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
“Time to change guys, class is over.” Damon shouted over the field. I turned around to the lockers. “Yeah right.” I heard Logan say and then heard running footsteps in my direction.Logan grabbed me from behind and threw me over his shoulder. I screamed a help to Jane and Kenna but Logan already took off, running to the water with me. I started hitting his back and ass with a laugh but it didn't take long before he reached the deep end of the lake, throwing me in head first. He dived in as well and we swam a bit deeper, half turning to watch the group coming in our direction. I spotted Damon and he was looking at us with an intent gaze, walking faster than the rest of the group.He dived in and disappeared under water, not resurfacing again. I frowned looking around, searching for his face in the group. Suddenly I felt a hand touching my leg and I let out half a scream, startling Logan. “What?!” He shouted, looking around him. “Nothing. Just thought I felt something,” I said and I tri
“Catch.” Damon said and threw something at me. I caught it and stared at it. A key for a Ferrari lay in my hand. I looked at Damon with a question in my eyes. “You need a good teacher to teach you how to drive, right? Here I am.” Damon said with a grin. “I'm not driving your car. I don't even know how to drive, let alone a Ferrari, Damon. Are you mad?” I asked him and I attempted to throw the keys back at him. The keys made it halfway out of my hand when they were placed back by Damon. He grabbed my hand and steered me towards the vehicle.“Damon, someone might see us. Remember you're my teacher?” I asked him, looking around and seeing some students walking around further up ahead. “At this point, maybe it's a good thing they know so I can finally touch you in public and not dive under water like some sea turtle. But if you're worried, better get in that car quickly.” Damon said with a challenging tone while pulling me to him more. I huffed but very quickly got in, not wanting to be s
I sat on Damon's outside couch, sipping a cold beer and looked around. The garden surrounded the entire house and you couldn't even see a road from here. The green grass was perfectly trimmed and there were a few trees and flowers dotting the greenness. I don't understand how this guy was able to afford this house and his macho car, but I didn't care anyway. Kenna was sitting next to me with a glass of wine and looked a bit nervous. Jane, being the troublemaker that she is, was going around his stuff in his living room and kitchen. Keddrick was somewhere outside and when I heard a car coming up on the driveway, I turned my head to see a red Ferrari driving to the parking lot. A fucking Ferrari? Damon was driving, Tris was sitting next to him and Moose his happy smile looked at us from between them, who sat on the small backseat.As soon as the doors opened, Moose jumped out over Tris' lap and ran to us with excited barks. After 10 minutes of cuddling with Moose and a scolding from Da
“Okay. So we kill the motherfucker. What's the plan?” Jane asked with fire in her eyes. Damon and Kendrick looked at each other. “You guys are not going to be close to him. He will kill you within a second. Let me and Keddrick handle him.” Damon said in a final tone and Jane narrowed his eyes at him. “We could distract him, you know. If Tris is there, I'm sure she can do something to distract him. Maybe take him to a different room.” Kenna said and Jane nodded with raised eyebrows to Damon. Damon nodded but didn't look at anyone.“Maybe you can just show your boobs Tris, he will be so focused he won't even notice the knife in his back,” Jane said with a laugh and Damon let out a growl, looking at Jane with anger in his eyes. Jane looked at him with a laugh. “I'm kidding, dude. No boob showing.” Jane said and she sat back with her glass of wine. “What an asshole though. Can't wait to serve him a piece of karma.” She said in thought, her eyes far away.“Just to let you know. At the gala
I walked up to Damon's study, wondering why he wanted me to go there. I opened the door with care, peeking in. A boring office met me, a big desk sat in the corner and bookcases lined one off the walls. A big stereo sat on the other side and a big alcohol cabinet stood beside it, filled with half full bottles.Damon walked in. He looked at me like I was a toy to be played with. I raised an eyebrow. “What's going on?” I asked him. He walked closer to me, his eyes never leaving mine. “Just making sure you don't forget that you're mine.” Damon answered while turning on the stereo and from the back pocket of his jeans, he got out a blue material. “What's that?” I asked him. “My tie. The one I wore when I met you.” He answered with a grin. He stepped in front of me. “Show me your hands.” He said with a dominant tone and after a second I obliged. He grabbed my wrists and very carefully tied them together with the dark blue tie. He tugged at them and smiled when there was no movement. “Turn
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