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Chapter 22
I watched as she smiled and slowly walked down
the stairs. She was
wearing a very tight fitting long red gown, with little
diamonds all
over the bodice. The dress looked good on her,
and showed off
some cleavage as well. Her hair was pinned up with
a few lose curls
falling down the sides. As she reached the bottom
of the stairs she
walked over to me, and my mouth was still hanging
open like a fool.
“Hi.”, she said looking kind of shy.
“Hi.”, was my stupid reply.
“Come on dumb asses, let's go party!”, said
Sapphire.
We all followed Sapphire into the ballroom, along
with whoever was
standing behind me. They were waiting for me to
tell them where to
go, but I was too mesmerized from watching
Crystal.
When we entered the ballroom, I was shocked to
see how many
people had arrived without me noticing. The room
was full of people
dancing or standing to the side talking.
“This looks great.”, I told both girls.
“Why thank you.”, Crystal replied smiling.
“Yea, us girls did a great job.”, Sapphire said
looking smug, even
though I helped too.
“May I have this dance?”, I asked Crystal.
“Of course.”, she replied.
I took her hand in mine and led her towards the
middle of the dance
floor.
“You look beautiful.”, I told her.
“Thank you. I wasn't sure if I'd be overdressed, but
Sapphire
assured me that I wouldn't be.”, she said.
“You'd look beautiful in anything you chose to
wear.”, I said
honestly.
I saw her cheeks redden when I told her that, as I
slowly moved her
around the dance floor. I didn't want to let her go,
and I held her as
close as possible. I was lucky it was a slow song, I
can't dance to
upbeat music like some people can. As the song
ended I kissed her
cheek and reluctantly let her go.
“Thank you for dancing with me.”, I told her as we
walked off the
dance floor.
“You're welcome.”, she said as she looked up at
me.
I left her with Sapphire while I went over to the food
table to get us
some drinks. I wasn't sure if she wanted alcohol so
I got her a
vodka and O.J, since that's what all the girls seem
to be drinking.
Plus that's what she had been drinking at the club
that night, I knew
because I could smell it on her.
I walked back over to her and handed her the drink.
“I wasn't sure what you wanted so I got you a
vodka and O.J, is that
alright?”, I asked.
“It's fine.”, she said, giving me a breathtaking
smile.
***CRYSTAL”S P.O.V***
I watched as Sapphire spoke to nearly everyone, as
we walked
around the room. She introduced me to everyone as
her best friend,
and I felt a little sad. My best friend wasn't here,
and I'd never get to
see her again. Don't get me wrong, I really like
Sapphire but she was
no Kiara.
Casper was over talking to a group of guys near the
drinks table. I
have to admit nearly every single person here was
beautiful.
Sapphire pointed out the Vampires and the humans,
but after a while
it turned into a game. I would pick out who I
thought was human or
Vampire, at first I was hopeless but after a while I
started to figure it
out.
A little while later, I watched Casper walk towards
me.
“Would you like to dance again?”, he asked me.
Did he seriously think I would say no? I loved being
in his arms and
close to his body. I didn't want him to ever let me
go.
“Of course, I'd love to dance again.”, I said with a
huge smile on my
face.
Just like before he walked me to the center of the
dance floor and
then pulled me into his arms.
“Did I tell you that you're beautiful?, he whispered
into my ear.
“Yes you did.”, I replied with a slight giggle. His
breath was tickling
my ear.
Then he kissed me on the cheek again and I so
wanted to feel his
lips on mine. I knew that he didn't feel that way
about me though. It
hurt to know he didn't want me the way I wanted
him.
The song was another slow one, and I was pretty
sure he was
picking them on purpose.
I'm going to pick the next song and make sure it's
a fast one, just so
I can watch him make a fool of himself.
All the sudden windows started to shatter, and
glass was flying
everywhere. People started running around
screaming, and I heard a
voice I never wanted to hear again. I noticed Casper
had become
really tense, and the vein in the side of his neck
was bulging. He
must be really pissed off!
“Jasper.”, I whispered in dread.
All of a sudden Sapphire grabbed me and placed
me behind her
back.
“Where is Casper?”, I asked as panic filled me.
“He's here.”, she said.
“Where is Jasper?”
“He is standing in front of Casper.”
I was too short to see over Sapphire, and every
time I tried to look
she'd tell me not to.
“GET CRYSTAL OUT OF HERE!”, I suddenly heard
Casper shout.
“NO, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE!”, I screamed.
I could hear screaming like someone was being
tortured, and then
there was more than one person. They were all
screaming at
someone to stop, but I didn't know who or why. It
was then that
Sapphire tried to pull me to the back of the room.
“NO! I'LL STAKE YOU MYSELF!”, I shouted at her.
“I'd like to see you try girl, now move your ass! I
have to get you out
of harms way.”, she said in a tone not to be
messed with.
I nodded my head and she dragged me up onto the
stage in the
back of the room. We hid behind the thick, heavy
curtains. I couldn't
see what was happening, but Sapphire was beside
me and gave me
a chance to peek through the curtains. It was an
absolute mess,
there was blood and lifeless bodies everywhere.
They lay all over the
floor, and some were even in pieces. I realized that
I couldn't see
Casper anywhere, where was he?! I started to panic
thinking the
worst, I couldn't lose him!
“It's okay he's alive.”, Sapphire said sensing my
fear.
“Where is he? I need to see that he's okay.”, I said.
All I can sense is that they are somewhere in the
house, and that
they're fighting. Casper won't let him live this time.
Jasper has
threatened what's his, and for that Casper will kill
him.
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Chapter 23
***CASPER'S P.O.V***
I watched as Sapphire led Crystal to the back of the
room, now all I
had to do was get Jasper out of here. I stalked
towards him I
couldn't help but notice all the blood and bodies
everywhere, it had
all happened so quickly. As I continued towards
him he moved
towards the door to the hall. He was luring me out
the door with a
big smirk on his face.
“I'll wipe that smirk right off his face. If he thinks he
can come into
my home and act like this, he is sadly mistaken.”, I
thought to
myself. “He has come in here and threatened to
take what's mine,
and for that he will pay with his life.”, I swore.
I looked towards the back of the room where I
knew Sapphire had
Crystal, I knew Sapphire would protect Crystal with
her life. As I
looked back to where Jasper had been I realized he
wasn't there. I
turned around to look towards where Crystal and
Sapphire were, and
thankfully nobody was back there. I turned around
just in time to
see Jasper's fist come flying towards my face. I
quickly dodged it
and came back with a punch of my own. I landed it
on his right
cheek and heard a sickening crack, and Jasper took
off out into the
hall.
“Oh no you don't”, I thought as I ran out after him.
I followed him into the foyer, and just as I was
about to catch him he
turned around and hit me. I flew into the wall and
fell to the floor, he
had caught me off guard and that wasn't good. As
he was coming
at me I brought my hand up, planning on ripping out
his heart. He
was too quick though, and used that against me to
throw me across
the room, and into the other wall. I got up preparing
to go back at
him.
“Now brother, there's no need to get violent.”,
Jasper said.
“YOU COME INTO MY HOUSE, WITH ALL THESE
VAMPIRES WHO
ARE MURDERING, NOT ONLY HUMANS BUT THEIR
OWN KIND AS
WELL. THEN, YOU THREATEN TO TAKE WHAT IS
MINE AND
PROCEED TO TELL ME NOT TO GET VIOLENT?!”, I
shouted.
I lost control and attacked my brother again, I hit
him in the jaw and
heard another crack. He stumbled back and I went
at him again, only
this time as I went to hit him he caught my right
arm. He jerked it
the opposite direction I was going and I felt it pop
as it dislocated. I
fell onto my knees and grabbed it preparing to pop
it back into
place, that's when Jasper came up behind me. He
grabbed my head
between his hand, and was going to rip my head of.
“Goodbye brother.”, he said.
At that moment I reached back and grabbed him by
his shirt and
threw him onto the floor, then I managed to pop my
shoulder back
into place. We continued to fight each other, neither
of us gaining
the upper hand.
He grabbed a piece of wood off the floor and every
time I threw a
punch at him he would swipe at me with the wood.
It's not big
enough to kill me even if he tries to plunge it into
my heart.
Jasper started to back away but I proceeded to
move forwards,
making sure he was backing himself into a corner. I
needed him
where he couldn't escape, so that I could end this
madness that
he's caused for so many years. I was going to
make sure it would all
end tonight.
Just as Jasper was getting closer to the corner, I
made my move. I
ran as fast as I could using my Vampire speed, and
smashed his
head into the wall. The plaster crumbled where his
head hit it, but I
wasn't quick enough to avoid his next attack. With
no time to move
out of the way, Jasper pushed the piece of wood he
had into my
chest. He missed my heart completely, but it still
left me paralyzed. I
would stay that way until it was removed, and this
left me
defenseless.
I fell to the ground totally unable to move.
“I'll see you again soon brother and next time, I'll
take that pretty
little pet of yours. Or should I say future bride.”,
Jasper whispered in
my ear, before kissing me on the forehead and
running towards the door.
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