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A Darkness Of Vampire Chapter 102
I saw the flash of confusion that crossed Derek's eyes as he withdrew his hands from my face. I felt the exact same confusion. What is this guy talking about? "Lies." Derek shook his head, but for a moment he looked at me as though I might have been a wholly different person. Desperation began eating at me. I knew how much he hated the Maslens. "My mother's name is Camilla Claremont," I told him trying to stay calm. "She's been in an insane asylum for the majority of the past decade. You know this. Your father's bluffing, Derek." "I'm not bluffing. I can prove everything," Gregor said confidently. "I have all the background checks to prove it. Ingrid Maslen was once Camilla Claremont, wife of Aiden Claremont. They only have one daughter—your pretty little redhead right there." I shook my head. "No. It's not true. Ingrid Maslen is not my mother." "When was the last time you saw Camilla Claremont, Sofia?" Gregor continued to pry. "Did you actually ever even see her in an insane asy
A Darkness Of Vampire Chapter 103
"Let's take him to Corrine's," Liana said. "Not so fast!" Gregor said, menace lacing his words. "There are four other rebels who haven't yet met their punishments." I drew a breath as I looked at Gavin, Ian and the two other Naturals who were caught with me. If Derek wasn't able to take the blows, then how on earth would they survive? "They won't be able to handle it. They're going to die…" Cameron shook his head as his eyes met with Liana's. It was as if they had some sort of telepathic communication, because Liana worriedly said, "Cam…" But then she paused and nodded. Cameron stood to his feet. "As a show of loyalty to Derek Novak, I'll take on the punishment of one of the rebels." Xavier stepped forward from the crowd and nodded. "I'll do the same." Eli and Yuri Lazaroff followed and so did at least half a dozen others of the Elite. It was clear to see who it was that held the real power at The Shade, and it definitely wasn't Derek's father. My spirits soared on behalf of De
A Darkness Of Vampire Chapter 104
Tears began to brim Ashley's eyes. "Paige and the three new girls…they're dead. Felix and his men…while everything was happening at the town square…they went to your quarters and killed everyone they found there. By order of the king." "They planned on doing it even before everything that happened at the town square," Kyle continued to explain when Ashley broke into a sob. "It was their back-up plan in case what Gregor wanted to happen at The Shade—turn Derek against you—didn't push through." "A last-ditch attempt to hurt me." I nodded with understanding, tears beginning to fall down my cheeks. Gregor definitely knew how to hurt me. "Rosa?" I asked. "She was visiting with Lily and the kids when it all happened," Kyle said the words reassuringly in hopes of giving me a thread of comfort. I wanted to break down. I wanted to just crumble and give in to the despair that I felt over the loss of four innocent lives, but even as tears flowed down my face, beyond the grief, what I felt wa
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"No." I could hear the resentment in my mother's voice. She'd never liked Sofia much, and she was often outspoken about it, but I appreciated that she didn't express her negative opinion of my best friend at that point. Perhaps she could sense how much I missed Sofia. "A friend of yours has been calling though." I creased my brows in surprise. "Who?" "A Natalie Borgia. Familiar?" Strangely, the name did sound familiar, but I couldn't quite place who the person was and where I'd heard the name. "What did she say?" "Well, she just left a number and asked me to tell you to call her." "Okay. Could you give me the number, Mom?" My mother dictated the number and I took note. We exchanged a couple of stories before finally calling it a night and hanging up. I stared at the number, still trying to remember who Natalie Borgia was, wondering why she would want to get in touch with me. Overcome by curiosity, I dialed the number. The phone kept ringing and I was just about to give up wai
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"We definitely need that now…" About a hundred fully-armed vampires were standing before us. We might've outnumbered them ten to one—perhaps even more, but I was no fool to believe that we could possibly stand a chance against them. "You…" Gregor sped my way, stopping a couple of inches away from me. "You did this?" "You're going to have to kill a lot more than just the weak and defenseless if you want to proceed with the culling," I told him, sounding far more confident than I actually felt. "Are you really willing to cripple The Shade by murdering off a good chunk of its loyal human population?" "Yes, you little fool. I'm willing to do exactly that." He smirked at me and I knew then that he was made of pure evil. I couldn't help but wonder how on earth he could be related to Derek and Vivienne. I wanted to falter, wanted to run away, but this was my war now. "You're going to die, Sofia Claremont." Gregor nodded. "I'll make sure of it." "I know you're immortal, Gregor Novak, b
A Darkness Of Vampire Chapter 107
"What? What were you saying?" I asked, forcing myself to focus on Eli. "I was saying that the chilling chambers are nearly empty of human blood," Eli announced. "If we don't get replenishments soon, we might just end up with another coup—this time, to overturn you." The Shade's blood supply was, of course, the main point of contention at The Shade. I hated discussing the matter, because it felt like something I was incapable of finding a solution to. But it was an issue I couldn't escape. "Well, we've gone through this matter so many times before. Has anyone been able to offer up a solution?" The silence was irritating. "There must be a way," Sofia spoke up to break the silence. "There are thousands of blood banks across the world. Could we not tap into that supply?" "How, Sofia?" I snapped, sounding harsher than I intended to be. "How on earth are we going to do that?" I bit my lip when I saw a pensive look glaze her eyes. I didn't mean to throw all my negative energy on her, b
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"She's practically the princess of The Shade now," Ashley had said proudly, as she cast an affectionate gaze toward Sofia. "She's about to become the queen." Rosa smiled as she fingered the ring on Sofia's finger. Derek had given it to her shortly after he released me from the port. The sight of the ring made my heart ache with a sense of loss as I wondered what could've been if I'd done things differently, if I had been the one who treated Sofia the way she deserved to be treated. Every time I looked at Sofia, I couldn't help but regret how things turned out between us. I felt the same way as I had supper with her. "Stop looking at me that way, Ben," she said as she took a sip from a spoonful of soup. "What way?" I asked. "I don't know…you look at me a certain way, Ben. Like you've somehow lost me…"I cleared my throat. "Am I that transparent?" "I just know you, Ben. That's all. You feel like if you don't get something you want, you did something wrong. The fact that I'm with
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"What?" I asked her, stepping back, so that I could look at her and make sure that she wasn't joking. "Did you just say what I thought you said?" She laughed at my reaction. "I'm not sure…" She tilted her head to the side, her long auburn locks falling over her shoulders. "What did you think I said?" "It sounded like you were agreeing to marry me." She paused and wrinkled her nose before shuffling on her feet. When she heaved an anxious sigh, I was already certain that I was just hearing things. But then a huge smile broke into her face. "Then you definitely heard right." I stood there stunned, letting the news sink in, taking in that moment and how stunningly gorgeous she looked in that green silk gown that clung to her curves in just the right places. I wanted to remember every single detail of that moment, because I wanted to treasure it forever. "Derek, say something…" she said breathlessly. I had no idea what to say. Was I supposed to thank her for making me the happiest
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I nodded. He stepped in and I closed the door behind him. He spun around to face me. "Every single human in this building—me included—perhaps my daughter being the only exception—wants you dead." At that, I couldn't help but chuckle wryly. "So I've gathered." "The great Derek Novak. One of the best hunters the order has ever known…now prince of the vampires." King actually…I looked up at him…but then you don't really need to know that. "This thing you have with my daughter stops now. You can't keep using her for whatever reason you have for wanting her." "I'm in love with her," I said through gritted teeth. "I fully intend to marry her." "Marry her? She's mortal! If you loved her, you wouldn't deprive her of the future she deserves. You wouldn't deprive her of an education, a family, children of her own…" At that, I couldn't find a proper response. I'd been plagued by that thought ever since Sofia returned to The Shade. I knew I was being selfish with her. "Be straight with me
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I knew then that should Derek ever ask, I would willingly let him have my blood. The thought scared me, because it was a stunning realization of how much I was willing to give up for him. I drifted off to sleep for the rest of the flight, leaning my head on Derek's shoulder, hoping to escape everything through peaceful slumber. It was the sudden jolt caused by the wheels of the plane hitting the tarmac that woke me. My immediate instinct was to check out the window for the sun and I was relieved to find that it was dark. I knew we were in the US—that much I'd gathered from overhearing several conversations between the hunters, but where exactly in the States we were, I had no clue. I checked on Derek and found him unbuckling his seatbelt. "Hey, beautiful," he said before quickly looking away.Something about him felt distant and cold. I looked toward my father and wondered what he would have to say if I went to him to ask for blood to feed Derek. The prospect seemed insane. I grabb
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It felt like I was riding to my death. I was surrounded by hunters and I was willingly heading toward the last place any vampire should be. The hunters' headquarters.I could feel Aiden's glare burning through me. I knew that in his eyes, I was the enemy. In his eyes, I had brainwashed Sofia into loving me. I knew that he would do everything to take Sofia away from me. It's the way I would've thought had I still been a hunter. I clung to Sofia, driven mad by how much I was craving her blood. I swallowed hard as I pressed my lips against her cheek. I couldn't remember ever wanting anyone as much as I wanted her. The fact that I was in love with her only added to the heavy ache that seemed to permanently settle on my chest. No wonder Lucas couldn't keep himself away from her… Lucas. My jaw tightened at the recollection of seeing my brother burst into flames. I'd never liked him, but he was still my brother. Seeing him meet his end brought no satisfaction whatsoever. I found myself w
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Amidst all the bedlam surrounding me, I was certain of one thing and one thing alone. Claudia had reverted to her old mad and twisted self. I knew it the moment she attacked Sofia and sank her fangs into her neck. "What is wrong with you?!" I hissed at her after seeing her claws come out, ready to put me through another painful ordeal. "She's safer as a vampire than she is as the pathetic little twig that she is," she told me. "I was doing her a favor." She wasn't feeding on Sofia. She was turning her. I couldn't even begin to imagine what was going through her mind. "This place is filled with hunters. Nobody is safe, you crazy bitch." Her claws retracted and she pressed her palm over my chest to keep me down. "You were going to shoot me," she accused. "You were sinking your bloody teeth into Sofia's neck. Of course I was going to shoot you." I pushed her away from me and was slightly surprised when she actually backed off. I searched for Sofia in time to see her pinned to a wall
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The moment the circular glass elevator stopped at level four, I saw my father rising up to his feet as he pulled a wooden stake from a vampire's chest. At the sight of me, his eyes widened. More questions than I could make sense of flashed through my mind at the sight of him. My mother was a vampire and my father was a hunter. It felt like my entire life had been a lie. However, I knew that I wasn't about to get any answers, because this was no time for teary-eyed reunions. War was breaking out all around us. As I stepped out of the elevator, I realized that my father had just begun to take note of the dress I was wearing and the blood on my wrists. He then saw Derek stepping out of the elevator right behind me. My heart stopped when I realized what it looked like. "Dad, no!" I screamed, but he was already pulling out a gun and aiming it at Derek. I immediately acted out of instinct and used myself to cover Derek. I was about to tell Aiden—who was running toward me—that if he ever
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I stepped away when Borys began to run his hand down my shoulder. Borys responded by using one strong arm to grab my waist and pull my back against him, holding me in position so that he could touch me any way he pleased right in front of Derek. I kept my eyes on Derek's, wondering if things would really end this way. I was grasping for any thread of hope. I wanted to be strong for Derek, but I had no idea how to do it. We were both too weak, too broken. When a soft knock interrupted Borys' shameless display, I could hear Derek sigh with relief. "What?!" Borys screamed. A guard entered. He looked terrified. "Your highness…" His voice trembled. "The boy…Ben…he escaped with the blonde vampire. They both left The Oasis…they haven't yet returned." I could feel Borys' breathing suddenly get heavy. His arms clamped around me so tightly, I thought he wanted to snap me in two. Instead, he pushed me to the ground and marched toward the guard. He grabbed the guard's neck. "How long have th
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Despite my tears, I laughed wryly. "It's you who's been brainwashed, Ingrid…or maybe I ought to call you Camilla…is there still any part of her left in you? Dad was right about you. You are insane. You left your own family to blindly serve this villain of a king." "You have no idea what you're talking about. You don't know what my life was like. I loved Aiden. He was everything to me, and then you came along. I never wanted you, but I gave in to his requests for a child, because I loved him. You stole him from me." She was saying the words calmly, her eyes set on the bite marks on my neck as she proceeded to tend to the wound. The spite every word contained mixed with the calmness and affection by which she expressed them made her one of the scariest people I'd ever met. I couldn't begin to fathom how broken a creature my own mother was. I was certain, however, that even though I had been born of her womb, she was now a complete stranger. No more words were exchanged until she was
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Borys let go of her and the moment he did, she ran into my arms, tears streaming down her face. I held her tight, unwilling to let go, sickened by the thought of what she'd been through since she arrived at The Oasis. I didn't need to ask if she was alright or if they hurt her. It was clear to see that she wasn't. It was obvious that they had. "Get me out of here, Derek," she sobbed against my chest. "He's going to destroy me. Everyone here is insane. Especially my mother…" She knows. I shut my eyes, trying to find words to soothe her, wondering how on earth I was going to get her out of there. I could smell the blood on her neck. My mouth watered at the scent, but I was too mortified by the idea that Borys had already tasted her blood to even start craving her. "Sofia, I'm so sorry," was all I could think of to say. She shook her head. "You didn't do this." "I've failed to protect you so many times…" "Don't do this, Derek. Just don't. We have to get out of here—you, me and Ben
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I sat up on the bed and backed away from her. She reached out for me and I flinched when her fingers brushed over my shoulder. I glared at her, expecting to see the same glint of manic glee in her eyes—the same look she always gave me when she held me captive at The Shade. Instead, the look on her eyes was soft and pensive—practically moist with tears. "Do you love her, Ben?" "Love who?" I practically spat the words out. I was sickened by the way she was acting. I felt as if someone like her had no business talking about love. "Sofia…" I stared at her incredulously. She didn't have the right to talk about Sofia and I had every right not to give her a response. "And if I do?" I managed to say. She shrugged one shoulder. Her head bowed slightly, a mass of curls falling over her shoulders. "I love someone too. I didn't realize how much until I got here. I never should've left The Shade. I need him." I practically gawked at her. I had no idea who I was facing at that moment. Gone wa
