An Assassin's Priority (Book 1 of the Cole Series)

9

As me and Owen enter school together with sleepy faces, we went to the office and slump ourselves on the couch.

"Why so gloomy?" Belle looks at us.

Me and Owen groan and lie down on the couch. "How could you tell?" Owen and I say in unison.

"Blue eyes." Kim says as he inhaled some lavender oil.

At some point, we are in a state of uncertainty or should I say, turmoil. Me and Owen sighed deeply and do the same actions most of the time. I drank coffee from my bottle while he drank hot chocolate. I didn't know how or why we acted like this but we don't feel happy, sad, or angry. Just uncertain.

Kim was making potpourri, a plate or pot of dried flowers and leaves for a pleasant smell. He mixes the scented oils as the aroma spread in the office as Belle observes Kim carefully.

"Stop punching your leg." Kim looks at me and I gave him a confused look.

Belle looked at me wide eyed and held my hands. I look down and I am actually punching them. Kim rushed to inject me some kind of liquid and I black out.

Belle's POV
I don't really get the point that I'm friends with two vampires. Or three if I consider Owen as one. Scarlett's body went limp and so as Owen.

"Are their bodies somehow connected?" I ask Kim. There could always be a possibility.

Kim dodges my question and removes Scarlett's shirt and Owen's. They share the same scars at the back and what stands out the most is the x scar that hugged their whole back.

"Somehow yes. But this is temporary. How could they have the same curse?" Kim says as he paces around the office.

This Kim I see now, pacing around the room thinking about the possibilities what had hurt his best friend and her half brother. Not that I'm jealous; he really cares about his love ones. What does the scars on their backs mean? Is that the reason their backs hurt when they wake up.

Looking at Scarlett's back, she shed a tear and so did Owen. What is this? Kim immediately went beside me as I look at their frail body. "I need you to slap Owen." Kim commands at me and I look at him wide eyed.

"Are you serious?! I can't do that." I refused and Kim sighs then does my task. He hit Owen hard in the face.

Owen opened his green eyes then looks at Scarlett. "Scarlett!" He says, trying to wake her up but she's not budging. "Wake up!" He shouts and Scarlett sheds more tears.

Owen grabbed a bottle from his bag and dropped the red liquid on her mouth. She suddenly jolted up and breath heavily. "Where's my shirt?" She asks as Kim throws her shirt.

Owen wears his shirt and Scarlett grabs the bottle from Owen's hand. "Where did you get this?" Scarlett says in her deadly voice.

"Dad's lab." He replies as Scarlett pours a drop on the scanner and the holographic figure showed up.

"The complete opposite of Rosalia." She mumbles.

"How did you know that this can majorly remove the side effects of the curse?" She looks at Owen intently.

"I didn't know until I read the files you gave dad yesterday. It was the only cure." He says while looking down.

"If Venus knew I wasn't suffering she'll target.." she trails of and faints.

"Who will she target?" I ask.

"You." Owen says while he caresses Scarlett's cheek while she sleeps in his lap.

"Why?" I ask.

"You're soul is pure and innocent; it's like how all those soul seekers seek. A person who's heart and mind is as fragile and once they are shattered, they become one of us or Venus." Kim says.