All Chapters of A Vampire's Mark : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Back at his house, in my room, my mind raced with thoughts. Did they just plan to kill me? Was Lucian trustworthy? I'm I truly his destiny? I lay down on my bed, with a plan already strategized on how I was going to escape back to school the next thing tomorrow morning. As the night went on, it carried me with it. Deep into the night, it became cold, the world so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and the moon above was casting its beautiful light upon the world. My eyelids grew heavy, not from sleep, but from something deeper. Colors shifted, my dream completely dark, and my dreams began to feel real. Now I wasn't asleep, yet I wasn't awake either. I was caught somewhere in between, a place where time seemed to slow down. Colors crawled back in, and I saw myself in a garden, in a plain white gown, like I was some psychiatric patient waiting to be compelled by the nurses. It was heavily beautified with flowers of different kinds and species, big and small, grown and sprouting on

Darkness slowly blurs away as I open my eyes to the morning sun. As the flashback of what happened last night slowly creeps in, I jolt in fear of where I might be, turning necks like I am the watch man in a heist. “Calm down, you're safe.” a deep voice slashes through the morning silence and as I look I see Lucian holding up two cups of coffee. His features are so perfect in the morning. “Of course he always comes to my aid.” I murmured under my breath as if I didn't pray he would come to save me last night. Stretching his right hand, he offers me coffee. I rolled my eyes, pretending I didn’t need it, but my hand betrayed me, I still took it. The warmth seeped through the cup and into my fingers, and I hated how good it felt. His gaze fixed on me as I sipped my coffee, I could feel his inquisitiveness at its brim, itching to ask a pile of questions. “What happened yesterday?” He places his cup on top of a table beside him as he walks towards me, his gaze still glued on me,steady,

A hand envelopes my waist, and pushes me to their embrace before I wreck havoc at the “Vampire ball”. Melting into his welcoming warmness, I stagger a bit, my vision like a blank piece of paper accompanied with the eerie sound. Making it seem as if I was the only one in the room but at least I know who's hands I was in. “I'm here Aria, breath. I got you.” his lips brushing my ears as he reassures me. His voice seems to work magic, pushing me back to reality in no time. “What happened?” my voice soaked in total curiosity as I tried to jog my memory of what might have happened. “You almost went goddess mood.” He lets me go off his embrace, his humor not really helping situations. The whole whole room glares at me intensively, the weight of their gaze could possibly push me to the underworld. “Let's leave here. Shall we?” Lucian stretches his hand, a warm smile curling up his lips. Taking his hand, we exited the room, definitely giving them something to talk about. ****I sit on the

Even with everything going on in my life right now. I tried so hard not to neglect my roots—being human. I went back to school, catching up with friends and school. As the sunset sky bled into darkness, I packed my books on a journey to head to the library to cover up more school that I've missed for days. I was interrupted with a knock and poking his head into my room was Ethan. “What are you up to?” he asks entering the room and closes the door behind him. “Nothing much. I was just preparing to catch up on school work. As you know I've missed a lot.” “Yes I know you've missed a lot, Aria. But what I don't know… Is Why you've missed a lot and where you were.” He looks up to me as he drops to my bed. His eyes were very intimidating. “Come on Ethan does it matter? What matters is that I'm here now? Right?” “And then you disappear again for the next five days and make an appearance like you own the school. You know you can always tell me anything Aria. Is anything wrong?” I wish

“Ah! There he is. Always a saviour forever a saviour.” Tyril let out a humourless laugh, slowly walking towards us, with his men behind him hungry for blood. “What is the meaning of this Tyril?” Lucian questioned. “Nothing much, I just came here for one thing and one thing alone.” His eyes glowing with deceit. “We are in no possession of your property Tyril. Please leave us be.” “Of course you wouldn't dare claim my possession, but today I came to take Aria with me.” Me? Who does he think he is? Oh he truly has some guts. “Me? Please, Tyril , there is nothing I would want to do with you.” My voice mixed with pain and disgust but he did not still get the message. “Come on Aria. You know I'm better than this forgotten prince here. You come with me and I will treat you like how you should be treated.” “Aria is not going anywhere with you. You meet her for a night and suddenly she is your interest?” “I guess I cannot control myself because of her beauty.” He shrugs. “Leave Tyril