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
NIGEL'S POV“Here you go babe,” Durk handed me a hot Heineken that I accepted it with a fake smile. I hadn't been this uncomfortable since I first ejaculated. Man, Durk lived like a Hillbilly. His place was disgusting, living in an old trailer in the woods. But given he was once a rogue, but only got pack status after his sister was mated to the alpha over in Clip Claw Pack. I could look past it all. The mutt didn’t know any better. “Nice trailer,” I lied, sucking on the bottle of Heineken. “It's a dump, but thanks,” he wet his lips as he stared at me. I gulped on some more of the beer. “You know, it's miles away from any neighbours,” he rubbed the side of the chair he was sitting on gently. “So no one would be able to hear your screams,” he grinned as he plopped his feet up on the coffee table and relaxed his arm on the old settee. I swallowed everything that was in the bottle, then leaned over and grabbed another bottle of Heineken and pop the top off with my teeth. I turned the b
MIRANDA’S POVThe world just seemed gloomy right now. Nigel was probably using my body to ride that jerk Durk at this very moment. Maybe that was the reason for my awful stomach aches. The world was a messed up place. It wasn't at all like those fairytale books I kept reading. My senses were off because I was so angry at Nigel for being such a gigantic A-hole. “Miranda, I'm sorry. I know you have been saving yourself for someone special,” Taurus apologized. “I promise Nigel will suffer the consequences for hurting you like this.”“I wasn’t just saving myself for just anyone, Taurus. I was saving it for the one. The man I will spend the rest of my life with, and now Nigel is flushing it all down the toilet,” I spoke through gritted teeth. I didn’t need to tell Taurus how angry or scared I was. He felt it just like how I felt his concerns for me. “I wish I could do something to help,” he snickered while he padded around inside my head thinking about ways to help me or soothe me. “I kn
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