Layla picked up the crossbow, looked at it and wondered what it was "What am I supposed to do with this?"

Alaric took the crossbow from her, grabbed an arrow and showed her where to place it, then explained how to use it. He showed her the arrow and explained how they could be lit with fire.

"Well, why would I use this, when I can just set the person on fire like I had before?"

"I'm guessing this is for you to use against the leader. Being that it is made from wood, and the script written on it, you'll have to kill the leader with it." Adrian cut in. "Like us vampires, we can be killed with a wooden dagger or stake when stabbed in the heart." he sighed.

"You'll now have to figure out what the sword says, and figure out who the leader is." Alaric looked at the letter Layla had set down next to him, placed his finger on top of it and slid it over to her. "Maybe you should read this, I'm sure she wrote instructions on how to use it, and when."

Layla picked up the letter, opened it and stared at it, groaning "The letter is nice and all, but it would help if I knew what it fucking said." she said, setting the letter down on the table. She opened the book, and saw the same type of writing in the book. "This is no good to me either... why would she give me something that I have no clue on how to read?"

Adrian laughed "I'm sure you know how, you just haven't figured it out." he replied as he stood up "You two figure this out, I have a date to attend to." he says, wiggling his eyebrows up and down with a grin.

For hours, Layla sat on the couch switching from looking through the book, and looking at the letter, trying to make sense out of it. As she studied the letter, there was a line she remembered seeing in the book, and scanned through the book to see if it was similar. When she found it, she held the letter to the page in the book and realized it was the same.

She placed the letter inside, not wanting to lose the spot, then set the book down on the table. Her mind was all over the place trying to take in all the information, and wanted to take a break. She got off the couch, looked at the time then looked for Alaric.

"Alaric?" she called out. She walked upstairs, and walked the hallway calling out his name. She walked in the bedroom to see if he may have laid down, didn't see him and walked back out into the hallway. "Where the hell is he?"

She heard a noise coming from the bedroom and walked back in "Alaric, is that you?" She walked further in, heard water running and smiled when she saw the bathroom door closed, and figured he was showering.

She opened the door, peeked her head inside, saw that he was in the shower and walked in while taking off her clothes. She stepped into the shower and placed her hands on his shoulder blades and began kissing his back "You could have told me you were going to take a shower; I would have joined you." she said as she kissed his back.

He turned around and grinned "Looks like you've come to join me anyway." he winked. A smile crept up his face when he started reading her mind "I'm reading your mind, and instead of you wanting that old wooden dagger, you would like to have the real one, am I right?"

"Who wants a fake one, when you can have the real one?" she smirked. She reached up, wrapped her arms around him, and pulled him in for a kiss. "This is much better." she moaned.

He pressed her up against the wall, cupped her breasts, and devoured her mouth. While his hands were massaging her breasts, she reached down, grabbed a hold of his cock and moaned when she felt how hard he was for her. She pulled her lips away from his, slid her body down against the shower wall and kneeled to his poker.

"Layla... what are you doing?" he groaned in pleasure when she placed him in her mouth. The warmth of her mouth wrapped around him had him feeling alive, that sent sparks throughout his body. The pleasure he was feeling had him highly aroused, and a feeling of acceptance from a woman that he had never felt in his life. He was feeling energized, loved, and rejuvenated.

He was feeling deeply connected to her, that he didn't know how much longer he could refrain from telling her how much he adored her, and loved her. At the moment he was worshiping her, and looked down at her. Watching her move her mouth around his weapon, and the way she was using her tongue, had him feeling on fire.

She looked up, their eyes met, and he couldn't hold it in much longer. He ran his fingers through her wet hair, and cupped the sides of her face "Come here my love." he whispered.

She loved when he called her his love, it made her feel giddy inside, and smiled. She twirled her tongue around the tip of his shaft, then slowly moved down his cock, taking him in all the way that had the tip hitting the back of her throat, with a loud groan of excitement coming out of him.

"Layla." he groaned, while pulling her up. His heart was beating rapidly, so fast and hard, he thought he felt it come out of his chest. He crashed his lips hard against hers, leaving both feeling breathless. She pulled back, looked at him with lust filled eyes and whispered "I love you..."

He cupped the side of her face, lowered his lips to hers and moaned into her mouth, quietly "I love you too."

Shocked at what he just said, she pulled back, and tilted her head to the side looking surprised, and her heart melting "What did you say?"

He grinned, cupped her chin, and caressed her bottom lip with his thumb "You heard me." he said quietly. He picked her up, pressed her against the wall and bit into her neck as he thrusted his cock into her throbbing hot pussy.

The love he was feeling for her was so strong, he released his teeth from her neck and whispered in her ear "I love you." he said again, causing her stomach to dance, and a warm feeling running throughout her. She moaned and found his lips again, enjoying the love he was giving her, and saying to her. His thrusts were becoming harder and faster, exciting her to the fullest. She pulled away from his lips and bit into his neck, sending her love throughout his body, letting him know she was his, all his.

She bit down harder when she felt her insides tighten around him, releasing her excitement all over him. She released her teeth from his neck, her eyes rolled back, and leaned her head against the wall, enjoying the intense orgasm he was giving her.

A shiver went up his spine, and groaned loudly as he released his all into her. He lowered her down, and ravished her mouth that enchanted her greatly, and felt he was placing her under a spell that had her feeling weak from his loving, that she passed out.

He caught her sliding down his body, picked her up, carried her over to the bed, and laid her wet naked body down on top of the bedding. He sat down on the bed next to her, caressing her body as he thought about the words he said to her twice. He surprised himself by saying it, and knew right then and there that he meant it.

He laid down next to her, pulled her into his arms, and kissed the top of her head "I do love you... I have since the first time I laid my eyes on you." he whispered.

The next morning, Layla woke up feeling refreshed, satisfied, and couldn't get Alaric's words out of her mind. She knew he loved her, and felt ecstatic to finally hear it come out of his mouth. She was feeling even more thrilled and on top of the world after thinking about what else he said to her while she was asleep. She knew it was real and not a dream, she rolled to her side and stared at him.

She breathed in deep, and rolled to her back when the thought of the book, and letter came to her mind. She quietly rolled out of bed, got dressed and headed down the stairs. She poured herself a drink and sat down on the couch, then eyed the book sitting on the table. She set her drink down, picked up the book, and laid sideways on the couch, and began looking through the book, trying to figure out what it all said.

"I did some digging, that's all written in the Theban script." Adrian mentioned as he walked past her.

"I'm going to have to go to a library and see if I can figure out what this all says." She flipped through the pages, and came across the letter from who she suspected was from her mother.

"I don't think so... you won't find anything there, not to mention you don't want to draw any attention to yourself. Those treachers are everywhere..."

She groaned, then a thought came to her. She slammed the book shut, and sat up "I know exactly what I need to do." She stood up and quickly headed for the door.

"Where are you going?" Adrian asked, quickly going towards the door, and stopping her from leaving.

"I'm going to see my mom, and ask her for help with the reading of all this."

"I'm not letting you leave, not without anyone going with you." he demanded.

Alaric was walking down the steps and saw Adrian blocking her from the door, and wondered what was going on. He quickly made his way over to them and stood in between them "Adrian, what are you doing?"

"Stopping her from leaving. She can't go out right now, plus she's on her way back over there."

"Over where?"

"My mother's." she piped in, pushing her way past them, until Alaric grabbed her arm, pulling her back.

"Absolutely not, he's right."

"Dammit! I'm not a child!" she said, raising her voice. She turned away from them, and stormed her way over to the couch, dropping down on the couch and throwing the book onto the table. "You guys need to quit treating me like I can't do anything on my own." She crossed her leg over the other and crossed her arms, huffing as she leaned back onto the couch.

Alaric leaned towards Adrian and spoke quietly "We better watch it; this is about the time she uses her powers and we'll be in deep shit."

"You got that right!" she snapped, causing both to turn their heads toward her.

"You forgot the part that she can hear everything we say, and the fact she can read your mind." Adrian chuckled.

Layla pointed her finger at Adrian, gave him a shock that jolted throughout his body, and had him flying backwards. Alaric laughed, then covered his mouth knowing he would be next. He put his hands up in the air and smiled "Hun, that's enough. We're just looking out for you."

Adrian slowly got himself up with a smirk on his face, and stood next to Alaric, rubbing his arm "Damn... she's getting stronger, that one hurt." He scratched the top of his head, then laughed as he thought about what she just did to him.

She pointed her finger at them, and they both took a step back with their hands up "Woah, no need to do that again." Adrian said wide eyed.

"I just wanted to say, if you both don't let me leave, I'll put a spell on the both of you that will have you begging for me to take it off."

Adrian laughed "Oh yeah? How's that?"

"I'll turn you both into statues... then I know you won't be able to stop me from doing anything."

Alaric looked at Adrian and grinned "I think it's time we quit pissing her off, she's a ticking time bomb right now." he laughed. He walked over to Layla and sat down next to her, placed his hand on her thigh, and got in her face. He leaned forward, kissed her on the lips and pulled back with a smile "Now don't forget what I told you last night."

"I didn't forget... it still doesn't excuse the fact that you're keeping me from figuring this fucking shit out."

"Calm down, I'll go with you... someone needs to be a look out."

"I'll come with too." Adrian piped in.

She quickly stood up and grabbed her book "Fine, let's go."

On the way to the woods, Layla's phone rang, saw it was Trevor and turned her phone off. She looked at Alaric and sighed "That was Trevor... I have no interest in talking to him."

Alaric looked out the corner of his eye, and growled "I'm guessing he'll be showing up soon... he always does after he tries calling you."

"I'm sure he's calling since I hadn't talked to him in a while. I can't keep avoiding him, he'll know that I'm on to him."

"I'm sure he already knows."

Alaric pulled up to the woods, and parked in a spot that was hidden behind bushes and trees. Layla got out of the car and giggled. "What's so funny?" Adrian asked.

Without saying a word, she looked at the car and focused hard. Within seconds they were looking at an optical illusion. She made the car look like it was the brushes and trees around it, turned around and giggled. "Alright, let's get this over with."

Adrian and Alaric looked at each other, smirked and shrugged their shoulders, then followed behind her. "Do you remember where to go?" Alaric asked.

"Yes, now be quiet... I'm trying to listen to the whispering around us." she whispered loudly.

Alaric kept his eyes opened wide, and focused in on listening to the sounds around them, and heard what she was talking about. The closer they got to the house, the clearer the whispers were to them. "This doesn't sound good." Adrian whispered to Alaric.

Layla turned around and hushed them up "SHHH."

"Why do I get the feeling that shit's about to go down soon?" Adrian whispered into Alaric's ear.

Alaric placed a finger over his mouth, then covered his mouth with his hand as he spoke "Better not..."

Alaric and Adrian stood outside while Layla went into the house. She walked in and stood by the door calling for her "Mom? Are you here?" She continued walking around, asking for her to come out of hiding, and to help her. "I've got the book with me, and I need you to help me with it." she said, holding the book up. "Please, help me, I don't understand any of this."

Just as she stepped foot into another room, she saw a woman standing in front of her, staring back at her. "Mom, is that you?" she asked, unsure. She didn't recognize her, and her heart started beating faster. The eye the lady was giving her didn't look right and stepped back, tripping and falling onto the ground.

As she stood back up, the woman lunged at her, or so she thought...

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