THIRD PERSON POVDays had passed, and Nigel was out of the hospital and back at Miranda's home. His memory of the last few months was still foggy. He had a hard time believing that Miranda and her friends knew about his kind. Plus, he was annoyed by her parents' constant worrying over him. They told him they finally got him a driver to take him to and from school. That he didn’t mind. “Honey, are you sure you will be OK?” Melissa asked him as she locked her suitcase. “Yes, I'll be fine. Roger and Clarke are here to keep me company, plus I have the Vanderwolfs to call in case of an emergency,” Nigel answered. His father and Miranda's father had been hanging out a lot lately, which he found odd. His dad didn't like humans, but seemed to genuinely like Paul.“OK honey, we will be back Monday afternoon, but Mr. Forester, your new driver, will pick you three up and 8:20 sharp Monday morning for school, so don't keep him waiting,” Melissa said. She hugged the three teens and grabbed her l
THIRD PERSON POV Lazarus stared blankly at the leather book sitting in the glass casing. What was the Book Of The God's doing in his father's castle? A book that was said to be lost thousands of years ago. The others waited for the vampire to speak, for him to even move his eyelids, but he was at a loss for words. Did the King know about this? Of course he must have, nothing happened in the castle that he didn’t know about. Lazarus knew when his father returned, he would sense that he had guests over without his permission. But that was an issue Lazarus would deal with when the time comes. “So are we gonna read it or just stare at it for the rest of our lives?” Nigel asked, and Lazarus finally blinked and moved his neck so he could look at his comrades. “It's not that simple. Only someone who's pure can open the book,” he mentioned, finally being able to process the situation. If only they knew how dangerous having this book was. “Problem solved. Miranda is a virgin,” Velma sta
LAZARUS'S POV My mind kept racing at the speed of light. I couldn't think straight, knowing that my eternal mate was under the same roof with me and not in my arms. Velma was driving me nuts. I hissed, grabbing my bottle of brandy and pouring some in my liquor glass. I sipped on it, letting the alcohol roll around in my mouth a little before I swallowed it. The brandy smoothly slid down my throat, warming up my icy heart. I looked over at my bed. "Velma should be here now," I fussed, downing the rest of my beverage. A knock sounded on my door. I glided over and opened it. I knew exactly who it was. "Sire," the two vampires bowed. "What brings you two to my chambers at this hour?" I asked them. "Seros and I heard you brought werewolves and humans inside the castle today," Fitzroy spoke. "Please tell me this isn’t so." "What if I did? This is my castle," I roared. "Forgive us, Sire," Seros cleared his throat. "But this is your father's castle, and he won't take it kindly to yo
THIRD PERSON POVIt had been almost half an hour since Lazarus left his brother's chambers. “You think his little friends are still here?” Alec asked Bolo. “I'm not sure, Master, but if they are, he knows better than to have them anywhere near the east and south wings,” Bolo answered. “Yes. These are the hours of the Night Walkers, and they roam the halls at this time of the night,” Alec chuckled. “Yes Master, it is,” Bolo bowed. “And guest what? I am a Night Walker, maybe I should go out and stretch my feet. I haven't been to the Pet Wing since I was 50 years old,” Alec licked his lips as he spoke. He wondered if he knocked on the door if one of the stupid humans would answer? There was only one way to find out, he challenged himself. And it was to go and check it out for himself. “I hope the Pet Wing is warm enough, I’ll go and have a look.” “Do you want me to come with you?” Bolo asked. He was worried that his master would go and do something awful and stupid. “No Bolo. I am
MIRANDA'S POVI couldn't sleep. Roger kept snoring like a chainsaw and he kept hogging the sheets. This entire week had been a mess. “Yes it has,” Taurus agreed, while he stretched his paws. “You can't sleep either?” “No, not with this boy cutting wood,” Taurus snarled. “Are you OK, Miranda? You seem agitated.”“I'm just worried about Nigel. What if he doesn't remember?” I worked so hard to build our friendship for him to forget what we have. “Well, you just have to let him remember. There's no way he'd forget about that kiss you gave him forever. I couldn't get him to shut up about it for days.” Taurus chuckled. “Really?”“Yes. He said it is the best kiss he had ever had.”“But he led me to believe it wasn't that great.”“And you were naïve enough to fall of it,” Taurus chuckled, then his laugh stopped abruptly. “Do you smell that, Miranda?” I focused on my sense of smell. “Yeah, it smells like rotten cabbage and murky water,” I said, as I kept sniffing the air. “A vampire is n
THIRD PERSON POVLazarus was happy that his father still hadn't returned when the sun came up the next day, but he was super pissed off when his friends informed about the stunt his brother pulled on them. Being the gentleman that he was, he apologized and promised to have Alec scolded for what he did. But right now, he had to get his companions out of the mansion. Lazarus wrapped the Book of The God's in a piece of cloth and stuffed it into Miranda's backpack. “Take care of this for now. I'll see you all next weekend,” he said as he followed them to their rental. Velma wanted to spend another night alone with Lazarus, but he knew that would be pushing their luck. His father may not have been back yet, but something told him the Count would be there by nightfall. And if he found them there, then it would be hell on earth. So he promised Velma that after they fixed Nigel and Miranda, she could spend as much time as she wanted at the Fangtastic Castle. Lazarus also knew he had to tell
MIRANDA'S POVI was standing at my locker with the crew. Duran bought a car so he could be able to drive Shelly to school in comfort since she was pregnant. It was a beat up old minivan, but Duran loved it. He told Alpha Nolan his mate was pregnant, which the Alpha congratulated him on. Even though Duran notified him his mate was human some time ago, the Alpha still referred to the girl as an omega. Alpha Nolan just didn't give a rat's ass to whom Duran was mated to. As for Velma, she still hadn't told anyone apart from me who she was mated to, and Valko broke the news that he was mated to a human to his parents. His father was cool with it, but his mother had been crying ever since. Valko had Clarke in his arms, while Duran was rubbing on Shelly's belly when Velma pointed something out. “Look, Nigel's coming,” Velma slammed her locker door and I turned to see Nigel storming towards us. “What's up his ass?” Roger stated as he munched on his fruit roll up. “I don't know,” I replied
MIRANDA'S POVThe day I found out I was moving, my entire world stopped on its axis. I didn't know what to think, what to do, or whom to blame. I just remember staring up at Mother with an impassive expression on my face, not believing her. “Why?” I sought in a gentle tenor. I knew better than to raise my voice since my mother raised me to be a lady. “Mother, please tell me this isn't true.” Mother exhaled, taking off her glasses and polishing them on the hem of her cotton sweater. “Miranda, you know I don't do jokes. They offered me a new job, one that pays four times more than what I'm earning now.”“But we don't need more money. We're already rich,” I yelped, immediately covering my mouth, realizing my mistake. I knew I sounded like a brat, but my parents couldn't have chosen a worse time to be moving. Stanley Fisher, captain of the science club, had just asked me out on a date and I accepted. I was sixteen and no other guys had even glanced my way but Stanley. He was a bit of a n