The Wicked Ones: Destiny of a Vampire

Pain

From Keiras perspective

My head throbbed like a bomb, making it nearly impossible to control myself. The lust to kill Arius for what he had done was taking over me. Yet something stopped me from doing that, and I couldn't stop thinking about our time together from the past decade.

He erased so much of himself and everything important to me.

I remember my first thoughts when I noticed him at the bar. Susie and I were sitting there when Cassius and Arius entered the pub. It was our local pub, and we knew almost everyone who visited Ole's, so seeing Arius and Cassius there was unusual. Every girl who sat at the pub that evening couldn't tear her gaze away from Arius.

I was one of those girls.

I thought that he must have come from another planet because he looked so damn beautiful and so hot that I almost fell in love with him after our first conversation. Not to mention that at that time, our ages seemed to add up because Arius never looked older than twenty-five.

In the beginning, Arius rejected me and tried to avoid me. Now I understand why he did that. He tried to stay away from me, but he couldn't trust anyone else to watch over me. His feelings for me became too strong, and he couldn't just ignore it anymore. As a result, we ended up together.

At the time, I didn't doubt that he was the perfect boyfriend. Even after I found out he was a vampire, he still gained my trust because Arius was the most gentle and kind person I had ever met. Arius was my first true love and my first serious boyfriend, whom I had introduced to my dad.

Our first time, our dates, and every important moment in those two years which we were dating were stolen from me, not by someone, but by Arius himself.

The memories of my dad and Arius spending time together at our home made my heart ache like it never had before. Arius was friends with my father even before he knew me, so the fact that he killed his friend disturbed me even more. I know that it was my father who wished to die by Arius's hand, but still, I couldn't believe there was no other way.

Even so, part of me still loves him. Deep down, I know that my father now would try to stop me from abandoning Arius and would try to convince me that all of this was necessary. Even if it was necessary, why did they decide that the best way to avoid inquisitors was to shatter my memories and change my entire life.

Still, beneath all those negative thoughts, there was also some goodness about Arius. He still gave his best to protect me. I knew that Arius and his siblings held a close relationship with each other, but Arius chose to sacrifice it only to stay with me in Nashville.

I remember how Zaidh, Nailah, and Magnus once came to my home. There were even more memories of Zaidh coming back to me, which I simply pushed away because now my mind couldn't process so much information. Zaidh tried to control my mind, but Arius stopped him. Yet it seemed that Zaidh was offended that Arius decided to protect me from him.

Zaidh thought that Arius had revealed too much information to me and that their plan would fail if he continued to play around with me.

Arius  had to choose between me and his brother.

Although Zaidh and Arius were always getting into fights with each other, since that day, Zaidh buried any brotherly feelings for Arius because he chose me over him. Yet I couldn't just ignore the fact that Arius made a wicked plan to get what he wanted.

The only thing he never anticipated was falling in love with me. Love wasn't part of his plan, and our relationship became his distraction. His feelings for me made him lose focus, and that is where he failed. His good heart had cost him everything, including me.