I awoke with a familiar view, I was in my old cell, the one Rebecca had put me in the day we first met. Footsteps approached and keys jingled. Unlike the relief I had gotten from seeing Ivan walk into my cell that first time, I felt dread as the door opened to reveal three vampires. Two I recognized from the department store, Julius was the name of one, but the other was a new face. “Nice of you to join us again mutt,” Julius spoke with a smirk. “Enjoyed our hospitality so much you came back for more?” The one with long black hair chimed in. The third held up his hand for silence. He must be the one in charge. “It’s nice to have you in our cells again John.” Shit, he knew my name, Lilly must have talked. I kept my poker face on and my heart steady. “You know my name, but who am I talking to?” I had a feeling, but that didn’t make his next sentence go down any smoother, “My Name is Claude. King of the vampires. As I understand it, our friend Ivan had been spreading lies about whe

"Rebecca, don't panic," Ruthie said softly. "You can get us out of here, I know you can. Just take a few deep breaths and focus, just like Ivan taught you." "I'm so sorry Ruthie, this is all my fault! I thought I could face him but I..." "Don't worry about that right now." She kept her tone smooth and comforting. "Just focus.” I looked over at her slumped on the wall, her clothes torn and her body bruised. She was standing in a puddle of blood…Too much blood. I had gotten her into this mess, I needed to get her out. I tried to steady my breathing, to get my mind off of Claude, but I was distracted by a cackle coming from the door. "Finally! The both of you right where you belong" Lilly was peering in from the small barred window. She looked fine. "Lilly! what are you doing?” I almost screamed at her. She was in a good position to escape and here she was gloating. "You've got to get out of here! Claude, he's going to kill you!" She just laughed some more. "Oh he may have killed a

At first, it was us against only Julius and Alejandro. Both who fought well, obviously skilled at their craft. Claude and Lilly had hung back, but no doubt had called for help as soon more vampires started to trickle into the room. Ivan must have gotten to Rebecca or found some matches because I saw him throw someone into the wall exposing the studs. When I looked again he set fire to them and let him burn in the wall. The wolves pushed the fight closer to the fire. We were vulnerable to it as well, but not like Vampires. The only way to truly kill them was to burn them. Claude looked worried. His long thin fingers were gripped tightly around Lilly’s arm, She was his key right now. Knowing this I moved the fight to them, everyone following my lead. Ivan got there first. The king tossed Lilly behind him to block Ivan's attack. Despite his age, he was a skilled fighter, this surprised me. “Traitor! You stole her from me!” The king yelled as he threw Ivan across the room. Julius fell b

I slammed my bedroom door shut and fell onto my bed crying. All this training was a waste of time. I couldn't use it when I really needed it. I was angry at myself for being so useless in battle. I was a danger to everyone around me. I could have gotten everyone killed that night. Everyone except Claude anyway, I could never win against him. The smell of smoke made me sit up. My bed was on fire again. Shit! I folded the blankets over on themselves snuffing out the fire once more. I moved into the spare bedroom the night we got back and woke up in the middle of the night with flames all around me. I only meant to stay for the one night, to cool down and talk to John once I was level headed. But knowing what I was capable of, I didn’t want to burn John in the middle of the night. My nightmares were getting worse and worse, and the mattress was completely ruined. It wasn’t even the slightest bit comfortable, but I couldn’t tell anyone. What would they think? Some Luna I was, too weak t

Shock consumed her face as she stared at me wide eyed. “You're?” I nodded, still feeling terrible I had kept this from her for so long. “This whole time?” “Yes Becca, Please forgive me for not telling you sooner.” She surprised me by leaping from the couch and crashing into my arms sobbing, holding me tight. I stiffened. “You’re not mad?” I asked hesitantly. “Mad? Are you crazy?" She loosened her grip on me just enough that she could look me in the eye. "Ivan you just gave me the best news of my life!” Relief crashed over me like a tsunami. Embracing her we cried together on the couch until she had calmed down and stopped crying. I was so happy. She wasn't mad. She loved me, she was happy that I was her father, I couldn't have asked for anything more. Beccas POV “Tell me more?” Ivan and I had been sitting in John's office for a while now, I had so many questions. He had never willfully spoken of my mom in the past, and neither had the king. Apparently, the pain of her memory wa