I don’t see Daryl for the rest of the day and I was grateful, instead I was spending the afternoon mulling over Christians words and wondering if he had felt the sparks between us like I had. Before leaving Christian had warned me that I might feel pain from rejecting Daryl but as time passed I felt nothing, literally nothing and it made me realise how little i actually know.
Christian stuck to his word and slept on the white leather sofa in the room, he waited patiently outside whilst I sorted myself out and climbed into the large bed, it really was massive and I seemed oddly small in comparison but I knew I was safe with Christian not far away.
At some point in the night I woke, tossing and turning, an unnerving gut feeling and sitting up I see Christian fast asleep and I push the odd sensation away from my mind and try to settle back down but I knew something wasn’t right.
Sitting up, I whisper Christians name but he doesn’t stir. Tiptoeing
Christian orders everyone to leave the three of us, he looks at Daryl “You’re not dying?”They had been friends for years, long before I came on to the scene and he hadn’t just lied to me but to his good friend. Everything that came out of his mouth was complete bullshit.Daryl flashes his eyes between us, we were both waiting for answers from the man who had lied to us“Fine, no I am not”“Why did you lie to me, to your mate, you and that stupid witch made out that you had less than a year to live. We grew up together, don’t you think I at least deserved the truth”“But you have been lying to me to Christian, I know exactly who you are or rather what you are, I know the both of you went off in search of blood”“It was never my plan to keep it away from you Daryl and then Ash came into your life, it just made it..... harder”“A friendship built on lies
Searching the house and the grounds, he is nowhere to be found, Daryl is sparring with one of the men from Christians pack and watches me hastily march across the grounds. He doesn’t stop, nor does he call out to me and it finally felt like he was giving me a break. When I give up looking, Calli finds me and offers me another chance to train with her but it was getting close to the time that I needed to meet Tasha and I make my excuses.Checking around me as I near the forest, I slip in unseen and make my way back to the clearing where I had met the human. It didn’t take me long to find the place, Paige’s body was no longer on the ground and I wondered if the vampires had found her and removed her.I should have been more cautious about the vampires but I didn’t care, if needed to I would let Reaper deal with them. Checking the watch Daryl had given me, I was a few minutes early and bang on 2pm I see her auburn hair appear between the trees, thi
“Why did you run?” he grunts at me“I didn’t” he makes a move to come through the door but I block him“You can’t come in, I don’t want you here” I did not want him to find out about Tasha“Let me in, I can smell the blood”“No!” Reaper growls through me, she no longer believed in the mate bond and now after Christians kiss she felt the same as me, Daryl had violated us.“You cannot keep me away forever Ash, I am your mate”“No you are not, I rejected you, whether you accept it or not, we are not mates”He snarls again but turns on his heel and I stand there, making sure that he leaves as he climbs onto his motorbike and speeds away. When I finally shut the door, Tasha appears “You have a mate, does that mean boyfriend?”How was I going to explain this, it was hard enough for me to understand let alone telling someo
He had finally snapped, I don’t know why I didn’t think he would attack but he has. After a few minutes Calli sits up, her stomach wound almost fully knitted back together leaving a deep red mark but the same could not be said about the others, who continued to lie still.“You brought him here” she snaps at me“I didn’t, he isn’t who I thought he was”“What do you mean?”I give her the quick run down and tell her that its actually Christian who I am mated too. A smile appears on her face “I knew he was into you”I nod “But where has Daryl taken him”“Daryl and Amber have him in the prison”He had let Amber out, I don’t know how because Christian and his Beta were the only ones who knew how.“Amber did this?” I gesture at all the dead bodies and Calli sighs“Took us all by surprise. Why is he doing it As
What choice did I have but to agree although I was not sure what my end of the deal would mean. The vampire agreed to meet me in one hour with other vampires. I would be well and truly outnumbered because I had no one but myself. It doesn’t matter, they become paralysed with fear when they see your true self ‘What do you mean?’ It’s why no one fights back, seeing us leaves them powerless and that is why it is rare anyone lives to tell the tale, but now you have made friends with a human that we hope will keep our secret ‘That’s what you are worried about, Not the deal we just made’ I feel her laugh which makes me think that I am missing something. Sitting down on the hard ground, I wait. I could move but there was no point me leaving and then coming back. I knew they were watching me long before they stepped into view, not only could I smell them but my level of hearing was beyond that of a normal wolf. Exactly one ho
Hermes I want to say a huge thank you for all your feedback, you are a star and i really appreciate it. Just to let you all know. I am not going to be able to update for a couple of days as the laptop is going in for a couple of repairs but I should be back on the third of October with some more updates for you. I am always grateful for any feedback so please, if there is any thing you want to say, good or bad please let me know as all feedback is good feedback. Anyway have a fab few days and I will catch you on the otherside. Taylor West
“Would you like to look inside?” He was stood tall and proud with his hands behind his backHis question was broken by cries and screams in the distance. As I peer at Marco, he doesn’t move, completely unphased by the noise.“What is that?”“The humans”“Wait, are you holding humans hostage?”He flashes his red eyes at me “Where do you think our food source comes from?”“You’re draining them?”“No, nothing of the sort. We keep them alive so they produce a constant supply of blood. They really are quite delicious, would you like to try some?”I was disgusted “How could you keep them hostage?”“Oh it really is quite simple my Queen, would you like to see?”“Stop calling me that”His face remained expressionless “But you are a Queen yes?”He was trying to distra
“Rudina?” He nods his head at me “Then why was I called Ashley” “My guess is to hide who you really are. No one would have looked at an Ashley as you call yourself” I shake my head, “It was what Maddox called me” Marco snorts “He was the one that took you?” “Apparently he was the one who burnt down this house” A spark of anger is visible in his eyes “I will kill him, how dare he burn the house of the Royals?” “Daryl killed him” Marco’s face is blank as we look at each other “Well all things work out in the end Rudina” It was worse than calling me Queen or Luna. I had been known as Ashley my whole life, Rudina just didn’t seem to fit but I also felt like Marco would only ever call me it as he knew it was my birth name. “Marco, do you have any ideas how I can get Christian out?” “There may only be one way. Let her out” He was talking about Reaper “You are going to have to kill him Rudina. I