Bites & Addiction - Chapter 45：The white room

My eyes snapped open, and a wave of fear rippled through me seeing nothing but a darkness and cold temperatures. I wrapped my arms around myself to warm me up but it wasn’t helping. I was freezing and my body was shaking. I couldn’t hear any sound except the trembling sound of my teeth. “Hello? Is anyone here?” My voice echoed.

I took a look of my surrounding but saw nothing. Suddenly, a chill shiver ran down my spine as a sound of opening a door approached to me. I turned back and saw a red door opened a little to enter enough amount of light so I could see it.

I don’t even know where am I. This place is full of darkness and grief. Lack of life and light. But how did get here? I don’t remember any room in our mansion like this. Only thing I remember is I was going to bed and then Roman called me as he does every night.

After that I don’t remember what happened.

I think I’m in my dream. But this is a weird dream and I’m feeling as if someone draining the life out of me.

I unconsciously touched my stomach as I do usually whenever I feel stressed, and found it was flat.

Why my stomach is flat? Where is my baby?

Does something bad happened? No. Nothing bad can happens to my baby as long as I’m alive. I can’t let happen anything bad to her.

I looked at the door and decided to go through it considering that at least there’s some light in there.

Once I opened the door, My eyes squeezed shut as light approached to me, blinding my vision. I blinked few times before again opening my eyes. The first thing I saw was a round wooden table in the middle of the white room. On the table, There were a white tea kettle and mugs with a peacock print on it. It wasn’t the only thing that caught my eyes, there was also a woman with white hair tied in a bun wearing a long black pencil skirt and black high neck top. Her face had few wrinkles but still her skin was glowing.

“Sugar?” I didn’t realise when I approached her and seated myself opposite to her.

“Umm..Two spoons.” I said reluctantly. I felt nervous under her presence even though her smile was warming and inviting.

I think it wasn’t because of her, but the fact that I was still confused by my location. If I’m in my dream then why is she here? I’ve never seen her in my life before.

“Here.” She said warmly, passing me the cup of tea. “It will help you in calming your nerves.” I took the cup with my sweaty palms and smiled at her. Before guiding the cup to my lips I mumbled a ‘thank you’ to her. Once the taste of tea touched the tip of my tongue, a jolt ran throughout my body, recalling the scenes that happened the night after I talked to Roman. There was Silas and Adele, and they hurt my parents. They also tried to hurt me but then Roman and Clarence saved me, I guess.

Panic rushed over me and An unsettling feeling began welling inside me. With my trembling fingers I touched my throat and a gasp escaped from my lips as I looked down at my blood soaked dress. Blood was oozing from my throat but I didn’t feel pain. In fact, I felt nothing but fear. Fear to lose my child.

“I-Is my child okay?” I asked with shaking voice as a drop of tear fell over my cheek, and hoped if nothing happened to her.

The woman gave me a warm smile. “Don’t worry, Flora. Your children are fine.”

Before a feeling of relief could wave over me, Another feeling entered.

“C-Children.” I asked confused. The last thing I remember was having a mortal baby inside of me.

Then why was she saying ‘Children’

She realised my confused state, and placing her hands over the table she spoke, “You’ve twins.” Now I was more than confused. The kind of confused when mom gave me brownie and snatched back to give it to Bract.

She recognised the blank look on my face and finally made an attempt to pulling me back from my current state, “You had twins since the beginning, but the other child wasn’t growing because an immortal zygote needed pure blood in its system to grow into a foetus and continuing the process of its growth. And when Adele attacked you, Clarence who has pure blood in his system fed you his blood to heel you.”

An immortal child. How it’s possible? How the doctors didn’t realise that I’ve twins?

I’d been going on a regular check up, but never a once in a while they informed me that I’d two children.

“Your technology hasn’t yet evolved enough which can monitor an immortal blood. And especially a pure blood.” She filled me with answer. But that led me to another question.

“How do you know all of that?”

“I’m queen.” She replied making her voice echoing throughout the room.

I realised that she was the one Silas told me about.

“I’m Cordelia. Your grandmother-in-law.”

“W-Why am I here?” I asked, Literally confused by the fact that I was seeing the queen in my dream.

“Because I wanted to talk to you….personally.” She said, “So I came here…in your subconscious mind.”

“What you want to talk about?”

She poured herself tea into a cup without sugar and began, “I want to give you an offer.You’ll have to turn because there’s 99% chances that you won’t survive this, soon your immortal child will start feeding upon you like a parasite upon its host. On the other hand if you turned, you’d lost your mortal child, because your body cells would start consuming it.”

“What about the other 1%? What about if I don’t want to turn myself but still I make it till delivery?” I asked, hoping that there might be some other way of safely bringing both of my babies into the world.

She sipped her tea before responding, “If you got lucky then there is 1% chance that the twins would survive.” I let out a sigh of relief knowing that there is a chance to save my babies. “But It won’t happen since the immortal belongs to us and we have no intention to keep its life at stake for your mortal child.”

What’s her mean with immortal belongs to us? I’m their mother and I know better than her how to keep my children safe.

“I’m their mother, Cordelia.” I snapped, “Both of the children belongs to me.”

Seeing the discomfort on my face she squeezed my hand and said, “I’m getting old and clan needs a new ruler. Your child will be safe with us. You have my words.”

We can consider this thing later once the twins will safely come into the world.

“That’s why I want you to live. To watch your children growing young and ruling their worlds.”

“How it’s possible? You said that I have no chances to survive this.” I said, realising that once I turned, only my immortal child would be survived with me while the mortal would die.

On the other hand, if I don’t want to be turned then there’s only 1% chance that both of my children would survive except me. I’d gladly choose my death if my babies would be safe.

She grinned drawing her hand back, “There is.” She said, and a feeling of happiness returned to me. “If you luckily survive till delivery then You must’ve been injected with vampire venom before your heart stops beating.”

“Thank you, Cordelia.” I smiled at her, and she nodded in response. Right now I just want to see Roman. I just want him to hold me closer to his chest.

Even if I wouldn’t survive, my babies would be safe. I will make it happen. We’ll make it happen.

“Umm..How am I supposed to go back?”

She chuckled lightly and replied, “Take another sip of your tea.”

I brought the mug to my lips , closed my eyes and took a sip. When my eyes opened Cordelia was no where to see. But Roman was there, sitting beside my bed, holding my hand and brushing his lips gently over my knuckles.

“Roman, the babies—”

“I know.” He cut me off, and then I saw something in his eyes. He was crying…..

“Don’t worry. I won’t let anything happen to our babies and neither to you.”