He picks up one of the prisoners and sinks his teeth into the skin easily, the blood oozing out the sides of his mouth, the sweetness in the air which was making my stomach do backflips, when Christian pauses and turns back to me, his lips are stained with blood, his eyes a deep black “We don’t have long” but I was frozen to the spot, even Reaper was speechless but my teeth started growing, I don’t know if it was because I could smell the blood or because I was becoming desperate for the crimson liquid.I kneel down next to the other man, the one who Christian had already cut for me, being so close to the taste of blood was mesmerising and I could hear the steady rhythm of his heartbeat, shooting one final glance at Christian, I sink my teeth into the neck of the man, letting the blood flow freely down my throat, the strength it gave me was incredible and i hold him tight to my mouth sucking in as much as I could, the feeling of power running through m

Calli comes and grabs my arm, her blonde hair coming loose from its ponytail. She tucks it back with her free hand whilst pulling on me, stopping me from going after Daryl.“Men” she rolls her eyes which makes me smile, in a way, she reminded me of Jordan who also didn’t give a shit about men or their rank, just look at Cole. “Just ignore him Ashley, I know he is your mate, but you have a right to independency and you need to know how to protect yourself.She pulls me back to the other women and as she drops my arm and turns away I see a blue mark on her shoulder, similar to my crescent, only hers was almost a star shape, the other girls have one too but in different places, one had it on their stomach, wait, it couldn't be possible could it, were they all Royals here?I needed to find Christian, my brain felt like it was being twisted, he had said that we were a different blood line, is that why they had a star mark rather than a crescen

How was it even possible, I wasn’t mated to him, I knew I liked him but surely that wasn’t enough to create sparks between us. As I raise my eyes to his, he doesn’t say anything about the sparks“She's dead?”It wasn’t so much Christians reaction I was waiting for but Daryl’s. I wanted to know if he loved her too like she had loved him.I nod my head, "But what happened to you?, you were right behind me""I got attacked by a rogue, don't worry, they didn't last long", he said no more but it made sense as to why he was in different clothes and why there was dirt smudged across his face.“I don’t believe you Ash”“Why would you Daryl, because you never believe anything I say”“It’s seems pretty unlikely”Christian snorts, something I was getting use to when he knew I was going to make a sarcastic comment“Fine don’t believ

I don’t see Daryl for the rest of the day and I was grateful, instead I was spending the afternoon mulling over Christians words and wondering if he had felt the sparks between us like I had. Before leaving Christian had warned me that I might feel pain from rejecting Daryl but as time passed I felt nothing, literally nothing and it made me realise how little i actually know.Christian stuck to his word and slept on the white leather sofa in the room, he waited patiently outside whilst I sorted myself out and climbed into the large bed, it really was massive and I seemed oddly small in comparison but I knew I was safe with Christian not far away.At some point in the night I woke, tossing and turning, an unnerving gut feeling and sitting up I see Christian fast asleep and I push the odd sensation away from my mind and try to settle back down but I knew something wasn’t right.Sitting up, I whisper Christians name but he doesn’t stir. Tiptoeing

Searching the house and the grounds, he is nowhere to be found, Daryl is sparring with one of the men from Christians pack and watches me hastily march across the grounds. He doesn’t stop, nor does he call out to me and it finally felt like he was giving me a break. When I give up looking, Calli finds me and offers me another chance to train with her but it was getting close to the time that I needed to meet Tasha and I make my excuses.Checking around me as I near the forest, I slip in unseen and make my way back to the clearing where I had met the human. It didn’t take me long to find the place, Paige’s body was no longer on the ground and I wondered if the vampires had found her and removed her.I should have been more cautious about the vampires but I didn’t care, if needed to I would let Reaper deal with them. Checking the watch Daryl had given me, I was a few minutes early and bang on 2pm I see her auburn hair appear between the trees, thi