Vampire Holiday - Completed

24. To do or not to do?

Aurora Pov

“f*****g leprechaun,” I said to myself as I lay in bed, snuggling next to sleeping Daniel. He smelled so wonderful. The bite I gave him was still fresh. I wanted more, but I didn’t want to wake him.

At least that Jennifer chick was alright after all. We just got off the wrong foot, and it was difficult to get over it, but we could try for our humans or pets. I still was not sure who Daniel was to me. I could see us hanging out in the future, four of us, and I knew that would make Daniel happy.

On the other hand, the leprechauns were annoying creatures, always a bad sign to show up before bad things happen to our kind. They claimed to have a vision of our future, yet it was never proven. Typically, they would pop in to laugh at us and tell us of the impending doom that was coming to vampires and disappear.

However, there was nothing major going on for at least a few decades. There were no significant conflicts or wars. The supernatural world has embraced peace and quiet and enjoyed the luxuries the human world had to offer us, since most of us had the upper hand.

But I had my own reasons for disliking the leprechauns, and maybe they had one to dislike me too. I didn’t want to get into that again.

Jennifer thought they were mocking us, and we even ran around the parade trying to find the little guy, but leprechauns are notorious for hiding, even in the supernatural world. So we had to give up eventually and return to our humans, who waited patiently.

The watch that Daniel gifted me alarmed me. I didn’t want to leave, but I had to get out of bed and get to work. I tried to get out of St. Patrick’s day, but we settled on my showing up at least for half the night.

Redick was there that day. It was a hectic night. I grabbed him when I had a chance.

“How long ago has it been since you saw a leprechaun?” I asked him.

“Here’s a hot one!” he joked, pointing to a young woman in a costume.

I gave him a stare.

“Oh, you have seen one tonight,” he looked at me, surprised.

I didn’t even have to nod. Redrick understood me well.

“How bad was it? He didn’t spit out any prophecies, did he?”

I told him exactly what had happened at the parade.

“That human of yours must be something special. You went to the parade!” he started jokingly again. Then he looked at me more seriously. “Well, find the Seer.” He told me after a pause.

“Maybe it was nothing. That little green guy probably was just a bitter old man,” at least that’s what I told myself. Of course, the one way to know for sure would be to find a Seer, but it seemed like overkill. But then the burn on my back that I got again recently told me otherwise.

Redric left me to my thoughts, and the bar needed tending.

My eyes were peeled all night even though there was little to no chance that I would see that leprechaun twice on the same day, especially in the vampire bar, but all the green was disturbing me. Why did we even allow humans to come to our place like that? It was beyond frustrating.

It was 4 a.m. I was on my break, sitting on the barstool, and I wanted a snack. I gestured for that leprechaun-dressed woman to approach me. She rushed to my side. I hoped to relieve some irritation with the old leprechaun by drinking her. She looked fresh and youthful. Her eyes were glowing. She must be full of the tonic when I pulled her to me. She instantly bent her neck, revealing many bite marks, ready for me to indulge. But when I got close to her pulsing artery, my fangs retreated, and I felt nauseated. I could not drain her. It was revolting. I could not even break her skin. Now I was disgusted with myself. I left my shift early. Redrick understood, although he probably thought it was because of the leprechaun.

While I was rushing home, the idea hit me. Something must be wrong with the humans in the bar or their drinks, and I should try it somewhere else. Daniel still tasted divine. I could not get enough of him, but every time I got too full of feeling and happiness, I would get that burn and had to stop myself.

Then there was the matter of the seer. The seer itself was not so bad, even though I considered other whining vamps who wanted to see her. “Well, what about the time when you were thinking of ending it all? Was that whining?” I asked myself. I pushed these thoughts away. The main issue was finding her. She liked to lie low to avoid constant followers asking about their future, past, and the meaning of it all.

And the worst part was that the easiest place to find her was at Silvia’s party, and we still were not talking. In fact, I was pretty mad at Silvia. Especially since our fallout, I found out that no one was ever kicked out like that or lectured by her, so why the hell did I get that special treatment? It was not like a vampire was actually killed. That made me feel eerie. The whole thing was aggravating. I will have to think about this later.

I was happy to get back in Daniel’s bed, to forget my trouble, at least for a bit. I drifted off to sleep next to him.

He was not there when I woke up, and I had this sinking feeling that something was wrong. Because I always woke up when he was leaving for work, no matter how tired I was.