A/N: Sorry guys for not doing the 3 chapters a day thing! I was too busy. Ugh, I went back-to-school shopping. Yay.

By the way, Jude actually does exist in the REAL The Shadowlands book by Alyson Noel. Check it out.

For those of you who didn't know, and I don't know why I didn't mention this before since I knew this for a long time, here is Alyson Noel's Immortals official website: .com/. Find all the tulips! I did, and they are really worth it!

I do not own any characters/settings. They belong to Alyson Noel. Well, you guys should know by now…

-Bitter-Sweet-ish

(Angie)

Eleven

EPOV

"Cousin? I didn't know he had a cousin…" My voice was coloured with surprise. He didn't really look like Damen. Except for the glossy, dark brown hair. Whoops. There goes the secret note taking.

"Long lost cousin. I have just met Damen a couple of months ago." He spoke with an alluring Italian accent; it was hushed.

I ripped out a clean page of fresh paper from my notebook, careful not to make a lot of noise. I wrote, Jude, tell me some things about yourself.

He looked surprised but wrote back, My name is Jude Summers, I am a collector of rare and helpful items, I was born in 1501, Florence, Italy, and I have been travelling back and forth from Summerland and the Shadowlands. He carefully folded it, so Roman wouldn't peek at it. I quickly looked behind me, but Roman didn't look suspicious.

Could I trust this person? Maybe he was lying that he was Damen's cousin. I scanned the note over and wrote back, Come with me to the washrooms. We will talk there. I practically threw it over to him. He looked at it for a few seconds, understanding the situation with Roman behind me. He nodded.

I walked up to the teacher, barely noticing I was interrupting, now Alice's, reading. "Sir, may I be excused?" He just looked me over and gave me the hall pass.

"Not too late."

I speed walked and I headed to the washrooms. Oh no. Hopefully Jude had a good detour of the school. I stood outside of the girls washrooms with my back to the wall. Jude appeared in a matter of minutes.

He did a little wave. "Okay that Roman guy gives me the creeps. I already heard about him back in Summerland."

I was shocked, and pressed him on, "Really? About what?" I was desperate for any information to get back at Roman.

He launched into his story, "He was already famous. Almost everybody knew he was dark. Having a secret affair, with the woman already having a mate! You should know her, Drina. Well, Roman already had a bad start with Damen. They…had a little quarrel and Damen banished him into the Shadowlands. Somehow, Roman climbed out and struck havoc against Summerland. He eventually made it to Earth, forcing some guy to open the portal. He forgot how to make one himself."

"Wow…" I breathed. I didn't know Damen already knew Roman. Maybe he was already drunk under Roman's spell when he first came, and it finally set in when we were going to go the Montage. I frowned, knowing we were this close. I sighed.

"Jude, I know this is a lot but…can you teach me more about the Shadowlands? Damen told me about it but he didn't really go into it." I silently hoped he said yes. This guy has been bouncing back and forth from the Shadowlands.

"Sure. You know how I'm a collector? Well I am also a warrior. Well, I was. I was one of Summerland's protectors. It was my duty to protect the people, but it was only if it was a strong immortal. Did you know that a lot of immortals have brought a human over? And a lot of the time that human wanders too far into Summerland and gets lost. It's a disaster. It is very easy to get rid of them, its just it takes too much energy for them to forget what happened." His Italian accent was thick so I had to kind of lean in to hear him clearer. Though I was a little annoyed that he changed the subject.

"Oh, Shadowlands! Sorry, sorry. Shadowlands are the home to the darkest, evilest immortals and creatures. Damen probably told you that, and also that their medicine is the best and works like a charm, I should know. Anyways, Shadowlands are northwest of the centre of Summerland. It's a cluster of small islands and there is this special boat you have to travel in to get place to place. You try to swim in it, in a couple of seconds you're a goner. There is one special prize Summerland holds, and ironically, it's a beautiful flower. The flower is a light peach colour with petals so soft the wings of an angel would get jealous. The flower is very rare, but if you pluck one it's the same as winning the lottery. It's a very small chance but very rewarding. The flower heals…everything and everyone."

"Wow…" I finished lamely. I just need that flower…wherever it was and save Damen. But now, I don't think I need it since…

I started one of my random crying spasms and before I knew it, I rested my head against Jude's shirt, ruining it. I swear I think he was stroking my head.

A/N: Man, I'm so tired. I'm so used to sleeping in, and I woke at 9am. Yawn.

-Bitter-Sweet-ish

(Angie)