“Think grand. Your best suit and your best dress. Nothing is over the top.” Damon said eventually. “It's this weekend.” Kendrick added. We all nodded in thought. “We can teach you guys a few things in the coming days. You also need the right outfits. We probably also need to teach you some fighting skills, just to be safe.” Keddrick said while looking at Jane. “So what happened today in class anyway?” Damon asked us suddenly. We started laughing. “Javier is fucking his sister,” Jane said. “Tris and I heard some moaning on Friday and we opened the bathroom door. Kylee was proper mouth fucking Javier.” Logan said with a loud laugh, looking at me. I grinned back at him and shook my head. I absently touched the scratches on my arm that Kylee left behind. Damon grinned at us. “I knew there was something wrong with him.” “Something wrong? That's an understatement, there is a whole lot wrong with him,” Kenna added with big eyes. “He was normal on Friday. Couldn't even keep up with us when w
The lessons flew by and soon we were ready for our fight lesson for the event. Kylee, Hailee and Javier didn't show up today and I was glad I didn't have to worry about them. I didn't see Damon all day and I hadn't turned my phone on to check if he messaged me. Jane, Logan, Kenna and I gathered in an empty classroom, trusting Damon and Keddrick to find us and we eagerly waited. “Show some fight moves, Logan,”Jane said with a laugh. She put Only Us by Sera on and looked expectantly at Logan. “Alright, any volunteers?” Logan said and then pointed at me, beckoning me over. I quickly took off my sweater, leaving my in a spaghetti strap top and got in front of him in a fighting position with a smile on my face. “Bring it on,” I said and fake punched him. He grabbed my fist and tried to hit me on the shoulder but I side kicked him in the stomach and next he grabbed my foot, pulling back. “Surrender!” Logan shouted and lifted my leg higher with a triumphant smile. His hand was on his side l
“Why do you call Damon Boss?” Jane asked. Keddrick smiled at her. “Damon is sort of my boss. He's one of the most powerful vampires of our kind, one of the strongest and with a very powerful claim. He also saved me a long time ago. I was lost to bloodlust and he stayed with me for weeks, making sure I was alright. He has the most self-control I have ever seen. He didn't even know me then. So I vowed my life to him.” Keddrick explained and we all stared at Damon.Damon shrugged and beckoned Logan over, who walked to Damon with a scowl on his face.I took my spot opposite of Jane and we smiled at each other, ready to finally have an equal opponent. She came at me with a yell with her hands up and I started laughing. I ducked and tried to get her to trip with my leg. She quickly jumped over and grabbed my arm. With my other arm, I lashed out and hit her in her side. “Hey!” she yelled and she kicked her leg out, trying to hit my side. I ducked out the way, releasing my hand which was lock
“Already had that first date, Damon?” Mom asked. I groaned internally. “No, not yet. Hopefully next week,” Damon said with ease. “Oh you hear that Tris? Maybe you need to go on a date soon.” Mom said. “Mom! Stop talking,” I exclaimed while eating a big spoonful of food. It really was delicious.“This is really good,” I said and nodded gratefully, licking a bit of sauce from my finger which had dropped from the spoon. Damon cleared his throat and mom laughed. I looked at mom and she was looking at the two of us like she knew something she wasn't supposed to know.I shared a look with Damon and he excused himself to go to the bathroom. Once he left, I turned to mom. “Mom, what's going on?” I whispered. “What do you mean?” She whispered back in an innocent tone. “Mom.” I said and I looked at her with an 'confess now' look. She looked at me for a second and shrugged her shoulders.She grabbed the spoon to scoop up more food onto her plate. “Come on Tris, you and Damon. I see the way you l
He suddenly dropped to his knees in his wet jeans and looked up at me. I looked down at him and my heart rate spiked. He grabbed my hips and kissed my left hip, receiving a hip thrust from me from the sudden contact. He grabbed my hips tighter and held them in place. Slowly, he started giving kisses all over my skin and made his way to the inside of my thighs, opening my legs in the process.I was breathing hard at this point, the shower still running and I was trying to grab something for support but couldn't find anything. His mouth moved closer to my most sensitive point and my head fell back, a loud moan escaping my mouth. His tongue swirled around my c***oris suddenly and I released a cry. His mouth did magical work and slowly, very slowly, his hand moved from my foot over my leg upwards, until he reached the inside of my thigh.Slowly he inserted a finger into me while his mouth continued the sucking and licking. “Damon,” I whispered while grabbing his hair. My head fell backwar
I look around me. I'm on a beach, the water crystal clear and softly crashing into the sand. I recognize this, I've been here before. It was on holiday, three years ago. With my ex. The scar on the back of my neck is starting to hurt. I turn around and there he stands. “Alex,” I say with wide eyes. “Hello, my love.” He says back and I look at him.Somewhere far away I hear my name being called and I frown, wondering what it is. But then Alex takes three steps towards me, demanding my attention again. “Remember this?” He asks and he looks around. “What are we doing here?” I ask him and he takes another step towards me. I'm frozen on the ground and I can't move, my body not listening to my mind. “Walk with me,” he says and my feet move in the direction he's taking me. I frown while looking down at myself.“I finally have you for myself. You've been unreachable for the last couple of weeks,” he says as he's moving closer to me. “I don't know what you mean,” I say as I'm trying to underst
I was driving to university, taking the longer route to clear my head. My life had been an absolute shit storm the last few days. I had no idea what was going on in the world around me. Ryan, the guy I actually really liked, turned out to be a vampire. A vampire. Then I found out that he was actually the ex-boyfriend of one of my best friends and he tried to kill us. To top it off, I called my teacher to help us and found out he was crazy in love with my best friend. I smiled. It was actually pretty cute, if you didn't count in the fact that he was a raging, possessive bastard with anger issues. Keddrick flashed to my mind and my smile fell.Keddrick, the mysterious, super hot vampire. God, he was fine. My brain just frazzled every time I was around him. The fact was, I was not ready to be in the dating scene again. And definitely not with a vampire. Time was needed to heal me. But every time he was near me, I just wanted to get closer to him. So I forced myself to take some distance
I changed into the tight volleyball outfit, consisting of booty shorts and a bikini top. I put my hair in a high ponytail and put a small red bow around it, matching with Jane and Kenna. Kylee and Hailee were on the other side of the dressing room and we pointedly ignored them. I saw a cast around Kylee's arm and frowned. Had she broken her arm?I shared looks with Kenna and Jane, wondering if and how much they knew about the paranormal world. Javier was changed into a vampire last weekend. What if he was at the gala tomorrow? What if he killed students? I had no idea how this whole changing into a vampire worked and reminded myself to ask Damon later at his house. Keddrick had another lesson planned for us today, teaching us some ways on how to behave tomorrow.I walked out to the volleyball courts with Jane and Kenna by my side and spotted a few teachers walking to the dressing rooms. I suddenly felt lust. “Hello ladies.” a voice said behind us. We twirled around and I looked at Dam
We heard Logan screaming from the upper floor. I bolted down the stairs towards his pained screams but before I could open the door, Damon grabbed my wrist and held me back. “Tris. You don't want to see this. Don't go in.” He said to me.“You're joking right? Of course I'm going in.” I said stubbornly and I went inside with Jane and Kenna by my side.In the corner, laying flat on his back, lay a screaming Logan. Screams full of pain, terror and agony. “Logan.” I said but he didn't hear us and the screaming continued. Tears sprang into my eyes. Kenna started sobbing and Jane just stared at him with fear.“Logan,” I said again and I walked towards him, ignoring Damon's protests. I knelt beside him and put my hand on his arm. Heat penetrated through his shirt. “He's burning.” I said as a statement but nobody came forward to help. “What can we do?” I asked the group as I turned my head around. Damon, Keddrick and who I thought was Emrys stood by the door, looking at Logan with hooded face
“Did he touch you?”Damon asked in a whisper. I looked up into his eyes. He waited again for my answer. I hesitated again, giving him an answer.The fire in the fireplace suddenly exploded, raining ash everywhere. Jane screamed and ducked down, protecting her face and body from the heat. Michael turned to the fireplace in alarm but then looked at Damon again with big eyes. Damon still looked at me with his fingers on my face, a stone expression on his face and not fazed by the fire behind him. He stared into my eyes. Michael stepped forward, touching his shoulder. His hand suddenly lit on fire and he let out a scream and released Damon in an instant. “Damon! Control yourself!” Michael shouted, looking around at the spreading flames.“What is happening!?” I asked no one in particular. I didn't think I would get an answer from Damon, he looked far away in his mind.Michael looked dumbfounded for a moment. He looked at me, where his fingers touched my skin and his mouth opened to answer m
I was blasted by memories. Memories of my father when I was a little girl. Six years of my life clicked back into the empty spaces of my head. Making sandcastles on the beach, baking pies, walking the dog, moving house, brushing my teeth with music playing in the background, singing songs in the car, playing in the playground and watching movies on the couch till I fell asleep. All the memories that I made with the man in front of me who still looked exactly the same.I looked at Michael with pain in my eyes. But then other memories surfaced, memories that I made with Alex. Things he had done to me, he had shown me. All lies and deceit.“I'm going to ask you again. Is Alexander Hudson your blood mate?” My father asked me but before my lips opened, a hand snaked around my neck and pulled me backwards. A snarl left Michael but Alex took me back further. A sharp tip touched my side and pierced my dress. A gasp left me and I tried to get away but Alex held me tighter.“One wrong move and
All I felt was despair as Alex turned me towards him, grabbed the back of my neck and pushed his lips onto mine. Disgust filled me and I tried to push him away but I couldn't. My body was frozen. All I could do was stand there as Alex forcefully pulled me against him. His lips moved against mine and his other hand encircled my waist painfully tight. He pulled his face back and looked at me. He gave me another feather light kiss. I stared into his eyes, making my feelings very obvious. “You can't fight me any longer, my dear toy. Nobody will ever be able to save you now.” He whispered very softly. That was right before the doors of the ballroom blasted open with a loud Bang. The entire crowd, including me and Alex, turned towards the source of the sound. Damon. Damon stood in the door opening, two knives protruding from his chest. Blood covered his chest, dripping on the ballroom floor. There was a head wound on the side of his face. Keddrick and two other guys were next to him. The
A vampire woman with long black hair and a white dress entered the stage. “Silence!” She hushed the crowd. She said it in a normal tone but her voice boomed through the ballroom, demanding attention. “Another one of us has found their blood mate.” She continued and whispers went through the crowd. I stared at Alex and he looked back at me, not breaking eye contact. He was wearing a dark blue suit and his light brown hair was styled back. He stepped closer to me, running his fingers over my neck in front of the crowd. Shivers ran down my body. “It is Alexander Hudson who has found his mate, one of the contenders to take over the crown.” The woman said and gasps ran through the crowd. I looked up, finding everybody staring at us. I still couldn't locate Damon. Where was he? The crowd started to blur in front of me and it was the tears in my eyes that caused it. I blinked them away. Logan and Kenna stared at me and I pleaded with them in my mind. They looked from me to Jane with terrif
‘‘But I immediately noticed you as soon as you stepped through my doors tonight. You're my daughter. Your mate Alexander will become the prince, and next in line, once he has claimed you tonight.’’ He talked further but I shut my mind off. I was absolutely sick and tired of everybody compelling my thoughts, my memories and my head. I was a person, not some toy. From the moment I was a child, compulsion lay on my mind, compelling me to forget my own father and my emotions were stashed away and not validated. It was easy for this man, just compel the humans, your own children, and don't look back. I was absolutely seething with anger. I turned back to the table, downed the rest of the whiskey or whatever it was without a hitch, and stepped past Michael, who stopped talking when I turned around. ‘‘Beatrice?’’ He asked me and I didn't answer, instead walking to the door. ‘‘Don't leave.’’ He said and it almost sounded pleading. I turned around. ‘‘Or what? You're going to compel me to stay?
I stayed moving and focused on calming down. About a thousand thoughts ran through my mind and I still felt the compulsion Alex put on me weighing me down. “What do you want?” I said in a steady voice and I felt him smile. “Alexander came to me earlier this evening. Told me something interesting about you. It seems like you're already taken. You have an interesting life ahead of you as Alexander's mate.” He said and I froze. My body kept moving with him but I looked around for Damon or Jane, hoping they could get me away right now. Instead I looked straight into the eyes of Alex. My heart stopped for a second. He looked at me, an evil smile on his face and he put his finger in front of his lips, motioning for me to stay silent. I swallowed heavily. My fingers tightened on Michael's shoulder and he turned me around, facing me away from Alex. He made me do a twirl and then caught me again, taking me to the edge of the dancefloor. “Come with me.” Michael said with authority and I looked
As soon as Kenna and Logan saw us, I was swept away in the arms of Logan in the form of a big hug. “You daredevil. Keddrick told us Damon compelled you to stay at home. He should've known better.” He said in my ear and I smiled. “I wasn't going to let you fight this alone. We are in this together. We all are.” I responded and that was true, I wasn't going to abandon them. While I couldn't tell them about what exactly happened, I still pulled Logan closer to me. “I need your help tonight.” I quickly whispered to him. He nodded and then let me go, looking away as if we didn't speak at all. He gave me a wink before turning around to the rest of the group. Kenna stood next to me and touched my arm. “I'm happy you guys are here. It was a bit nerve wrecking.” Kenna said with a nervous smile and I grabbed her arm, pulling her towards me for a half hug.My mood instantly turned sour when I heard a loud, flirtatious voice next to me. “It's starting, Damon. So exciting.” Elise said and I turne
Mania by Aaryan Shah was playing when we walked in, the whole party set in a sensual but clubby tone. I was blasted by a lot of sights. It looked like a club, the walls red and the lights dimmed. Apparently they dimmed the lights more as the night went on, raising the anticipation for hunting the pets once the doors locked. I stood in the doorway with Jane, us both gasping at the grand place. Gold statues adorned the floor, paintings of people hung all over the place and the ceiling was painted with art of naked women and men. There were hundreds of people, dancing, drinking, eating and talking.Most people were dressed in their best outfit, women wearing ball gowns and men wearing their best suits. Waiters walked around with different drinks and food and I spotted several humans with barely any clothes on, covered in puncture wounds. I saw some humans with grand dresses on as well, their cheeks already reddening by the alcohol and other activities. It looked pretty tame so far, disc