"Silas, what can I do for you?" Bill asked.I was looking at Mom, who was still kneeling at his feet; she didn't look up even once. It was like she was afraid of the consequences, but she hadn't even done anything wrong. Even Bill was very tense."Silas?""You have no idea what people are saying about you already," Silas growled out; the anger coming from him was so palpable that I could almost touch it. I didn't have any idea why he was so angry, but it clearly had to do with the display of affection just now."It's already bad that everyone knows you favor a fucking human! Yet you aren't making this any better! Don't you give one shit about your reputation at all?""Watch your language." Bill's voice was calm, but the anger in his eyes was evident. My mom shifted closer to him, seeking comfort.My heart was breaking at the sight of her looking so small. I had only ever seen her like this after her divorce from my dad. For a long time, she remained a shadow of herself; that was befor
"Fuck!" His length sank into my shivering body in a single fluid motion, sinking in until he bottomed out. He made sure to maintain eye contact the entire time.Mouth falling open, I couldn't help sucking in a weak, shuddering breath as my back pressed into the railing behind me. I still couldn't forget that there were people down there who might see us.Silas carefully gathered my hair, moving it up and behind me so it wouldn't get stuck in my face. He was almost sweet; maybe it was because he was deep inside me."Oh God... mph... ah..." I was soon crying as he began to thrust. Alternating between long, deep strokes, his veiny shaft damn near touched the bottom of my stomach. For a moment, I thought I might die from the sheer pleasure of it all.Sex with him was always blindingly intense, like drowning in a sea of ecstasy. Every nerve ending in my body was aware. I couldn't stop my gut from clenching. The slow pounding was guaranteed to put me to sleep right after. Clear moisture flo
Emily. Yes, I was happy to see her; I was grateful that she was alive and well, even though currently she was being treated like an animal, but at least she was alright. However, seeing her with Carter brought back bad memories. Looking at them together, all I could think about was the kiss they shared, the harsh words Emily had said to me the next day at school.I walked forward and slumped in the seat next to Silas. There was food on the table, probably meant for Emily. Even though it was still just green salad, I reached for it and filled my mouth with it, chewing rather loudly just to irritate them."What the fuck, are you an animal?" Silas was the easiest to offend. He looked at me like I had gone crazy."Maybe if you had remembered to feed me, I wouldn't be this hungry.""You ate not long ago.""I ate in the fucking morning. I don't know about you, but humans need to eat at least twice a day!" I told him angrily.Silas was taken aback by my behavior, and so was Emily if the shoc
The pain surged through me as Carter continued to feed, my screams echoing in the darkness. Each heartbeat felt like a drum, pounding in my ears. Tears welled up in my eyes as a mixture of physical agony and emotional betrayal consumed me. The world around me blurred, and I felt a profound sense of weakness.As Carter finally withdrew, a cold numbness replaced the searing pain. I gasped for breath, the metallic taste of blood lingering on his lips. I was too weak to hold myself up and crumbled to the floor. Carter's eyes bore into mine, a strange mix of satisfaction and guilt flickering in them."Forgive me," he whispered, wiping a trace of blood from his lips. "I didn't mean to take so much."I lay there, battered and broken, grappling with the revelation that I was nothing more than a substitute. Emily—the one he loved, the one he would never harm. The truth pierced me like a dagger. I tried to make sense of the conflicting emotions—fear, betrayal, and an overwhelming sense of lonel
I sat there in the bath for a couple of minutes, thinking deeply about how I was going to use this piece of information to my advantage. I never thought it was possible to even kill vampires until this very moment; sure, the media would make jokes about a knife to the heart being enough to take them out, but I had tried that; it was an accident, of course, and I would never have the heart to stab someone, be it a human or a vampire.Silas had just plucked out the vegetable knife from where it had embedded in his chest and told me to stop screaming because it was more annoying than getting stabbed. I could never get that image out of my head; most people would have filed a case against me. Even though it was an accident, I had still hurt him; if he had been human, the wound would have been fatal.Anyway, this just goes to prove that a knife to the chest was not enough to kill a vampire. But the branch of a mystic tree in the middle of nowhere was? If I got my hands on that, would I eve
His kiss was soft and loving. It was different from his kisses before, which were always passionate and possessive. His hands roamed over my body, caressing me. I couldn't bring myself to push him away, even though a part of me was still pissed at him. When he lifted me and had me wrap my legs around him, he deepened the kiss.He carried me out of the bathroom and placed me on the soft bed. He didn't give me time to catch my breath before he kissed his way down my body, leaving marks on my skin.His bites weren't light. At one point, he overdid it and ended up piercing skin. I hissed in pain and raised my leg to kick him away. Silas was quick to catch my leg before I could, giving me an apologetic smile before placing the leg over his shoulders.He was nestled between my legs, and I felt his cold breath fanning my privates. He leaned forward, and I felt his tongue licking away at my wet pussy. The pleasant sensation had my eyes rolling to the back of my head."Shit," I moaned as his t
Silas doesn't think much of humans. They are fragile, a bit annoying, and apart from being food, they aren't good for much else. But there was something different about this girl—he could tell from the moment he saw her. At first, he thought it was just her scent; she smelled so good that he couldn’t resist feeding on her. He almost killed her in the process. Well, not that he had intended to kill her, but if she had died, it wouldn’t have mattered to him. She was just another human, even if she had claimed to know him—claimed she was his sister.Silas had laughed at the ridiculousness of it. A human as his sister? How absurd. But then again, his father had fallen in love with a human once, so it wasn’t entirely impossible. If he did have a half-blood sibling someday, he wouldn’t be too surprised.After feeding on her, Silas assumed the girl was dead and went on with his life without a second thought. But when he saw her again at a party, kneeling at Deric’s feet, something inside him
Silas didn’t know how long he stood there, unsure of what to do with himself. There was nothing worse than trying to recover a memory you knew you had but couldn’t access. He felt nothing but regret as he left the room and went after Kerry. He found her with Deric; the other vampire had her in his embrace. His arms were wrapped around her tightly, and he whispered words of comfort into her ears as she cried on his shoulder. It was truly a romantic scene. If Silas didn’t know better, he would think the two of them were lovers who had just been reunited.Silas knew he was the reason the girl was crying. The harsh words he had said to her echoed in his mind, and he felt nothing but regret. But how could he bring himself to explain to her how hard he was trying? He wished he could be the person she wanted him to be, but it was hard when he didn’t even know who that was. It felt like two parts of him were fighting against each other. It hurt, but not as much as seeing someone you love in t
I hadn't been in school for a total of three weeks, and honestly, it was the last thing on my mind. Silas had a job now; he was planning to build a real estate firm from scratch without his father's support. It would take a while before he saw his dream through, which meant Octavia was mostly my responsibility during the day.When I got the call from my father, I didn’t think it would be about me missing classes. I couldn’t help but think, after all that has happened, is that all my dad cares about? He hadn’t come to see me even once since I was brought home. I had a feeling he was avoiding me, and when he finally called me, it was to scold me about missing classes."Are you kidding me?" I asked, anger and genuine shock evident in my voice."I'm serious, Kerina. I know you're dealing with a lot, but school is important. If you want to study something else, we can figure it out.""Dad, school is the last thing on my mind right now.""I'm sorry, sweetheart, but you need to put your life
Kerry's POVIt’s odd. Being a mother was odd—not in a bad way, though. I suppose I just wish I’d had enough time to prepare myself for it, and I wish there wasn’t always a threat looming over my daughter’s head, one I couldn’t do anything about. I could tell Silas, of course, but I had a feeling Asher wouldn’t like that. The last thing I needed was to anger him; he might actually take Via away from me this time.Anyway, aside from the negatives, it was refreshing to look at the world from a different angle. I’d always thought of myself as just human—nothing special. But now I was learning that my lifespan far surpassed that of a human. I had enhanced strength, better vision, and, with enough training, I could grow a killer pair of wings like my dad. It was strange at first, but once the idea stuck, I found that being supernatural wasn’t as bad as I’d thought. Still, I was thankful I didn’t have to stick to just one diet like Silas.“Trust me, it’s not as bad as you think,” Silas had s
Kerry's POVAsher doesn't return, and I doubt he will anytime soon. But his words keep echoing in my head. Something still doesn't make sense. It's hard to believe he would do all this just to get to my daughter."At the end, it's all about you," I say to my daughter with a sad smile on my face. The baby doesn't cry, not since Asher handed her back to me. I would have been worried about this abnormal behavior if she were... well, normal. I worry that she will get hungry very soon, and I have no idea what I’m going to do then. I don't think I can stand feeding her blood; it would freak me the hell out. It was one thing having to drink blood while pregnant, but a completely different case entirely to feed it to my infant child.She looked so human too, except for the unusual crimson eyes. She was a beautiful baby, and there was no doubt she would grow up looking like her father. There would be so many expectations. Asher would come back, no doubt, and he would create more problems for m
Sera stares at her ex-husband, the man whom she had given her heart to at one point. There were all sorts of emotions going through her, but the one that simmered under her skin and had her storming forward was rage. Pure rage! She felt like killing the bastard man with her own hands!Silas was quick to put some distance between him and Kerry's father before Sera flung a vase at him. The angel evaded the attack, his eyes wide with disbelief as he watched Sera reach out for something else to throw at him."Sera, please, we don't have time for this.""How dare you! How dare you show up here after all those years!""Sweetheart, please calm down," Bill, who had been stunned, finally reacted. He moved forward to stand by his wife. He looked at Seth with confusion—Bill didn't know what relationship the two of them had, but he'd never seen Sera this angry before. "Let him talk first.""Do you even know who he is?" Sera glared at her husband. Her vision was going blurry as she teared up. Her
"What the fuck!?" Silas is pissed—scratch that, he feels like fucking murdering someone right now. The only thing that feels worse than his anger is the fear that makes his skin crawl. "I've only been gone for a few hours!!"Bill doesn't say anything. The man hasn't even looked at him throughout the argument, and this only makes Silas more pissed. "I begged you not to do this! I was against this fucking abortion, and yet you went behind my back to do it! Now you have no fucking idea where she is?!""I am sorry, I should have protected her better," Bill says. The regret and shame are evident in his voice. He hadn't meant to let his guard down. One moment, he was by Kerry's side, and they were about to begin the procedure. The next moment, his vision went blurry, and he had no idea what the fuck happened. When everything cleared up, Kerry was gone. It happened so fast that Bill found it hard to believe.He had searched for her, of course. He had hoped that perhaps she had left on her ow
" Lay here, please.""This won't take long, will it?""It depends, sweetheart, but I assure you, you will be fine once this is over," the man says. I look over at Bill, who is standing in the corner of the room."He's an old friend of mine. Nothing will go wrong."I nod my head and push down my anxiety. I get on the hospital bed, the sickly smell of drugs and chemicals making me slightly nauseous. However, I tell myself that this is a one-time thing. Once this is over, I will never have to go through it again.I relax against the bed as the sedatives I had been given earlier take over. Soon, the room starts spinning, but I could swear I see a figure appear in the corner of the room before everything goes dark.When I wake up, I find that I am in an entirely different room than the one Bill had brought me to. I push down my panic, not wanting to overreact over nothing. Perhaps I had been taken to a different room after my... abortion. It’s strange, though... I don’t feel any different
I could hardly sleep that night. It didn't help one bit that Silas had insisted on us spending the night together. I was afraid that my wild thoughts would somehow reach him. Even though he had promised me never to read my mind, I was afraid he might go back on his word, especially in a situation like this. The weight of my decision kept me awake and tense. On more than one occasion, my hand had curled around my stomach. I had imagined how my baby would look, but now I was never going to get the chance to hold him or her in my hands. I had selfishly chosen myself over the innocent child."Kerry?""Hm?" My eyes pried open. I had given up on pretending to be asleep after the first two hours. Silas had simply stated, in an unimpressed voice, how he could hear my heart beating faster; he knew when I was awake or not. Even if he didn't have his enhanced hearing, I'm sure he would be able to tell I wasn't asleep by how tense I was. The room was dark enough that I couldn't make out anything.
Bill and my mom arrived later that evening. The moment I opened the door, Mom rushed in and wrapped her arm around me tightly. "Oh, sweetheart, thank God you are alright." She must have assumed the very worst when I called her on the phone. I kind of felt bad for making her worry so much."I'm alright, Mom," I told her. I helped her with her things. Bill didn't say anything to me; he was saving the conversation for when we were all comfortable. Silas came to greet his dad and stepmom, and he and Bill seemed to be very tense around each other. Silas avoided eye contact with his dad even as he showed him around the house. I was worried that what I had said might have somehow messed up the relationship between those two. The last thing I wanted was to make things complicated. Being pregnant was a hard pill to swallow; being pregnant with a hybrid baby that might possibly kill me was even worse. But once I got over the fear of the danger my pregnancy would bring, I found myself excited at
I felt like crying, but I think I had already shed all my tears earlier that day. I lay curled up on the bed, feeling worse than I ever had in my entire life. To me, no situation could ever be worse than the one I found myself in. I had been hurting so badly for the past week, and to think Silas knew about my pain and chose to keep the reason behind it to himself. Did he hope I would never find out I was pregnant until I was pushing a baby out of me? I thought he loved me and had promised to always protect me no matter what, but now he had decided that he would rather protect his unborn child than me. That was a betrayal on a whole different level.I was mad at him, and honestly, I wish I could hate him enough to just fuck off entirely, maybe move away somewhere I could get my thoughts together. But the thought of how hurt Silas would be at my actions made me discard the idea immediately. I'm such an idiot; I always thought of him first despite everything that had happened. Despite ev