The Immortal Secrets

Chapter 16

Kara's eyes snapped open and she shoved Jace away from her. "What...?!?!" she stammered her heart beating fast in her chest. Jace looked at her and took her hand. "Thats what I wanted to talk to you about earlier..." he said looking straight into her eyes. "I have feelings for you" he said brushing a curl behind her ear. Kara's breath caught in her throat. She didn't respond back. Jace looked troubled. "Why aren't you answering..." he said, squeezing her hand. "I can't give you an answer", she said letting go of his hand and walking away.

Jace watched Kara as she began to walk back to her room. His heart was frozen in his chest. "She doesn't..." he thought to himself, and then quickly dispersed the thought. He had sensed something ever since the night of the ball. "She's just confused..." he said to himself as he turned to go find Erik. His heart breaking a little more with every step.

Kara ran to her door and slammed it shut. She then grabbed a chair and propped it under the handle, making sure no one could get in. Her heart was still skipping in her chest from Jace. She thought about the kiss for a minute, and then smiled. 'Maybe I should have..." she thought to herself, but quickly shook the thought away. She walked over to her balcony, but stopped when she saw something on her bed. It was a piece of paper, and it looked like it had been ripped out of a book. Kara walked towards her bed and picked up the paper, furrowing her brows. It read-

.....to capture the heart of a type 789 you must capture the heart. To achieve the art of shapeshifting, you must make the 789 fall in love with you and use their heart in an intricate ritual. This involves using the power of any element to take the heart out, and drink the blood flowing from the pulmonary valve. The 789 will die in this ritual.

"Jaceee!!!!" Kara roared, tearing out of the room. "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, YOU DIRTY LYING BASTARD!!!" she screamed as she power walked down the hallway with the paper fluttering in her hand. "WHERE ARE YOU!" she screamed at the empty hallway. "What are you doing?" Erik said running in to the hallway. "WHERE IS JACE!!" Kara yelled, absolutely furious. Erik looked almost scared. "He's right here" Jace said walking around the corner, looking mellow. "YOU LYING ASSHOLE" Kara screamed, almost punching him in the face. "Woah!" Erik said as he grabbed her and held her back, and Jace threw up his arms. "What did I do..." he smirked, winking. Kara thrust the paper towards him and watched his face change as he read it. "Oh Kara...you didn't actually think that I-" he said but was interrupted by Kara saying "No. I know you would do that. Its just like you. Shallow, self absorbed, and evil. I hate you. I HATE YOU" she screamed at him and watched as his eyes widened. "I wasnt planning on doing this!" Jace yelled back. "What I told you was true! Your just too arrogant to believe it" Jace yelled back, his eyes flashing with angr. "Actually, you were planning on doing it" a voice said behind Jace. "I heard you and Erik talking". It was Jasper. Erik's eyes widened. "Jasper your lying" Jace retorted, turning to face him." Actually I'm not" Jasper snapped walking over to Kara. Just then, another voice spoke behind Jace and Erik. "I heard it too" Conrad pushed around Jace and went to stand by Kara. "She can't be treated like this" Kara crosed her arm. " You two are using her! For power! She's a person not a doll! You two are too sick to realize it" he yelled, taking Kara's arm. Jasper took the other. "What's goin-" Kara started but Conrad pressed his arm againt her back, reassuring her. "We're taking her" Conrad said, but before Kara could protest, she disappeared into the wind. The last thing she saw were Jace's eyes looking at her, with no emotion.

When they arrived, Kara was slammed onto the floor. She sat up and rubbed her nose. Blood. "Great" she thought. Conrad came and sat next to her and handed her a wet cloth. "Put this against your nose" he said gently, helping her up. Kara stood up and held the cloth against he nose. After a few minutes, the bleeding stopped. "Thanks" Kara said, after a long moment of silence. "You saved me" she added, looking down at the floor. "I'm just sorry you had to go through all that" Conrad said. The two took a minute to think about what had happened these past few weeks, before Conrad spoke again "He's evil". "He is" Kara said, her heart completely breaking at that one moment.

Kara's new room was just as beautiful as her old one. The floors and ceiling were white, and the walls had a sparkling silver design. The bed was helf up from long chains on the ceiling, causing it to rock back and forth. The bedspread was a white, making it look like a cloud. The room had a balcony that outlooked the water garden, filled with waterfalls and ponds with water flowers decorating the surface. It was now about nightime, and Kara changed into pajamas before curling up into a ball on her new bed. She threw the blankets over her head as she quietly cried herself to sleep.

Jace slammed Jasper up against the castle wall. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!" he screamed at  him, knocking him against the wall. "What are you talking about?!?!" Jasper yelled back, trying to get loose. "Telling Kara that we were doing that heart ritual??? THAT WAS A LIE" Jace roared slamming Jasper against the wall. "I have no idea what your talking about!!!" Jasper yelled." YOUR LYING!" Jace yelled slamming him against the wall again. "I'm telling the truth!!!" Jasper cried. "And you said I left with Conrad..why am I here now! Why would I come back?!?!" Jace loostened his grip a little. "Jace I PROMISE I wouldn't betray you like that! after the meeting Marc and I went into town to get some supplies from the potions store for some things.". "It's true" Marc said behind him, holding up a bag overflowing with things. "Someone posed as me. Someone magical, who wants revenge". "I don't know if I believe you" Jace snarled." Jace, we've known Jasper for 10 years. It wasn't him." Erik added. "Think about it" Jasper said. "Who's someone who hates me with all his heart, and wants to get revenge no matter what" "Foster" they all said, looking at eachother. "Conrad gave her the paper, tricking her" Erik said, "And Foster posed as me, knowing Jace would get mad and probably kill me" Jasper finished. "Then I think we need to go pay Conrad a visit. He brainwashed Kara" Jace said, heading towards the weapons room. "When we fight, I call Foster" Jasper said, following him. 

"I'm telling you I dont know anything!!" Kara screamed as the knife dug into her arm again, creating another cut. It had been almost 30 minutes since the torture began. "It was a trap..." was all she thought to herself. Her torturer grabbed her by her neck and shoved her against the wall. "You must know something" he hissed. "Nothing" she choked. He releasd her, and  she crumpled to thef floor. "Thats enough" Conrad said, walking in from behind mirrored wall. He must have been able to see through. The man who was torturing her left, leaving only her and Conrad. "Why" she breathed, unable to say a full sentence because of the pain. "I need information" Conrad said. "I didn't want to do this, but it was my only way". "You....you could've just asked me" Kara breathed. "I would have told you, but I really don't know anything" she collapsed on the floor.