Cassius POV. We don't pick how we are born, to whom, or why. We are just brought into this world, thrown head first and left to fend for ourselves, and then life goes up and down, we make do with the deal we were handed and make the best of it. That's how I saw life since the day I was born, my mother and father didn't care much for me, I was an accident to them, and seeing how I was born a vampire, accidents are very rare in our world, they were being extra clumsy and didn't pay much attention until they got me.Mother and father were some of the poorest vampires out there, they didn't work, they didn't care to work, and they didn't give a fuck about all the physical upgrades there were out in the world, all they cared about was feeding from the human blood, sometimes they'd feed from animals when too lazy to go out and hunt, which happened more often than not, the second thing they cared about was each other, they had a tone of sex, they were like rabbits high on cocaine, they woul
Cassius POV. "I'm the one in charge now," I tell the council walking into their meeting, they weren't expecting me, they were expecting my boss, my lord, the one who adopted me and cleaned me up, but that guy is dead, he's nine feet under just to make sure he won't be rising again. "You?" a voice asks me with disgust, most of them still hate me, a lot of people still hate me, but I'm the one in charge now. "Yes, me, the name is Cassius, I have killed Eliotte, and drank his blood," I say in a cold voice, standing in front of them, standing tall and proud, what happened back in the fey room was a massacre, we went to each other's neck, he kept trying to tell me that I owe him my life, and I told him that my life was over the day he took control of me and I'm taking back my control, I'm going to win this time. Killing him was hard, he threw one hell of a fight, and he wouldn't die easily, but I had him dead soon enough, after killing Elliot, I had to drink some of his blood, not a lo
Charlotte POV. I used my magic and made it move his clothes, and touch his hair, I had a big smile on my face as he was looking around, searching for the ghost, I didn't know the vampires were so scared of ghosts, but they are terrified, are they catholic too? I thought to myself with a chuckle. "Who's out there?" he called out loud, but I kept quiet, I stopped the laugh I had a very short and quiet laugh, and I dodged in the bushes to hide from him, he kept looking around, and I used some of my magic to make the trees move on the other side of me, just the opposite side. He walked over there and yelled who's there again, it was the stupidest question ever, would a ghost tell him it's me? That gave me an idea, I used a spell I don't use much, it's one mom taught me so I can mess with Oliver, I know it's weird mom teaching me spells to mess with my older brother, but he's such a prick he needs someone to mess with him. 'It's me,' a voice whispers right next to him, in his ear, I s
Charlotte POV. "Thank you for the food," I say with a smile on my face, it was a really good steak and some veggies on the side, and we paired it with wine, he asked me if I drank, and I said yes, I drink over with Tristan and sometimes at home."Thank you for the company," he says matching my smile, I didn't know that the leader of the vampires was a big hottie and he was nice, who would've seen this one coming? "You're welcome, you're not that bad after all," I say with a smile on my face. "How about tomorrow," he asks me. "What about tomorrow?" I repeat with a raised brow. "It's good timing for our second date," he says and I chuckled. "Who said this is the first one?" I ask him with a raised brow. "We had food, we had wine, and we enjoyed our time, it's the definition of a date," he assures me. "You have to ask me first, and I never said yes," I say with a shrug. "I asked you over for dinner, and you said yes," he says. "No, you said I need to come in as a payback for sc
Cassius POV. I was happy, and it's been a very long time since I was happy, maybe the last time was when I took over and I wasn't Eliotte's dog anymore, but that happiness was nothing compared to the one I'm feeling around her, she was messing with me, I should've taught her a lesson, not took her to bed and had the best sex of my life. It was her first relationship ever, and even for one who had never had sex before she knew what she wanted, she obeyed the rules and didn't mind letting me take charge of her whole body. Now that she had left, we had a deal of meeting again for a night hike, I don't do morning anything, the morning and sun hurt us, but going out during the night was fine for us, I loved the moonlight, it brought me happiness and joy. "I'm going out on a hike this evening, I want the trail to be empty, make sure no one is there," I tell my personal assistant, she's a human who works for us, I know, I could have hired a vampire, but humans who knows about our secret
Cassius POV. She was different, I don't know how she was different, but she had all of my attention, she had all of my time, all I could think of was her, and more of her, she was my one and only girl. "I don't want to talk," she growled over the phone, as soon as she answered me. "What's wrong? Why don't you want to talk?" I ask her worriedly. "I just don't want, to go away," she says about to end the call. "Hey...hey! Charlotte, come on, talk to me," I begged her to talk to me. "I don't want to talk, no one ever wants to listen to me anyway, I'm just me," she groans over the phone, and I knew something was up back at home. "I'll listen to you, I'll always listen to you baby," I say begging her to talk to me. "No, you won't, you just talk to me so you can call me kitten and fuck me," she whined. "Hey, you like being called kitten and getting fucked," I say back to her, she enjoyed both of those things, I won't do anything to her that she doesn't like or enjoy. "Not in the m
Charlotte POV. Fighting with Mom wasn't enough, it had to get worse, everyone wanted to know who's the guy I was dating, and why am I dating him. They needed to know more information about my boyfriend while I didn't want to tell anyone about him, he's not even my boyfriend. "Things are different for you Charlotte," mom says but that only pissed me off, why are they different? "They aren't mother, I'm the same as any girl my age," I said back but she kept saying I didn't understand. "You won't tell me who my father was, you won't tell me about my father's past, and now you're saying I'm different, how?" I repeat my question. "I can't explain this to you, not now," she said and I had enough, I stormed out of the house, she never tells me the truth, she never talks the truth, the full honesty, it's always a lie or a secret with her, she never tells me the honest truth, never. I went to my car and drove toward Tristan's place, he's my best second choice, he's part of my family as w
Charlotte POV. The fucking queen had me falling asleep, I woke up again, and this time I had something around my arms and feet, I was bounded and thrown somewhere dark, and when I opened my eyes I saw nothing, there was darkness all around me, only god knows where the queen is taking me or how she's sending me away. I waited for the light to come back on, I tried to use my magic, but even my magic wasn't doing anything to the bonding they had around me, maybe it was spelt as well, maybe that's why I can't get it off. I waited and waited some more until finally, the light was turned on, and I saw where I was, I was in a small cage, a silver cage, I tried to push and move but the bond and the cage weren't giving up. "Look who we got here," a voice says coming toward me, I looked up from my position on the ground and saw a really tall guy walking toward me. "Who are you?" I asked him, I had no idea who he was or what I had done to him to have me thrown in a cage. "I'm your worst ni