I'm ready for the flames and the judgment. Please check out LMDE and Broken Wings, as well as the new COMPLETED Sculpted Shadows. Part Two, Sculpted Shadows: The Tear will be up in early August (:This story is rated M for a reason. Yes, there will be smut. A lot of it. The subject matter is not for children. The language is mature as well.

(Liliana Vess)

"I'm Liliana Vess. And I'm sexually frustrated."

The camera I was using to record this vlog falls in my Jace's lap. I guess it wasn't sturdy enough. He laughs and picks it up, sitting in on the tripod I had refused it heaves a steadying breath of air and looks at me.

"Are you sure about this?"

"Dead sure. How else are we going to do it?"

"You were saying?"

"I was saying that my name is Liliana Vess, and that I'm sexually frustrated. Do you want to introduce yourself, Jace?"

"My name is Jace Beleren, and this is the story about how we got ourselves into this mess. A mess so sticky, so tangled, that we might not get out alive."

"Let's back up to six months ago. Six months ago, I was sixteen years old and living a pretty normal life with my dad and two brothers. My dad had recently retired from the Marine Corps and my brother, Josu, has recently finished up his homeschool high school. My other brother, Matias, is a little shitlord, but I'm sure it's only because he's thirteen. Or at least I'm hoping that's what it is. Three months ago, on a Friday in March, my father went on a date. A date, no less that would change the course of my life."

"Is it my turn to talk? Okay. Four months ago, I was seventeen years old. I was also living a pretty normal life. I'd just graduated from high school and was working at a local aquarium and studying at a local college to do Marine Biology. My older brother, Kallist, lives a couple states away with his girlfriend, Karametra, and I have two sisters, twin sisters. Emmara and Avacyn. The only problem is, now instead of being one of four, I'm considered one of seven. My mom didn't pop out triplets. She got married."

"Three months ago, my dad got married, too. To Kate Beleren. And this is the video we're making to try to tell our parents the story of how we fell in love."

"With each other."

"Josu, this is fucking stupid, has he lost his goddamned mind?"

"I don't wanna fucking talk about it, Lili. All I know is that we are moving two fucking hours away from Kaalia so dad can get laid on the regular and I'm pissed the fuck off about it."

"And Drana. And Sorin. And Marcela."

"And we've never met these people in our lives. Dad knows how mad we are. He could at least pretend like he gives a fuck that he's moving us away from everything we love. They could at least contain their excitement."

"Why the fuck is Matias so excited anyways?"

"Because we're miserable and he fucking thrives on that."

"The worst part about it all, Osu, is that Dad has point blank said that we need to work on building a family and that we can only go see the Markovs and Drana once a month, and they can come over here one weekend a month. I miss Kaalia. And Sorin. This is stupid!"

"I don't know about it all, Lili. You know how we grew up and you know how badly things are going to change. Plus we'll get split up so we can bond."

"Fucking fuck, Sorin and Kaalia are our family."

Dad gets back in the car and knows that Josu and I have been plotting. He can usually tell it on our faces.

"You two could at least look mildly happy."

"Why lie, though, Dad?"

"Kaalia will be there on the weekends, Josu."

"So will Kate."

"You two are gaining four siblings, plus a mother, you two have never had that before."

"Yes, and why start now? You're the one that made me choose between staying with Kaalia, which you knew wasn't feasible, or staying with Lili. Which is a total shitbag thing to do, Dad!"

"You do have another sibling, Josu."

"Maybe if he didn't act like such a fucking spoiled brat, I'd be able to stand him."

"Watch it, or you won't be Skyping."

"Oh this is some fucking bullshit, and you know it."

"How many times do I have to tell you that you have to start watching how much you curse, son?"

Josu just gives dad an incredulous look and puts his headphones back in his ears. I put my feet under Josu's back and lay back, because Matias pitched a royal fit and got the front seat.

"Your fucking feet are freezing!"

"Sorry not sorry."

I never wanted to live in New Orleans. I just wanted to go to school and go to ballet and be left the fuck alone. I feel this isn't hard and my dad is a selfish bastard for taking me away from the only home I've had in years and moving me to some big city that he knows I hate. I look down at my phone.

I miss you guys already. Is it two weeks from now yet?

I wish, Lia. You guys doing anything fun today?

Just ballet. Sorin is going somewhere with Drana. *eyeroll*

I miss you, I may join Osu for a little while tonight. But right now, I get to meet my new siblings!

Replaced us so quickly, huh, Lili Belle?

STFU.

I look at Josu and roll my eyes. This is such bullshit.

"Nine Round tonight? I wanna punch something."

"Gotcha. You should go to anger management. I just got a text from Kaalia, too. Let's go pick rooms."

Kate walks over and tries to hug Osu, but thinks better of it when she sees his face. They moved in last week, so they're three rooms that Matias, Josu, and I get to choose from. Matias has already staked out one of the downstairs rooms. Josu and I both look at the other one and at the same exact time and call dibs. Dad looks from me to Josu and says that he's the oldest.

"Of fucking course." I stomp upstairs to the room that will be mine. It adjoins into a bathroom, so I walk over there and start putting things in the side that isn't in use. I drop my make up bag and bend over to pick it up. Before I get there, a pair of sure, steady hands does.

"You dropped this."

"I'm aware."

"Hey, hostile. I'm Jace. What do you call yourself?"

"Queen bitch."

"I can see it."

"Don't forget it. But you can call me Liliana if you want to."

"Okay, Lili."

"Liliana."

"Lili. Gotcha."

I roll my eyes and walk back to my room. I can feel his eyes on me as I walk back into the confined space. I walk to shut the door, but I don't. I catch his eyes and a wicked smile, and in that moment, I was gone. I just didn't know it yet.