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A Vampire's Promise Chapter 25: Saving Kaya
Sol's POVSerin and I had picked up a trail on the highway leading back home. A gust of wind had blown in through the open windows of my car and led with it the unmistakable scent of Mia's best friend, Kaya Taylor."Sol, do you–" Serin had begun to ask me if I had smelled it too, no doubt. Without answering his question, I quickly swerved into one of the smaller lanes. The trail eventually led us to an abandoned building some miles away from the highway and hustle of street life. The building itself belonged to an old coal mining facility that had run out of business a few years ago. It was broken down and shabby, hardly something anyone would be interested in. Anyone, that was, except those up to illegal activities and required a place to hide out."Stay here," I told the two women sitting in the backseat as I got out. To my surprise, or perhaps not so, I saw Mia get out of the car just as I did. "Mia, you have to–"She held up her hand to stop me. "What I have to do is go inside an
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 26: Healing Business
Mia's POVI drove Kaya back to her home and comforted her. She was terrified and fell asleep quickly when I secured the perimeter. After I went back home, I chose to shower and then see if Sol was okay. When I came out from the shower, I heard the door to Sol's bedroom slam shut. I assumed he wanted to clean himself up too and didn't bother him and went downstairs."Did everything go alright?" I asked Serin as I rang the water from my hair. He nodded his head at me."Several vampire rogues came out after you three left. We had to burn the bodies." Serin sighed as he ran his hands over his face. "They were all human-turned vampires, unsurprisingly."I scoffed at the new information. Of course, they were. Human-turned vampires were, although now publicly accepted, somewhat looked down upon within society. They were usually not well-mannered or knew how to behave within the community.Many of their makers abandoned them before they received proper training or etiquette. As such, they cau
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 27: Couch Talk
Mia's POVAs soon as I closed the door, I heard the footsteps of someone walking down the large staircase that led upstairs. When I turned my head, to my surprise, I saw that they belonged to Sol. His hair was a slight mess, and he was rubbing his eyes as he made his way down the staircase. "You're awake," I greeted him as I walked closer. "How are you feeling?"He didn't answer me for a moment and instead went into the living room to sit on one of the couches. I followed him and sat on the couch next to him.He kept silent for several seconds. "I feel strange," he said, "I was a bit."I nodded my head as my eyes landed on the mark on his neck. "But when I woke up this morning, it was almost fully healed. Besides the slight strangeness, I feel… great.""Well, that's good, isn't it?" I commented. "Your body must have just been in shock because of everything that happened."I blew out a hot breath of air and lifted my bare feet on the couch. "I know I am. Tonight was insane. By the way,
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 28: Passed Hauntings
Mia's POVI woke up abruptly not long after we had gone to sleep to the sight of Sol on the other end of the couch. His head was in his hands, and he was rubbing his eyes furiously. "Do you feel good?" I sat up as I shifted closer toward him. Sol nodded his head as he looked up at me. I could see the tiredness in his eyes and looked around the room for signs of what time it was. The windows were closed with reinforced shutters that blocked out potential light, but the clock above the fireplace told me it was well into the morning."You should go back to sleep. You need to rest," I told him as I pulled him up from the couch. "You're going to get sick if you stay up for too long."He shook his head but followed me up into his room anyway. "Sorry, I don't know why I am not sleepy now. This has never happened to me before."A small wave of consciousness washed over me as I thought about the blood I had given him. I had never heard about it having adverse effects on others after their int
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 29: Hold Me Closer
Mia's POVHearing what Sol had gone through felt as though it made my heart bleed.It was tightening and expanding all at once in the very pit of my chest, and I found it hard to breathe. Suddenly, I was attacked with the image and feeling of all the lifetimes he must have gone through alone and all the pain that would have accompanied it.Sol. Sol. Sol. Precious and dear Sol who had wasted not a fleeting moment's thought to save me from that vampire, or that VHO officer, or to help Kaya from his own kind. He had offered both of us solace and escape and swore to protect us despite not having known us for less than half of his life. I felt my lips tremble as they touched his skin, and I knew if I were standing, my entire body would shake too."Truly, honestly, and truly I am glad to have met you." I hoped he could feel the earnestness behind my words. "Thank you for surviving that moment and all the other moments that have followed."I heard a harsh intake of breath from him, and I onl
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 30: Kisses, Kisses
Mia's POVSol's lips on mine felt like an unnatural thing. It felt heaven-owned. It felt like something that should never exist on this wretched earth. How was it that something so divine could have existed here?And that it touched my lips so earnestly, even. They were plump and soft, and I felt the softness of them as I bit into a hit. The groan in his throat reverberated into mine, and I pulled him close, closer, closer still. So close that there wasn't even an inch of air between us. "Mia," he breathed my name, a whisper of prayer on his lips, the soft wind of something saving during the heat of the day. His whisper of my name felt like cold water rushing down your throat after a warm night, and I was ravished with thirst.I shook my head to silence him and grabbed his hair in my hand. I pulled him back, down to me, into me, over me. I connected our mouths again until the sensations of one another were all we knew and all we could ever care to know.Nothing in the world would te
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 31: Childhood Shenanigans
Mia's POVSol had eventually gone to rest for the day after a lengthy discussion of who and what we would be seeing at his father's meeting the next night. We had agreed on calling Serin to come with us as a backup.I had pondered for a short while after about the man his father was and what it would be like to meet the man responsible for the creature Sol Montgomery. I would be lying to myself if I said the thought of such a man didn't daunt me.Sol was a 366-year-old pureblooded vampire. His father would no doubt be at least twice his age and much, much stronger both in presence and esteem. I went to sleep with the thought of other vampires within the society.I had been lucky enough to have met Sol when I did, but I knew all too well the type of vampires that stalked the levels of the vampire society. Even worse, I knew who those vampires answered to.I was awoken the next night shakily by the soft wind blowing in from the open windows. The place behind me where Sol had be
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 32: Starving Men, Hungry Creatures
Mia's POVThe three of us had managed to get to the large corporate building where Sol's father was waiting for them. The building itself was, unsurprisingly, nothing sort of spectacular. The exterior was decorated with statues from rich marble and stone furnished with hedges and rose bushes. Though it looked like a corporate building, it was also something else entirely. There was a long red carpet that sprung out from the front of the building door."Uh, oh," Serin said as he came to stand next to me."Ah, sh*t," Sol said in reply as they both surveyed the building.I looked to Sol on my right and Serin on my left, then back to the building before asking my question, "Am I missing something?"Sol sighed and grabbed the bridge of his nose between his two fingers. "It seems we have been tricked."I raised my brow confused. "Tricked?""It looks more like a banquet than a shareholders meeting. More than likely, your father told you it was a meeting just to get you here a
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A Vampire's Promise Chapter 76: A Fight Between Brothers
Sol's POVOnce I knocked down the heavy iron door of the room, I came face to face with a frightening sight. Mia was sitting in a chair in the middle of the room, bound by her ankles and wrists. What set an enraged feeling throughout my body was the sight of Kyrin on his knees before her. His teeth were sunk into her neck. Her blood dripped down from her neck and spilled from his mouth."Kyrin!" I roared at him as I sped toward where he was sitting. Just as I thought he perhaps did not hear me or was too slow to react, he turned around just in time. I had to stop myself from barreling into Mia.Kyrin appeared from behind me and landed a kick to my back, sending me flying. A fight ensued, as it always did. I felt an enraged roar rip through me as I lunged myself at Kyrin. His mouth was dripping with Mia's blood. That fact only urged me to move forward even harder. I felt the crack of his skull beneath my first and his entire body shake and tremble as I got on top of him a
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 75: Sanguine Promises
Mia's POVI awoke to chains around me—no, not chains, rope. Harsh, thick rope rubbed against my wrists' soft skin. They felt raw and bruised from the way they had been tied. I blinked my eyes open. The light of the bright lamp beside me lit up the entire area and cast an eerie shadow at the same time. There was no one around me. I could hear the faint dripping of leaking pipes, but no other sound was heard. Suddenly, footsteps echoed across the hard concrete of the floors. I was bound by my wrists and ankles. I was unable to see who was approaching me from behind, but I didn't have to wait long to figure it out.Kyrin Montgomery's face appeared in front of mine. His expression was wide and cynical. Speaking of all the evil things that were to come, he stared at me with eyes red and blazing. A gasp left me as I tried to look away. I tried to break free, but I couldn't. "Now, now," he purred as he rested his hands on either arm of my chair. "There's no need to act like that.
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 74: Wanted Criminal
Sol's POV"Did you know?" Those were the first words my father spoke to me on the phone call that changed everything. Of course, at that time, no, I didn't know. Nor would I have known unless he had told me in the coming moments of what he had learned. There was a rage in my father's voice, the likes of which I had never heard of before. It was like when he would scold Kyrin or me when either of us had done something particularly disgraceful, in his eyes, to the family name. I wasn't aware of how spot-on I was with that prediction then, but I was sure to find out. "Good evening, Father," I greeted him. "Know what?""Don't play coy with me, boy." Irritation quickly began to grow in me. Mia was missing from her own home with signs of struggle very evident at the scene where she was last found. I had no time to play games with my father or try to understand his twisted way of getting around things. "I assure you," I knew he realized I didn't by the way I spoke to him
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 73: MIA
Sol's POVSerin, Sarah, and I all made out way back inside the house. It was a lot colder than what we were used to. Despite the air not having a physical effect on me, I still moved to light the fire, knowing Sarah and Mia would appreciate the warmth. The night was colder than usual. The season was colder than it had been in the previous months. "Are you good?" I heard Serin ask his wife and watched as he draped a blanket over her shoulders. She was shivering slightly from the cold outside she had been in for so long. A part of me wanted to go back to Mia and bring her inside, but I knew she wouldn't want to leave her friend's side so quickly and for the last time. "I'll make some tea," I offered the human woman in front of me. She gave me a thankful smile. Her eyes were bloodshot and teary. She was Kaya's friend too. I supposed it was never easy for humans to lose someone they loved. For vampires, it was less… emotional. For us, it was just another stage in our life. We
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 72: A Bloody Funeral
Mia's POVSol's strong arms were wrapped around me as I watched Bristol flee. I growled from frustration and sank my teeth into him in my enraged state, trying to do anything to make him let me go and chase after my father. When my sharp teeth broke the skin on his neck, he only tightened his arms around me. His rich blood rushed into my mouth and invaded my senses, overwhelming my blood that I had taken in earlier and consuming me. I felt every single droplet of his blood that rushed down my throat as I swallowed it down in gulps. I could not stop as I drank from him and felt my mind slowly begin to soften and calm down. A particular type of haziness enveloped me, and I felt my body grow weak in his arms. My hands clutched onto the thickness of his arms, dragging him closer to me so that I could get a better taste of him. "Sh, sh," I heard Sol's voice hum as he stroked my hair. "It's okay, it's okay." He let me drink from him for as long as I pleased. Only after some mor
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 71: Searing Hot and Blinding
Mia's POVIt was a harrowing thing, fighting off the teeth and claws of someone who once was your best friend. I saw the look in Kaya's eyes just before she attacked me, swirling red with a bloodlust that even I could not manage. I knew my blood had the same effect on her as it did all other vampires. It was a sort of primal desire to just feast. Although my blood didn't smell like that to me, if the evidence of the events throughout my life said anything, it was that. Her jaws made a loud snapping sound as she shut them just inches from the skin of my neck. I managed to kick my leg up in time to catch her in the torso. She was knocked back for a moment, a wheezing breath leaving her before she realized she no longer needed air to breathe. It was insane. Watching Kaya come to terms with being a vampire and having her attack me as though she had been one all her life was something I found hard to comprehend. Just as I turned to run, Kaya grabbed at my arm and sunk her claw
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 70: Loss Of... Everything
Mia's POVEverything seemed hopeless at that point. Kaya's face was contorted into something different, something ravaged and savage all at once. Dark lines decorated her once the clear face. Her eyes were a searing red, something that bore into me wholly and completed. She stared at me, but it was like she was staring through me rather than at me. I remembered calling out to her, whispering her name in a shocking sort of trance, "Kaya, Kaya, Kaya," like a lament of some sort. But she couldn't hear me. She was too far gone from me now, in the thrall of a man who had enslaved me for the first half of my life. Like me then, like her now. "What did you do to her?" I ground out. A rage enveloped me where grief first made home, and the two danced inside of me to a beautiful anthem. The anthem's name was revenge. I wanted to hurt him in all the brutal and honest ways I knew how to."Can't you see for yourself?" He patted the top of Kaya's hair. The strawberry blonde locks loo
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 69: Birthday Present
Mia's POV"What do you mean she's missing?" I managed to choke out through the ringing in my ears. The police officer was telling me something, something important, but I couldn't hear him. It was like a buzzing and a haze was covering my senses all at once. I couldn't get myself to fully understand the situation in front of me. Sol was the first one to notice this change. He was in front of me in a split second, knees bent in the same position I was on the floor. When did I get to the floor? Either way, I was here now. My legs felt too weak to stand up. I gripped onto Sol's hand as I forced my brain to fight through the muddled haze it was in. I came just in time to hear the police tell me they had found her phone on the corner side, just where she was supposed to get the candles. It wasn't even twenty minutes away from us. "Okay," I said once the officer had completed his rundown. "Is there anything else you can tell me?""Unfortunately, not. Due to the cases of mi
A Vampire's Promise Chapter 68: Missing Again
Mia's POVLaughs filled the air as the doorbell rang, indicating the last of the guests had finally arrived. Kaya was the first one here, apart from Sol and I, who had already been at my new house since the night before. He had taken a keen interest in sleeping in my new bedroom. In his words, he was making sure everything went smoothly for my first day. The house itself was surprisingly light-tight, shocking both Sol and me. But he quickly explained that it must have been because many of the houses in this part of the town were allocated to old vampire families. My family must have purchased it from one ages ago. It was a miracle in and of itself that the technology seemed to hold and gave me no little amount of anxiety for Sol's safety during the day. But all seemed well by the time the following night followed. I opened the door to see Serin and Sarah there, wide smiles and love-struck eyes as they stared at me. I engulfed them both, happy that they made it and were sa
