TrinityI looked up at Mark and his eyes turned cold. “What’s changed?” Mark asked. “The last time we spoke… the time before that. You were completely different.”“I want to call Lucian,” I said again. “Where’s my phone?”“You’re not calling him.”“You can’t keep me from calling who I want.”Mark scoffed. “I’m the police. I actually can, especially if you want to call a vampire.”I set my jaw. “I want to leave.”“She’s not the smartest, is she?” Someone else asked, a woman walking past the car. She looked down at me with a sneer. “What part of vampire did you miss? Whatever he’s told you is all bullshit.”I looked at her. “What would you know about it?”She tilted her head. “Well, cupcake, let’s say I know more than you think.”She looked at Mark. “I told you we should have purged her the first time you had a suspicion.”“She’s clean,” Mark said. “Bullshit,” she said. “She’s not. Make her drink and see.”Mark eyed me and he took my hand and pulled me out of the car. “I’m not doing t

TrinityRed light flashed behind my eyes. In the distance, a large, dark stone castle grew bigger and closer. The wind whistled past me. I remembered this. I had been here before. I looked up at large dark wings. Then, I fell. My body slammed into the cold hard stone that smelled like stale water. Pain throbbed in my hands and feet. I felt dizzy and weak. I had been here too. Furious, glowing red and gold eyes stared down at me. Pain assaulted me from every direction. I couldn’t escape it. I couldn’t close my eyes and go to sleep. I couldn’t run from it. I couldn’t breathe around it.Then, I saw Lucian’s face again, smeared with blood, in a long dark robe. A car was overturned nearby. A headless body was on the ground. It was so cold around me as he turned to me, and I could see through the shadows of the hood so clearly.As I opened my eyes, it felt like I was surfacing from a deep pool of water, but my mind felt different. It felt so much lighter. The wall around my memories felt

TrinityI opened my eyes. I couldn’t explain how I knew. I just felt it. Then, I heard footsteps coming down the hall. The door opened, and Lucian walked in. My heart filled with relief and happiness seeing him. He closed the door behind him and approached the bed, but he couldn’t get much closer as the barrier seemed to repel him.His lips twitched. “How are you feeling, Trinity?”My eyes burned, and I went to the edge of the barrier, putting my hands on the invisible wall. I was so close. I swear I could feel the heat of his body. “Y-You shouldn’t be here. Mark wants… They’ll know if you’re here.”“They already do,” he said gently. “Are you hurt? Were you bitten?”I shook my head. “I’m okay… It’s just a scratch.”He nodded. “Pull back from the barrier.”I frowned and sat back on my heels. He kneeled. I heard something scratch on the floor before he stood up. Then, he stood and pulled me into his arms. I let out a desperate gasp and clung to him. “T-They killed—”“I know,” he said

LucianIt was a dangerous game I was playing. I had no idea what would happen to Trinity while she was pregnant. However, I couldn’t help but be a bit excited. My wife and I… never got the chance to have children. We hadn’t been married long enough to try for children when she’d been murdered. I left the hospital, hovering above it and waiting. Soon, the cars headed out, carrying Trinity away from the building. I followed, unsurprised that they were going to Mark’s house. I waited to see where they would take her soon. I made sure to push the need for Trinity to keep the child through our bond. Soon, I saw them moving through the rooms of the house and preparing to leave. Mark’s car pulled out of the driveway and headed down the street. Soon after, the other two hunters went to the car down the street and followed. They drove out of the city and into the woods to a small wooden cabin that couldn’t have been built by the church. Other than the silver each of them carried, there wasn’

LucianI watched droves of vampires leave through the gate that had opened. With the gate opened, I could feel Trinity’s state of mind easier. She was frightened, but she didn’t seem to be in danger. A spike of terror rippled through her, and I went stiff. I pushed power into our bond, trying to see what was happening. But all I got were flashes of fear. I saw Mark’s face. I heard gunfire and that woman’s voice shouting orders. There was worry and I pulled on my connection to Mark, trying to get a better sense of what was going on. As I expected, Mark’s vision was clearer. His mind was calmer as he pulled Trinity down a set of dark stairs and started running. There was a sense of urgency. I could hear him counting at a slow, steady pace as they ran. The woman came up behind her and then went past him. I tried to hold on to the connection, but there was too much information coming in across the distance. It stretched and thinned. The only constant thing was Trinity’s fear and the od