Game on

Ace’s POV

I watched the sun rise in the sky and I wondered if I’d ever get any sleep. I hadn’t slept in a month now and I wasn’t ever sleepy. I was a dhampir so I could handle the lack of sleep. I went into the bathroom and took a quick shower and got dressed. I got dressed and went down to breakfast. I sat with my friends and saw the Moroi boys hanging out nearby. I noticed Vick was in his glory with a small, cute new Moroi girl and I smiled to myself. I knew her back story she was next in line to being a princess in the Conta family and she was here because she slept with the Voda prince who was five years older than her. Vick was a member of the new ruling family, the Badicas and he was a hot commodity. I walked over with my coffee and I smiled politely at the girl and she looked shocked. “Hey there”, Jason smirked. I gave him a look and his smile dropped and I smiled a little.

“Hi”, she said in a small voice, “I’m Alena Conta”.

“Grace Connors”, I said shaking her hand.

“Oh my god you’re her”, she said loudly.

“Who?” I asked confused.

“You’re Ace you snuck off two years ago and went after your brother when he went Strigoi on purpose you’re infamous”, she said shaking my hand again really fast.

“Thanks but it’s no big deal”, I said shrugging it off, “Victor here can tell you some much better stories about you royals he’s the gossip girl of this school”. I nodded to him and he glared at me as I left. I heard her demanding information on me as I sipped my coffee. I finished it then pulled my hair back into a clip and heading for first period. Morning classes passed without anything exciting happening at all. I went to lunch and Vick and I had a staring contest for ten solid minutes before he blinked. I smiled to myself, finished eating then went for a walk outside. I hadn’t slept since I had a dream about getting hit with every emotion in the book during the dream.

I was spinning around a tree looking up at the clouds when I heard footsteps. “Vick if you want me to lay off your girl then apologized for the last guy you made me break up with”, I said then lost my footing. I thought I was going to hit the snow but I didn’t because the person caught me but it wasn’t Vick. He was extremely hot like god hot and I’m not exaggerating. He had long black hair up in a ponytail and ice blue eyes. My plain red hair and ocean blue eyes just didn’t compare. He was too good looking for his own good. “Sorry I guess no matter how often you practice balance is never perfect”, I said standing up again, “I’m Grace ironically enough”.

“Pavlo Markov”, he said politely, “and I already know you’re Ace”.

“Oh good that pretty much sums up my life I better get going”, I said seeing Vick motioning me over.

“I’m sorry to ask but I need to find some places around here and I thought you might be an expert”, he asked casually. I heard the bell ring and Vick started bouncing around and making hand gestures. I flipped him off and led the way into the school to play tour guide to a god. He was really cute and his voice was sexy. All the guys around here were mostly pale and thin or bulky and deeply tanned. He was the perfect guy with deeply toned skin with big muscles and an eight pack and over a foot taller than me. He asked me questions about the school and I acted calm. My friends passed by and then saw him and turned red and stopped dead.

“Hey guys”, I said with a nice smile.

“Hey Ace who’s the…guy friend?” Serena asked clearing her throat.

“This is Pavlo Markov he’s one of the new guardians posted here”, I said coolly, “Like we need more bodyguards”.

“Hi”, they all said waving briefly. I saw Vick shaking his head at me and I finally snapped leaving the god to talk to the crazy guy.