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Chapter 10

"Know what Claire, what's going on?" Michael asked looking genuinely confused.

"That Shane was in league with captain obvious, THAT HE WAS USING ME!?" I shouted the last part.

"What?" Michael said. "No Claire, I had no idea. In case you have forgotten, I'm a vampire too remember?"

"You're his best friend and you hated vampires too before you became one, in fact you still do hate them."

"I swear to you Claire I had no idea what he was doing." For some reason I believed him but when I looked at Eve, she had built written all over her face.

"Eve?" She looked at me, her eyes instantly watering up.

"I'm so sorry C.B." Michael looked at her shocked.

"You knew?"

"I found out three weeks ago, right around the time you stopped talking. I said either he had to tell you or I would, but then you were so upset all the time and working more to avoid being here and I just couldn't find the right time to say anything. The day you were attacked I was going to tell you everything, I couldn't keep quiet anymore."

"Why, what happened that day that made you decide to tell me?"

"At lunch I saw him with his dad so I snuck up behind them to try and hear what they were saying and you'll never believe what they were talking about."

"What we're they saying?" She looked at Myrnin and Oliver.

"Are you sure you want to know?" She asked looking back at me. I nodded. "They were talking about attacked the protected as a warning for the most part, but that's not all." She started fidgeting.

"What is it Eve?" Michael asked touching her lower back.

"They were talking about you Claire, also about your parents."

"My parents?" I asked confused. "What do they have to do with anything, they don't even remember this place."

"Not those parents Claire." She said and looked at Oliver who stepped forward. I gasped.

"What is she going on about Claire, what parents?" Michael asked stepping forward and looking even more confused then when this whole thing started.

I glanced at Oliver who nodded in return and then looked at Myrnin as he stepped forward and placed a hand on my shoulder for support.

"The Danvers aren't my real parents Michael."

"What, then who is?" I looked him right in the eyes.

"Oliver is my father, I was conceived of two vampires with a sire bond."

"What? That's crazy." Oliver stepped forward and produced a photo from his pocket.

"It's true, this is my Melanie. She was Claire's mother." He said handing Michael the photo, he looked at me with shock written all over his face.

"You look just like her, but she has green eyes. Yours are…"

"Brown, like mine." Oliver finished as Michael passed me the photo of my mother. "That was another reason I came to you tonight, I wanted you to see your mother. To know what she looked like and really all you had to do was look in the mirror."

"This photo, it makes it all true." I sniffed as a tear rolled down my face before turning back to face Eve. "You said they were talking about my parents, meaning Oliver and Melanie. What were they saying and how did they know? I mean, I only found out a week ago."

"Naomi sent them a letter along with a picture of Oliver and Melanie together along with the time and date as proof of authenticity. They were saying how using you would be the best way to bring this place to its knees. By getting to you, they get to Oliver and Myrnin who would easily be able to overpower Amelie."

"One small problem with their little plan." I stated.

"What's that?"

"Myrnin wouldn't take commands from them even if they did something to me, as he so often tells me he takes orders from no one." Myrnin looked at me and frowned.

"While that is true Claire, do you really believe I would let you get hurt?" He asked looking genuinely upset that I could think that of him.

"No, I know you wouldn't. You would hunt them down as soon as you heard that something had happened to me and take great pleasure in killing them slowly and painfully. Just as I plan on doing to them when I find them."

"Yes well, while you kill them Naomi is mine." Oliver growled, flashing his fangs and all.

"Who do I get to kill?" Myrnin pouted.

"I don't care but if anything happens to Claire, it will be your head I'm taking after I'm done with Naomi." Oliver said as Myrnin rolled his eyes.

"As if I would let anything happen to Claire and you couldn't take me Olli-pop, I'm older and stronger then you. Never forget that." He said smugly.

"Will you two know it off, you're giving me a headache." I looked at Eve. "You need to tell Amelie everything you know."

"What, Claire if Amelie knew you were my daughter…"

"She won't touch me, I'm too well protected for that. I'll be fine besides, she hates Naomi and this whole issue with captain obvious is more important. Most of all she knows Myrnin cares for me and wouldn't risk losing him by hurting me."

"That's true, I'd kill her before she even lifted a finger towards you." Myrnin told me nonchalantly.

"Yes, I love Eve that much as well." I looked at Michael who was smirking at Myrnin who was glaring back.

"Well I have a coffee shop to run." Oliver said leaving abruptly.

"And we have a date night to finish." Eve said pushing me and Myrnin back towards the portal. "Have fun." She laughed as the portal closed.

"What Michael said...?" I trailed off looking at the floor.

"It's true." My head snapped up to see him standing right in front of me. "I'm in love with you Claire." He said cupping my cheek.

"Since when?" I whispered.

"From the moment I laid eyes on you I knew there was something different about you, I needed to get to know you. Over the months I just grew to care so much that it literally tore me up inside to see you with that boy and know you would never look at me the way you looked at him. It was Ada that made me realise that I was in love with you, you were so happy with him. But there were also times when you were upset and I wanted to hurt him for hurting you but I knew that if I did that then I would lose you forever. So I pretended that I felt nothing but friendship toward you because your friendship means the world to me. If having you as a friend is all I will ever get then I will take it and let you be happy with whomever you like because I love you enough to let you go if I have to." By the time he was done talking I had tears streaming down my face. No one has ever cared that much for me before.

"I never knew." I whispered as he wiped my cheeks with the back of his fingers.

"I didn't want you to know, I didn't want to risk losing you. Like I said friendship is better then nothing at all."

"I've always loved you too you know, mostly as a friend but over time, with the more pain Shane would put me through, the closer I would feel to you. He didn't get that he was actually pushing me towards you, not getting between us." I told him as he looked at me with hope in his eyes. "These past couple of weeks with you have shown me a side of you that I never knew existed. I saw that on the inside you are a very loving and generous, overgrown and slightly loopy big kid." I smiled and he laughed. "I love you too Myrnin." With that he kissed me.