TrinityI woke up the next morning in the hotel room with a smile on my face. We had had sex all night: first on the beach, then he’d taken me up to our hotel room. I didn’t remember all of it, but I could still feel the ache from it all and it made me happy. I sat up expecting to find Lucian beside me, but I was alone. There was a note on the bedside table. Call for room service. I’ll be back soon.I smiled and pulled my legs to my chest, wondering how long he’d been gone and if he’d be back before I really got hungry. A beep filled the air, and the door opened. Lucian walked in, fully dressed in a dark blue suit. He looked at me still in bed and cocked an eyebrow at me. Then, he looked at his watch. “I must have been a little rougher on you than I thought.”My face heated as I felt the necklace settle against my chest. He came around the bed cupped my face, turned my head to both sides. He kissed me gently nipped at my lip.“As much as I would like more of you. I have things to a
LucianIt took everything in me not to sink my fangs into her neck. The way she clung to me and pleaded was still fresh in my mind as I left the house. I couldn’t have her the way she was asking me to for a bunch of reasons. She was falling under my control quickly. The bond we had was still as strong as it had been and it was making it so easy to make her fall in love with me. It was making it easier to make sure that when she remembered, if she remembered, she wouldn’t care. I could still feel the blood pact thrumming in my chest. She was nervous and sad. I felt her worry and anxiety, and almost smiled. She was always so worried about things. My wife, Trinitia, had been that way too. I pressed a little, searching through the bond. I could tell she was questioning our relationship. How were we going to stay together? I frowned at the question. What was she thinking about? I pressed a little harder. It was hard to get complete thoughts at the distance and while still suppressing th
TrinityWhen he left, I stared dazed for a few minutes. Didn’t he want me? Had I upset him by pushing him so far? Would he ever come back?I tried to clean myself up, but I barely managed to slip into a robe before my dad came home. He was grinning as he entered. Then, he stopped as he entered the kitchen. “Everything okay, Trin’?” He asked, looking at me. I didn’t really know what to say. I wanted to lie, but I couldn’t find the words to. Instead, I shrugged. “I’m fine.”My stomach kept churning, and I kept my phone in hand as I tried to think of something to say to Lucian. “Your hot date not go so well?” He asked. My shoulders slumped. “I messed up.”He chuckled. “That’s bound to happen in a new relationship. Don’t worry yourself so much.”If he knew the truth, I bet he wouldn’t be saying that. Worse than pushing Lucian to bite me, pushing him to leave me, was the reality of it.“How could we ever work out?” I whispered to myself.“Don’t sound so defeated, honey,” Dad said. “Pl
TrinityI looked up at Mark and his eyes turned cold. “What’s changed?” Mark asked. “The last time we spoke… the time before that. You were completely different.”“I want to call Lucian,” I said again. “Where’s my phone?”“You’re not calling him.”“You can’t keep me from calling who I want.”Mark scoffed. “I’m the police. I actually can, especially if you want to call a vampire.”I set my jaw. “I want to leave.”“She’s not the smartest, is she?” Someone else asked, a woman walking past the car. She looked down at me with a sneer. “What part of vampire did you miss? Whatever he’s told you is all bullshit.”I looked at her. “What would you know about it?”She tilted her head. “Well, cupcake, let’s say I know more than you think.”She looked at Mark. “I told you we should have purged her the first time you had a suspicion.”“She’s clean,” Mark said. “Bullshit,” she said. “She’s not. Make her drink and see.”Mark eyed me and he took my hand and pulled me out of the car. “I’m not doing t
LucianI rushed from the house, following the scent of blood and reaching through the bond I had with Trinity until I could get a better hold of her thoughts and feelings. She was getting further away from me and likely unconscious. By the time I felt her wake up, I was following a familiar group of vampires through the city toward a police station just outside of the city. I pushed the question through to her. Where are you? I pulled on the bond, trying to get a better sense of where she was, but I had no doubt that Stella was leading these vampires after her. Won’t you find me?The thought rang through my mind, and I went faster after the vampires swarming. I figured that the royals had to be behind this. There was no way they would have sent so many just to be under Stella’s command. Then, I saw Stella rushing out of the building. She looked furious and rushed off into the forests with a small band of vampires. I followed until I heard the roar of engines, then the sound of bull
TrinityRed light flashed behind my eyes. In the distance, a large, dark stone castle grew bigger and closer. The wind whistled past me. I remembered this. I had been here before. I looked up at large dark wings. Then, I fell. My body slammed into the cold hard stone that smelled like stale water. Pain throbbed in my hands and feet. I felt dizzy and weak. I had been here too. Furious, glowing red and gold eyes stared down at me. Pain assaulted me from every direction. I couldn’t escape it. I couldn’t close my eyes and go to sleep. I couldn’t run from it. I couldn’t breathe around it.Then, I saw Lucian’s face again, smeared with blood, in a long dark robe. A car was overturned nearby. A headless body was on the ground. It was so cold around me as he turned to me, and I could see through the shadows of the hood so clearly.As I opened my eyes, it felt like I was surfacing from a deep pool of water, but my mind felt different. It felt so much lighter. The wall around my memories felt
MarkVash looked just as pissed off as she did the first time I met her, holding the cross around her neck. Unlike the rest of us, she never recited prayers. As she said, silver bullets and poise were enough of a prayer. She didn’t try to save people from turning after being bitten. She preferred to put them out of their misery.I leaned against the wall beside her as she crouched down and lit another cigarette. “I thought you were cutting back.”“I thought you were over her,” Vash said. “Seems like we both lied.”I winced. “Do you think it was enough?”Vash took a long drag. “I think if he’s that attached to her as a blood source… it was more than enough, and we should all be ready. I asked for more silver. Do you still feel him?”I shook my head. “Not exactly.”She nodded and took another drag. “What are you going to tell the chaplain about it?”I shook my head and crouched down. I held out my hand. She didn’t hesitate to pass me the cigarette. I took a deep drag. “I thought you w
TrinityI opened my eyes. I couldn’t explain how I knew. I just felt it. Then, I heard footsteps coming down the hall. The door opened, and Lucian walked in. My heart filled with relief and happiness seeing him. He closed the door behind him and approached the bed, but he couldn’t get much closer as the barrier seemed to repel him.His lips twitched. “How are you feeling, Trinity?”My eyes burned, and I went to the edge of the barrier, putting my hands on the invisible wall. I was so close. I swear I could feel the heat of his body. “Y-You shouldn’t be here. Mark wants… They’ll know if you’re here.”“They already do,” he said gently. “Are you hurt? Were you bitten?”I shook my head. “I’m okay… It’s just a scratch.”He nodded. “Pull back from the barrier.”I frowned and sat back on my heels. He kneeled. I heard something scratch on the floor before he stood up. Then, he stood and pulled me into his arms. I let out a desperate gasp and clung to him. “T-They killed—”“I know,” he said