Andrew's POV: I get my car out of the driveway and wait for Ana to come. I lean back and take a breath. These last few days have not gone as I would've liked . They were chaotic . Utter chaos. I learned some new things about Ana too. Turns out she is 'The Princess' after all. The missing royal who was assumed dead until now. I wish we never knew that bit of information . That way we atleast could've got a few days without any drama , just stayed together but alas. You don't know how I felt when the king was about take her with him. I felt broken , like a piece of life was being stolen from me. I completely lashed out. I didn't even knew that I could feel something like that. The door shuts and Ana sits inside. She looks out and waves to my family. They all are outside and Alex is not kissing Jasper , for starters. That's unusual. I see a few tears in mom's eyes . What is up with them? They all are acting quite differently today. They should be happy that Ana is not leaving. Did some
ANDREW'S POV: We both are done with dinner but I can't but feel that Ana is hiding something . She has been acting strangely weird since the dinner . Maybe , it's all in my head . Yeah , it must be because I haven't fed since yesterday . I need blood , food isn't satiable right now . I take Ana's hand in mine and take her to her room so she can rest after such a long day. We lock the house for Ana's safety and I could always leave through her windows. We reach her room and I kiss her forehead planning to leave from her bedroom window but Ana grips my forearm pulling me towards her . "Where are you going ?" She asks me . "To feed . The food isn't quite meeting my energy requirement so I need some blood." I reply, hands in my pockets. "Last I checked I am a human and I have plenty of blood in me so go at it if you want to but please don't go. " She says and even though my brain is yelling for me to go but my stubborn, stubborn heart melts by seeing the look on her face . "Are you s
Ana's POV:I turn and I force myself to open my eyes. I check the time on my phone and get up . I wish I could just lie here with him all day , all night , even my whole life but that's just how it is supposed to be. I hug myself and try to find my clothes. God , why is it so cold right now? I search under my bed to find my top but I find myself looking at the shreds of the shirts , all teared . How did my shirt tore? Oh,yeah. Drew did that. My cheeks heat up at the memory of last night. I was so close to losing my virginity to the man I love the most. I almost caved and went through with it but the thought of leaving him was enough to make me think otherwise. I don't want my first time with him to be a pity fuck or a goodbye fuck. I want it to be meaningful , something nice and ever lasting. I had to stop him before it got to the point of no return and he immediately stopped and pulled back when I asked him to stop. Just like a gentleman, at first I thought he would be angry like most
Andrew's POV:I wake up because of the drills going inside my head. It hurts like shit. It's worse than a hangover and I didn't even drink yesterday. I turn the other side to shield my head from the sunlight peeking through the curtains , but my hand touches the cold sheets. My eyes open and panic hits me. Ana was supposed to be here, I was supposed to wake up and prepare breakfast in bed for her. Where has she gone?! I check the bathroom and the closet. " Ana?" I say and quickly fish my pants and search for my shirt. Where is my shirt? I stop searching and rush downstairs." Ana!" I yell and search each and every room , but there is no sign of her, not in the living room or even her aunt's room. I rush outside and search the backyard and garden." Ana! Where are you?!" I yell and call her name again and again , but I don't hear her . God , what If something happened to her? Please , be okay. I can't bear anything happen to you. I calm down and try to think again. It's better to thin
Andrew's POV:"Calm down , son. Please, Drew. It's breaking my heart. I can't bare to look at you like this. Please , stop." Aurora says in a small voice and hugs me closer. I stop crying and I get up from the ground . Pulling myself up with all my strength. " Hey, don't vampire speed again. Keep my human legs in mind , the next time . Okay? " Jerah enters out of nowhere , stops running and breathes harder. He chuckles , not aware of his surroundings but then his eyes meet mine, " Oh oh." He mutters." Let's go back inside. It's about to rain." Aurora says and we all slowly usher inside. I take a seat in the living room and rub my head. Alex sits by me and hugs me." I am so sorry Drew. Here, take this, it will reduce your headache." Charlie says and hands me a glass of concoction. " How do you know my head was hurting?" I ask him skepticallly." I helped Ana drug you up." He says." What?!" I exclaim, " Why would you do that?!" I ask him and then he starts telling me . Everything
Ana's POV: I drag my suitcase behind me , as I make my way to the address given to me by dad. God, it feels weird saying that. I look around but I don't see any house or even a restaurant, so I check the address. I walk further until I find a club and I notice a man staring at me. I ignore the feeling in my gut that is screaming creepy alert, and go towards him. I have never been in this area, so it's better to take my chances with this creep than getting lost. "Excuse me, is this the right address?" I hand him the paper but he looks at my wrist for a while before taking the slip. "Yes, Are you lost ?" He asks me, so I try to master my expressions and pretend but I fail at that. "You know, follow me and I will lead you to this place, it's a little further and this place is a labyrinth , so that's a good choice I am offering you." He says . I think for a while, weighing the pros and cons, before agreeing. If anything goes down the hill, I can always use my abilities to save myself.
Ana's POV: I toss and turn , trying to sleep , but each time , I close my eyes, my mind goes to Drew. I wonder what he might be upto? Would he have forgiven me? I hope he is not being harsh on his famliy or Jer and I hope the ache in his heart heals and I hope he moves on and falls in love again. No, that's a lie. I don't want that to happen. I can't bear to see him with some other girl, his hands around her and then he smiles at her , with dimples. She leans in for a kiss and- Nope , not going down that road. Not a nice way to punish myself for leaving him. I need to distract myself from Drew. I recall the boxes that Aurora gave me to open once I reach here, so I get up but immediately regret it when I am greeted by cold floors and chilly air. I am probably freezing because the only thing I am wearing is a slip that Alex gave me as gift on her wedding. I quickly open my suitcase and take the box out. I sit on the couch across my bed and open the box . The first thing I see is a ph
I take the paper in my hands and slowly unfold it . It's addressed to me , so I take a breath and start reading it. ' My dearest Ana, By the time you read this, you would have reached where you are supposed to be . I know you must be sad and overwhelmed but trust me , it will get better with time. I have faith in you. Stop worrying about us , about Drew , we have your back. I am going to handle everything , so stop troubling yourself with that and move on. I understand why it must have been so hard for you to go through all of it at such a young age. You lost your parents and your aunt, you just discovered that you are a vampire and that you have a family who thought you were dead. It's too much for a teenager and you are burying it all , instead of going through it. Accept it , that is the only way you will really move on. Now you might be wondering why I gave you my diary. The answer to that is that I want you to hold on to it for me. If fate has it, we will meet again ,but until t
EPILOGUE:"Rose...." I mutter and she turns her head to me. She drops the dagger raking with black goo and it thuds with a sharp clink. Her feet touches the floor and her eyes turn back to normal."Drew..." She smiles and comes towards me and I grin, opening my arms for her to place her head on. I turn to my family and watch as they all kneel down on the floor grinning. A gasp is heard loudly and I quickly turn my head back to Ana. I see a red tear falling down her cheeks and all breath is stolen from me. I stagger back and fall down on my knees as the tip of the dagger comes out of her chest and she winces. Her whimpers are enough to show me hell and I scream as she falls on his knees and that's when it all goes black and my skin starts turning to stone just like everyone else in the room. *_*Ana's POV:I see a bright light and the whole place is white. "Drew?" I ask out loud.Where am I? Is this...heaven or hell? "You aren't dead." Someone speaks up and I jump, startled. "Who
"Hello, princess." His smug voice shocks me to my core. Alec's body lays over mine and his stupid smirk is already there, adorning his stupid face. With wide eyes, I say, "Alec? What are you doing here?" Curiosity hits me. Plus lots of shock. He pushes my sweaty hair strands aside and grins. He takes the crown and gets up. He offers me his hand but I push it aside and stand up on my own. "Alec. Hand me the crown." Tobias grins, as if knowing already that he has won. "Oh, this old thing?" Alec tosses the crown back into air and Tobias audibly gasps. "Alec...." I look at him, hoping he does the right thing. I don't see why he would hand the crown to me. I have already lost this game before it even started. He looks into my eyes and tosses it to dad. "Alec!" Tobias shouts as dad catches the crown. "Tobias...your anger is with me. Don't involve my daughter in this mess. We can talk this out calmly like adults." Dad says. "Jonathon.....hand me the crown." Tobias glares. "Brother
I run out and the whole place looks like a maze. A labyrinth of sorts. I look around and see two men, dressed in black, exactly like the men that attacked the coronation. I hide behind the wall and then realise that I forgot to pick up the knife. Shit. I'm already way too far from the room and if I go back now, thee is a higher chance that I will get lost so I choose not to move from my place. I take a breath in and an idea forms in my head. I close my eyes and reopen them. I focus on the place where the men are standing and I can feel the energy rising and slowly the ground starts shaking. I see the light on the ceiling and using my powers, throw that on their head. They both look at each other and then look around to find the source of this problem. I make the light flicker in the hallway and they quickly turn towards the passageway. As soon as they are out of my way, I rush forward. I anticipate a few more men standing guard ahead but shockingly, the place is empty. I don't know if
Fuck. "What do you mean?" I mutter in a very low voice. Also, because that's how high my voice can go right now. My hands start shaking and he looks at them. He gets up and I gulp as he comes towards me. He kneels down and I flinch. He removes the rope from my wrists and I groan. "Why did you do that?" I say and massage my wrists. It still burns and the wounds have turned red. "I know you are not gonna attack me. It would be foolish to attack me, because I can have you on the ground in just a second. So, you can try if you want to." He takes his seat and smirks when I don't react. "Now, back to your question. I am your father's real older brother. I doubt if he told you that, so I will take the matter into my own hands. Back when we were young, your age to be precise. We both knew your mother, Qetsiyah. She was like sunshine in the winters. Charming to a fault. Way too sweet and caring. I warned her, you know. But she didn't listen, she was very stubborn, like you. Both of us wer
"Get off me, you motherfucker!" I push him off and wipe the blood on my cheek that doesn't seem to stop. The wound should've healed by now. My body tenses, and Alec takes my face in his hands with a very strong grip. I wince as his fingers graze the cut. "Hmm. These are spelled arrows. The wound won't heal properly yet. It will take much time to heal. probably days." He says very confidently that doubt fills my mind. "How do you know that?" I ask him, my brows furrowed. "I just do." He looks around and then takes my hand, " Come on, we have to go." I drop his hand and back up. "I am not going anywhere with you. Nope. Stay back." "I am trying to save you. Those rebels are here to hurt you, and right now it is my duty to protect you. You will be going whether you like it or not." He says and I look around in search of Drew or my family but there is no sign of him. There is chaos everywhere I turn, people screaming and running. "Where is my family? Drew?" I ask him. "They left. Th
"I can't go. I am not going down. Nope." I collapse on the chair and shake my head. Alex who is dressed in a Purple and Silver gown which is very revealing and looks so tight but she moves effortlessly. She stops applying the lipstick for the millionth time and comes towards me. "You are. Stop being nervous. You can do this." She says and gestures Mia to come forward. Mia picks up her very heavy looking Green gown with embroidery. She stands up and sets my loose curled strand of hair. "I'd tell you to stay here but you don't have any other choice. Sorry, you gotta do this." She says and nods to Alex. They both pull me up from the chair and drag me to the door, ignoring my grunts and sighs. "You can do this. Trust me, you can. Besides, it will be a shame if this gorgeous dress went to waste." Alex whispers and the doors open. I hear multiple voices. "God, it's like the whole country got jammed in a tiny room. This is like my worst nightmare. I can't possibly go in there. Not happ
"What did you say?!" I scream into the phone. It hasn't been 10 minutes since my date with Drew started and we have already been bombarded with phone calls. First, it was Alex calling me to ask where my studded heels were and if she could wear that. She and Jasper are going to the club this evening so she had to wear those heels with her dress. Then it was Damien, who wanted to ask where were we and then he proceeded to ask Drew his recipes and if we could get some food for him because according to him, he has been hungry since ages. And right now, my dad has something very important that just can't wait until we come back and he just has to tell me right now, in the middle of my date. "I said that you need to come back soon. There is going to be a party and you are going to get crowned. We already discussed this, didn't we?" I cut him off. "No. We actually never talked about this. Like ever." I say and then he cuts me off. "Doesn't matter now. It was going to happen anyways and no
"Ana! Stop!" Damien rushes towards me and pull me back. I almost choked the fucker and he deserved it. "How dare you come here?" I sneer. "You know him?" Kai asks me. "Yes, he left me in the museum. Alone with no way out. Tell him to leave or else I will fucking kill him." I say and my eyes turn dark. Glow starts radiating off my body and his eyes widen for a second but then he composes himself. "I'm afraid I can't leave. I am a part of this council and inner circle after all." He says smugly and folds his arms. "Make him leave." A demonic voice said, that I didn't recognise came from me until Kai visibly gulped and looked at me, scared. "Hey hey hey. Calm down, you sweet little... angel of a child?" Damien says, trying to get my attention and divert me and I unwillingly make the floor shake in response. "Well, she is feisty as hell." Alec says and sits down on the chair. I close my eyes in anger and my hands fist at my sides. A scream builds in my throat and I let it out. I
I threw a punch at Damien and my body feels like I just jumped down from a building.The whole day was going great, it started great and when Damien took me to the backyard of the mansion for training that's when I started regretting agreeing to this whole training.Now, I am in the middle of training and I am so exhausted I can't even tell.Keeping my chin low, I threw another punch, but Damien blocked it with his forearm and I pulled back, looking for an opening but still not getting one. So I closed my eyes and tried to remember the drill when I trained with Drew and his family. I created an opening by shifting my legs as if to kick and his arms dropped a fraction. I used that as my chance to swing. I slammed my fist into his hard stomach.Damien grunted and softly said, " Nice move. Who taught you that? You diverted my mind into thinking you were going for a kick but instead you punched me in my stomach. That was very clever and smart move.""Drew taught me." I say, like a proud