What Happens in the Dark

Chapter 57

******Monroe's POV******

"Okay, I guess that's all we can do." I said as I sat at a round wooden table with Father Furguson and Leonardo. I wanted to rip Leonardo's head right off of his shoulders, but I'd rather hold my mother in my arms. I stood up and walked out before I did something I would regret. I didn't want Seven to be a vampire, but I could never let her die.

"Also." Leonardo began, causing me to roll my eyes. I turned around seeing him and Father Furguson looking back at me.

"And what more could you want?" I spat crossing my arms over my chest.

"I want your fathers position when he denies being an Elite at his five-hundredth birthday." My father was turning five hundred years old next year.

"Take it." I waved. I didn't want to be an Elite, I barely enjoyed being a vampire, which is why it pains me so badly that Seven will have to endure this life.

"Monroe, If you continue on having a romantic relationship with Seven Knight, you can't be with her and give over your position up at the same time, to ensure you can't go back on the deal." Father Ferguson said, "We cannot promise her life, If Leonardo decides to kill her out of fear of you breaking this deal by continuing your relationship." He said gesturing towards Leonardo.

"She's my mate." I said clenching my jaw feeling my chest become hollow. I felt like the wind was slowly being pulled from my body.

"Yes, but that is the cost you take when you give up your position. As you also have authority in Egypt over Atobali's vampire clan, you cannot take that position either. It's one or none. This deal will be sealed until Leonardo's death."

I shook my head and swallowed hard. Being an elite would take away both me and Seven's freedom, it would rip us away from our families and I can't do that to her either. I turned to walk away when Leonardo called behind me, "Oh and Monroe, I will kill her if I find out you did not leave her, and you know as an Elite, I will find out."

I would've killed him right then and there, but if you kill an Elite or one in line to be an Elite, you can be executed or imprisoned. These rules were made to protect our authoritative figures, as vampires are natural killers. When my great grandmother healed the relationship of vampires and witches, she made it possible for vampires to spread out and give the opportunity for multiple Elites to rule one clan so that there was never one set dictator, like Atobali, again.

My chest hurt, I don't want to lose Seven, but I could never forgive myself if anything happened to her.

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*******Seven's POV******

I sat on Monroe's bed taking everything in as if today couldn't get any worse. It's crazy to me that in less than twenty four hours I've laid my father to rest and now I have to be changed into a vampire or die completely. There was a knock at the door and I looked up to see Lacey.

"Hey Seven." She spoke softly as if she was trying to be careful with her words. I looked up at her giving her a half smile.

"Monroe says he won't be able to change you, he doesn't want to be any more responsible than he already is for, causing this in your life, so I want you to know you can trust me, Evelyn, Russo, or either of the boys to help you transition."

"Why isn't Monroe telling me this?" I asked.

"He will be back later tonight. I just wanted to give you time to think about this." She said faintly not making eye contact with me. "And Seven, I'm really sorry. We all wanted different for you." She then shut the door quietly behind her. At this point I just feel numb. Everything has been falling apart around me in a matter of hours.

I laid in the bed and stared at the ceiling. The moon was shining through the room and nothing felt right anymore. I didn't know where Monroe was, I didn't even know who I was becoming.

There was a thud behind the balcony door making me jump out of my thoughts. Then I saw Monroe standing behind the glass. I stood up and opened the door anxious to finally see him, but he looked sad, he wasn't himself at all.

"Hey, what's wrong-" I asked coming towards him before he stepped back.

"Seven." He said looking down at the ground.

"What?" I asked confused as to why he was being so cold.

"We can't be together anymore." As he said that I felt my heart shatter into a million pieces.

"W-what?" I stuttered. I was waiting for him to reveal this big joke so that I could punch him and then hug him, but it never came.

"I had to make a deal with Leonardo, If I stay with you while he's alive he'll kill you." He said still not making eye contact with me.

"Then let's kill him-"

"We can't Seven. He's next in line to be with the Elites, he's protected. I'm sorry I had to make the deal with him or else he would've taken my mother again and killed you." He sighed.

"The deal was if you changed me, he had to give you back your mother. Not that you had to change me then leave me." I protested with tears in my eyes.

"Please don't cry." He winced turning away from me gripping the balcony railing. "If I'm with you it could give me the authority to break the deal, look Seven it's too much to understand, but we just can't be together anymore, I-I'm sorry."

"Bullshit why wouldn't you fight for me Monroe? There has to be something we can do, the spirits-"

"The spirits don't give a fuck. They held up their end of the bargain by setting my mother free and keeping your ass alive. I can't do that if you don't cooperate Seven." He yelled running a hand through his hair.

I shook my head as tears fell down my face. "Fuck you Monroe." I yelled before storming out of the room. I slammed the door behind me and walked out of the house catching the attention of Lacey, Evelyn, Eli, Sterling, and Russo.

I walked out into the yard replaying his words in my head, my fathers funeral, everything we've been through and it felt like my heart was physically breaking. I collapsed onto my knees feeling the wet grass stain through my sweat pants. I had been holding back so many tears all day, since my father died, since I was a little girl, I've only ever been let down, and now the one time I fall in love, I get my heartbroken. Which is why I vowed to never fall in love, and I was too dumb to listen.

"Seven!" Lacey yelled running out to me. My sobs tuned her out. I didn't want to live this way anymore and now to make things worse, I have to become a vampire because I know too much.

"Seven, I'm so sorry." She said holding me. I continued to cry not responding to her words.

"I just want to get this over with." I said wiping a stray tear off my cheek.

"Get what over with?" She asked slowly furrowing her eyebrows.

"Change me, so I can move on."