Hello! Well this is the sequel to 'A new delema', it's called 'The Lonely Kept Secret'. But you probably already knew that. XD. The story will mainly be in Arlet's or Dimitri's point of views even though the story will somehow have to do more with Adrianna, Alec, and Rose. But don't worry I'll have their point of views in the story as well.

Summary: My name is Arlet Hathaway, and it's been ten years since I learned my mother died in a plane crash. Every night I woke up screaming having a nightmare of what could've been of my mother's death. I was nine when it happened. My father still works in the academy I attended last year. My younger siblings are still there too. I'm nineteen now and I live at court with my brother and my friends since birth. We've been living a happy life for the past ten years. I couldn't say there was one day I wasn't happy. I ended up specializing in the seventh element which is very rare. But then again so am I. I am the product of two dhampirs. You could say my life is messed up in a way but I call it luck no matter what anyone else thinks.

Chapter 1- the special day

APOV

"Alec can I ask you something?" I asked my brother sweetly. We had graduated school for over a year now but he still treated me as if I was underage. Damn older brother.

He had graduated top of his class and passed each one of his tests in flying colors. He got what he had always wanted. To be the best of the best. I, of course, had also trained to be a guardian but I also had the ability to use magic. Something my brother lacked.

Even with my power I had the body of a dhampir along with the strength and speed of one too. Alec never let me be best though. I always had to be second best, as always.

"What do you need?" he asked back. I left my daze and looked at him in the eye. He always had different eye color then I did. Even a different eye color then our father Eddie Castile. For some long period of time I thought Alec was adopted because he didn't look anything like his supposed family. I shrugged it off though knowing that neither Alec nor my father would tell me the truth.

"I was wondering if I could go-" I got cut off.

"Arlet we've talked about this. You can't leave court for your own safety." I sighed.

"But why Alec? You've been keeping me away from the outside world for almost ten years now!" I screamed slamming my hands onto his desk. "At least tell me why you're keeping in. I'm an adult now. I have the right to know what's wrong with our family."

He murmured something so soft that I couldn't hear. He got up from his chair and stared back at me. "You really want to know?" I nodded my head. 'Sit down." He instructed. I did as I was told. He was finally going to tell me after all these years. I was so excited.

"Well are you going to tell me or not?" I demanded after having to wait thirty seconds or so.

"You're not going to like it though." I grunted, clearly annoyed. "Fine. You know how I told you that mom died in that airplane crash?" I nodded. "Well she didn't die. That was just a set up explosion so everyone would think that our mother was dead."

I swear I thought my heart would stop. Was there a possibility that mom was alive? "Why did you lie?" I asked. I didn't want to get mad. If my mother was alive I would want to see her. Maybe she left for a mission or something and it would hurt us so they had to fake her death or something….yeah that was it.

"Remember when mom told me to walk to the airstrip ten years ago threatening me to be home schooled?" I nodded recalling the past event. "Well let's just say I got kidnapped and so did mom. For us to escape and for you and I and our sibling to be safe, mom had to turn strigoi. And she did. I faked her death hoping that it would be easier then telling you she turned strigoi because of you and I and the triplets and Adrianna." He stated bluntly.

By blood boiled. "You lied to me Alec and about my own mother! HOW COULD YOU! I TRUSTED YOU AND YOU BETRAID ME." I hollered at him. I turned on my heel and walked out of his study, out of this house, and out into my car. It was a silver Mercedes. I thought it looked classy and all that. I hopped in the driver's seat and turned the car and the radio on high. Right now I was in Pennsylvania but in a few hours I would be in Montana. I was going to go to the academy and nothing was going to stop me from going.

I drove to the gates where a guardian was on duty. "May I help you miss. Hathaway?" he asked. I sighed. Growing up Alec and I were always described as the Hathaway twins which was never good. You know just because you were a Hathaway and were an amazing fighter didn't mean you did anything wrong…well ok maybe…that's besides the point I'm making here.

And after we left the school my younger siblings Adrian, Mason and Rose were soon known as the Hathaway triplets. Everyone knew them too. "Why yes. I need you to open the gates for me to get out." I said to him. Man he was stupid.

"I'll have to contact your brother for that so if you'll wait a moment." He said taking out his phone.

"Well I'm not going to wake while you call. I'm getting out of here whether you like it or not." With that shot my hand out the window and blasted a bolt of lightning at the gates opening. I quickly applied speed to the car and drove off as the guardian on duty was left screaming for me to come back and calling for back up and news that I had run away.

I had to admit I felt bad for the guy. He was going to die once Alec and Abe got ahold of him. Maybe I'll go apologize if I choose to go back sometime soon.

Right now I had one mission. Get to Adrianna.

Before my mom died-or turned strigoi, she took me to this amazing place off in the middle of Russia. It was so beautiful. It was in Baia. The garden she took me to was the most beautifuliest place I've ever seen.

Last year when I wanted to take the triplets, Alec decided that everyone else should come along. So of course it was as beautiful as ever. Though, there were so many people crowding around it. And they were all being noisy too.

Adrianna didn't get to go last year because she was in a different grade then everybody else. While the middle school got to go on a longer vacation, the elementary school had to stay in school. And head mistress Kirova wouldn't allow me to take Adrianna out of classes for just a 'lousy trip' as she liked to call it.

I mentally sighed. I wanted to do something nice for my little sister. For the nine to ten year difference, we haven't really interacted as we should. And I thought that this trip would make it all better.

I had already packed Adrianna's things in case this would happen, which I knew it would, so I would be prepared. I was also going to take along a guardian with us. I had to keep my precautions up with my little sister. Kids were supposed to be able to specialize at this age point of nine years old.

Adrianna though hasn't yet. I was worried for her. I had specialized in the seventh element. This was lightening and super compulsion. Adrian had specialized in earth, Mason had specialized in Death, and Rose had specialized in Spirit.

I think Adrianna hasn't specialized because she's nervous or something. I keep telling myself that every day, and maybe one day I'll believe it.

I refocused my attention on the road and realized on was driving in a grassy field. It was near the academy, I knew that form sneaking out countless amounts of times. I smiled at that. Al my teachers had said I acted and did reckless things just like my mother had done, only a tad bit worse than her.

I just couldn't help it. I wanted to be just like her, in a way for still having a part of her in me. I pulled up to the school parking lot to be met by guardians loaded with stakes and guns. I got out as if nothing and walked past them while their mouths hung opened watching me pass by. I walked over to the elementary school and went to go get my sister.

It wasn't as hard as I thought. They were out for lunch in the fields. I spotted her in the pool of green that surrounded her. She was all by herself staring at a lonely pink flower. I stood right behind her. "What you staring at?" I asked her as if I didn't know. She turned around shocked to see me there. I snorted. "What did you not want to see me?" I asked her. She shook her head.

"Just surprised that's all." She squeaked. She was the good girl in the family. And the only one who looked different from the rest of us. While we had our mother's eyes, she had our fathers, while we had our mother's hair; she had our father's hair. Other than that we looked exactly the same.

"Why are you by yourself?" I asked her. She shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't have any friends in my grade. I only have friends in the grade above mine, but they're all in the other school." She said pointing to the middle school a few yards away. I nodded.

"You never thought of making a new friend in your own grade." I asked. She sighed.

"I have a sort of fiend in my grade. Her name is Claire Zeklos." I had to laugh at that.

"Claire is not good news. And I thought you were the good girl….." I told her. Claire was the grades popular it girl. Adrianna was the it girl for the grade above her, in where her sibling were in but in her grade, she was a total outcast. "I think when we get back I will officially change your grade." I told her. She looked up confused.

"When we get back?" she asked. I didn't answer her though. I turned on my heel and walked back to the car. We got there to find my head family guardian there waiting for us.

"Hathaway. Late, as always." He said coolly. I glanced up to fin d his face .6 inches higher than my own.

"Just get in the car Alto." I commanded. He groaned and did as he was told. He knew not to mess with me or else he'd have to face the rath of my brother. He shuttered in that.

Why couldn't I be that scary?...i thought

"So where are we going?" he asked as I started the car and looked behind us to see my younger sister there sitting in the seat. He sat in the passenger seat while I drove to the airport.

"Did you pack for more than a month?" I asked him. He nodded.

"Then you have no need to worry." I confirmed him smiling. He groaned yet once again. "Don't worry we aren't staying in the states if that is what you're wondering."

"Where are we going then?" he asked.

"Will you tell my brother if he asks?" I said too quietly. His understanding skills picked up and sort of gasped.

"You didn't tell him where you were going?" he asked astonished. I shook my head. "He's going to kill me." I gripped his shoulder.

"Not if I can help it." I told him with determination. Stan was an old friend, even if he was like twenty years older than me. He was considered family to me ever since he and Alberta privately trained Alec and me in school.

"I doubt your say will matter to Alec." Stan said trying to wish it weren't true. I smiled. "Why you smiling? Do you want me to get beat up by your brother?" he asked pretty loudly. I had already made it to the airport and parked the car in a parking spot. We all climbed out and got our bags from the trunk.

"Alec will do anything," I said putting the emphasis on the 'anything' part. "To please his little sister." I said pretty annoyingly.

"Where are we going?" Adrianna asked. This was the first time she talked in a while. In fact for the whole car ride she hadn't said a word at all.

"Russia." I said shrugging it off as if it were nothing. Secretly though I knew something was wrong and there was something everyone wasn't telling me because whenever I mentioned Russia it was like code 9 at court.

"Russia?" Stan resaid warily. I nodded. I knew he knew the secret. It was one of the reasons I brought him with me. I brought him because I knew I would be able to fish the answers out of him without a problem. He was a big softy on the inside.

"Yes do you have a problem with that?" I asked as we sat down in our seats on the plane. He shook his head. I sighed. "I know you know." I told him. He slightly paled but then put his guardian mask on. "I also know you're going to try not to tell me. All of you have tried not to tell us but then that is why I am going. If you won't tell me the answers….then I'll just have to get them myself." I said.

"Why don't we just go home?" he asked.

"Unless you tell me what I want to know, we aren't leaving anytime soon, and decides" I said "Adrianna should have some fun." I said smiling at my sleeping sisters' form next to me. Eddie's going to be so mad. I commented to myself.

As if reading my mind Stan said, "You know your father is going to be angry when he hears about this right?" he asked. I nodded.

"He was probably the first to be told about this." I told him. He sighed.

"What do you want to know?" he asked as the plane took off.

"I want to know why every time I say Russia or something that has to do with Russia you all get all protective of us." I asked. He looked around trying to find a distraction but found none.

"Something is there that you shouldn't know about." He whispered. I raised an eyebrow at Stan which made him in return flinch. I stared at him for a second before getting up and walking over to the plane bathrooms. Stan didn't say anything, most likely hoping I would forget about the questioning.

I locked the door behind me and looked at the mirror. I looked just like my mother when I was her age. Picture perfect…well all except for my eyes. I didn't have my mother's eyes. Ever since I could remember my grandmother Janine had given me contacts to put into my eyes. She had told me that my color eyes were not normal and she didn't want anyone to say anything mean about me, so I put in the contacts.

I have to say I guess she was right because after that my mom and I got closer than we already were and everyone else seemed to relax, especially my dad.

Maybe I was just different. I took my contacts off and looked deep into my eyes. They were a nice chocolate brown color. They looked really pretty. I wondered who they belonged to. No one on my mom's side of the family had these color eyes and my father had dark blue eyes that Adrianna had inherited.

I took my phone out and looked at the time. I had been in here for more than six hours. Was that right? I checked all my other times and it was right. I had been in this bathroom looking at my eyes for more than five hours! We would be descending soon in St. Petersburg.

I walked out of the bathroom to be rushed to sit down on my seat for dropping to the airport. Stan didn't say anything. He pretended to sleep to try and avoid me. I didn't really care though. I was sick and tired of asking when no one gave me responses. It totally killed my mood.

We left the airport in no time and got to a hotel. It was really fancy and four stars. I forgot the name to it because it's Russian but I didn't really mind. Adriana and I got a shared room while Stan got an ajointing room right next to us where he would easily be able to attack if there was something wrong or if some attack happened.

I unpacked rather quickly and went to choose an outfit. I ended up with a pair of tight black skinny jeans, my Jordan air's that were bright pink and black, and a white body tight skin tank-top. I didn't need makeup so I didn't put any on. I left a note on my pillow for Stan that I would be back before morning.

I walked out into the street and requested a cab. One came quick. The guy in the cab first spoke Russian and I didn't understand a thing so I implied. "I have no idea what you're talking about." He cracked a smile.

"Where to miss?" I looked up shocked that he could speak English but then pushed the thought away.

"The farthest town you'll go from here." I said. He gave me a quizzical look before answering.

"The farthest I'll go is Baia. But why would you want to go there?" he asked. I got pissed.

"Don't ask me you fool! Drive and then we'll all be happy by the end of the day!" he didn't answer me that time. He quickly sped up and in three hours of going more than 100 miles per hour we reached our destination. "Where's the nearest bar?" I asked.

"Only you would ask to come out to the middle of know where and ask to go to the bar." I shrugged.

"I want to get away from people and their annoyingness." He sighed but drove me to the bar.

"This is one of the only two bars in this town. This one is the better one out of the two and should keep you safe." I nodded my thanks and gave him money for the ride and a tip.

I got into the bar. It wasn't so fun. After a few hours I got up from my seat and walked through the back the door. I know what you're thinking…..No this is just like the movies! She's going to get attacked or beaten by someone in the alley. Or, come on! They have got to be kidding me! Every time this happens something bad is the result!

Well lucky for me, no one was there, and even if there was, I would be able to handle it. I got out of the alley and walked into a nice looking neighborhood. It was then that I realized that I was lost. I didn't know where I was and there was no taxi to take me back to the city…great.

I walked up to house, random just by choice, and knocked on the front door. I waited for about a few seconds before it swung opened. There standing in front of me was a woman most likely in her late sixties. She had this shocked look on her daze so I decided to speak. "Do you speak English?" I asked her.

"Y-yes." She said stuttering. "Do you need anything…..how rude of me please, please come in. I nodded and walked into her house. I looked around. It would be everything a modern day kid would want in their house.

"Your house looks so lovely." She smiled sweetly as we sat down on the couches.

"Thank you but it is not my house anymore." She said looking at her watch that was on her left wrist. She was right handed then.

"Who owns it?" I asked, my curiosity getting the best of me. She watched me for what seemed like hours before she responded.

"My son owns this house. He takes care of me now that I am old and my daughters are in their own houses raising their children." She said promptly. I nodded. "So what brings you here today?" she asked.

"I got lost." I admitted looking down. "I came from St. Petersburg, but felt a little frustrated so I got on a taxi and came here to drink at a bar. It was after that I realized that I was lost and walking in this part of town so I chose to stop and ask for directions."

She nodded. "I'd like to help you but I am very forgetful." She said with a smile. Why would she smiling about that? Unless…would she know something I didn't? Could she be in on this secret I don't know about and may she want to tell me it? Willingly?

"So would I have to wait for your son to get back home?" I asked grimly. She nodded. I sighed on the other hand. "How long is the wait?" I asked her. She looked at her watch. "He gave that to you didn't he?"

"Yes he did and he will be here within minutes." I took a deep breath and averted my gaze from her. I really just wanted to get back to the hotel. I wanted to let Stan know I was ok. Then again it might be morning. I really wasn't paying attention due to all the alcohol I consumed.

I searched my pockets and found that I had forgotten my stake and cell phone. I looked back up at the woman. "May I please use your phone?" she pointed to the phone sitting on little table right next to me but didn't say anything.

I took it and dialed the number. "Alto" Stan said groggily.

"Stan." I spoke. The woman flinched.

"Arlet?" he asked confuse. I sighed,

"No Stan it's Santa Clause duh." I said slightly annoyed. "I mean come on. Don't you have caller ID? You should know who I am before even picking up the phone." Now I was irritated.

"Yeah, yeah, anyway why did you call? And no there is no caller ID because you aren't using your phone." I groaned.

"I am going to control myself and not say something I will regret later for Adrianna's safety. I just wanted to tell you I'm in a town at least ten hours from where you are and I'll be at the hotel by at least two days no later." There was a slight pause.

"Ok what should I tell Adrianna?" he asked.

"Anything." I told him shrugging even though I knew he couldn't see me. "Well I got to go." I told him noticing the front door had opened.

"Ok call tomorrow or else I'll tell your brother." I snorted.

"You won't tell my brother or else I won't be there to protect you got it?" I said in a deadly tone. I hung up then.

"Is Stan your boyfriend?" the lady asked. I shook my head. And almost laughed but chocked it up.

"He's my lead family guardian." I said explaining to her.

"Hello son." She said standing up and going into the kitchen. "Come." She commanded. I did as I was told and followed her into the room. "Dimitri guess who stopped at our door a few minutes ago?" she said in a playful tone. Oh My God what was this lady doing?

I stepped into the room to see a man, maybe in his late forties? He had dark brown hair up to his shoulders, high cheek bones like my own, he was wearing a dust? Who does that?…and his eyes…I cocked my head to get a better look at them. They almost seemed like my shade of brown eyes….almost.

I guess he was inspecting me too because he had that look in his eye that meant he was wondering who I was as well. So I decided I'd be the first one to speak. "Hello my name is Arlet Hathaway." I told him sticking out my hand for him to shake it.

He got out of his haze when I mentioned my name. He awkwardly took my hand in his and shook my hand. "Dimitri Belikov." He stated.

"Hello Dimitri." I said taking my hand out of his. Man his hands were huge! He looked to be about 6'7. I looked small compared to him with my height of 5'9. "I got a little lost today and decided to ask for…directions….." I said shuttering. "I don't like asking for directions it make me seem stupid." I said explaining.

He chuckled. I glared which quickly shut him up. "So if you could help me get back to my guardian and my sister," he flinched. "I would be more than happy."

"You have a guardian?" he asked. I nodded.

"I am a vampire." I said calmly. He looked I showed him my fangs. He almost doubled off backwards. "I know how to fight. I came second best in my grade." I said proudly.

"Who came in first best?" he asked.

"My delightful brother." I said threw gritted teeth. "Alec Hathaway." I sighed. "We're known as the Hathaway twins, my siblings are called the Hathaway triplets, and then there's Adrianna. The odd one out of the group." I told him with my hands moving in all sorts of directions.

I looked in my pocket of my jeans and found a picture of all of us that was taken a few days ago. I took it out. "Sure I have this but not my stake or my phone?" I muttered. I gave whatever his name is the picture. He examined it.

"Adrianna does look different. She has blue eyes and a lighter shade of brown hair but it's not that noticeable."

"I know."

"Who's your father?" he asked bluntly.

"Eddie Castile." I answered. He looked me up and down again.

"You're that girl form the forest!" he exclaimed. My memory got the best of me and remembered that time a man found me and helped me in the forest at court. I nodded and smiled.

"So we meet again Cowboy." I said laughing using his nickname I had given him all those years ago. "How long had it been?"

"Ten years?" he asked. I sighed. Then I remembered he and Alec looked alike.

Could I be related to him?

So Arlet found Dimitri….will she find out he's her father? And what is Alec and the rest of the family doing while she's away in Baia? Questions, questions, questions…

Well my readers that was one long chapter

Hope you all enjoyed it! Review please!

Until next time….

-Candy Hathaway