Inject Me Sweetly / Dusk Until Dawn

:Inject Me Sweetly: Chapter Seventeen

"She definitely didn't know vampires exist when I drank from her," Vincent stated.

Solomon nodded. "That's right, she didn't know, which is why I'm confused... You're one strange human, Emily. Never before have I met someone, human or vampire, as troublesome as you."

I smiled sheepishly. It wasn't like it was my fault. Vincent was the one who kidnapped me.

"As of tomorrow," Solomon started slowly, his emerald eyes piercing into mine. "You're going home."

"What?" Vincent and Sebastian cried before I could even start to react. In fact, his words hadn't even sunk in yet.

When they did, my heart swelled with joy. "Really?" I croaked, not even noticing the pain this time.

"Father, that's-"

"Silence Sebastian," Solomon commanded, cutting him off. "This is the only way to keep Emily safe. She must return to the human world."

"But the court...?"

The King shook his head. "The court will not know we've returned Emily home."

I nearly shook with excitement. I could go home? I'd be able to see my family again? I could go to school! On any other occasion I would be ecstatic that I didn't have to go to school, but school sounded so... normal.

"There's a chance she might not be safe there," Sebastian argued, giving a pleading look to his father. "It'd be safer if she was here-"

"Sebastian, don't allow your feelings to change what you know is the right thing to do."

He opened his mouth to retort, but closed it abruptly, his shoulders sagging. "Of course, Father."

"Feelings?" Fiona inquired, lowering. "You have feelings...?" She glanced at me, her eyes betraying the calm expression on her face.

I shook my head immediately, my chest constricting at her hurt look. Even if she didn't say it, I now knew she still had feeling for Sebastian.

"No surprise there," Vincent said scornfully.

"I don't have any romantic feelings," Sebastian confessed smoothly. "She's just easy to talk to about my... problems."

I nodded at his words. Friends, only, I jotted down, showing it to Fiona first.

She relaxed straightaway, her usual smile slipping onto her face. "Oh. I can't exactly say I want Emily to go home either, for the same reasons. It was nice having a girl around to talk to..."

I returned her friendly expression. It was nice being able to talk to Fiona too... I bit my lip roughly as my mind began to process reasons to stay. There was no way I wanted to stay here! My friends and family were at home; here were only vampires I've only known for a week... Vampires who were surprising sweet and caring, who seemed impossibly normal, and who I truthfully felt like I've known forever instead of a few days.