Amber stared at nothing in particular as she leaned against the wall, waiting for Harper to wake up. She is the only one delaying them from going to save the cop_ if he is still alive, and from there, they would go back to Polis or whatever is the place she doesn’t even care to know.She stopped staring when she felt a presence beside her and she looked up to see Sage who also lean his back against the wall next to her. She shifted her eyes to fall on Bathilda who was busy pacing around and she let out a soft sigh.“Do you have something to say to me? Because it seems to me that you do,” she said without looking at him.“I actually don’t,” Sage said, his voice sounding soft.“Then why did you come here?” she asked and waited for his reply when she suddenly remembered something. “By the way,” she turned her head to look at him, “Why did you save me?” she asked.“That is because you are the Chosen One. You will always be protected. If I don’t, someone else will.”“I don’t want that answ

Amber sat outside on a stone with Harper beside her who held her body together because of the cold evening air. Her eyes were fixed on the small stick in her hand as her mind travelled elsewhere and she snapped the stick into two. The sound of the snap reminded her of her father taking her picture while she smiled happily and the world they used to live in, before his death which changed everything about her. She remembered the words of courage he made her learn over time and she said it in her mind;“I am the guardian of my mind, body and soul. I have the power to control the way I respond to what happens to me. I will get up again when I fall and I will never give up. I won’t give in to my fear. I will rather control my fears and overcome it. I am strong. I am brave. I am a fighter.”Now, as she repeated those words in her mind, it seems to her to have a different meaning and something just tells her that all her life, the things around her has been preparing her for something, some

Amber paced about the room, feeling uneasy. Yesterday, Jade had mentioned that Sage belonged to another Coven and when they went back to the castle, she had found out that they had come to take him back, but he had told them he would leave with them in the morning. Now here she is, deciding if she should go see him or not. She peeped out of the window again to see if they had gone, but they were still there, outside of Polis walls. She wanted to know the reason they wanted him back, because what she knows is that for him to be at Polis and here with them means he is not accepted in his Coven and she doubts if their Coven are friends with them here.She soon heard a knock and she stopped pacing. Did he come to see her before leaving?She went to it and opened it but she got disappointed when she saw that it was Bathilda.“Good morning,” Amber greeted her.“Morning Hedda. You seem to be expecting someone else,” she said, voicing out her thoughts and Amber didn’t think she was only guess

“What is this?” Amber asked as Bathilda showed them a drawing and names.“That is what I am about to explain,” Bathilda said as she fixed her eyes on the both of them.“Vampirism started long way back in time and there is no accurate record for when it actually started but with time, we started getting known and the humans believe we are a threat to their existence. It all started when they formed their own groups and planned on taking us all down because they don’t want our kind to mix with theirs, let alone have children with them. Any affair with the humans is labeled as a taboo and they were either killed or banished. A group named ‘Hunters’ was formed by the humans and they started killing our kinds, both young and old, but we also started to attack back when we saw the wrong in it. They attacked us first and we can’t sit and do nothing while they kill our innocent children and with the vampire force, the Hunters were wiped out 1600 years ago,” she said and looked down on the map

In a dark room with four walls where there are no windows, Meera scratched her nails on the walls and her mouth moved as she was muttered something inaudible. She did not know how many nights have passed since she was locked up as every second that passed was night for her. She felt like she would go mad any minute and worse still, she hasn’t had food or water, or even bathed. But that was nothing compared to what she was feeling at the moment. Her throat is burning and she needs something other than water to quench her thirst. Also, her back aches far worse than she has ever imagined that she felt that her bones would push out.Kyle had betrayed her, even though she never exposed him, and Klaus had watched her as she was being dragged away. She should never have trusted them, or better still, she should have known what she was signing up for the moment she agreed to their deal. At least, that was what she thought.As she scratched her nails harder on the wall where the flesh soon sta