Last To Know (The Wanted)

Chapter Twenty

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I heard a loud thud and I jumped awake, realizing it had been me. I had fallen asleep in the fetal position in the corner of the room. I then fell over and when my body hit the hardwood floor I woke up.

I looked around. Everything was the same. I was the same.

The same monster as I was before.

I stood up and went over to the door, opening it slightly. I barely had the door all the way open when I saw a streak in the hall and then Tom suddenly appeared right in front of me. I jumped ten feet into the air and flew back, landing on my bum. I quickly recovered and stood up lithely.

"Maisie, how are you?" He asked, concern written all over his face.

"I don't know." I said honestly.

"Maisie, you are not a monster. You are the still the same beautiful, loving, amazing girl as when I met you." He whispered, pulling me into a hug. I didn't know why I was being so emotional, but I didn't know what to think, so I just cried.

"I'm... I'm scared of myself." I said, sniffling.

"I know. It's normal to be afraid. But I can help you through it. You know why, Mais? Because I love you."

"Tom, that isn't the problem. The problem is that... I don't know what I am. Who I am."

Tom sighed and then took my hand, leading me back into our room.

"I can tell you who you are, Maisie." He told me, sitting me down on the bed.

"Then who am I, Tom? I'm like a fallen tree in the road. Kassimuss doesn't want me here. This entire war is because you're marrying me."

He shut me up by quickly pressing his lip to mine. When he pulled away, his eyes glowed with more love than anyone had ever shown me.

"You are my mate. The love of my life. You are Kassimuss's soon-to-be daughter-in-law. You are the future Queen of the Vampirian. My future wife. You are everything to me, Maisie. You are a future ruler and idol of hundreds of vampires. You're a vampire. You mean so much. It's impossible that you don't know who you are when you can be anything." He explained to me, looking me straight in the eyes.

"What?" I squealed.

"Did I umm, forget to mention that?" He asked, feebly smiling.

I stared at him, my mouth slightly ajar.

"Ava wants to marry you because she will become queen." I concluded.

"Yes. But trust me, Maisie, I have no feelings for her whatsoever. Kassimuss betrothed me to her but I am already engaged to you. And I am mated to you as well. No one can break that, okay?"

"Tom, I can't be a queen. What are you even talking a about? You sound like a crazy person." I said, shaking my head.

"I am Kassimuss's legal son and I heir to the throne. You are my queen and you are the only one I will ever allow to be my queen." He told me, wrapping an arm securely around my waist.

"That is who you are. You are a lover, a leader, and just as well the most beautiful woman I have ever laid my eyes upon. And I have been alive for two hundred and thirty-one years." He said with a a small chuckle.

"I don't understand..."

"Tom! We have to go now. They have captured and burned down two villages. Ava's father will do anything to find Maisie and kill her. He sent a letter to Kassimuss to give to you." It was Max at the door. He came in with a letter in his hands and Tom took it, opening it.

I saw his fists clench and his teeth grind. He crumpled up the note and threw it, using his vampire strength to drive his fist through the wall.

"Wait, you can't go..." I cried, beginning to get worried.

"Mais, we will be fine. Talia, Hailey, Jacie, and Danielle and twenty guards will be here to help and protect you." Max told me, patting my back. I shrugged his hand off and went over to the letter, reading it.

Thomas Anthony Parker:

It has come to my attention that miss Maisie Brieanne DeAngelo is the one reason standing between you and my daughter. Therefore, miss DeAngelo must be destroyed unless you surrender her into my care and marry Princess Ava. If not, I will be forced to surround your empire with both the Wolvian military and the Rogues and kill anyone in my way. Either way, I will be victorious. What will it be? Your brother and I are waiting for your decision. Every second, someone else dies in your hands.

-King Matthies of the Wolvian

I looked over at Tom who was raging in anger. What were we supposed to do now? He refused to marry Ava, but every second he stayed with me, an innocent vampire was burned into ash.

I couldn't let the innocent people I was supposed to lead get burned.

Sighing, I bit my lip. I knew what King Matthies wanted. I knew what I had to do.

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