Chapter 13(Rowen)I woke up in the morning and I still had my arms tightly around Ambrosia. I released my grip some, but she was still asleep, so she didn’t notice.I slowly got up and headed into the bathroom, surprising myself when I looked into the mirror to see my eyes were a strange tint of red and rose gold mixed. The red was light, but I could see it.“What the?” I said to Viper. It had to be a Vampire thing. I knew the Vampires eyes turned red when they fed or when they were in certain situations, but mine never had, that I knew of.Come to think about it, I had also never felt the rush and excitement and stalking my prey like I did last night. And I also never felt the urge and pull of my Vampire side this strongly. The only difference is I had Ambrosia now, I had a pet..It was like it was pulling my Vampire side out, where it was mostly dormant before. Maybe I never needed a reason to have it out before, but now, with a pet, I did.That might be why Ambrosia looked so stunn
Chapter 14I listened for her heart rate change, and sure enough the fear was there. It made me giddy. I didn’t need to feed, I wasn’t feeling like I needed to, but I wanted to. It was a different feeling, not the itchy, scratchy teeth and throat… But more of a just… Want to feed. I can’t explain it. If I didn’t feed, nothing would happen. But I could if I wanted to. This new Vampire stuff was strange and would take some getting used to, that was for sure. Once we were done eating we headed out to the foyer. I needed to mind link my brother real quick to let him know we were coming. “Ramses?” I said through the link. “Rowen, what is it? Are you ok?” He asked a little frantically. Katrina must have filled him in on The Others, and since I'm the one with the amulet, then I'm one in the danger. “Oh, yea, everything is fine. I need to come visit you and Katrina. I am in a much better state of mind… And I owe you both an apology. A sincere one.” I said. “Oh? Well her mark isn’t gone yet
Chapter 15Ramses smiled at me. I knew he would forgive me for my mishaps… Katrina, well, she smiled as well, but acted hurt. I knew this was the marks pull affecting her. "Ambrosia." I said, and my pet looked at me. I nodded my head towards the seat next to me on the couch. She was so good at reading signals. She instantly climbed off my lap and took a seat next to me. I stood up and walked over to the couch where Ramses and Katrina were sitting. I held my hand out to Katrina, looking over at Ramses for permission. He nodded to me, and Katrina put her hand in mine. I could hear her heartbeat going insane at my touch. I pulled her up off the couch into my arms. I could hear my pet's heartbeat increase as well. She had no idea what was going on, which was to be expected. I moved a piece of hair from Katrina's face to behind her ear so I could look at my mark. I ran my fingers along it causing Katrina to shudder. "This will be gone, but it will take about a month. I plan to stay a
Chapter 16Hours of research and still nothing. It’s as if they don’t even exist. My mind was frazzled trying to figure out just why they would want to open Pandora's Box anyways. I mean, if the Keepers were banishing supernatural creatures there, then why let them out? Wouldn’t that mean the destruction of The Others as well? I'm sure the beasts contained within Pandora's Box wouldn't be picky on who they killed. What could their endgame be? I stood from my computer, I needed a break. I wandered out to my foyer, noting that Rosa had already fulfilled my request in removing any trace of Ivy. I noted the blank spots on the walls, the missing decor… And the hole in my heart over her traitorous ass. Anytime I thought of her it just brought anger more than pain now. Neither were feelings I wanted to waste my time on, but here we were, again. Grief is strange… How it hits you at the most inopportune times. It was like every time I thought of her, I just thought of all the things she wa
Chapter 17I snapped to materialize a hand mirror, then I walked it over to him. He looked at himself. “Damn, I even look amazing with red eyes. This shit is insane! I’ve never been able to feel much of anything when I drink from someone. I just do it because I know it enhances things for them. But this time… Oh, this time was a whole different ball game. I could feel it too!” He exclaimed.“I know, isn’t it crazy?” I replied. “Wait, what is that sound?” Ramses said. Ambrosia’s heart rate had spiked. She must have been thinking about something that made her nervous… Or maybe just being the plaything for two of us at the same time was nerve wracking enough.“That is my pet’s heartbeat.“ I said. He looked at her in awe. “Her heartbeat? I can hear that?” He exclaimed. “Listen, you can hear her breathing too.” I said.Ramses went silent and closed his eyes. “Holy shit. And I can hear yours too.” He said excitedly. The main Vampire traits that we have access to as Reavers are, we have fangs
Chapter 18Ramses looked straight back at the blonde pet. Her heart started to beat erratically again, but she remained calm on the outside. “That’s a great idea. This one looks perfect for you as well, brother.” Ramses said. I snapped and replaced her old dirty white collar with a matching collar to Ambrosias. It was rose gold and littered with diamonds. The end of the leash was in my hand. “Come.” I said, and she walked down off the showroom stage, careful to stay two feet behind me as we walked. “And what about you, brother?” I said to Ramses. He walked around the corner to a lineup of girls further back from where I was and stopped us in front of a gorgeous redhead with freckles scattered across her nose and shoulders. Her hair was short and her eyes were a shocking emerald, almost electric. She was completely terrified, and my Vampire side was pushing to get to her. “She’s fucking perfect for you, brother.” I said. He snapped and exchanged her dirty collar for a bronze collar
Chapter 19(Ambrosia) Once I got to the top of the stairs I turned and looked back at Rowen. He was looking at me, and I just smiled at him. I mouthed the words ‘thank you’ again, just so he knew how much I appreciated him. I knew Jade from our time at the pet store. But Amethyst was basically my best friend, and for him to pick her out without knowing who she was to me, was beyond amazing. We knew we were fucked when we ended up in the pet store to begin with. I think everyone there had that existential feeling of doom and dread. I mean, we were brought up basically to become a Vampire's blood bag. They told us multiple times that we could possibly die from too much blood loss, or worse. We just had to deal with it. That was life and there wasn't much more to it. Amethyst and I just tried to keep our heads up. We decided that if our life was doomed to be a Vampire's pet, then we were going to be the best pets we co
Chapter 20I followed, curious as to why he would want me to join him in his office. But I wasn’t about to ask questions. We got down the stairs and into his office. I was familiar with this room, as I had hidden in here the first time he chased me and fed from me. He sat down at his computer. I noticed it was actually three monitors displayed across his large L shaped desk. He then nodded for me to come sit with him. I walked over and sat down on his lap. “I’m sorry, doll. You’re going to be bored for a bit. I can’t concentrate, and I'm hoping that your presence might help me.” He said, while pulling the ponytail out of my hair, letting it fall straight down. I looked at the computer screens to see what he was preparing and it looked like a spreadsheet of some sort. He wasn't editing it, just reviewing it. It looked very boring, indeed. He ran his hand through my hair while he clicked around with his mouse, scrolling and changing pages. I was sitting sideways on his lap with my
Chapter 51“I-I didn’t know!” I shouted, trying to convince them. “It makes sense now, it’s how you have magic. It’s why no one has come looking for you. They can’t get in here when you have the only key that opens this Box.” Andres said. The playful, boyish tone he once carried was completely gone from his voice. Rather than sounding like a 19 year old boy, he had the husky voice and powerful tone of someone who had lived a millennia. I instantly panicked. I had to try and play this off or I was going to be killed right here, right now. “I don’t have a fucking amulet, you would have seen it on me by now if I had it! I’ve been here for months!” I huffed, trying to defend myself, but not sound too guilty. They didn’t need to know that it was cloaked in magic, that could stay a secret. But I wouldn’t be lying if they searched me because they would never find it. I looked at Dominik, his face was hard and unyielding. It reminded me of when I first came here, the look he gave me when I
Chapter 50I tuned back to the conversation that Dominik was having with his brother Andres. We were in town getting an array of items on the shopping list for Hilda, and it was taking quite a while. We had to go to like five stores and collect a plethora of items from each one. This list was at least triple the size of that list Dominik and I had gotten last time. That's why all three of us went, it was going to be a while. I don’t even know what they were arguing about, but they started punching each other and I just laughed because I was totally confused. These two did not act like they were both millennia or more old Angels. They acted like kids my age, and I got a crack out of it every time I noticed it. How can someone so old, still seem so young? Well, two people at that? It was insane. Once they were done punching each other they called a truce and we entered the next store. Once we got everything we needed it was finally time to be done. We started heading back to the hous
Chapter 49“Amuletum dicimus contradixerit tibi adduc velatos te et domum tuam. Tu nos iubes?” The Witches started chanting. I was impatiently waiting, but nothing seemed to be happening. They continued chanting and a green light appeared above them for a split second and then it was gone. But it sent an energy blast that flung books off the shelves in my library. It also knocked the three Witches back, breaking the circle and stopping the chanting. Katrina looked up at me from the floor. “I’m sorry, Rowen. It didn’t work. The amulet isn’t reachable by magic.” She said. I sighed out loud. “What do we do now?” I asked, eager to get any reply that would bring Ambrosia home. “I-I don’t know… Wait!” Katrina cried. My eyes shot up to Katrina, waiting for her to talk. “Give me something sharp, I need to cut myself.” She said, holding her hand out. I raised an eyebrow at her, but did as she asked and snapped to produce a very sharp but dainty knife, and handed it to her. “Shadows, I summo
Chapter 48(Rowen)The Vampires were of help, they did let us know the location they planned to take Ambrosia, which was different from the warehouse location we had already gotten out of them. We sent our armies to infiltrate both locations and came up empty handed. Ambrosia was not located at either of the locations, but we did manage to take out some more of The Others. Luckily, we were able to get some of the other plans they had stored away as well. Apparently, their operation was a lot bigger and deeper seeded than we expected. They had a lot more plans than just opening Pandora’s Box. These guys were like one of those damn cults on crack. They have locations scattered throughout Rome, and even in the states. It’s insane how deep their seeds go. It had been 12 days, and we hadn’t gotten an inkling as to where Ambrosia could be. I knew she was alive, I could feel her presence anytime I tried to materialize to her, but she was just out of reach. It was the strangest thing. “Br
Chapter 47 I had no idea when I dozed off, but thankfully I didn’t dream at all. I have no idea how long I slept, but when I woke up I was curled up next to Dominik. He had his arms around me and his head was resting on top of my head. We were in the same position we ended the night in with our feet on the footrest. It took me a moment to register where I was and what I was doing before I suddenly realized and moved out of his grasp. I didn’t say anything to him, but he started laughing when he woke up and realized what was going on. “You don’t have to run away, I don’t bite.” He cackled. I just laughed. Ok, so he wasn’t mad. How did we fall asleep like that anyways? At least I got some sleep… That was all I could think of. I could smell breakfast cooking and realized that we were the last ones to be awake. My cheeks turned red when I realized that everyone in the house had to have seen us this morning because they had to pass through the living room to get to the kitchen. No
Chapter 46“Come sit down, child.” The older woman said, motioning at an empty spot on the couch next to the dark haired man. I reluctantly walked over and I could feel his eyes, well, both of theirs, trained straight onto me. I just tried to ignore it. I had no idea what type of creatures they were, but honestly, I was afraid. The second I took my seat an intense feeling of doom settled into my chest and stomach. I was used to feeling fear around supernatural creatures. I was Human, it was normal for me. But this was so much worse, so much more intense. I knew he could tell I was afraid by the way I was acting. I was trying to keep my cool but It was exceedingly difficult. Neither of the angelic men said a word to me at first. They kept their eyes trained on me though, as if I was going to do something crazy. “You’re a pet?” The dark haired one finally said, breaking the awkward silence. My hand went straight to my collar that I just now noticed was still on. They never removed i
Chapter 45Ramses came back soon after letting me know he checked on Katrina and Jade. They were both asleep and he didn’t bother waking them. He would bring them over in the morning. He then proceeded to pace next to me. “Talk to me brother, think out loud. Let’s work on this together.” He said. Ramses was always my closest brother. We just got along so well, and he understood me on a lot of levels, it felt like. Not that my other brothers didn’t, but I was just never as close with them as I was Ramses. I could relate to all of them though. I had my fair share of cool and calculated moments like Raphael, or my unyielding fiery moments like Raziel. I could be a jokester and life of the party like Ramses, or I could be quiet and reserved, hidden in the background, more like myself. The way that I was, was really dependent on the moment. Right now, I was fiery and unyielding on the inside, yet quiet and reserved on the outside. A fitting set of emotions for what I’m going through. Ma
Chapter 44(Ambrosia)I became aware of my surroundings slowly. But when the memories of last night started to come back through my mind, I tried to act like I wasn’t awake yet. I wanted to feel out where I had been taken, before I just announced to the world that I was awake. I kept my eyes shut and just listened, trying to keep my breath as calm and slow as it had been. I wasn’t sure if there were Vampires here, and they would hear my heart beating faster if I started to panic. It felt like I was lying in a bed of some sort. I could feel covers over my torso and I was at a comfortable temperature. So that was a good thing, right? I noted the smell of something cooking. I had no idea what it was. Something I had never smelt before, but it smelled like It would be good if I were to eat it. My stomach grumbled just then and gave away my position. I tried not to panic but I couldn’t help it. My heart rate spiked and a soft voice infiltrated my ears. “Ah, good, you’re awake. I was wo
Chapter 43I threw green fireballs and the first three that were heading my way, knocking them back into the wall behind them. This caused pictures to come crashing down from the wall above them. Glass shattered as they fell and skid across the floor in all directions. I then took one in a green fireball and snapped his neck, tossing his body aside. He wouldn’t actually die unless I decapitated him. He would wake up, but it wouldn’t be for a few hours. The other two were unconscious on the floor so I left them there and proceeded to use magic to pick up my dining table and slam it into the next two Vampire Hybrids that walked through my kitchen door. The act shattered my table, sending wood splinters flying through the air and into the walls. Then I heard chanting in Latin. I turned to see two Vampires raising the dead. “Fucking Necromancer Hybrids?” I snarled to Viper. “What in the fuck are The Others doing?” Viper hissed. “That is a good fucking question.” I huffed as I snapped t