The lights in Tepes Mansion was switched on but everything outside the mansion was completely dark. There were no street lights closer to the mansion that stood on top of a hill. A security guard in a blue jacket and trousers stood outside the gates moving around the white boundary wall that completely covered the mansion and the bushes that surrounded it. Occasionally a dog or a cat would pass the mansion gate. The guard would chase it away as soon as the animals come closer to the gate or boundary. Stephen stood watching everything from the window of his living room. His arms were folded and he looked unhappy. A few minutes later, Gregory opened the door and walked inside the room.
"My Lord, thank you for helping me today," said Gregory.
"Did you bury that girl?" asked Stephen.
"Yes,
"ENOUGH!!" said Mr Smith, so loudly that Mrs Smith quickly came running to the living room."What happened?" she asked her husband.Emma looked at her father shocked. She never expected him to react like this just after looking at a photograph. When Mr Alexandro sat down to tell about Phoenix, she didn't expect things to suddenly change this way. It turns out that her paternal grandmother was Phoenix, a vampire with supernatural powers different from the other vampires. Her father had no idea about this. It looked like he was kept in dark by his father."Look Agent, this whole thing is too difficult for me to handle. Helina, we should leave this town by tomorrow. I will sell off my hotels and resort. We will have enough money. We can go somewhere far-"
Gregory looked at himself in the mirror as he wore a black suit. He turned and looked around the room. It was a small, dirty room of a motel. Clothes were thrown here and there. Dust covered the windows. The smell of alcohol filled the room. Gregory looked around in disgust.'I would have never stepped in such a place butIhave to follow the Lord's instruction.'A man lay dead in a pool of blood, on the floor. Gregory bend down and checked his pocket. He removed a wallet and began to check it. On Lord Stephen's instructions, he had to kill an alcoholic agent who was on the verge of getting fired. He, however, didn't drink his blood. He stabbed him in the chest with a knife.Lord Stephen instructed him to kill in this way.The sound of a knock startl
Gregory's eyes turned red the moment all the men began to walk closer to him. Luca Alexandro stood in front of these men and pointed his gun at him. Gregory had never expected something like this to happen tonight. Being a devoted servant of Lord Stephen, he agreed to follow his plan. Lord Stephen decided to kill Nicholae in his way without making anyone suspicious of anything. He told Gregory to first rescue him and earn his trust. At first, he thought of it as the most ridiculous plan. He asked Lord Stephen how could he rescue someone who killed his brother but he wasn't given much response. The Lord only told him to follow the plan and he would understand everything soon. Gregory looked around himself and wondered if he had fallen in a trap laid by his enemy but Nicholae didn't move an inch.
Early morning, Emma wore her regular jeans and a dark blue shirt, after her morning routine. She looked at herself in the mirror. She recalled how she was bullied by Amanda, last year. She remembered what Amanda told her. 'Who is going to marry you? You are neither beautiful nor sexy. You don't have a good sense of dressing.' She remembered what she told Amanda in reply to that. 'I was like that before high school but it got me nowhere. At least unlike you, I will someday become a successful person. Someday you will realise that being a bully, did nothing good for you.' Tears kept falling from her eyes. 'Amanda was right. No one can love someone like me. Stephen doesn't love me. All this was an act.' she thought. She turned to her right and saw a photograph of herself with her family. It had a plain black
Emma couldn't believe that she was going to her school along with a guard. It was something she had never imagined in her life but she didn't have much of a choice.Emma and Nancy sat in Rhonda's Toyota Etios comfortably. They sat in the back of the car and looked around. The car had a good space for at least four people in the back seat. Taking a look in the front, Emma realized that it had an automatic steering system."Nice car. It's very comfortable.""Yes, I love this car for two reasons. One, it's very comfortable and spacious. Two, it's Toyota.""I don't get it. In my opinion, nothing beats BMW," said Emma."Well, BMW is very good but Toyota is very economical .""I don't get either of you," said Nancy.Nancy was not happy to go with Rhonda. She wanted Agent Wilson to drop her. Mrs Smith had to push her inside the car when she requested him to
Stephen understood what Emma felt for him but he could not take any more risk. He wanted to somehow keep Emma by his side until Vlad appeared. He was ready to pretend and manipulate her more just to keep her on his side.Stephen broke the kiss and looked at Emma. The kiss had not changed anything. She was unhappy and still probably wanted to stay away from him. He pulled her into his arms. He knew he was wrong but he had no choice. In the past, he never thought of playing with someone's feelings but now a certain situation propelled him to do this.'I am sorry Emma. I have to use you to get back my lost reputation.' he thought."I don't know why you are upset. It's my birthday tomorrow and I want to celebrate it with you. It will be my first birthday in Roseville." said Stephen." Look I am sorry but I don't feel well. I need to stay alone today. I am sorry ." She tried to push him away b
Emma took her food tray from a pretty woman at the counter and looked around for an empty seat, in the cafeteria. She wanted to sit alone this time but the cafeteria was already full of students. Rhonda had already gone to eat from a restaurant nearby. Andre, her old friend, was already sitting beside Stephen. Looking carefully, she realized that the chair next to Andre was empty. She quickly ran and sat on it.Stephen looked at her shocked, as she sat beside Andre, not him. Andre looked at her surprised. He looked first at her and then at Stephen.Emma understood how exactly Andre must have felt about but ever since she heard the audio recording from Agent Wilson's cellphone, she felt hurt. Though she agreed to be in touch with Stephen, her heart didn't want to do it. She couldn't explain this to anyone so she decided to keep quiet for now."Ok, did you both argue?" Andre asked."No!" they said together.
Stephen did not come to school the next morning but he messaged Emma and his friends that he won't come to school. He was helping his mother with the evening's party.Emma had not opened his gift yet. She did not want to go to his party but she wanted to know why Stephen came into her life. The audio recording she heard over Agent's Wilson's phone shocked her. It was a conversation between two vampires and it seemed to her that one of them knew she was the descendant of the original Phoenix. He told the other vampire that his Lord Stephen recognized her the moment he saw her.Emma was deeply hurt after hearing this conversation. She now understood why Stephen kept looking at her. She wanted to know why he was playing with her feelings. Perhaps the real question she wanted to ask was what was he expecting from her. She wanted to know what made him play with her emotions. She knew she wasn't good looking enough for him but the thought that he wanted to play w