Dirty Little Secrets

Chapter 14

Ariana's POV

I am horrified. Now that have actually committed to fighting in this war, I am terrified. I follow close behind Nat as Cane leads us to the room where we will make a plan. This all seems so surreal. My heart pounds out of my chest with every second that passes and I can't believe this is actually happening. Everything thing that could possibly go wrong races through my mind as we continue to walk down what seems like the longest hallway in the world.

In an attempt to calm myself, I decide to just take in my surroundings and God, It is beautiful. The walls of the hallway are covered in a beautiful golden swirl design that laces down the stretch of the hallway. The wall and ceiling are connected by golden crown molding that actually shines when the light hits it right. The floor is pure white carpet and I can't help but wonder how they keep that so clean...

I sigh to myself as I come back to reality. My heart wants to believe that maybe, just maybe, something will happen and we won't have to fight in this horrifying war. That Nat and I will stay in this beautiful palace for the rest of our lives and nothing will hurt us. But I know that something is going to happen. I can feel it in the pit of my stomach, that feeling of the unknown. Anything could happen out there. Nat and I could get separated, one of us could get injured, I could get killed, Nat could get killed. So much could happen out there on that battle field and the fear of that is eating away at me.

I take a deep breath to myself when Nat squeezes my hand. I hear his thoughts spill into my head.

Hey, is everything okay? You seem uneasier than normal.

His voice in my head calms me down. The ability to communicate with other vampires through our thoughts is probably my favorite of our powers. It's so nice to talk to someone when you know only they can hear your thoughts.

No, Not really. I'm really scared Nat. We shouldn't have agreed to this. So many things could go wrong. What if I get hurt? What if you get hurt? What if one of us di-

Stop. Ari, stop thinking like that. We have a whole army of vampires on our side that are fighting the same fight too. We aren't alone. If it gets too dangerous than I will take you somewhere safe. I promise everything will be okay. Trust me.

I sigh again. Nat is right. There is no point in spending this entire battle freaking out about all the crap that could go wrong. There is no point spending your entire life worrying about what could go wrong. Even though I'm really nervous about this war, I am not going to let my fear of something going wrong stop me from kicking the werewolves butts when the time comes.

Nat looks back at me and smiles slightly as we continue to walk down the hallway. The hallway that will lead us to make plans for the most horrifying war ever.

Nathan's POV

We are walking down this ridiculously long hallway and I can tell it is freaking Ariana out. This hallway with it's twists and turns and golden walls is what will lead us to our fates. Even though I tell Ari not to freak out, I would be lying if I said that I was freaking out a bit too. I am so afraid that something will happen to her. I don't care if I get killed, it would kill me inside if I look over at Ariana and see the life sucked out of her eyes. To see the color lifted from her beautiful, rosy cheeks. To see the love of my life destroyed and murdered in front of my own two eyes. I can't even handle the thought.

My eyes droop as I look at Ariana, thinking about everything. Thinking about this stupid war, and her. I am snapped out of own head by the sound of Cane clearing his throat. He looks between Ariana and I with concerned eyes and points at a door.

"This is the room. I'm sorry for the walk. I know it is incredibly long and boring."

Ariana's eyes perk up immediately when Cane begins talking to us. I just wish I knew what she was thinking. I wish she would let me into her head so I could ease her mind.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Cane. The walk wasn't all that bad."

Her smile seemed to light up the whole hallway and I couldn't help but smile at her.

"You are very welcome. This is actually the room you two will be staying in here."

We walk in and I hear Ariana gasp at the sight in front of our eyes. The color scheme of the room is quite similar to that of the hallway. The walls have a similar golden design and the bed is pure white with golden accent pillows. There are beautiful glass tables and a giant television on the wall. I am shocked by the detail of everything in this place.

"Wow"

Ariana says, her mouth hanging open. Cane chuckles lightly at our reactions and nods his head.

"I felt the same way when I saw this place for the first time. You wouldn't believe how horrendous this place looked before we redid everything. It had such a disgusting 19th century feel to it. I cringe at the thought."

Ariana laughs; her eyes crinkle and for the first time the whole time we have been here she seems genuinely happy again. I hate seeing her sad and uncertain and it makes me so happy to see her smiling like this. I applaud her for trying to make the best out of this horrible situation.

"Okay, now that you guys are here we should start talking strategy."

Cane looked at both of us and led us to one of the perfect glass tables in the suite. I sat next to Ariana and took her hand into mine. She squeezed my hand and looked at me with hopeful eyes. The last time we would ever look at each other with ease before we started planning the battle.

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