Chapter 139A Darkness that Calls

"You can enter."

The door opened slowly, Nuru's hesitating footsteps coming in the room. She walked toward us softly and stood still a few steps before the bed. I couldn't see her expression, obviously, but I imagined her to smile at the lovely scene. I knew she was looking at my back, with my arms wrapped around him.

It must have looked quite cute from there, she stifled a giggle.

"He's cold." I Said by way of explanation.

A held in giggle. "I understand."

If I wasn't blushing this much I'd be happier for the fact of Nuru's growing humanity. She was getting more alive almost by the hour. She must have been fed those drugs quite regularly.

A dark thought surfaced.

It's only been two days without drugs for her, but soon it would be longer. Would she get withdrawal symptoms? Would she go crazy? Her mind felt already so fragile to me, something like that might break it completely. Shattering her thoughts like a room-sized mirror being hit by a bullet. The shards flying around, cutting everything in their path, wild reflections running amok.

The thought terrified me. I didn't want her to suffer something like this...

There was one solution.

A much darker thought... Where did it come from?

She would not suffer as a vampire.

No! That wasn't a solution, not an option. I would never want to turn someone else into a vampire, not even to save their life. I just didn't want them to have to be forced to suck blood from others, to take some of their life to live your own.

Was it that bad?

Where were these thoughts coming from? It was almost as if a dark person was reflecting their thoughts into mine. It wasn't Nuru, I thought, it didn't feel like her. The thoughts felt more like they came from Isabel. Her dark demeanor often made me remember my own darker thoughts.

Was it me?

I remembered times where my darker thoughts ran freely through my mind. And as far as I could fathom they still did. But I guess some thoughts still had trouble expressing themselves. But now some of them were surfacing as if they were from another, much darker, part of me.

All this flashed through my head in the eerie silence after Nuru's words. What went through her head?

Another knock on the door, interrupting my thoughts.

"Who is it?" Nuru asked it before I could.

"Amy, I've got the key made for you. I'll keep the book closed though until you're ready. I'm in no rush."

It was Afentis, apparently he had finally returned. I turned around my head to speak. "Thank you."

"Have a lovely rest, Amy. I hope your vision will return to you."

A smile fluttered across my lips until a sudden hand on my cheek gave me a scare. But it was just Nuru. She caressed my face gently and hummed a tune I didn't recognize. It felt as if she was lulling me to sleep.

"Nuru?" I spoke in a soft voice.

"Yes, Miss Amy?" Her voice not much from a whisper either.

"What do you think of us?"

Nuru paused for only a second. "You're human, more than the few people I've seen in my life. You care about life and you value it. Not many people do anymore."

"But we drink blood."

"Most people do, inside the meat of animals... It's just your diet. As long as you don't kill for it, it doesn't make you evil."

Could I see myself like that? Like just another human, who happens to eat different food? I wasn't too sure, it felt very different to take from others instead of from animals.

But was it really that different?

Despite all these thoughts, slowly, gently, I felt myself slipping away into sleep. Nuru's fingers on my face, my head against Hitori's neck, my arms wrapped around him and my body pressed against his. I shared all the warmth I had and it only made me warmer.

In a glow , that filled my being, I fell asleep.