chapter 1! the begining!
yawning, i looked at the clock. "oh shit! I'm late again. markel is going to kill me!" i swore as i rushed to get ready. strapping on my ankle weights i ran out the door. rushing across the court yard (yea our school has a court yard!) twrod the training grounds. the sun was still high in the sky. huffing as she reached markel in front of the field. "your late ivashkor!" markel chastised. "how many times are you going to have to waist your training time because you can be on time" his voice getting gentle. i looked up at him. he was at least 6 foot, that's tall for a Dhampire. not even i was that tall and I'm 5,1! "i..it wont happen again sir!" i replied still slightly out of breath. if i could have counted how many times iv heard that same sigh id run out of numbers to use. i swear i need to learn how to be on time. standing up straight i frowned, his gaze was stern. not often did he look stern around me. even as a mentor iv never seen him so stern. "it most definitely wont happen again little Dhampire" at that second i spun. instantly knowing why makel looked so stern. Avery harthman was behind me. a mori who was very wealthy. Why was he here! He was suppose to be at the royal court with his great aunt. His great aunt, Teresa or I should say Queen Teresa harthman, the newest mori queen! Putting my hand to my for head I gave Avery an angered look. "I'm bizzy Avery!" I spoke irritatedly. I was in no mood for dealing with Avery. Turning back to markel I gave him a sorry look and turned back to avery. "oh my little Dhampire. Don't sound so irritated. I am just passing by." Oh good god did I hate when he said little Dhampire. I hated it as much as when people suspected me of being a filthy blood whore.
i looked at Avery with a stern look and he turned away catching the hint and left. i sighed as markel gave me a stern look and told me to run 6 miles around the yard with 6 pound weights. witch were nothing compared to my usual 12 pounds, but i excepted and ran 6 miles. after witch was time to eat. markel took me to the lunch room to eat. the sun was gone by now, it was mori day and day for me as well. with the moon high i went off to classes, nothing major just the usual mori protection lessons. after witch i went to meet Lizzy only to find her with Daniel. walking away i met a frantic nagela. "nagela whats up" i rushed over to nagela. "st...stragoi!" she muttered out of breath. looking around i swore up and down "were nagela!" i spoke frantically. "in the forest! inside the words!" nagela screamed. markel over hearing rushed over. catching him up he sounded the alarm. guardians and pregaurdians swarmed. "ivashkor! your with me. we are going into battle" markel spoke authoritatively. i looked at him and grabbed my stake "right!" looking around i fallowed markel to the group gathering.
we left the court yard with our party, knowing the mori were being guarded heavily. there wear noises within the dark forest before we even reached it. looking around we were all on guard. markel exchanged looks with me and we all separated plunging into the darkness of the forest. as soon as i entered i was faced by a pale female strigoi with long curly strawberry blond hair, the ominous red ringed eyes looked unnatural. dodging the strong attacks she threw were easy she was weak, starved even. getting close enough to strike was hard. she made contact with my shoulder but i maneuvered my self under her and trusted my stake up word into her heart. gasping she fell to the ground limp and lifeless. stepping over her i kept going into the forest deeper and deeper. until another strigoi confronted me. this one was familiar. black hair shoulder length. a male strigoi at that, the red ringed eyes looked deep at me. i got distracted and faltered.
