BACK IN THE HALL
The noise from the crowd went down when Rhea got to the rails and took a glass of wine.
"Thanks for coming to my ball, this surely won't be the last as I intend to enjoy as much as I can till I'd be out of this city. Have fun, youngsters" she raised the cup, and everyone else did same.
"Cheers!"
"That ugly stepmom. It's trash that she's the mother of an innocent soul like Astrid" Orion said hatefully.
" You hate her" Samara said.
"No one likes her" he replied.
"Then why are you here? It's her ball" she said.
"I came with you" he replied, and she smiled.
•••••••
" So ugly" Sheila said, looking at Rhea hatefully too.
" You mean Rhea?" Ruthie replied beside her, and she was about to reply when she suddenly saw Jameson in the middle of the crowd.
"Jameson?" She muttered, and he smiled at her before going in another direction.
Sheila dropped her wine and rushed towards that direction immediately.
She kept going, desperate to find him till she left the hall completely and found herself in front of a room.
She opened the room and saw Jameson waiting.
"Jameson" she whispered, going in to hug him without waiting.
"Jameson..."
"Did you miss me this much?" He asked, and she broke the hug to look at him
" What are you doing here in Delos?"
"I met Rhea in Berlin, and she invited me over for this party. It's surprising that you're here" he replied.
" Then why aren't you pushing me away now? I'm a vampire remember? And I didn't even get the chance to apologise for lying to you back then before you broke you with me, I was...
He interrupted with light kiss, and she stopped talking.
"If talking non-stop is your way of telling me you miss me, then I miss you too" he smiled.
" Jameson" she muttered and sped to the wall with him, kissing him so feverishly over there, their tongues slithering and ticklish as their breaths collided.
"Sheila" he whispered into the kiss, opening his eyes.
They were still kissing when he stylishly brought out the stake from under his suit, sliding it behind her.
Sheila kissed him even harder, and he responded before smiling knowingly into the kiss.
At once, he shoved the stake into her through the back, and it penetrated into her heart.
Her skin color began changing as she started withering immediately, and their lips left each other as tears left her eyes.
"Rest in peace, Sheila" Jameson smiled, and her whole body finally changed colour.
She withered completely and fell dead on the ground.
Jameson smiled, bringing an hanky out of his pocket to wipe her blood off his fingers.
"That was easy. Did she get weak? This is so not like her" he said before stepping out of the room.
She started looking for Rhea but couldn't find her.
"Where's she?" He wondered aloud.
"Looking for someone?" Orion's voice said behind him, and he quickly turned.
"And you are?" He asked.
"Heard you're Rhea's cousin, and you came with her" he said, and Jameson smiled.
"I see you have the habit of answering questions with questions"
"I only answer the questions i wanna answer" Orion replied with a cocky scoff, coming closer with a slight glare.
"Yes I'm Rhea's cousin" Jameson said, looking him in the eyes
"Then I guess you know what she's up to tonight. This ball ain't ordinary" Orion said.
"I see you're straightforward too, but sorry to disappoint you, Rhea only wanted to have fun" Jameson said, and Orion finally got to him.
He carefully turned his personality switch, switching to his vampire form unnoticed, and he locked eyes with Jameson, trying to compel him.
"Tell me what Rhea is up to" he demanded, but Jameson smiled.
"What's with the eyes lock? You expect me to answer the question if you lock eyes with me?" He said, and Orion's face turned suspicious.
The compelling didn't work!
"I'll see you around!" Jameson smiled and walked away.
Orion held the rails, thinking hard.
There are just just two types of beings who can't be compelled in the supernatural world.
The witches, and vampires hunters.
His eyes widened immediately, and Samara joined him.
"Orion what's going on?" She asked, and he faced him.
"There are vampire hunters here" he replied.
"What! Sheila" she muttered, and he ran off at once.
"Orion!" Samara ran after him.
••••••••
A SECRET ROOM
Rhea is currently in with Lilith the witch, and there's no other light in the dimly lit room other than the faint light from a candle.
"I told you not to make a move without informing me. I'm your witch, i made you and Jameson hunters so why the disrespect!" Lilith said.
"You weren't in town when I arrived, Lilith" Rhea replied.
"Then you could have waited till I'd be back!"
"The council payed us to do it as early as possible, I couldn't wait" Rhea replied.
"Then you will at least face the consequences" Lilith said.
"What do you mean? No one will suspect me or Jameson after Sheila dies. They'd just think a vampire hunter killed her. There are no marks to distinguish us. I wanted no suspicions, and that's why i targeted just her tonight" Rhea replied.
"I can't believe you're still as naive as this after spending years hunting vampires. The cursed child is not to be toyed with! His weakness and strength is with him now all on one body! He got it!" Lilith spat, and Rhea spranged up.
"What! How did that happen? I wasn't aware!".
"Reason I said you should have waited for me! Now do you get what I mean by consequences? This is surely not the right time to attack. You should have targeted his weakness and not his sister! I won't bear the brunt with you" Lilith stood.
"What do you mean I should have targeted his weakness? Is it a human? A vampire?" Rhea asked.
"Stop being clueless! She's human and a whitehead witch! Bree's child is the one!" Lilith spat.
"It's still stoppable, I can still stop Jameson" Rhea said, and Jameson came in immediately.
"Good thing you're here Jameson. You have to pause the attack now and...
"What are you talking about? Sheila is down" he said
"What! Why is it so easy? She's a strong one!" Rhea shouted.
"I kissed her, and we...
"You found her weakness. Vampires like her are at their weakest during a kiss, and that's why she didn't suspect anything" Lilith spoke.
"Jameson you have to get out of here right now" Rhea said.
"What do you mean?" Jameson replied.
"Get out and go home!!!" Rhea yelled, and he rushed out of the room..
"What do we do now Lilith?" Rhea asked.
"Like I said, I refuse to bear the brunt with you. I faced Orion's wrath once and I can't do it again. Fix this" Lilith said, and a gentle air blew in the room.
Lilith was already gone by the time the air cleared, and Rhea rushed out of the room.
She went to the other room where Sheila's body is still lying lifelessly with the stake in her heart, and she quickly got a big bag to place her in.
Her ball gown was being a problem, so she quickly took it off.
She was left in her undies as she tried to get Sheila's body into the bag, but then she heard approaching footsteps.
"Sheila!" Samara's voice shouted, and her eyes widened.
"No" she muttered, and someone appeared in the room, holding her.
"Lilith" she said surprisingly, and Lilith vanished with her.
Samara barged into the room afterwards, and her eyes widened at what she saw.
"Sheila!!!"
She ran to her and went on her knees right beside her.
"No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed, seeing the stake.
"Sheila! Sheila!!!!!"
Orion rushed into the room too, and his eyes widened immediately.
He paused by the door, stopping his steps as he stared at her withered body.
"Sheila!!!!" He yelled out at once and rushed to her, kneeling beside her body too.
He brought his wrist to his mouth and bit it, making blood erupt.
He placed the wrist on her lips, expecting the blood to wake her, but it didn't happen.
He bit his wrist again to get more blood, and he dropped it in her mouth again, but it's not happening.
He bit the wrist again, and again, and again... repeatedly till his veins started revealing.
The blood poured out torrentially, pouring on Sheila's face, but she didn't move.
"Sheila!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed out, his mouth drawing a wide O as he faced up.
His eyes flashed deep red, and thunder clapped furiously in the sky.
An heavy wind started blowing outside, tearing down several walls from the hall.
Another thunder clapped, and a part of the hall collapsed, killing a lot of people in the main hall.
"No one..." Orion muttered, bringing his face back to Samara as his hoarse voice echoed madly.
His eyeballs are gone, just the redness in his eyes and the black veins.
It's a mixture of his monster, vampire and demon form as one.