Katerina and Her Darkness

Chapter 23

Beth's Pov

I laid in my bed, thinking about everything that happened up to now...

Tobias is Ardwyad, and he's a Vampire.

He loves me.

Jayden, who I have always thought as an annoying twin brother was a werewolf. Also, we were never a family. My so-called Dad and Mom were never actually my parents.

Why didn't they tell me? Tell Jay?

Flame, well... He too is a Vampire, but I still can't remember his middle name.

Jestin, also Kevyn, was the one who found me first when I was under a spell by somebody.

Wow... A lot to take in...

But the weird thing is... why did I never wonder why I didn't look like them. Why did I never wonder why there are no pictures of me as a baby, only Jayden...

Was I that spaced out?

With all those questions spinning in my mind, I fell asleep again.
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I woke up feeling damp and cold... I wasn't in the dark room, it was somewhere scarier... I sat up, then looked around me and saw that I was in the woods. I couldn't recognize anything...

I couldn't remember why I was here...

Everything around me was dark and damp, and there were fogs everywhere... I tried standing up, but my legs were shaking... I crawled and crawled, calling for help.

It was as if the whole world fell silent. Watching and waiting for me to die and disappear...

My eyes grew heavier each second and my arms felt heavier. I couldn't move... I tried calling for help, but my throat was on fire as if I've been crying for a very long time. Finally, darkness took over me.
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'Katerina! Katerina!'

I heard someone shout my name. I didn't want to wake up... I still want to sleep, why can't everyone just leave me alone...

'If you don't open the god-damn door, I'll break it down!' The voice sounded very upset.

What? Door? Wait... That voice is!

'I'm coming...' I mumbled sleepily and opened my eyes. I was in my room, everything looked the same... The black wallpaper with some white sprinkled on, here and there... My sheet was covered with Black and white stripes.

The banging on my door seems to get louder and louder each second. I walked toward the door, leaning on the wall beside it.

After Flame crushed my last door in pieces, I wouldn't want another one...

'You know? Patience is very...' I said lazily and unlocked the door slowly with my eyes closed. My left hand stumbled around to find the lock and turned it. The moment the lock was unlocked, the door swung open. Good thing I was standing in front of the door... Otherwise, I would have had my head cracked again...

Ok... It's not funny.

'Katerina!' Ardwyad shouted at my bed. 'Where are you!'

'Excuse me, Mr. Grouch... I'm right here behind you.' I said and was just about say more, when, with the speed of lightning, he appeared right in front of my face. His eyes capturing mine, and slowly... almost carefully, he placed his hands on my upper arm. Next thing I know is his forehead was against mine, his nose barely touching the tip of mine... All I have to do is lift up my chins, and our lips will touch.

'I was so worried about you...' He whispered. Again, his hands are on both side of my head, I'm trapped. His breath smelled like lemon soda... Which reminds me, that I hadn't even brushed my teeth yet today...

'Um...' I answered, and tried to escape by wiggling around.

'Stop moving.' He commanded gripped on my arms tighter.

'Um! Mmm! Um, um!' I screamed with my mouth shut.

'I don't know why your not talking to me, but you do look kind of cute like this...' His eyes softened a little and the grip on my shoulder loosened.

My only chance!

I ducked my head quickly and ran off toward the bathroom as fast as possible, locking the door also.

'What happened?' He called from the outside.

'I'm fine! I just need to get ready for the day, like brushing my teeth, combing my hair or something...'

Silence...

Is he upset?

Forget it.
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After I finished doing all the blah blah things a girl needs to do in the morning. I went to eat breakfast since Ardwyad said Jestin or Kevyn made pancakes for me and bought me yogurt, milk, and stuff.

When was the last time I ate? Oh my gosh, I'm starving!

When I reached the kitchen, an aroma of food struck me. Food! Finally!

I ran to the stove and saw Kevyn standing there with an apron while flipping a pancake, he turned to me.

'Hungry, princess?'

'Yeah...' I said happily, but frowning at the name 'princess'... 'I'm starving!'

'Here you go!' He said cheerily. His headphones were hanging around his neck, and his glasses... are nowhere to be seen.

'I'm sure that you know that, I don't like it when you call me princess, right?' I stated, half talking to myself. 'And, why are you not wearing your glasses? Plus, aren't you supposed to be grouchy all the time?'

'Yah, yah... Of course, I know, you're just like Her.' He said with a... interesting but unexplainable smile, and placed a pancake neatly on top of the stack of pancakes. 'Also, I'm just keeping my promise.'

He swiftly and easily added on all kinds of stuff on top of my precious tower of pancakes.

'Thanx! You're a good cook.' I said quickly and started enjoying my first actual meal since forever.

He leaned on the counter with his two arms across from me and smiled.

'Mmm... Damn, this is so freaking goooooo!'

'You always loved Pancakes with yogurt.'

'Thanks, but I was wondering....' I asked, but stopped myself.

'What is it?'

'Where's Ardwyad?'

'Oh...' Kevyn(Jestin) said, avoiding my eyes. 'He's busy. You know, being a King isn't easy.'

'Then, where did he go last night? He came pounding on my door this morning, yelling my name like I was dead or something...'

'Well... You know, he gets quite dramatic sometimes...' He said, looking very uncomfortable about this topic.

'I think your lying, why?' I demanded, and put down my fork and table-knife. 'Please, Kevyn... Tell me the truth.'

His eyes stared into mine sadly.

'Fine...' He groaned frustratedly.

I smiled.

'Tob went to visit his dad last night, and it didn't end well...' Kevyn said and gave me a cup of cold milk.

'Why?'

'Um... When Tob mentioned that you wanted to see him, he started laughing... You know, one of those bad guys type of evil laughs. Tob got scared and worried, and charged back to see if you were safe.'

'Oh, I see... And I wanted to ask you a few things about you guys...'

Vampires!
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