Next day, I woke up with a raging headache but somehow I managed to dress myself and head down for breakfast. I make my way to the dining table and aunt Sara pours me some juice and I drink it slowly. Halfway through breakfast, she asks me about my birthday plans and who to invite." So, how are we gonna celebrate it this time?"" Uhh. I cannot think right now with this stupid headache, besides, we have a lot of time left. Surely we will plan something."" It is just a week ahead ! We do not have much time left. I want it to be perfect for you. You are finally gonna turn 18! I want it to be your best birthday." She squeals, clearly more excited than me." Okay fine. But can we discuss it later? I do not have energy right now. My brain is about to burst." I groan, dropping my head on the table." Do you need aspirin or something?"" I am fine. Maybe it is because of hunger."" I don't understand why you stress a lot. Everything is going fine. Are you taking your medications? Are the nig
" Can I go to the gala?" I asked." No." She doesn't even think about it , just deadpans on her rejection." Please. Jer is gonna be there all the time. The whole family will be there and I will be extra careful. Please, it has been ages since I went to their place. I won't drink." I say, and she gives me a pointed look."Oh please, I was your age once. Don't say something you won't do.""Please Aunt Sara" I said one more time." Okay, fine. But call me if there is anything wrong."'OK, thanks. I love you." I kissed her cheek and gave her a tight hug and went to the door." Also, I am going to the mall with Jer for shopping. Thank you for giving me permission. I love you. Bye bye." I say and run upstairs before she could object.I quickly got ready for the mall and waited for Jer.Jer texts me to come out, so I leave after telling my aunt and getting into his car. It takes 30 minutes to reach the mall and we get out of the car. Jer takes me to his store first, where he shops. I swear
Next morning, I wake up feeling like there is a thing going on my head , like hammers hitting my head constantly as if my head is a nail. Somehow, I managed to drag myself up and get ready for school. I go downstairs and see the note aunt Sara had left on the kitchen countertop.'Going to shop for groceries. Be right back. Love you.'Alright then. I make some pancakes for me and a cup of coffee and take it to the living room. I pulled the curtains off and I immediately regretted it. My headache seems to worsen at the sight of light. I closed it and sat down on the couch. I devour my meal and texted Jerah to come pick me up. I waited for Andrew and when his car came , I get inside and turned on the air conditioner." Hey, how are you?" Jer asked."Hi. Not so good right now. I have a raging pain in my head and the hotness today doesn't help it." I grumble." It is not that hot. " He checked my temperature. " You are sweating. Are you sure you would be able to come to the charity?" He as
The day went by as usual. After my last class, I texted Jer to ask for the parking lot number. I waited but he didn't reply, so I called him." Hello."" Hi." Jer says his voice a little strained and tense." Where are you? I searched the whole parking lot. I can't even see your car," I said." I am so sorry. I forgot to tell you but I have some family emergency. Seth's ill. It's bad. I am so sorry I won't be able to drop you. I went home after third period today. So again, I am so sorry."" Hey, it's alright. How is he now? What happened?" I asked, concerned about Seth." He is fine. Dad took him with him. Probably just to see the doctor. He was in an accident. A person died, I guess. But it wasn't his fault, so he is good . For now. Should I ask someone to take you home?" Jer asks." No, no. I will be fine. No need to worry. You take care of Seth. Alright?"" Yeah, just call me when you reach home, " Jer says."OK, fine. Now bye. Take care of your family and give me updates.""Okay,
Andrew's POV:Shit Shit Shit! What did I do? How could I be so careless? I inched closer to her and I could still smell her sweet scent. I checked her pulse. Thank God, she is alive. Her pulse is slow but she is alive. I tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. I had no choice but to take her home with me. Maybe Charlie will know what to do. I take her inside my car and tuck her carefully in. She is unconscious but still has her eyebrows in a scrunch. I hold her hand while driving. Just to check her pulse. Nothing more than that, even though it fits perfectly in my hand. I had just parked my car when Alex came outside and started yelling at me. I ignored her and carried Ana inside my bedroom. Alex is following me and when I lay her down on my bed. She has a low body temperature right now, so I take the blanket that I hardly use and tuck her under the covers. I sit down on the couch in my room." Now, what were you saying, Alex?"" You dumbass. How could you be so careless? You fed h
Ana's POV:I open my eyes and see my surroundings. It does not look like my bedroom. I turn over and it all rushes back. I quickly sit up." Good morning," someone mutters." Andrew? What are you doing here?" I muttered, rubbing my eyes." Oh. This is my room, so that answers your question."" Oh okay."" Do you believe us now?"" Yes."" I assume you have a lot of questions?" He asks."Yes," I said quickly." Okay. What is it?"" Umm. Where is my phone?" I asked." What? That is your first question?" He says, shocked." Yes. Where is it? I have to call jer." I said.He's all serious when he asks, "Why? Is he your boyfriend?"" No. He told me to call him when I reached home. He must be worried. Why would you think that ,anyway?" I scratched my eyebrows."You are always together, for starters," he grumbles."Oh. So he does notice me. Glad to know." I said a little scarcastically"What do you mean?" he asks, confused.Yesterday, before all this vampire stuff, you were not at school or in
"Good Morning " I said to aunt Sara and hugged her." Morning. " She says and gives me a hug back." Are you alright? You seem a little hot." She asks with concern." Thanks for the compliment. I know I am hot." I joked." Let me check." She checks my forehead and says " God! You are burning up. You should not go to school today. Take a leave ."" No. It's alright. You know, I can't take a leave. I have a lot of work today," I said." Okay, but take care."" Yeah. Gotta go. "Jer is outside." I said and left." Hi jer." I sat in the passenger seat." Hi."" Let's cut to the chase. What were you doing yesterday?" He says as soon as i enter."How is Seth now ?" I answered, diverting him."He is good. Now answer my question. What were you doing yesterday?"" Oh. I- I umm. I was with Andrew."" Okay. What were you doing with him?" he asks skeptically." We were doing a project! Yes, a project. I told you yesterday, remember?"" Which project?"" Physics.""You don't have physics this semest
I get out of the car and straighten my top when I see it rising up. I see Drew looking at me as I do it." Is there any problem?" I asked."No, why?" he asked seriously." You are looking at me."" So?""I mean why? You know what? Let's go." I cut to the chase and went inside and he followed me."Hello?" I say." Ana. How are you?" Aurora comes downstairs and hugs me." I am fine. Tell me about yourself?""All fine too.""Hi Ana. I missed you." Alex calls out from the stairs, dragging the end vowel and runs down the stairs and hugs me with full force."I can- can't breathe," I rasp out." Oops. Sorry. Are you okay?" she asked." Yeah. I am fine now.""Where is Charlie?" Drew asked."He is upstairs in the library. Waiting for you." Alex says."Okay. Ana, stop chatting and come upstairs." Drew says, and leaves us in silence without greeting his family."Gotta go guys." I gestured awkwardly and followed him." Hello Charlie. " I said as I entered. I entered both Drew and him into conversa
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