SCOTT'S POV
The urns have arrived. One for Damon, and another fro Priscilla.
On my way to the stairs, I heard strange noises from the kitchen. I took a quick peek for whatever's causing such bluster at this time of the night. "Peanut butter and jelly at this time? Really, Ofir?!", I folded my arms and leaned by the door as I smirked at the hungry little chef.
"Ah!!", he flinched so hard that the slices of bread flew in the air. "You gave me a fright! I could almost have a heart attack! Sheesh", Ofir started making a couple of sandwiches again.
"Aren't you making too many?", I walked towards the long island table he's working on as there were already a pile of sandwiches. It was a total mess for just a simple snack. Ever since I introduced spreads and bread to this eating machine, he have always explored what's best for his tastebuds.
"It's for my favorite boys", he even put his blue tongue out as he happily put jam on the bread.
"Boys?", I knitted my brows to which boys he's referring to. The pack are carnivorous, if there's steak in between the slices of bread.. they'd eat it. "Which boys?", I asked.
"Yeeeeee-uuup, the boys upstairs", he said as he carefully fix his awful looking sandwich masterpiece arranged in a tower. "Do you need me?", he paused for a bit looking at me and licking the jam off his fingers at the same time.
"Is... she up?", I asked as I clear my throat.
"Who's.. SHE?", he widened his eyes looking dumb as if he doesn't know who I was referring to.
I looked around before I swallowed I lump. "You know.. HER.", I whispered.
"Lily?", he lifted his brows at me then smiled. He must be enjoying this.
"Fu..", I bit my lower and clicked my tongue in irritation. "HER. Who else?", I enunciated as I scowl at the tiny elf who's starting to get on my nerves.
"Oh….", he made a long O sound like he just figured who I was looking for. "Yes, she's dizzy", he quickly answered.
"Then why did you leave her??",
"Because the boys are hungry!!", he shrugged his shoulders with a teasing smile. "Are you goin' there?", he asked as he place his elbows on the table.
"No! Why would I?", I replied.
"Too bad… I'll need someone's help to bring these yummy sandwiches to the Luna.. let me see.. I bet Roman would love to help", he said as he held the tray full of sandwiches.
"Give it to me! You're one irritating elf", I gritted my teeth as I take the tray.
"LY-THA-RI!", his eyes glimmered in delight as he correct me.
I picked up the heavy tray of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and realized something. "Wait a sec. You said these are for the boys.. then why am I giving them to Diana? Is someone up there with her?".
"Just tell the Luna the sandwiches are for the boys. She knows what to do", Ofir said as he hop down the table.
With a sharp exhale, I left the grinning elf in the kitchen as I went straight up to Reina's room. Butterflies were fluttering in my stomach.
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"Who's there?", Diana said with a shaky breath. "Can you please hit the lights for me?"
I entered the room held her hand,
I held the palm of her hand, as I guided her waist. Pushing her to the light switches in slow short steps, I held her finger up to open the warm lights of the wall lamps. She then moved away from my grasp as she hug herself. "Thank you", she politely said with slight indifference.
"Are you leaving without saying goodbye again?", I said as she startled at the sound of my voice. I placed the tray of sandwiches on the console table on the side.
Diana looked my way with her hands straightened out. She tried to reach for the wall slowly and said, "I left a note this time". She must've recognized my voice.
"Sebastian gets a note?", I knitted my brows at her generosity for my brother. "How come he gets a note when I got nothing, even a sweet kiss goodbye?",
"I guess.. I'm not too good at saying goodbyes.."
"Ofir wanted me to give you these. He said it's for the boys", I pointed the tray of sandwiches I left on the console table. "Who are those boys?", I asked as I look around. She seems alone, though.
She smiled timidly, and took the heavy tray of sandwiches. "Is that all?", she asked. I didn't replied and followed her like a dog on a leash.
"Did Priscilla hurt you?"
"No"
"She changed her mind, but it didn't ended well for her as soon as she did"
"And Damon?",
"No",
"He fought it, if you're that concerned"
"People will be coming tonight to see their urns
"...their urns?",
"Damon",
"He died in the fire"
"I'm sorry...",
"None of these is your fault",
"I'll... I'll leave later",
"Don't push it."
"You can't even finish a sandwich... I thought it's for the boys?",
"I heard you're getting married",
"Let's not talk about her",
"The imprint rejection",
"Your fiance wants me to do
"It can wait",
"What else do you want, Scott?", she asked.
I took a deep breath, crossed my legs and stared at her for a while. "What do I want?", I scoffed at her simple question where she should have known the answer. I rested my head back and closed my eyes. There's so many things that I wanted do and say right now, that I didn't know which one to start with.
"I don't think you're supposed to be here", Diana said as she eats slowly. The way she gobble on a simple snack made the sandwich look so appetizing. However, her eyes mirrored the melancholy she's keeping in. "Your fiance.."
"I am right where I'm supposed to be", I stared at her as I hardened my jaw. She sat on the chair across where I'm seated. I watched her until she finishes eating.
He stopped looking for her, but never stopped listening
"Don't you think you owe me something?", I asked as I stared at her. She met my gaze looking clueless about what I seek. "That night… I thought we're in this together. I was all for you but.. you didn't fit me in your plans.", I tried to hide the sadness in every word. Perhaps, my actions spoke louder as she watch my gestures carefully.
"It was a journey worth doing alone", she replied as she looked down. "Besides, you've been busy on your own too.." she added.
"So what are we now?", I knitted my brows as I couldn't hide my irritation. Diana remained silent. She sat unmoved, and stared at me with those blue eyes. "I asked a question. What are we now?", I repeated.
She stood up and pat the crumbs of bread off her dress. "
I stood and caught her up with her arm. "Answer me, Diana", I said.
"Scott.. you're hurting me", she winced as she try to writhe away from my grasp.
"Hurting you? And what do you think have you been doing to me? You left me, Diana! Without a damn word.", I didn't know I'm squeezing her too tight as I let her go. "And I want to know why!", I added.
"Are you angry for something that I did for you?", she gritted her teeth as she faced me.
"Angry?", I sarcastically laughed. "The hell I am Diana! You got me cursing at all things! You left without a fucking word! And nothing can take that damn pain away", I bursted with all the throbbing feelings and bitterness I kept in my heart ever since the day she left. "Couldn't you trust me? Was it so hard to make me part of your world? Did you ever love me?", I continously asked as her eyes started to swell. "Tell me because I'm going crazy!", I didn't know that you could love a person so much that it hurts.
how hard it is to shut off those feelings for her, that only ends up yearning for her even more.
In the deepest calmest hours of the night, when I have nothing but my own company, unanswered questions swarm my head, and only her image fills me with bliss. Every tick of the clock comes with a hope that I'd see Diana once more and often, I think of ways to make sure that with whatever reason, she won't ever have to walk away from me ever again. Enduring my heartaches, I never stopped looking for her even until I started to lose my patience. And after all the absences due to the great distance and the unbearable torture of waiting, I have learned to love Diana even more.
"I got scared!!", Diana shouted at me as she breathe heavily. "I got scared..", she said softly.
"Scared of what?", she looked away as I held her hand. "Scared of what Diana? I was whole-heartedly ready to be there for you. So what are you afraid of??", I asked persistently. Her hands trembled as she pulled away, then she removed a few strands of hair on her cheeks.
"I got scared of losing you.." she said. "I wanted to be worth it being called your Luna so I took risks. I couldn't tell you because I know, you wouldn't want such unfair trade - my death for your life.", she said as she took a deep breath.
She looked at me with fretful eyes. I held her cheek as she tilted her face feeling the warmth of my palm. Is it the light or she's pale?
"Okay", I whispered as I sat comfortably on the floor and rested my head on her lap.
Hearing the strange sound of her double heartbeat, Diana must have lost a lot of blood when she was held captive. I looked at her and noticed the evident pallor of her cold skin. Before Diana could answer, the lights suddenly went out. I stood up and checked for the switches. There's no electricity in the mansion. Sensing something cold and lethal I looked back at Diana who's looking out the window.
"Scott?"
Stay close
I glanced at the tower of sandwiches by the door. "Wait, the peanut butter and jelly boys?", I said.
"They'll be fine", she assured as she cling to my arm. I scratched my head wondering who those boys could be.
As soon as we stepped out of the door, we walked swiftly and stealthily on the carpeted oak floor. Keeping my senses up, I made sure I'm not walking on ice, especially now that Diana is by my side. Then, up ahead at the end of the hallway, I saw a man with long sleek hair standing with his hands together in front of him. I placed Diana behind me as two more men came out from his back. Their bloodshot eyes shimmered in the dark like prying eyes ready for a deadly attack.
"Vampires", Diana said as she squeezed my hand.
"That's Roman", Diana said. I hardened my jaw to think she could recognize Roman's voice.
I looked fixedly at the vampires who stood frozen ahead, watching their next move closely. Newborns are faster than regular vampires. Also, they are very hungry for blood. Then, in a sudden, Roman rolled in front of us as he stab a vampire on the chest. He grunted as he stood up catching his breath. "Newborns", he said as he glanced at us. "There you are!", he exclaimed as he walked towards us. Before he could reach us, he stopped and turned around and stared at the vampires watching us in silence.
Then in one swift move, the three vampires swiftly moved in different directions attacking us. I kept Diana to the side as I follow Roman towards the vampires who were too hyped for blood. Without shapeshifting, Roman and I take on the newborns. He aggressively killed one, smashing his hand with a lamp. While I managed to kill two as I tore one of the newborn vampires to pieces with my bare hands. Thanks to the moonbath earlier, our strengths our undeniably immeasurable.
After crushing the head of the long haired vampire with my foot, I rushed to Diana who was leaning against the wall. Then we ran out with Roman who's holding Diana on her other hand. "What's the situation?", I asked.
"They're all over the place", he answered. "There's this blonde bloodsucker who's ordering around", he added. We stopped in the middle of the hallway as Diana gasped in shock.
"Claudia", Diana whispered. "She's here for me", she said with her hands trembling.
"Who's Claudia? And what does she want from you?", I asked.
"I'll take you out of here, Luna. Don't be afraid", Roman said as she held Diana by the waist trying to pull her close to him.
I held her shoulder as I pull her back. "She's on her way out with me", I said.
"Stop it, you two!", Diana put her hands up as she stayed in the middle. "We'll all walk out, but first let's find Ofir, and your dad", she said.
"Forget about them Diana, your safety is more important", Roman said.
"Shhh!!", I shushed Roman as soon as I sensed something. I heard a familiar voice shouting somewhere down the mansion's ballroom. We draw nearer where we can hear the voice clearly. I peeked out on the balustrade and to my surprise, I saw the helpless woman taken as prisoner by a group of vampires led by the blonde woman that I freed from Tamara's basement. I looked closely on the hostage and my eyes grew bigger when I realized who it was..
"KATE", I whispered.
Claudia and her brood of blood-thirsty newborns arrived at the Devlins mansion, surrounding the grand home looking for Diana. The original vampire have waited enough for the revenge she has been longing to do ever since her supressed powers have worn out. She certainly believes that Diana worked with the nagua to capture her, and that her blood is a threat to their kind. At the mansion's ballroom, the strongest newborns held Kate captive under the command of their maker to lure Diana out.
"Diana!! Don't go in here!!", Kate bravely screamed as loud as she could to warn Diana not to come out.
"Oh please.. Make it even louder so she could hear.", Claudia inched her face on Kate's neck as she grazed it with her sharp fingernail. Kate muffled her cries as she stood in the middle of the blood-hungry newborns. Feeling trapped and helpless, Kate could only shout for Diana not to come out no matter what.
"We don't have all night to wait here", Claudia whispered in her ear.
"Claudia, I don't think the woman is gonna come out. Can we just take a bite on this fresh blood", a newborn seethe on Kate's hair.
"Don't you touch me!", Kate swatted its hand as she glared at the red-eyed vampire.
Claudia grabbed Kate be her hair and licked her face. "You're one brave soul. Let's see how long will you keep up", she whispered.
Upstairs on the balustrade overlooking the newborns who were guarding Kate, Roman Scott and Diana hid in the dark as they plan for the best thing to do.
"I have to save her", Diana said as she worry for the safety of her bestfriend.
"And what Luna?", Roman furrowed his eyes at Diana. "They will slaughter you on sight. They will not think twice, they will have no remorse. And with an original vamp hunting you, she'll make sure you'll die a slow painful death", he convinced Diana to choose an option that's best for her to stay alive.
"There's too many of them. How can the both of you fight them all off?", Diana worriedly said.
"Luna, you forgot. We're Alphas", Roman smiled at the Diana as he imply that they are the strongest in their clans. "So, any bright ideas?", he asked Scott.
"Scott? Are you okay?", Diana asked as she sees unpleasant emotion painted all over his face.
"Sorry, Luna I'm the one who got you in this mess.", Scott said as he held her hand tightly.
"What do you mean?", Diana furrowed her eyes in confusion.
"I freed Claudia. I found her in Tamara's basement, and decided to free her, thinking she's valuable in one of the nagua's incantations. I didn't realized Claudia will be after you", Scott curved his lips down in regret.
"WHAT?", Roman hissed at Scott for his ignorance. "I would kill that original vampire when I have the chance, not free her", he clicked his tongue in agitation. He stared at Scott's and Diana's hands joined together. He couldn't be more irritated.
"Listen Diana, Roman and I can kill all those newborns", Scott said as he move towards the wall. "We just need you to stay hidden. The vampires won't sense where you are because of your blood", Scott reassured Diana as he open a secret door leading to a closet.
"But how about Kate? She won't give Kate unless she have me", Diana said as she refuse to hide.
"We'll take care of that, Luna", Roman smiled a little as he caress her cheek down to her neck.
In a moment, they heard wolves howling from a distance. "That's our signal. Stay hidden, Luna", Roman held Diana's hand and squeezed it before he moved away from Diana. He shapeshifted to his wolf form and hid in the shadows.
Scott let Diana enter the closet and kissed her on the lips. "I'll be back with Kate, I promise", he kissed her on the forehead before heading out.
"Be careful, you two", Diana said to the two Alphas who'll be facing an army of vampires as she stayed inside. She sat on the floor and she prayed in her mind until she start hearing growling, grunting and so much fighting. Hearing Kate's screams, she closed her eyes and whimpered silently hoping the night ends with no more deaths.