SCARLETT (Kiss From The Darkness)
Chapter 29

That night we gathered in my living room. Me, Roland, Damon, Leda and Erick are talking about a plan to capture Victor.

"We only have 24 hours." I said it with skepticism.

"We'll make it." Roland said it while embracing my shoulder.

"We not only have to fight Victor, but we also have to fight some vampires that Victor formed." Damon reminds us of the soldiers formed by Victor.

"I will ask the werewolves for help if necessary" Leda said convincingly.

I looked towards him.

"Will it harm them?" I asked her with worry.

"They are stronger than you think." This time Leda took it seriously.

We nodded at his words.

We decided to take a break and go back to our rooms. I saw Erick go with Leda. Lately they have been more familiar. I smiled at the closeness of the two of them.

Damon walked towards the door and was about to go home by himself.

"Stay here!" I called him and told him to stay.

Damon stopped his steps and turned to face me.

"To see the intimacy of you two?" Cynic words.

I ignored his words. He still showed an exaggerated jealous face. I took a long breath.

"I'd better get some fresh air outside" he said as he walked out of my house.

I let him go.

I decided to go back to my room. This time Roland followed me to my room without me having to ask for it. I entered my room and stepped onto the balcony. I love looking up at the sky from my balcony.

The moonlight illuminated the night with its golden light. I felt Roland's presence behind me. He wrapped his arms around me and hugged me from behind.

"I want to know more about you" he said softly in my ear.

"Sometimes it's better if you don't know about a lot of things" I said slowly.

Roland fell silent.

"I have a dark past" I said slowly.

"I love you completely" she said, turning my body to face him.

I looked at his face. The moonlight shone on us both.

"Do you really want to know about my past?" my many.

He traced my jaw with his fingers. The breeze blew my hair.

"I want to know everything about you" he said, slipping my hair behind my ears.

I turned my body and this time I stood behind him. Roland was still standing behind me. I stared at the moon shining brightly.

"I used to be a princess" I said softly.

I gave a pause to my sentence.

"My father was a King who was so loved by his people. Everyone is prosperous. But everything changed when Victor came and killed my father."

I felt Roland stiffen behind me.

"I couldn't save my parents." I said it while looking up at Roland's face.

I felt my tears dripping. Roland swept his fingers to wipe my tears.

"I can't avenge my parents on Victor." This time my body trembled because of the emotions I had been suppressing all this time as if it came out and came to the surface.

"I don't even deserve to live in this world." This time my voice was choked by tears that seemed to clog my throat.

Roland let go of his embrace and grabbed my chin for me to look at his face.

"Wherever you are, you are the Goddess" she said, gently tucking at my lips.

"I never wanted life as an immortal being like this" I said softly, "i was changed by a witch without my consent." I was stifled to remember the incident when I first realized that I had turned into an immortal.

Roland kissed me again. We kissed a long time. We let the moonlight bear witness to our love. Every now and then I hear the flapping of bat wings that fly near the balcony but immediately fly away as if I did not want to disturb this moment.

"Roland, I love you" I said slowly.

Roland nodded while looking at me. Is Roland capable of loving me as fully as I love him? Will he accept me who is nothing but a damned creature? I dismissed my bad thoughts.

"You know, I never fell in love during my existence. This time I felt love." I said it in earnest.

Roland looked at me. He took me back into his arms. I let the wind caress us both.

"I've loved you since the first time I found you in the woods that night, Scarlett." He whispered that phrase in my ear.

My memory drifted back to the scene when Roland saved me that night in the woods. I looked up at her eyes.

"Roland, .." I whispered, "if I could, I would like to go back to being human." I said softly.

This time Roland's gaze was so fixed as if it penetrated into my soul. He did not answer my words. He pulled me back into his arms.

"How did you become a member of the vampire hunter clan?" I asked curious.

He still did not let go of his embrace in my body.

"My father used to be the leader of a clan of vampire hunters" he said softly.

I stiffened hearing his words. Roland seemed to feel my tension.

"He was murdered two years ago on the basis of treason." Roland said it with a trembling tone of voice.

I let go of my embrace and looked up at her face with concern.

"Maybe I'll also have the same fate as my father." He said it in a resigned tone.

"I won't let anyone hurt you!" I said it firmly.

I looked back at his face. But this time my hand was clenched beside my body. Yes, I will not let anyone harm Roland, I whispered inwardly. I swear I will protect her with my life.

"Yes, I know," she said, smiling and gently rubbing my cheek.

"What happened to your father?" I asked curiously.

"My father doesn't want to kill vampires who don't attack humans. To him, vampires deserve to live as humans." He paused for a moment and looked at me. "Therefore, the clan members punished him and accused him of being a traitor."

I stiffened hearing his words.

"After that, there was a friend of my father's who recruited me to join the clan." He said it while tucking my wind-blown hair behind my ears.

"Maybe the world will laugh when it hears that the vampire hunter has fallen in love with the vampire" she said, drawing her face closer to me and kissing my lips.

We both kissed for so long and deeply. I felt my breath and Roland's breath hunting. I felt Roland's heartbeat like a drum being pounded. Suddenly Roland removed his lips from mine.

"Scarlett, you're not a damned creature. You deserve to live in this world." He said it with a tone full of sincerity.

I felt my eyes hot with tears. Just this time someone didn't call me a damned creature. Just this time someone appreciated my existence in this world. Right now my heart is completely blown away by my feelings of love for her. I realized that love is the most precious thing in the world. I risked my life for love.

We were both shocked when we heard my bedroom door open in a loud voice. Roland and I turned to look at the voice.

"I think I came at the wrong time." Victor said that while laughing.

Me and Roland stiffened. How did Victor get here?