Breaking The Rules

Chapter 7

2 weeks later.

Caroline and Nate are in my room. "I thought you said he was here!" I yell at Nate. "I'm sorry, Drake said he was in town. Lucas, he wants something. He could have already had his ring." Nate points out. "What could he want?" Caroline asks. I get an idea. "My dad, he kept books and records about Lucas and Henry. Nate perked up. "Where are they?" I stand walking out of my room. "The basement." They follow me downstairs, and when they go to walk down the stairs, they stop. "Why can't we come down?" They ask in unison.

"Oh, my dad got a witch to put a spell so nothing but humans can enter." I say walking down. I grab the three books that my dad wrote. I head upstairs again. Nate is standing at the stop with his arms crossed. "Any more secrets you want to tell me?" He smiles. "Yeah, no. I mean, there are more, just I'm not going to tell you." His smiled disappeared. "Why not?" There was a furrow between his eyebrows. "Because, we are mutual friends, not best friends, or friends, or even boyfriend." That got him. "I mean, I'm a werewolf hunter, I am a killer. I kill your kind, Nate." He looks at me. "Ava, I know that. I don't care, why would I? I know you only hunt the ones who kill. We protect." I sigh. "Nate, please don't do this to me. If you hang around me, you could get hurt. Werewolves fear me Nate. Have you heard the werewolf hunter labeled 'blood hunter'?" He nods. "That's me Nate. I am blood hunter. I have killed over 50 werewolves since I was 12." He looks at me. "I don't care Ava." I look down. "Ava, my job is to protect, and I will always protect you. I want to be with you." He grabs my chin and I look at him. He leans down and kisses me. I have to admit, he is good at kissing me. I melt at the touch of his lips and fall into his arm. We are interrupted by Caroline. She clears her throat and we look at her. "Oh, um, we were just-" I start but she holds her hand up. "I know what you were doing, but we have to continue work." She points to the books in my hand. "Oh yeah. Let's get our hands dirty." I say and we head back to my room.

We each have a book and we are going through them. "Ava I don't think your dad wrote these." I look at them. The books are old, and handwriting in pure ink. Some of the wording says,

Lucas loves Rachel. How could he betray me like that? I was going to ask her to marry me. I was going to do it on the night of the stars. The dance should be a perfect time. Rachel, if you get this, now I love you. I always have had.

After I finish reading it aloud, they look at me. "Look at the entry date." Caroline says. I look at the top of the page and it reads in cursive

"August 3, 1974." I look at them. "Who is Rachel?" I look at Nate now. He shrugs. "That towards the end of the book." I flip to the beginning. "Look this one is written by Henry."

May 12, 1920

Lucas and I went to the excelsior today. That's where I met Lewis. Lewis is a business man, owns half of King Falls. He is an AMAZING MAN! So nice. He offered me a deal. If I drink his wife's blood, I will get half of his makings each year. If I didn't, he will kill everyone I love. So I drank her blood. It tasted sweeter then anyone else's blood I have ever tasted in my 600 years of existence. When I was done, something was wrong. My throat burns. Then I realized she had vervain in her blood. He laughed as soon as I said it. I blacked out, and when I wake up, it's 1974. Lewis is dead on the ground, and Lucas welcomes me. "Hello Henry. Glad your back." Is how he says it."

"That is it. The pages are blank until what Lewis wrote." I'm flipping through pages. "Here is another one."

October 31, 2012

I can finally have her, Ava. The beautiful blood girl. Her blood is what I need. I NEED IT! I'm going crazy without it. I will kill her brother,

Once I get to that part I'm in tears. "Ava you don't have to read that." Nate puts an arm around my shoulder. I ignore the comment and continue.

And then feed on her. I will finally have my revenge. Revenge and I will finally rule over her family blood line. Lewis should have thought before he tried to kill me. Take my life,I will take your granddaughter.

Everyone is quiet when I finish. "Ava didn't you say that your grandfather died before your mother was born correct?" Caroline asked. "Yeah, but if he was a vampire-" then it clicks. "My grandfather died in 1974, the year my mother was born, he would be my great grandfather." I quickly did the math in my head. "He would be around the age of 74 if he was born in 1900." Nate looked at me. "Lewis is related to you and Henry wanted revenge. But it still doesn't have to do anything with Lucas," he points out. I'm tired so I tell them to leave, they agree. "We will continue tomorrow." I yawn as I close the door behind him.

I change out of my clothes and into my pajamas. I comb my hair and brush my teeth, trying to clear my head of the thought that Lucas killed my great grandfather. I'm about to turn my lights off, my phone rings. It is an unknown number, I answer.

"Hello?"

"Hello princess, remember me?" His British accent is fluent.

"Lucas?" I'm in disbelief.

"Yes darling, thought you had forgotten me."

"What do you want Lucas?" I say harshly.

"No need for that tone Ava." He pauses. "I want my ring, and I want you." His news hit me like a brick........

"What?"

"You heard me. I want my ring and you." He says calmly. .......hard.

"You won't get either," I try to act not scared.

"Yes I will or I will kill everyone you love."

"That's funny actually, Because I have made the circle of people that I love small. Very small." I can hear him breath.

"Ava, give me my ring. And most importantly, you." He hangs up.

This could be bad.