January 1st 1757
Serena
Shakespeare said that there is nothing either good or bad, but only thinking makes it so. I did not see myself as a bad person. Nor did I regret taking the lives of the girls that had challenged me. It was all in the past anyway, and the past would not define who I would become, who I am.
I silently crawled out of Xavier's embrace, pulling the covers back over him. I then stole a ruby necklace that he had hidden away in the drawers of his desk, tucking it into my bag of what little possessions I owned. I almost made it without getting caught.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Imelda clipped.
I paused halfway down the front steps before heading back up to accept the sword I had won in its black case.
I stepped back and we looked at each other.
"Good luck, you are welcome back here whenever you need."
It was such a considerate gesture from such a bitch of a woman.
"Thank you." I nicked one of the instructor's horses and road it away into the sunrise. I was ready to face the world.
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Serena
VampireIt's 1737 when Serena arrives at Adela's Academy and she won't be allowed to leave for twenty years. Read about the chapter in her life that changed her forever. "Serena." I stopped swimming. "Serena." I looked down into the water and my heart leap...
