All Chapters of The Descendants - Rise of the Reaper Army: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The trees were bare, their leaves long gone and snow on the ground would make hiding his tracks almost impossible. He should turn back. There was every chance a blizzard could set in. Not that the cold would have any effect on his body. For Gabriel every day was like a winter’s morning; cold and dark. For years he had felt nothing and, how could he? He was dead.Taking shelter behind the only thing he could find, a decaying wooden fence that had seen better days, Gabriel crouched down and took one la

Aurora fell onto the bed. She would never dare to cry in front of the others, but in the privacy of her bedroom she let out her grief. The loss of Stefan had shattered her heart into a thousand pieces. Her only brother was dead. She had been warned. Her visions had shown Stefan’s death at the hands of a vampire, but it had seemed impossible. No new vampires had walked the earth for hundreds of years. Yet still, she prepared and planned, and hoped maybe there would be a way to save Stefan’s life. Wh

Aurora was speechless. She wiped at her tears and turned away from the window. “I don’t believe you Jasmyne. Why are you making up such lies?”But instead of apologizing, her sister got to her feet and repeated the words that had sent her mind reeling.

Aurora was stunned at the ultimatum. “Jasmyne how can you say such things?”“It’s enough Aurora. No one loved Stefan more than I did, but the way you’re reacting to his death is unimaginable. It’s like you’ve gone mad and now you’re out here with this murderer. What were you thinking?”

He had given Aurora the bed, and after watching the clock tick down hour after hour, Gabriel was unable to rest any longer. His head was filled with wild ideas about slaying monsters, saving the world, and he couldn’t deny it; Aurora. She was unlike anyone he had ever met. Sure, he had dated women, even come close to marriage once back when he was human, but never anyone like her. She was stubborn and determined, but there was also a part of her that was tender and broken. At times he was torn between wanting to kiss her, and shout at her all at the same time. He didn’t know what any of it meant, but the scary part was that he liked it.