After washing themselves, Esther and Brent are lying cuddled together.“How many times have I told you that you are hot?” Brent asks.“I’d say... not enough.”Brent smiles and says, “You are so hot and beautiful and sexy and intelligent and -“Esther kisses him and then says, “and that’s enough.”“I doubt, but I’ll stop for now.”“You know what,” says Esther, “the last time we came here...”“You mean when we escaped a pack of hostile werewolves.”“Yes, sweet memories. At that time I had thought that this lake house would be such a beautiful place to stay with the one you love. Just the two of you. I liked you then too, but I never thought that I would actually return here with someone I love and that the ‘someone’ would be you. Thanks for doing this.”“Always," Brent says, kissing the top of her head.*When Tyrus wakes up the next morning, it is still dark outside. He looks at his phone and it’s five in the morning. But he doesn’t feel like going back to sleep so he gets up and dress
Tyrus scrambles to get off the ground, but even as he is doing it, he feels himself drifting more and more into unconsciousness. He is almost on the edge of falling asleep, but what he doesn’t understand is why is Carl not hitting him anymore or picking him up to carry him away. Is it just his imagination or can he actually hear some more scuffling, a scream of pain, and some words that he cannot comprehend? He tries to open his eyes wider to see, but it’s no use. He faints. Tyrus opens his eyes slowly and then suddenly remembers why they were closed in the first place. He immediately sits upright. He had expected himself to be lying on the ground in a closed room or bound by chains. But instead, he finds himself in a beautiful room that he does not recognize. All the walls of the room are white except the one behind him which is a dark midnight blue. The bed he is lying in is comfortable with clean white sheets. He touches his jaw, it has healed. If Carl had been successful in kidnap
“That’s my brother!” Sabina says. “Come.” Both of them get up and start walking downstairs. Tyrus is a little behind Sabina and as she reaches the bottom step he hears the same voice from her left say, “Now, that’s what I call a surprise.” And now Tyrus knows whose voice it is. But he won’t believe it unless he sees him because what are the chances that out of all the people who could have saved his neck, it was Sabina? “Hi, brother!” Sabina says as she walks towards the man and Tyrus steps down the last step, looks to his left, and sees Sabina hugging Evarius. Tyrus just stands there gaping at the two of them and when Evarius notices him, he says, “Oh, hello Tyrus. That’s two surprises. How come you are here!”
Evarius is waiting for his sister to return. He loves her, but he is not able to digest her sudden visit. So, when she returns, he gets straight to the point and asks, “Why are you here Sabina?” “To meet my brother, why else? Is that wrong to do?” “No, it is not. But you came here all of a sudden, without informing me. In fact, you didn’t even ask me where I have been living lately. How did you know I am here?” “Well, you told me last week that you are in the town, and I just dug around a bit and thought I would give you a surprise. But I think you are not pleased to see me.” “Don’t be silly, Sabina. You are my little sister, and I love you and I am always pleased to see you. Don’t try to play this emotional card, cause it’s not going to work. You come here and then
The next day, Tyrus is a little nervous to meet Sabina. He is not afraid of her, and although she can snap him into half if she wants, he doesn’t think she would. But the task of getting to know her so that he can find out the real motive of Evarius and how she is involved in it is important and he doesn’t want to mess that up. He had spent the entire day fretting over what he'd say. He had asked Brent, Esther, Adeline, and Nadia for advice and they had all provided it.“Just act natural. Be yourself, and you’ll be fine,” Esther had said.As if ‘just being’ is ever that easy.“If you do ask her anything, be subtle about it. Don’t come at her too obviously. It’s just the second time you are meeting. Take it slow so that you can wi
Sabina enters her brother’s house after Tyrus drops her off. It was a good meet. She hadn’t been too direct, but she had made sure to convey what she wanted to. The seeds of doubt have been sown, she is sure. Now, she just has to wait and see what the reactions will be. She is about to go up the stairs when Evarius calls her from behind, “So, how was your date?”She turns around and says, “It wasn’t a date, but it was good.”“What did you tell him then?”“About what?”Evarius doesn’t say anything but keeps staring at her.So, Sabina says, “I didn’t say anything about your death wish if that’s what you mean.”
Tasha and Lilia are walking back to their room after dinner. It is around eight-thirty when Tasha gets a text from Evarius, “Wanna go for a walk?”Tasha shows it to Lilia and asks, “So, should I go?”“We decided for you to stay close to him.”“Yeah, but we haven’t heard from Ty yet. You know what if Sabina said something to him.”“I know, but he said there is nothing to worry about outright. So, you could go. Unless you think it won’t be safe...”“No, I don’t think he’s going to have me for dinner. I’ll be fine.”“What about you though?” Lilia asks, biting her lip a li
Evarius walks back with Tasha to the university gate.“It was a nice walk and nicer ice cream,” says Tasha.Evarius smiles and says, “Good Night, Tasha."“Bye.”Tasha walks to her hostel lost in thoughts about Evarius. He had chosen black raspberry for her. Pink. Bright and beautiful. She touches her cheek lightly and closes her eyes imagining looking into the dark ones of Evarius as he had grazed this very cheek with his thumb. For a moment there she had felt that he might lean down and kiss her, or maybe she had wanted him too and thus imagined it so. She opens her eyes abruptly. No. She can’t think about kissing him. He is an ancient vampire who wants to die and that is her job. She shakes her head a little and quickens her steps.As soon as she reaches her room, Lilia asks her about the walk.“It was good,” Tasha says, “did Ty call?”“No, I said we’ll call him once you return.”“Okay then go ahead.”Tyrus picks the call on the first ring and after a hurried hello and how are you,