51ADRIA’S POVI felt Monica was wrong because I had never seen Lucien drinking blood and he had never told me anything about having to drink blood. Even in the novels and movies, werewolves were never known to drink blood, only vampires drank blood.“Wolves are such scary creatures. They shouldn’t be trusted. They lure those little girls at the perfect time, collect their blood and send those girls home and those girls don’t know their lives are getting destroyed.” She continued, but I shook my head firmly.“I think you’re confusing the two creatures together. Vampires and wolves may share certain similarities but they are very different. Wolves do not drink blood.” I insisted and she gave a frustrated sigh.“Do you mean to tell me my granny lies? She doesn’t lie. She always says the truth and she met one in her days. That’s why she knows so much about them.” She said aggressively and I stopped in my tracks.“Why are you getting annoyed. I think it’s my choice to believe whatever I w
52ADRIA’S POVI stared at the message for a while, unable to take my eyes off it. It was simply shocking. Whoever sent the text message knew who Lucien was and the person was likely threatening her, but then who could have sent such a message? Who could it be that knew Lucien? Or could it be one of the vampires that Lucien had told me he was chasing after? Were they aware of our relationship? Why did they send the text to me?I knew I had to get across to Lucien somehow and warn him about the risk of his identity being exposed because everything about the message just seemed threatening.“Who are you texting while we’re enjoying our movie?” Stacy asked, hitting my phone and I turned it off.“Nobody.” I replied, but she snatched my phone and threw it into her bag.“No phones, no messages. You’re to ficus on the movie as you will give me a feedback on it.”“Yes ma’am.” I replied robotically and we continued to watch the movie. It reminded me a lot of the day I had watched a movie with
53MONICA’S POVI paced around in front of the restaurant where Adria and her friends ate. I was frustrated beyond words. No matter how I tried to tear her apart from Lucien, she stuck to him like glue. Twice I had posted on the school’s site thinking she would fall into my bait and believe it was Lucien I was talking about but she seemed to turn a blind eye to it and I couldn’t afford to write his name out directly.First, she’d confront him if she saw his name on the school site and then they would talk things out which would make getting Lucien harder for me, and second, Lucien was definitely going to find out who had uploaded the post and when he found out I was behind it, it would be over for me.He would hate me and never attempt looking my way.It was something I had to think through thoroughly. Adria was quite the determined type. Despite the fact that she knew who Lucien truly was, she still stuck with him. She wasn’t scared, nor was she losing her mind. In fact, she still bl
54ADRIA’S POV“Why would you think it’s her? When you can’t read yourselves?” I suddenly heard Monica say and she walked into the house casually, staring daggers at the girl who had accused me.“The teachers feel it’s not the first time such is happening. Something probably happened and the student dropped the text questions and wasn’t able to return it. That was how the teachers knew someone had been stealing it and here we have a straight A student who is always having perfect scores like she had knew the questions that would come out.” The girl explained, still staring at me accusatorily. I opened my mouth to talk, but Monica interrupted.“Tell me, big idiot. Is she the first straight A student you’ve ever seen? If she is, then you must be a huge idiot in the circle of stupid friends. If you had the right friends then surely one of them would have had straight As at least once. Why don’t you try reading and burning midnight candles, maybe then you’ll discover it’s not so hard to g
55ADRIA’S POVMy lids opened slowly as I heard Stacy’s words. They sounded really honest and I didn’t look the guilt I felt in me. Was she about to ask me to choose? I couldn’t leave Monica because she had no one and had stood up for me twice already just in the few days which we had started talking to each other, and I couldn’t leave Stacy because we were friends who were meant to be since the beginning of the earth.She looked down at me with such sincerity in her eyes and also with a troubled expression in those beautiful eyes of hers. I always hated it when Stacy was worried because she was seldom worrried. She was always like a ray of sunshine for everyone and seeing that sunshine suddenly hidden behind dark clouds was troubling for anyone who knew her.“Maybe if you got to know her—” I started, but she shook her head.“It’s just something about my intuition. I just don’t like her—everything about her, and it’s not jealousy too. I just don’t feel good about her.” She said lookin
Chapter 56 ADRIA’S POV Lucien laid on me, and began to pull off my clothes slowly and I helped him do the same. All of me was hungry for him, but I put it all under control, going with the slow pace. After we were both naked, he resumed kissing me, and his hand found it's way to my breast and he squeezed it, making me gasp sharply. I widened my legs more for me to feel the bulge or his dick on my pussy, and my pussy ached badly for him to get inside of me. Lucien withdrew his lips from mine and began to trail kisses from my chin to my neck, to my chest, down to my navel before finally kissing my pussy. Then he stared into my eyes and I knew just what he was about to do. I closed my eyes slowly as I anticipated his tongue, caressing my clitoris. “Ahh…” I moaned softly in pleasure as I felt the wetness and roughness of his tongue, sucking my pussy. This made me widen my laps for him to eat up my pussy as clean as he could. Lucien was so good at this that I shook at every deep suc
57ADRIA’S POV.Monica looked really uncomfortable and she scratched her neck. Was she searching for an excuse or she didn’t want to say? Since that day she sent the text, I had completely forgotten all about it. Of course, that had been why she had been going on and on about wolves drinking blood once a week for strength and that was why she had seemed so interested in Professor Lucien. It was because she knew what he was already. Maybe that was why she had started asking about wolves in general.But then, I thought; She must have seen it just like me. Maybe when she went to his house to apologize for overstaying her welcome or maybe she went to give him something or greet him since he was a professor, she could have seen him, but then, Lucien didn’t tell me a thing about it.“I… I stumbled in on him. I happened to see it.” She replied, holding her fingers together. I was right. She had also seen it. “I didn’t mean to. I had baked pancakes and they were just too much, then I thought
58MONICA’S POVThe pen in my hand clattered to her table, and I blinked. It felt like she had been reading my thoughts and seeing through me.“L…lying?” I asked and couldn’t help stuttering a little. Adria’s eyes went to the pen on the table which had rolled off the floor and then returned to me. “How… how would I lie to you? Why would I lie to you? Like… what exactly would I lie about to you? I don’t understand.” I blurted out, holding a hand to my chest, and trying to look hurt but her expression didn’t soften, nor did it change.“I don’t think Professor Lucien has girls coming over to his house every single day. Even when I go for lessons without informing him, no single girl ever comes.” She said, and I blinked hard.“I… I…” I started but didn’t know how to finish it. “I wasn’t lying!” I insisted and she shook her head slowly.How dare she a lowly human shake her head at me in pity? Who did she think she was?“Can’t you just tell me the truth? I really hate to think that you’ve p
127ADRIA’S POV.I took it out, and happiness flooded my heart. The happiness I had felt when I had received it.The fact that those memories could be happy memories that I wanted, brought tears to my eyes. I couldn’t remember. Why? Why was I feeling so happy just by seeing a tumbler?Then, as I kept on studying it. The memory had become clear. Lucien had given me the tumbler. I turned to him wondering why he would give me a tumbler, smiling when we were enemies, and then, I recalled his name.With the recollection of his name, everything suddenly hit me like a blast. I recalled lots of faces, and everything about me. I became myself.How had I lost control, and killed those helpless humans? How?And why was I about to kill Lucien?“Lu… Lucien.” I called, but it was so hard to speak. My throat was dry, and unused. He looked at me with relief, and joy flooding his eyes, and I tried hard not to break down.“Lucien.” I called again, and my breath came out in hitches. My hand found his fa
126LUCIEN’S POV.With the speed of lightning, Adria appeared to me, staring at me, with lasers in her eyes. The wolves made to attack, but I held up my hand once more.“No interruption.” I instructed, and Adria struck, trying to slash my neck, but I dodged, and took hold of her hands, turning her the way I always turned her, whenever we fought.“Adria!” I called, but she easily broke out of the lock I had her in, and managed to slash my right arm.It was a deep gash, but that did nothing to me. I was already healing. She thrusted, and I parried. We carried on with that pattern for a long time because I didn’t wish to hurt her, but she became even more violent.“Adria!” I called once more, but she didn’t budge. She raised her claws to slash my neck, but I bent, and wound my leg around hers.She fell backwards, but made it to her feet quickly in a backward roll. “Adria!” I called again, trying to bring her to her senses, but she was too restless, and too fast.It was obvious she was st
125LUCIEN’S POV.I wasn’t the only one, who felt it. Everyone felt it. The wolves, Lycans, and the vampires too.The odd sensation that filled the air. Like something was coming.They all paused one after the other, looking around. So did the wolves, and the Lycans.And it felt like I already knew what was happening, but was too scared to admit it.The vampires on the right began to part, and about half of them bowed, while the other vampires looked irritated.Out of their midst, on the clear path formed, after they all separated, came Adria.The white dress she was wearing was tattered, and covered in blood, but that did nothing to diminish the aura around her, and it didn’t stop her from being beautiful.She walked confidently with her eyes red, and flaming.Her dark claws were out, and longer than I remembered. They looked like they could claw out the human heart in a matter of seconds.It felt like she commanded the air. It hung around everyone, with a feeling of doom. She had fi
124LUCIEN’S POV.“I’m thinking the same thing as you are.” Zayne said, confirming my suspicions.“You think Adria’s the one behind the missing people?” I asked, looking around for the remote controller.“Exactly what I think, and as for the rebel vampires… We’ve finally heard news of them.” He added, and I stopped my search for the remote controller.Watching news I had missed out on, was no longer important at the moment.“Tell me. What are they planning?” I asked.“They are creating an army large enough to defeat all the wolf clans, and humans, together.” He answered, extending the papers embodying his research.“How is that possible? How big would an army have to be to defeat the wolf clans, and humans alike?” I asked, taking out the papers, and skimming through.“A thorough investigation has been done. They’ve sought for vampires all over, and they’ve also turned some humans who have a strong will to kill. As we speak, they’re getting stronger in numbers, and enslaving the vampir
123ADRIA’S POV.I was being sincere. I was tired of fighting, and fighting endlessly. Before it ended in the death of one of us accidentally, I wanted him to close his eyes, and kill me.That was the solution we’d been ignoring. He didn’t want to kill me, with his hands, so he’d been avoiding it.“You’re someone I know as brave. It’ll be over very soon. I’ll rise again, and even if I forget you, my heart won’t forget the face it beats for. When I come to terms with who I am, and accept that I love you, things will be alright again, so please, Lucien. Please…” I begged, still holding his hand to my neck, but he withdrew it, and sighed.“How do you expect me to kill you with my hands…?”“Just do it! Do it! I’m sick of our clashes repeating itself over, and over. Aren’t you sick of it too?” I asked, getting to my feet, and looking at him straight in the eye.“Damn, Adria. We need to think.” He said, placing his hands on the wall next to him, and bowing his head.“We’ve done all the thin
122ADRIA’S POV.I felt sad, and distraught. What thick darkness was threatening to cover our light?Athena went back to tending to Lucien’s arm, and I watched her.“So, what have you come here for?” She asked softly, dabbing ointment on the wound.“Um… we keep on fighting each other. I’m a vampire, and he’s a werewolf.” I replied, watching her intently.“Of course, you keep on fighting each other more than the average wolf, and vampire would fight.” She replied, dropping the wool, and ointment.“Why?” I asked, and she got up from her stool, placing a hand on Lucien’s shoulder, and holding his arm with the other.“Because you both are the strongest of your species.” She replied, setting Lucien’s arm straight, in a single motion.Lucien didn’t make a noise, but the way he squeezed up his face, and looked away, suggested that it had hurt.“What a fine young man.” Athena replied, and moved to me, starting with my head. “You’re the daughter of the vampire Queen. A pure-blooded vampire, an
121ADRIA’S POV.Hope flooded my heart like never before, and we began to make our way, towards the shore. Lucien still couldn’t move his arm, so I had to take him all the way out of the water.Finally, I got out of the water, and pulled him out too.We panted hard, and looked at each other, with sparkling eyes.It had been done. We had survived it. At least that was if there were no more obstacles for us, on the way to Athena’s house.“I think we made it. Athena will grant us a safe path home, after she answers our questions. Lucien! We actually made it!” I squealed, and threw my arms around him.“It’s still too early to celebrate. Let’s get there first.” He replied, stiffly, and I immediately withdrew from him.His shoulder was swollen.“Lucien, did you…?” I was asking, and he began to walk away.“It’s not my first time having a dislocated shoulder. It’s fine. I’ll set it straight.” He replied, dragging himself, tiredly.“Hey. You… you shouldn’t have… you shouldn’t have covered for
120ADRIA’S POV.Fear gripped me hard in my chest, as I watched the large creature. Never, in my life, had I ever seen a creature as large as that.The worst thing about the giant octopus was that it seemed to have eyes everywhere on its body.“Damn.” Lucien muttered, and immediately turned around, pulling me with him. “Swim.”I began to swim, but it was hard. Already, my stomach hurt. The leaves, and cloth Lucien had used to cover my wounds had slipped off, and I wasn’t supposed to be in water, with such a would.Swimming forward was our only option because the water didn’t let us get anywhere near the shore.Just then, a large tentacle landed right between Lucien and me, with a large splash, and we were both driven apart by the force of it.I landed on another tentacle, and my heart threatened to burst out.“Adria! Use your claws!” Lucien said, as I began to rise out of his reach. I got up from the slowly rising tentacle, and tried to jump down, but another tentacle caught me, and w
119LUCIEN’S POV.Things were beginning to get worse. I didn’t know if we could outrun eagles when we were running at human speed, and I feared greatly for Adria who was injured.“Let’s run!” I whispered frantically, even though the eagles didn’t need to hear us to chase us.We began to run, and she winced continuously as she did. Honestly, I was also scared. Not just for myself, but for her. Even though I had promised her mother that I’d bring her back safely, the thing that scared me most was losing her.When she had been dying from my slash the other time, it had felt like the whole journey had ended, and I had lost her, but thankfully, I was able to save her.“Can you run? Will you get on my back?” I asked, holding her hand, tightly.“No, I would rather not slow you down. Besides, if those eagles sweep down low, I’ll be injured first.” She teased, and we continued to run. It was harder because we had to climb, though.Had it been on level ground, we could have been a bit faster. T