13(1/2): DUSTINE KIRBY’S POV
The sun is beginning to set beneath the horizon; the skies turn in a deep mixture of orange, pink and violet. The weather is good, almost winter. I was busy watching the outside when I felt a tap on my shoulder.
I turned around only to see Jasper, my best friend with his usual playful grin. He put one of his arms on my shoulder and teased my ear as always. I grabbed his arms and twitched it so he pulled away.
“What’s up man? Want to have fun?” he asked, full of silliness.
I wonder why he got it here. As far as I know he isn’t allowed to get out of their territory, not until he found a woman to marry.
“NO! My grandfather will get mad.” I answered.
I walk until I get to sit on the couch, and he follows, sitting in front of me. I leaned in and closed my eyes, and an image of that girl flashed in my mind again. ‘Dawn,’ I remember her name now, it suits her, beautiful like how the l
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13(2/2): Dawn Pauline’s POV For the second time around, Jasper left me hanging again. After he told me to make chaos flew away like a bat because he said he had an emergency, and I’ll make sure if he showed up again I'd slap him again. Now, we are in the park in the neighboring rural area as Xio promised to me. I can say that it is fun here, well, all of the people here are partying. It’s not even noon, but there’s a group of men drinking beer. They have a bulky body that seems to scare anyone, but I’m not scared. “Dawn, do you eat?” Xio asked and I nodded. I’m not that hungry but I want to try their food. “Yeah. Sure.” Then he pulled me to one of the eatery here. The savory aroma of the food that they are cooking is mouth-watering. Xio ordered us food and paid for it as well, before we settled into a table with our order and ate. The restaurant has its nice place because I can see the beautiful scenery of the forest in our s
14: Magus PlanDawn pushes Jasper as soon as she recognizes who’s with Xio. It is midnight but their house has two men visitors. Dawn is shocked by the sudden appearance of Dustine and Xio is puzzled while she looks at Jasper.“What’s happening?” Xio finally asked without stuttering. “Dawn, who's him?”Dawn glances at Jasper, asking for help. “Ah. Hello, I’m Jasper. I’m Dawn’s newly found friend and that guy you’re with is my best friend.” Jasper answered Xio’s question and went to Dustine. “Hey, Bro!” he greeted Dustine, he received nothing because Dustine’s eyes were fixed with Dawn.“Dawn…” he ca
15: WarnedThree days before the Annual Ball, Dawn waited for Jasper because he promised that he will help her. To be honest, she’ll waiting for his appearance since the day they left in their house. Dawn think that it is a good thing that they never showed up again but she is wrong, after he saw Dustine again for a long time it’s like she longed for something. And she feared for the possibility that maybe something had happened to them, because they promised that they would come back after that night but they didn’t. She has sleepless nights, she can’t afford to sleep and have another nightmare about the two of them.“Dawn, eat up. You’re not eating properly in the past few days.” Xio scolds her as she is just playing with her food on the plate. They are having their dinner.
16: Hide HerWhen morning came, Xio rushed towards the market because she received that Mrs. Oreieo had an emergency. She didn’t bother to check Dawn in her room, which is currently in Jasper's residence.Dawn wandered around the place, where she is, as she sits on the bed.Acantha faced her and says; “How are you? I’m Acantha, Jasper’s mother and he said that you faint, and just bring you here.”Just in time, Jasper got in the room, his eyes landed on Dawn. He sighed. At least, now he knows that she is safe. He is not worried if ever Dustine will know.“Why am I here, Jasper?” Dawn asked.&nb
17: ChaosThe day of the ball came, in Tantrana Forest, Dustine’s territory, everything was all set. The trees and grasses are trimmed, the gate can be seen now, it was like from horror feels forest turn into classy-elegant, you can already see the kingdom they are hiding for.It’s almost ten in the evening, meaning there is no sunrise to hide for, but there is a full moon that shine through the night sky, as well as the star. But the weather is unfair, since it’s already winter, thankfully the snow isn’t showering yet. All in all, the night is perfect for the event, it’s vampire-y.The invited vampire guests are arriving with their fancy clothing, well, it’s all of the cape that’s matter, they can’t use cars
18: Pain “What did you say? Mate? Ha! You're insane vampires cannot be mated to a wolf! We are rivals!” Magus yelled at Dustine. “Father!!!” Delaney tries to meddle in between but his Magus right-hand forbids her. “You have a wife now, Dustine, you should pay more attention to her than that wolf.” He scoffs, while facing back and forth in front of Dustine, then stops realizing something. “I wonder how did that wolf manage to enter here without anyone smelling her? Did you plan this Dustine?” He refused to answer, thinking that there is no point explaining things to him. He’ll not listen anyway. If he’ll explain his side and how the supposed to be a perfect event turned into chaos, he’ll jus
19: LeaveAfter an hour or so, Dawn finally calms down. James just stayed by her side like what he promised. Acantha gets in the room with water in her hand and hands it to Dawn.“I’m sorry. I’ve got trouble,” she said to Acantha. She then held hand and squeezed it.“No. No. It’s okay, honey. I understand.” she caressed Dawn’s hair before hugging her.For the first time Dawn felt the warmth of a mother. A mother’s hug will always be comforting. They parted when Jasper broke into the room. Anxiety flashes in his face, and worries are shown in his eyes before anyone can ask him what happened, he ran to Dawn and hugged her.
20: MarkedDustine and Dawn found themselves in the city, it’s not really the main city, but at least it’s a city, one of Dawn’s dreams.“Hey, Dustine. The food is ready,” Dawn called, but Dustine’s seems so occupied that he didn’t hear her so she walks forward to join him in the terrace of their small rented house. “Hey,” she called once again but this time touching his shoulder.“Yeah?”“I said the food is ready. Care to eat with me?” he smiled before nodding and scooped her to his side so he could have hugged her on side.They stared at the stars that we
56: EndSound of the rustles because of the dried leaves in the forest can be heard as Blaez and Dustine pass through, a minute past they've reached their destination where he found her mother crying inside his Grandfather's room. There's still the gun that Magus used."Mother…"He slowly walked to reach her place and caressed her back."Y-Your grand...father." she sobs and hugged his arms to cry even more.No matter how many times Magus has been manipulated and ruthless they can't forget the fact that he's they're family, the ruler of their clan and he has a good side that only few knows about.
55: Hold On"What?!" All of them asked even though they heard it right."Magus is dead." He repeated.Dustine rushed to be in front of him and asked: "Where is he?""H-He's gone."Vampire's turns into ashes after they are killed so there's no chance for them to even get to see him."We found him in his room lifeless and he turned into ashes in no time. We found a gun with silver bullets in it, the gun that Xio used. We come to conclude that he got it after you all had a fight with that villain girl and just planned to kill himself using that… I'm sorry we failed as a security and I, as
54: Magus DeathA loud noise can be heard and it gets louder as the footsteps are nearing."Dustine! Dude!" Jasper shouted as soon as he got a glimpse of Dustine making food in the kitchen."What the hell! Don't shout! Dawn is sleeping!" He scolded.Jasper lowly chuckled and acted to zip his mouth. He place the plastic bag in the countertop and said:"I brought Dawn's favorite apples." He smiled showing his complete set of teeth together with his fangs.Dustine, being serious and rude, ignored his cuteness and continued cutting the meat for Dawn's dinner. It's night time and
53: Pups are Coming"You know. I can't really believe that you're my brother." Then she laughed.They are talking in the front porch area, watching the dark skies full of stars that shine in their eyes together with the crescent moon above."I longed that you were my sister. Remember, when you first saw me in the forest asking for help? And I said I needed to just go to the public library?""I remembered." She answered with a chuckle. Those days were hella a rollercoaster ride, but one of the memorable because all along she thought that he is one of Dustine's guards but not and they helped each other."I purposely wanted to see you until I
52: Welcomed"A-Ahh. Come in." He shyly welcomed them and opened the door widely.Both of them blinked their eyes but ended up releasing a heavy sigh."Why are you here?" It's Dustine who asked.He pressed his lips and ignored the question. "Just come in first.""But are we on the right address? Is Mariano Marcus living here?" Dawn asked while eyeing James curiously.To be honest, the two of them didn't hold grudges against him. They believe what happened in the past is now in the past and no future can change it. No matter how bad the damage is, they forgive them. It's hard to live when you bury something heavy in your chest, it's an everyday burden and forgiveness is the only way for it to lift."Yeah. He lived here."
51: FoundAn orange scenery fueled his hungry eyes as he opened the window and let the clean air pass through his nostrils and skins."Honey!" He called.He can hear footsteps beginning to get aloud as it nears his direction."Tsk. Here's your coffee, Love." She rolled her eyes but giggled after he snaked his arms around his waist and kissed her seductively. When the kiss went deeper she pushed him to break it, he only chuckled."It's early in the morning, Dustine." She informed him, raising a brow.Dustine like a lost puppy pouted. "So what?"
50: Give Up "Dawn…" slowly she opened her eyes and saw the familiar ceiling. A curve finds its own way to mark her lips. She turned to the side to see her mother Polina. After everything that had happened, they finally settled on the truth, they've unfold the underlying truths beneath the lies. "Finally, you're awake. The food is ready." Polina announces. Dawn nodded and said: "I'll fix myself first, mother." "Okay." It's been a year since the incident between them and Xio. Luckily, they won and Xio died.
49: Fire it Jasper turns to the side only to see Xio go crazy because of her laugh. He gasped and his one hand immediately flew on his mouth to cover it. He even took a few steps backward. He couldn't believe it, he knew it's not her. For a chance to see who's the real person in front of them, he squeezed, opened and closed his eyes but nothing changed. It's Xio with James. They both wear white lab coats and to his horror, James is carrying off the two people he really values. "Xio!" He can't help but to shout his name. His brother, Jayco on the side. Nudge and glared at him, it's like begging him not to make any noise because it's not his fight. "Keep Quiet, Jasper!" "How can I, Brother?" &n
48: Meeting Dawn finally finished eating and James came back saying he'll be the one who'll just wash and clean up the kitchen. He insisted so Dawn just sat up in the living room doing nothing. After washing the dishes, James went out and saw her staring blankly at the portrait in the living room. The portrait consists of three young people or three children, two of them are boys and in the middle is a girl clinging her arm around those two boys' shoulders. James interrupted her by saying; "Hey! Do you want to hear the story about those three children?" Dawn smiled. She never had an awesome childhood because of the reasons and she knew that those children in the portrait have a great time spending theirs. Those children are James, Xiao and Xio's husband but dead now, Dawn didn't know