WINEKOVE, PRESENT DAY.
"Are you sure?" I asked, still confused.
"I can't be lying about something this serious," she pointed out.
I still didn't want to believe it. How would something be moving in her stomach? The only explanation would be if she were pregnant, which was impossible. Vampires couldn't procreate. That was one of the disadvantages of being us. We couldn't have babies. We couldn't start a family. That was one of the reasons I didn't want her to be a vampire.
She deserved better. She earned a better life. She deserved to come home every evening after work and kiss her husband on the cheek. She deserved to make dinner for her kids and ask them how their day went. She deserved a fami
"I cannot believe I am seeing you here," she said. I clenched my jaws and smiled back. Javicia could be so dangerous when she wanted to be. To this day, she was the only witch that had managed to defeat us so quickly. That was in 1465, and I felt that we would be more robust now and had a vast knowledge of experience from her kind. "Honestly, I forgot about you," I confessed. I wasn't lying. It was a one-night stand, and I had disappeared from Liverpool after that. I never wanted her to see me again. I didn't know she would still be interested in me till now. That was over six hundred years ago. She raised an eyebrow at me as she heard that. "Ouch. That hurts," she said, holding her chest. &nb
"Are you alright?" Jocelyn asked me. I still had the stake in my hand and was frozen to the spot. Javicia's words still rang in my head. "Do you not know? She had said. "This is a powerful baby, and I do not think her humane essence can hold this baby till birth." I gulped hard as the words sunk deeper. Was Hope pregnant? That was supposed to be impossible by all means. I wouldn't believe them. It sounded so absurd in my ears. Are vampires being able to conceive? It didn't sit right with me. I sighed and threw the stake away, rubbing my eyes afterward. "Are you okay, man?" Zion asked. "I think so," I replied, unsure.
Zack roared and ran towards Javicia. He jumped up and decided to swing his claws at her cheek, but he was waved away. He flew and smashed his back on a tree. He groaned in pain and tried to stand up but couldn't. He had been bettered by Javicia again. Javicia turned and looked at me with a smile. She walked towards me with the smile still on. I clenched my jaws and zoomed toward her. She waved her hand and flung me away. I landed on the snow-coated lawn roughly and winced in pain. I gritted my teeth and stood up again. I couldn't let her near Hope. If she ever got near her, it would be disastrous. I zoomed toward her again. This time she grabbed me by the throat and raised me. I held her hand, struggling to get free. She smiled again and flung me away. I landed again on the snow. I turned to Zack, and he was still laying by the t
"What do you want, Javicia?" I asked, uninterested. I picked up the mug again and took a sip from it. The alcohol burnt my throat, giving me a nice sensation. I didn't know why she was there. I had seen her in both nightmares when I slept with Hope, and I knew she had something to do with it. Her moving around the city freely made me aware that she could attack anytime she pleased, meaning Hope and our child weren't completely safe. "I just want to have a conversation with you," she replied gently with a smile. I knew that smile was evil. I should have known that it was an evil one since 1465, but I had let my lust control me, and now Hope was going to pay the price for my stupidity. I knew she would kill Hope if it ever came to that. She wanted our baby at all costs. "I do not think I am intrigued by that," I pointed out. "Do you not want to know where I came from?" She asked. I clenched my jaws and grabbed the mug handle, bringing it closer. I did want to know where she came f
*** Hope was seated on the couch with me. We had just returned from a tiring day at school. I attended gym class, and we played soccer this time. I was new to that sport and needed time to adapt. The whole training, I was making bad passes, and the coach told him to learn how to play by the next class, or I would be on the bench. I looked at Hope. She was tired and weak. She began to look leaner too. I was very worried about her. She needed to eat for the baby. The little she ate was what the baby was eating too. She had to learn to eat for two. She had to learn to care for the baby, or she would get a miscarriage. I knew how much that would hurt her soul. She wanted a baby for me. She wanted to start a family with me. I had convinced her it was impossible, but it somehow became possible. I still couldn't understand how I couldn't get all the other girls I had slept with in the past pregnant. Why was it her? What was so special about this Hope that I didn't know about? "You look t
I sat on the couch, deep in thought. Solomon, Zion, Jocelyn, and Philomena were here. Zack was also here now, dressed once more in one of my clothes. He still had the handcuffs and apologized to Hope for almost hurting her. I was satisfied with his actions because it showed that he wasn't against us. We had to know who we were now; we were about to fight a serious battle. Javicia was extremely dangerous and worst of all, she had been trained and brought up by the most powerful in the supernatural world, Suzana. The name only made me clench my teeth because I learned to realize that Suzana was a very cunny woman and had a hand in the creation of all the supernatural creatures today. She was very smart, and I thanked the stars she was not around. "We need to find a way to stop Javicia once and for all," I pointed out. Everybody listened attentively. We were in a very serious situation, and the lives of Hope and our baby were at stake. Javicia wanted the baby, and the only way she cou
It was relieving that Javicia was out of the picture, but I still couldn't sit back and let my guard down. We had burnt her body afterward, courtesy of a magic fire from Jocelyn. I had watched her corpse burn to ashes. I didn't want her back or near my child. It was too much of a risk to take. She was finally out of the picture, and I was grateful. The pain and worries she had caused me when she was alive were excruciating. She had given me nightmares, she had tried to hurt Hope, and she had hurt me plenty of times. She had wanted me for herself. She wanted to make me hers. However, I couldn't blame her because I was the one that flirted with her first. I was surprised at her long-lasting interest in me. It was a huge surprise that I didn't expect. It was just a one-night stand for me, and I thought she thought the same. She had kept her feelings for me for over six hundred years. Sometimes she would think about me in a coffin because that was where she usually hibernated. There wo
*** The sun was finally out of the snowy clouds. The snow had partially stopped and now fell only in bits. The change in the weather meant that the vampires would return to their hiding places which also meant a safe month for Hope. Speaking about Hope, there was a small bulge on her stomach, and the pregnancy began to show. It would take only a few weeks before her mother noticed she was pregnant, and I was thinking of what to do. There were two solutions to these. The first was to tell her mother about us, explaining how she got pregnant and how important and powerful that baby was. The other was to make Hope stay with us until she was due to deliver. I liked the second option better, but I knew it would not take long before Gladys would find out about us. She would have to know one day, but it couldn't be now. It was not safe. It was Thursday, about two days before Hope's birthday. I picked her up from her house, and we went to school. She was now comfortable with holding my ha