The Vampire's Heir

Chapter 3

Cameron's POV:

I step out of the office building after my interview. It went pretty good and I'm happy with the outcome. The position can be part-time which is what I was wanting and advancement is possible, to an extent of course. There's only so far you can go there without having a degree in law. I will start next week which will be a week before school starts. I'm really looking forward to it and it's getting me more excited about school as well.

I walk the several blocks back to my apartment. The sun is still out yet but it is going to be setting behind the buildings here pretty soon. The thought of going home gets me really excited and I can't hide the smile that is on my face. Clayton said he wanted to do something tonight and the idea of getting to see him again really gets my heart racing again. So much so that my walk seems to be quicker than usual just so I can get home sooner.

I get to my apartment and hurry up the few steps and into my room. I throw my purse on the island counter and start taking my shoes off as I walk through the living space till I get to the hallway that takes me to the bathroom. By the time I'm walking into the bathroom I was already pulling my shirt off. I wanted to quickly take a shower and get myself ready because I wasn't really sure what time he would be here. I wanted to make sure I was freshened up and looking my best.

I practically yelped when I jumped into the cold shower because I didn't wait for it to heat up. I shivered as I got my hair wet and the water slowly started to heat up. I quickly washed my dirty blonde hair that reached the middle of my back when it was wet but when it dries, the spiral curls shorten my hair to just past my shoulders.

I've always loved my curls. They can be hard to manage at times since they are pretty tight but as long as I put creams in it to help tame them down they aren't too bad. Sometimes I will blow dry them and then take the flat iron to them but not very often. That's usually what the stylist has to do with it in order to trim it.

I jump out of the shower and wrap my body tight with the towel and practically run into the bedroom. I have curtains in my room that are always closed for privacy so I took my towel off my body and wrapped my hair up in it. I started to go through my drawers and pulled out a pair of matching panties and bra. Maybe a part of me was hoping that someone would see my undergarments and wanted to make sure they matched.

I practically stumbled and almost fell to the floor as I was putting my panties on but instead was hopping around to keep my balance. I'm sure I looked like I complete clutz right now but I didn't really care. I grabbed my bra and put it on and then grabbed a sundress from my tiny closet. I don't have a lot of nice clothes and since I wasn't sure if we were going to go to a club or not I thought this would be the best option.

He doesn't really look like the clubbing type but then again, I don't really know what kind of type he is. The sundress was a light pink color with little maroon colored flowers. It flared out a little after my hips and only went to about mid-thigh. It's a little short for a sundress which is why I picked it. Maybe I was really hoping for more to happen tonight than just a night out.

Okay, so yes, my horny self that was really hoping to not be a nun was starting to show. I just want to feel like someone actually wants to be around me. I can't tell you how many dates I have been stood up on. How many would just all of a sudden start ignoring me if I saw them. Heck! Some even just flat out disappeared and I never saw them again! I just want to know that there isn't something wrong with me that causes all the guys to just ditch me all of the time. I can't even get to know one long enough to have my first kiss.

It's like some sick joke that the male species is playing on me and I'm getting so sick of it I want to just scream!.

Now that I'm all upset over that it's time to get some perfume on and add a little makeup. I don't want to add too much because I don't want to appear desperate. I mean I am, sort of. Mostly just desperate to know that it is possible for me to have more than a few conversations with a man before he ditches me.

Now that I'm done with my makeup I walk out into the small living space and plop down on the couch. I look over at the time and see that it is now past lunch and I was starting to feel a little hungry. Should I get something to eat? Is he coming in the evening or is he coming for lunch? I would hate to eat something and then not be hungry when we go out.

I lean on the arm of the couch and put my feet up. I'm starting to get bored waiting but I don't really have anything else to do. I don't know anyone here yet since I just got here less than a week ago. It's not like I have any video games or anything. Can't really afford much in the way of electronics at the moment.

I get up and walk over to the small stack of books that I brought with me from my parent's house and sat back down and started to read one. I've only read this one a dozen times now.

My stomach is really starting to growl now and I see that it is after two in the afternoon. I set the book down and walk into my kitchen and start making up a sandwich. I don't want to eat too much just in case. I should be good though. By now if he were to show up I would think we would go out and then have dinner later. I really should have found out what time he was going to be here. Sort of my fault in that aspect I guess.

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I look over at the time and see that it is approaching nine in the evening. I really don't think he's going to show up. Just like everyone else, make plans and then ditch me. Why do I even bother! I just need to forget about men in general anymore and just go to school, get a good job, and maybe a few s*x toys in my drawer because we all know by now that I won't ever have s*x at this rate.

I walk over and take my shoes off that I have been wearing all day, thinking I would be going out and throw them against the wall by the floor. Yeah, I'm a little pissed off at the moment. He better hope I don't see him anytime soon because I just might have to smack him for this.

"Ugh!" I almost yell and walk into my bedroom and unzip my dress in the back and let it fall to the ground.

I take off my bra and pull out a pair of pajama bottoms and a short crop top. I get changed and walk out of the room and into the bathroom to brush my teeth. I take my hair and pull it up into a bun to wear to bed to help keep it from tangling up. I don't want to mess with the frizz in the morning from using the comb so I will just run my fingers through it and add more creams to tame them down.

I plop myself down in bed and look towards the window that is covered by curtains. I get up and walk over to them and slide them out of the way. I'm on the second floor of the building and the fire escape is in the other bedroom so it should be fine to leave this window open. I just want to see the lights of the town as I go to sleep.

I crawl back into bed and my eyes slowly close and I fall asleep.

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Clayton's POV:

I hated the idea of not taking her out as I promised. The problem is, now that I know it is possible for a human to be my mate, my other half, I can't really be with her. I need to just stay away till it is time. I can't even earn her trust anymore like I was hoping to get her out of here because I don't know if I could control myself. I've heard stories about this mating thing and they say the bond after marking is really strong. As in you really can't stay away from each other and you sense things. Like you can sense if they are in trouble or how they feel if you are close enough to them.

Werewolves are different from vampires. They have some kind of mind link they can do with their mates and pack but vampires aren't like that. We just have powers that we all can do. Like speed, strength, eyesight, hearing. We can even jump really high if we need to. We are designed to be killers and that is exactly what we are. Another reason why I can't let myself get too close to her. If for any reason I do lose control, as most vampires do around humans, I could essentially kill her. Then Azariah would have my head. He's a typical vampire, impatient. He isn't going to want to wait around another few hundred years or more for this opportunity again.

The problem is, I can't seem to stay away from her. The moment the sun went behind the buildings and I no longer had to worry about direct sunlight, I headed towards her building. The need to have her in my arms is getting stronger and it's hard to keep it at bay. It doesn't take long for me to get to her apartment and I sit where I have been all this time and watch and listen.

I see her pass by the windows often and she looks upset. Sometimes she's angry as if she is having an inner battle with herself and other times she looks sad. Just seeing her like that is giving me a pain in my chest where a beating heart at one time used to beat.

Azariah is different. He was born a vampire which means he has a beating heart. His mother was human which makes him part human. You would think that would weaken him but it doesn't and that is why his family line is the royal bloodlines. The fact that his heart does beat, and his blood is racing through his body makes him that much stronger. This has been in the royal bloodlines for so long that each vampire birth becomes stronger than the last one.

Makes him deadlier because he will feel warm to the touch and you can hear his heartbeat. Makes it harder for a human to know if there is something wrong with him. Don't worry, vampires don't feed on these kinds of vampires because even though his blood is moving, it's still vampire blood and not human blood. Vampire blood is deadly poisonous to a vampire. The racing vampire blood through his body is what makes him so powerful.

I touch someone and I will feel deathly cold. You lay on me and you won't hear a heartbeat. That's because I was turned. I once was a human but the venom killed everything inside of me including my heart in order for me to transition into a vampire. This is why the younger or sicker the human is, the deadlier the transition becomes.

The night has taken over and I look up to see that she is standing in the window looking out. That must be her bedroom because she always has the curtains closed but tonight, she's opening them and opening the window.

She looks amazing from here. Her shirt just hangs over her breasts and leaves her stomach open. her bottoms are just hanging on those perfect hips with the most perfect waist indent. Just perfect for my hands to hold and pull her near.

I start to sniff the air when her scent travels from the open window to me. My senses start to go crazy over it and I want to run up there and take her now. I squint my eyes and continue to sniff more deeply. I really need to watch her closely this week. I can already smell her period coming. The scent of blood, regardless of what kind, will attract any vampire.

The scent alone is what lured me in and how I knew she could carry a vampire baby. In her blood is the secret to her conceiving. If I knew this just by her scent, they all will know this and this is why I have been watching her for the last five years. Protecting her from them only to hand her over to him. The thought of him touching her and thrusting into her boils my blood more now than it did at the start.

She didn't stay in front of the window for very long before she turned and walked away. It was really starting to drive me nuts to be out here knowing that she was in there. This pull that I feel is getting stronger. The mutt warned me about it but I still think I can control it.

After a couple of hours, I could hear that she was asleep. I look up and leaped to the open window and crawled through it, quietly. My night vision is so keen that I can see in the dark as if the sun was bright in the sky. She was laying on top of her blanket on her back. Her left arm was bent and her head was facing her hand while her right hand was up and over her head. With her arm up like it was, it was pulling her short top up higher, barely covering her breast. Just a hint of the underside of it was peeking out from under the fabric.

Just the sight of her, her scent along with it was causing me to feel tightness in my jeans. I walked over to her side of the bed and softly sat down beside her. I placed my hand softly on the side of her waist and just as I thought, my hand could easily cup around her. The electricity that I felt going through my fingers as I touched her skin was ecstatic. I've never felt this before, only ever heard about it.

It felt stronger this time when I touched her and it caused me to not want to leave her. In fact, it was making me want her more and more. I scanned her body and my eyes stopped at her neck. I could see the light pulsing of her artery in her neck and it was making my mouth water. I felt my eyes changing and my thirst was increasing. I wonder if it is true about her kind of blood and how it would taste.

I leaned forward and breathed in around her neck as my fangs started to elongate. I could hear her heart beating, smell her blood. I opened my mouth and was almost ready to bite down on her when my phone started to ring.

I shot up away from her as she started to stir and I took off out of her window.

"s**t! That was close!" I yelled at myself as I took off and into my hiding spot.

This is why I need to stay away from her! I almost lost control. I almost bit down on her and I could have killed her! This is why a human should never be a vampire's mate! I yelled more at myself as I answered my phone.

"Yeah?" I asked into it without looking into the caller I.D.

"So? Are you on your way over with her yet?" Azariah said on the other side.

"No, not yet," I told him.

"What the Devil's Hell are you doing that's taking so long?" He shouted at me through the phone.

"It takes time to get a human to trust you." I said lying to him.

"That's a load of bull. Not with you. I've seen you with women and it's never taken you this long." He said into the phone reminding me of how easy I can get with a woman if I wanted to.

"I will give you one more week Clayton. She needs to be in this mansion by Monday. I'm down to three months to get her wanting me and I can't let you screw this up." He said on the other side.

"Yes Sir. I will have her there by Monday." I responded back to him.

"Good." He said and then hung up.

I put my phone back in my pocket and looked up at her window again. If he only knew how difficult this is actually going to be for me.

"I'm sorry baby," I whispered to myself.