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my mouth before I had the chance to fight them.
There was a ghost of a smile on her lips and her eyes were alight with humor,
as if she was enjoying some kind of private joke.
“But we’re sisters.” A slight Russian
accent laced her words.
My heartbeat accelerated, it drew her eyes
to my chest and she smirked.
“Stop teasing the girl, Ludiia,” a man
snarled as he entered from a side flap in the wall.
Ludiia strolled back to her seat, but my
heart rate didn’t ease off. The man was very old, older than Ivan Aleksandrov, but
his hair was cut just above his ears and no beard occupied his face. The only
connection between the strange vampire and Aleksandrov was that the vampire
wore a long, pitch black robe that rustled as it dragged along the floor.
“Why’d you bringing her here, Lucian?
Exposing yourself puts everything you’ve worked for at risk.”
I should have guessed the strange man would
have a strange name. Lucian shot the random vampire a threatening glare and the
vampire slunk back into his seat.
“So, you are Ruby Moore?” His attention
returned to me.
“I thought I was meeting with my people?” I
asked, forcing confidence into my tone hoping that it would, in turn, make me
confident. No such luck.
“We are your people.” Lucian chuckled, his
deep coal eyes pierced mine.
“No. My people help the world, not destroy
it.”
The room erupted in laughter, but I didn’t take
my eyes off Lucian. I wanted to. I wanted to squeeze my eyes shut and wait for
someone to save me but I couldn’t. I needed them to think I wasn’t afraid.
“I can see why the guardian angel is so
captivated by you.” He approached me and circled me slowly. “Absolutely
stunning.”
He twirled my ponytail around his finger
and I shivered at the thought of him being so close to me.
“Where is the higher power?”
“Oh my dear,” he said, coming face to face
with me. “I’m right here.”
No. It couldn’t be. The higher power was supposed
to be a god. He was supposed to be on our side, not theirs. Everything was in
fast-forward and I was motionless in the middle of it all. How could this
happen?
“I- I don’t believe you,” I stammered.
“Not many people do.” He sighed. He clicked
his fingers and a vampire handed him a manila folder. Lucian clicked his tongue
against his teeth as if in thought. “Here are a few reports that were made
against you, Miss Moore.” He cleared his throat and opened the envelope. “It
seems a few of your peers have a problem with you.”
“So I recently discovered.” Although I had
no idea there was a few. Lucian glanced at me in amusement.
“You got into a fight with a goddess, ran
away from school, hunted a vampire, which cost the lives of three guardian
angels —” He paused and smiled a fang-filled smile. “And then there is the
issue of Eli De Luca, your guardian angel.”
“Ex-guardian angel,” I corrected bitterly.
“Oh yes. I ended that, didn’t I?” An icy
chuckle seeped through his lips, causing my skin to erupt into goosebumps. My
fists curled into balls at my side as I remembered the morning my tattoo washed
off like dirt.
“Protocol. Sorry.” Lucian’s grin widened
and his eyes held a devious gleam. “Ah, speak of the devil.”
He pointed behind me, bringing my attention
to the opening. Eli was escorted in the same way I was.
“Yummy,” moaned Ludiia. I ignored the urge
to scowl at her.
“What is he doing here?” I couldn’t keep
the panic out of my tone.
Lucian’s charcoal eyes narrowed in on me as
Eli came and stood beside me, but I still couldn’t bring myself to relax, in
fact, it made me tenser. I could feel the tension radiate off his body. I
glanced sideways at him; he was just as nervous about the surrounding vampires
as I was. I could tell by his clenched jaw, his clouded, intense eyes, and his
lips that were held in an impassive line.
“You look a little … uncomfortable, angel,”
Ludiia purred. She zipped over to
There was a ghost of a smile on her lips and her eyes were alight with humor,
as if she was enjoying some kind of private joke.
“But we’re sisters.” A slight Russian
accent laced her words.
My heartbeat accelerated, it drew her eyes
to my chest and she smirked.
“Stop teasing the girl, Ludiia,” a man
snarled as he entered from a side flap in the wall.
Ludiia strolled back to her seat, but my
heart rate didn’t ease off. The man was very old, older than Ivan Aleksandrov, but
his hair was cut just above his ears and no beard occupied his face. The only
connection between the strange vampire and Aleksandrov was that the vampire
wore a long, pitch black robe that rustled as it dragged along the floor.
“Why’d you bringing her here, Lucian?
Exposing yourself puts everything you’ve worked for at risk.”
I should have guessed the strange man would
have a strange name. Lucian shot the random vampire a threatening glare and the
vampire slunk back into his seat.
“So, you are Ruby Moore?” His attention
returned to me.
“I thought I was meeting with my people?” I
asked, forcing confidence into my tone hoping that it would, in turn, make me
confident. No such luck.
“We are your people.” Lucian chuckled, his
deep coal eyes pierced mine.
“No. My people help the world, not destroy
it.”
The room erupted in laughter, but I didn’t take
my eyes off Lucian. I wanted to. I wanted to squeeze my eyes shut and wait for
someone to save me but I couldn’t. I needed them to think I wasn’t afraid.
“I can see why the guardian angel is so
captivated by you.” He approached me and circled me slowly. “Absolutely
stunning.”
He twirled my ponytail around his finger
and I shivered at the thought of him being so close to me.
“Where is the higher power?”
“Oh my dear,” he said, coming face to face
with me. “I’m right here.”
No. It couldn’t be. The higher power was supposed
to be a god. He was supposed to be on our side, not theirs. Everything was in
fast-forward and I was motionless in the middle of it all. How could this
happen?
“I- I don’t believe you,” I stammered.
“Not many people do.” He sighed. He clicked
his fingers and a vampire handed him a manila folder. Lucian clicked his tongue
against his teeth as if in thought. “Here are a few reports that were made
against you, Miss Moore.” He cleared his throat and opened the envelope. “It
seems a few of your peers have a problem with you.”
“So I recently discovered.” Although I had
no idea there was a few. Lucian glanced at me in amusement.
“You got into a fight with a goddess, ran
away from school, hunted a vampire, which cost the lives of three guardian
angels —” He paused and smiled a fang-filled smile. “And then there is the
issue of Eli De Luca, your guardian angel.”
“Ex-guardian angel,” I corrected bitterly.
“Oh yes. I ended that, didn’t I?” An icy
chuckle seeped through his lips, causing my skin to erupt into goosebumps. My
fists curled into balls at my side as I remembered the morning my tattoo washed
off like dirt.
“Protocol. Sorry.” Lucian’s grin widened
and his eyes held a devious gleam. “Ah, speak of the devil.”
He pointed behind me, bringing my attention
to the opening. Eli was escorted in the same way I was.
“Yummy,” moaned Ludiia. I ignored the urge
to scowl at her.
“What is he doing here?” I couldn’t keep
the panic out of my tone.
Lucian’s charcoal eyes narrowed in on me as
Eli came and stood beside me, but I still couldn’t bring myself to relax, in
fact, it made me tenser. I could feel the tension radiate off his body. I
glanced sideways at him; he was just as nervous about the surrounding vampires
as I was. I could tell by his clenched jaw, his clouded, intense eyes, and his
lips that were held in an impassive line.
“You look a little … uncomfortable, angel,”
Ludiia purred. She zipped over to
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