the better brother || mattia polibio x alejandro rosario

chapter 25

mattia's pov

ava's eyes flutter open "where am i?"

"my house," i say putting down my glass of bourbon. "luck you right?"

she squints at me and then feels her neck. "you bit me."

"don't be dramatic, i gave you a nibble."

"what are you?" she asks.

seriously? are people this oblivious? "i bite people's necks. i drink blood, what else could i be?"

"you're a vampire?" she starts panicking.

i super speed in front of her. "don't be scared," i compel. "you're fine with me."

"i'm fine with you," she repeats.

i nod. "while we're waiting for the sun to go down. why don't you and i have a little mini party."

she thinks for a little and then smirks. "where's the alcohol?"

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ava and i blasted music and danced around the house while drinking a shit ton of alcohol. i also may or may not have trashed alejandros room but can't go back now.

"joseph's a dick," ava cries. i'm pretty sure she's drunk. "but connor is something else like he's caring and sweet-"

"connor.. skylars brother right?" i ask.

"yeah that's him," she answers. "how come you don't have a girlfriend? you're hot."

"cause i already have my eyes on one girl," i smile. "i've only been in love once— throughout my 122 years of living, i've only been in love once."

"who's the lucky girl?"

"cassandra pierce," i answer. "and i'm gonna get her back."

ava kept going on about how shitty her life is and how she was gonna end up nowhere— it was giving me a headache.

"you're so broken," i say, cupping her face in my hands. "i know how to fix that."

"yeah? how?"

i grin. "death." i snap her neck and watch body drop to the floor. see you soon ava.

skylars pov

"what're we doing in the middle of the woods," i ask as i maneuver through the tree and branches.

"you'll see," alejandro answers.

after walking a for couple minutes he finally stopped at a stone bench.

"this was where my house was built back in the 1900's," he tells me.

i sit down on the stone bench and look around. "cassandra... you knew her in the 1900s right?"

ale nods and stares at the floor then looks back up. "mattia talks about her like we met her yesterday. but it's been 100 years." he sighs. "you asked me how i became a vampire— it was cassandra who turned me."

"cassandras a vampire?" i say, shocked "then she's still alive isn't she?"

he shakes his head. "no, uh she died." alejandro had a sad expression on his face. "in a fire."

"tell me about her."

alejandros face immediately lit up. "cassandra pierce was the prettiest girl i've ever laid on my eyes on. she was uh, fun— knew how to have a good time. always smiling and laughing."

i smile a little bit. "she sounds.. lovely."

"no," he disagrees. "her light also came with darkness. she was manipulative, spoiled, selfish, she compelled my love for her."

"mattia's still in love with her isn't he?"

"she had the both of us wrapped around her finger— compelled us to not know about each other. the entire time, i thought i had her all to myself. only to find out that she was involved with my brother as well."

"but before all of that, you did love her didn't you? i can see it in your eyes when you talk about her," i point out.

"i admit, i fell hard for her. the minute i saw her i knew i loved her but she was nothing like i thought at all," alejandro answers. "i'm..i'm glad she's gone."

my eyes widen in surprised. alejandros never talked like this at all— with hate. i tried to change the subject. "how do you turn into a vampire?" i ask.

"you have to die with vampire blood in your system, then you have to feed on human blood to complete the process," he tells me. "i didn't know at the time but i died with cassandras blood in my system. she compelled me to drink her blood everyday and made me forget."

alejandro walks over to a tree and bends down to the ground and starts digging for something. when he got back up, there was a ring in his hand. i'm guessing it was mattia's and he hid it here.

alejandro takes a seat next to me. "these rings were casted on by a witch named emily, cassandras hand maiden. they protect us from the sun."

"no one would ever suspect you guys.."

"yeah, we've evolved." alejandro looks at me and takes my hand. "this all must be a lot for you and i understand if you don't wanna be involved with me anymore. deep down, i don't want to you be either."
i give him a look. "being involved with any vampire in general is dangerous."

i didn't show it but i was terrified of this, of everything.

"i'm sorry alejandro, but all of this is too much for me. i don't think i want any part of it," i say quietly.

his head slowly drops down. "it's- it's okay. i'll uh, i'll take you home now." we both get up and start walking back to the car. "thank you," he says suddenly.

i give him a confused look. "thank you for what?"

"for making me feel human this past month."

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