"Why are you all looking at me with such long faces?" I question slyly. Everyone looked at me with hate. He motions with his hand, soon more guards come piling in. Their guns were filled with wooden stacks, coated with sorrel and perilla. I roll my eyes. "How dumb have you become, dear? Don't you know a tribrid like me can't be killed?" I laugh shortly.
"What is it you want, Octavia?" He questions, glaring at me, holding his glass of champagne tightly.
I smile, "Sweetie, you know exactly why I'm here. I've come for what's mine, hand it over so I don't have to kick your ass in front of all these people."
The crowds start laughing, along with him. His deep laugh echoed through the room. "What makes you think you can beat me? What can a little thing like you do?"
I take a tray from the nearest waiter and grab the last glass of champagne, downing it. Sighing, I wipe my mouth, dropping the glass, allowing it to shatter on the ground. I hold the tray tightly, I throw it like a frisbee, slicing the head of a guard clean off. The tray sticks in the wall, while the head slowly falls off the tray. "Now?" I ask sweetly, feeling my eyes glow. "That good enough for you?"
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Octavia Lycan has been searching for answers her entire life, well what she can remember of it. The one thing that she craves to have more than anything is memories. Memories of who she was, what she was. She's been on a mission to find these memories for centuries, and nothing is stopping her from getting her what she wants.
Not the MC.
Not her anger getting the better of her actions.
Not the British vampire who calls her love.
And especially not the human who she can't get out of her head.
With new allies joining her brigade and new information coming into the light, Octavia is going to have to face it all. If she hopes to keep her family safe and get her memories back...
But at what cost?
(UNEDITED)
--Completed--
"Why are you following me?"
"I am free to roam anywhere within Barracks, am I not?"
"Aldaire will be displeased if he sees us together."
He grins, leaning in close to whisper in my ear. "Will he? Last time I checked, you two are merely playing a part."
I place a finger on his lips, acutely aware of our proximity yet taken aback by it all. "Don't utter such things. They can hear you."
"So it is true. I wasn't present that day, but Himley made sure to fill me in."
There's no need to persist with the charade, but if I concede too readily, I'm not fulfilling my role adequately. This is going to be challenging, especially given his annoying demeanor.
"I don't know what you're talking about. Aldaire is a noble man."
"Then how do his lips taste?"
Hiccup! "That is none of your concern, sir."
"Why do you take offense? It was an innocent question."
"It was not! I am inebriated. Why are you pursuing me? And be honest this time. If you intend to kill me like the rest, I'll make things easier for you."
His silence prompts me to look up. His lips are drawn into a thin line as he glares at me. "Do you hold me in such low regard?"
"I don't know you," I retort.
"That is why I am here. We can acquaint ourselves with each other." His laughter reverberates in the empty space, prompting a grin from me. It makes me blush at the thought. Perhaps it's the alcohol causing me to hallucinate, but the idea of someone vying for my affections is amusing.
"I relish challenges, Lady Leizabeth. Give me some time, and you'll see."
"I don't understand why."
"Because you are a fascinating woman. The moment I laid eyes on you, I knew I had to get to know you."
**In the journey of life, we stumble upon love twice. The first shatters your heart into countless fragments; the second conjures up the power of the universe to piece it back together. **