The Young Elites, Oneshot Collection

Eavesdropping and nightmares

First oneshot!
Entitled: Eavesdropping and nightmares
Plot/Summary/ whatever: after Adelina hears Dante and Enzo's conversation about her, she doubts she can trust anyone anymore in the Dagger Society. And so as she heads to bed, she gets nightmares. And who will be there to help her with her nightmares? Not Raffaele, certainly not Dante, not Gemma, but..... Enzo.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters. The amazing author Marie Lu came up with "The Young Elites" I only own the plot! :) Merry Christmas by the way :)

Enjoy!
Warning: story's a bit long.

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"Listen, we all liked Daphne. Best non-malfetto I ever knew. She nursed me back to health-I'd have died if it wasn't for her. You think I didn't notice all the times you abandoned your estates or the Fortunata Court in order to go find her? Think we didn't know you wanted to marry her?" -Dante

"Adelina is not her. She's got the fire, I'll give her that,
and-markings aside- the face. But they are completely different people, Reaper. And I can tell you that while everyone trusted Daphne, nobody trusts your new girl. We all tolerate her, at best." -Dante

"She is nothing to me. Nothing more than a Dagger recruit. Just part of our plans." -Enzo

"On my honor, I will tolerate her so long as you tolerate her. Use her as you will. But after you're on the throne and finished with your fun, you should get rid of her. She won't stay loyal to you long" -Dante

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Adelina Amouteru

Dante's words stung. I knew he didn't like me, the first time we met. But I didn't know that he hated me.

As I walked back to my bedchamber, I hear Enzo's reply in my head.

She's nothing to me. Nothing more than a Dagger recruit. Just a part of our plans

If Dante's words stung, Enzo's reply stabbed me straight in the heart.

I reached my bedchamber, I entered the room and sat on the edge of my bed, thinking:

Is that all I really am? Just a part of their plan? What about the kiss earlier? Was it nothing to him? All part of his plan? I'm not even jealous of this 'Daphne'. I just feel empty. And alone. Cold and alone in this ruthless world I 'live' in

As I sat there pondering my thoughts, the truth suddenly came slapping me in the face, stabbing my heart in the process too.

You don't belong here, in the Dagger Society. You don't belong anywhere. The Daggers are a family and you're not part of it

the ghost of my father appeared, and I heard his voice, who would ever love a malfetto like you?

I thought I finally belonged somewhere, somwhere where people would accept me and love me. After all, we're of the same kind, marked by the blood fever, and cursed by powers.