Luck had been on Zezi's side that night and she didn't even have to look for George before he came to her. He had picked the lock of the Hall of Sculptures and slipped into it, his eyes sharp with observation, until he took a step back, startled."I thought they were here," the words rushed out of his mouth, then he paused, his nose scrunching upwards. "Your scent has changed. You smell like them."Even though Gwen had brought a new dress for her, it felt like George could still see her in her ripped white dress. She smoothened the sleeves of her dress with her hands, brushing her fingers lightly over the high collar after she was done. He knew what had happened here, and something passed in his eyes at it. Accusation and disappointment. "I was hoping we could talk." Her voice sounded firmer than she felt, and she was grateful for that. "Tell me the situation of the Capital."He stared at her through slanted eyes filled with emotions and he walked towards her mindlessly, as if he
"I don't believe you?"He was lying, she repeated to herself over and over again, even though she was already believing it. He was lying. By the Moon, it was George's wolf!The only thing George's wolf has ever wanted to do to her was hurt her."Then ask him yourself."The red eyes were gone and now all she could see was George. He blinked, panic filling his eyes. "My love---""Is it true?" She couldn't even believe that she was asking this.Darkness shadowed his eyes. When he finally spoke, his voice sounded quiet, foreign, and wild.So unlike George, so much like his wolf but it was still George, of that she was sure."You were not supposed to know."He rushed towards her with intent and pressed his thumb against her forehead. Immediately, her memories started to fade away.Adrenaline rushed in, and her hands yanked him away from her with an unrestrained force."How. Dare. You?!" Rage laced her words, the pain of betrayal sent her heart thundering.George stood up, his hands tre
The chaos raged on beneath, and then the chaos died.It raged on again, died again, still there in the darkness she remained. Zezi had stopped her clawing at the walls and her mad senseless banging to bring the barriers down, so she could save her daughter whose voice her enhanced hearing hadn't brought to her ears since that scream.Languishing moments dragged on, till she was spent and all she could do was slip to the wall and pray to the Moon that Mira was alright while she tried to shake away the memory of the blood and her blue dress. Valerick was gone the moment he had tossed her in here, ordering her with a rugged voice to stay, his dark eyes glinting sparks of red. It frightened her and for that little moment, the shock had stilled her. At that same moment, he was gone. Zezi couldn't tell how long it must have been now, all she knew was that the chaos had been over for quite some time.She could no longer hear the clickings, she could hear nothing and it made her wonder i
"Drop that dog and let them take care of you!"The castle had been shut down, all doors were locked. No one could come and and no one could go out.There were many a few injured guests, and many dying ones.The King had disappeared right after killing the last of Volaky, his mate disappearing long before. The bodies of the dead Volakys still stunk up the big hall, but everyone was too busy trying to survive that they paid it no mind. They were all trying to get the attention of the limited Physicians so they could survive. The tables were no longer filled up with bottles and glasses of wine, cake or decorations but vampires that had received the worst hits of tonight's event. The blood that was meant for refreshments during the ceremony, was now a necessity in the first aid kit. The Physicians shouted their need for more, and the lucky ones who had been too busy with one thing or the other outside the hall at the time of the attack, were sent to the reservoir for more.Gwen was one
"She is going to die."Delice shook off her confusion at Nicholas' previous words, and against her better judgment, she slit her palm open with a broken wine glass. It had been a long time since she had felt pain from simple cuts like this one, watched her blood flow, and felt drained. That was what little Mira did when she had her cold lips fastened against the cut, and soon enough fangs. Delice's eyes went wide, so it was true. She was indeed a vampire. ________Of all the things Zezi could have thought of coming back to, never could she have imagined it to be her daughter being a vampire. It was a bizarre thing to even suggest and had she not seen Mira being fed blood and accepting it even in her unconscious state, she wouldn't have believed it.Last night was by far the longest night of Zezi's life. This morning, in this quiet room of her Mira, George, and Aunt Alice, was starting to feel like the longest morning of her life too.Time just seemed to crawl by and the rising
Valerick scanned the room as he stepped in before even a word would slip out of his mouth. Only his mate and the little one were there. Good, after his long day, she was the only one he wanted to come back to.Time for accountability."As one of my Turned, I had to feed Delice some of my blood so we wouldn't lose her soul. She is recovering now."He shut the door behind him and looked straight at her. His mate was sitting by the little one's bedside. It looked like she hadn't left that space for a long time. His steps lessened the distance between them."That was where I had been the whole morning. Also, Nicholas and I had to do some damage control and conduct an investigation on the attack. We had to set up a team for that. We are not done yet, the team has continued without me. We are heading somewhere, I believe we will have this resolved soon."Finally, he was right by her side. "I should have been here with you, I am sorry that I wasn't."Zezi looked away wordlessly, her gaze s
She tried to control her heartbeat, control her feelings. She must stay in control. "Nothing about this is fair.""I do not deserve how much hate you give me, Zezi."Relief settled in her chest like cold water. He didn't know. Of course, he didn't know. There was no way he would have known of the poison and still made her his Queen. No, he would have thrown her into the dungeon instead.There was nothing for her to worry about... except her daughter and everything surrounding the recent attack. "If my daughter dies, I will never forgive you. I won't let your kind take one more special person from me. Even if the guilty one is also death to yours.""I am tired of this." There was resignation in his quiet voice, and without giving her a second look, he shut the door behind him. Zezi was unmoved, at least that was what she had convinced herself that she felt. Nothing.It wasn't after an hour after he left, did she realized how stupid a move that had been. She should have hidden
Valerick was nowhere to be found and even though she didn't want to, Zezi started to panic.Until, she had met Nicholas who told her that the King had to attend to other pressing issues that had more priority than "chit-chatting" with her. When she asked about Mira's health, he tried his best to seem reassuring but Zezi could see straight through his lie.Dr. Nicholas didn't know if her daughter would ever wake up. It was strange. If she really was a vampire, then why was she at the risk of dying without the Volakys venom ever being in her veins in the first place?This just didn't make any sense. "She has been starved for too long. Years! I don't even know how she had survived this long. My guess is that she is some kind of hybrid and that other part has been the one keeping her alive, and the overworking has been killing that part of her. That is why she is always sick. It will be a medical breakthrough to get to the root of this."He had declared in absolute excitement."My daug