The room was dark, and Ken couldn’t see anything. His head was spinning as he struggled for focus.
“Don’t worry. I can make it better,” a voice said. He felt a woman grabbing his face and planting kisses like his Teya would, but these lips were different. He snarled.
“Salina!” he screamed, grabbing her hard with all his strength. She just laughed.
“I’m in your head, Ken. I made you, and my venom runs through your veins. There is no escaping me,” she taunted. He heard a scream, and his eyes snapped open.
“Ken, stop! Please!” Teya shrieked. He looked horrified at the scene around him, and he removed his hands from Teya’s arm, revealing bruises. He seemed so lost and hurt.
“Teya, I’m sorry,” he sighed as he climbed out the bed and walked over to the bathroom. He took a good look in the mirror, wondering what was happening to him. The nightmares
Chapter 2Teya jumped at the feel of the gel spread across her belly as she laid on her back with her eyes closed. Thoughts of Ken from the night before haunted her. His hunt for Salina seemed to consume him. They were already rocky from the previous incident with Ross. They had filled her head with doubt. No matter how much she wanted to believe Ken loved her, she felt alone, and used. She touched her stomach lovingly. Knowing the baby was all she had now. Then those thoughts turned sour, thinking about what the half breed baby would need. Could she even provide for him or her?“Miss Daniels?” Her eyes shot open from the single tear that fell. “Your baby, see?” She turned to the monitor to see the gray and black images seeing something small swimming inside of her. It was the very thing she needed to see to keep her mind clear and opened her heart. She was indeed pregnant with Ken’s baby. Her heart did a little flutter causing her to fa
Chapter 3Kenneth roamed the streets knocking on a very suspious door. A door he hadn’t knocked on years. A woman opened with a shotgun pointed straight for his heart.“Go away vampire scum!” She yelled. Kenneth held his hands up.“It’s okay. I’m here to see Nia.”The woman cocked the gun. “Nia was killed by one of you. Now go away.”Kenneth’s eyes opened shocked. “What? Who? How long?”The woman closed the door, but Kenneth placed his foot in the way. “Please. I need to know. What happened here?”The woman shot hitting Kenneth in the shoulder. He flinched with a low growl as a warning showing his fangs. The woman cocked the gun again.“I said leave!”“I can’t, Sia.”The woman backed back in terror. “How do you know my name?”“Your mother and I were friends. You were born aro
Chapter 4Kenneth walked into the house to see an aggravated son. “Ken?” He paused in the doorway of the small foyer where Ken paced back and forth.“It’s these damn vampires that Allen has took under his thumb. They worship the bastard and now…”He stopped and looked up at Kenneth. “Now I can’t get ahold of the situation. The whole nation knows I killed Allen. Yet I feel as if he hadn’t died at all. I hear him in my head. That foul laughter that monotone voice, that damn scent!”“Son, Allen has placed a mark on you since birth. You won’t be able to get rid of him so easily. His following runs deep. Even when he was with me we kept several newborn’s under our wing. The informant must have been one of them.” Ken nodded as Kenneth placed all the pieces together from his ranting. “I suppose he didn’t tell you anything.”Ken just growled. “Stu
Chapter 5Teya’s leg shook and bounced waiting for the sun to go down. Markees paced the room beside her anxious just as she was.“Maybe we shouldn’t tell him.” He said.Teya only looked up at him with disappointment on her face.“Lie? How would you explain the hunters death at the headquarters? Ken needs to know. Salina is taunting him. She purposely left her scent on me.”Markees wanted to disagree, but only from his inability to control Ken and Kenneth. They would go frantic once both of these brutes find out Salina threatened Teya.“All I’m saying is maybe we should find another way to say it to them. You know how they are. They will go after her tonight to murder her. If she is behind the half breeds then we need to find her and stop them. If they kill her…”A growl tore through the house. Markees shut his eyes knowing they already heard. The black lash was inevitable
Chapter 6Ken touched the walls of the farmhouse as the memories rushed in. He walked up the creaking stairway admiring the wear and tear of the house. Like all things, the old house lived a full life and now it was able to rest in peace. Unlike vampires. Unlike him. Ken could never rest, but atleast he knew happiness, love, and the joy of becoming a father.Life wasn’t as bad as it was back then. He was older and outgrew the bullshit. Killing Allen was the most satisfying thing he ever done. Maybe that made him a monster like Allen. Maybe at the end of it all, that’s what he wanted. Ken opened the door to see Salina sitting in a chair with a glass of blood in her hand.Her back was turned, but she knew he was there. “About time you arrived.” She turned with a smile.Ken wanted to attack her. He pictured himself grabbing her throat and squeezing but he only sat in the chair across from her. She picked up another glass
Chapter 7Ken walked into his home with confusion and in need of multiple drinks. His heart dropped when he walked into the house with no Teya. After a quick look around the house Ken walked into the kitchen to see Markees sitting at his table.“Relax she is still at work.” Markees said with a huge glass of alcohol.He was going through it for sure. Ken’s face contorted as anger took over.“What?” Markees held his hands up. “I tried to talk some sense into her, but she won’t listen.” Ken believed him.He knew his stubborn woman. He grabbed a glass and poured him some alcohol. “I’m sorry about the men you lost last night. It’s never easy losing people you were meant to look after. Especially after the Club 89 scene. Can’t say I didn’t play my part in that.”Markees scoffed, holding his forehead. “Please don’t remind me about that. Ross you to say
Chapter 8 “I think I speak for everyone when I say the shit is getting all kinds of mystical and fucked.” Markees said as he paced the living room of the Santanna house. “Teya’s medallion glowed this bright light like what the fuck is that about. How did you even do that?”All eyes were on Teya now as she just shrugged and held the medallion in her hand just as confused as Markees. It was becoming a habit that now all they seemed to do was fuss at each other as Ken sat at the table looking in one direction trying to piece the puzzle together in his mind as well. He lost control something he pride himself on having the most of.Kenneth had joined them and they informed him what was going on. “It’s possible, Ken, that you gave in fully to your vampire nature once you thought Teya was in danger or possibly once you assumed in your mind you couldn’t b
Chapter 9 Teya, Emil, and Sia took a sigh of relief as they escaped Salina and Rosa’s grasp. Teya sitting down on the couch holding her stomach afraid for the baby in her current state. Her heart beat too fast and her pulse was accelerated. Emil placed a hand on her shoulders to try and comfort her. “This is your home, Teya?” he asked, sitting on the coffee table in front of her making causal conversation to help calm her. She could only nod. Emil and Sia both looked at each other with a glance. Sia sat beside him on the table, placing a hand on her leg. “Teya,” She spoke sweetly. “You need to calm down.” But she couldn’t. Neither one of them