Awestruck Vampire

Awestruck Vampire

The Sequel of Lovestruck Vampire

Heidi Nel

Smashwords Edition

ISBN NO 9781310251573

Copyright 2016 Heidi Nel

All rights reserved

Chapter One

Beulah Callaghan felt almost invincible as she stood outside in the dark night. She listened to the wind whispering softly through the nearby trees. It seemed to touch her soul in an enchanting way. She cherished the moments that she spend outside in the darkness. As she looked up at the star studded sky, she felt glad that she was alone, because she wanted to unlock her thoughts so that they could roam free…so that she could think and think some more. As she stood outside, she thought about Kenneth Graham. He had killed the terrifying vampire that had bitten her in the neck. Afterwards he carried her out of the woods in his strong arms, and together they boarded an plane and flew to Port Elizabeth in South Africa. His father met them at the airport and drove them home. She took an instant liking to Kenneth and she trusted him completely. He was her brave hero from the moment he stepped into her life.

When they got home, he sat her down on the couch in the lounge and explained to her that she had become a vampire, because another vampire had bitten her in the neck. He gave her a couple of vials of sheep’s blood which she drank thirstily. Then he explained to her that he was going to have to place a metal funnel around her neck for a couple of months, so that she could learn to be satisfied with the blood of sheep, and each time that she felt a craving for human blood, she had to go into a deep state of meditation, and while she was meditating, she had to focus really hard on the blood of sheep. Kenneth also explained to her that the art of meditation would instill a discipline in her, and she would totally stop thinking about the blood of humans and concentrate only on sheep’s blood. It was extremely difficult at first, because she wasn’t really the type of person to sit down and meditate, but Kenneth warned her that if she refused to do it, he would have no choice. He would have to kill her. So she did it.

Throughout her ordeal, Kenneth fed her vials and more vials of sheep’s blood. He decided that he was going to stay by her side every step of the challenging way. At night, she had to get used to sleeping in an upright position, because of the metal funnel, but Kenneth sat behind her and held her comfortingly, while also sleeping in the upright position. That’s when she fell in love with him. He was just so sweet and so incredibly wonderful. With him in her life, her fear gradually evaporated, and she knew that she could handle the metal funnel and the meditating. She was careful however, because she didn’t want Kenneth to know that she had fallen totally in love with him. He didn’t have to know that! It took her four months of hard concentration during meditation to lose her thirst for human blood, and that’s when Kenneth removed the metal funnel from around her neck. He invited her to stay with him and his father, and told her that she’d be safe with them. She felt terribly sad when he informed her that her life was in danger, and that she could never go back to her beloved island again.

He then told her everything that the old vampire had told him. He told her how the old vampire had bitten every single person that had ventured into the woods, and waited for them to return. Over the years he had build up an army of bloodthirsty vampires that lived with him deep in the woods. They spent their time building houses and learning how to fight with a sword. The vampire said they did a whole lot of other stuff as well, and Kenneth just knew in his heart that the vampire would make them all exercise to the point of exhaustion. Beulah felt appalled when she heard from Kenneth that the old vampire had a great plan where he and his army of vampires wanted to bite every single person on the island. By doing that, the beautiful picturesque island would be beautiful no more, because it would be turned into a vampire island.

He also planned on biting all the tourists that visited the island unsuspectingly. Beulah saw the haunted look in his eyes when he told her how he and his parents visited the island when he was a innocent little boy of nine years old. He described to her how the woods held a strange and rather scary attraction for him. He was thirsting for the ultimate adventure, and upon entering the woods, he got more than he bargained for when the old vampire bit him. The old vampire also waited for him to return to the woods, so that he too could join the army, but Kenneth’s father messed things up for him by cutting their holiday short.

They flew back to South Africa by plane, and when Kenneth’s parents realized that he had turned into a vampire, his mother couldn’t handle it. She died of a heart attack. Kenneth told Beulah of his terrible hatred for the old vampire, and how the one thought of killing him kept him hanging on to the thread of life. He described his agony over the years and his unbearable sadness when he had to deal with his mother’s death. He went on to tell her how he had a dream about the old vampire’s sword, and as he dreamt, he learned about the power of the sword, and upon waking, he knew that he had no choice. He knew that he was going to have to return to the island to take the old vampire’s sword from him. He felt a burning desire so strong to kill the old vampire with his own sword. Beulah knew the rest of the story by heart.

Kenneth entered the woods on an overcast day and pierced the old vampire’s heart with the sword that he borrowed from his father. The wounded old vampire then dropped the powerful sword that he had been fighting with, and Kenneth didn’t think twice. He picked the sword up, and while staring into the old vampire’s eyes, he cut off his head. Then he wiped the blood off both swords with his handkerchief.

Afterwards, he put both his father’s sword and the old vampire’s powerful sword beneath his jacket, and knelt by her, Beulah’s unconscious body. He saw that she was still alive, and he also saw the two puncture marks in her neck. He picked her up in his strong arms, and carried her out of the woods. As she stood there in the dark night, she felt a chill of enormous horror. She couldn’t believe that she had actually turned into a vampire. For goodness sakes! A vampire! Her life would never be the same again because of the old vampire’s bite. The carefree lifestyle that she had enjoyed, and taken for granted was gone forever and ever. Her whole life had been changed by that single painful bite.

Chapter Two

Here you are. I’ve been looking all over for you, said Kenneth behind her. He put an abrupt end to her scary thoughts. Just the sound of his voice managed to put a smile on her face. She turned to him and enthused, I’ve become a night time stroller. Your father’s smallholding is truly beautiful, and at night, by the light of the moon, it’s even more beautiful.

Her words made him smile on the inside. I think a stroll in the dark is just what I need, so let’s stroll together.

Beulah felt herself blushing with pleasure as they walked arm in arm down a pathway Kenneth had picked. Tall trees grew in a row along one side of the pathway, and as they walked, she stole a glance at his face in the light of the moon. Although she had known him only about four months, she admired and respected him. He was an impressive man. Kenneth turned his head and looked at her, and the smile she bestowed on him told him he had made a wonderful friend.

In a few weeks time it will be winter, and that means we’ll have lots of overcast days. I’m really looking forward to it, because then we can walk outside more often, he told her.

Ooh, that sounds great. I simply adore the countryside. I was a model in America. I started modeling from the age of twenty. I had a boyfriend, and I really thought that he was the one. We met at a party when I was twenty one, and we were so in love that we were almost joined at the hip. We couldn’t get enough of each other. My modeling career flourished, and I was over the moon with happiness. I felt as if I had it all. She was silent for a long time, and she was really struggling with her emotions. She thought that she was over Jason, and after what he did to her, she should be over him. She wanted to toss the memory of him away forever, like one would toss away an old panty, but some part of her still clung to him. The fiber of her being still clung to his heart melting smiles, and to his passionate kisses. She could almost feel his silken caress. She shook her head in dismay and forced herself to carry on.

One day, totally out of the blue, and on the day of my twenty seventh birthday, my boyfriend Jason informed me that our relationship was over. He was so cold hearted and brutal, and when he walked out of my apartment in New York, and slammed the door closed behind him I knew that he meant it. I knew it was over. As I stood there in a state of shock, I felt my heart breaking into a thousand pieces, and I just sat down on one of the sofas nearest to me, and cried like never before. It was the most sorrowful experience of my entire existence. A couple of days later, my older sister, Rachel informed me that she had seen Jason in a nightclub. He had been with a bimbo in a very short dress and very huge breasts. They had danced the night away, and most of that night he had his tongue halfway down her throat. Apparently they seemed very much in love. Rachel is a martial arts instructor in New York. She’s twenty nine, and she’s proud of what I’ve achieved as a model. It was her shoulder that I cried on. We’re very close. Our father’s a lawyer in New York, and our mother’s a paediatrician and they’re both extremely busy. Throughout their lives they hardly had time for us, so my sister and I learned from an early age to be there for one another.

She paused for a couple of seconds to enjoy the fresh night air. Then she breathed while she felt the immense sadness of Jason’s betrayal. "It was my sister who suggested that I get away from it all for a while by taking a trip to an exotic island. She said that it might be just what I needed. I always trusted my sister’s wisdom, so I booked a flight to the first exotic island that I saw advertised in a brochure. I was on the island for three days when I decided to take a walk in the woods when it was overcast. Upon entering the woods, I walked for a while, and the walk