Blood Stream (A Short Story) Read Online Free

I’ve never thought that he might like me.  But what if he did?  If he’s really not trying to hurt me, if he’s never thought about killing me. . . .  It is true that he’s never taken too much blood.  I’ve never felt weakened after he’s fed off me.  We’ve always had enough food, and even though we work . . . it gives us something to do.  We are looking after the humans, the few humans left. 
    ‘H ow did you find us?’
    ‘I could smell your blood.  I followed you from the stream, to make sure you weren’t in danger.  I thought I’d let you see the truth for yourself.’
    ‘What happened to the camp the night we left?  Is everyone all right?’
    ‘We lost three vampires, but all the human’s survived.  None of our attackers did.  If we hadn’t fought for you, you would have been taken to one of the warehouses.’
    Could he be right?  And if he is, what does that mean for us?  Before he found us I did not feel safe.  I didn’t want to live here, not knowing what might be out there.  Not knowing where everyone went.  But what about Gemma?  I promised her I’d look after her.
    ‘We will come back with you on one condition,’ I state.
    Mitchel’s eyes glisten.
    ‘Go on.’
    ‘That Gemma is protected.  That she is never fed upon unless she gives her consent.’
    ‘It’s a deal.’
    I stare into his eyes, assessing him, and you know what?  I may be an idiot, but I think I believe him.  I think he really does want to keep us safe.  And if I can protect Gemma from being a blood slave, it’s something I can handle myself.  I can do it to keep us safe.  Gemma will be my reason for living.  My purpose.  She will be the meaning in my life, a life that has had meaning since she showed up.  I was just too blind to notice.  And Mitchel, what do I think of him?  Well, we’ll see.  I’m going to let myself find out what he’s really like.  I’m going to keep my eyes open and my head up.  I’m going to make the most out of the life we’ve been given.  I’m going to celebrate that we are still alive, and that we have each other.
    We’re going to go back.
     
     

 
     
     
    The End
     
     

If you enjoyed ‘Blood Stream’ you might also like ‘Gateway to Faerie’, by M.D. Bowden. 
     
    A gateway has opened to the land of Faerie. Can one girl close the portal in time to protect her world from the destructive powers of darkness?
     
    Set two hundred years after the world has been destroyed by a terrifying faerie invasion, Fayth Blackman is busy studying for her final exams. She has no idea that a gateway has opened to the land of Faerie and that dark haunting creatures are filtering through into her own world. But then tragedy strikes and her life turns upside down. She finds out that she is the descendent of a powerful faerie, and that the key to closing the gateway is in her blood. She must embark on a dangerous quest to find the Bell Stone, and with it stop the world from being destroyed once more. But can she make it in time?
     
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Gateway to Faerie
     

Chapter 1:  Skries
     
     
     
     
    I felt so alive this morning when I woke up, now I feel awful.  My head is pounding and my muscles aching after a hard training session with my father. 
    He’s at work now and I am left alone to study, but it’s tricky with this stupid headache.  I wish it would leave me alone so I could concentrate. 
    I stare down at my text book, not taking in the words in front of me.  It’s a history volume, exam’s next week.  I really must focus.  I get the general topic, but it’s the details I’m fuzzy on, the bits that matter when it comes to the test. 
    The ridiculous thing is, this is what I should be good at—my dad has explained it to me enough times.  The thing is, I switch off as soon as he starts talking about history. 
    He is a history professor,