper.
“ Azalea,
I can't even begin to describe how I feel not having you in my arms right now. Weird as it may be I want to hold you and love you for the rest of my life. I might be on a clue to something , I'm not sure what it is but I can assure you I am trying my best to solve this. This is totally crazy we don't even know each other, but the more my fingers touched you the more I needed it. It might be a curse on us but I will break it.
We will be together soon. If you might want to reply I pass from this exact spot every day at 11 a.m
With all the love,
Ethan.”
A tear fell down my cheek. Something is definitely wrong with this situation and I will find out what it is.
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