Novels by Aanu

ALEXIS That pounding thing your heart does whenever you try to lie your way out of something, I heard it from Dawn before she left, exactly when I asked if she knew her way back. Why'd she have to lie though? It would take nothing to show her the right direction or even take her. I still didn't know why I'm concerned about the business of this mundane. I followed her out the door some minutes after she left because the uneasiness I felt in my chest made me so uncomfortable, I guess I wanted to be sure she was lying and she was. After walking the whole avenue, I finally saw her prancing the streets, she looked clearly confused. I laughed as she threw a tantrum after every dead end she hits, this mundane was funny. I should make this easier and just walk up to her right? I thought about how embarrassing it would be for her to see me again after she lied, but that didn't matter, I should save us the stress. I was crossing the street to meet her when I saw her approachin

DAWN Remember that part of me that doubted I was going to get any sleep? That part was mistaken, extremely wrong. I only jerked awake due to repeated thuds that came from the door. It was Alexis knocking, one glimpse at the wall clock and it was ten am already! Ten am and I was still a potato mess on a stranger's bed. Classic, Dawn. You really hit it this time. I patted down what I could from the tangled mess on my head and wiped my face with my palms in case I drooled, though it didn't do much to hide how hideout I looked.Here goes nothing, I opened the door to a bewildered Alexis. I think it's my face, it probably scared the shit out of him."Good morning," I said, and a nervous laugh followed. "Good morning, I was getting worried when you didn't open up." Yeah, probably because I slept like a dead body. "Yeah, I was taking time to uh... Hey, nice shirt!" Someone, please save me. I felt the texture of the striped T-shirt he had on."Thank you," he took a few step

DAWN Yup, it's me again and my decision-making skills I should never have trusted. I didn't even know what to trust right now, it got shattered everywhere. Earlier today, Selene asked for my key, saying she misplaced hers with the promise of being at home by eight pm. That was the longest thing I've heard her say since our stay together since she was barely around. My roommate was like the wind, a fleeting mood that lingered with a promise of inconsistency. But I believed her, foolishly handing it to her, only to come back to a locked door after taking a stroll. Was this her idea of fun? Did she go out knowing I'd be stranded? I brushed off my thoughts, and the situation I found myself in was far more pressing. I was walking on a dark, cold street with a guy I barely knew. Well, he told me his name, that should count for something, right? Not only was I walking the street with him, but I also had his jacket around my waist and I was headed to his house, to sleep over! The r

ALEXIS It's been a week since the incident, and I've spent more time searching for signs of abnormalities than watching over Selene herself. If my suspicion was right, then lots of terrible things were bound to happen, it could affect more than the mundanes, even the council knew this. Father hadn't gotten a response from Lucien after the last time they communicated. Lucien, being the man that he was, could only be reached when he wanted to be. He was one of the ancient ones; a Trueblood who was a prominent member of the council that managed the affairs between us and the mundanes. The main reason for the creation of the council was to manage our relationship with the mundanes; hiding us in plain sight as our legacy cannot be unearthed. The council was the rogues haven't made it their responsibility to annihilate the mundane species; if they did, how then would we survive? I brushed off my conflicted thoughts after deciding to see Selene; I had drifted off course, and I need

ALEXIS The whole school was swallowed by viceferousity, clamouring students hung around in numbers talking about an incident I had no idea of. This noise was louder than usual, something instigated this and I still didn't know as I waddled through the crowd.What could be happening? It wasn't till after some moment passed I overheard a couple of them talking about the lifeless body of a mundane girl that was found by another student this morning. My first instinct was to check what it was, which I did. The scene was barricaded by police officers and their endless efforts to stop the eager students from trespassing and making videos. It was still ridiculous how technology made them, their first instinct always was to make a recording of whatever they saw; they remained the dumbest species except when they intended to harm another. At a distance lay the body of a girl, the victim of the unfortunate incident, drained of every iota of life. The familiarity of the scene rose lo

UNKNOWNMy eyes pried open to an image I could quite fathom, the aching thuds that lumbered through my head made my eyes spin. Where was I? Most importantly, how long was I out? The clanging sound I heard next drew my attention to a young man that stood backed up against the corner of the wall with trembly hands and eyes widened with horror. It was an impeccable fact that he was one of us but his scent still had faint whiffs of mundanity woven in them — he was a new bred.I had been out long enough for a wave of new vampires to be bred and that took two hundred years. I was pinned for two hundred years, the voices in my head rose in a violent uproar, every one of them sharing their unappreciated opinion. I didn't need that now.With one move, I was up on my feet, they, as frail as they felt, collapsed at the first trial but I wasn't one to give up, especially not now that fate has smiled upon me. My surroundings were clearer now; I was at the bastille where I had been pinned and