I turned around to see Xavier, his hands on his back. His face not showing a bit of emotion.

"What?" Amy questioned, looking grave dead.

"You shouldn't have hidden it from her. She could've helped you." Xavier said. His arms now folded.

"What are you talking about?" her tone nervous.

"We both know what I'm talking about, stop acting as if it didn't happen." as he said that, I saw fire tingling in his hand.

"Are you both going to tell me what's going on?" I finally said.

"Apparently, your sister has been hiding something from you. I won't tell you what it is, but your sister will tell it herself." and with that saying, he left without a word.

I turned around to see Amy. She nervously looked at the ground, not being able to meet my eyes.

"Are you going to tell me what the fuck is going on?!" I yelled.

"L-Liam, he... He shouldn't have done that!" she burst into tears.

Liam... That name sounded familiar. I went and comforted her. After she stopped her crying, I asked her the same question but more softly this time.

"Amy, please tell me what is going on."

"Liam, h-he sexually abused me. It was the real reason why I used to come home late after school. He told me if I didn't listen to him and told anyone, he'd leak my private pictures. I was scared to tell you, but I couldn't. That bastard raped me. I'm so sorry for not telling you." she sobbed.

My eyes widened. All this had been happening with my sister, and I had no clue. Tears welled up my eyes. I was such a terrible sister.

"I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry. I'm such a horrible sister. All these things happened to you and I didn't even know. Liam, he's your friend?" I comforted her in my arms. She was the only family I had.

"Was." she corrected me.

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After comforting and talking to Amy, I decided it was high time she rested. After making sure she was asleep, I went downstairs. As I was about to go past the living room, I heard bits of a conversation. The voices belonging to Xavier, Agnes, and William.

"...Kaden is...To destroy...Xavier...We need to..." that's all I heard before Xavier pinned me to the wall outside the living room.

"Eavesdropping are we, Mi Amor." his voice only audible to me.

"No, I was just passing by-" his look cutting me off.

"Mensonges," he said. I knew a bit of French, and he clearly knew I was lying.

"How many languages do you know?" I jokingly asked, trying to lighten up the atmosphere.

"Many." was his cold answer.

"Alright, alright. I'm sorry Mon Cher." I sighed. I had no choice but to surrender.

"You speak French huh? Talk more French to me and I'll have you in my bed soon," he smirked. My cheeks turned a shade of pink.

"Are you flirting with me, Mon Cher vampire?" I smirked, two could play that game. An inhuman growl escaped his throat.

"One more time, and I'll fuck you right here," he said, earning a grin from me.

"I wouldn't mind that, but I'd prefer a bed." I giggled.

"Oh, is that so?" he said, finally unpinning me from the wall. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.

"I prefer fucking in a bed, it has more space you know," I said, earning a chuckle from Xavier.

"You're innocent. Really innocent." he shook his head, laughing. I joined him.

"I may have a wild side which you haven't discovered, yet," I said.

"Xavier, stop fooling around, we have more important things to do." I heard Willam's voice.

"I'm not fooling around." Xavier straightened and entered the living room.

"You both, please. Give it a break. I already have a headache from your quarrel this morning." Agnes said.

I slightly giggled and went to my bedroom.

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I woke up from the loud yells and screams. I immediately got up and went outside.

There were people running around, shouting at each other in some vampire language. Did that make sense?

Ignoring my thoughts, I looked for that one familiar face among all these people. When I spotted him, I made a beeline for him. His face, however, this time looked stressed.

"Xavier, what's going on?" I asked, my tone clearly worried.

"We are being...attacked by enemies," he said, his tone calm.

"And your calm?" I asked in shock.

"Yes," he answered. "And I need you to be safe, no matter what." he looked at me.

"Amy, where is Amy?" I asked.

"I've told my men to take her to the safe shelter out of town. You may not worry about her. Though you are going to stay with me." he said.

"With you?" I asked.

"Yes, with me. I don't trust anyone with your life." my heart skipped a beat. It hasn't even been one day, and I'm already falling for him. Wow.

We all rushed around, preparing for whatever was about to come.

As I and Xavier were getting some weapons ready, we heard a loud crash in the hallway. My heart pounded. I'm going to admit, I was scared. Oh shit, I forgot Xavier's a mind reader.

"Scared already, Mi Amor?" he asked. More like teased.

"No, why would I be?" I nervously laughed.

"Mentirosa, you're a terrible liar you know," he said.

"Domnule, Este aici!" someone shouted.

"Fi pregatit!" Xavier shouted back. I stood there, not understanding what they both were speaking.

"Romanian, we were speaking Romanian. He informed me that he's here. I told him to be prepared." he explained.

"Who's here?" I asked in confusion

"Kaden." and with that saying, he motioned me to follow him and went to the hall.

The moment we got there, I noticed a tall shadowy figure standing in front of us.

"Ah, Xavier. It's been a while eh. Hello, my old pal." he came out into sight.

He was tall, he had dirty blonde hair, was as pale as Xavier and his dark blue eyes looked nothing as attractive as Xavier's.

"Kaden." Xavier gritted his teeth.

Kaden looked away from Xavier to me. He eyed me like I was his prey.

"Ah, who's this you've got. Another play toy?" those words stabbed me in the heart.

"I'm not his play toy," I said in a firm tone.

"You have much courage for a mortal." he chuckled.

"I may be a mortal, but I'm capable of fighting against you with Xavier," I said, bringing my silver knife in view. Xavier looked at me in surprise.

"Silver. Classic." Kaden snapped.

"Leah is not my play toy. Lay a hand on her and you'll see the shit that happens." Xavier said, his tone angry.

"Oh, shit's about to get real."

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A/N: Alright, second chapter! And another cliffhanger! Who's your favorite character so far? Hope you enjoyed it!
Lots of love,
Esmeralda