When they broke from the hug, she noticed the unusual smile on his face. It made her laugh.
"You're beautiful." She told him, not noticing she was still clinging unto him.
And he really was. His dark electric blue eyes, now a shining sea blue, round hard face and cheeks, now softened by the smile and hair that fell in curls over his forehead. He really was beautiful.
"I thought it was handsome." He chuckled, "Handsomely dangerous."
She laughed, going into his arms for another short moment before they disengaged and began walking into the school.
She had in her usual school disguise; brown contact lens, platinum blonde wig and plain clothes.
Lorenzo's style wasn't much different but he exuded this charm and dangerous coolness that made him stand out in anything.
He held her hand. He hadn't held her hand that way since three months ago.
It reminded her of something that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't forge
She heard him walking and could feel him following her but she never expected his next actions. He suddenly pushed her, she stumbled and just as she regained her balance, he pushed her again with an even greater force; again and again. She hit the railing and toppled over; down, down... Someone suddenly caught her and zoomed off with her."Why do you always get in trouble when I'm not with you, huh?" Her saviour asked immediately her feet touched the ground.Having recognized the owner of the voice, she looked around first. They were in the basement of that same building, in the storage room.She looked at Lorenzo."I've gotten really careless." She replied, looking him over.Has he left the class immediately she did? Did he listen to their one sided conversation?"I did." He replied, as if hearing her thoughts even with the mindlink connection closed.She made to lean against the wall but he stopped her. He leaned against the wall an
Valentina followed what she thought was his shadow till they got to the underground car park then discovered it was one of his colleagues.She looked around apprehensively, her feet finding their way to his car. She met a strange man there instead of him."Hi, I'm Mark, Antonio's colleague. He asked me to drive you home.""Where is he? Where did he go to?""I don't know, he didn't say." Mark answered.She leaned heavily against the black Jeep, tears springing to her eyes."I'm sorry but I'd like to get this over with quickly, I have work to do."She reluctantly got in the car and then she cried all the way home."What happened?"Raphaela asked the moment she stepped into their modest bungalow.Valentina rushed to her and collapsed in her arms.Raphaela sat still for a while before slowly hugging her. She waited until her tears subsided and her sobs quietened."What happened?" She asked again.Valentina sniffed before responding, "I hurt him, I hurt him... he's so mad at me...!" She bu
She sighed, the shock dissipating. She had tried so hard to avoid bloodshed but it seemed like someone was asking desperately for it."No one will think it's real." Lorenzo interrupted her train of thoughts, "it looks too fake."Raphaela said nothing.Lorenzo secretly let out a sneer. They had really overestimated themselves because one of the things he had a good nose for was sniffing out enemies."We shouldn't make this a habit" Raphaela said casually, replacing her phone in her bag, "attendance is vital for our results."Lorenzo as well said nothing.**********Raphaela stared at the DNA test results in her hands. There were three of them, beginning from the oldest; one when she was 16; another when she was 20; and just recently in her 22nd year.All of them said the same thing, the proof that she and Lorenzo weren't siblings was 99.9%. She sat, her eyes glued to the papers while he stood, a short distance off."I know you'll need more proof, supernatural proof so I've decided we'l
She got to her feet."I killed him" Lorenzo spoke, releasing his fingers. A bloody little substance fell with a squash."But I guess his followers are here for revenge."She stared at the red soaked grass."We need to clean you up."He raised his bloody hand. She smelt it too, there were more.Soon, the garden was stormed by wolves in their numbers. She and Lorenzo stood in the middle, surrounded by feral angry wolves.The same wolves that had attacked that award night, she noticed by their scent."Hand me your buttons." She mindlinked him.He didn't question her. Soon, she shattered the three cameras in the garden.The wolves growled, charging at them with speed.Lorenzo used his clawed hands, ripping each one apart. She joined also, taking the hint.She had almost forgotten what it felt like, the thrill of the hunt. It was a dance, a bloody dance and she enjoyed it; whirling around, hand sinking in warm flesh, digging out, the sweet feel of blood slipping through hands, the familiar
He took her out instead of them eating in because he thought they stayed indoors alot."The food is great." She beamed, sitted opposite him in a seafood restaurant."Of course, that's why I brought you here." He boasted.She snorted, stuffing her mouth with more crab goodness.Antonio suddenly let out a long sigh."What?" She asked immediately.He shook his head, looking down at his meal."I'm your partner" she said confidently, "you can tell me if anything is wrong."He chuckled but obliged her nevertheless."I thought you were going to leave."Her face scrunched up in confusion."I thought you were going to leave me."Her eyes widened, "What? That...that..." She shook her head, "I didn't even think of that! When did your imagination get so wild!?"He laughed, leaning back in his seat."Since you came into my life."She blushed, looking away, "Don't flirt with me." She muttered, embarrassed."If I don't flirt with you, who will I flirt with? The pretty lady looking at me?"Her head w
"You can breathe now." Lorenzo informed them after the restaurant had disappeared from view. Valentina gasped out, coughing sporadically. Antonio was more conserved. "You can't..." Antonio started to say then realized Lorenzo had his nose blocked with an oxygen tube. He relaxed... Or rather tried to. His wolf still was restless and fighting to surface, he was feeling an immeasurable weakness and his sight was fluctuating. He reached for Valentina who was as weak as a feather. Her face was pale and her features interchanged between human and wolf. "Stay alive" He whispered pleadingly, his nose in her hair. What Lorenzo went through to get well was still fresh in his memory. Valentina wasn't an Alpha, she wasn't strong. He feared for her life. He could feel their mate connection weakening. "Valentina..." He called with alarm, pulling her face up. Her eyes were closed. "Open your eyes, look at me... Please." He pleaded. Her eyelids fluttered slightly but never opened. He jammed h
"You've been staring at them for too long. I've prepared dinner." Lorenzo said softly, pulling Raphaela up from her sitted station at the door.She hugged him. He stiffened a bit then relaxed but didn't hug her back."I think we should leave, I think we should leave this life" she murmured, "It just isn't for us. Trouble always finds us and we put the locals in danger.""You're afraid.""I don't want them to die. I'm afraid I'll lose the people I love to unknown enemies that keep hunting us. We don't even know who we're fighting against, why they want us dead, why they are using such brutal methods. We killed a hundred and one wolves today, Lorenzo, a hundred and one. Our hands are too bloody."Lorenzo's body stiffened again at the reminder. His arms moved to hold her of their own accord.Back at the garden, he hadn't even killed up to ten wolves. In that garden, he had felt fear. The only thing he feared before that moment in his entire existence was losing Raphaela. But in that gard
Lorenzo dove with Raphaela into the nearest room as a mighty wave of heat and fire rushed at them. He slammed the door, the instant the sprinklers began working."We have to get them out!" Raphaela shouted, rushing to Antonio and Valentina's side as the fire rapidly ate its way through the door."I knew something like this was going to happen! I just knew it!" She raved, kicking a stool away.They hurriedly unplugged Antonio and Valentina from the machines."The trap door." Raphaela pulled open the trap door just as the door exploded and the fire roared in. Lorenzo sharply lifted Antonio and Valentina into his arms and zoomed down the escape route. Raphaela snatched the bag that contained the rest of the miracle herb and other needed materials and the defibrillators, the fire burning off the ends of her clothe and hair as she ran down the stairs, ensuring to shut the trap door.It led to a small underground garage where Lorenzo waited for her. He had strapped Antonio and Valentina al