Andrew's POV:When I reach home , I see charlie waiting in the living room. I open the boot of the car and take the artifacts out and hand it to him."Did something happen today?" Charlie says as I am about to head upstairs."Yes. Did you see it?" I asked him."I felt like she was in pain or something like that." "She had an outburst of power. Broke the crystal pot so I bandaged her hand. Then we reached the library and she felt dizzy, although I think that was due to hunger." I told him.Ana really scared me when she broke that pot with her hands. Thank God she has healing powers, otherwise it would have been a different case all along. I can't imagine or want her in pain. I couldn't control myself in the library too. She was curious and the way she reacted after seeing the novels, her innocence and sweetness tipped me over. I called her baby even though I find that irritating. I shake myself from the thoughts of her and focus on Charlie."I will look into that." He speed reads throu
As soon as I make my way out of the class. Jer says, "You okay?" "About what?" I ask. "The whole Maurel incident?" He asks. "Yes. I mean no. She was the first one who made rumours that I slept with you and when the truth went out that I am a virgin, she goes around talking about it as it is a brilliant topic for discussion." I make a face at that. "I know. She is just jealous that Drew is not asking her to prom. Leave it. Okay?" He says and hugs me . I return his hug with the same enthusiasm and we skip the whole Maurel incident and start talking about our joint classes. "Any updates on you and Drew?" Jer asks. "No. Why?" I ask him. "Just because. Also, during the whole class he was looking at you like he wanted to tear off your clothes." Jer says. "Wh-" I cough some water out. "What?" "Like he was imagining you naked. You two definitely have some tension, so it's better to work it out." He says. My cheeks go hot. " I don't know about that." "Oh. I do. I know that look. He
Next morning I wake up to messages from Drew. I sit a little straighter and open his chat.DREW:"Good Morning. How are you?""Did you get the dress?""I wanted to let you know that we have a day off today so I will pick you up so we can search your abilities and study them. Charlie said so. Be ready by 12.""See you soon."I read his texts and and respond to his messages.ANA:"Good morning. I am fine. How are you?""Okay.""See you."I get up and freshen up. I squeeze into a pair of pants and a hoodie and wear my sneakers with it. I get downstairs and see aunt making breakfast. Shoot! I forgot to tell her."Morning.""Morning. " I kiss her cheek and fill my glass with orange juice."Hey. I um- Drew is coming to pick me today." I say."Why?""For our project." I nod a little confidently."Okay." She eats and says with a mouthful, "You on birth control. Right?"I turn hot ,"What?'"Just be careful and use protection. I don't want any babies around the house." She says."Come on. Stop i
Andrew's POV:The door shuts close behind me. I make my way to Charlie's desk, where he sits and fills the hospital bills."What are you doing here ,son?""I wanted to talk to you about Ana?" I say.He shuts the book and turns his chair towards me, "And here I thought, you were here to help me." "What? No." I deapan."What is it?" He asks seriously now."You do know how powerful she is right?""Yes. She posesses the greatest power I have ever been a witness to. ""I just worry that if someone caught a sniff of her and her power , they will hunt her down. Like a fucking animal, a prey to their predator." I point out. I know how vampires are. If they got to know about her, they would come hunt her down and try to manipulate her to their own benefit. And if she is strong enough to form a shield to save her from being brainwashed, they would torture her and kill her soul inside until she has no will to leave and fold for them."You don't need to worry about that. We would never let that h
Andrew's POV:Trees blur as I pass them and head to the club. My speed almost as par with alex's. Both Charlie and Aurora are behind us , stopping to chat and flirt with each other. We both reach the town club at the same time. Alex and I high five each other and we head in. I take a seat at the bar and ask for my regular. The bartender knows my order very well due to my frequency here, so I don't bother giving instructions. I turn my head and see alex already doing her task- Finding a human, slow dancing and slowly kissing their neck , then slow and soft bites till they settle and ease , then bite and feed. I know you must be thinking about how nobody notices. The answer to that is that this club is known for vampires , almost more than half of its customers are vampires, so the humans that come here know about it, they know that we feed on them so they don't stop us. In fact, they come here to be bitten and feeded upon , they think of it as 'detox'. The next, they wake up with no mem
I close the door of the convertible and go to Jer's family's house. I can make out the shadow of Aunt Smanatha in the kitchen, probably cooking. Her food is so delicious, you can never get sick of it. I walk in and Seth takes me in his arms. I giggle and slap his arm as soon as he sets me down. My knuckles hurt after that punch."Shit. When did you start working out?" I ask him."Are you okay?" He says, eyeing my hand."Yeah, but you are strong. Since when?" I ask him."I have always been strong, sis. You just never hit me." He says..,"Yeah. I should have hit you sooner." I say and we look at each other and laugh. Out loud. Completely cackling. Auntie comes out and when she sees me, she grins. She washes her hands quickly and hugs me. She kisses my cheeks and I hug her back. I have missed her. I realise it only now and hug her tighter. She loosens the embrace and looks at me."You have homecoming tomorrow and look at your skin. Have you eaten anything at all?" She says."Aunt Samantha
Andrew's POV:The door closes behind me. I enter the house and see that Charlie and everyone else are back. I quicken my pace and meet them in the living room. As I enter, they all stand up and look at each other."What's going on?" I ask them."How is Ana?" Aurora asks."She's doing fine. Now tell me, who did you see?" I turn to Charlie."You need to sit down for this." He says. I sit down hesitantly, afraid of what he's going to say."Well, the look I had was a shadow, not clear enough to identify the person." Says he."Yes, but did you find anything relevant?" I add."Yes, he had a tattoo." He pauses."What kind of tattoo?" I say, looking at everyone, unable to decipher their reactions."A bleeding heart on his back." He says."What?" says I, startled. Because if he means what I think, we are doomed."We only know one person with that tattoo," said Jasper."That does not mean it's HIM." Says Alex, contradicting her friend."Did he have a scar?" I ask Charlie."Yes. From his right ch
Ana's POV: The day that I couldn't wait for has arrived. In case you don't know, it's Homecoming! I take my exquisite dress out and the pair of devil heels that Alex gifted me. If you saw me right now, you would have heard me squealing for sure. I change into my dress and take the heels downstairs to aunt's room with me and seat myself at her 'GLAM STATION', also called as dressing area by normal people, except aunt Sara. I free my hair from the ponytail and wait for aunt Sara to return with her products. Just like that, aunt Sara returns with the curling rod and her makeup products. "Now, who's ready to glam up?" She asks and I nod. Let's get this party started! *_* After what feels like a decade, my hair and makeup both are done. I turn around and my aunt dreamily sighs and wipes her teary eyes. "Oh. You look so pretty." She adds, "Your father would've almost had a heart attack if he saw you going out like that." "Yeah. He would've put me in a lockdown for sure." I laugh. "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