“What are you upset about?” Ivy finally broke the silence that was taken over by the TV show in front of me. I narrowed my eyes and turned too look at one of my best friends who sat on the single chair with her legs thrown over the arm. In her lap was a hot cup of coffee that smelled divine but I’m not really one for coffee. Though coffee pastries are pretty good.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VoGBRDW3n
“What makes you think I’m upset?” I muttered, taking a bite of the delicious black walnut ice cream on my spoon. It was just so silky and tasteful; this ice-cream is perfect in every way. And the feel of the fake white fur rug my feet felt amazing, put that with a comfortable couch it's an A-list combination.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOeDuDbXe2
Silence was my response, so I looked at the beautiful blonde witch that could hold her own against almost anything, as far as I’m concerned. The woman’s silky strands long curls of gold hair fell her around her diamond shaped face. Giving me “seriously?” look with those green-blue eyes that glittered like gems under the sun.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFBJIu3jkq
“Okay so… I think I may or may not have done something last night while I was hungry…” I spoke carefully, looking away from the woman that knew me well.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxNV5YbyFb
“Did you kill someone?” Her tone said it all. I killed a human, so what?425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02JUkcEK6p
“Well I mean yea, afterwards but before I fed… I ran into Anais,” That had Ivy’s eyes go wide with surprise. Yep, I hadn’t expected Valentino’s men to be this far out either. And it isn’t like I tried killing the humans when I fed. I just tend to wait till the last minute to feed. With all the nightmares I’ve had as a child, even at my age now, I’ve had a problem with feeding at times.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcrNgR1aMw
Just 50 years ago I’d been taken out of a dark prison that I couldn’t escape. It was a prison that held me locked in my own fears by the time Ivy found me, small and dark areas made me feel as if my entire would was about crash down on me.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiLQmiLAjE
Now there was silence again, so I decided to keep speaking. And despite the time, it still feels fresh.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9ayoVkihz
“They were trying to snatch some chick and I just couldn’t help myself Ivy! I just wanted to fuck their shit up a little… so I killed some assassins and then I told Anais that if she didn’t get out of my way, I’d kill her. Then just as I was about to leave I saw this hot and sexy guy came down the stairs, I haven’t seen a man like that in a long time,” I moaned, sinking into my chair,putting the spoon to my mouth and carefully eating more ice-cream.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtYnfNNROV
“First off, I think hot and sexy mean the same thing. Secondly, what about him? Why’s he even matters in this situation?” She asked with a frown, put her coffee down and turning the TV off. Then the background noise of Spongebob’s laughter no longer filled the living room of our temporary home.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRun3nOXgMl
We’d chosen a location far away from the actual city and deeper within the forest. Though we had different names on the house papers. And then Ivy did her thing and put wards up around the house. We were protected from unwanted guests.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbq4yVFGfX
“He isn’t human, Ivy. His power is on a whole other level and I honestly didn’t stay around long enough to find out,” With a snort I put the now empty bowl onto the table in front of me, got up and stretched. Ivy snapped those graceful fingers and before I could defend myself, glared at right at me. The bowl was gone and I’m pretty sure it was washed and up in that cabinet.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuDNTjf4fH
“Okay but… you do realize we can’t move until Nyx gets here, right? That was the plan, so we need to stay inside. That way no one can find us and none of this mattered,” She sounded firm on this.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSH4Cy1t5C
I nodded my head slowly, carefully tilting my head and remembered the woman I left behind. And then an annoying and useless feeling of regret hit me.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqL81xiimyc
“What is it now?” She sighed, running a hand through her hair.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1CGjUSIMt
“Uh so… I may or may not have left the woman in the club by herself and just went somewhere else to eat,” I sighed and rubbed the back of my neck.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrbkoh1RYN
“And now you feel bad,” Ivy stated, earning a glare from me. Fuck her and the human.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZtqlqDXD9
The image of how she’d been wobbly, and weak from the after effects of being hypnotized by a vampire, made me start to wonder where she’d gone.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmZUulo1EE
“Don’t go out too far, at least not without this,” Ivy got up and walked into the kitchen. There was a large island that split the large kitchen from the living room. As she made her way away from me I sighed, jealous of her full and thick figure. Mine was far slimmer compared to hers.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgbyM6xIaN
As a creature made with the instinct to seduce, I could see where Ivy’s body is perfect. It made me jealous, a natural habit of mine because I’d gained some of the natural slimness of a vampire. It got on my nerves when I compared myself to other women. But my natural species has a tendency of getting jealous of something we thought better than ourselves. Pride and all that shit.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIbxR9ifns
Ivy walked back toward me with a new short sword that would fit perfectly on my back. When I grabbed it and pulled it out halfway out of its scabbard, the black blade shined under the bright light in the living room. Damn, it was sharp as shit and when I touched the hilt I felt the energy inside of it.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADYjvrGaez
“I’ve been working on it or like, 5 months. You can cut through anything it, Vivian, anything,” The assurance in her voice was strong and I nodded my head, not doubting the woman I’ve known since I was a child.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVz0dvUxAF
“Okay yea… I’ll go find her but it’s only because I don’t think I could handle that lady’s death being on my mind right now,” So I stood up and decided to go out tonight. Take a risk. Be the bigger being here.
“I honestly didn’t think you’d still be around here,” Anais’s laughter grated at my nerves but then had me guessing, why was she still here?425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxu9SM438Fa
I twirled the sword in my hand, leaning against the wall of a store just a few blocks away from the club.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zOln8fnRa
“So, what are you still doing here, Anais?” I sighed, itching for a fight every time my eyes glanced toward that stupid uniform. The fire symbol that lay on top of her left breast was a mark of her rank and what she stood for. Valentino Daphne.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhY4qmpaNd
For a moment she paused, looked away and then looked back.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYpv7CZZna
“I need that girl, Vivian… I can’t go back to him with nothing,” She growled out, jaw locked in irritation as her eyes burned with irritation and the cold look of a killer.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXKUincV09
Which meant that the lady wasn’t in their hands.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8Tw8JlBJr
“Oh? And what will you do for me?” I asked, an eyebrow raised.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2sz9MOobq
“What do you want?” Those red eyes glared at me, not bothering to look at the sword she knows I’d use. The one that lay against her hip was dangerous as well.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUsGRca2LS
What did I want? Well let’s see, just last night in over 48 years I’ve seen the first sign of Valentino’s mark and it wasn’t for me.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDIqeVTfUN
A good thing, really. It meant that it’d be easier to plan a way on killing my own father. And I know this isn’t something you should ever have to think about but it would be a nice ending to a bad, bad dream. Though it seemed important to know who his up to date enemies were.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpDfRNbQ6j
“Who was that back in the club and what does he want with the girl?”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lQK4dslit
There was no one near us but Anais took the curtesy of keeping an ear out before returning her attention on me.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXBnV7mHvu
“He goes by a lot of names. The humans call him Cole Rysoot, fairies gave him a name unknown to the human tongue, but you would know him as Elzrurron. The Dragon king,” His name was something whispered throughout thousands of cities from over hundreds of years ago. A beautiful creature that would kill with no mercy. Someone who caused wars and mayhem because of the most simplest signs of disrespect.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUG7mbTfeR
Before my imprisonment, I heard rumors of Elzrurron perhaps falling in battle or ran off into hiding. It was as if he’d disappeared from the planet. Hell, the whispers of his name came from before I was even a child. And then he turned into a myth in the eyes of those who had never taken a glimpse of him.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gaIJ63lGc
“Oh my, father is living quite dangerously, is he not? And what of the girl?” I asked with a raised eyebrow.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7qRK747Fo
At this, that cold look stayed in Anais’s eyes, but a tint of humor had me on guard for an attack. Perhaps even an ambush but I didn’t see, hear or smell anyone nearby.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiunbsbnE32
“Why don’t you remember the rumors of your father mating with a very… sensitive mortal woman?” Then I froze.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcSfVQsnIg
I hadn’t been ready for that punch in the gut. That human I’d left in there was my sister? Mine? Just because it was born from the seed of a monster? Oh, I don’t think so. And the word “sensitive” was just another word for a special human. Someone with abilities or senses that a normal human wouldn’t be able to 425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDWTUfHaPd
“You see, you two are more similar than you would think. Your mother was unwillingly mated to him… her mother was in the same situation. Though it didn’t last as long as your moth-. “ Before she could finish that sentence I was in front of her and slapping her with the back of my hand. Anais’s body flung to the side, but she managed to catch herself from falling.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlE8WrXy3nx
“I may not be underneath my father’s thumb but remember who you stand in front of, Anais. If it becomes necessary, I will kill you,” I could see the hurt on her face as she once again stood up, rubbing at her cheek like the pain would disappear.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeP2Vv7cEc
“Of course, your highness,” She whispered, looking down at the floor.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdbYbh1jfI
“The girl is your half-sister, Vivian, and he wants her. I’m asking you to return the favor you owe me,” At her last words I growled and narrowed my eyes, handing the human over didn’t seem like much of an option. I’d been raised never to abandon family unless necessary.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboppzOIlfU
“I need you to keep her safe and away from Valentino’s hands,” Anais’s words most definitely surprised me, so I frowned and looked up at her as everything sunk in.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjj54QIKB4R
It pained me that Anais is willing to break the rules for this human but when I needed an ally, she was nowhere to be seen. I was willing to be there were a lot of people happy to help my little half-sister and I felt a sour distaste toward her. Goodness, these ridiculous feelings of mine were making me feel sick.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWokMCkCoXp
“Okay but… I don’t have her,” I smiled one of amusement as the shocked look overtook Anais’s face.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVNh0A3uIK
“What do you mean, Vivian? So you would’ve tricked me into giving you this information and sent me back with nothing? Where is she?” Anais laughed a bit, a look of hurt covered those red eyes.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ntJS6vlSn
“Don’t act like I’m the bad guy here, where were you when I needed you? And how should I know? I’m not anyone’s babysitter, I left her back in the club when I saw the dragon,” I shrugged, ignoring the worried look that clouded the vampire’s face.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5CTmOFtSA
I practically saved Anais from my father’s hand and in return, she was too afraid of leaving the monster she’s known all her life. And now she’s being brave. That was new.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPP14bpTsR
“Look, I’m sorry, okay? I was stupid and scared but Oriness doesn’t deserve to be hated for my actions… she’s still your sister,” My eye twitched at my half-sister actually having a name and I began tapping my foot in impatience.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPrNNVW0sL
“Yea, whatever. Just get out of town, Anais… those dragons didn’t look happy looking at those vampires in his club,” I folded my arms.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCbN9KSw00
“It wasn’t my command, Vivian. Dexter is in town, I think he’s onto me. I needed to hide her before his men could find her,” Ugh, Dexter? Of all the creatures in the world it just had to be him.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxoqcrxwiB
“His methods of finding her are pretty… savage, as you know,” Oh yea, I remember.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8coQMERCz
Dexter was the master vampire that my father had wanted me to mate with when I’d been a prisoner in my own home. I’d managed to delay it until I could escape. Thank fuck. Dexter might be hot as shit, but he has a thing for blood. And its creepy, the vampire seriously has a way of making me feel uncomfortable.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RH4BflbuN
Then I heard it, the sound of wings beating in the air. Before any words could be said, Anais was gone in the wind. Traitor, again! Instead of turning I waited for the owner of what sounded like strong and powerful wings landed. The wind blew around wildly before slowly simmering down, so I turned around quickly. And held in my next breath.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Qqlo1VZhD
Standing before me was the man from last night. His presence made me want to purr in appreciation or run the other direction. So close like this I could see the strength in those bright eyes that seemed to be watching my eyes move. But I was busy checking him out with all that sun-kissed skin and long hair pulled back in a bun. It was low and simple man, it he looked good because I could see his face a bit more clearly.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrg6LP5w1p
“Demon, it would seem you have yet to ask for permission to step on my lands, let alone hunt,” His growl was intimidating and really, really making me want to run in the opposite direction. Anais had made a smart decision. My natural stubbornness and curiosity was going to get me killed.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYWJn1CCEq
“I honestly just learned whose territory I’ve been on just a moment ago, I’m guessing you’d like to talk, right?” I raised an eyebrow, not bothering to show him my hesitation in even being this close. The dragon stood closer to me than he had been in the club, not that we’d been near each other. Especially like this, even if he stood just about 4 feet away.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBMIuHjznY
“Let’s go talk in my office,” Was his only response so I shrugged and unfurled my wings, flying after him the moment he took off. The dragon was fast, but I was able to keep up and follow him to the club.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHJrIxBYH9
The exact same club I’d left that human at. This would be a good place to look around for her.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAWv6TJc8D
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