Chapter 2
Elena looked sort of worried as she got dressed, it was Monday and the" relatives" were due today. "What are you so worried about? This Jacob guy maybe?" I said teasing her but she didn't even crack a smile, she looked really anxious now. "Why don't you tell me what's wrong? Maybe I can help out or something?" I asked her. "No, you can't help, not even if you wanted to." Was all she answered with a faraway look in her eyes. "Ok, then." I answered as I turned around and left the room heading toward the library.
Elena POV
Damn what was I going to do? Dark, evil things where rising and I couldn't do anything to protect the mortals I cared about. Especially Kat, my best friend, and she didn't even know my secret or Matt's. The worst part was that if I told her the truth she wouldn't believe me.
"Stop worrying so much," Matt's voice sounded from the doorway making me jump, I hadn't even noticed him walk in, "the Royals are coming to check up on things around here. And maybe if you ask nicely enough they'll guard Kat." Matt finished, smirking at the thought of the Royals protecting a mere mundane, not even Jacob would do that.
"Right," I said smiling, "they'll protect Kat and that will give me something less to worry about." Even though I knew it was stupid it gave me a certain sense of hope at the thought of Kat being safe from what was to come. There was a knock on the door, when I got up and opened the door there stood the heirs to the four royal lines.
Kat POV
While I sat in the library reading a book my mind strayed to the shopping trip that Elena had dragged me to. She hadn't even bought anything just walked from store for hours. For some odd reason I couldn't concentrate on the book I was reading, maybe it was because the sudden change in weather. It had gone from a perfectly sunny day to a sudden downpour of heavy rain.
I looked up when I heard footsteps close by. Elena and Matt appeared from behind a stack of books followed by four other people our age. One girl and three other boys.
"Kat, these are hour relatives the ones we told you about. This is Hazel Dragomir," Elena said pointing to a beautiful blonde with baby blue eyes that was about two inches shorter than me, "this is Christopher de Conte," a tall guy with brown hair and black eyes, "Jacob Darkwaters," giving me a pointed look when she signaled to another tall guy with black hair and grey eyes, "and finally James Vladescu." She said nodding toward a really hot guy with black hair and dark blue eyes. Damien was muscular, but not overly so, so it didn't look bad, it also helped that he was the tallest in the group at 6"4.
"I'm Kat Daniels." I said while holding out my hand, it hung there awkwardly. Nobody reached out to shake it so I simply drew it back. "So…. who's hungry?"Matt said trying to break the awkward silence that had ensued. Christopher aimed a flirty grin at me, I blushed slightly and turned my gaze to Elena who was blushing like crazy and sneaking glances at Jacob. "Ummmm ok let's just go get something to eat, maybe some pizza." Elena answered after moments of complete silence. We all agreed and proceeded to walk out the door. I looked up and caught Damien's blue eyes he was looking at me with a curious look on his face. The girl, Hazel, caught the look and reached out to cling possessively to Damien's arm. I felt an odd surge of jealousy which I shook off. What was wrong with me? I didn't even know the guy, he was nothing to me. So I simply looked away and started talking to Matt.