Fatimah must have sensed his dark intentions because she was suddenly by his side, her hands grabbing onto his."Calm down first Seth. It is not over yet", she assured then turned to face Pierce. "You must have seen something before you were shut out. We just need the minutest of detail. Think Pierce, it can be anything, even a meaningless piece of item..."Pierce's brows furrowed, then his eyes widened as he picked up something in his memory. "An island. Very far away, but it was almost invisible as if it was cloaked in thick darkness or something."Fatimah and Seth exchanged a look. It was just the same way Alaric Mansion had been invisible even tho it was there all because it was cloaked with dark magic. "There are thousands of islands..." Fatimah started, then paused. "North or South".Pierce shook his head. "I did not get any bearing. Just a flash of the place where my magic was being repelled from as I was flung out".Seth hated that they were back to a dead end once again. Mas
Dawn groaned as Hayden held her down, the click of the sturdy cuffs clicking around her hand making her headache. She had known something was off about her whole situation and hearing both of them talking confirmed all her suspicion. "Why the hell are you doing this?" Dawn asked, her panic rising as Hayden went further down her body to cuff her ankles. Once he made sure she was held in place, he got off her and then walked towards Masika.Masika smiled as she stepped beside Dawn's bed, then her gaze shifted, her eyes raking over everything in the room as if it wasn't her house. "Hmmm, why am I doing this? I'm afraid that even if I give you a reason you still wouldn't understand"."I thought you were my family! You lied to me"."Yes I did" Masika roared and was suddenly in her face. "May the gods forbid I was related to someone as you are. You are filth beneath my feet". Masika scoffed. "Do you know how annoying you are... It is bad enough that I can't see what is going on in that h
Alaric blood boiled as he flew through the night, the island scent wafting to his nose and hinting that he was getting closer. Masika had betrayed him and left him alone with his device.His own daughter. He blamed himself. He should have known that Masika was going to go off the rails after her last plan hadn't been followed to a T. Alaric had seen an opportunity and had decided to take it instead of waiting for extra days before he could carry out the ritual. It turned out Seth had still been too strong for the demon to take over his soul. It was not right. He wasn't supposed to be able to defy the demons that made him but somehow he had managed to do just that and that action alone made Alaric afraid of how the rest of their plan would turn out, especially after the stunt Masika pulled. With each minute that ticked by, the fear clawed deeper at his soul. One of his sorcerers was dead and the other planned to take the power for herself as she'd always wanted to do and he could not
Masika gasped, eyes bloodshot as she stared at the result that she had been working on for a whole two hours. It made her blood boil. It was not what she had been expecting and seeing that there was going to be a stumbling block in her path once more after all the length she had gone to make her dream come through, made it seem that everything she had been doing so far was all for nothing.All her plans were going to be thwarted by a girl, a mere human_ if she could still refer to her as that after what she had found out_ that shouldn't have even mattered, but she did and Masika berated herself for not knowing from the start. It had all been so very obvious from the onset and yet Masika had missed all the signs. Dawn's future could not be seen, her thoughts could not be read and no manipulation ever worked on her. It was all so very glaring yet, she had missed it all even with the dark powers that she possessed. Masika scolded herself for not knowing. How could Dawn possess such a po
SETH POVAs we flew through the trees, I could feel the weakness coursing through every inch of my skin, but knowing that Dawn could be going through worse kept pushing me forward even tho all I wanted to do was collapse.Not feeding, losing a lot of blood, and exerting myself were starting to tell. I felt like I was moving in slow motion. Fatimah didn't have to even sweat to catch up to me."How about a break for a snack"."No, we take no breaks," I growled, flying over a boulder that stood in my path. We didn't have the chivalry to waste even a second. Fatimah increased her speed until she was running in front of me. Her voice floated over to me before she stopped a far way off from me. "If you do not feed now, you might kill Dawn when we finally find her".Her words made me stumble to a halt and she was right there in front of me once I stopped, her gaze serious as she stared at me."You said you could barely resist the scent of her blood even when you were at your hundred percent
Dawn POV.The world was quiet, but inside me, a fire raged and I couldn't even scream out anymore. I closed my eyes, welcoming every scorch and the pain that accompanied it. I was changing into something I didn't know and I could tell that it was triggered by the bite of Seth on those countless occasions that he'd almost drained me dry. Speaking about Seth, I could feel him getting closer, and with that feeling came a certain level of relief, then dread because without opening my eyes I could see everything that was bound to happen once they got here. Masika would be able to carry out her sacrifice and Seth was going to die at the hand of the woman he loved, the one who killed his mother and destroyed his whole life without ever finding out the truth. He was going to die at the hands of the woman who made him into a monster and drove him to run from anyone that tried to understand and love him.I didn't know how or when but I'd learned to accept Seth for who he was. He wasn't perfe
Gracie forced an assuring smile on her face as she walked towards the table where Gabriel was seated with Dawn's mother. They had managed to calm her down but she still looked agitated, especially since they couldn't exactly tell her that Dawn was missing and that they might never be able to find them."Where did you say Dawn went to. I have been trying to reach her and she's not been answering my calls. Do you think she is angry at me"."Of course not, Miss Amore, Dawn loves you so much, she is not angry with you"."Then why won't she pick up my calls? I was so worried, I had to rush here. I've... " She faltered, her throat moving as she swallowed. "I've been having nightmares".Gabriel reached to take her shaking hands in his and the woman finally managed to take in a deep breath."It's ok Miss Amore. Dawn will be back before you know it. She's on an errand right now, but I assure you she'll be back soon. You just have to be patient. "I know. I know" she said in a shaky voice and h
SETH POV. The energy around us burned as it started fading away and then we were all standing in the middle of the apartment. Masika had managed to get us to the island in a day with her dark powers. The blood I had taken from Fatimah-although not much-still flowed through my veins and it dispelled all the weakness that I had been facing all the while.Once, the energy of her powers faded away, the scent of Dawn's blood wrapped around the house thickly and my fangs elongated, my heart warming up at the thought of seeing my mate again, that was until the putrid scent of the dead vampire who laid a few feet from us distorted the scent in the air."Where in the dark hell are we? What the hell happened here" Fatimah asked, looking around the building before gazing back at me. She moved towards the body, her eyes taking in every little detail of it. "That is a gruesome way to die, but I must say it looks so clean, it's like a piece of art," Fatimah said as she inspected the severed head o