"I can see forever in your eyes, M." Alan said, looking away.
And I can see stupid in yours, I thought. I stared at his neck, saw the vein, smelt the blood pooling beneath the surface... So much stupid.... I looked at him, telling his mind to sleep. His eyes smoother over and he stared back. I slid my veins into his throat, sucking noisily.
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"M, how come you and Alan broke up?" Carey-Lynn asked, her purple eyes shifting lazily from my face to the t.v.
"He served his purpose. And he was an idiot anyway." I said, yawning.
"I talked to Thea today. Circle Daybreak has three wild powers." she said. "Jez, a half vampire half human, Delos, a true Redfern. He's your brother." she added, trying to spark some interest with me on the topic of my family.
"Go on." I told her.
"And some other girl, I don't remember her name. A witch, another Harman baby, the one to tie the 'shifters and witches, blah blah blah... So now all we need is the shapeshifter, I believe.." she sighed.
"Do you think the worlds really going to end, Carey-Lynn? I mean, it can't just stop, you know?" I said, hoping to start a conversation.
"I don't know, M, I really don't..."
Ding ding ding, ding ding ding ding, dong.
"I got it." I said.
I pulled the door open. "Hi. I'm Jackson, the one looking for the apartment. Are you Malina?" The tall, dark hair boy asked.
"Hello Jackson. Yes, I'm Malina. Come on in." I said, my voice light. I didn't want him in. He was going to cause change, the part of me that was witch said. Horrible change. I followed his gaze, and immediately saw why. Carey-Lynn's eyes were locked on him, and he had no problem with it.
Soulmates, my brain prompted. I stared at the back of his head, and I noticed his heck.
"Daybreaker. I should have known. So, who sent you?" I growled.
His eyes were locked in Carey-Lynn's. "Um, no one... I didn't know you were lamia until I got here, or that a witch lived here.." his voice was lost.
I glared at Carey-Lynn. "Oh, kiss him and get over yourselves. And you, sit down and quit staring with your mouth open, flies might get in. Consider yourself moved in." I snapped.
"Care, I'm going to bed." I added.
"Night."
"Oh, Carey?"
"Yeah?"
"Blink."
"Shut up, M." she threw the pillow at me and looked away from Jackson.
I shut my door, and threw myself at my bed. I wanted to sob, and sob, and sob. I will never find my soulmate..
I've been looking. I knew Alan wasn't the one, and neither had any other guys I'd been with. And Carey-Lynn didn't want a soulmate.
Soulmate... Why didn't I have one? I wasn't supposed to be here; My mom was a true Harman witch, before she died. My father is a lamia, a born vampire. Blaze's mother and my mother are birth sisters, but I would never claim her.
I would become a day breaker before I would say Blaze Harman was my cousin. She was a backstabbing slut who deserved to die. If it ever came to that, I would kill her. I truly would.
Thea..... Thea was my birth sister, my mothers second daughter. She shipped my off with my father, unaware that I would one day be a last Harman witch, or that she would die to never tell anyone about me except the note she left Thea...
I've always known who my parents were, everything.
I left my father because of this. He tried to let me live in his world, his world with slaves high in the mountains. I didn't know he had another kid. A Wild Power, at that. I left with my life.. barely. My father was the son Hunter Redfern thought way dead. My mother was the mother of the last Harman witches, the known ones anyway..
I should be famous, but I choose to hide, not wanting all that responsibilities..
My phone rang. "Hello?" I said, barely disguising the tears in my voice.
"Malina Redfern/Harman?" the voice on the other end asked.
"Yes... who is this?" I demanded. "And how do you know my true name?"
"Your needed. Very, very needed." the mans voice said.
"Who are you?" I repeated.
"Hunter Redfern. I will be there in ten minutes...... be ready." the line disconnected.
"Oh hell no." I said, throwing my phone. "There's no way." I said aloud.
I there, and, in less than a minute, was asleep, strangely, and when I woke up I was in the backseat of a car. I knew in an instant where I was. I had seen this car, driving around the street. It was a lime green two door corvette. Hunter's car.
"Hunter, take me home." I demanded.
"Malina, go to sleep. I have big plans for you, dear." he said, his voice caring.
"Look, I'm not your damned Wild Power. I'm not anything. So let me out or I'll blow the back of your car off." I said, threateningly.
"Oh, your not the Wild Power. But Circle Daybreak wants you, Malina." I had the image of the Uncle Sam poster, with the saying, "Uncle Sam wants You!" on it.
"What can Circle Daybreak want with me? I'm sixteen! In case your wondering, I have no witch power. I'm a vampire, for Christs sake! Nothing I can do will ever, ever help Circle Daybreak!" I screamed once, out of annoyance.
"They want you because The Crone is dead. As is Blaze Harman, who was helping Thea undercover, so they need a Harman."
"What use am I to you, Hunter?" I said playfully, "If I killed myself right now, what would become of what you need me for, Hunter? What do you want me for?"
"What do I want you for? Oh, I don't at all, Malina. But I've got your soulmate waiting, so sit back and enjoy the ride."
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"Jez?" Morgead called. "Oh, Jezebel?" I sat up.
"What, Morg?" I yelled.
"I love you."
I screamed. He laughed. I heard his footsteps, coming nearer. He slid into the bed next to me.
"New Harman witch. Malina. Thea's half vampire sister. We need her. Hunter claims to have her soulmate, and she's desperate for a soulmate, Jez. Really. We think she'll go, for the soulmate. We have to intercept her. Tell her he's lying, that he can't have her soulmate because we do. She hates him."
"Why, Morg, are you telling me?" I said, yawning.
"Because I'm going to get her." I whipped around and hauled him in the jaw.
"No. No you are not, Morgead. Send Keller. Send Rashel. Send Quinn. Or Ash. Anyone but you." I clarified.
"Why?" he picked up a lock of my hair between his fingers.
"Because Hunter wants to kill you. Theirry knows, from inside sources. Ask Hannah-the-Maya-slayer! She's the one who went under cover! He wants you dead, Morg."
"Jezebel.. I want to go. I want to kill him."
"No. If you go, I won't guarantee I'll be here if you come back."
"Jez, this isn't mature."
"I'm not lying. I do not think you can kill Hunter Redfern, if it comes down to it. He's the father of vampires. You won't. He'll kill you. And if you die... You'll be risking the world's fate, because I'll kill whoever touched you." I said, my voice breaking off into a sob. He sat up and pulled me into his arms.
"Jezebel.."
"Morgead, my name is Jez."
"I know, Jez. But Jezebel's so pretty." I could almost hear him smiling.
I snuffled a few times. "Morg, don't go. Please don't go."
"How can I go with the weight of the world on my shoulders, Jezebel?" he kissed the top of my head. I laid my head back against his chest.
"Morg?"
"Huh?"
"Are you going to tell them you aren't going?" I said, just as my phone buzzed. Morgead head it.
"It's Gillian."
"Give it." he held it in front of my face, and I snapped it open.
"Hey Jez, sorry to bother you, but is Morgead going to get the witch girl?"
"No, he's not. Send James, or Ash, or Keller even. He's not allowed. And he's busy."
She hung up. "What am I busy doing?" he asked.
"Well, I don't know.." I said, licking my lip. "What should we do?"
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Hunter stopped at a gas station, taking the keys. I growled. I was settling back when the door opened, and a dark head popped in.
"Well? Come on." he growled. He shoved his hand back and grabbed my wrist. I felt like someone shocked me. He dropped my wrist and stepped away. "Hurry."
I stared at him, and got out. He was about 6' 2", and he had longish black hair. He was cute. Really cute. "Who are you?"
"Ian. You are Malina, right?" he asked. I liked his voice when it wasn't layered with anger.
"M," I corrected. "Oh, fuck. You're a daybreaker, aren't you?"
He smiled, slightly. "I never thought I'd be one, though. I hated them. I wanted to stay with the Night World, too, but my girlfriend was a witch, so.."
Girlfriend.. I sighed inwardly.
"Ex-girlfriend. She left though, went after a guy who wasn't in the Circle, who left her and found some human soulmate. Ash Redfern." he said, sighing. I snorted.
"What?" he asked.
"Ash Redfern is, like, my cousin. My names Malina Redfern-Harman."
"Oh.. Well. Let's go."he said, holding out his hand. I shook my head. He flushed.
"Right. Just, er, follow me if you can keep up."
"What are you?" I asked.
"Um, vampire, mostly.. We need to go."
"Mostly as in..?"
"Come on, M." he ran, and I had no choice but to follow.
