Bitten By Love CH 1.1

 A vampire romance that takes place in the 31st century. Vampire rule the world, along side humans. Humans can live freely just as long as they don't step out of line. Cassandra is one of those vampires and as a college student her life will never be the same. This book is published and belongs to me. This book is copyrighted, you have been warned.

INTRO: As long as I could remember I have always loved him. But no matter if we were childhood friends, he could never be with someone like me. He is destined to rule after all and must choose a woman who will share his strength. So, we parted from one another so he could prepare for Kingship.

I never thought I would see him again until his ruling in November, Destiny has a weird way of bringing people back together. As we sit side by side in  class, I can't help but feel his 'wanting' stare all over me. I must ignore him and show him I have moved on. To avoid his flirting ways and continue my normal vampire life.

Enemies emerge and they want him dead! Guns are pointed at us and he is already badly wounded. He needs blood and I am the only one to provide it. This deed can only be called Bitten By Love. Hearts are bound together as rebellious things are done, as our love is put to the test. 

People often say we are meant for something greater in life. That we are all born with a purpose that is written in stone…but to me, I believe that saying is nothing but a crumbly stone ready to be blown away.

I remember walking through a dimmed evergreen forest because I wanted to run away from it all. And with my speed it wasn’t hard. My family couldn’t help me now as tears ran down my face. My short dirty-blonde hair always slapping it. I stop to move my strains of hair out of my view and looked around at my surroundings. I heard hard footsteps coming from behind me. I turned with caution and rapidly went behind a bush to hide. They ran pass me with high speed and while they were leaving my view I heard one of them say, “We still can’t find Prince William sir!”.

I was so confused, but instead of thinking about it, I decided to keep running so my father wouldn’t find me. Trying not to stop or even think about the consequences of my actions so tears would not run down my face again. I stood still when I heard a sad moan coming from my far right. I didn’t want to run towards it, but I was just too worried to turn away. I pushed a few bushes out the way and saw a poor baby wolf laying on the ground hurt. I cradled it in my arms and rubbed its head to make it calm down. I looked over to my left and saw its mother was torn to pieces, blood oozing everywhere. I crowned my face with disgust at what my people did to it. The wound on this wolf was deep and if I left it, it would die within seconds. I rolled up my sleeves and used a sharp branch to slice my arm open.

I let my blood drip on the pup and watched as my blood intertwined with his (only knew the gender because I looked down at his part when I shouldn’t have). His wound healed, and I laid him back on the ground. He stood slowly and then walked in small circles with confusion. I giggled at his actions and waved him off.

“Go now little wolf before my people get hungry again and decide to feed on you.” I motioned. One of his ears went down which was adorable, and I knew if I stayed any longer I would want to keep him all to myself which father will never allow. I turned to walk away when his teeth pulled on my skirt. I tried to shoo him off, but it wasn’t working. I rolled my eyes and started to walk and the next thing I knew he was following me every step of the way. One effect of blood mixing is that they become extra clingy. I clinched my fist and sighed. Knowing I lost the fight. I turned around and kneeled. I patted his head and smiled.

“I think I will call you Zero…Do you like that Zero, huh, huh?” I teased, laughing. Creak! I looked to my left with fear as Zero started to growl, even his growl was cute.

“Come…out...because I’m a vampire and I’m not afraid to…hurt you!” I stuttered, trying to not show fear. The person I yelled to, came out from behind the tree and into the sunlight. “A boy?” I mumbled. He was wearing a button-down white shirt with tan slacks and fancy black shoes. His face was covered in tears and his pale skin all covered with dirt along with his shirt. His red eyes gave a pleading look as his black hair moved in the wind.

“Please don’t hurt me!” he cried. I patted Zero to make him stop growling and walked closer to the boy. He had a royal marking on his hand which made my eyes go wide.

“You’re the Prince?” I asked. He nodded slowly. “Are you lost because I saw some guards looking for you. We can go and find them if you want too.”

“No!” he screamed. “I don’t want to go back to that mean and awful place. They don’t care about me at all! They only care about the kingdom and when I will rule it.” he explained with rage. I placed my hand on his shoulder and smiled.

“So, you are running away like me then. I’m in the same boat as you Will-mind if I call you that, William is just too fancy for me-but anyway, let’s runaway together. Me, you and Zero my wolf.” I stated smiling. I don’t know what I said or what made him react this way, but out of the blue he started to smile. And that smile had the power to somehow stop my heart from beating. I extended my hand and he grabbed it. We all ran for our lives that day with that heartwarming smile never leaving my mind. “To freedom!” I yelled with joy.

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That event was over ten years ago and ever since that day me and William have been the best of friends. Even though in that moment when we started to run away, we immediately got caught by my father and the guards. But because we were kids they let our actions slide. And to think the only reason I ran away was because I thought my mom and dad loved my twin sister more than me, but the tears they shed that day, proved I was wrong. Now for William-well Will- his mother was worried for him that even though she was pregnant, she ran to him with all her might. While his father just watched from afar. Since that day me and Will have met up every afternoon just to play or as we got older, just to talk to one another. But as soon as we graduated from high school everything changed with him.

He started to become more distance over the summer and soon he disappeared from my life completely. He would text me from time to time, but for me it wasn’t enough. And when I felt my heart start to break just a little I knew it was love.

I got out of bed and looked in the mirror. My hair was longer and had curls at the end. My sky-blue eyes looked at my body and smiled. An average waistline with slight muscles in the arm region, but nothing astonishing there because we are vampires after all. I walked over to my window in the dorm room and looked out at the beautiful Romanian sky. I felt someone rubbing against my leg. I looked down and saw it was Zero, who wasn’t a small little pup anymore. I patted his head and smiled. Luckily, because my dad was so hurt and worried that day, he let me have anything I wanted just to apologize for his actions. So, of course I chose Zero as my gift. My parents still have no idea he’s staying in the college dorms though. They think he ran away once I left for college, but really, I just snuck him with me.

Now as for Romania and why I’m not saying, ‘we live in secret’ or ‘this is another dimension’. That’s because it’s not. This is Earth, and this really is the country of Romania. We don’t live in secret anymore because around 1,118 years ago, a lone vampire from the 1900 decided it was time for vampires to no longer live in the shadows. Or to be killed when noticed by mankind. So, he went to his fellow vampire peers and family and started a resolution. Soon the vampire army started to grow bigger and faster than ever before. With vampires coming from all over the world just to join in the fight, and with a little perseverance and blood. They took over the whole country of Romania and this great vampire who took a stand is no other than Will grandfather Van Hall. Which is why Will full name is William Van Hall. And ever since that day the vampires have shown nothing but respect towards him which is why he was made King of the country with nine loyal Court Jesters by his side.

It’s now 3018 and Van Hall oldest son Han is now the King of Romania and soon come November 24^th (the day Van took control of Romania) William will be crowned the new King. I didn’t mind that he was royalty back then and I don’t mind now, but what I do mind though is that fact that he must marry a high-power vampire like himself to become king, just like his father did back then. In some foolish fantasy, I was kind of hoping that would be me someday, but now I know it was all just some foolish dream. Besides even if it was possible I would have to be a level three vampire which I am not, unlike my twin sister Ariana. She will always be the lucky one in the family.

I decided to take a shower and think about the level status of each vampire. There were Level One vampires that only possessed the power of complement and mind reading. While Level Two vampires-like me- also have the power of complement and mind reading, but we can also hover, transform into a bat, and our strength is increased too. But all of this is nothing compared to a Level Three who has it all, plus telekinesis and a hundred times more strength and speed. Even though we all have strength and speed; compared to them ours look like nothing. I changed into a basic blue t-shirt with some skinny leg black pants and some black closed toe sandals. I wrapped my jacket around my waist and then slipped on some light makeup and my black studded earrings. Putting my hair in a ponytail and slipping on my sunglasses, I grabbed my class schedule and left out.

As I was leaving I saw some boxes sitting outside the door next to my room. I ignored it and rubbed Zero ‘good-bye’. I closed the door and left out the dorm building. Today was the start of my third semester (second year) of college at Van Hall University. Another place made in honor of our last King. I sweep pass a few humans playing cards on the campus ground. I watched as their red metal bracelet blinked on and off. You see back when the vampires ruled, most humans fled the country. While others choose to stay and live under the vampires’ rules. So, just to keep them in check a bracelet was put on them and if they ever broke the law or try to take down the King then they will get shocked with a hundred bolts of energy. Other than that, they were free to live how they have before and as for us vampires some were jerks and would bully them while some, like me, didn’t care one bit about them being here.

Looking at the sun, I took a deep breath and walked into the school building. My first class was on the second floor at the end of the hallway. The sign read Romanian 103 which is like English 103 if I was in the U.S. I had this class along with another in the afternoon every Monday and Wednesday. I sat near a window. The sunlight felt amazing on my skin. Others (mostly humans) choose to sit in the shadows because of the hot weather but me because we are cold-skinned needed a little sun in our life to warm us up. Usually the sun would be deadly to us but because times have changed and so has the DNA of vampires. We no longer fear the sun and can eat normal food and only need to drink blood if we are badly wounded or run low on energy. And because I have never experience that yet, I have no idea what to drink from if it does happen one day.

I remove my glasses and hang them on my shirt. I reach into my bag and pulled out a notebook. I hear laughter coming from the door and look over to see my sister and her human followers. I rolled my eyes.

“I don’t know what her followers see in her.” I mumbled. My twin sister Ariana Lowe as you know is a level three vampire but is also the popular girl in this school. Just like when she was in high school. I really didn’t care back then though because I had Will by my side. But ever since I started college and haven’t been in contact with him much. Now I was starting to feel envious of my sister which is sad because I’m the oldest by five minutes. So, as a result, just to get away from her and her popular glamour, I chose to move into the dorms while she lives with our parents. Being away from her for a full year has been great. Even though she is still a clingy baby brat.

“Hi sister!” she screamed, hugging me with all her might. “I love that t-shirt, but anyway have you heard the news?” she questioned her slick orange hair shining in the light. Even though we are twins we were born with different hair colors, so we never had to worry about name confusion.

“No, I haven’t. Please tell me what this news is about.” I said in an uncaring tone. She rolled her eyes and placed a magazine on my desk. I read the title. “Prince will no longer be home schooled. Because of his grandfather wishes he wants him to experience a real college life, so he’s sending him to Van Hall University!” I stated.

“That’s right…To think my future husband will be going to our school. Oh, and what a delight it would be if he was in every one of my classes.” she squealed. Now I know you guys think she sounds inconsiderate but back when me and Will did hang out, I never told her about him at all, not even the part where I secretly fell in love with him.

“Yeah, you’re future husband.” I rolled my eyes and smirked. “You do know that one week before his crowning, all level three female vampires’ from around Romania will have to literally compete in a battle and the final winner will be his wife. So, what makes you think you will be victorious?” I questioned.

“Oh, please, don’t sound so jelly. I mean all because I became a level three vampire before you-puberty wise- and you didn’t before the kings crowning this year. Doesn’t mean you can’t be a wife for the next king which will be our child.” she hummed. “I mean we are immortal after all ever since we both turned twenty last year.” she added. She snapped her fingers and her followers followed her to her seat. Just for a joy of laughter I stomped the floor and made her trip in her heels. Somedays I was happy to be a loner and not popular because at least by tomorrow I wouldn’t be all over social media with my teddy underwear showing.

“Ha!” I laughed.

The door slammed opened and in walked two guards with royal markings on their heads. The teacher-who was human-walked into the classroom with fright and went to sit at his desk. One of the guards gave him a look and he quickly stood to make his announcement.

“Good…Morning class(cough). Today we have a new student joining us and all of you should know him, as the next King of Romania, William Van Hall.” he spoke. The class broke out into applause but not me. I watched as a tall, slim yet muscular man walked into the room. His long black hair vane hanging over his left eye. I could see the rest of his hair was pushed to the back and cut short. From his hot features to his intimidating red eyes, he defiantly wasn’t a little boy anymore. And what made it worst was that we were both the same age. I hate puberty so much. I thought, sighing. While looking at my average c-cup breast.

I could feel a strong glare on me. I looked up and saw Will was walking towards me with a huge smirk on his face. I haven’t changed that much since high school so of course he would notice me. My eyes never left him as he came closer and closer. I couldn’t help but use my special sight to see under his fitted red shirt. He had some nice and spicy abs and those arms, I could hold on to them all day. He took a seat at the desk next to mine. Giving me the full view of what he was wearing from his black skinny leg jeans to his red high-tops sneakers. He turned his head towards me and smiled. I could feel my cheeks go red as I quickly turned my head away.

“Alrighty class, welcome to Romanian 103. Now let’s get started with roll call and then lecture for the next two hours.” he informed. I could hear everyone sigh as they realized there summer vacation was officially over now. I giggled at there reactions. And when I looked from the corner of my eye I could see Will ever staring gaze in my direction. If there is a God, please make him stop! I thought, my cheeks burning red. 

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