Do You Keep Secrets?

Chapter 2

Vercho P.O.V.- Day 1
I'm part of the royalty family of vampires. My family is the original family which means none of us were transformed. We run with pure vampire blood.
Being a part of that family means you are stuck with your siblings until one inherites the castle or the others find their mates. Being a part of that family will drive you insane so I try my hardest to escape when I can which isn't very hard.

   I'm sitting here now on the vampire side of the border. For some reason I just expect her to be here. Its peculiar because I don't know why I feel this way for her, but I guess it has to do with meeting someone new.

   I've been waiting here the entire day since I woke up. I brought a sketching pad because I love to draw and I've filled 2/3 of the notebook already.

Day 3: I've come back to the spot by the tree. I have no clue why I expect her back but I do. I want to see her again. I shift from sitting with my back against the tree to lying on my back with my head on one of the tree's roots to lying on my stomachs looking at ants crawl by and touching them. I have heard a lot of stories about us vampires from the humans in the sun we burn, in the sun we shine and sparkle but that's not true. When we're in the sun we burn others just by our touch unless the other is a vampire also. This is only one reason vampires are not to talk to humans.

As I lie on my stomache, I hear a twig snap from in the forest but as I try to stand up, something busts into me. Making me fly through the air finally landing against a tree. I get up as fast as I hit the tree. I stand there; no sight of anyone. Not until I see Julian standing in the distance with a smirk on his face. I run at him at about 467 mph. And tackle him. We're both on the ground throwing punches and kicks.

I throw him off me and we just stand there until Julian relaxs so I do too. "Brother!" He starts to crack up laughing as hard as he could. "Good job. You actually put up a fight this time."

   Julian is one of my brothers of 16 and loves to tease and joke with me but in the worst ways possible. I have only one word to describe him and that would be asshole.

   "Shut the fuck up Julian and go home. I'm trying to enjoy the peace that is being as far away as possible from you." I say dusting myself off.

   "Don't get your panties in a twist. Mother and father need everyone back at the palace to talk about the new heir." He replies leaning against a tree, arms and feet crossed.

   "Why do they need everyone there to brag about the only one of the entire family to stay in our god damned home we grew up in?" I questioned sounding appreantly pissed at even the thought.

   "No one cares about your fucking feelings. You don't come? I don't care. I'm just the messenger, but you'll have to take up with them."

   I know that is not something I want to put up with. I stand there, and look back. For some reason, I expect her to be there.

   I start walking and I hear, from the other side of the border, a voice. I don't know what it said but I spun around and instead of seeing Anabelum, there only stands a deer. It stands there for a while and Im confused with why this deer is so close to the border. It is illegal for vampires or werewolves to cross the border but that doesn't mean they always obey that law. Every deer avoids coming even near the border.

The deer stands there for a second longer then starts walking toward the border and crosses it. It is as if the deer is staring me down. The deer is within arms length! What is wrong with it?

I reach my hand out to pet it. I don't know why but I don't know what to do. Its almost as if this deer has never seen or witnessed a vampire eat. Most prefer human blood but there are still those who prefer deer.

I put my hand on its head. Its eyes become bright blood red. I pull my hand from its head. It doesn't do anything as if there was nothing wrong with it. It steps back, turns around, and graciously frolicks away.

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I open the double doors leading to the great room. The room is silent and i walk across the floor to my seat. My brothers and I sit around the table in order of oldest to youngest and the oldest sitting next to our parents. I sit as the 2nd to the youngest.

"We need to discuss the new heir to the throne..." My father started but I had no reason to listen I just wanted to leave and to go back to my tree and wait for a girl who may have no intension of returning.

"Son! Did you hear me?" My father yells at me. Everyone else is leaving and I start to stand up when my father pushes me back on the chair.

"Yes, father." I reply.

"As of next year exactly, you need to have found you a mate to wed. You will no longer be supported by the castle." My father speaks to me and looks at me as if I am still a child.

I stand up, take off my sunglasses and look my father in the eyes. He's a bit startled that any of his children would ever stand up and look him in the eyes. It was a sign of disrespect.

" I have no intentions of such a thing. This is my home and I will not leave it. This castle is mine whether it is given to me or fought for. I am dismissed now." I say and walk out of the room putting my sunglasses back on.