The following day, Angel went to school, refusing to let herself be confined within the walls of the house as her parents had suggested. They wanted her to stay back at home, as they feared that Elijah and Delia would show up and attempt to kill her again. As much as she was afraid of going through that terrifying encounter again, she wasn’t going to stay back and forever hide from them like a coward. So, sliding the protective ring Jake obtained from Seraphina onto her finger, she made her way to school."Angel." She heard Chloe yell the second she alighted from the school bus, and she swung her head to the side to see her running towards her."Oh my God. Thank Jesus, you are safe." Chloe said as she stopped before her and leaned forward, resting her palms on her knees, as she tried to catch her breath from the small run she just had.Before Angel could reply, she straightened back up and smacked her on the shoulder. "Where the fuck did you go? You've got your parents worried. You've
The moment the bell rang for lunch break, Angel leapt to her feet and started walking towards the exit without waiting for Chloe and Liam. She was still annoyed at how both of them had betrayed her for their lovers. Before she could reach the door, Chloe caught up with her and gripped her wrist, causing her to stop in her tracks.Angel turned to look at her and raised her brow. "What?""I’m sorry." Chloe muttered, and Angel plastered an obviously fake smile on her face."What did you do? You didn’t do anything." Angel replied and snatched her hand from Chloe’s grip before continuing on her way.Refusing to give up until she reconciled with her best friend, Chloe went after her and stood in front of her, blocking her way.Angel pressed her lips together, sighed, and attempted to move to the right to continue walking, but Chloe moved in her direction, blocking her again."Angel please. I am sorry." Chloe pleaded again."You ditched me for Damon, so you might as well go to him and have f
"I’m curious. How come you are a vampire and your parents are not?" Damon asked as they walked through the woods, dry leaves crushing as they stepped on them.They have been searching for Angel’s phone for a few minutes now, and there hasn’t been any trace of it."I was turned at birth," Angel told him."Then how are they—" he started, but she cut him in."Stop asking me questions, please."She wasn’t going to have that conversation with him because she also had little knowledge of it.There was a long stretch of silence after that before Damon opened his mouth to talk again."Those people. I mean the ones that tied you to the tree. Who are they? And why did they do that?" He asked curiously."I don’t know them." She simply replied."But—" he started, but she cut him off."Can we stop talking about them, please?" She groaned as she suddenly came to a halt and turned to look at him. "I don’t want memories of last night to flash back.""Okay." He said and nodded slightly, burying the hu
The vampire hunters were already close. So close that it was too late to run. So they had only one option left. To hide. With their vampire speed, they hopped on a tree and stayed still as the vampire hunters came to a stop beneath them. They were two. A man and a woman.“Their attacks have increased recently. And this wood has been their latest target." The man muttered.“Those motherfu—“ The woman started but trailed off as her eyes caught sight of a dead deer. “Is that a deer?”“Yes, it is.” He said, confirming her guess.“I think a vampire was here. We need to look for that thing.” The woman said with urgency as she slipped out her gun.He shook his head slightly. “It would have been long gone. We’ve already searched everywhere in this wood, and there are no traces of them.”“I swear to God, I’ll make sure every single one of them is destroyed.” She groaned. “Hunting shadows—“ The man started reciting their slogan, and the woman joined."Wielding stakes, protecting humanity agai
“Is that—is that—blood?” He asked with a shaky voice.“Blood? No.” She muttered, suddenly getting the idea to compel him.She had never done it before and didn’t know if it would work, but she had to try. She couldn’t have her brother know that she was a vampire.So, moving at super speed, she closed the gap between them and placed both hands on his shoulders.He let out another screeching scream, his eyes widening with horror as he attempted to get to his heels.But Angel was quick to hold him still, staring intently into his eyes as she executed what she practiced with Damon.“You didn’t see anything. I wasn’t drinking blood. You didn’t see me move at super speed. Now, go." Taylor blinked twice, and the fear on his face quickly faded, indicating that the compulsion had worked.“What are your hands doing on my shoulders?” He quickly yanked her hands off.She let out a sigh of relief. He was back to being the annoying sibling that he was, but at least he was not viewing her as a mons
Push! "The baby is almost here; you have to push harder!" The maiden helping Emily deliver her baby exclaimed."I’m trying!" Emily’s desperate cry pierced through the air. Summoning every ounce of strength within her, she pushed one last time, and the baby’s head emerged.The midwife gently held the baby’s head with both hands and pulled the baby out with the utmost care."It’s a girl." The midwife rejoiced.Emily was so weak, yet she stretched her hands forward to carry her baby. As the midwife was about to place the baby in Emily’s awaiting palms, an unexpected presence abruptly intervened, snatching the baby from the midwife's grasp.Startled, both Emily and the midwife turned to look at who it was, and they both froze when they saw a devilish-looking pale man with fangs clutching the newborn in his arms. Surrounding him were five other creatures of his kind.Emily was in total shock, but she managed to let out a short scream. "Please don’t hurt my baby."The midwife tried to escap
17 YEARS LATER. "Sweetie, you are going to be late for school. Come down and eat your food." Emily yelled from the dining area."I’m coming, mom," Angel responded."I could eat hers if she doesn’t come down." Angel’s brother, Taylor, who was two years younger than her, said this as he tried to steal her omelette from her plate."Don’t you dare touch my food, you glutton." Angel warned as she descended the stairs.Taylor mumbled something inaudibly as he put down the omelette."Repeat what you just said." Angel said sternly."It’s not like I’m scared of you." He looked straight into her eyes and repeated it with confidence. "I said you were not going to eat much anyway, so why waste food?""I’d rather feed it to the dogs than give it to you." She fired back. "Enough kids!" Emily exclaimed and flicked her gaze at Angel, softening her expression. "How do you feel? Today is your first day in senior year.""Senior-year student that has never had any boyfriends." Taylor scoffed. "Taylor!
"Angel!" Chloe yelled, snapping her back to reality."Are you okay?" Chloe asked, worried. She had called her name several times, but she didn’t respond—not until she yelled her name."Sorry, I’ll be right back." Angel said as she quickly leapt to her feet and dashed out. She needed to leave there before she lost control. What was wrong with her? If Chloe had not yelled her name, she would have lost every ounce of control and fed on that girl in front of the whole school. Chloe was her savior.She rushed to the restroom in order to calm herself down there, but as she trudged inside, a girl entered right after her and closed the door."I know who you are." The girl said this as she inched closer to Angel."I know who you are too." Angel retorted. "I saw the way you looked at my friend back there. I saw how you craved for her blood. I swear if anything happens to her—" the girl said, making the throat-slitting gesture. "I’ll tear you apart.""So this is what all this is about, huh?" Ang