the better brother || mattia polibio x alejandro rosario

chapter 18

trinity's pov

i shouldn't have come tonight. there was nothing to do so i was just exploring the mansion.

"what do you see," i hear carol ask a waiter.

"uhm a table with food?" he replies.

"well i see many many unlit candles," she corrects him, "there's matches in the kitchen. get. on it."

bitch. the waiter and carol walk out of the room and head to the kitchen. i turn to the the candles and start concentrating again, making sure that earlier wasn't in my head.

nothing happened. what the fuck did i expect? i sigh and felt stupid. i turn around and head to the door but then something bright to the left of me caught my attention.

a lit candle. i fully turn back around to the rest of the candles and they were all lit up. i was in awe. i did this?

"oh did you light up the candles," the waiter comes out asking me.

"oh uh," i face him. "yeah i had a lighter in my pocket so i thought i'd help you out."

"how'd you light them up so quickly— there's like 50 of them."

"i'm a fast worker," i lie.

"oh, well thank you," he smiles.

i smile back and quickly run out of the house, terrified at what i just did.

mattia's pov

"mattia," i hear chloe shout.

"there you are, we gotta go," i say turning my back to her.

"skylar took off my scarf and cardigan," she blurts.

i turn around and look at her. "what?"

"i-i didn't let her she just d-did it on her own," chloe cries. i know his girl is scared of me and i liked it. fear is a powerful thing. "i-i'm sorry."

"tsk tsk tsk," i say getting closer to her. "now what did i tell you about always wearing them? hm?"

"i didn't mean to mattia i swear." tears were running down her cheek.

"don't cry," i whisper in her ear as i walk behind her. "i'm not mad."

"you're not?"

"no." i move her hair aside and take off her scarf, exposing her neck. "i'm just..." i felt my fangs come out, "... very very hungry. don't scream."

i bite into her bare neck and suck in the blood but something felt off. the blood stung me. i started choking and felt myself turn weak. both me and chloe collapse onto the floor and she became unconscious. the pain was familiar to me. vervain. but why did chloe have vervain in her system?

"i knew i couldn't spike your drink," alejandro says coming out of the shadows. "so i spiked hers. you might not like vervain with your alcohol but uh, chloe does."

the pain was fucking unbearable, i couldn't breathe. alejandro bends down in front of my face and watches me lose air. my eyelids started feeling heavier and heavier and all i saw next was blackness.

chloes pov

i woke up on the grass with no one around me but there was sharp pain in my neck. my fingers examined my neck and i felt blood all over. i started tearing up, not remembering what happened to me— all i remember was being with mattia.

my eyes scan my surroundings as i realize im still at the Lockwood Mansion. a bright glare on the ground catches my eye. the brown, amber crystal mattia had. i pick it up and look at it.

"chloe?" skylar says running up to me. "what happened?"

"i-i don't know," i stutter. i put the crystal in my pocket before she could see.

"what happened to your neck? why are you on the floor?" she bends down and places her hand on top of mine.

i started full on crying now. "i'm fine," i lie but my sobs started getting harder.

skylar pulls me into a hug and lets me cry into her shoulders.

"i'm fine i'm fine," i repeat, not believing myself.

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