I let the others know that it was time to leave to see the lord of the city. The guard led us out of the suite and back into the lobby. A lot of people were now looking at us but my attention was on the small flat-screen tv that was on the wall.A reporter was telling local real-time news. “Just in, the city of Sage has some guests from far away. They are nothing like us. There are a couple of demons, a werewolf, and a hybrid. We have never had guests like ever before! This is historic!” “Let’s go, this way.” The guard led us out of the building and a car was waiting for us. It was a very fancy car. We got into the car and we drove for almost an hour before reaching a large castle-like building.The place was stunning. The doors of the car were open for us and we got down. Again, we were met with a lot of stares. A few people were taking pictures of us and there were even reporters. “Is this the first time for these people to seen another species?” I mumbled, and Julia replied, “I w
I could tell that Zayn was triggered a bit by Jacob’s refusal to publicize what was done to Julia’s parents. He chuckled and then rub his hand over his face. “You know how this looks, right?” He asked.“No, enlighten me,” Jacob smirked. “You not agreeing to make this whole matter public when years have passed proves to me that something is not right; that you did something you were ashamed of.”“Or…I just don’t want to do so. And what’s the point of doing it anyway? Her parents are dead and they are coming back.” Jacob said this as he looked at Julia.Julia snapped and we had to pull her away from the vampire king or she would have done something that we would all have regretted. “Get them out,” Jacob ordered his guards calmly but we did not wait for that to happen because we walked ourselves out. “I don't know about you all but I’m not going to take crap from a leader that is way too young and looks like he is wearing makeup,” Bunny’s voice captured our attention as we walked out
Despite what the guard said, we all got on our horses and rode away from Sage, the city of vampires. We let Julia lead the way because she was the only one who was able to do so. We were relying on her memory and special ability. It took us a few hours but when we reached home, we were welcomed with open arms. Not a lot of people knew that we were gone, but a few people knew. And the ones that knew were high-ranked officials. We briefed them about what went on in the city of vampires and they were suspicious as we were about Jacob not wanting to make the killing of Julia’s parents public. “Why would they not make the information known to the public? It happened years ago and it was done under their law, so what is the problem?” One of the officials asked us. Although I wanted to go home, back to the penthouse. We ended up at the building where Zayn had his office.It was in the conference room that we were all at, including four officials. “Because they have something to hide, I w
Zayn and I then left the penthouse and we found ourselves outside of the building. Azula was the first to meet up with us, then the next was Bunny and Hamish. I honestly expected Julia to be the first person to meet up with us because this was what she wanted from the start, but that was the opposite.“I’m so sorry guys that I’m late. I woke up late because I was up all night studying all there is to know about vampires.” Julia informed us. “That’s okay, Julia. At least you were doing something productive. Hamish was up all night watching cartoons,” Bunny told us, and Hamish playfully punched her shoulder.“Aww, you still watch cartoons?” I asked him as guards brought us our horses. And everyone chuckled. “Yeah, I do,” Hamish replied proudly but his face was red and flushed. “Which one?” Julia asked, joining the fun. “Any kind!” Hamish replied, and we all laughed.“Guys, let’s leave Hamish alone. It’s not like he is the only one that watches cartoons. Lara does too.” Zayn chirped
Death Vally looked absolutely incredible and we could not help but join the tourists in taking pictures and making videos. For a moment we forgot the true reason that we were here, which was to meet with the leader of the vampire city.“Next top would be the river of blood,” The driver that was helping us tour the city informed us. We were thrilled to see this river of blood that was talked about. Was it actually a river of blood?I would not put it past this city for it to actually be a river of blood, considering that they were vampires. It did not take very long and we reached our destination. There were a lot of people here too, just like in the last spot. And so many people were taking pictures and making videos. “Oh my gosh,” Julia gasped when she saw what we all saw. It was a literal river of blood. I thought at first that it could not be blood but then my sense of smell picked up the smell. It was actual blood!“But how?” I voiced my thoughts. How was this possible?There wa
We all waited for the guard to tell us what he knew. He was sitting on one of the couches and we surrounded him. He had a look on his face, one of nervousness and relief. “I knew your parents.” He looked at Julia. “Your mom looked just like you. She was a very bubbly and lovely person.” “Okay…” Julia dragged the word. She was waiting for the man to give more information. “Why and how were they killed?”“Come on, Julia. You know the answers to those questions, and you were reminded of them by Jacob.” Zayn joined the conversation. “He knows more than the information available to the public,” Julia spoke for the man. She then stared at him and asked, “Isn’t that true?”“Yes, she is right.” The guard replied. He had an accent, but mostly everyone here had one. They spoke English but they had distinct pronunciations. “First of all, there is limited to no information about what happened to Martha and her husband. No one outside the social circle of the king knows about it. And the ones
In about an hour to two, we were taken to the prison grounds and held in separate holding cells. I was far away from others but I may have been alone in my cell but the other cells had people that I did not know. They were vampires and they all knew that I was not like them. They kept staring at me but none of them said a word. The ground was bare and there was only a bed and toilet in my cell. I did not know what Jacob was getting out of sending us to these nasty cells because everything about Martha was already made public. And I am not ashamed of what we did, nor do I think that the others are.We got Julia’s parents the recognition that they needed and thought things did not seem to be going our way, for now, we knew that we had done the right thing and that it would all work out sometime soon. Or so we’d hoped.I sat on the bed. The sheets were dirty and smelt weird but I was tired of standing. I had been avoiding sitting on the bed since I came in here and I just could not tak
The guy that had his feet up on the desk finally put them down and he stood to his feet. “Zayn, great, you’re back. I was taking care of the city while you were gone.” He winked, and Zayn looked like he was going to push the guy.I stepped in before he could do so because no one was going to try to stop Zayn. If anything, Bunny and the others looked like they were enjoying the show. “Hey, I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to be in here right now,” I told the General and he scoffed.“Why not?” He tried to argue, causing Zayn to clench his jaw. Zayn was a patient guy but the past few days really did a number on him and he was losing his cool steadily.“Because I’m going to beat you to your death if you don’t freaking leave,” Zayn snapped, and the guy took that as a hint. He left quickly and Zayn visibly relaxed. “What in the world is going on?” Julia was confused but she had no right to because she had told me that all this would have happened. That time when I went over to her h