The Ascendants

Chapter Nine

---Skylar---

Vampires....

It's practically a requirement for me to know about the Vamps, after all ,I do live in Brazie .

We have been know for our prestigious hunting skills which came in handy in the war.

Ever since we have been known as the hunters .

We stayed to ourselves and rarely got caught between the cross fire of the vampires and the werewolves.

The vampires are heartless blood suckers which increases our distaste for them .

They have ice cold skin and blood red eyes and I once heard that they could only come out at nights,which I think is bloody stupid because they know everything.

Their previous king was King Quasim, his death is unknown to everyone, but like I said ,the vampires know everything.

His son took over ,present King Treston.

Treston was the king's only son. He was born two decades before the war and his mother died a year later into the war at the hands of a werewolf.

Everyone loved Queen Treya, she was the heart of Albodek ,and when she died everything became cold.

I sometimes have visions of a better world and I know it is from my past life...or maybe someone else's.

I've heard stories of what it was like in Treya's time. That was the time of love.

But even in her time love between classes were banned .

There is a tale of a vampire and a witch. That was a story that I fell asleep to a lot.

The vampire was raiding a village one day when he came up on a dying woman.

He fell in love with her immediately and whenever he touched her sparks travelled up his hands.

He dedicated his world to her.

After he had helped her and cured her he found out that she was not of his kind but a witch.

He knew about the laws against sexual relationships between species but whenever he pushed her away they would always find each other.

When the King found out he was furious. He send soldiers after them and after a great fight, the soldiers manage to knock both of them out and carry them to the palace.

There are two stories about the end .

One is that the king locked them in a cell and the vampire killed the witch because of his withdrawal from blood and then killed himself because he killed his lover.

The other is that the vampire killed the witch to show his loyalty to the king but later killed himself by setting his house on fire and refusing to leave.

Both of these stories are legends to the witches and vampires.
It makes us hate each other even more than we already did.

So...what do I know about vampires?

"Nothing." I said, "Why?"

He shrugged.

"We should be safe here."

"How do you know that!" I yelled,"We have no idea what we are doing! I don't even know why we ran away!"

He regarded me with a cold stare, the first I have ever seen him wear.

He took a step forward,I took a step back.

I felt the baby kick but refrained from putting my hand on my belly.

I didn't trust Zaidran any more. I could feel it to my bones that something had changed.

He continued to stare at me even though his stare became a lot less intense.

"You should get some rest," he said.

"Are you kidding me!" I shouted,"We just crossed damn border into Abbadon. As in the land of outcast who happen to be criminals,who are bad people. And you are telling me to get some rest! You've got to be fucking kidding me. "

"And where do you suppose we rest because we have to. If you have any better idea,please, let me know. We are safer here than in Brazie, and that I'm a hundred percent sure of." He turned left and went to another room.

This is not what I imagined. The atmosphere between Zaidran and I have changed.

Maybe it is because we moved so fast why we are back to this place.

We had completely ignored this part of our relationship. The part where we get to know each other.

I looked around the room.

There wasn't any sign of ownership. No drawings, paintings or pictures. That was weird. I walked over the area set up to be the kitchen and opened the fridge.

The fridge was stacked but there was nothing homemade or leftovers.

I checked the cupboards and they were equally stacked.

I left the kitchen and tried one of the doors but it was locked, after trying all of them except the room that Zaidran went in I realised that they were all locked.

I walk over to a rocking chair and sit. I am starving but there is no way that I'm eating anything that is being catered for by this house.

I rubbed my belly.

I'm pregnant. The thought is still foreign. I felt the baby move.

I'm only a bit over a month pregnant, I know the baby shouldn't be this active.

But what if.....

I dismissed the thought from my mind.

An hour later I was rubbing sleep from my eyes. Zaidran still hasn't returned.

I sighed and closed my eyes and allow sleep to overcome me.