Alaster wasn’t lying when he said that Alex would actually start training. However, Alex hadn’t received the memo that it’d start at four in the morning! The sun wasn’t even up, yet there Amber was, looming over his drunken form laying comfortably on the couch. “Rise and shine,” She said, Alex blinking multiple times, gazing at her in disbelief. Rise and shine? Rise and shine! There wasn’t even any sun! Alex could barely comprehend if it were even morning. Amber didn’t seem to back down even after the many times Alex tried to delete her presence entirely, hopefully trying to resume his sleep. He didn’t sign up for this shit, no fucking way. Not even school forced them up this early. Amber sighed, Alex hoping he’d achieved victory. Her footsteps loudly shuffled away and just before Alex could sink in anymore, her voice boomed in his head, scaring away all his sleep. “It’d be a shame if Xavier knew.” Oh, the smugness in her tone just sent Alex on edge,

Stalking out the toilet still feeling like utter dog shit, Alex let out a yawn, peering up at Luca who, just, wow. He really knew how to make a man wish for death.Since arriving in this madman-infested slaughterhouse, Alex only ever came to know of Amber’s powers but now Luca has decided to introduce his and god was it an annoying one.The sheer pain Alex felt when waking up to the sight of Xavier angrily peering down at him like he was no different from that rogue vampire was enough to give one nightmares. And that’s exactly what Alex had to go through when he’d woken up, still too dazed to realize he was actually awake.Even after fully waking himself, he was frozen to the couch, the intensity of the spiteful stare again, summoning hell on earth for Alex. It was not until he heard glass shatter that he saw Luca standing there, smiling like all was well whilst Alex was just about to start panicking.“Wah—" Alex mumbled out,

Alex held his smile, watching as Xavier took his gaze back down to the bunny, giving it another long stare. He seemed hesitant, Alex stepping closer so that the space between them wasn’t so wide.He still had had his arms outstretched, Xavier finally taking hold of the animal. His hand slowly felt its fur, his head tilting. As microscopic as it was, Alex was able to make out the slight tug at the corner of Xavier's lips, dare he say a smile present in his features?To say Alex was blessed at the moment would be an understatement. He was beyond blessed. He had to take a deep breath to control the emotions spiralling within him, his arm covering up the blush creeping onto his face.The view of Xavier, someone so big and quite intimidating, gingerly holding something so small and delicate in his large hands made for quite the view. The clouds had cleared getting the soft orange rays to coat Xavier in its magnificent halo. It looked surreal; Alex unsure whethe

Weeks and weeks of pain-inducing training, feverish heat on blistering cold days and hurt so strong that it could make a grown man scream. Josh could no longer take this disguised abuse, every moment spent with either pair of vampires tugging tears from the depths of his dried reservoir.Time and time again has he been tossed to the ground like some spineless rag doll, his head bouncing off the floors and his spine crying in sweet anguish. His skin, his feet, his everything, screamed in bloody agony as he pushed himself up, dusting his hair from all the grass.He bleakly looked up at the psychotic duo that was Amber and Bianca, both chatting away with not a care in the world. Amber’s laughter almost mocking to his lesser form. He couldn’t take this anymore. Why did he have to train? God knows why a weak and feeble creature, or so they have called, would need to go through this obvious waste of time.For Alex it was understandable, he was a pureblood

“You did good today,” Griffin said, Alex internally celebrating since his body was incapable of any movement. He took shallow breaths, controlling each one as to not strain his constricted chest. There was a pain sauntering through his body yet he couldn’t tell where it came from.However, Griffin’s words of praise were enough to bundle all of his sufferings and throw them off into the distance. He never thought the day would come where he was actually acknowledged by the thorn princess as Josh likes to call him.Alex let out a sigh, staring up at the bleary grey sky, heavy rain clouds rolling by darkening their surroundings. A thunderstorm would most likely sweep by which worried Alex. Josh despised of them to the greatest degree, a pained memory surfacing in Alex’s thoughts he’d much rather keep buried. Low rumbles of thunder erupted off in the distance, a strong gust of wind passing by.Alex forced himself up, only now noti