...Anastasia POV...
I cannot believe my eyes; Eva is still alive. How dare Sebastian keep this from me? Here I am feeling terrible for what I have done, only to find out that there was no reason for me to have worried like this. But the question begs, is she human, or is she a Vampire?
I start to pick up my pace to catch up to her and Edward, but I find myself being pulled back by Sebastian.
"I do not suggest that you do that."
"Let me go, Sebastian; you cannot tell me what I can and cannot do."
"When it comes to Eva, then I am afraid I am."
"She is my friend; I need to speak to her."
"Then I am afraid once again, for Eva does not consider you as a friend no more."
"Eva shall never say such a thing."
"Yes, my dear, just as Eva did not think that you would kill her."
"Sebastian, is she...?"
"Use your smell Anastasia, or is that another thing you have mastered yet."
"Ugh. You are impossible."
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My beloved is being sentenced to thirty days in the dungeon. I begged for her not to interrupt and anger the members of The Council. She is by far the most stubborn woman that I have ever known in both my mortal and immortal life. She does not fully grasp the severity of her situation; the dungeon is not a prison cell that these humans use to keep the bad apples of their society. It is, in fact, a very real dark hole in a castle in a secret location in Europe.She is but only a youngling; with her constant cravings, she shall not even last a week. This is, by all fairness, a sentence to death. I am afraid that this is a harsh punishment to hand down, and I cannot overrule it. Any signs of leniency shall not only show that I am weak but show that I favor her over any other Vampires who should be treated equally the same. But in saying this, I shall not sit aside and watch her slowly die in that dark hole."If I may interrupt Genevieve.""Yes, go ahead, Sebastian.
I have just spent my very first night in this dark and very much suffocating hole. That is, if the sun is rising at this very moment for when you have nothing but time on your hands, a Vampire is the last person whom you should ask what time of day it is. One other thing that a Vampire would never have is such a thing as lack of sleep. You shall find yourself wide awake for twenty-four hours a day in and day out.And day in and day out, I shall spend in here for the next thirty days. I truly hope that Anastasia is keeping it together; she did seem quite distressed when we said our goodbyes. She fears it very much that something shall happen to me while I am down in this godforsaken place. I do tend to share the feeling with her, for I have not been out to feed in over three weeks. Now I generally push it up to a month, but to go for nearly two, well, I am afraid to say that I do not know if I shall make it.So, needless to say, that I am not only foolish but very much
...Anastasia POV...Should Sebastian get word of what I shall be doing in the next few hours, he shall do more than just send me to my room, for it is not only against the Vampire code but also somewhat inhumane to do.I shall be taking Lilith with me to bear witness and give The Council word of what I have done. Now we are only but hoping that this time it shall be other Council Members, for we almost can certainly say that Genevieve will not put me in the same dungeon that Sebastian finds himself.But now, we do have another request that has come from a completely unexpected source. Lilith has just brought me word of it."Anastasia, I have had a request from Eva to come along on the hunt tonight.""She actually said that? Is she coming to see that I do get caught, or does she actually want to help Sebastian?"Just then, Eva comes walking through the door."A bit of both, actually. And I am fairly tired of the scraps that Edward brin
If I thought that Genevieve is scary and intimidating, then William is near to spine-chilling terrifying. He has requested for me to stand as he shall now hand down my sentence. Never did I imagine that I shall be so eager to accept punishment, but there is only one punishment I wish to receive. And looking at this Council member, I am about to receive the worst that he is willing to give.But Edward nor I could foresee what he shall say next."It does sadden me deeply that I need to hand a sentence down such as this to The Master's beloved. I do expect his full wrath to come down on me once he gets word of what I have done."He goes silent for a few moments as if he seems to be troubled with the very own words that he is about to say."Anastasia, your behavior was reckless, to say the least. Should a human have come across the remains, I fear to say that we could have been exposed. Not even to mention The Vampire Hunter that shall come after us. With say
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If I thought that I shall be able to walk around freely and claim that things are back to its normal self, than I would say that I was rather foolish. By now I can confidently say that Edward has become somewhat a bearer of bad news. Every time the man speaks, there is some kind of a problem, I do consider to order him to refraining from speaking at all.Which leads us to our new problem, one that can be rather pesky if she is anything like her friend. And to add to this, she does not seem very enthusiastic to be a Vampire at all. Now the question begs, where is Eva Nikolai?"Edward what do you mean Eva is gone?""Lilith has informed me that she has been absent since the evening that the girls went out to feed.""And this only alarms you now?""I am afraid that my focus has been on rescuing the both of you."I turn my attention to Anastasia that has been standing in silence next to me. She does not seem to hold the same urgency as the rest o