“Uh wh- what are you doing here?” My voice came out shakingly. I opened the door when I heard someone knock dragging me out of my despaired thoughts about having the worst conversation ever with Adrian, and was now wishing there was a peep hole, because I definitely wouldn’t have opened it if I saw who was on the other side.I stared up into her fierce violet eyes. The color popped against her pale skin. She studied me with a critical squint. I was sure she was about to snap at me. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to know Onyx didn’t like me very much. Maybe it was because of the relationship I had with her brother or maybe it was just because I was breathing. I hadn’t actually done anything to her, but she was crazy and vicious, and I didn’t attempt to even try to get inside her head to understand the way her mind worked. I was already scared of her when I had Acelin and even Claudis there to protect me, but now I was alone. It was just us two.“Step aside, hybrid. It appears I’m
My hands gripped the paper tightly as I reread the first line over and over. “47% Zoldeck ancestry detected.” That’s what it said. The blood test results were in confirming everything I had ever known to be a lie.My chest tightened once the realization set it and my world was spinning. I felt woozy like I had just gotten off a roller coaster but in reality, I had been sitting still.My name wasn’t my real name. My family wasn’t my real family. I had no idea what was true and what wasn’t. I felt like my identity was gone. Who was I?I had so many questions. I thought about calling my mom and dad, but were they really my mom and dad? Was I adopted or could one of them be a witch? We had pictures together since I was an infant and I never witnessed anything that would give any indication of the sort. There were just too many variables. I didn’t want to take the risk of freaking them out or sounding crazy if they weren’t my biological parents. They already thought I was on the verge of
It had been a whole 24 hours since I’d last spoken to Adrian. Being here with Acelin made the time go by so fast. I didn’t even know how many days it had actually been, but it seemed like yesterday I had just been kidnapped by my vampire.. well, I wasn’t exactly sure of the status of our relationship. It was complicated.Life had been so hectic, and I was barely able to stay afloat. Never had I been away from my phone for as long as I can remember as much as I had the last couple of days. There was so many things going on and my mind was running all over the place, and that was one of the last things I was worried about.But now that I finally had it, I saw the messages and the missed calls. Adrian was a frantic mess. He had even threatened to come find me and kill everyone in sight again. I was sure he meant that, but it was my fault. Yes, I was busy and preoccupied, but I was also kind of avoiding him. I couldn’t really pretend like everything was perfectly fine after being with Ac
“I am not ready for you to leave.” The look on Acelin’s face said it all. He was going to make this hard on me. I guess I hadn’t really thought about this part that much. I was so eager to get the hell out of here and see Adrian to tell him about everything that’s happened, I didn’t realize the severity of the feeling of leaving Acelin behind. It wasn’t like I would never see him again. I actually planned to be seeing him very soon once I got things situated, but it would definitely be different. I had been living here for over a week and it was like a different life. Even though I was a prisoner and didn’t care too much for the vampires, I had been with him. His presence made everything better. Not to mention the fact pretty much anything I could ever ask for was within my grasp. But that had come at a cost, my freedom. And to me, it just wasn’t worth it. “I’m going to miss you too, but I will see you soon. I promise,” I gave him a hopeful look. “As soon as I’m able to talk to Adri
My mouth opened but no words came. I’m surprised I didn’t fall out right then and there. I had all intentions on telling him everything, the truth, but he had completely caught me off guard. Of course he smelled Acelin. How could I be so dumb to forget that he had the nose of a canine? He knew. Without me telling him, he knew. I had been so disrespectful and stupid to not even wash the sex off of me before I brought him over here.A dark thought popped in my head; one I didn’t want to believe. Did Acelin do this intentionally? Before he seemed to be accepting and understanding about Adrian being in my life but he was pretty upset about me leaving and he knew I intended to meet with Adrian. Could this be some sick attempt of marking his territory, making sure Adrian knew exactly what we had been doing together? I didn’t want to think that way, but Acelin was very smart and calculated. I found it hard to believe he would not have known Adrian would’ve picked his scent up immediately.
I had a hangover straight from hell the next day. Wine drunk is a different type of drunk. Pair that with crying, and it equals a migraine out of this world. I grabbed a bottle of water and chugged it empty after popping some pain meds in my mouth to help with the excruciating headache, then made my way upstairs to the bathroom. Steam filled the room as I turned the shower on to the hottest temperature I could stand. My head fell back as I adjusted to the heat, allowing the water to touch every part of my body. This is where I got most of my thinking done. One quiet place my mind could focus and find some clarity in the haze. No matter how badly I had been treated in the past, my heart was not cold. I hated knowing how I made Adrian feel, knowing I was the one causing him pain. I had felt that pain before and the last thing I wanted to do was to inflict that on someone else. My eyes welled up before releasing a few tears that ran down my cheeks blending in with the water. The int
Who the hell was this bitch and why was she all over him like that? Did Adrian seriously drive me all this way to make me jealous? Well, if so, it was working, because I was ready to yank her off him by her hair.I crossed my arms instead and he must have sensed how pissed I was because he shot his eyes over to me before quickly sitting her down.She had a confused look on her face and that’s when she finally noticed me.“Oh, so you must be the Zoldeck witch. Let me have a good look at you, then.”My mouth dropped open. What the hell was going on? Why had he brought me here to this stranger that seemed to know a hell of a lot more about me than I did of her? I couldn’t believe he had entrusted my personal business with this woman. Was she one of the wolves that belonged to his pack? Either way, I didn’t really care. I knew he was still upset with me, but that did not give him the right to bring me here without giving me any indication of what was going on and telling this woman my secr
“What is it?” I asked with big eyes looking between Ciel and my bracelet that she still grasped.“It is in fact protected. This bracelet has been spelled by a pretty powerful witch. I am curious as to who that might be. But, regardless, it is as you said, Adrian. When she wears this no vampire will be able to enter her mind or sway her decisions. I notice it’s made of pure silver, though..”She lifted one eyebrow looking at Adrian then down at me. Great even she noticed. I looked off to the side. I already felt pretty shitty enough that I hadn’t caught on to the fact that when Acelin said it would protect me from wolves that also extended to Adrian. But was it seriously that big of a deal? I mean, as long as it didn’t touch him he seemed to be fine. I looked over to Adrian and he was looking at me, but I was unable to read his face. What was he thinking? Had that confirmation set him off all over again? Was he upset with me, did he want to kill Acelin even more now, or was it both of