Ari's POV
I lost track of Luna almost 2 months ago. After Fang took her to wherever she is, she's been all over the news. There's been live broadcasts about if anyone was to see her then to call 1-800-MISSING. Posters and flyers are all up advertising her disappearance.
There are people out there who think that she's dead and there are some who think she's just run away.
Recently they found out that her mother was admitted to the hospital in critical condition the day "Lily" went missing. So that caused another investigation to break out about who that woman was who answered the door claiming she didn't know who "Lily" was. And then there's also people wondering if she tried to murder her own mother.
I just wish I knew what her status is right now. After my stunt that I pulled out of anger, there's no telling what is of her.
She could be dead for all we know.
"Welp! Time to see the king." I dryly say to myself while rolling my jacket off my shoulders. I extended my wings and I launched myself skyward not giving her another thought.
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I flew past the villages and thought for a split second of how my life used to be before I became part of the kingdom. I shook my head and tossed the thought aside.
Never again.
I landed in front of the castle doors and was welcomed with bows of respect that I still think I don't deserve before the doors were opened by two guards.
I walked into the throne room and didn't make it to far when I'm already bombarded with questions from Chen.
"Where have you been?" The werewolf booms out from the throne he stole oh so many years ago.
"You know where I was, your highness." I say rudely but bow down nonetheless.
When I start to stand up, Chen was no longer on his throne but standing in front of me grasping my neck with a threatening look in his eyes.
"I asked a question boy!" He snarls out.
"Where. Have. You. Been?" He repeats slowly while tightening his grip.
I don't bother to struggle anymore when he does this; when he becomes abusive towards me.
I just look at him.
"You know, threatening me won't make me say a word right?" I say sounding hoarse; closing my eyes.
Just as I thought the king was gonna kill me, he released his hold leaving me choking for air on the ground.
"Yep. That's gonna leave a mark." I say through clenched teeth still weezing for air; clutching at my neck.
He walks back to his throne slowly. Just laughing his insane, obnoxious, evil laugh.
God I hate that laugh.
I think to myself cringing.
He finally sits down.
"You do not fear death my boy." He says after he finishes laughing.
"That is one reason why I like and pro-" he stops abruptly before continuing.
"Well.... keep you alive." He finishes before he turns serious.
"Now tell me, where were you son?"
I look down at the floor feeling ashamed of myself.
"I was in the human realm father." I say barely audible.
He cups one of his hands around his ear as if he didn't hear me.
"I'm sorry! What was that?" He says sarcasm leaking through.
"Maybe if you spoke up a bit... Your dad is getting old." He says chuckling.
I clenched my teeth and spoke louder than he wished for.
"I said the human realm father."
He looks at me with mock outrage.
"And why were you there?" He prods me on.
"Because I have discovered that Midnight Luna Moonlight was currently living amongst the humans. And Romeo Fang James, Prince of Vampires, her soulmate; had been protecting her this entire time we thought she was dead." I say loud enough for him to hear and a few others as well.
He sits up straighter.
"Are you saying that you seen her and you didn't bring her here? Hmph! Go fetch her and bring her to me." He says all cocky.
"DID YOU NOT HEAR ME?!" I yell with anger standing up quickly.
"I said: she was currently living! I don't know her whereabouts or if she is even alive!" I continue as my hair turns dark brown and my eyes lavender purple.
My outburst doesn't faze him one bit. He just sits there staring at me until I calm down.
"Well then," he starts slowly, "I suggest you go find her and bring her back here." He says to me as if he's talking to a little kid; which only pisses me off again.
"You are dismissed." He said with a wave of his hand.
I clench my jaw breathing heavy before I turn around and leave.
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Midnight's POV
I went to sleep and all I remember is having that one nightmare I've been having since I've become a vampire.
It always starts the same way.
Me being pushed through a portal.
Only this time...something was wrong... I actually heard names. And in my subconscious mind, I know who they are.
My surroundings are that of a courtyard bigger than a football field. Everything looks dead and grey. As if all life has been taken away. Like a war was in this area. There were people who was dressed in brown rags walking around with fresh blood and dried on them in various places. There are people laying down dead while people are bent over them weeping. Everything screams out that something bad had happened.
The girl who walks up to me covered in scrapes and bruises in my dream is now suddenly familiar; yet I've never met her.
"Evangeline?!" I say taking a few steps back as I see the blood all over her.
I can feel my fangs elongate and I cover my mouth with my hand in fear that I'd scare her.
"SAVE ME!!!" She screams out before her entire face fades and becomes blank.
I can feel myself getting more anxious as I look all around.
She just stands there screaming save me over and over again.
I don't know what she wants me to do!
I think before her screams become that of agony. I look back at her and see she had burst into flames. I freak out and try to find something-anything...but she had already became a pile of ash within seconds.
I whimper and decide to keep walking as I feel blood tears stream down my face.
I walk up to a crowd of people who are murmuring amongst themselves and they too become familiar...at least only three of them do.
Then I really freak.
"Romeo?" I continue to whimper as I run up to him and hug him tightly inhaling his scent.
"What's going on? What's happening?" I say my breath catching in my throat. I feel him push me back a bit and part of me doesn't understand until I see his hand.
I screamed and ran away even more.
His hand was nothing but bones. There was no skin!
I fall down.
"What's going on?" I ask myself quivering in fear.
Time feels like it's moving slowly and everything gets foggy. I see Romeo walking tiredly towards me through all the thick fog becoming more and more of nothing but a walking skeleton.
I can't move.
He stops right in front of me and stoops down getting eye level with me.
Then he whispers.
"Save us my flower."
The other two who I recognize walk through the fog as well and I notice them to be Ari and Shadow.
Shadow looks just like Romeo. Except Romeo has more of a round baby face and Shadow has a scar running across his left eyebrow.
I can feel my whole body shaking.
They stand directly on the opposite sides of Romeo and then all three of them are in chains. There are chains around there necks and they have shackles around their wrists and ankles.
Romeo smiles at me before his eyes roll to the back of his head.
Before I could react they all fall down as nothing but a pile of skeletons in chains; Romeo's skull falling in my lap.
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I wake up screaming.
It was dark and my thoughts and my sight was blurry. I was thrashing around in the blanket still freaking out when I felt a pair of strong arms go around me.
"Midnight!" I hear someone say frantically.
"Midnight! Calm down! Your ok." They say pulling me close to them.
"There's nothing to be scared about, your ok." I hear a man say.
"Who are you?" I cry out still shaking.
"It's me Midnight. It's Romeo." He says rubbing my back soothingly.
"Romeo?" I say relaxing a bit. He holds me against his chest rocking me back and forth while I cry.
"I had a nightmare." I quiver.
"Ssshh. It's ok. I'm here now. As long as I'm here you'll be fine. Ok?" He says as I nod my head.
"Ok." I say barely audible for a regular person to hear; but for us it sounded clear as day since our hearing is enhanced.
He nodded his head and got up to go back to his room, but I'm too scared to be alone right now.
I grabbed his hand as he was walking away and asked him to stay.
"Only for tonight. Ok?" He says.
I nod my head relieved that he's staying.
His face softens as he crawls back on the bed beside me.
He takes a deep breath in and exhales softly when I cuddle up to him. He relaxes and puts an arm around me protectively before finally hugging me close to him.
Ever since he took me out of the hospital, I have been living in his mansion. Only thing is, he barely touches me or hugs me like he used to. He became distant. He won't tell me where we're at, how my mother is, how much time has passed, the only people I really see is the servants he has, and occasionally; him.
I sniffle and snuggle my head into his neck.
"Can you tell me a story?" I whisper to him.
I feel him slowly breathing and he just stays quiet.
"What would you like me to tell you?" He finally asks me softly as I nuzzle my head into his chest.
"Anything." I say as I feel him chuckling.
"Ok. Don't be upset if it's not what you expected." He warns.
I nod my head starting to get sleepy in his arms.
Romeo's POV
"There was a time when humans and vampires coexisted. A time where it was peaceful. It was that way until on the most unholy of nights a young married woman decided to help a stranger. She didn't know who this man was. But she didn't care; she decided that helping a person in need would be a great deed. It never occurred to her just what this handsome stranger was. She just decided to lead him to where he asked. They finally showed up at an abandoned house and she felt quizzical as to why a man like him wanted to find this place so bad. The man thanked her kindly by taking her hand and kissing her knuckles gently. It wasn't until she started to walk away that she felt too dizzy and blacked out. When she woke up, she was tied to a bed and was endlessly raped whenever the man felt the need for pleasure-"
"What the fuck Fang!?" Midnight says interrupting me trying to squirm away.
I chuckled softly and let her loose.
"You said you wouldn't get upset." I state.
She pierces her lip in thought and rolls her eyes at me.
"Fine" she huffs before scooching back to me; excitement clearly in her eyes.
"Now where was I?" I ask her.
"Endless rape for pleasure..." She mumbles looking away; cheeks turning a bit pink.
"Sometimes the woman would cry out for her husband to come and save her but the pleas of help were useless.
She stayed there for a while. Not one day went by when she didn't think about what it'd be like if she never helped the handsome stranger.
She finally gave up hope that somebody would come find her. He started to show her affection as well as letting her loose. He started to give her a bit of freedom; something she only dreamed of. She did not come to realize that the handsome man in fact was brainwashing her. One day the woman fell ill and her body kept rejecting nutrients. The handsome man became distant and stopped caring for her. He decided that he didn't want the woman anymore because of her sickness so he took her back where he found her. From there she was discovered and admitted to a hospital where she had a series of tests done. It was then discovered that the woman was 4 months pregnant; the woman hated herself. They found out that she was married and sought out her husband. When the husband arrived, he fell to his knees in front of her hospital bed and cried. He felt that he failed her because she was missing for so long and what had become of her.
He soon found out that she was pregnant and he became furious. He thought she was no more than a whore after that. But since she was his wife he forgave her and accepted her back into the house after she had confessed her sins to a preist.
It was the preist himself who knew just what that man was because he too was what had kidnapped the young woman. It was the first time a vampire had ever decided to mate with a human. The vampire preist went out and found the vampire who kidnapped the young woman and killed him..."
I looked beside me and noticed that Midnight was fast asleep.
I smile and decide to tap into what she's dreaming about.
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Midnight's dream
I was standing in a church.
I had a wedding dress on. The front of the dress went down two inches past my knees and the top of the dress was heart shaped; the back of the dress had a layered train. I was holding the most beautiful boquete of flowers. Purple Lilies and baby's breath were the only two flowers that I recognized. I had a man beside me with a pair of steel blue eyes that softened and teared up everytime he looked at me. He had black greying hair, a button nose, and he was wearing a tux. At first, I didn't recognize who the older man beside me was until I remembered that he is my actual father. I felt a mixture of emotions towards the situation I'm in.
I'm getting married.
My eyes fill up with tears.
Who am I getting married to?
I think to myself.
The doors to the church open for me and my dad to start walking down the aisle.
I look all around at the decorations and it almost looks like it's Gothic Medeavil.
I looked towards the man who I'm about to give my vows to and altho he wasn't facing me, I knew it was Ari.
I felt my heart swelling with happiness and I felt myself trying to run down the aisle.
I heard my dad sniffling beside me and it was then that I too started to cry.
We reached the alter and I hugged my dad tightly. When I pulled away I kissed his cheek and told him that I love him.
I turned around and Ari had his hand extended and I took it eagerly.
He smiled.
We went through our vows and said I do and the preacher told Ari that he may now kiss the bride.
He lightly cupped my face with his hands before finally kissing me. When he pulled away however, it wasn't Ari who was standing in front of me.
It was Romeo and he was holding me close to his body. I felt my cheeks flush and butterflys dancing in my stomach.
He stroked my cheek lightly and kissed me again and my heart started beating so fast. I felt him chuckling against me before I felt the ground beneath me disappear and my body tilting sideways. I wrapped my arms around his neck and started laughing because of how happy I felt. The whole church was roaring in excitement as Romeo carried me down the aisle bridal style. I felt him nip at my ear which caused me to giggle.
His breath hit my neck and he whispered in my ear.
"Hey Mrs. James."
My face blushed red and I smile up at him.
"Hey there Mr. James." His dark eyes stared into mine with such love I just had to lean in and kiss him.
He kissed me back with a smile on his face.
"I can't wait for our child to be born." I hear him say.
I got confused and had no idea what he was talking about till I looked at my stomach and seen a tiny baby bump I didn't notice before and I felt my heart swelling again.
I'm married and I'm having his child.
I looked back up at him and smiled with tear filled eyes.
"I love you Fang." I whisper laying my head on his chest as he carries me out of the church.
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Romeo's POV
I tuned out of her dream and seen that it was morning.
After looking at what Midnight dreamt about I had become slightly disturbed.
Not with the baby part but with the whole marriage thing.
She married Ari before me.
She seen him before me.
I look down at her and see a small smile playing at her lips. Well at least she's smiling about me and her being married and having a child than her with Ari.
I stroke her face lightly and I lean down and I'm about to kiss her but I hesitate and decide to pull back.
I get off her bed as silently as possible and walk away.
I'm about to open her bedroom door when...
"I love you Fang." I hear her say softly.
I freeze.
My hand just inches from the door knob.
Did she...?
No!
She's sleeping and dreaming...
I turn around and see her propped up on her elbow while her other hand is wiping the sleep from her eyes.
She smiles softly at me with her baby blue eyes; her black hair falling over her bare shoulders.
"Are you leaving?" She asks me with worry.
I walk back over to her bed and lay down beside her clearing my face of emotions.
"I'd never leave you." I tell her gently.
I lean in and kiss her forehead and as I'm pulling back she grabs my face and kisses me.
I tense up before quickly relaxing under her touch.
She kisses me deeper and starts to tug at my hair and I'm so caught up on the moment I let out a low growl.
Her lips taste so sweet.
I pull back and see shock all her face before she starts blushing furiously.
I smirk at her and it isn't until I tuck a strand of hair behind her ear that I realize that I had her pinned down and was straddling her.
"Now what was that for?" I ask her gently.
She continues to blush and I decide to let it go.
"I...um..." I put my finger over her lips and shush her gently.
"It's ok Midnight." I coo at her.
She flutters her eyes close and softly kisses my fingers.
I suppose she's only doing this because of that dream of hers.
I sigh letting her go and get off her.
"Midnight, I have to go." I say feeling breathless; getting up and finally leaving the room.
I feel bad for leaving her so quick like that but she's not thinking straight.
And neither am I.
I can't get too close to her. I want to...but she's not stable. She's lost so much in just a short period of time that throwing myself at her will ultimately not end well. She's so fuckin tempting and beautiful. Not just her looks, but inside. She has the most purest and stubborn soul I've seen. Even though her outlook on appearance has changed, she will always be my flower.
I started to round the corner and almost knocked over one of my servents. She gasped and freaked out as the tray fell to the floor as she too went down picking the stuff up and putting it back on the tray in a hurry.
"Prince James! Please forgive me I didn't mean-"
"It's alright Ms...?" I ask cutting her off.
"Evangeline." She says looking at the floor ashamed.
"Quite alright. Carry on." I say dismissing her.
I continue walking until I made it to the ballroom then I stop in my tracks.
I wonder when I hired her?
"Well, well, well, if it isn't my twin brother." I hear Shadow say dryly.
"Fancy seeing you here; is it not?" He continues on with sarcasm.
"I live here." I say clenching my jaw.
"Why are you here?" I say facing him with annoyance.
He smirks and plops himself down on one of the many thrones in the ballroom.
"Well since you asked, I'm here to kidnap Middy and distract you." He says before disappearing.
With a sudden realization it dawned on me why I didn't know that servant.
I gasped and spun around quicker that a blink of an eye.
Midnight!
I ran through the hallways back to her room and got there just in time to see the fake servant and Midnight going through a portal.