Ari's POV
I looked through the safe house window to see the damage that I've caused.
I had honestly thought my plan would work! But fuck that shit!
It just backfired on me!
What does he do that I don't? Why won't she notice me?
Well I know why: because I'm a nobody.
And him?
Well...
He's her soul mate.
And on the opposite side of the war!
He's with them! The bad ones!
And here I stand looking through this damn glass watching her heart beat for some guy who tried to kill her 6 hours after she was born!
I seen that in the memory that had him set on edge.
What kind of fucked up shit is that?
I've been the one who kept her safe while she cried!
I fought off the monsters who literally tried to kill her!
And how am I repaid for all of that?
How?!
I'll tell you how: by sleeping next to her soul mate.
The sad part is knowing that what I had for her and what I did- will never go away.
And what's worse is that she'll never remember me the way I want her to.
She lied to me!
She said that she'll never forget about me. She said that she loved me.
This whole time her comforting words that I've held onto for 13 years has been nothing but lies!
Well I won't have to worry about it for very long.
She'll come around.
She has to.
Romeo's POV
Lily laid so close to me. I just wish that she didn't feel this way.
She looks so different now. I mean, the first time I ever seen her, she was only a couple hours old. She had a head full of beautiful wavy black hair. And her skin was so pale and fair.
I look at her now but the only difference is is that her hair is an electric white instead of raven black.
I remember that I was ordered by Chen to go sneak my way into the castle; find my way to her chambers and kill her. That was all I had to do. I had to take at least 10 servants memories just to find my way to her room. I remember when I made it to her room, her father; the king, was coming out of the room. And before I could even try to hide from his sight, his head snapped up and his eyes landed right on me.
His eyes were the most scariest steel cold baby blue I've ever seen. It was as if his eyes were looking straight through my soul.
Her dad put his hand on the hilt of his sword and I just stood there- for 2.5 milliseconds before I ran directly at him and threw poppy powder at his face; causing him to fall on the ground in a giant heap.
I remembered I had busted down her door and slowly walked over to her perfectly crafted wooden cradle and just as I raised the knife to kill her, she opened her eyes.
Those beautiful baby blue eyes.
So full of wonder.
So full of hope.
I tried to complete my mission. I just figured maybe I could take her breath away instead.
I reached my hand out and put my hand at her tiny neck, and that small little baby pulse that I felt, neither slowed or got faster.
And it never dawned on me that my non beating heart actually started beating just a bit.
I remember freaking out and being so excited at the same time. But most of all, I felt the need to protect.
"You- you're my..you're my soulmate!" I quiver out in astonishment.
"Who would've ever thought my soulmate would be the one I was ordered to kill." I ponder to myself quietly. I moved my hand from her tiny neck and she lets out a tiny sneeze before she puckered her face and started crying. I picked her up laughing quietly and noticed that she has a beautiful pair of white wings. I guess that explains why she's only in a diaper wrapped up in a dark blue blanket.
And then I heard someone coming in my soulmates room. I laid her down and I quickly picked up my knife spinning around to see my partner in crime.
My twin brother.
His eyes showed a lust for my soulmates blood which caused me to get protective over her in that very second. I raised my arm and threw the knife at him causing him to go back to our dimension with a look of pure outrage on his face.
And in his place standing all disoriented was my girls dad with shock all over his face that quickly turned to anger.
"Get away from my daughter." He said to me drawing his sword.
I just nodded.
And he just stared at me waiting for me to move.
"My name is Romeo Fang James; Prince of Vampires. And as much as you wish for me to move away from your daughter, she is my soulmate. I live to protect and serve your daughter and be whatever she needs me to be." I say staring straight into his steel blue eyes.
He takes a deep breath and hesitantly looks at his daughter.
"Welcome to Slymethius, Fang."
Midnights POV
~10:39am~
I woke up to the smell of eggs. I should've woke to the smell of burnt wood, the smell of smoke, and hot spice...and to Romeo beside me...
I think with a blush slowly creeping to my cheeks.
My stomach growled in an angry protest to be fed. But I just ignored it and stared at the ceiling.
Why me? Why didn't I know about any of this? All these years I've had a whole other life and I never knew about it. Who am I?
And who's that angel boy?
Why have I dreamt about him for so many years and why have the memories of the dream been taken?
But most of all, who's Romeo to me?
And what does he mean by I chose him?
I finally groaned and kicked the blanket off. Mainly because the longer I lay here, the more questions I'll have that won't be answered.
I think back to last night and early morning and try to convince myself that it didn't happen but the moment white hair falls over my shoulder I throw the idea out the window.
My stomach growled even louder as I threw my body off the bed as quietly as I could. I don't need to alert anybody at this moment.
I have to get outta here and get back to my mom.
How is the question?
I tiptoed my way across the room to the closet. I have to find something to wear other than this band tee. I opened the closet doors and started looking for something else to wear but it was a bit hopeless because all I found was his clothes.
"Well I figured you'd be looking for clothes about this hour."
Romeo said from behind me making my flesh jump off my bones; and me, 10 feet in the air.
And if you're wondering; yes, I screamed.
And he just stood there, silently holding a plate of freshly made sunny side up eggs and bacon strips with an amused look on his face.
My stomach growled again and my eyes locked hold on the food. And for that one brief moment, I felt like I was an animal.
"Food!" Was all I could say before I even realized I had jerked the plate from his hands and started to scarf it all up with my hands.
"Geesh, Lily! Hungry much?" Romeo asked me with a chuckle following behind.
But I couldn't answer.
I just kept shoveling the food into my mouth as if I've never ate in my whole life.
And the sad part was, it was gone all too soon.
And then I felt sad.
That was until he handed me the most hugest muffin I've ever seen.
I just wish that I could figure out why he keeps looking at me like that.
I kept shoveling the food into my mouth, and I'm pretty sure my face looks like a mess. But it doesn't matter. All that matters right now-
"Lily-" Romeo says slowly.
I look up at him. And the expression on his face has me confused.
I knit my brows together and look at him. And I feel like...like there's something that he wants to tell me.
"Are you ok?" I ask him with confusion.
All he does is stare at me and its clear that he has an internal war going on inside his head. As if he's contemplating on whether he should tell me something.
He parts his lips as if he's going to say something. And then he shuts his mouth again.
I try to wait patiently for him to out what he's wanting to say, but a flash of anger runs through my veins. I can feel the heat emanate from my body and I'm pretty sure if it was cold enough, I'd feel like a personal heater.
He walks close to me and all he does is bite his lip, reach out and touch my face and everything starts to spin around in circles.
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Romeo's POV
"What do you want?" Lily yells at me moodily.
I look at her in astonishment while my mouth parts open a bit.
And as quickly as the astonishment comes, the features on my face change to fury.
"Did you just yell at me?" I ask as I back her up against her white closet door.
I could sense that a part of her was scared but the other part is feeling very flirtatious.
"Whatcha gonna do about it baby?" She asks tauntingly with a small smile curling at her lips.
Oh those lips!
So soft, plump, and sweet.
And I just loose it. I can't stay mad at her.
I may say that she don't know what she's doing, but a goddess like her knows exactly what she's doing.
I grab both her hands and pin then above her head as I crush my lips on hers.
I press my body closer towards her wishing to be one with her beauty. I deepen the kiss and let out a low groan as I feel her start to push her lower body closer to me as well.
"Fuck baby!" I groan out in between the sweet and hungry kiss.
"What do you do to me?" I say as I release her hands and lift her up against the wall.
She wraps her legs around my torso and starts to pull at my hair (which only serves to turn me on even more) and nip at my lower lip. I gently tug on her hair and-
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Lily gasps and pulls away from my touch; her mouth an open 'O'.
Her heartbeat; it sounds like a hummingbirds fluttering wings, while her breathing sounds ragged.
"Wh-what...was that us?" She barely managed to say as she started backing away a bit.
I don't say anything to her. I just look at her.
My beautiful Midnight.
Mine.
She's mine.
My mate for life.
"I know this is a lot to take in Lily-" I say to her calmly.
Her breathing quickens and her eyes start to dart everywhere for some sort of escape.
"-but I promise I'll protect you forever. I won't let anybody hurt you." I say extending my hand out for her but still standing where I am.
"Just give me a chance... " I say feeling my voice fade away.
She finally stopped backing up when her hands hit the wall behind her. And I can see the fear in her eyes. The worry. The trust issues. The pain from her past. All flashing in flickers across her beautiful baby blue eyes.
"So it's true?" She asks in a quivering whisper.
"All this time..." She says with realization dawning on her.
She knows.
I think to myself.
She places her hands on her head and starts to slowly sink to the floor.
"Why am I here?" She whispers out while a tiny sob catches in her throat.
I can't stand seeing her like this. I'm so close to fuckin loosing it seeing her look older and more radiant now that she's officially 1600 in Slymethius. But it sucks because she's only sixteen here in the human realm.
Dammit!
Focus Fang!
Focus!
I shake my head a little bit and try to clear my head before I finally decided to walk over and sit next to her.
"Yes. It's true." I say feeling defeated.
"You left me." Lily said. How I wished that she would have asked me so I could give her a false answer, but it was more of a statement.
I just nodded my head feeling my jaw harden and then go back to normal.
"Why?" She says as I hear her heart slowly die down.
I just sit with my hands folded on my lap and think for just a few seconds about a thousand things at once.
I take in a deep breath and I am finally about to admit out loud for the first time ever since I handed her over to Ari, why I left her. I just wish I could avoid the subject. But I can't anymore. She has to know.
I open my mouth to speak, but before I could even say anything, Ari barged into my room with a grim expression.
"She's gonna have to find out another time." He says to me in a huffy way. Then he looks over at Midnight with an expression he always gave when he wanted to say something but decided not to.
He clenched his jaw and slammed a pair of clothes down on my dresser before he said to her:
"Get dressed and come outside. Right now, we've some training to teach you. Hope you ate enough princess." He said spitting out the word 'princess' in disgust.
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Midnights POV
Ari just stood there staring at me.
He clenched and unclenched his jaw several times as he then began to pace in front of me side to side as if he were in deep thought.
Just as I was about to lose my patience he began to talk.
"May I ask you a question? And would you just think about it?" He says slowly.
"Do you know where you came from?" He asks.
"Because I'm pretty sure that your mother didn't tell you a damn thing! And me, I find it rather amusing that you have no idea what you're even capable of." He says to me all arrogant and smug.
I inhale and exhale through my nose just loud enough to let him know that I'm getting a bit annoyed by his arrogance.
And all he does is stand there.
"You know,there's this thing these days called: don't be an arrogant asswipe." I say matching his attitude with a sarcastic smile.
Ari mockingly flinched at my statement before he regained his composure.
"Hm. That's very interesting, "Lily"." He says making quotation marks when he says my name.
Uuuuuh! What is his problem?! I just wanna smack that arrogant smirk off his pale face!
No sooner than I think that, I hear a smack and Ari's face slightly goes to the right in a quick whip lash way as he starts to develop a small angry red hand print on his left cheek.
And I'm left with both my hands covering my mouth in shock.
His jaw clenched and his hair that I'm used to seeing as turned turquoise blue turned dark brown.
"So princess, I see you still know how to hit people with your mind." He said looking up at me slowly while his eyes that are usually dark brown or black, slowly turned purple.
"I-i-im s-so sorry!" I manage to say still freaking out.
"It's ok, beautiful. I deserved it." He says to me cooingly.
And all of a sudden I just get this very bad vibe as he slowly starts to walk toward me.
"Something special!" He says in a forced calm tone.
"A gift....for you. Our....reining future queen." He says bowing deeply before me. As he rose
he reached out his hand and grabbed me by the waist and pulled me close to his side as he began to laugh.
"What are you doing!" I scream out as the whole area I'm in starts to fade away quickly.
"Faaang!!" I scream out as I cover my eyes from the wind whipping me in the face.
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Romeo's POV
I was in Lily's burnt up bedroom. I was using my magic to get rid of the messed up things and get new supplies. I was so engrossed with fixing her room up, her scream that ricocheted in my ears left my whole being numb with fear.
I dropped everything I was doing and ran outside and I caught a glimpse of Ari and Lily before they disappeared in thin air.
Shit! She must've ticked him off. His hair and eyes only do that when he's angry.
And there's only one place I can think of that he's taking her to.
The cliff at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
I don't think about anything else but Lily as I speed off to find her.
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Midnights POV
We showed up in a clearing.
There was a forest behind me and Ari and a cliff in front of us.
"There's only one way out of here without dying. And two ways that you'll have a slim chance of living." Ari says to me in a loud tone.
"And since this is training, I suppose you'll have to learn the easy way." He says as his wings extend from his back.
"I'll give you a 15 second head start to run away from me." He says as he launches himself into the sky.
I'm pretty sure I wasted a good 7 seconds before I even started to run as fast as I could towards the woods.
I have to get away.
I can't be here with this maniac.
I was running like crazy towards the woods and I almost made it inside the canopy of trees until I felt two arms wrapped around my waist pulling me off the ground. I double over and my body shrunk in on itself as I heard myself scream the further up I went.
"Put me down! Put me down now!" I scream out trying to claw myself from his grip.
"You keep squirming, you'll fall and die." Ari says in a bored tone.
"I'll quit moving if you put me down!" I say trying to compromise with him.
All I feel is him chuckling and saying 'that's not an option.'
"I know that you're scared. But I want to teach you how to fly again." He whispers loudly in my right ear.
To fly!
Are you fuckin insane!
I think to myself.
"Only a little." Ari says
responding to my thought.