I woke up that morning feeling like utter shit. ugh. i winced in pain trying to get out of bed. gods what a night i got no sleep tossing and turning those visions of a bloody Anna flashing before my eyes. along with the pain it really sucked. i was excused from all classes for the next few days to recover my injuries but i didn't care i had to find Anna. i went to the cafeteria since it was already lunch time. we had our normal little cliques popular preppy girls ruling the school. dark Gothic silent moody jerks. jocks. then there were the ones you couldn't stereotype i called them norms. i fit nicely with them i might have moody but Gothic and dark i was not and i sucked at sports. no one could stereotype me. there was picture perfect Anna sitting and laughing with everyone. until she saw me. her eyes widened. apparently i looked worse than i thought. i passes a mirror-like thing. i was so pale and i was limping and it looked like i took black eyeshadow and swiped it under my eyes. wow did i look terrible. i could feel the eyes on me just more gossip. great. she rushed over to me. "what are you doing." she exclaimed. "your not supposed to be out of bed look at you." i looked at her with a look that said what do you think I'm doing here. " i needed to make sure you were okay. i am first and foremost your guardian." i smiled weakly. "i don't care your gonna over exert your self" that terribly concerned look in her eyes. i sighed "Anna I'm fine. here come one" i dragged her over to the table stumbling a little on the way. i was seriously not fine at all.we walked over to the i could see the concerned looks of my friends but i was to tired and hungry to care. it was great to get food in my system since blake only gave me little to eat to keep me from over exertion. it was hard to eat with austen looking at me with that face. Jesus what a frown. i could have sworn he would have cried if i spoke. i just sat there pretty much gorging myself. then...shit. i dropped the fork i was eating with and cringed at the pain. my pain killers stopped working and i realized how bad my injury really was.i grabbed my side and gasped at the pressure being put on it. apparently everything happened really fast but for me everything was slowed down and my vision was blurred. also on top of all that i couldn't hear. i just sat there staring at the figure i assumed was lissa yelling. i could tell i was being laid on the floor then i felt lips again i tasted her lip gloss. was she giving me cpr? then i realized i wasn't breathing. alive but not alive that was a new twist. i could feel everything and see a little bit but everything else i couldn't do. i felt pressure on my chest. hands. then lips again. it was repetitive. anna was right i was so not healthy at all.
i gasped.
i immediately felt hands going under me and lifting me into the air. they were strong not annas. i still felt safe in them they felt very familiar. i must have passed out entirely after that cause i woke up back in blakes room. and damn was i dizzy. i felt a hand on mine and my eyes opened. it was austen. he wasn't asleep but he didn't seem awake either. he stared off at the wall behind the bed. i looked closer.
he was crying. out of all the years I've known Austen no matter how emotional things got he never cried. looking at him now i realized those feelings for me were bigger than i expected. i felt horrible i didn't feel the same about him.i closed my eyes holding back i squeezed my hands hoping that terrible feeling would go away. it did slightly as i snapped Austen out of his phase. he looked at me "issie" unlike most he said it as a whisper. i didn't say anything back but i did smile. then he must have snapped he pulled in and hugged me tight. i winced at some pain but blew it off but it did shock me. we stayed like that for a few minutes and before he let go he whispered "please issie don't ever scare me like that again". my eyes widened at that. that was the last thing i expected him to say. i looked into his eyes and i could tell he never left my side."what happened?" i asked as if he knew.
"i can answer that." i heard a voice say. it was blake. had he been on that couch the entire time? "you over exerted your self. you left the room when i and the nurse told you not to. you should be glad austen carried you back here i had no chance of getting to you in time." he sat up his expression was blank. i looked at austen and then back at blake. i did not like his serious look it kinda gave me shivers in a way. i was too tired to care though i laid back down wincing slightly as i moved. i yawned. blake stood up and told austen to go back to his room. i needed rest. austen left and before i fell into a deep sleep blake came over and put his hand on my forehead."you worried me." he exclaimed. "when i got the news i was about ready to crop my other duties to protect you." i was shocked at what he said. there was no more seriousness in his emotion it was all concern now. could he have just been doing that because Austen was in the room? i tried to think of something to say but what came out was utterly stupid. "you didn't sound very concerned." ahh i can't believe i just said that to him. i could tell he was taken back by the comment i just made. "i guess i sounded more strict that i had to be but for austens sake..." i knew it it was because of austen. blake didn't want to have aausten questioning our relationship. and now i dont think he ever will. "i just want you to be safe." i smiled slightly and closed my eyes " i know" i said before falling asleep.
"no...nooooo. please stop." anna screamed a man standing over her. tears streamed down her face and i could make out the blueish yellow bruises across her body. why was i just standing here? why wasn't i helping her? i tried running. i couldn't move.i looked around she was in her room. but the man over her wasn't who i thought it was. it wasn't xander. it was markus. what the hell quiet disgraced markus what the hell was he doing. why? he turned and i saw the look in his eyes. dazed confused. he was a dhampir but he was also a feeder and being a dhampir and a feeder was below low. vampires have a way of hypnotizing feeders after they get their high. and someone had hypnotized markus. how did he get into annas room every single building is sercurly protected.
i shot up out of bed. ignoring the pain and blakes constant calls to me i ran out of the room. blake not that far behind me kept yelling at me to go back. he finally caught up and stopped me.
"let me go" i yelled as his hands grasped my wrists"anna shes in trouble i have to get to her now." his eyes widened "how do you know this?" he asked.
"i..i saw it happening right before my eyes." he gave me a confused look but loosened his grip on my wrist. i broke free and started running again. we had no more conversation the rest of the way to her room. when i opened the door i proved i was right. Markus immediately heard us enter and lunged for me. ignoring the pain in my side i dodged his attack and tried to make it over to anna while blake fought him. i went over to her and put my hand on her to tell her it was okay. she flinched but only a little. gods the look in her eyes told me she thought she was gonna die. wait was that the look in her eyes or did she actually just tell me that with out opening her mouth. i shook off the feeling and held her close. she started to sob. and i heard her voice again but no moving lips. 'why is this happening.' i could hear her say. i held her tighter. and responded. "he's hypnotized." she looked up at me confused. somebody hypnotized him. "b-but only an extremely strong vampire can to that. I'm stronger than most and i can't even do that." she told me. i shook my head in a sign to tell her i had no clue how it happened.blake finally pinned down markus and he soon calmed down.the heavy breathing stopped and markus blinked. "hey um where am i whats going on" he said after a few seconds. he looked around the room. looked at Blake who was holding him down. he let up when he realized he wasn't tranced anymore. Markus looked around more at the sobbing bruised Anna and then me. i glared at him he backed away. everyone knew my reputation even shy lonely Markus. i was kinda a rebel. i was the bad one always getting in trouble and finding ways to get out. so he knew when to back off. unless of course he was under a trance. he stood up. "what...whats going on?" Blake stood up and dusted himself off. "you were tranced. something somewhere told you to hurt Anna." he looked over at us. i was still glaring at Markus. "wait you didn't here the music?" my eyes shot up. 'music?'just like that night. no one else heard the music. i sat there thinking not even realizing that Blake already took Markus out of the room. he heard music. i couldn't get his words out of my head. that night. that's what called me over that gorgeous music.. when i tried explaining it to Anna she looked at me like i was crazy and Blake look like he was concerned. i know what i heard and now i know it was true. i felt a hand on mine. "are you okay" i looked over at Anna who was looking straight into my eyes."yeah I'm fine" i lied. i was far from fine. i didn't know what to do. i took Anna to the infirmary and sat with her for a while until it was time for my guardian training.
it was cool i had Blake as a trainer. i guess it makes sense to have your guardian train you. every student has a partner and a guardian. we get to choose partners but not guardians but I'm glad i got Blake and Anna.when i got there the room was still dark. was i there early. i looked at my watch no i was actually late. where was he. i assumed he would arrive eventually so i turned on the light got changed and started doing my stretches. when i was almost done stretching Blake finally appeared in the doorway he had some scratches.my eyes shot him a concerned look. and he gave me a glance like i knew what was gonna happen next. training was canceled for everyone. all rookies were to report to the front hall and all main guardians were to report to the guardian chamber. when i got to the front hall some students turned around to look at me since i was late. but most were turned towards vasya. her face unlike usual was filled with concern and sadness. "Isabella come sit" i felt like all eyes were on me but most weren't i looked and two girls i knew were crying they were friends of xander but unlike him they were pretty nice. "one of our students 'xander lacroupe' we have found out is in fact a Lycanthrope. as an enemy of vampires he is now being hunted. we are sorry to say that this is all the news i can give you. i will inform you when he is caught and killed." though she put no emphasis on that word when she said killed it struck me hard. to think someone i have known my whole life could have been one of those and i never knew. Lycanthropes are like werewolves actually they are except for the fact that they also suck blood. but of vampires, Sanguinarious vampires. one of the two enemies of our kind when we know of one we must hunt it down and kill it. but the way we kill them its terrible. astral you only have pierce through the heart to kill it. though they are like 10 times stronger and move much faster than a Lycanthrope. they have a killing spot you can aim at. with Lycanthropes you have to hack them up. you first must contain it hold it down some how and then slice. you have to hack away no mercy needed. to think i was attacked by him in that stage and i don't even remember. if i could remember what happened that night it would be easier to know how strong they really are. at school xander talked tough but usually never could back it up he was just always a grade A asshole, nothing more. i may have disliked him alot but still i wouldn't wish this apon my worst mortal enemy. i shook in fear and for some reason i was being walked out of the room. i then realized i was having a panic attack. tears were streaming down my face and i was shaking uncontrollably. i soon stopped and blakes eyes met mine. "issie are you okay?" i could see so much concern in his eyes. i must have been really freaking out. i put my palm to my forehead quickly noticing the headache i had. "y-yeah i think so" he grabbed my hands and looked me straight in the eyes. "you know there is nothing we can do...and you know if you want to protect anna you might just have to kill a friend of yours or worse." his eyes had pure seriousness in them. i almost started to cry again. "i-i know i will do whatever it takes to protect her." he stood up and put his hand on my shoulder. "i know you would...you should go back to the room and try to calm down.i'll be there later " he walked away.
i walked back to the room and sat on the bed.i thought about alot of stuff. i don't remember the last time i saw a "silhouette"..well thats what i called them. i can only recall one last time i saw them and that was about a month ago. i laid down and closed my eyes. i opened my eyes to darkness wow it was late. 'did i fall asleep'. i looked around i saw the lump of a body of blakes on the bed. which means i was moved to the couch. good cause that was the deal. he knew how angry i would have gotten if he slept on the couch and i slept in the bed. i couldn't get back to sleep so i went down to the lobby to grab a drink. this was the trainee dorm only blakes room didn't belong there. but he was the guardian for this dorm. so usually there were alot of people out here but tonight there were only two. adam and skye. adam was almost as big of an asshole as xander but he could back up his words and skye was xanders old friend he was an ass too but only around with adam. i ignored them and walked over to the fridge. i grabbed an apple and started to walk back towards blakes room. until i heard one of them speak. "so xander and blake huh....come on Iz share the love." i stopped i kept ignoring them though. "what am i that ugly...baby come on if your sharing with xander you gotta share with us too." apparently rumor had gotten around that xander attacked me i think it got a little stretched. and of course people knew about me staying in blakes room. i turned around angrily but to my surprise he was already right up in my face.i backed up into the wall. only to notice Skye was blocking my path to the stairs. "come on" he looked me in the eyes. "share" that word was so cold. he tilted my chin and maneuvered a kiss. i pulled away "get off me creep" he grabbed my arm and pulled me back. "oh no no no...you see you've got it all wrong..."i glared at me "i wasn't asking" he grabbed my arms and shoved me against the wall and locked his mouth to mine. i tried to pull back but he just grabbed harder. i kicked him in the knee getting him to let go at least for a second."bitch" he slapped me across the face and pushed me to the floor. i dropped the apple that was in my hand and it rolled towards the stairs. he soon got on top of me. "get off pig"..he grimaced at me."oh come on baby dont play hard to get." he started to pulled up my shirt. but i pushed it back down. "leave me alone." ....he glowered "hey i've been bored all night your my only entertainment." i flailed alot. "hey if you don't stop moving this is gonna get more painful than it has to be.' i stopped i knew his reputation. he was strong really strong. he smiled. and started to pull up my shirt again. i started to cry. "no please stop" he just kept smiling as he took of my shirt. his smile grew wider cause i wasn't wearing a bra at the time so i was immediately exposed. he didn't waste time he immediately started pulling down my pajama bottoms. he looked up at me and smirked. i shivered at any thought of what he was going to do to me. he pulled off my underwear and i was now completely naked on the floor crying. he put his lips to me. and started licked it was cold and wet. i moaned."no please stop let me go." he stuck a finger inside me. "ah no please." i started crying more with the thought of what i knew was coming next. i closed my eyes and started to sob heavy tears. i waited for it since i couldn't do anything else. but it never came. what actually came was the sound of a him get hit. i opened one eye and there he was. right in front of me beating the living crap out of adam was Blake.