There's no place like.....Nexus.....

Talon Pov

Talon was growing more impatient by the second. This was taking a lot longer than he expected. It’s been three days since finding out his master was captured. And he was beginning to lose his cool. But he had a plan.

For his plan to work, he needed a partner; one that would obey his every command…

 Talon sat in the small motel room chair staring at the unconscious body on the cheap bed. She was exactly what he needed to get both his master and Ana.

 Because she was Kim…

 In the woods days ago he bit her but decided instead of killing her to change her. It was perfect actually. Kim was the only person who hated Ana more than he. Talon didn’t understand why she despised her own sister, but he didn’t care. See he figured Kim as a vampire would be the only one strong enough to kill Ana. Since Ana has an ability, Kim should also considering they are related. He would then use Kim like he has been doing and send her off to kill her sister and lead Maximus away while he broke Marcos out of the king’s prison. Perfect

Except the bitch is taking forever to wake up. Her final stage ended an hour ago and she still hasn’t woken. He was glad that her screaming finally stopped; last night he had to bind her hands because she tried to rip her own heart out! Luckily he got to her time or she would have killed herself permanently and he couldn’t have that.

Kim began to stir and then suddenly shot up from the bed gasping! She looked around the room in a panic; long auburn swinging with each turn of her head. Her wide eyes finally found Talon

“What happened? Where am I?” She asked still breathing heavily. As a vampire now she doesn’t need breath but newbies always act human the first few weeks.

 Talon stood and slowly approached her, his eyes glazing over her transformed state. He had to admit Kim looked better. Her body was toned, skin pale and flawless, her hair long and shiny and her eyes black as coals. Wait, black? He reached out a forcibly grabbed her jaw to bring her face closer to his. Sure enough her eyes were black; not blue like Ana or even red like royals. Fuck! That means she doesn’t have an ability.

“Talon ow, you’re hurting me” Kim whined. He let go of her and paced the small dingy room. He couldn’t believe this! If her eyes are black that means her and Ana are not sisters

“Ana’s not your real sister” He stated to see her reaction. Kim looked at him like he was crazy but then was distracted by the image behind him. She slowly got off the bed and walked to it. It was the reflection of herself. She reached out and touched the mirror before touching her own face.

“What’s happened to me?” She asked trailing her hand over her smooth skin

“What do you remember?” Talon asked back taking a seat on the bed. Even though she didn’t have an ability that didn’t make her useless. She could still kill Ana or die trying for all he cared.

“We-we were in the woods…. Ana got away… Your phone rang…You were so angry…and…” Kim cut off and spun around to face Talon. He only smirked already realizing she remembered

“You bit me! You-you’re a fucking vampire!” She yelled backing away. Talon began clapping

“And the turtle crosses the finish line!” He said sarcastically “But what your missing hot stuff is I’m no longer the only vampire in this room”

Kim turned back to the mirror admiring her new body. Talon could tell she was enjoying the way she looked.

“You like?” He whispered coming up behind her

“Yes. I’m perfect” She whispered back looking at her reflection “Why did you make me a vampire? And why do I have a reflection? I thought vampires didn’t reflect”

“I’ll explain the basics of our kind later. But to answer your first question I did it to even the playing field between you and Ana” Talon replied stepping back. He reached into his back pocket and pulled out a cigarette. He knew she would figure out what he meant soon enough. Kim’s body started to shake with rage as she mulled over his words

“ANA’S A VAMPIRE TOO!” Kim shouted at the top of her lungs. Talon took a slow drag of his cigarette before nodding. Kim shrieked and slammed her fist into mirror. It shattered. Covering the floor in shards of glass.

“Don’t worry, now that your changed too I’ll teach you what you need to know to kill her” Talon reassured her. Kim’s face was still a mask of rage. She couldn’t stand the thought of Ana being a vampire. Talon thought it’d be best not to tell her about Ana’s ability.

“First things first” He interrupted before she destroyed anything else in the room. Talon then went into the standard dresser drawer and pulled out a pair of scissors. Kim watched him cautiously, unsure of what he planned to do. Moving quickly he grabbed her neck and swiped the scissors through her hair. All those long strands fell gracefully to the ground. Kim pushed him off forcibly.

“What the hell you do that for?!” She screamed touching her now short hair.

“I like it better” Talon replied simply. Kim’s short hair made her look more edgy and dangerous.

“I have a present for you” Talon said remembering the gift her stored in the closet for her. Kim let go of her hair and perked up excitedly. When Talon opened the closet door a bound and gagged teenage Asian boy fell out. Kim recognized him as a student from her high school. She didn’t understand how this was a gift. She didn’t even know this guy really.

Talon yanked up the boy and tossed him on the bed. The tied boy tried to squirm away but it was useless

“I don’t get it” She said.

Talon smirked and seconds later his fangs extended and his eyes went completely black. Kim gasped in shock. The last time she saw him like that it didn’t end well for her. Talon forced his fangs into the side of the boy’s neck.

She watched on hypnotized by it.

Not long after her own fangs revealed themselves. She couldn’t resist her building urges and flew to the bed joining Talon in the draining of the boy’s blood. They both greedily fed on him until he lost consciousness. 

“That was delicious! I want more” She said licking blood from her lips.

“We can have whoever we want but first we have to take care of your sister” Talon replied. Kim stared at him with a new hunger in her eyes. A hunger he instantly recognized

“There’s something I want more than her…” Before Talon could speak Kim yanked her top off.  He couldn’t help his lust at the sight of her perky breast.

She pushed their meal off the bed; he hit the floor with a thump. Kim then savagely climbed on top of Talon and straddled him 

“Kim-”

“Shush” She said cutting him of with her finger to his lips “I know what you want. But this is what I want” She ended grinding her hips against him. Talon was a vampire so it wasn’t hard to get his member to respond to her movements. Kim smiled deviously

“I know you like it Talon” she said seductively grinding harder on his stiffness. Talon grabbed hard onto her hips and flipped her over with lightning speed. She yelped in surprise at his quick movements as he now lay on top of her.

“You want it so bad hot stuff?” He asked sliding his hands down her chest and into the front of her jeans. Kim moaned out loud when his hand began to roughly stroke her core.

“Ok. I’ll give you a ride dreams are made of…”

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Marie Pov

As soon as her body touched the doorway of waves it felt different. It was cold and left her skin feeling tingly. A force from the other side latched on and yanked her small body forward. Marie could no longer feel the warm hand of Simon as she hurtled through the dark abyss.  Just as soon as it began it was over and she was tossed out into unknown lands…

 The surface beneath her was cool and soft like grass. It was so comfortable Marie almost wanted to fall asleep but something heavy was pressed on her abdominal. Opening her eyes the sight in front of her warmed her heart. Simon’s curly hair and cute eyes were staring at her.

"Are you okay?" He asked concerned. It was hard to breath with him on top of her but at the same time she didn't want him to move.

"Yes" she whispered back. With his face so close to hers, all she could think about was what it would feel like to kiss him

"You mind getting off my sister" Seb said interrupting the small moment they were having. Simon’s expression turned fearful as he scrambled off her so fast he nearly fell again.

She smiled at the awkward boy and began to get up herself. When she finally saw her surroundings it took her breath away. Everything was bright and beautiful like a paradise. The sky was green and shinning with a beaming sun. The grass under them was soft and as blue as the ocean on sunny day. When she checked for the others, everyone’s expression mirrored hers.

"Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore!" Lily said looking around in awe

"Look in the sky! It's two moons!" Simon pointed out. Everyone gazed up and sure enough there was a moon on each side of the sun. This strange place was utterly amazing.

"Where are we?" Seb said picking Ana up from the blue grass. Marie assumed the use of her powers had knocked her unconscious since the rest of them were seemingly okay.

"I think I know where we are" Jace said. The witch boy leaned down to pluck a purple flower but as soon as he touched it the flower retreated into ground, disappearing from sight.

"Whoa! Did you do that?" Lily asked stunned. Marie couldn't help but feel the same way. She'd never seen a plant do that before. Jace stood back up dusting his hands

"I didn't do that. This place did" he replied gesturing around. They were in a clearing next to what looked to be a lake. Beyond the water there was outlines of mountains and in front of them was a forest. Not like any forest seen before because the tree tops of this land soared to the skies, lost in the clouds.

"We're in Nexus. Birthplace of the supernatural" Jace stated taking in the huge unfamiliar place.  Marie gasped. She couldn't believe they were in another realm.

"How?" Seb demanded. Ana stirred in his arms but still didn't wake.

"I told you I didn't know where the door would lead. At least now we know how the dwellers ended up in those tunnels" Jace explained defensively.

"So how do we get back?" Seb asked. From his tone it was easy to pick up his frustration.

"Obviously we need to go back through the portal that brought us here" Jace snapped.

"Which would be where exactly?" Simon asked cutting in. They all looked in every direction but there was no sign of the watery door that previously transported them. Everyone looked to Jace for a response but he didn't have one. He looked as confused as the rest of them.

"We'll split into teams of two and search the lands. Stick close and stay together" Seb jumped in taking leadership as he usually does. He glanced at the still unconscious Ana in arms. Marie knew her brother was torn about staying with Ana or searching for the portal.

"I'll stay with Ana" Jace spoke up stating.

"No" Seb responded quickly. The tension in both men's body was noticeable. Marie was trying to think of a fast solution. Hopefully before the guys started a fight.

"I'll stay with Ana." Simon offered "I'm her best friend and besides you both are needed in the search more than I am" Simon ended walking towards Seb. Her brother watched Simon closely for a moment and finally gave a stiff nod. Everyone silently observed as Seb lay Ana gently on the odd colored grass.

"Alright, Marie will come with me and Lily with Jace. We meet back here in an hour" Seb ordered before turning to Simon "She'll probably wake a little weak just let her know I'll be back soon to uh help with that" Seb said.

Simon raised his brow at the cryptic message but otherwise didn't respond. Marie knew her brother was referring to the blood Ana would need but she chose not to say anything.

 A few minutes later the boy girl teams split up and headed out into unknown of areas of Nexus. Marie was still amazed at the brightly colored lands. She wondered if the treetops were green like back home but they were too high to tell.

 Seb was walking a quick pace in front of her slashing shrubs and veins from their path. From his aggressive swipes she knew he was bothered by something…

Scurrying up a tree to her left were the cutest white squirrels. Although a little larger than she's used to they still seemed like normal animals. Hopefully there aren't any larger creatures lurking.

"So this is Nexus" Marie spoke. Other than the sounds of crunching twigs it was silent. "It's beautiful here right?" She asked trying to engage her brother again. He nodded once but kept walking.

 Marie continued to follow and take in her scenery. The sun was blocked by the trees causing it to appear dark with pockets of light shining through the forest. Every time they got close to any plants they would zip underground. That’s some defense mechanism. If flowers could do that back home they could never be picked.

The rest of the forest was normal and no signs of any other animals. This seemed a bit strange to her. But she shrugged it off.  After twenty more minutes of silent searching Marie had enough.

"What's bothering you?" She asked Seb.

"Nothing" he answered simply not turning around. He cut swiftly between some shrubs. Marie followed beginning to hear the sounds of running water. The closer they got the louder it became until they broke through a clearing with a waterfall. The fall was magnificent. The water poured gracefully from a hill into a small pound. The sun was hitting it making every drop sparkle.

"There it is" Seb’s voice broke her from the trance. She didn't see what he was talking about at first but when she gazed around she caught sight of the watery door right next to the fall.

"Great! We found it" she exclaimed.

"Yes. Now let’s go get the others" Seb said. He started to turn away but Marie wasn’t having that. She reached her small hand out to stop him.

"We aren't going anywhere until you get it off your chest. Now Sebby!” She ordered sternly. Seb looked like he wanted to argue but when Marie crossed her small arms over her chest he thought better of it.

“Jace is Ana’s mate” He said finally. After the words left his mouth his shoulders deflated. He no longer looked strong and dominate but defeated.

“Are you certain? How do you know this?” she asked stunned. Ana and her brother were meant to be together she knew that with all her heart. But if Jace is her true mate…

“I over heard him telling Ana. As far as I could tell she believed him” Seb replied running his fingers through his hair. Marie couldn’t believe what she was hearing. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. 

“What else did you hear?” She asked thinking maybe he left something out.

“Nothing. I left after that. But it makes sense, we did catch them kissing when we first arrived” Seb pointed out with anger in his voice. Marie did remember that but she refused to believe Ana didn’t love her brother. But does that mean she does love Jace? That’s the question.

“Talk to Ana. She’s different Seb it could be different for her” Marie wanted anything but to her brother heartbroken.

“Ana may be different but she can’t deny a mate, you know that” Seb countered

“I don’t care just promise me before you give up on your love that you’ll talk to her” she pleaded. Seb stared at his sister before nodding. For her he would try.

Marie opened her mouth to speak again but Seb put up a hand to silence her. She didn’t understand what was going on but he had a focused expression on his face

“You hear that?” he asked closing his eyes and listening to the sounds around him. She tried to focus too but heard nothing

“I don’t hear anything” She said back finally. When Seb opened his eyes he looked panicked

“There’s eight of them. There’re angry. Come on we have to get to the others now!” He ended dashing off out of the clearing. Marie had no clue what he was talking about but if Seb looks panicked it must be serious….

Lily Pov

“Lily, can you walk faster” Jace snapped at her for the hundredth time. He was really getting on her nerves

“I can’t! All these damn bushes keep tripping me!” She snapped back, tripping over another plant. How come they moved for Jace but not for her? She felt like they were doing it on purpose.

Jace power walked ahead of her. She didn’t care.

 They came to a halt at the path that split two ways. Neither direction looked appealing to her.

“I’ll go left and you right okay?” Jace said as if he was giving her a choice. Lily faked smiled and nodded in agreement. As soon as Jace disappeared from sight, Lily flopped on the ground.

She was exhausted, besides how would he really know she didn’t go searching. As she sat on the ground a bug flew by her head. She swatted it away but it kept coming back

“Go away!” She yelled swatting at it again.

“You’re sitting on my favorite log” It said back. Lily jumped up and screeched.

“You can talk!” She yelled finally looking at the strange butterfly like creature.

It gave off an orange-ish glow. When she looked closed the wings were a lot larger than the little body it carried. But the body was what shocked her. It had four arms, two legs and a face! Like a human, expect the arm and wings part. A handsome human considering it resembled a man.

“You can see and understand me?” it asked fluttering closer to her face. Lily scooted away

“Yes! Am I going insane?” She asked wide eyed. The tiny insect flew back a little

“No, but that means you must be Lily” It replied back

“Ho-How do you know my name?” She questioned. The tiny creature was about to respond but the sounds of Jace approaching scared it off and he flew away with an orange trail following.

“Wait! Wait please!” Lily called after it but it was gone. The glow behind it fading...

“Lily? Who were you talking to? And since when did you speak Croatian? Jace asked when he broke the forest line stopping in front of her.

“I-I was talking to this butterfly guy. He knew my name” She told him

“Butterfly guy? Never mind I don’t want to know. Did you find the portal?” he asked changing subjects. Lily’s busted expression gave him the answer

“You didn’t look!” He shouted throwing his hands up.

“Well I was going to but this butterfly-”

“Just forget it! I’ll find it myself” Jace ended cutting her off and brushing past her. Lily had enough of his shitty attitude.

“This isn’t about finding the portal! It’s about beating Seb!” She shouted at his retreating back. Jace stopped walking and turned to face her.

“You don’t know what you’re talking about” he shot back

“Ha! I know you two are having some sort of pissing contest over Ana. I know you want to find this portal before he does. And I know that if this was a competition for Ana you would be losing!” She told him with complete confidence.

Jace’s face changed to anger. Seems like she pushed a button. 

“Your wrong” He replied through clenched teeth

“Oh am I? From my view it seems I’m right. You got a point with the shield thing but he got two when he stayed back to help her fight those monsters” She taunted. Jace took slow steps toward her.

“Shut up” He ordered

“Make me. Better yet prove me wrong” She threw back.

Jace seemed as if he wanted to respond but loud growls stopped that short. They both turned away from each to see what was making that sound...

Creeping slowly from every direction were the largest wolves they had ever seen. Lily slapped her hand against her mouth to keep from screaming. They were so big; easily eight feet tall and weighing at least five hundred pounds. The grey colored humongous animals growled fiercely at the two of them....

“Jace, what do we do?” Lily’s voice was shaking and she was on the verge of tears. Jace didn’t respond. The witch looked as scared as she was as he stared frozen at the large animals closing in.

One darker gray wolf seem to lead the others as it drew closer to them....

“I’ma pee my pants” Lily whispered with a few tears escaping.

She was petrified that she would die soon. These wild wolves didn’t seem happy at all. She wanted to scream out for Ana to save her but was afraid they would attack if she yelled.

The dark wolf was now inches from them…

Out of nowhere Seb came bursting through the trees!

He immediately jumped in front of them putting himself face to face with the beast. Seb didn’t have an ounce of fear as he stared down the much larger animal.

Seb exuded power and dominance.

The wolf growled ferociously in his face; drops of saliva even hit him. Seb didn’t bat an eye. Lily couldn’t believe what she was seeing! She wondered if Seb has temporarily lost his mind. He couldn’t fight that thing, he was outnumbered one to eight.

They all watched fearfully as Seb’s chest began to heave. It bounced up and down faster and faster...

When suddenly he opened his mouth and a deep rumbling growl left his lips. It stunned everyone. But that wasn’t the most surprising part...

All of the wolves began to bow their heads...One by one each wolf bowed down to Seb.

And the leader got down on its belly and exposed the side of its neck to Seb. It was some weird submission, Lily got that much.

But what she didn’t understand was what the hell Seb just did….

Ana Pov

I knew as soon as I felt the warm liquid drop on my lips it was blood. Whose? I didn’t care. My vampire instincts took over and I latched on to it and sucked like my life depended on it. I was so weak from the power I used on the dwellers and I needed this blood. As I drank the taste began to catch my attention. It wasn’t Seb’s that I was clear of, but who then? I opened my eyes to see the last person I expected to give me blood….

 Simon.

 Quickly I took my fangs from his hand and pushed him off.

“Why the hell did you do that Sy?!” I angrily questioned him

“You needed blood!” he answered defensively wrapping his hand to stop the bleeding.

“Not from you! Where’s Seb…-” I trailed off after I took in my surroundings for the first time. It was really sunny here. The sky was a shade of green with a moon on each side of the sun. The clouds were fluffy and white. Beneath me the grass was extremely soft and a beautiful blue color. I plucked a piece and watched as the once blue grass turned green. “Where are we?” I wondered running my hands over it. In front of me was a long trail that led to a large forest.

“According to Jace we are in Nexus” Simon replied sitting next to me. My mouth dropped. Nexus. That is unbelievable. This is definitely not like the Nexus I saw when I was in the past vortex. 

“How? Where is everyone?” I noticed we were alone

“Jace opened a door that happened to be a portal that we also happened to lose. So the others went to find it” Simon explained to me

“And you happened to stay behind” I add elbowing him. He smiled back

“I had to! Those two would have fought over the right to be at your unconscious side. What’s up with that anyway?”  Simon asked casually. My mind began to run with thoughts of the two out of three mates. I’ve been trying to avoid dealing with it but it isn’t helping

“There’re both your mates huh?” Simon said catching me off guard. I whipped my head toward him.

“How’d you know that?” I was beyond curious

“First I’m not blind. It’s clear they both have feelings for you. But the mate part I figured it from this book. As soon as I put together that you’re the daughter of Celeste it was easy from there” Simon’s words shocked me to the core. So much so I sprung to my feet.  

“What?! I’m in that book?” I asked in utter disbelief

“Well not exactly” Simon started standing too “It doesn’t say your name but after reading about Celeste and the war on Nexus it all made sense. I figured out how you fit in the picture. You’re the daughter she saved to end the war she couldn’t” He ended. From his tone you would think he was talking about last night’s homework. Sometimes I forget how smart he is, because no one else would have been able to piece that together so fast.

“So whose lucky mate number three?” he asked cheerfully. I shook off my thoughts

“Oh umm I don’t know” I replied honestly. At this rate I’m in no rush to find out. Unless I already know. I glanced over my best friend of all these trying to see something I’ve never seen before. Could my third mate be right in front of me?

“Why are you staring at me like that?” he questioned with scrunched brows.

“Just thinking” I mumbled back. I started to do a slow circle around him. Simon squirmed a little. All these years I’ve never had that sort of connection to him, but we did have a strong connection. Was it more than friends? I can’t tell! I knew I didn’t feel towards him what I felt towards the other two. But no one said all my bonds would feel the same. There is one sure way to find out the truth.

“Sy, let me see the back of your neck” I said. He instantly put his hand on it to cover it

“No, why?” he asked suspiciously backing away.

“I need to see if you have my mark” I replied back. From his widening eyes and increased heart rate he knew exactly what I meant. I took a step to him

“Wait! Can I ask you a question first?” I knew he was stalling but I was willing to entertain it for a moment. I would see his neck whether he liked it or not. I nodded for him to ask away.

“Uh ok. Umm while you were gone did you think about me? I mean you never called or anything I just wondered if I ever crossed your mind because you crossed mine everyday” he said. His words hit me deep. Everything has been moving so fast lately I haven’t even had the time to really talk to my best friend.

“Simon I missed you like crazy! But I admit I forced myself not to think of you. I always felt I was the reason you didn’t have any other friends. That it was your friendship with me that held you back. So when I left I assumed your life was better without me” I told him sadly

“You were so wrong Ana” He said to me slightly disappointed

“I know. I’m sorry for abandoning you” My apology reached him easily and he engulfed me into a hug. I feel so much better getting that out. But now it’s on to another important issue…

“So about your neck-”

“Wait! I have another question” Simon said breaking the hug and jumping away from me. I laughed at him through my glossy eyes.

“Uh Uh ummm…” He trailed off fishing for something to stall me with “Um Oh! Lily! Yea why is she here? What does she have to do with anything?” he finally found a question. I thought about it for a second before speaking

“Well I saved her and she followed me but it’s more than that. I see myself in her” I stopped and thought about the chubby girl and her wild antics. I knew there was something special about her but I didn’t know what exactly. “It’s hard to explain but I have a feeling that she is meant to be here and she has a weird way of breaking tension” I ended laughing just thinking of her crazy comments.

“Yes I can see that” Simon added laughing too. Once our laughter died down I gave him my serious face. He knew exactly what I was thinking.

“Wait!”

“No more questions Sy, I want to see that neck” I said interrupting him. He gave me one look and took off sprinting away. “Really? I’m a vampire Sy!” I yelled after him. I watched for a few seconds just entertained by how funny he runs with his arms flailing about.

 Using my speed I literally appeared right in front of him. He screamed and fell back, but that didn’t stop him. He shot back up and took off running in the opposite direction.

I’m not an idiot I was aware he didn’t want to have my mark because he was crushing on Marie. I hoped he didn’t have it either but I needed to know for sure. Once again I ran so fast I blocked his next step. Simon fell to the ground again. When he tried to get up I grabbed his ankle and knocked him back down. Before he could stand again I sat on his back.

“Sorry buddy I have to do this” I tried to reason with my struggling friend. Geez he must really like her. Or he really doesn’t want to be mated to me. I hope it’s the first one.

“Ana this could change everything” He mumbled into the earth. I knew that but it doesn’t matter.

We had to know…

Slowly I lifted the curly hair off the back of his neck…

“Oh my god…………….”

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