LOGINI told myself that I won't care. I can't cry right now. I'm not going to give him the satisfaction of seeing me in tears.
Holding unto his arms was the school Queen bitch, Anna Godson. Her blond hair looks too perfect like it was glowing in the hallways, and her blue eyes bright and mocking stared at me like I was the most pathetic human being in the whole world.
She was too beautiful to be anything like me. Compared to Anna, you could very well refer to me as a pig, and Jason knows that. He knows that dumping me for her was a good choice. But did he seriously have to do it in front of the whole school?
If he thinks he would achieve his aim of making me cry like he had done with other girls, then he's definitely in for a surprise.
I pushed down the urge to cry to the deepest part of my brain, locked it and threw the imaginary key away.
Please tears, I'm going to let you out when I'm alone in the comfort of my room. Not right now in front of him, in front of them, in front of the whole school. How humiliating can that get?
Looking at Jason's smug expression made me realize that I have been an ignorant fool all along. Everyone in Westwood high knew that Jason Davidson is a big time player. The King of the school, bad boy and the richest kid in the city. His family is known all over the country and he's the type that takes his friends out of the country every week in his personal private jet.
I've had a crush on Jason Davidson for as long as I can remember, but I always thought I am not the kind of woman he would be interested in.
Unlike the blond barbie dolls he had dated, I was pretty average. I had dark raven hair and a slender body that looks like I don't feed myself. My eyes were a dull grey and I was short at 5ft4 inches. I should have known something wasn't right when Jason asked me out. All along he was only after my body.
Everyone warned me. I really should have listened to them, but I was so sure he loved me. I was so sure I had changed him. Why is he doing this to me now?
Jason scoffed when I refused to say anything in answer to what he just said. What did he expect anyway? Isn't it to early to pop something so surprising at me? When I woke up this morning, I didn't expect that I was coming to school only to be heartbroken. Just yesterday, Jason treated me like a princess. How could he be so cruel?
"Are you that shocked to speak Kate? Don't you have anything to say? I just told you it's over between us. I never want to see your disgusting self anywhere close to me." He repeated, this time adding more words that tore my heart in two.
Don't cry Kate.
Don't you dare fucking cry!
I lifted my chin in defiance to show him that I am not the least bit affected by what he just said. "I am not shocked by this Jason. I expected this from you considering your reputation of being a player. I knew one of these days you're going to show the disgusting side of you that will forever remain a heartless dick!" I mentally applauded myself for saying that straight without my voice breaking.
My words seem to have no effect on Jason. He chuckled, "you really are pathetic Kate. It's not my fault that it was so easy to fool you. I made a bet with my friends that I can fuck you before prom, and I did. How is it my fault that you believed me and gave yourself to me like the disgusting slut you are?!"
Those words cut me deep like being repeatedly wounded by a razor sharp sword, but I won't break, I won't give him that satisfaction!
"For you to make such a disgusting bet on a person just shows that you are the one who's really pathetic!" I snapped and stared at the blond barbie glued to his arm, "you better watch out girl. He may have made a bet on you too."
The girl smirked unphased by my warning. "Jason won't do that to me. I'm not as pathetic as you."
I scoffed at her words, "that was how I convinced myself when he started trying to ask me out. I thought I was different from his twenty five exes. They probably thought that too, so get over yourself girl."
"Oh just shut it Kate!" Jason snapped looking annoyed, "stop putting words in Anna's head. She's not like you! I truly like her, but you on the other hand; you were nothing to me, absolutely nothing!"
"And you were nothing to me too Jason!" I fired back in anger. "My world never revolved around you, in fact I have been cheating on you with my new boyfriend. I was gonna break up with you anyway. You just beat me to it!"
My revelation was followed with silence. A silence so strong that one could hear a pin drop in the middle of the watching crowd of students, but all of a sudden, the hallway erupted into a loud laughing fit.
"Are you really lying about a boyfriend just to save face?" Jason said through his laughter. "If not me, no one will want you. Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror?"
"Well, my new boyfriend wants me and he loves me more than anything in the world!" I continue to add more fuel to the fire and I didn't stop there, "in fact, he's richer than you, more handsome than you, less of a dick than you, and better than you in all aspect!"
"You wish!" Jason and everyone else continued to laugh, and I know for sure that none of them believed any word that comes out of my mouth.
I know I should stop, but I couldn't stop my own tongue from running. "It's not a wish. I really have a boyfriend and I even asked him to come to prom with me."
Katy you idiot!
Jason raised a disbelieving brow. "Really?"
No!
"Yes!" I answered so sure of myself that some people were starting to wonder if I was telling the truth, but majority of them doesn't believe me. I could see it in the way they looked at me, with mocking eyes and disgusted expressions.
Jason still doesn't believe me, but he said anyway. "If that is true, then I don't mind seeing this amazing boyfriend- who is apparently better than me at prom in two weeks, and if what you said turns out to be a lie, then you really are the most pathetic human being on earth Kate." With that he walked away with his new toy.
I was happy that I won against him for now, but where the fuck am I going to find a boyfriend that is a lot better than Jason in just two weeks? In fact I'm pretty sure there is no one as rich as Jason in our small town.
I'm so fucked right now!
I couldn't believe what my father had just said. Marry Giron? And worst of all, rule beside him?My father is trying to make Giron king! Does he realize what that means? Does he realize that making Giron king would automatically mean more suffering for the humans?Why would father go that far? I know he wants to protect Domenic as best as he could, but making Giron king will not help, not in the slightest.I glared straight at Giron, who was still smirking at me. He looks extremely pleased with the decision, but he is definitely wasting his time because I will not be getting married to a monster like him. Over my dead body.I decided to study the faces of the elders one after another. Orion obviously doesn't care whatever the outcome becomes. Julio looked pleased by the decision. Luciana looks uneasy, and Karina was obviously displeased by the decision.If only the elders were brave enough to speak up, I could tell that most of them do not agree with Giron becoming king.If they can't
Returning to the palace felt like stepping into a nightmare I had never truly escaped.The castle was exactly the same as I had left it, cold stone walls, glittering chandeliers, and beneath all that beauty, cruelty breathing quietly in every corner. Humans stood along the halls with metal collars locked around their necks. Some stared at the floor in submission. It hurts to see their spirit completely broken. They were just harmless innocent humans but none of these vampires would understand that. They only see them as slaves and that's painful.Some of the humans stared into nothing like their lives were lost and they had nothing to hope for. Their souls completely broken.No matter what happens, the humans are still the children of the moon goddess. They might have been created weak, but that doesn't mean they should be used and stomped on.Seeing the collars around their necks made my stomach churn.They aren’t animals. They felt fear, pain, love. They had hearts that broke just
CAMILLE'S POV.The woods felt like home. Actually, it has always been home to me. Ever since I left the palace years ago, the woods has been my solace.At first it wasn't easy. The shadow monsters were everywhere. It took me months to battle through their brutality until I finally found my solace in the mountain of the moon goddess. No might know this, but I felt more free here in the woods. Back at the palace, I felt like I couldn't breath. No one agrees with my belief in treating the humans right and feeding on animal blood. They thought I was a fool to suggest that. I couldn't join them, so I left. As I practiced my sword fighting, the trees around me whispered secrets with every breeze, the damp earth beneath my feet grounding me as I practiced. Domenic has left the vampire world to be with the human he loves. The vampires would never accept it. They will surely go after him soon. He may think I hate him, but I've never hated him once. I'll do my best to protect him. That's why
After Domenic's little performance that morning, the school was still in excitement. It was like we’d accidentally walked into an alternate universe where everyone suddenly loved me.People smiled. Actual smiles. Even Jason's many exes who used to look through me were now greeting me like we were lifelong friends.Quinn noticed it too. Of course she did.She bumped my shoulder as we walked to our classes. “So,” she said, dragging the word out painfully slow, “you’re just casually dating the hottest and most dangerous man in the city and you didn’t think to mention it? You've literally been living with him those times you were missing. I can't believe you Kate!”I sighed. “its not what you think Quinn. It's more complicated than it seems.” How would I make her understand that Domenic Darkshadow is not just a Russian Mafia leader, but the prince of the vampires? How can I even tell her that all those times I was missing, I was lost in a vampire world. She'll definitely think I'm crazy?
The entire school stood frozen. As they tried to take in what the hell was happening right before their very eyes.I could feel it—the shock, the disbelief, the electric tension buzzing through the hallway. Everyone was staring at us. At him. The Russian Mafia leader, standing in their school.To them that's definitely crazier than knowing that vampires exist and the feared Mafia lord is one.And worst of all, he was kissing me. Could this get any more crazy?Even though his lips was on mine, my mind went completely blank. I couldn't recover from the shock of him being here in my school, kissing me. Just few days ago, he refused to accept me and pushed me out of his world.Why then was he here?Why did he follow me?I hadn’t even recovered from the feel of his lips when the questions came rushing in. Did he leave the vampire world because he realized his true feelings for me? Didn’t he say he wasn’t going to come with me? Maybe he realized that he loved me in ways he claimed not to.D
The days after I returned home passed strangely slow and heavy, yet full. A lot happened.My mom barely left my side. She hovered over me like she was afraid I might disappear again if she blinked for too long. She even took a few days off work just to be there for me, cooking my favorite meals, checking on me constantly, touching my hair like she needed reassurance that I was real.At some point, the police came.They sat across from me in the living room, their eyes sharp but cautious, asking me what had happened during the time I was missing. I told them the lie I had practiced over and over in my head, that I had gotten lost in the woods and couldn’t find my way home.They didn’t fully believe me. I could see it in their faces. But they couldn’t force the truth out of me either. So they eventually left.Quinn came over every single day. She filled the silence with her voice, her laughter, her presence—trying to make up for the lost time between us. She told stories about everythin







