Vampire Mates

< 0. Prologue >

< 0. Prologue >

I admit. I was weak. I was innocent. I was naïve. I was too hopeful.

And maybe I still am.

I was stupid for falling for him, when I knew clearly I meant nothing to him. I was only Friend 1, after all.

I was the ugly duckling that never grew up to be the white swan that she had become. I was the backup dancer while she was the lead. I was the extra cast in a play who ended up being in a tree costume, while the gorgeous, beautiful and kind girl stole over the spotlight. I could dress up as a princess and I still wouldn't be able to hold a candle to what she is.

And he... he was Prince Charming, and she was the Cinderella who fitted the shoe perfectly. He was the boy that I was so infatuated with. The boy that loved my best friend. The boy I would never be able to call mine.

But even so, there was this urge, this temptation that lured me closer and closer to him. I wanted to be near him no matter what. I wanted to be around him. I wanted to be someone who meant something. I wanted to be his.

So I decided I would do anything to protect him. Even if that meant making him hate me. Even if that meant isolating myself from others. Even if that meant that the world would be against me.

Even if that meant that it would kill myself by doing so.

I would do it. Because it's him.

Yes... Maybe I still am weak. Maybe I still am innocent. Maybe I still am naïve.

And for some reason, maybe I still have hope.