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raucous shuffle of students to their classes outside the classroom's closed door.My figure appeared in her peripheral vision as Mrs. Danielson passed the class, retraced her steps, and opened the door, poking her head into the classroom.She yelled, "Hello Catelyn! Are you okay?"You appear to have witnessed a ghost.With a forced smile, I replied, "Oh, I'm fine, Mrs. Danielson."I just need a friend to come over.I felt a little guilty for lying because she had made it sound like she was really worried.However, I lied because if I had responded honestly, she would not have believed me.I didn't say who the friend was, but the way her eyes lit up in a playful way suggested that she probably thought I was waiting for Eden.Relationships in high school are kept a secret from classmates and teachers alike.She left me alone because she was content, and as I watched, she joined the group of teachers and students who were shuffled outside along the school corridor.After returning to my thoughts,
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I responded, "I don't know."However, let's try to avoid focusing on inquiries Eden cannot answer.I continued, "Maybe it's like they say in the movies, that there was a glitch in the Matrix," as I slung my school bag over my left shoulder.The fact that you didn't mean to hurt me is the most important thing.I also believe that.In reality, everything else is just background noise.Despite the fact that I was internally boiling with rage, I said these words as calmly as I could.Still with that confused expression, Eden gave a few repeated nods.When he lowered them, he covered his face with both hands.I need to go wash my face with water.Please remain where you are.He patiently awaited my reply.I said, "Alright, I'll be here," as he left for the boys' bathroom.I was absolutely certain that Eden had been harmed by Valerian.What was he up to?Eden wondered if the vampire's magic had worn off.Were any of our precious memories lost in Eden?As if on cue, Valerian appeared at the end of the hallw
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While I gazed up at the sky, his eyes were fixed on me.I felt myself blush from his attention and could feel his love burning into my skin."I am so blessed,"My body trembled as his words tickled my ear.“How so?”He grabbed my chin and pulled me toward him, "I have you...""I'm not unique.""To me, you are."His eyes were sinking so deeply into me that he paused, as if they were looking for the right way to my heart.He bit his bottom lip to keep it from trembling from his nerves as he swallowed the lump in his throat as he said, "I love you..."As the color flushed from my face, I felt my body's muscles become weaker.My stomach hurt and my heart stopped.Although I was overjoyed when Eden uttered those three lovely words, I felt my eyes begin to swell and my heart shattered like fragile glass.I wished for a simpler life.I wish I could say that magical phrase to him again, and I wish we could have married and lived happily ever after. But Valerian took that chance away from me.As soon as
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hurt too much for me to move, so I tried to crawl toward Eden.As Valerian repeatedly slammed Eden's head down, his sharp nails digging into his cheek, I was loudly crying and pleading.With his forefinger nail, he deeply scratched Eden's flawless face, breaking the skin on her face.Eden was now extremely pale and had shed an excessive amount of blood.He called my name as he lay there, exhausted, still in his underwear and bleeding from so many cuts.Because Valerian used his own feet to trap them, Eden's feet were useless.He had glowing, crimson-red eyes that appeared to be being shaken.I gasped uncontrollably as I watched him smirk as he brushed Eden's cheek with his tongue.Valerian lifted Eden up and brought his neck back to his mouth as his smirk widened at Eden's heartbeat.I once read that vampires don't drink blood every day unless they want to.Additionally, there was a portion of that book that dealt with vampires and the acceptable amount of blood they consume from their victims
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moaned out loud.You couldn't have forced him to forget me, could you?Instead of killing him, couldn't you just erase his memory?I heard Valerian get up and move away from me, but he didn't say anything to me.He wrapped Eden's jacket around my naked skin and put it on my shoulders when he returned to keep me warm.He was not thanked by me.I refused in any way to acknowledge what he had done.He turned around and sat in front of me, Eden's body between us. He was sitting right in front of me.His clothes still looked dirty, but his eyes had turned green again and the blood that had been dripping down his chin had been removed.I just sat there and wept for the love I had just lost, clutching his jacket around me in the hope that I would pass away from my grief.With his knees folded, Valerian sat silently across from me.Despite the fact that I could not sense any remorse for what he had done, my sobs appeared to have an effect on him.When he eventually reached across Eden's body to wipe my te
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I stepped tremblingly out into the hallway and made my way toward the precinct's front door.I was reluctant to depart.I figured that as soon as I walked out the front door, there would be alarms going off and I would be taken into custody as a suspect trying to evade questioning.But nothing took place.I went out into the world without incident.I dashed down the sidewalk in a flash, aiming for the path into the woods that housed my house.I was certain that no one would ever inquire about Eden's death again.I was ashamed of myself.I could have reported Valerian to the police.Since then, what would that have done to Aleksei's treatments? I could have said that he was the one who killed him, but I was too afraid to come forward.Would he fall ill and pass away?I was ensnared in this nightmare, and no matter what I did, someone would be hurt.As a result, I made the decision to put it in the back of my mind and bury it in my heart.There was nothing I could do to prevent Eden from departing.I
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The sun outside was already scorching hot when I woke up.I went to my window to take a look because I could hear car horns blaring almost simultaneously in my neighborhood.I saw a school bus, probably Balrus's, coming into my block in the distance to my left, and I saw a mother saying goodbye to her son on the sidewalk.I saw a man to my right jump out of his car, run into his house, and then almost dive back into his car before driving off with a steaming cup of coffee.Two men were running and an elderly woman was walking a dog.Because I wouldn't be hurrying to school that day, I took everything in.I was still taking a month off from school, and I was doing everything I could to find things to do that kept me sane.like taking Balrus to the public library and picking him up from school.As I entered my bathroom, I began brushing my teeth.I brushed and wondered why Valerian hadn't already been there.What vampire matters required his attention?Was he sorry for me, or was he hoping that his
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I wished I could live my life as freely as he did and appreciate the simplest things in life, like a simple experiment in science.Thankfully, he was shunned by the misfortunes I had been given because he was so ignorant of the cruelty of the world.He wouldn't want to know the truth about Valerian's arrangement.I didn't want him to try to fix it or feel bad about it.All I wanted was for him to be healthy and happy.I prayed that one day I would also be able to have that.It's possible that I had been letting my resentment get the better of me, leading me to make hasty judgments regarding the life I was given.After seeing Valerian rip Eden to shreds, that sliver of feeling like I was back home was almost non-existent."Could we have ice cream?"I was brought out of my deep trance when Balrus exclaimed with excitement.He was grabbing my hand and pointing toward an ice cream shop we were passing."I'm not sure, Balrus.Mom made it abundantly clear that she wanted me to immediately bring you ho