Bitten (Harry Styles Vampire)

Chapter 12 'Kiss-Swollen'

"Her- her dad?" I stammered stupidly. Wasn't he dead? I thought she said she lost all her family? Maybe that was just what she thought? Or maybe she'd played me all along, wanting vampire attention. Maybe that was why she was so desperate to feed on me.

"She was just as shocked as you are." Serena explained. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry." I huffed, stomping upstairs. Great, really fucking great, I thought after slamming my bedroom door really hard. Any harder and it would have broken the hinges and flown across the hall. Just as I bond with someone they get taken away. Fuck, I'm so new to this bond thing. Blood hasn't even tasted the same since her. She was special, I knew that before the bond but I don't have feelings for her, that's because of this shit bond. In my rage I managed to find a lamp, destroying it by throwing it harshly to the ground, leaving scratches all over the wooden floor. Why did I even agree to share my blood with her in the first place? The bond lasts forever, well, 'til death do us part. Ugh, sounds like marriage.

"Harry." Serena knocked on the door. Can't I be left alone for five minutes?

"What?" I bark and she enters the room and closes the door behind her.

"Are the walls sealed?"

"Yes." I bluntly answer her stupid question. Of course I'd sealed the walls of my own room and the house was sealed so no one outside could hear in. I'm not stupid.

"Listen, when Saoirse's dad came she seemed hesitant to leave. Like she didn't want to go." She told me, getting closer carefully.

"And why are you telling me this? She's gone anyway." I sighed, crossing my arms not wanting to talk or think about the subject again.

"I just thought you'd want to know..." She drifted off. "Look, I know what you're going through, the bond and all. You're lucky it wasn't near complete."

"The bond is fucking stupid."

"Yeah, but there's nothing we can do about it." She tried a small smile but it didn't reach her eyes. I knew very well she didn't like the bond either, never being sure of a decision being her own or the bond.

"I can feel her presence when near, it's not gonna be that hard to find her." Serena rolled her eyes at my cocky behavior.

"If it's to any help, they headed for the capital." And with that she left me in my room to sulk over something that I didn't really care that much about. Stupid bond. I needed to sort my feelings out now.

Saoirse

"Saoirse, I'm not going to be able to let this go easily." My father told me, disappointment clear in his eyes.

"I needed a purpose. Saving innocent people was good enough for me and I'm fine." I explained for the millionth time this evening.

"Was there anything that was more than friendly in your relationship?" He questions angrily, narrowing his eyes at me. There wasn't much left of my tether as he kept going on and on about how dangerous Harry was.

"No." I answer, but it ends up sounding less confident than I wanted it to. I couldn't help but think about all those times he'd have his arms around me and there was that feeling in the pit of my stomach. As much as I tried to convince myself that it was the bond I couldn't help but want to think more of it. And the feeding. That certainly didn't feel like something two friends would do.

"How could you even put yourself in that position? It was a death wish. God knows what could've happened if I hadn't come to get you." He sighed, looking down at some paper work in front of him. What it was about, I had no clue.