Bound Together

Chapter Twenty Two

Cleopatra's POV

I was already racing towards the pack house when I remembered that I wasn't supposed to be in the pack house. I stopped zooming towards it and came to a sudden stop. A second later, Victoria appeared next to me. She quickly came to my side and I could see concern all over her face.

"Are you alright?" She asked as she leaned towards me trying to see if I was okay. I glanced at her and my look told her everything.

One thing I liked about Victoria was that she was like me. Not because she was a day walker or I had turned her into a vampire making me her maker but because she had my behaviors and almost behaved exactly like me. That is why she understood what was going on in my mind. I was the kind of person that needed to be in control of everything around me. I didn't like it when I couldn't control an aspect of myself and at that night, I couldn't even control even a newborn vampire. I was so frustrated with myself. How could I protect my soulmate if a few newborns were so much trouble to find? I asked myself and I couldn't help but feel guilty for all I made Dilan go through and he wasn't even assured of my protection.

I hoped that the hunters were doing a great job in protecting Dilan. I couldn't trust anyone else more with Dilan's life than Rose. She seemed to be hellbent to protect him which I was totally fine with it. Still, it was weird why she was so dedicated in protecting Dilan. Then I remembered Taylor.

To be honest, I felt jealous when Dilan told me that the two used to date. I was even scared. This was because I had seen it in Dilan's eyes. When he told me about Taylor, I saw that he had once loved her so much. I felt so jealous that for a moment, I was tempted to kill Taylor. I sometimes get petty. Dilan was my soulmate, he wasn't supposed to love anyone else but more and he had loved Taylor and I felt so jealous. Taylor was beautiful, she didn't even need to be a vampire to be beautiful. She also loved Dilan so I was scared. For the first time ever, I felt threatened. Maybe it wasn't that easy for the both of us.

Then I remembered that Dilan must have felt the same way I was feeling when he had learnt about Kairu and I. It must have broken his innocent heart when he realized that and I felt so guilty about it. But what was love if one wasn't afraid of losing it? That's why Victoria acted the way she did with Kairu.

I leaned against a tree as I tried to clear my mind. It was getting more and more difficult as the time went by meaning we had less time. Dilan was turning eighteen on Wednesday and I knew all the vampires would be the most aggressive at that time. Most vampire covens were lying low waiting for the right time to strike except Julius Cesar.

That name alone was enough to make me so afraid that I was shaking. I hated how he made me feel. I hated how he made me scared and I hated him so much. But if you were me, you would be afraid of him so much because of what he made me go through when I was growing up. That day he picked me up from the streets of Alexandria, that was the beginning of the my cursed life. Yes I was provided with all kinds of riches I ever wanted when he took me and began raising me but I would have preferred to remain in the streets with Set and the rest. To me, Julius Cesar was like a farmer fattening up his livestock so that one day he would kill and sell them. It was worse because I knew what he was going to do to me when I turned eighteen and was matured enough. I still remembered that night like it was yesterday...

Ancient Rome
Cleopatra's POV

The night was approaching and I couldn't help but shiver as I saw the sun disappear in the west. Normally, I enjoyed watching the sun set but not this day. I stood at the balcony of the elegant Roman Mansion. My white robe that reached to my feet felt like it was a mockery. I was only dressed in white robes because he believed that white represented purity and he considered me the most purest thing in the world. He called me the world's gift to him and I couldn't help but hate that name. I once loved it but I had grown and knew what he meant.