Chapter 4
Crystal knocks on Leila's door…no answer so she breaks down the door to see her father dead. His blood all over the fragments of ice which was once their mother. His heart grasped loosely in his hand. "Jadis!" Crystal screamed as Jadis comes running. "What is it Crystal?" Jadis asks looking at Crystal. "Look!" Crystal replies pointing to the remainders of their father. "Oh…Crystal, it will be ok" Jadis states hugging Crystal close Exodus comes into the room. "I heard Crystal scream and came running" Exodus states. "Take Crystal away from this room I will clean up this mess" Jadis states as Exodus wraps his arms around Crystal taking her out of the room.
"I'm sad that is was Crystal to discover you this way father" Jadis says out loud. She looks around the room at the mess around her. Her eyes stop on a piece of paper soaked in blood. She picks it up and opens it. "I'm sorry ut I must do this I swore to your mother that the day she died I would die as well so I would never be without her. I hope you understand Jadis and I will see you in paradise some day, Love dad" Jadis read the note out loud. Without realizing it she had turned the blood soaked paper into ice. She threw the ice block on the floor shattering it to a million tiny pieces so that Crystal would never have to know why their father did what he did.
Jadis quickly froze off the room sealing the remainders of Leila and Darven together forever. Shutting the door she sealed off the door with ice so thick nothing could break it. Jadis wiped the tears that streaked her face then headed downstairs to see if Crystal was ok. "Do you know why dad did this?" Crystal asked tears in her eyes. "No, and I don't think either one of us ever will" Jadis replies coldness in her heart. "Oh ok," Crystal replies hugging Jadis. "Let us think of happier things we have a wedding to plan" Jadis states leaving Crystal and Exodus to making dinner.
Jadis rushes out the castle doors the wind wiping her ice blue hair in her face and her tears stinging her face as she ran. Stopping far away from the castle she spots blood lots of blood coating the pure white snow. "What the hell is going on?" Jadis states out loud. "I'm sorry I didn't know there was life out here" the man with long black hair states his eyes a reddish color. "I live out here…who are you?" Jadis asks wiping the tears from her face. "I am Aero and you are?" he asks moving toward her slowly. "I am Jadis the ice queen of this realm" she replied standing her ground. She spot the carcass of a huge polar bear "What are you doing out here?" Jadis states. "I was eating" Aero replies. "Do you need a place to stay?" Jadis asks. "Yes is that your castle over there?" he asks pointing at the ice palace in the distance. "Yes come before the next storm blows in" Jadis replies running off toward the castle Aero close behind her.
"By the way don't be killing off polar bears" Jadis adds as soon as they arrive at the castle doors. A gust of ice and wind blows open the castle doors at Jadis' command. "Jadis your back" Crystal states standing in front of the door "I was about to get you for dinner" she adds. "Sure you were Crystal…deep down you and I both know you were secretly hoping that I wasn't coming back" Jadis replies her eyes piercing Crystal's eyes as if looking into her soul. "Who is this you brought back with you?" Crystal snaps breaking the tension between her and Jadis. "This is a friend of my mine his name is Aero and I expect you to be on your best behavior I figure if you give me two days we can have your wedding prepared in no time" Jadis replies as Exodus shuts the castle doors and blots them closed against the storm. "Who is that?" Aero whispers into Jadis ear. "That is my little sister Crystal she is always trying to kill me so watch your back" Jadis whispers back. "Hello, my name is Exodus I'm Crystal's soon to be husband" Exodus states shaking Aero's ice cold hand. "I'm Aero Jadis' friend" he replies. "Well if introductions are over with it's time for dinner" Exodus states leading everyone to the dinner table.
Crystal and Exodus eat while Jadis slips into the kitchen and drops a couple of blood tablets into her wine glass full of water. Aero slips into the kitchen tired of Crystal and Exodus' idle talk of the wedding. "What are you doing in here Jadis?" Aero asks while smiling big. "It called blood tablets it a blood substitute…I don't feel like food tonight" Jadis replies. Aero quickly slips behind her and wraps his arms around her. Jadis quickly turns around almost spilling her drink on him. "Care for a sip?" she asks the wine glass in front of him "sure" Aero replies letting Jadis raise the glass to his lips as he sips the blood tablet drink. "How is it?" Jadis asks setting the glass in the counter. "Not bad kind of bland compared to real blood but not bad if needed in an instant" Aero replies letting go of Jadis.
"Why do you get so close to me then back away from me?" Jadis asks. "You're not all vampire are you?" Aero asks. "No, I'm not I'm half human is that a problem for you?" Jadis replies. "Yes, because your blood temps me I want it so bad but I'm afraid if I start to drink it I won't be about to stop myself from killing you" Aero replies. "Do you want a taste?" Jadis asks picking up a knife and gently cutting into her hand letting her blood fall into a wine glass. "Here try some" she states handing him he glass with her blood in it. He quickly drinks it down "thank you it helped me not to take your blood by force right here, right now" Aero states hugging Jadis now. Jadis puts the blade in the sink as Exodus walks into the kitchen. "Jadis are you ok?" he asks noticing the blood on the blade in the sink. "Yes, Exodus I'm fine you worry too much sometimes I was just tending to our guest" Jadis replied laughing and removing Aero's arms from around her. "He is vampire isn't he?" Exodus states. "Yes, I am a vampire" Aero replies. "I figured since you were so attached to Jadis' side since she brought you her I just want to warn you, if you hurt her in any way I'll kill you" Exodus replies. "Exodus this does not concern you; you have over stepped your bounds you're lucky we have guest and a wedding to plan otherwise I would punish you as your queen!" Jadis snaps at Exodus. "I'm sorry my Queen…I just feel it's my place as a brother to you since you found me and had your parents bring me into this family that I should help protect you" Exodus replied bowing to Jadis. "Arise and you are only my brother the day you marry my sister then you will be family till then I will take care of myself…and I'm the one in charge no matter what Crystal thinks" Jadis states dismissing Exodus from her presents.
