Everyone is silent for a few seconds then Lilia says, “I think you should. Unless anyone has a good reason for you not to do so.”
“I agree,” says Esther, “and anyway, who is to say Evarius won’t start threatening us if we don’t do what he says?”
“Right,” says Brent, “also, for now, it isn’t harming anyone. So, I think we are good to go for now.”
“Okay, then. I’ll go and get it.”
“Yes,” all of them say together.
“Where is it anyway?” Lilia asks.
“On an island. Would take over two hours to reach the shore and then some more to reach the Island. I have never b
Tasha and Damion meet at 6:15 in the morning the next day.“Uh- there’s an addition in the plan,” says Tasha.“What addition?”“Evarius is coming with us.”“What? Why? Did you invite him?”“Why would I invite him?”“You seem to like him.”“I don’t like him,” says Tasha, annoyed, “and he invited himself. What was I supposed to say? No? It’s not like we really have a choice where he is concerned.”“Very well. One more pair of eyes would do and anyway, it’s because of him that we are going there at all.”“Yeah.”A few minutes later, Evarius joins them, and all three drive out of the city where Tyrus joins them too. Finally, the four of them start their journey to the shore. It takes them about two and a half hours to reach there. Then, they compel a boatman to lend them his boat and set sail for the island.*After breakfast, Adeline leaves the house. She walks to the old auditorium where she had met Nadia for the first time in decades. She is going to meet her again. The anxiety about l
As Evarius and Tasha are walking and looking for trapdoors, Evarius chances a glance at Tasha now and then when she is not looking. They might think that the reason he has come with them is to keep an eye on them, but the truth is that he has come so he can spend some time with Tasha. He doesn’t need to keep an eye on them, he knows that they will get the book. To that point, there is no issue. The issues will begin only after that. He sees Tasha sitting on her feet and clearing leaves, twigs, and dust from a spot on the ground.“Anything there,” he asks her.“Uh... no... I thought there might be.”She gets back up and says, “How are we going to find a trapdoor that has obviously been built to remain hidden in such a huge place? I know when compared to other islands, it’s a small place, but it’s still huge.”“We’ll just have to keep looking, I guess.”“That desperate to die, are you?” Tasha says, raising her eyebrows.“You have no idea,” says Evarius smiling, “come on, let’s look that
Everything happened so quickly that Carl barely had time to register anything. When he gains some sight, he finds himself pinned to the ground by a vampire he does not recognize. But he seems much stronger than any vampire he had ever encountered in his life. Carl tries to push him off but fails. The vampire punches him in the face and Carl feels his nose break and hot blood pour out onto his face.The vampire gets off him and pulls him straight up with him. Then, in a barely audible whisper, he says, “Push me and run as fast as you can. I’ll pretend that you slipped out of my hands.” Carl has no idea why he is helping him but does as he is told.*Damion had got up and was looking around for Tyrus. Finally, he spots him coming towards them. He looks ruffled but otherwise uninjured.“He scarpered,” Tyrus says.Damion turns around in time to look at Carl, push Evarius and run off.“Stop him!” Damion shouts.“It’s okay,” says Evarius. “Pick up the book. Close the door and let’s leave.”
Damion, Tasha, and Evarius go back to the University while Tyrus takes his car that he had parked outside the city and leaves for Byfall County.Damion and Tasha go to her hostel to meet Lilia and Evarius goes back to wherever he lives. He had told Tasha to read through the book and see what she finds. As he had lived for two millennia, he knows Latin and is willing to help her whenever she needs it. Although, there are a lot of terms and the ways sentences have been written that he cannot decipher because it requires knowledge of magic which has somewhat different terminology. Tasha has been learning that through Anastasia’s books.They meet Lilia and tell her everything that had happened.“Oh my God!” Says Lilia “I am so glad none of you got fatally injured or worse...”“Looks like it was good that Evarius came with us after all,” says Damion.“Yes, it was. Have all your injuries healed?”“Yep. I am all fit now. I think a nice sleep would bring everything back to normal for me. I’ll
Tasha looks over at Lilia and sees that she is smiling.“What?” She asks her.“Nothing,” says Lilia, quickly composing her face into a more serious expression.Tasha narrows her eyes at her, and then Lilia says hastily, “Well, I was just wondering when are you going to ask Evarius about all this?”“When I see him next.”“On your next coffee date?” Lilia says, suppressing a smile.“They are not dates! I told you he just wants to keep an eye on me.”“Did he tell you that?”“No, but it’s obvious, isn’t it?”“Or maybe, he just likes you...”“Oh please,” Tasha says, rolling her eyes, but she can pretend in front of Lilia, not herself. She likes to hear that other people think he likes her. But she diverts attention from that and says, “Instead of cooking up stories for other people, why don’t you focus on your feelings for Damion.”This wipes the smile from Lilia’s face, and she says, “He won’t even talk to me properly. We haven’t had a one-on-one conversation since I asked Tyrus to the ba
“Why does it bother YOU, Damion?” Lilia continues, “What is it to you who I sleep with? We are friends, right? I am single and am allowed to fuck whoever I want!”“You are not my friend,” says Damion angrily, moving his hand through his hair, “and you never will be just my friend. Okay? I can’t do this best friend thing. I am sorry. I am sorry that- that I couldn’t help it and fucking fell in love with you!”They stare at each other with anger pulsating inside both of them, then Lilia says, “As if I fucking hate you,” and rushes in to kiss him. Damion moves his hands into Lilia’s hair as both of them kiss, pouring in the passion of all the angst and aggression. They kiss for a few minutes and then Lilia says, “If I had known that a conversation with you would lead to this, I would have done it a little sooner.”“Tell me about it,” says Damion, smiling.Damion lifts Lilia and she wraps her legs and arms around him. He navigates his way to the bedroom as they keep kissing. When they re
After being accosted by a vampire while trying to get the book, Carl had run off to the other side of the Island. He did not leave because he wanted to see what happened to Garrit and Luther. He waited for about half an hour, and when he thought that his son and the others might have now left, he went in search of his two accomplices. By that time, they had gained consciousness and control of themselves and were looking for him. When the three of them meet, they share the stories of what happened to each of them in detail. Luther had lain there on the ground after being hit by Damion, and when he gained consciousness he had found Garrit some distance away. Garrit told them how he freed himself from the hybrid and ran. Finally, Carl told them about his encounter, and his main point of discussion was the vampire who had saved Damion and then let Carl go. He could have easily killed him. Carl knows this. The vampire was too strong for him. But he didn’t, and he does not understand why. N
“I am staying over at Damion’s. Will tell you everything tomorrow!!!”When Tasha got this text from Lilia, she smiled and texted back, “Didn’t I say it won’t go downhill! Have fun!”After that, Tasha started reading the opus again. Over the last three days, she has been reading the book whenever she has time. It does not have too many pages, but the information on each page is extensive. It has taken Tasha time to get used to the writing style. But now, she can read it at a decent pace. She has already read through the details of the process that led to the formation of vampires. There are some details about werewolves too, but the book spells them differently. That’s why she had earlier thought that werewolves are not mentioned at all. However, even though werewolves are mentioned briefly, there is no mention of an incarnation ritual. No different spelling. Nothing about making a werewolf all-powerful, none at all. There are segments of some types of dark magic and sacrifices too, bu