Voices around me sounded muffled as I slowly stirred awake. I couldn't quite tell what was being said at first but whoever it was sounded almost angry. I raised a hand to my forehead, a massive headache was pounding away in my head."You promised me that my grandson wouldn't get involved!" The voice was saying. I tried to open my eyes but everything was blurry. Were my grandparents here? Why would they be here of all places? No. It didn't sound like my grandpa. I tried to focus on my surroundings.Rakesh's familiar voice rang out but all I could see were shadowy figures, "I had no choice! You know I cannot fight her. How else will I free your daughter? Those two old idiots would sooner kill all of us than help, they only gave in because of him!"What were they talking about? I tried to speak but my voice came out a strained sound. The two shadowy figures stopped fighting and stepped over to me."You used too much mind control on him," the

The phone call didn't last too long before Edward stood up and told me to come quickly. Confused, the two of us headed out of the penthouse and back down to the hotels' reception where a few people were waiting for us. They seemed to be bodyguards of some kind. I could tell that they were werewolves, their large bulky forms stood tall though they paid me little to no attention."You need to stop him from killing her, they're out back," a smaller man behind the bodyguards was telling Edward. He seemed to be fretting. "We can't get anywhere near them, Rakesh won't let us."I blinked at the weedy man. I couldn't tell what he was at first, but then I noticed the crinkled ears, the tell-tale sign of a goblin. He was probably the manager. Rem had told me they could be a little feisty but it seemed this one was nervous and I didn't need to guess why. Rakesh had shown me how easily he could make the supernatural cower away from him should he desire it.Edwar

Morning came too quickly and the headache that plagued me over the night had finally subsided. I had managed to get a small amount of sleep but I still felt a little off. I kept getting hot and cold flashes all night and my grandfather had spent most of the night taking care of me. He finally fell asleep in the chair next to my bed when my fever had calmed.I got up carefully and quietly. The sunshine that managed to sneak into the room made my eyes hurt so I stumbled my way to the bathroom across the way from the room I was in. I took a long drink of water and splashed my face to try and get rid of the sticky sweat from my sleepy face. I felt awful because of the lack of any decent rest.I looked into the mirror to get a look at myself, my hair was a complete mess and my face was pale. Something else was off, but at first, I couldn't figure out what it was. I put it down to the fact that I was just unwell with something and began to try and tidy up my hair. Th

After that truth-bomb, Edward left the penthouse in order to get to work. He was some CEO or something, I barely paid much more attention to anything else. I was too stunned to really pay much more thought beyond everything that was going through my mind.Rakesh had been oddly quiet after he confessed the truth to me. I was angry, hurt, frustrated and shocked but I couldn't bring myself to blame him for keeping the truth from me. How hard was it on him that those he cared for were being held hostage by his family and he was more or less powerless to fight back or so Edward had tried to explain."Why does she have them?" I asked, only when I was calm enough again. Rakesh had retreated into one of the other bedrooms and refused to come out. I sat down by the door, not sure what else I could do.I could hear Rakesh sigh behind the door. "She doesn't tell me all her plans, she just said something in their blood was needed for some sort of ritual," he rep

I stood alone in that room for a few moments, dazed and completely flustered by what had almost happened between us. Part of me had wanted Rakesh to feast on my blood, with or without that mind-control and that had surprised me. I knew he felt just as surprised by his own desires too. He had never shown any wish to take my blood before so why did he suddenly find himself drawn to do so now? Was it because of the change to my blood?I placed my fingers over the gem which still seemed slightly warm to the touch but after a while, I finally snapped out of my own thoughts. I decided to take a quick shower and covered myself in some of the deodorants that were in the room. I hoped it was enough to mask whatever scent I was giving off. I kept the choker on, as an extra precaution.I left the elevator and glanced around the hotel lobby for a moment. I recalled a few faces here and there and for the most part, people seemed to not even notice me at all. I moved towards