Chapter 24 Betrayed

Chapter 24 Betrayed

"Catch" Jeremiah threw a sword to me and I caught it with ease.

Jeremiah was the best sword fighter so they wanted to test my skills out with him. Everyone were on the side lines watching us. Everyone expect one. The Olsen's daughter, Olivia, I think. She came in yesterday but I never met her.

"We're going to do some simple moves ok?"

"Like what?-" I asked but he came at me super fast and caught me by surprise.

I moved my hand with quick reflexes I didn't know I had, blocking him.

"What was that?!" I asked.

"I said we were doing simple moves"

"You could've at least warned me"

"Now what's the fun in that?" He said right before he came at me again.

I moved with the sword like I was one with it. I moved fast, blocking him and throwed in a few kicks in there.

I was now holding the sword to his neck, with him on the ground and my foot on his chest.

I heard clapping and I turned my head. It was Alejandro. "Good fight"

"That was easy." I looked back down on Jeremiah. "Could've went longer"

"You've been fighting for an hour now"

I turned my head back around so fast I am surprised I didn't get whiplash. "It felt like 10 minutes"

Jeremiah pushed my foot from off of him and got up. "At least you can do something right" He said under his breath.

"What is your problem?" He just stared at me angrily. "Like what is your deal? I didn't do anything to you, so why do you hate me so much?"

"You!" He shouted at me. "If you didn't fucking come here in the first place we wouldn't be in this fucking mess!" He pulled his hair back angrily. "Cristian wouldn't have been in this mess trying to fucking save you"

"Hey! Leave. Now Jeremiah" Cristian shouted. "Everyone leave"

All this felt like a blow to the stomach. He was right, it's my fault. We're in this mess because of me. If I could've just suck it up that I got rejected and stayed with my sister, they wouldn't have been in this mess.

"Hey, don't worry about what he said Elle. I will protect you no matter what" says the guy that have been ignoring me for the past two days.

"Just leave me alone"

"No talk to me"

Fine. "Why have you been ignoring me?" I instantly started to listen to his heart beat and it spiked. I narrowed my eyes at him.

What is he hiding?

"You know I've just been busy" He was lying.

"Why are you lying?"

"No am not"

"Yes you are" I push it.

"Am not!" He shouted at me.

I was taken back. I blinked so many times just to see if that happened and guess what? It did.

I nodded my head, on the verge of crying and walked away from him. I didn't look at him.

Once I was out of sight I ran up to my room to just cry. I had too. I didn't ask for this. All I wanted was to find out what happened to my parents and all I did was get myself distracted.

After I finished wallow in my sadness, I freshened up and went to find Simon. Luckily I didn't have to do much searching because I found him in the kitchen drinking orange juice from the carton.

"You should probably drink from a cup"

"Yeah well some of us makes decisions that we think is right but is actually stupid" he said harshly.

What does that have to do with drinking from a carton?

He closed the carton and but it back in the fridge. He turns back around to me. "I'm sorry am just not in a good mood"

No one is, I thought to myself.

"It's ok" I turned my frown upside down just to show him that I was fine. "What got you in a sour mode?"

He first looked a little unsure. "Nothing. Have you spoken to Cristian?"

My smile dimmed a little. "Barely"

"Oh well I have to go" He started making his way out.

"I thought we could hang out"

"Sorry super busy. Got to go" That got me confused because Simon is never too busy.

However, I let it slide considering their family is here and they have a lot to do, 'To protect me'. I am so sick of this. I ran out the door and wonder into the woods, without being noticed. I took a different route than I usually would and got lost in my thoughts.

I am grateful that Cristian and his family have the kindness in their heart to protect me but I just feel so guilty. It's my fault their in this mess and am even more surprised they are not scared of me. I am scared of me.

I stopped walking when I smelt blood, it smelt terrible. I usually wouldn't go anywhere near it but curiosity took over me. I ran as fast as I could to the smell and when I did I screamed, screamed so loud the birds flew away.

There was blood everywhere, guts everywhere and it smells so bad. The body was laid face down so I couldn't see who it was.

I heard footsteps coming towards me, fast. "Elle! Elle" I heard someone calling my name but I didn't answer. I all I could do was stare at the body.

"Elle" They got closer. I heard Cristian say, "Shit" under his breath.

He pulled me back and turned me away from the body before hugging me.

"It's fine. It's ok"

I looked up at him like he was crazy. "No it's not" What if I did it.

I heard more people coming towards us.

"What happened?" Daniel asked.

Cristian nodded his head over to the body. I looked away and tried covering my nose from the smell.

"Oh dios mìo" Laura said as she saw the mess.

"Who is that?" Daniel asked.

Cristian let's go of me and walked up to the body. I dared myself to turn around and I felt like vomiting.

Cristian turns over the body but the head dropped off. I would of screamed but something held my mouth shut.

When Cristian saw who it was he cursed under his breath. "It's one of the main guards"

"Who could've done this?"

"The demons" Everyone turned their attention to Alejandro. "It's a warning, that the war is closer than we think. And if you think this is bad, then you got another thing coming"

......

After that mess, Cristian got someone to clean up everything out there and he practically locked me in my room.

I used my super hearing to hear what's going on and it sounded hectic. Me being curious used my claw trick and opened the door. When I looked outside, the guard that was suppose to be at the door wasn't and it just made it easier for me.

I ran down the hall trying to find Simon. I didn't see him anywhere so I went down to the second floor. I barely come down here and so have Simon, but why not look?

I turned the corner and bumped into someone. Fantastic.

"I am so sorry" I apologized.

"No worries, it's not like you just stepped one my brand new shoes I bought" The person said looking at their shoes in disgust.

She's tall and beautiful you would think she's a model. She had long, cherry blonde hair and green eyes. Just perfect but I've never seen her around before.

I whispered another sorry and was about to pass her but she grabbed my arm.

"You're not a vampire" she stated.

"No am not" I look at her cautiously.

"Are you Elle?"

"Yes"

She lets go of my arm and cross her arms. "You're the trouble maker that's responsible for all of this" She swirl's her finger around referring to the hecticness around the place.

Am the what? "Am sorry who are you?"

"I'm Olivia, Cristian's fiancè" she smiled.

I took a step back, dumbfounded. It felt like apart of me just got tore down by the biggest hammer and then lit on fire to just leave ashes.

"W-what?"

"Yeah, I'm his fiancè. Is there a problem?"

I looked up at her and said "No, there is no problem at all" I know she could see the hurt in my eyes but all I could feel was a burn in my chest.

"I guess he didn't tell everyone" She looked me up and down.

"No he did not"

"Whatever I don't got time for this" She turned around and continued walking where she was going.

I growled under my breath at her. I know she was lying. Cristian wouldn't possibly be engaged to someone while he has been with me, right?

But what if he did?

That question alone pushed me to go to Cristian's office. I was at the door and I heard shouting.

"Quit it already Simon" Cristian shouted.

I put my ear up to the door to listen more clearly. "No, because you didn't have to take the deal. You could've found a better way. You always do" Simon shouted back.

"No I didn't! A lot of the vampires that are not in my clan are against me. Their with the demons and I can't fight thousands of them with just five hundred vampires"

"So you say this is all for Elle right? How do you think she's going to feel? Huh?"

"She'll understand"

"No she won't you idiot. You made that deal to marry Olivia, then you came back and fooled around with Elle just to ignore her for the past two days." He paused. "Don't look at me like that, I've noticed what you've been doing"

"Hiding Olivia on the second floor so Elle wouldn't meet her. How long do you think you can to keep it from her?"

"As long as it takes"

That was enough to bring back the burning my chest. I ran back to my room with my eyes filled with tears. I lock the door and sat on the ground.

I look out the window and seeing it's almost night fall, I made a plan to leave tonight. I don't know what was going through my head but all I know I have to get out of here.

I got up and started packing all my personal things. After I finished I cleaned up the room and took one last look.

I sat on the bed and sighed. Should I actually do this? They are going through all this trouble to help me.

But I can't stand to look at Cristian after doing all those things with me after he promised himself to someone else.

I'm so confused. I look through the window again and it was dark, only the moon light was the source of light.

I got my things and walked up to the window. I am about to do what I always said I was not going to do, jump from a four story window. I climbed up on the window edge and jumped.

Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod, I said in my head as I fell to my death. I landed on my hands and knees. That wasn't so bad actually.

I got up and brushed off the dirt and took off in the woods. I could now breathe, but I still felt that burn in my chest. Then I realized something...

I love Cristian.