18 years ago. Sprintingthrough the corridor, Saoirse dove into a hidden doorway as Cassius rushed past in the passage up ahead. Golden curls towering above the hunters following on his heels, stopping only to bark orders. Each door they reached; they broke off into pairs. The entire camp searching for her. Not clearhow longshe'dbe able to keep this up. At this point, unsure whether she would escape this castle alive. Along with her children, Marius wants her dead. Which would only delay things. The twins must survive.Needto be part of their family's purpose. Claim their place and figure out what she uncovered. Hunters searched for and destroyed all non-human entities for centuries. Everyone used to coexistpeacefully. Fear, jealousy, and a select few humans' belief in their superior existence turned everything into a war. The Collectiverecentlybecame a new discovery,previouslyhidden from the sup
Now.Genevieve's POV:Awoken by the sound of her alarm clock blaring AC/DC's Highway to Hell, she groaned, pushing her long red hair out of her face."Yep, that's what I'm on," she hissed, slamming the snooze button. The soft tap on her door told her itwastrue. The day shehadbeen dreading finally arrived. Today, November 12th is Genevieve Blackwood's eighteenth birthday and she is the only person in her life unhappy about that."Good morning, birthday girl," her mom's overly cheery morning voice rang in her ears as she entered the room. "What are you going to do now you are legal?""Sleep," she said as she threw the blankets back over her head. "Forever.""No, no," her mom laughed, walking back to the door. "Going to get up and ready for school, then come downstairs.""Wait, what did you say? What am I going to do," she asked sarcastically. "Get up, jump out of the attic window, and die?""A tad bit over
Saber’s POV Life stopped being fair a long time ago. Didn't want to leave, and he didn't want to move to New York. Saber Collins liked his life the way things they were. At 18 years old, why did they need him to move with his family as if he were still dependent on them to survive? Worked almost a full-time job. Plenty of his friends' parents would let him crash with them. Probably find a place of his own. Plus, he despised change. Especially the kind that changes everything at once. "We love you, which is why we're doing this" his mother, Eleanor Collins, sympathized next to him in the seat across from him. Saber ignored her, rolling his eyes, continuing his staring contest with the clouds outside of the private jet. Another one of his father's luxuries he doesn't care about. Although he stared at the clouds, he didn't pay them any attention. The only thing he cared to look at was Sara's face. Came to say goodbye to him at the airport when they departed, but
Genevieve's POV: "Can you try to enjoy today?" Putting the car in park once they pulled into the school parking lot. "Well, I'll try, but I can't make any promises." Offered up a fake smile she reached over and grabbed her stuff from the back seat, kissing Seth in the process. "Come on, love birds, we're jealous enough" Alyssa Rose, her best friend since middle school, screamed through the open door from the end of the parking lot. "Hi, Al," Seth shook his head as Genevieve climbed out of the car. " See you after, okay? Remember, I'm driving." Jokingly scrunched up her face and pointed at him through the window as she closed the door. "Promise, I won't forget," he always had the best smile. Sadly, watching as he drove away, she went to join her friends on the sidewalk. "Happy birthday," Alyssa said handing her a gift bag. "Hope you like, made by myself, obviously." With a sigh, she walked over to the pi
Alexander's POVAlexander Warner's eyes followed Saber as he walked down the hall toward the men's room. Glad he was here, although the boy would not like moving here.Not at first.Todaywas his eighteenth birthday, and he was soon going to travel down a long road. Would prefer him to figure things out sooner, rather than later, but Mr. Warner was not allowed to tell him.Not unless Saber asked him first.Eighteen years ago, he was told about the twins and to keep them secret. Also, anyone curious about them was to never find out the truth. Being revealed too early would put Saber and Genevieve in grave danger.The Sacred One told him what he had to do. Both must figure things out, and soon. The twins had no clue what was about to happen to them. Not allowed to tell them anything, except to be ready for yet another change. At this point, he was unsure if Saber would welcome this change. Although, he
Saber's POVMr. Warner's demeanor had completely changed in the few minutes he had been in the restroom. Eyes darting between the empty hallway and the text message he was quickly typing."Alright, the plan for today was to start the project presentations," groans came from several classmates as Saber found his way to his seat. "However, something important has been brought to my attention and needs to be taken care of. Consider this period a study hall."Cheering amongst the room almost covered up a knock at the door made by what appeared to be another teacher and a student. Whatever the student said made Mr. Warner appear more worried than he had started."Mrs. Garcia is going to be in here while I am gone," the two teachers whispered something before he turned back around and pointed at Davina. "Davina, Saber, I'm aware the two of you don't have any schoolwork to focus on yet. Grab your stuff and come with me, please."Giving Da
"Please excuse us, Susan," he said, looking back at the nurse."Yes, sir," she said, closing the door behind her."So, our young Mr. Saber has gone through the transition," Mr. Harvard commented in his long, deep, southern drawl. "I personally wanted Genevieve here to turn. A vampire king with a vampire daughter? Now that would be something different. All the children of any vampire king in history have always been a male, at least the ones who turned vampire were at least. Would be interesting to have a vampire princess. But considering her lineage, was obvious she would go her mother's way.""What do you mean?" Annoyed her principal was in on this charade."Your protectors here didn't tell you!?" he bellowed, eying their friends. "The four of you are supposed to be explaining all of this to them. No good to anyone kept in the dark.""Wouldn't need anything explained to them if they had been kept in the Alliance in the first place!" the leather cl
Saber's POV "Are either of you going to explain to me what all of this is about?" Saber questioned, his friends almost carrying him to his bedroom. "And what is happening to me right now?""All of this is about your real family," flopping down on the end of the bed, Theo hesitated, looking at Davina."You're kind of, um, a, ah, vampire."Genevieve's comment about fantasy creatures made more sense. Thought he had hallucinated. Took him a minute to realize the laughter was coming from himself."I'm what?""Your parents are fae." No smile or hints of deception ran across Davina's face as those words rang in his head."Your mother, Saoirse Fearmist was a witch and your father, Gavril Thorne, is a vampire. Vampire King, actually."An uncomfortable silence filled the room. Unsure how to respond, he looked back and forth between his friends until Theo attempted to continue explaining."Four years before you we