It was like I was watching my actions from above. My body moved of its own accord. The burning was growing deep within me. It wasn’t until I put on my hand on the handrail of the stairs that I noticed red lines developing on my skin. It was like a tattoo but red on my wrist and it was like a bird. I didn’t have time to really understand what it meant because the basement door opened up. Standing twenty feet in front of me was a vampire. I looked at him and he looked at me. Walking up the stairs to him, I let my aura out. His eyes opened wide as he realized who I was before he ran off. I didn’t even care. Everyone will soon be dead here. The pain in my body was overwhelming. Walking to the livingroom, I saw five vampires and a little girl that looked like Lilith’s twin. “Rose” “My sister sent you, did she?” She had a smirk on her face as she watched my movements.“Give me the necklace and I will leave you all alive.” All the vampires laughed, and Rose looked bored. She took her knee-
“We put a spell on the house. If we do not invite you, you basically get confused and turn around. If you want up on the house, it looks abandoned and if we invite you, you get to see the actual house.”“Well, a witch put the spell up for us. Don’t ask what we had to pay for that…” Gabrial laughed as Vincent shook his head. “That is unnerving…” Samuel said. “It takes some getting used to.” Vincent agreed. We walked in silence to the front of the house. The porch was massive, with five white columns fifty feet high. There was a seating area on the right that Vincent led us to. “I suppose I owe you a thank you.” Vincent started after we all took a seat. I was sitting in a single chair. Vincent and Gabrial took the love seat, Ben and Claudia took the porch swing, and Samuel and Dax took the couch. “Why’s that?” I asked. “You eliminated Rose. Well, you eliminated both sisters, so you really did us two favors.” “Continue…” I hated repeating myself.“Rose and Lilith have been trying
“I tried not to! She put a spell on me that made me forget myself! It wasn’t until we were done that I realized what I did. I would have killed her myself if Sarah didn’t do it!” “Do you realize the physical pain you just put her through? She has a fucking permanent branding of infidelity on her arm. Do you realize how many people will see that when she officially takes over? Every alpha will see that and know you cheated on her. Every alpha will now wonder if she isn’t worthy. If her mate didn’t want her, then she must be broken.”That thought honestly hadn’t crossed my mind until now. “I know a witch that might help with that. She could possibly remove it and she owes me a favor.” I heard Vincent add.“Why would you help us?” Jason asked.“Like I said, you did a favor for killing Rose and Lilith. Consider this as my repayment.”“Any tonight?” Jason asked.“This is for fun. We haven’t been clubbing in a long time!” Gabrial laughed. “I am warning you, Dax. Consider this a threat. If
I felt my jaw drop. Well shit. I guess my face is more familiar than I expected. “Nice to finally meet you. Is there somewhere more private we can talk?” “Follow me.” He said as he offered his arm to me. I took it and together we walked up the four flights of stairs. As soon as we walked into his office, the blasting music was completely gone. The room was very professional but pricey. Stark white carpet with dark brown leather furniture. His mahogany desk filled the whole one side of the office. Behind that, there were floor to ceiling windows overlooking the dance floor and pretty much the whole building. You could see that bars, the entryway and even the restrooms. Von caught me looking down at the dance floor. He had a perfect view of where I was. “It’s a two-way mirror.” “Perfect for watching.” I noted. I didn’t feel threatened, but I didn’t feel at ease either. Von was honestly very curious right now. “What do I owe this… untimely visit?” “I believe we have a mutual p
The birds were chirping as I groggily starting coming around. I slept like crap as I had a dream that the witch put a spell on me that caused me to stab myself in the heart. The sounds of a chair squeaking caught me off guard as I looked up to see Dax was sitting down, fully dressed in a new, all black jeans and shirt, sipping on coffee. Fucking morning people kill me. “Morning, sleeping beauty. Time to rise and shine. We have a long day ahead of us.” Dax said way too cheerfully. “I will throat punch you.” I said, as I yawned. “So violent.” He whispered as he walked away and poured me a cup of coffee. As he did that, I scooted back against the headboard and tried to force myself to wake up. Handing me the coffee, he sat down on the edge of the bed. “What time is it?” I asked. “Almost 9:30. You didn’t sleep good so I tried not to wake you.” “I see.” “Jason is up and around, Ben is… well, he had an argument with Claudia about what happened, so he never really went to bed. Sam
My whole body stiffened as I looked over at the door. An older version of Von walked in, but he had crimson red eyes. They seemed to look straight into my soul as I watched him sit down beside his son. “It is a pleasure to meet you, Acting Queen Sarah.” Von rolled his eyes at his father’s politeness. “My name is Silas and I am the Vampire King.” “Nice to meet you as well. This is Alpha Daxon, Duke Jason, Ben is next to Claudia and Samuel.” They each nodded as I called out their names. The plane started moving. I hated flying. My heart instantly started racing, so I felt myself being forced deeper and deeper into my seat. “I understand you are here about the witch’s son.” Silas acted like he wasn’t aware of my sudden anxiety. “Yes, sir.” I said through gritted teeth.“Not a fan of flying?” He laughed as the plane took flight and I was suddenly vertical.“I’m a wolf. We don’t fly.” I made the mistake of looking out the window and I saw the clouds under me.“Touche.” He snapped his f
It took us about fifteen minutes to get off the plane and make our way to my parent’s office. Silas and Von didn’t say anything about the Palace, but I watched them look around and take it all in. Just because we have money doesn’t mean we flaunt it. “We appreciate you bring Sarah back safely.” My mother started the meeting with a compliment. The meeting only involved of Dax, Silas, Von, my parents, and myself. Everyone else went back to bed. “No need to thank me. I did what I would hope any father would do for my own son. I appreciate you taking the time to meet with me on such short notice. This situation we are in is very dangerous.”“Yes, it is. What can you tell us about what is going on?” Mom asked. “Yes, I have told Princess Sarah some, but I will state everything again. Vampires and witches have an agreement or truce. We leave each other alone and mind our own business without getting into the others. This situation will mean breaking that truce, but if there was another wa
Closing the hole was much harder than opening it. First, the metal had to go back into the earth from which I moved it. Next, the dirt and grass had to stitch back together. It’s hard enough learning to control this, but Dax was watching me and, for some stupid reason, that put more pressure on me. My pack had seen this so many times they all dispersed, so that helped me. After I completed it. I was drained. Not only from the lack of sleep I had last night, but using all my energy to make that pool of melted metal. “Come on, I will show you to a guest room, unless you are returning back to your pack?” I asked as I walked by Dax. I didn’t wait or look to see if he was following me. I knew he would be. “I’m not leaving your side until this is over.” Dax said with the upmost certainty. Stopping in my tracks, I whipped around so fast that I almost smacked right into him. “I don’t need your protection, as I can clearly protect myself. I don’t need a white knight to come save and I don