Pov. Izzy
After telling Sarah what happened at Valentina's house and waiting for my friend to laugh for almost half an hour she finally looked serious enough to say something about it.
- Look, I only have one thing to tell you. - says Sarah and I look at her anxiously. - You were jealous of the little princess, because you're into her. - She says and I settle down on the bench in the square thinking about it.
- There's no way I'm into her, it's only a week and three days to complete a month that she's here, that's very little time to like someone. - I say nervously and she laughs.
- Liking someone has nothing to do with time, it has to do with chemistry, with connection, with how the person treats you and how they make you feel. - says Sarah seriously. - Time is just an excuse people use to deny the obvious or because they're too silly to notice that the love of their life is right by their side. - She completes and I throw myself on her lap.
- What do I do ? - I ask confused and she sighs.
- Take it easy and stop playing the sly, start admitting that you feel something for her. - I answer I roll my eyes.
-Okay, I feel something for Valentina, I just don't know if she's a crush, attraction or if I'm confused. - I say and Sarah vibrates.
- Finally, I was about to punch you in the face. - he says and I show him the middle finger. - Save that finger for Valentina, she'll like it a lot. -she says mocking and I bite her thigh. - Izzy! She complains and I shrug.
- Who told you to talk shit. - I say look at my nails.
I don't even know what I feel and she's already talking about these things.
This is going to drive me even crazier.
- Okay, now I'm going to be serious, you should go back there and spend some time with her and this time for God's sake, if that piece of bad way wants to kiss you, don't run again ok. - He says and I nod several times making her laugh. - Come, I'll go with you to your house and take the opportunity to see the pajamas that made the girl so beautiful and cute that made you freak out. - he scoffs and I bite him again before getting up.
- If you keep making jokes I'll mark that white face of yours forever. - I say and she laughs.
- Wow, you're bloodthirsty. - mocks and then runs.
I run after her, who was laughing, hiding behind the trees and benches in the square, there was no one at that hour, because the shops here are open until late at seven o'clock, only children and young people like us are in the parks at that hour, but luckily it was empty today. We stayed in this game of tag until out of nowhere the city lights went out one by one.
- Sarah. - I call taking my cell phone to light up the square.
- Izzy, run! - she screams and I clear around looking for her.
I look around nervously, if it's a joke I'll kill her.
- Sarah, where are you? - I scream and I hear a noise of branches breaking further ahead.
I run towards the sound and see the broken tree, I hear footsteps and Sarah appears in front of me with wide eyes.
- I told you to run. - She says and then is dragged by something.
- Sarah! - scared scream.
Did I see what I saw?
Was she blown away by the wind?
- Is this some prank? - I question and hear a laugh. - Who's here and where's my friend? - I question and hear applause.
- Is this the chosen princess? What a disappointment, you look so scared I'm feeling sorry for killing you. - he says and I see a man with red eyes accompanied by two more and one of them brought Sarah unconscious.
- Let her go. - I ask and they laugh. - Who are you ? - I ask and they laugh even more.
- Don't pretend you don't know who we are, you from the top think you're too much, but we're here today to nip the evil in the bud. - he answers leaving me confused.
Is he drugged?
What has he been drinking and smoking?
- Did you use drugs? - I ask and he opens his mouth. - I didn't mean to be offensive, but you're not making much sense. - complete and he picks up a sort of was.
- What are you going to do with it? - I ask and he runs towards me.
- Kill you ! - he says and I freeze.
I close my eyes waiting for the blow, but nothing happens, I open my eyes and what I see makes me even more scared than before. Valentina was standing in front of me with the stake stuck in her hand and her head lowered as the man looked at her confused.
- Valentina. - I say worried seeing the blood of her hand running down her arm.
- Are you okay ? - he asks and swallows hard as he notices how strange her voice is.
- Yes, but Sarah. - I can't finish and she nods.
- Three minutes. - He says and I see the man trying to pull his mother's stake but only with the tips of his fingers she seems to hold the object making me crazy. - This is the time it will take to kill the three of you, one minute each. - he says and then raises his head.
In a split second I see her jump on the man and bite his neck several times as he screams, I fall to my knees at the scene feeling trapped in one of the movies Nick makes me watch. I see Valentina rip the man's head off just by biting and then get up with his head in her hand, I see one of the other men run and Valentina throws her head on the legs of the one who was running causing him to fall. In seconds she appears in front of the man and takes the stake out of his hand and starts driving and pulling the stake all over his body. I feel my hands shake and my stomach lurch, but it doesn't stop there, Valentina and goes to the other one who was with Sarah.
- Two minutes are gone. -He says and I see his sharp teeth and his face was weird.
A normal part with an animal tooth while looking like an animal.
What is it ?
- If you get close, I'll kill her. - says the man and I feel my heart speed up with fear.
- Go for it. - Valentina says, laughing with her bloodstained teeth.
She takes a step towards him and he pulls out a stake and prepares to stab my friend. I close my eyes and hear the man scream, I open my eyes seeing Valentina staring at the man like an animal while he looks at his hand that was broken, not content with his screams she breaks his other hand that falls to his knees, that and enough for her to step on his ankle breaking it and then she's breaking the bones in his body one by one enjoying his despair.
- One second. - He says and then her hand stabs the man's chest as if it were a sharp stake. - Feuer. - he says and then the bodies catch fire.
She walks over to Sarah and picks her up as if she weighs nothing, she approaches me and now I can see better, her face looked half wolf and the other half was normal but with fangs. I look at her hand and see the hole start to close on its own and I get even more scared.
- We have to get out of here. -she says offering me her hand that is healing itself. - I'll explain everything to you, but now trust me. - He says and I nod and take her hand.
- She's fine ? I ask as she pulls me towards an alley. - Where are we going? - I ask and she walks faster.
- Relax, okay, you're safe with me. - She answers and I nod.
I take a breath trying to understand what's happened and how surreal this is.
I think I'm going to collapse.
I'll freak out.
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Pov. Valentina
I knew there was something wrong with her.
Glad I followed my instinct even though she's now seeing me at my worst.
I look at her who was squeezing my hand tightly, totally scared and confused, I see our houses and I take her towards mine, I see the door being opened by Sasha and Henry who looked at us in amazement, I'm probably all covered in blood, I see Nick and Jensen leave further behind and when he sees my condition and on top of that carrying Sarah while I hold Isabelle's hand, the blonde runs to his sister and hugs her, when I go to let go of her hand she squeezes mine in a silent request so I don't let go .
- What happened ? - He asks analyzing every inch of his sister and then looks at me and Sarah unconscious. - Give it to me here. - Asks worried and I let him take the girl and as soon as I'm without her the girl next to me hugs me.
- Go and ask Sasha to take a look at her. - I tell Nick that he nods taking the girl to the brunette. - It's gonna be okay. I say low, feeling her body shake and take a deep breath.
- I can't understand, I know what I saw, but I can't believe it. - he says and I press harder.
- This will be your new reality from today. - I say and then I move away and pull her into the house where the others were already.
I see Sasha taking care of Sarah while Nick doesn't leave, Henry and Jensen were close too, as soon as they notice our presence Jensen runs and hugs Isabelle and then does the same to me. Henry just smile waving. It doesn't take long for Sarah to wake up scared and she accidentally punches Nick who went to try to hug her.
- My God, I'm sorry. - Asks and the blonde smiles with his hand on his nose.
- It was nothing, I'll just have a crooked nose. - He says laughing and she hugs him, but then walks away and looks around.
- Izzy. - he calls and I release the girl's hand who goes to her friend.
- Are you okay ? - Asks worried and the other nods.
- Yes, they injected something into my body and then hit me in the head. - He says and passes his hand on the back of his head and shows the blood.
- Don't worry, I already took care of the poison, luckily it wasn't a super dangerous one. - Sasha says and Sarah looks at me.
- It wasn't luck, Valentina saved us. - he says looking at me and I do the same. - You arrived at the right time, I was taken by surprise, I couldn't do anything. - he says and I nod.
- Don't blame yourself, no and because you trained for a year and a half you are ready to face real situations. - I say and she is surprised. - What it was ? Thought I wouldn't find out that you are the daughter of Kate Miller, leader of the Pegasus clan. - I ask and she smiles.
- Actually, I expected you to know a lot more. - I replied with a smile.
- I know a lot more, you can bet on it. I say and she shrugs.
The truth is that during my trip I ended up finding out about Sarah, the heir to the Pegasus clan. My contact in New Orleans found that the girl's number was one of the last dialed by the Lavelys on the day of her death, so I did a little digging and saw that her mother was Kate, the blonde I found in the grotto, and so I plugged in the facts. The girl was helping Isabelle's parents in their search for the blood pact traitor and was also training Isabelle's skills.
- What are you talking about? - Nick asks and then I hear a knock on the door.
- Who will be ? - Isabelle asks scared.
- Don't worry, they're our parents. - Sasha says going to the door and opens it.
I see Kate, Miguel, Thierry and Anaya enter, the brunette smiling at me, shaking her head while the blonde in front of me staring at me seriously.
- Thanks. -Thanks she extending her hand to me and I just nod squeezing her hand.
- I see that the day that we have been trying to avoid for a long time has arrived, I must say that it is a pity that your parents are not here now. - Miguel says looking at Isabelle and Nick.
- Keep it brief. - I ask and they nod.
- It all started with Nicholas Lavely Ballard Prime and Hector McGauthier Leblanc. - Anaya says and Isabelle looks at me.
I smile knowing that she understands that the day we met I was visiting the grave of the first of my clan, my great-great-grandfather, and knowing that my middle name is McGauthier she must already know that I was the one who sent her the note and the rose .
- The great-great-grandfather of you two and the great-great-grandfather of the crook back there. - Anaya says and I roll my eyes. - They were the first supernaturals in history, they gave rise to others like us. - keeps looking around.
- Let's explain the basics for now, the rest you learned later. - says Michael. - We are evolved beings, with three or more supernatural abilities, for example witch, werewolf and vampire. Three combinations in one. - continues and Isabelle looks at me again.
- In all, there are ten evolved clans that govern our world, but only three are the main ones, I'll start from the lowest rank to the highest. - says Thierry. - Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Canis Major, Canis Minor, Phoenix, Pegasus, Southern Cross, Constellation Orion and Andromeda first. All based on the constellation that most illuminated the sky during the birth of their first.
- There's only nine there. - says Jensen confused.
- And that the worst of all is the three Marias and well, they are not like the other nine, they only have one or rarely two skills and they don't even come close to ours. - says Michael laughing. - Clan Orion and Andromeda a few years ago were chosen to form the main elite, this did not please some which brings us to the current situation that will be explained later at home and how you two. - continues pointing to the two brothers. - You are unfortunately without your parents, it is up to someone of great rank to explain everything to you. - he says pointing at me and I roll my eyes.
Knew I would have to update them.
This is very similar to these four old men.
Throw the biggest cucumber at someone else.
- And which clan are we from? - asks Nick excitedly.
- You're at the top. - Sarah replies with a laugh.
- Andromeda. - Isabelle says thoughtfully and then looks at me.
- How do you know ? - Nick asks confused.
-Valentina has a tattoo of the constellation Orion, which suggests that this is her clan and if we are at the top like Sarah said, then we are from the Andromeda clan. - he answers and I smile.
She is smart.
She put all the pieces together easily.
- So we're some kind of royalty? - Nick asks and everyone laughs except me and Isabelle who were more focused on facing each other.
- You are royalty, prince and princess, heirs to the throne. - Answers Ana.
- And you aren't either? - asks Nick curiously.
- We are from our clans, but as has been said, those who rule everything, including the other clans are the elite, the clan of you two and Valentina's, the lineage of our creators. - Kate answers.
- Wow, this is crazy. - Nick says excitedly.
- I think this is crazy and I'm waiting for the moment when I'll wake up and everything will be normal again. - Isabelle says confused.
- Well, I think we should go. - says Thierry the other three nod.
- Now it's up to you. - Anaya says and I nod.
I see everyone say goodbye and leave leaving only the two brothers with me. I look at them and take a deep breath.
- I'm going to take a shower and go downstairs so we can talk, you can feel free. - I say and they both nod.
How am I going to explain about your parents?
And a new world.
A lot is going to change now and I don't know how I'm going to help them.
But I will do my best.
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