Chapter 14

Nicholas' POV

My life hadn't been this exciting since we left. Without Lucy, I was dull like milk. I couldn't truly grasp what Logan said but I had to trust my crazy brother in the pirate shirt. Man, I could find so many reasons to hit him in the face sometimes.

I sat next to Logan as he finally answered Lucy's seventh call. Of course, Lucy started screaming at Logan as soon as he answered. I backed off to nearly the other side of the room. Even a human would be able to catch most of what Lucy was ranting on about. Boy, it was good to hear her voice.

"Logan Drake, how dare you just text me 'don't be mad at me'! Really? Is that how you break news to Isabeau or your family?" Lucy yelled.

"Look, I'm sorry. Just please, do not stake me or shred me to pieces! The truth is that I have to have everyone against Mom and Dad to truly get them to change their minds once they are set. You have to understand that!" was all he said. I oh-so-badly wanted to interrupt and let Lucy actually directly talk to me.

"Who cares? You are so not telling anyone! The first one they'll tell is my parents and they are already suspicious! I…I can't risk this Logan!" Lucy sobbed into the phone. This got everyone's attention. Lucy never cried. She never acted limp. She never backed down. And she always had a plan.

I tore the phone away from my brother. "Lucy, I promise you we'll come back!"

There was silence on the other end and everyone was staring at me. Then an unnatural silence surged from the other end of the line. For a while I thought Lucy had hung up on me, but I still held the phone up to my ear as if she was still there, hopefully.

"I must go Lucy. My parents are coming back. Please text me. I love you." I whispered.

Faintly, even for my upped vampire hearing, I heard, "I love you too, Nicholas." This of course, made me smile.

"I'm not dumb Nicholas, or Logan. First of all, did you really think Solange, Kieran, Dad, Hunter or Quinn would go anywhere? You all think that I need tons of guards to protect me anyways!" Mom yelled.

"There are tons of assassins after you; we have a right to protect you." Sebastian explained. Then he added, "Love you mom."

"A-huh," Mom told Sebastian. "And, Lucy was caught by her parents just a few minutes ago. Plus, I wouldn't dare venture out by the caves. It's too close to home. Which is why, rightfully and respectfully Dad and I have decided that it is best to go back home. It's not really the fact that many humans could get hurt because we are in Violet Hill, they could get hurt because of us any day –or night really –and at any time! The Hel-Blar is drawn there anyways because of the Caves and such. Plus the Helios-Ra Academy isn't too far down the road."

Once Mom was done with her speech, I jumped up into the air and grabbed the phone.

"Nicholas?" Lucy asked.

"Lucy, we're heading home. See you soon." I said and hung up before she could say anything else. It would all have to wait till we got back home.