I look out my window and see the break of light in the distance. It's time.
All of Ashers, Eclipse, and Winters groups have arrived and they are ready to leave when I say. I walk over to my closet and dress in a spandex jump suit that clings to every inch of my body. I wrap my hair up in a tight bun and make my way to the main entrance.
"Good morning everyone. I'd like to start off by saying how lucky I am to have friends and loved ones help me out today. Even though I don't know over half of you, you all chose to help me. That tells me alot about all of you. I will forever be in your debt! Thank you for joining me to destroy what sets out to destroy everything. Let's make our way down to the training area to stock up on weapons. We need to take as much as possible and leave as soon as possible. We have 20 minutes before we leave." I smile politely to the thousands of creatures in the castle.
After everyone finishes, we all pile ourselves by the main entrance and make our way outside.
"We need a plan. Does anyone have any suggestions?" I ask looking from person to person. It's extreamly silent. "Anyone?" they all hide their faces and look at one another. I sigh heavily. "Fine, let me think." I snap out.
I'm not sure how to go about it. I don't even know what the place looks like or how it will be set up. I guess we can just make our way their and get as close as possible to scope it out. I can fly above, out of sight and see how it looks from up high.
I explain everything I thought of so far and they all nod and Kyran takes the lead. I extend my wings and shoot up above everyone and follow ahead to make sure we aren't in any trouble. Being up so high and seeing everyone we have on my side makes me smile. They look so small and fragile from up here. But up close they are all killing machines. I shoot further ahead to scope out the area. It's all clear. I shoot back down and finish the rest of the journey on foot.
About forty-five minutes later we arrive about a mile away from the castle my family is being held captive in.
"Okay guys, I'm going to fly above to make sure the perimeters are clear and then we will figure out the main point of entry. Keep an eye out for anything that moves. Do not let anyone see you!" I push out quickly and quietly. They all nod.
I need to make sure I'm up high enough that no one will spot me. The castle is much taller than all the pine and spruce trees that are surrounding it. I flap my giant black wings a few times to get myself off of the frozen ground and then shoot up towards the top of the castle. The wind blows fiercely around my body and the feathers on my giant wings. It's the coldest wind I have ever felt in my life.
Once I'm about ten feet above the castle I take in my surroundings. The wind is blowing so hard up here that it distorts my hearing. But I can see everything perfectly. I move my head to the left and take in everything I see. Nothing there. I advert my eyes to the right and it's all clear. There is nothing in view for miles. Perfect! Now I need to find a good entry point. I fly towards the back of the castle and see a few different points that look promising. I should let the others know of my findings.
I move back towards the front of the castle and make my way quickly to the ground. I land with a hard thud and the frozen ground cracks underneath feet. It surprises me that I can land so hard but never feel any pain. If I was human I think I would have broken every bone in my legs.
"Kyran, I noticed a few entry points on the back of the castle. There is no one guarding any of those points. I haven't seen anyone around either. It should be perfect for us to enter quickly and quietly. I want to make it the goal to rescue my parents first. So I want at least two hundred people with Kyran to do this." I pause for just a moment and look towards the castle "Kyran, where would I find the head vampires? The ones who want me dead?" I turn my head back towards Ky.
"Their room is on the very top floor" he points a finger towards a window "That window there is where their room is. You could surprise them by going through the window. It's probably the best option to sneak up on them."
"How many do you believe to be in there?" I ask
"At least four vampires. They will have two guards on the outside of their room. It should be only them. So if you could some how sneak in and get to them before they can alert the guards, this could go off without a fight." He takes my hand "Please be safe sister! We will get mother and father out quickly." He gives me the warmest smile and shoos me away. He gathers a couple hundred of our fighters and makes his way towards the back of the castle. I inhale deeply and exhale softly. This is it... I must destroy these vampires that have ruined my families lives. The ones who destroyed all of the vampires like me. My wings flap up and down and I slowly make my way towards the window Kyran pointed out. I'm at the bottom of the window and I move slightly up so that my eyes are just peaking over the bottom of it. The room is beautiful. There is a giant bed in the middle of the room with two vampires in the middle of it lying about talking to one another. I dont know how I'm going to do this. I lower myself slightly to get out of view if these vampires were to look at the window. There has got to be a silent way to get it. Maybe I can use my telekinesis to get them to move away from the window so I can enter undetected. I'll figure it out as I go.
As I'm deep in thought something from up above grabs me by my hair and yanks me upwards towards the window. I move my hands to either side of the window and forcefully stop them from yanking me in the window.
My eyes shoot up to meet the eyes of the vampire determined to rid the earth of me. It's like time stops and me and this vampire look at eachother for what seems like an eternity. His bright red eyes keeping my blue eyes locked on his. He takes in every inch of my body and he loosens his grip on my head. I take this chance to throw both of my feet up and into his chest knocking him a few feet back from the window. I quickly make my way in and throw myself on top of him. I'm brought back to realization that there is another body in this room because they have me in a choke hold. What the hell it feels like human arms. They arnt even hurting me the slightest bit. The woman is struggling to keep her hold around my neck. Silly human. I reach my arm around and grab her head and yank her over my shoulder and slam her on top of the vampire underneath me. I look into her eyes and place a hand on each side of her head. Tears start to roll down her face. She must realize this is the end for her. In one swift motion I twist her head as hard as I can. Her neck snaps loudly and she lays there motionless. I can no longer hear her heart beat.
The vampire I landed on top of throws me off of him and takes the woman into his arms and holds her. Tears form in his eyes but he never let's them fall. I can see the anger in his face building up. He slowly lifts his head and turns it towards me. His eyes are as red as freshly spilled blood straight out of a human. He lunges at me quickly but not fast enough. I dodge to the left and let him get slightly past me before I grab his arm and yank him back. I throw him against a brick wall as hard as I can. His body hits the cold hard wall like a bulldozer and he flies straight through it. I leap up high and land hard on his body. I take both my hands and wrap them around his slim neck.
"Give me one good reason not to kill you?!" I hiss out harshly. My fangs exposed ready to be used. Vampires don't need to breath to survive but it sure seems like he needs to breath. I loosen my grip just the slightest of bit.
"D-do it b-bitch!" he squeezes out. I dont think he wants me to do it but I know how vampires are. Never trying to show their true emotions. I totally get it.
"Tell me why you want me dead! Now!" I force out while lifting him off of the ground with one hand still around his neck. His hands shoot up to mine and tries to loosen my grip from his neck. I squeeze tighter in response. "NOW!" I lash out once more.
"Fine....fine! Ju-just let me g-go!" I release my grip and he falls to the floor. I grab his wrist dragging him towards the bed and I throw him on it. His shirtless body slams against the bed and he scrambles to sit up right. I move forward a few steps looking him up and down. I stop and stare daggers at his face.
"Well? Fucking speak!" I scream out at him. Man I sound frightening. I have never noticed it until now.
"Isnt is obvious?!" he hisses out rubbing the right side of his neck with his hand "You are too strong. No vampire should be this strong! It has only led to horrific outcomes for our kind."
"Explain" I say softly. I start to pace back and forth. My anger is starting to come back. I need to calm myself before I loose control. I stop and close my eyes and take in a deep breath.
"Your kind almost completely wiped out the vampire species. All because they knew how powerful they were. We had to do what we had to do. Your kind would not stop unless we killed them off. That's why we have been after you." he finishes.
I step towards him slowly and he holds his hands up in defense. I ignore his gesture and I plop myself down on the bed beside him. I put my elbows on my knees and bury my face into my hands and scream. I look back up and shoot my head towards the vampire. "I'm not like them you know. I never was. I was just recently transformed into a vampire. I've never had a problem with you vampires. I never was rude or killed any of you. I am not like my ancestors! I'm not here to kill you all just because I want to. The only reason I came here was because I heard you were trying to kill me and that you have my parents." At this point I feel like I'm just bitching to him. I can see him physically relax. I take his presence in for the first time.
He is really handsome. His face is beautiful. He looks like a model. His cheek bones and jaw line are very bold and strong. He has the slightest dimples in his cheeks. I bet they look amazing when he smiles. His body is very tight and toned. His pecks are nicely shaped and look as hard as rocks. He stomach is filled with abs that look just as hard. He has beautiful short black hair that is pushed to one side just slightly covering his right eye. He has at least ten tattoos that I can see. All very detailed and colorful. He looks like a literal god.
He notices me staring finally and I look away blushing.
"Okay. What now?" he blurts out trying to change the subject.
"Now..... I will take you and everyone here as my prisoners and I will burn this place to the ground." I shoot out forcing a fierce look on my face. I whistle and I can hear my army of creatures coming full force. I grab the beautiful vampire man tightly by the arm and run towards the window. I jump up on the windowsill and dart through the window. The vampire man looks frightened.
My wings shoot out on que and I fly away into the distance.
I finally reach my castle and I lower myself and this vampire man onto the ground. I drag him up the few cement steps I have infront of the door and I use my telekinesis ability to throw the doors open. A few servants rush up to me asking if I need anything. I shake my head and push them out of the way. When did I become so rude to people. I should work on that.
We make it to the cells and I open one of the doors and toss the vampire in and slam the door shut. I motion for one of the guards to hand me the keys. I insert the key "You'll be safe in here" I give him a wink and I turn the key. I toss the keys back to the guard and I turn on my heels and make my way back to the main entrance.
"My names Cassius if you were curious!" he screams out.
"I don't care!" I reply sharply making sure to sound like I really dont care. I make it to the elevator doors and they shoot open. I enter and turn towards the open doors. I let out a heavy breath that I had no idea i was holding and the door shuts. I slam my back against the cold elevator wall and slide to the ground. I feel overwhelmed and like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders.
I'm back upstairs and my army of creatures start to pile in with prisoners. I should have plenty of space for them all. Asher walks in with a vampire woman who is still putting up a fight. Ash throws an elbow to her face and it knocks her clean out. He throws her up into his arms so he can carry her easily.
"Ash" I say nodding to him "Once you get her into a cell I want you to go back and burn the castle down. Take whoever you need back with you to help. I want this taken care of tonight." He gives me a hard nod and continues what he was doing. Eclipse walks through the door a few minutes later with another female vampire. Eclipse has her by her hair dragging her along. I give her a soft smile and she shoots one back at me with a wink. I follow her down to the cells. We step out of the elevator and make our way towards one of the cells and toss the vampire girl in and lock the cell door. The cells are completely full. Each cell with at least ten vampires each. I walk slowly past each cell looking carefully within them.
"I need one of your witch friends to cast a spell so all these cells keep the vampires within from getting out." I spit out to Eclipse while still walking slowly down the row of cells.
"As you wish my love." Eclipse says smoothly.
I stop when I reach the cell I put Cassius in and turn towards the cell door. Cassius is sitting on the cot that is provided for him. He is staring blankly at the ground. His facial expressions clearly saying what he is feeling. He looks up as if he was brought out of his deep thinking with my presence. He stands slowly and makes his way to the door. "What is your plan now?" he asks softly. I give him a small smile.
"You all will be put to work or die in these cells. The choice is yours." I reply sharply. My eyes never leaving his bright green tell-all eyes. He finally breaks eye contact and retreats back to his cot. "Don't make the decision harder than it has to be. I have plenty of good uses for you all." I say turning back towards the front of the room.
I take a few steps before I'm stopped dead in my tracks by Cassius next sentence.
"You lied, you're just like the others!"
My non beating heart feels the pain of his words. I feel the anger rush into my body and I turn towards him quickly. "Guard! Please open this cell door for me." I point my slim index finger towards Cassius cell. The guard shuffles his feet towards me and unlocks the cell. Cassius looks prepared to fight me. He is in a defensive stance and I slowly make my way to him. We are face to face now. I move my hand to his face and I glide my finger down his face softly. "I'm not like them, I have to be safe. I don't know any of you or what you all are capable of. All I know is that you kidnapped my parents to get to me. Look how that ended for you. I suggest you keep your nasty words to yourself. Or there will be consequences!" I quickly move my hand to his neck and I grip around it tightly. I move my face towards the side of his head and whisper in his ear. "If you behave this could be alot of fun for you." I loosen my grip and whip around to exit the cell. Before I could get out he grabs my arm and stops me. I look down quickly at his hand then rip my arm from his grip. I snap around and look at him. "Yes?" I blurt out.
"You know, I'm not like the vampires who killed your kind. I had orders from my parents to find you. My parents recently died and I took over their position. They were killed trying to find you. It seems you have some vampires that are on your side. It's surprising that even out here in Romania you'd have anyone but I see I was completely wrong. I found your parents tracking down where you were and I took them captive and let the boy go knowing he would do my work for me." He must be talking about Ky. "Anyway, I made a promise to my parents before they died that I would find you and kill you. I don't break my promises. I see now I could never defeat you. I thought you were still human and it would be simple. I have failed my parents and there isn't anything I can do." I look at him with narrowed eyes.
"Don't give me your bullshit sob story." I whip around and walk out of the cell. I use my powers to slam the cell door shut behind me without looking. I turn to the right and make my way to the elevator. The guard rushes over to lock his cell. I can't show him that I actually fucking care. But truth is, I do. I don't understand why I care really. Maybe is the human in me. I walk forward and see Eclipse walking out of the elevator.
"Eclipse did you find a witch that can take care of the spell?" Eclipse nods and I walk to the elevator and make my way to my room. I stop a few servants on the way to make sure that the prisoners are fed. I'm at my door and remember why I went to the castle in the first place.
"My parents!" I shout out loudly to myself. I turn and knock on Kyrans door. He opens and I shove my way in. "Where are they?!" I ask smiling looking around the room. Kyran takes my arm and pulls me toward the bed. I take a seat and he sits next to me.
"Jessica, I really don't know how to tell you this so I'm just going to be blunt about it."He pauses for a long moment then takes a deep breath. This can't be good. "Your parents. They took their own lives in the cells there." My eyes widen in shock. My mind goes blank. I stand up and walk out of Kys room and go to my room. "Jessica, please!" Ky yells out. I slam the door behind me. Emotions take over at this point and my knees buckle underneath me. I drop to the floor with a hard thud and let the tears pour from my eyes. Blood red drops fall and form small puddles on the floor infront of me. They dissapear slowly and it's like nothing was ever there.
How will I ever get the answers I seek. What am I going to do! Sadness and anger creeps into my soul and I let out a high pitched scream. I'm interrupted with a knock on the door.
"Jessica, baby, are you okay?" Eclipse screams out on the other side. I move up from the ground and open the door while I move towards the bed. Telekinesis is the only thing I really enjoy about being a vampire. I plop down and Eclipse walks in and shuts the door behind her. She walks slowly towards the bed and sits down lightly next to me. She takes her small cold hand and puts it to my chin to move my face towards her. "I'm so sorry about your parents my love. I wish things could change. I want you to know that I am here for you. If you need to talk my dear, I'm here." she says giving me that beautiful small smile. I put my hand on hers and smile back.
We sit in silence for a few more minutes before we are interrupted by another knock on the door. "Come in." I say loudly. Ky enters and looks at me with deeply sad eyes.
"Jessica, I'm so sorry again. I wanted to check on you to see how you were." He says while cocking his head slightly to the left.
"I'm okay. I appologize for walking out on you like that. I know they are your parents too. I shouldn't be the only one allowed to grieve and act childish about it." I give him a very apologetic look. He just smiles at me then turns on his heels making his way back to his room. I turn my head back towards Eclipse and look deep into her eyes.
"Thank you for helping with this. Thank you for everything." I pull her into a big hug and she wraps her arms tightly around me. Eclipse removes her grip and puts her hands on each of my shoulders giving me a giant smile.
"I think we should try and get some rest my love. I think we both deserve it." Her thick Romanian accent sends chills down my whole body. It's a very sexy accent. I nod my head. It just hit me how exhausted I really am. We lay next to each other and I roll over to lay my head on Eclipses shoulder and I slowly drift into a deep sleep.
The next morning I'm awakened by loud yelling outside my bedroom door. I slowly sit up on the edge of the bed and run my eyes. I groan loudly and get up. I walk to the door opening it just a sliver to peak at what's going on. I'm naked so I'm trying to keep myself covered for the most part. Honestly I could care less who sees me naked. It's kind of a normal thing for me know and I believe at least fifty percent of the vampires here have seen me naked. Winter is standing at my door growling at a few servants who are arguing with eachother.
"What is the meaning of you guys waking me?" Winter stops his growling and pushes his way through my door. Guess I will stand here naked infront of these vampires. I put my hand down as he passes to pat his back.
"We are terribly sorry Jessica, but Cassius has escaped! We had a witch put another spell on the outside of the castle so no one can get out. He must be somewhere in the castle." one of the servants spits out quickly. My eyes go wide with concern and I rush to dress myself.
"Eclipse wake up!" she rolls around a few times before getting up and rubbing her eyes. "Cassius has escaped his cell and is roaming the castle. We must find him!" I pause for a moment to pull my long hair into a bun on the top of my head. " Winter I need you to go down to his cell and get his scent and then look for him. If you find him, don't let him out of your site. Follow him from afar." Winter barks and rushes out. Eclipse has rushed as well and is ready for the mission ahead. "Get as many people as you can to help look." I hiss out quickly and she rushes out before I can say anything else.
I'm walking down one of the hallways on the first floor when I catch Cassius scent. I cant make out for sure where he is but I know hes on this floor. I stop and stand still for just a moment to take in all the sounds. I slow my breath down so it's easier to hear. I close my eyes and take it all in. When my eyes shut something weird happens. I can still see my surroundings. I honestly shouldn't be surprised by the things that happen anymore but I am. It feels like my senses are so much stronger right now it's almost strange. Wait, what is this mark on the floor? It's glowing yellow. I must be able to see his scent. It's the only way to describe it.
I lean down and smell the mark. It reeks of Cassius. I raise my head up a little, eyes still shut, and I notice the trail of yellow marks on the ground. This must lead to Cassius! I open my eyes and notice the marks have disappeared. Guess that means I'll be doing this with my eyes closed. I shut them tightly and the marks reappear. Slowly I follow the yellow marks and the lead around to the right. I turn the corner and the marks reach all the way down the long dark hall.
I reach the end and it seems Cassius has made his way into the room on the right. I turn towards the door and reach for the handle to turn it and a loud bang occurs on the other side of it. I swing the door open as fast as I can and open my eyes. The room is really dark but I can still see. It's another giant bedroom.
Why are there so many bedrooms! Oh yeah! I kind of forgot this place has been used for vampires who needed refuge. I'm snapped out of my thoughts by arms around my neck. I can smell that its Cassius. I dont think he understands how strong I am. I let him struggle with me for a few minutes. His muscular arms try their hardest to put me to sleep but it's not working. His scent is over powering my nostrils. He smells like pine trees. It's kind of a nice smell if you like the forest. He notices that what he is trying to accomplish isn't going to happen so he whips me around and puts his hand around my throat and pushes me against the wall.
Is it wrong that I'm kind of turned on by this? I shake my head at the thought. What is wrong with me. I let out a soft laugh.
He stares me dead in the eyes with his hand gripping tighter. I can see he wants to kill me. I move my hand up to his and remove it from my neck with ease. He looks at me in shock. I take his hand and twist it under and around his back. Now his back faces me and I take my other hand and grab his neck firmly. I bring my mouth as close to his ear as possible . "As much fun as I was having with you turning me on and all, it's time for you to return to your cell!" He slithers around trying to escape my grip and I just tighten it. You'd think he would learn by now.
We make it down to his cell and I throw him in and he hits the cold, hard, damp wall and slides the the ground. I walk in and crouch down besides him. "I will kill you if you try to escape again." I take his chin with my index finger and tilt his face up towards mine. "Do you understand me?" I smile softly at him.
"Y-you can't keep m-me down here forever you know." he spits at my face while speaking.
"Oh I believe you are mistaken. I can and I will keep you here as long as I want. I have alot of ideas of things I could do with you." I give him a half smirk rising back up and put my hand out to him. He slaps it away and gets up on his own. "You know we could be great friends. Maybe more." I say reaching out to touch his face. He slaps it once again. He pushes past me and plops down on his cot crossing his arms giving me the death glare. I smile and turn to walk out. He grabs my arm before I can make my first step. God I hate when he grabs me like that. I yank my arm out of his hand.
"I don't want to be locked in this cell. None of these people do. We surrendered already. Can't you treat us with respect!" I laugh loudly and continue out of the cell. I close the door gently and lock it.
"Respect? Show you respect?" I let out another loud laugh "You showed no respect when you locked my parents up. You showed no respect when they took their lives in those cells. You should be thanking me for keeping you alive!" I stop and compose my anger that's slowly growing inside me. "I have enough respect that I didn't kill each and everyone of you. I have enough respect to still feed you all. Don't speak to me about respect when you have none yourself!" I end with a long sigh. I turn quickly and stride towards the elevator. "You're all lucky to still be here!" I scream out entering the now open elevator. The doors shut and I let out another long sigh. I think I'm turning into an evil bitch. I dont know why I care. These vampires ruined my life. They killed my parents. I shouldn't have to show any remorse or respect towards these vile beings. But am I loosing myself in this. Am I just playing a role. I know this isn't me.
The ding of the elevator shakes me from my thoughts and I slowly walk out with my head low. I feel absolutely terrible now. I need to find myself once again. I need to prove to everyone and myself that I'm not like all of these other vampires. I need to fix this.
By the time I get to my bedroom door tears are already rolling down my cheeks. I whip the door open and run towards the bed and fling myself on it. I wave my hand towards the door and it slams shut. I twist my wrist as if locking the door and I hear a click. Tears pool on my sheets and of course they disappear quickly. What am I going to do with myself. I feel like I can't do anything right. I feel like im a terrible person now. Well vampire. I had no idea what I was getting into when I asked Grace to turn me. Oh my god Grace! Tears fall faster and harder down my cheeks and fall to the sheets. I haven't thought about here since she was killed. My poor Grace. If only I was smart enough to not force her to change me. She would still be alive and she would still be my girlfriend.
A light knock on the door interrupts my thoughts.
"Jessica, can I come in" Eclipse yells out.
"Please just go away! I dont want to speak to anyone!" I scream out as loud as I can. She doesn't respond and I hear her slowly walk away. Just a few moments later I hear a scratch at the door and I sniff out heavily trying to smell who is on the other side. It's Winter! I use my powers to unlock and open the door and motion for him to come join me. Once he is officially through the door I whip my hand from right to left and the door shuts softly. I make sure to lock it as well.
I pat the spot next to me on the bed and nod my head for Winter to join me. There is plenty of space for me to share. He jumps up quickly and does about four full circles before he plants himself down. I lay my head on his side and sniff in his beautiful scent. He smells like the forest. I take my right hand and stroke his head.
"Is there something wrong dear?" He grumbles out. He sounds like a grumpy old man. The thought puts a small smirk on my face.
"I think I'll be okay. It's just" I shake my head " Never mind" I stop abruptly. I'm sure he doesn't really care. Winter lifts his head up towards my face and gives it a good licking. I giggle and put my hands up to stop him.
"I do care how you feel Jessica. You can talk to me about anything. I'm a very experienced listener." I look him in the eyes and I can tell they are sincere. I let out a heavy sigh and continue.
"I feel like I wasn't cut out for this life. I so badly wanted to be a vampire that I never concidered the risk I was taking. I've lost my bestfriend slash girlfriend and I'm now dating the person who killed her. I didn't make it in time to save my parents that I have a shit load of questions for. I will never know what the meaning of my mate marks are. I feel so lost Winter!" I let out a soft groan and push my face deeper into his fur. Tears start to well in my eyes but I try keeping them from falling onto Winters beautiful white fur.
"You want my advise?" he spits out. I nod my head slightly and wait for him to give it. "Do what makes you happy and worry about the rest later. I can see you are a very good person and not like most vampires I have met in the past. You deserve to be happy Jessica. I'm sure everything will fall into place soon. Just give it some time. And if nothing works out the way you want, we can kick everyone out of this castle and you and I can live a peaceful, quiet life." Winter turns his beautiful wolf face towards mine and gives me one last lick and lays his head down next to mine.
"You know what! You're right! I'm not going to let this ruin my life. I will figure this out. Thanks Winter you're the best!" I wrap my arms around him and hug him tightly. He let's out a soft groan and doesn't reply. I lay my head down once again and I loose myself in thought. Before I know it I'm drifting out into a heavy sleep.