Shattered Truth

This is a fan fiction story based on Amelia Atwater-Rhodes books shattered mirror and the sequel all just glass. This is my first attempt at writing a fan fiction story based on a series of books. If you have not read the books then you will not be able to understand or follow my story. My story will pick up where all just glass ended and I will try to stay true to the story line but fair warning, I am putting Adianna (Adia) Vida & Nikolas Ravena together and a couple. Sarah Vida & Kristopher Ravena will be mentioned but my main focus will be on their siblings getting together in a most unusual way, witches & vampires alike will both be surprised by the outcome. In this story Dominique Vida does not know that Sarah is alive still, she thinks that Adia killed her. Since the writer always starts her story with a poem, I will do that as well.
Prisoner?
 When you dream at night the feelings that you hide inside come to light in the dead of night. You can push it back at bay by the light of day but at night you have to let it inside, those strong feelings that you hide. You are afraid to let people see the secrets that you keep, so you put on a brave face in the light of day but in the dark of night you weep for those same secrets that you keep. Your afraid of what they would say or what they would do if they only knew the real you. So every night, you close your eyes and let go of everything that you have been holding inside. I know that you will never be free because they've made a prisoner out of you just like me. Yet at night when you dream, you still long to be free but like me you never will be. Instead you will just keep making empty excuses as to why you can't try to leave, just like me. That's how I know that we will never be free. I wish that I was like other girls; I wish that I could get lost in a sweet embrace; I wish that I could get lost in a handsome face but it wasn't meant to be. I know my place and that could never be me, no matter how much I wish it could be. You & me, we're not meant to be, because we're both prisoners of our own destinies. That's just how it has to be, neither one of us will ever be free. That should be fine with me but for some reason it's not fine it seems that we are just a tune played out of time, maybe in the next lifetime my choices will be mine.

Chapter 1: frenemies

Sarah and Kristopher went away to be alone without interference from his family and from her family. Nikolas and their sister Nissa had been fine with it, they only wanted them to be happy and safe but Sarah's sister Adia was not happy with them leaving the city though. She thought without the protection of their families that they were bound to find trouble or trouble would find them. Their mother Dominique did not know that Adia was consorting with known vampires. The witches counsel may have been satisfied but Dominique wasn't because of what her daughter Adia cost her.

Her hands were tied though because if Dominique's scandalous past with a known vampire ever came to light she would be finished; which Adia knew that and held over her head which made her step down as the head of the counsel. Adianna Vida may hate all things vampire but she was trying to see past their differences since her sister was a vampire now.

Even though she could see some good in a few vampires that didn't feed on humans, this didn't mean she would ever trust or like Nikolas Ravena because as far as she was concerned he was the reason that Sarah was a vampire now. She could even see how much Kristopher loved and cared for her sister but his brother was a different story though. She didn't trust that he would look out for Sarah; she thought he would get her to feed and kill people; which would put her and Sarah on different sides yet again, which would destroy their family forever. So as much as she hated the leech, she would go and confront him, even though she assumed that he would always lie to her anyway. She showed up at one of his safe houses in the middle of the day because she was smart enough not to show up at night. She knocked but no one answered, so she went inside.

"Hello, is anyone here?"

He appeared almost instantly at the top of the winding staircase, "Do you always show up unannounced in other people's houses without knocking?"

"First of all I did knock no one answered and when the people are vampires then yes, I show up unannounced, otherwise I wouldn't have lived this long. Is it true did Sarah really leave with your brother for an extended holiday?"

"Yes, it's true but why do you even care?"

"I care because I risked everything when I helped her and you by extension as well and if my mother were to ever discover the truth she could use it against me. This could spell trouble for your family and mine. You have to ensure me that my mother will not find Sarah because she will kill her."

"Don't worry about Sarah anymore; she is no longer your concern ok?"

"That is where you are wrong; I will always care about what happens to her, she is my blood, no matter what. She may be a vampire but she will always be my sister, it's why I couldn't kill her even though my mother ordered me to do it. You should know all about family loyalty especially given your family history."

"It must be really nice to take the high road when it is convenient for you but the rest of us are forced to live in the real world, instead of your make believe world. I'm sorry if that upsets your delicate peace of mind honey because your kind is not known for making the best choices and for betraying their own kind as well, yet you think that I'm the untrustworthy one? I mean how do I know that you are not leading me into a false sense of security just so you can attack me as soon as I let my guard down?"

He got really close to her, a little too close; she could feel the warmth from his breath that is how close they were standing to each other. She tried to push him back a couple steps but he wouldn't budge.

"Get out of my face and believe me if I wanted you dead then you would already be dead. My only concern is for Sarah's safety as far as you and your brother go, I could care less about you but I would never try to hurt you because it would hurt my sister. And don't call me honey, we may be allies at the moment but that could change and we will never be friends so don't make the mistake and think that we are. I would never turn my back on Sarah unless you leave me no other choice."

She turned to leave but he grabbed her arm and pulled her real close to him, then he said, "What are you talking about if I give you no other choice?"

"I know that you will try to get Sarah to abandon her humanity and to live as you do feeding on humans and not even caring about who you hurt or kill along the way. If I can stop that and make her always remember who she is still, then I will."

"Wow you really think that you know me huh? Honey you don't have a clue as to what I am capable of doing."

He leaned in and for a moment it seemed as if he was going to kiss her but the weird thing is she wanted him to and was almost disappointed when he pulled away from her. Adia didn't know what was wrong with her that she would even consider letting one of the most dangerous vampires in history kiss her.

Then he said something that almost shocked her to her core, "Spend the night with me?"

"What are you talking about; I would never sleep with you."

"Wow, your mind goes right to the gutter doesn't it? I wasn't talking about us having sex but if you want that it can be arranged?"

"You are a truly disgusting leech. It will never happen, I'm not Sarah."

"No you are not Sarah but you are quite a challenge though. Whether you admit it or not we both know that it is true, that the women of your line tend to be attracted to the dark side and I'm sure that you are not much different than even your mother."

"What have you heard about my mother?"

He stood there with a smirk on his face as if he knew the truth about Dominique Vida but there was no way that he could right?

"I know that she had an affair with a vampire and that is what you are holding over her head; hell I heard that she even killed to protect her vampire lover."

"You shut your mouth and who else knows this information?"

"I'm not sure, I heard it through the grapevine but by the look on your face, I have to assume that it's true. Will you stay the night with me then?"

"Why do you want me to spend the night with you?"

"I want to show you that there is more to me than my vampire nature and so I can keep an eye on you, this way I will know that you are not telling your mother or anyone else about Sarah. What do you say?"

"I don't know I would have to lay some ground rules down first?"

"Ok fine tell me?"

"First you can't touch me at all, second I can leave at any time that I want to, third I get my own bedroom to sleep in, and fourth I get to keep my phone deal?"

"I will not touch you unless you tell me I can, yes you are free to leave at any time but if you do then our deal is off, yes you can keep your phone but you have to let me take all your weapons off of you though deal?"

"You forgot rule number four, my own bedroom?"

"I didn't forget that rule is not going to happen because I have to keep an eye on you at all times, you will be sharing my bed with me and you can leave in the morning, it will buy you my silence about your mother. What do you say deal?"

"I just know that I'm going to regret this but you have a deal. Can I go home and get a change of clothes?"

"No, I have some clothes upstairs that you can change into for the night. Come let me show you around, don't worry there will not be any other vampires here except me tonight."

She followed him upstairs against her better judgment, his bedroom was huge and everything was in black & white, including old paintings on the wall as well. He handed her a red silk nightgown that left very little to the imagination for her to wear for bed. She stared at him in shock.

"You surly don't expect me to wear that do you?"

"Why what's wrong with it?"

"I'll tell you what is wrong with it; I wouldn't even wear something that short on my honeymoon that is what's wrong with it."

"Well Sarah must like it she has at least three in different colors, this is hers."

"Like I said I am not Sarah, now get me something else to wear now?"

"Ok fine here wear this then, I don't care."

He handed her a long black t-shirt, it obviously belonged to him, and she took it.

"What happens now?"

"Well now I show you what really happens in the dark. Come with me now and I'll show you things that you have never dreamed of before."

She cautiously took his hand as he sped them out into the night. The first place he took her surprised her because it was a single earth club that catered to witches, vampires and humans alike; it was called mystic night. What really surprised Adia was how welcomed he was there, it seemed like he was a frequent customer there. It was weird just when she thought that she had him all figured out then he would surprise her. While she was watching all the people there and their reactions, Nikolas was watching Adia and her reactions.

He knew that he was on dangerous ground trying to befriend a Vida but he couldn't seem to help himself, there was just something about her, or maybe it was the fact that she didn't have stars in her eyes when she looked at him. She knew exactly who he was but yet she never backed away from him. He knew that he was playing a dangerous game but he liked to live dangerously, otherwise there was no point to living at all.

"So is this all that you wanted to show me? Because sorry to disappoint but I'm not impressed yet."

She screamed over the loud music to Nikolas.

He replied, "No, not by a long shot, there is more to my world than some cheesy night clubs, I haven't even begun to show you my world yet but be prepared you may not want to leave after the night you spend with me."

"Please, that will never happen, must I have to keep reminding you that I'm not Sarah?"

"No that won't be necessary Adia I know exactly who you are."

"Then you will understand why I'm going to tell you to stop looking at me like that right?"

"Looking at you like what? I wasn't looking at you in any certain way."

"You know what I'm talking about as if I was your dinner or as if you were picturing me without my clothes on, stop it."

"I am not looking at you like that because if I was we would have never left my house or my bed."

"Why do you have to turn everything sexual?"

"I don't do that, maybe you just think of everything sexual?"

"I do not think of anything sexual ever."

"Wow I had no idea that you were so innocent, and here I thought that Sarah was the innocent one in your family, color me shocked. So you never have ever with anyone?"

"Not that it is any of your business but no, I wanted to wait until I was in love is that so wrong?"

"No it's not wrong but it is rather surprising especially in this day and age. I mean most girls give away their v-card before they are even of legal age to do so. You are just full of surprises huh?"

"I guess I am. Are we leaving yet?"

"Yea, I just have to see someone first then we'll leave ok?"

"Fine but be quick about it already."

He left her standing on the dance floor as he went into an office behind some secret entrance. In the office his friend Malik; who was a shifter that ran the place, "Come in Nic, don't be shy, who's the witch?"

"She's a friend, why so curious?"

"Well maybe because you never brought anyone here before least of all, a witch. Besides I thought that you had a hate on for witches given what happened before?"

"Yea, that was before, I'm trying to turn over a new leaf and besides she's not any witch, she's a Vida witch."

"Oh I get it now, you want to keep an eye on her in case she tells her mother the truth about Sarah right?"

"The night started off something like that but in the last hour or so what I thought I wanted has changed though."

"Really, so what do you want now, wait let me guess you want her in your bed right?"

"Now why would you assume that all I want from her is sex?"

"Well you're a male vampire and your kind is not known for falling for a witch, I mean with the exception of your brother that is. Besides she was almost the death of him, haven't you learned anything by now? I mean when a vampire and witch hook up it usually ends badly for someone, do you have a death wish or something? Whatever it is that you feel for this witch, you need to let it go because I have seen women like her destroy vampires like you."

"I know what I'm doing, I don't need you to tell me what to do, nothing will happen unless I want it to happen."

"Whatever you say man but I can see you headed down the same path that your brother was on not that long ago and it only ended better for him because of a witch, I heard. It could have ended badly for them both because supernatural beings are not supposed to be together in the first place."

"Fine I'll be careful but please stay out of my way and don't spread it around about me and the witch hanging out ok?"

"Hey, you know me; I'm not a gossiping monger like some woman."

"Ok, I better get back before my date tries to leave without me, do you have the stuff that I called about?"

"Yea, I have it but please be careful especially if you are going to give it to her, you know about the side effects right?"

"Yea, I'll be extra careful with how much I slip in her drink. It is only help to lower her inhibitions and let the real person out instead of who she has been pretending to be for her mother."

"Oh, so you are only thinking of her then right?"

"Yea, I am trust me everything will be fine, I know what I'm doing."