The next morning went in a blur. I did the same routine- wake up, bathe, get ready, have breakfast."Bye, aunt Sara." I said, about to leave the house."Wait. When will you be back?" She said."Why?" I asked her."I wanted to discuss the decorations for your birthday."After I learned about my family history yesterday, I am not in the mood to celebrate my birthday. I am scared and afraid because I don't know what could happen at that moment. I don't know what to do. I just want to get away somewhere and start over forgetting everything that happened in the last few days."No, I am sorry. I won't come home today. Or for a few days in fact." I tell her, knowing she won't object ,atleast not after what happened yesterday."Why?" she asks, but does not object. I think that's good."I am going on a trip with a few friends," I told her."Why didn't you tell me yesterday?" she asks, sincerely hurt by the fact I didn't tell her yesterday because I always tell her things."I kind of forgot afte
I make my way inside the house with the whole family behind me. "So, Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something before you sleep?" Aurora asks me . "Umm. I am actually tired after school so I will just sleep ." I say. "Okay , but at least take a granula bar or anything with you before you go , because you will be hungry around midnight. Trust me , I have some expirience with it." she says. "Thanks . " I take the bar from alex after she gets it from the pantry. "Go sleep now. It's getting late." Charlie says . "Okay. Good night everyone ." "Good night ." Jasper says. Everybody says goodnight and then they go to their specific rooms. I make my way to drew's room , Now my room too. For a while , that is. I take my nightwear out from the bag and make my way to the washroom . I change into my clothes , wash my face, apply moisturiser and leave. I open the door and see Drew without his T-shirt on . HALF NAKED. Oh my god. I knew that he would be fit but not THAT fit. I mean , that
The first thing I see when I open my eyes is the same ceiling I was so fixated with yesterday. Just thinking about it sends a rush straight to my ovaries.I try to turn but I see something holding me tightly in my position. I turn my head around and see Drew's arms around me and my legs tangled with his legs under the covers. I focus on his face and his features , he looks so at peace when he sleeps. His eyes suddenly open , I try to turn my face but it's too late now."Hey. How are you now?" He says in his low , raspy voice. Heat pools between my legs."Hmm." That's the only thing I have the ability to say right now. He doesn't draw his arms back , instead his grip tightens.Before I can say anything, The door opens and Alex enters with Jasper. We both quickly untangle our legs and turn the other side."Good morning ,Ana." Alex says in a chirping voice as usual."Morning, Ana." Jasper says."Morning to you guys too." I say."What about me?" Drew rasps."Morning to you too, brother." A
Charlie finally takes my blood after what feels like an excrutiating long time. I bandage up my arm to cover the needle patch. Charlie says that they should know the results in a minute or two. I nod my head and wait beside Andrew while Charlie gets the results. "What do you think will be my powers?" I ask drew."Well, I cannot say but healing is definitely one of them," he says."Does that mean I can survive injuries?" I ask curiously."Yes, I guess." He says and we sit for a minute with nothing to talk about. The silence starts tormenting me so I take the iniciative to start the conversation asking about him since I know next to nothing when it comes to him."How did you turn?" I ask."It's a long story," he says."We have got time." I say and shrug."My parents left me in an orphanage when I was seven because they wanted nothing to do with me. So I was an orphan for good, for some wholesome years. I always felt like I had no power in this world. I had always been the kind of person
Andrew's POV:I make my way to her living room and sit in the middle of the couch. She takes a seat at the far end of the couch."So, what do you want to watch?" Ana asked."What movies do you have?" I asked."Well, I don't have any but N*****x sure does." She replies, her voice thick with sarcasm."You know what I mean?" I say and open N*****x."We could watch notting hill." She recommends."I am not watching any sappy movie." She gasps, "It's not a sappy movie. It's a normal romantic movie. Don't make presumptions without seeing them first." "What do you say we watch any Marvel movie? Both can compromise a little as I am not a big fan of marvel." I point out."That I can work with." She says and gets up to make some popcorn while I start the movie. She brings two bowls of popcorn and hands one to me. We both watch the movie silently not including the few exclamations and gasps from ana.Halfway through the movie, I see she is about to fall asleep."Don't sleep on me," I say. I know
It's a typical morning for me, and after taking care of aunt, I get outside and wait for Drew to take me to school. Drew's car rounds the driveway and he gets out."Good morning." I say and make my way to the car."Morning." He says and opens the car door for me. Wow. That is something new. I get in the car and make myself comfortable. He gets in and rolls up his sleeves. And he has hot forearms too. I never expected anything less from him."So, how did you sleep?" I asked him."I slept well, thank you. Also, I am sorry for sleeping in the midst of the movie, even after you told me against it." "It's alright. I forgot you were human for a second. Although, You did enjoy the trip to your bedroom after that. Didn't you?" He winks and my cheeks turn red at that memory. God, I really did snuggled against him."Shut up." I say and turn my face. He chuckles and accelerates.We reach the school and I go by my locker to place my jacket inside it, Drew follows my steps. I open the locker and s
Drew brings the first aid box and gently takes my hand in his hands. He kneels down in front of me and looks into my eyes. "Are you okay?" Drew asked ,words somehow comforting yet commanding."Not at my greatest, right now." I murmur."It's okay. Now, I am gonna softly take the glass shards out. Okay?" He asks me."Hmhm." I nod my head and shut my eyes tight because of anticipation."One. Two." He takes one shard out and I let out a piercing cry."Stop. Don't please." I say."Look at me. Don't think about the pain. Okay?" He says.I grip his other hand with my safe hand and press harder when he takes another shard out, this time a small one. This cycle continues and all the while I have his hand in a death grip. "There, all done." He says and discards all the glass and bandadges my hand. He wipes my dry tears with his thumb and gives me some water."Now, You feeling alright?" He asks me ."Yes. Good," I say. "Thank you for this." I nod towards my bandaged hand."No problem. You will
The first thing I see when I open my eyes is Drew softly moving his hands up and down my legs."Ah. I see you're awake.""Hello to you too." I mutter and rub my eyes."If you are all set, should we go inside the library?" he asked me."Yeah. " I stretch my arms and open the car door. As I get outside, I feel blood rushing to my head, making me lose my balance."Ana?" Drew asks as he clutches my arm before I can slip. I hold my head in the other hand.Drew asks, "Do you need to sit?" "No. I think - I think I am alright." I mutter.Drew gently massages my temples. "What was that suddenly?" I ask him."I don't know, Ana." He says, his voice filled with concern."Is this related to my power burst too?" I asked him."I don't think so. You already had one episode and you healed yourself so no extra strength should have been left to make you dizzy." He thinks for a while and says, "Have you eaten anything recently?" "No." I say sheepily."Why?" He says with a little frustration."I mean I h
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