"Claire, wait!" Yelled Daniel, as I turned away from him. I wasn't even going to waste my breath on him. Shane followed behind me. I stopped dead in my tracks and faced Shane. Daniel caught up with us and stopped a few pastes away. By now we were outside common grounds. What is it with all these guys lying to me lately? I'm just so sick of it!
"Leave me alone! Both of you! I don't want to hear your excuses, or how sorry you are! I am sick and tired with guys always and I mean ALWAYS lying to me! I don't need guys in my life; you all just complicate it up. You are the reasons why my life is so hectic. I'm fed up of always feeling let down or sad or angry. Enough is enough!" I busted. Shane and Daniel stared at me in shock. I could feel wet moisture slipping down my check. But I knew these weren't tears of pain, they were tears of anger, of rage!
I whipped back around and left them gazing after me.
Shane's POV;
"Well done, dick head!" I yelled at Daniel as I threw my hands up in the air in frustration. He just glared at me, hatred pouring out of his eyes. By now Claire's long gone, leaving me behind with this twat.
"Well you're the one that CHEATED on her!" He replied back. My hands were balled into tight fists at my side. I swear if he doesn't shut up I am going to rip him to shreds. I felt myself leaning towards him, ready to punch him. He took a step back holding his hands up in surrender. I forced myself to calm down. He began to walk over to me, lowering his hands with every step he took.
"Look man, I care about Claire-" My eyes narrowed down on him. I could see him swallow. "-Maybe not as much as you. But I still care." He continued. I clenched my teeth together, trying to anticipate where he was going with this. By now he was standing next to me. Then all of a sudden at the speed of light His pale white fist hit me in the stomach. I dabbled over, clutching it, gasping for air. The only creature I have ever seen to move so fast are vampires…
"Who am I kidding!" Daniel laughed menacingly, breaking my train of thoughts. "I don't give a crap about Claire. All I care about is the people she knows, and what those people have." I was still on the floor, trying to get up. I wanted to hurt this guy so much right now. Daniel grabbed me by the collar on my shirt then dragged me to a white Van. No matter how much I struggled I couldn't beat his strong grip on me. As the Van door's open I catch a glimpse of Anna smirking at me. Daniel throws me into the van, causing vicious pain to travel through me. As the Van door's closes on me, leaving me in the dark all I could think about was how Claire is in danger!
Claire's POV;
I was at the Glass house, by now my anger has calmed down but it is still sitting there ready to blow. As I walked in I could tell no one was home as the house was as quite as a mouse. But there was something off. Something I couldn't quite put my finger on. There was a cold chill that travelled through me and I instantly knew what it was. I turned into the living room to see Amelie sitting down with her two body guards behind her.
"Good evening, Claire." She greeted. This obviously wasn't a social event. Something must be wrong. Her long white hair was braided into a tight and what seemed to be a painful bun. She wore her silver dress and she looked as elegant as ever. Her cool grey eyes looked straight into mine; her face was perfectly composed, not giving away anything. I felt myself freeze under her cold stare.
"erm... Hello, Amelie." I swallowed as I made my way over towards her. I stopped a few paces away from her before I spoke once again. "What brings you here?" I ask lightly.
"Claire. It seems you are caught up in something I really hoped you wouldn't." she began. I really wasn't sure where she was going with this. My eyebrows scrunched up in confusion. "I believe you are acquainted with a being that goes by the name of Daniel." Her eyes roamed my face, trying to tell if I knew what Daniel was.
"A fallen Knight." I confirmed. Amelie nodded but other than that her face was still perfectly composed. By now I took a seat across from her.
"What exactly did he tell you about fallen Knights?" Asked Amelie, one perfect white eyebrow arched up.
"Well…I knew some things already from reading a book from Myrnin's lab. I know they have to eat flesh to survive and they are…well … basically an opposite from a vampire." I answered.
Amelie sighed. "I was hoping you knew about the history of Fallen Knights and Vampires." I shook my head. "Vampire's and Fallen Knight's use to get along and once lived in harmony together. Until about 109 years ago, a war had been declared. Between Bishop and Samuel, his brother who was a fallen Knight." Ok so Amelie's Father and Uncle declared war on each other. I'm following so far. "They fought for many years over the ruby relic." Once the words past her lips I breathed in a gasp of shock.
"The ruby relic is a myth. A children's bed time story" I broke in. In my head I pictured the gold chain necklace enchanted with the deep red ruby.
"Ah I see you are familiar with the folk lore. But it is indeed real. I have seen it with my own eyes. The story of the two sisters who fell in love with the same man. One had a heart pure of gold and only wished for the man's happiness while the other despised her own flesh and blood for her own happiness. The second sister was so full of hate and jealousy she created a Ruby from a grain of a stone and inked it with her own blood. Blood of an evil woman. Forever cursing it with her pain. The power within the stone was so great but so dark, it was unbearable for any vampire or fallen Knight let alone a human to even look upon it and feel such pain. The second sister wanted the man to see what this love had done to her. She wanted him to feel the pain she feels every time he sees her sister with him. She planned to give it to him, to force him to feel her pain. When the first sister found out she knew such pain would kill him instantly. She then sacrificed her own blood from her heart to bind an unbreakable gold chain around it. Forever imprisoning it to the one who wears such a jewel to command this horrible power to be unleashed. This was all she could do. But she knew her sister could still cause great harm to her loved one if she still lived. So with her last breath she stabbed her sister in her back, straight through her heart with knife and together they died lying on the floor, side by side. A mixture of their blood sat as a pool around them." Amelie recited the story perfectly, sending chills up my spine.
"Samuel and Bishop knew if they possessed such power it would make them invincible. They knew a form of power is fear and they intended to use it. They fought for many years until the ruby relic was found…By me." Amelie finished off. I gazed at her in wonder. To actually think such a jewel exists.
"So…now their after you?" I guessed. Very slowly Amelie nodded. It was an elegant movement.
"Does that mean Daniel is only here for the relic?" I asked. I was scared to know the answer. I knew if it was true Daniel was only using me because of the people I knew and that he properly didn't care about me at all. Hear I was actually thinking that I was falling for him. I actually thought I could look over the fact that his sister was Anna, and maybe just maybe forgive him. But now I see it was all a lie. Heck I wouldn't be surprised if Anna was in on this and planned for me to walk in on her and Shane so that I would break up with him and Daniel could take his place. It made me feel stupid at how naïve I was.
"Yes." Amelie answered. And that one word changed everything I knew about my life at the moment.
WHAO! Ok so I am really sorry I couldn't post this sooner. I've been having some internet problems lately and I am really sorry. I would like to say a big thanks to all of you who have been soooooooo patient and for all the reviews. I am over the moon with them! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I will try to post the next one soon. :D tell me what ya think?
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