"So" I recap what Patricia just told me "a strange man who you have no idea what his past is says he is a collector of objects and wants my necklace that was given to me by a friend to potentially sell because my necklace just happened to come up into a conversation that you had over a week prior but you didn't know that this necklace was in my possession until a few days ago after meeting the man?"

"Yeah" Patricia joined me for breakfast to tell me why she wanted my necklace "so will you meet him with me?"

"No" shaking my head "and that was the biggest load of crap I heard from you all term, I mean" shaking my head "my sister is a better liar than you and--did you even try to come up with a story as to why you really want my necklace? Seemed you just made it up just now" She fidgets in her seat "so what do you really want my necklace for?"

She stares at me before saying "Fine, I have a private investigator looking for Joy" of course, I don't mean to be rude or anything but give it up! If this Joy isn't talking to you, take the motherfucking hint! "And he says that he'll tell me more after he meets you and sees your necklace"

"If this private investigator" I ask "is looking for Joy, he shouldn't be focused on me. Waste of your money" getting up, I go over to grab my bag before heading to school. Amber is staying home to take care of Mr. Whiskers while Fabian is going to figure out the numbers from the tether ring.

"Lera! Wait!" Patricia runs up next to me "please" she is before me "Rufus is the closest lead I have to where Joy is, I know what your probably thinking but I know Joy and so does everyone else around here that knows her. Joy would have called or texted at least twenty times since leaving. Please" I see the sincerity in her eyes.

"Fine" she pulls me into a hug

"Thank you" she says "and again I'm sorry for how I treated you when you got here"

Patting her on her back "We can go at lunch" pulling away "but the moment I get an off feeling I'm leaving"

Nodding her head "Deal"

"If you don't mind me asking" I ask Patricia "if your so worried, why didn't you call her parents or cell?"

"I tried" she says "she didn't answer so I tried to steal her information from the school but was caught"

"It's been what? Over two months and no one has heard from her?" I ask

"Crazy right?" She asks "and! And! When I went to this photo of everyone in our class, she was photoshopped out"

"What?" We stop as I look at her "can you show me this photo?" She nods her head and when we are at school she shows me.

"And this" she shows me a photo on her phone "is the original photo" I check it out and look between the two.

"At first I thought you were crazy" looking at her "now I'm realizing your not...did you talk to the cops?"

"Their in on it too" What? Why?

"Okay" holding my hand up "then I guess you have my help"

"Your help?" She asks

"In finding your friend Joy" I explain to her "cause this is very weird, even if your in America"

"Really?" She asks, I nod my head "thank you...and again, I'm sorry for being such a raging bitch. Your right, I shouldn't have taken it out on you"

Nodding my head "Apology accepted" looking over at Fabian who is looking at us curiously "let's meet by our lockers at lunch" she nods her head before we split ways.

"What's going on with that?" He asks

"Your friend Joy disappearing" I explain to him "it's not normal"

"Not you too" he says

"Fabian?" I ask "don't you think it's weird how your friend Joy hasn't texted, called or emailed any of you since leaving? That your class photo she was photoshopped out of it? That the adults all seem to want to forget about her, act like she never existed?"

He thinks about it "It is kind of weird...so what? How did you get involved?"

"Apparently her PI has some information about the necklace I'm wearing" I tell him "but he needs to confirm it in person, either way I'm going and I think we should put out treasure hunt on hold to find Joy"

"Let's talk to Amber about this" he says "also where is she?"

"Home sick to take care of her new cat" he snorts

"Your serious" nodding his head "okay—let's get to class"

After a few hours I follow Patricia through the woods "So your PI's name is Rufus?"

"Yeah" she nods her head "he came to me with the information" so she didn't call him? How interesting, good thing I have my switchblade with me. I know I probably shouldn't but I do.

When we get to a spot, we see a green truck and Victor. "Stay down" Patricia and I are hiding in the bushes as we see Victor dragging some guy with olive skin, blue eyes and dirty blonde hair dressed in black unconscious. "That's Rufus"

I recognize him "I recognize him, he was visiting this elderly lady I've been visiting for some time now" we watch as Victor puts him in the back of the truck before the truck drives off "come on, let's get back to the house and talk with Amber and Fabian"

Running back to the house, I think more about the offer Zephyr gave. Mom told me that you could always wait for the perfect moment but there is no perfect moment, there are memorable moments. If your going to have sex for the first time, have it be a memorable one and having sex with Zephyr seems like a memorable one. Fine. I'm agreeing to the agreement with Zephyr.

Once we're at the house, we get Amber and Fabian in the dining room table. We quickly explain to them what happened when Patricia asks "So you saw Rufus meeting this old lady?"

"Her name is Sarah" I tell her "she's the daughter of the original owners of this house"

"The Frobisher-Smythes" Amber tells her "and since when are you two buddy buddy"

"I wouldn't say we're buddy buddy" Patricia says

"Yeah" agreeing with her "we're not best of friends or anything but we're not enemies"

"Yeah" Patricia nods her head

"And also Sarah" I explain "is the one who gave me this locket"

"The locket this Rufus is so interested in" Fabian adds

"What about what Zephyr said?" Amber asks

"I've been thinking about that" I say as Patricia asks "who?"

"Zephyr" we look around making sure we're alone before I say "Zephyr is this guy that I've been seeing" I'm not telling her about vampires, nope. Unless this goes to supernatural drama we don't say anything. As Sibuna we all agreed before talking to Patricia "he told me that I can't trust a guy named Rufus Zeno"

"Why?" She asks

"Didn't say" shaking my head "all he said was that Rufus was Sarah's protector but forfeited it for power"

"What kind of power?" She asks

"Immortality" I tell her "Zephyr said immortality, we know Victor is like some sort of human that managed to survive death and aging"

"But what does this have to do with Joy or Rufus?" Patricia asks

"How did Rufus" I ask "know Joy was missing?"

Shaking her head "I don't know but he did"

"Patricia" I say "if this is going to work, to find out where Joy is you need to trust us. How you and this Rufus met is sketchy and it could be the Rufus I was warned about"

"Then how do we find Joy?" She asks

Getting up, we look around before pulling Patricia to the attic "What are we doing here?" She asks

"We need to talk in silence" I tell her "and if I'm right and hopefully I'm not, I think Joy might be used as a human sacrifice"

Her eyes widen "Sacrifice? As in"

"We don't know" Fabian shakes his head

"Vampires" I tell him "drink blood to survive, kill. It would be the same in this instance"

"Vampires?" She asks "vampires aren't real"

"Huddle" I say

We hear Victor and I open the secret passage that Patricia's eyes widen at, we all go in and stay quiet as Victor walks around. When Victor is gone, Fabian whispers "Whisper Patricia" Amber, Fabian and I soon do a group huddle before agreeing.

"Patricia" I say "we want to initiate you into Sibuna"

"What's Sibuna?" She asks

"It's a secret club we formed" Amber tells her "we've been finding the Cup of Ankh"

"What's that?" She whispers

"Basically this cup that grants eternal life" I tell her

"And you've been searching for these pieces?" She asks. We nod our heads "What does this have to do with Joy?"

"Everything comes with a price Patricia" I tell her "and because Joy is you best friend you deserve to know especially with how hard you've been searching for her. She might be killed, a life for eternal life"

Her eyes widen as tears well her eyes, we cover her mouth as she screams "If this is true" Fabian says "we need to find the cup more then ever"

"And make sure it isn't used" I say

"And find Joy" Patricia adds

"And make sure" Amber says "if this Rufus is the same Rufus that we were warned about, cause" she gasps her eyes widening "what if he wants Joy and this cup to gain immortality himself as Zephyr said"

"We can't waist any time" shaking my head "who knows when this might happen, more importantly if they have any of the pieces"

"What about you?" Patricia asks "do you has any of the pieces?"

We nod our heads "We keep them hidden"

"How did you find out about that room?" She asks

"Because Lera" Amber brags excitedly "is the chosen one"

"The what?" She asks, oh this will be a long night.

~Next Day~

Fabian is next to me as we are in biology, we explained to Patricia everything because we now have two goals. Save Joy and find the Cup of Ankh before Victor or Rufus. Also find a cat that Amber and I found before Amber lost and making sure the cat is alright.

"Alfie?" Mr. Sweet asks

"I thought we were going to be dissecting a rat this week Mr. Sweet?" He asks

"Urgh!" Amber exclaims in disgust "gross! I think experimenting on animals is cruel and unnecessary. Especially experimenting on cats!" Patricia, Fabian and I look at her incredulously at what she's doing right now.

"Oh" Mr. Sweet shakes his head denying anything "I don't think anyone experiments on cats nowadays Amber"

"How do you know?" She demands

"What is she doing?" I whisper

Fabian shrugs his shoulders "I mean what if someone tried to make something like, I don't know...just the top of my head and elixir of life or something?" I see Patricia nod her head to me and Fabian, we need to talk to Amber. This is dangerous what she's doing.

"Strange idea" I see Mr. Sweet sweat a bit "ha ha ha ha, ridiculous idea"

"It was something I read in a book" she says

"Well" Mr. Sweet confirms "some alchemists in the Middle Ages did devote their life to searching for an elixir of life. I'm sure they experimented on animals as part of their quest. And now" falling his hands "let's get back electrical charge flow, yes?"

When we get out of class, we go to Amber as Patricia demands "What were you doing back there?"

"It's called research" she says "didn't you hear what he said about experiments? That's why Victor had a cat, he was using it to experiment on"

"We don't know" I tell her "there are many reasons and we need physical proof of this"

"Lera's right" Fabian and Patricia agree with me but Fabian's the one who speaks "also who can we trust with this? From what you said Patricia we can't trust the teachers or authorities"

"Trudy?" Amber asks

"Possibly" Patricia says

"No" they look at me "if we go to Trudy and Rufus or Victor found a way to cover it up, we might get her into serious trouble" they agree with me.

"What we really need to do is rescue the cat" Amber argues

"How about this?" I suggest "Amber and Patricia, you both go and get the cat. I'll go to Zephyr, and Fabian" looking at him "find out what more you can on those numbers but also more about the Frobisher-Smythes"

~Woods~

"So" Zephyr asks as I'm in the woods with him, it's midday and I'm lucky that school lunch breaks are longer than the ones in America. Tomorrow I'm taking Sibuna to a rager because we need one night if not thinking about the cup or sacrifices or anything like that "you've thought about my offer?"

"I have" nodding my head "and I accept"

He smiles "Then ask away"

"Will Joy be killed if the cup is assembled?" I ask

"She could" nodding his head "strip out of your clothes, I want to see your entire body" once I'm out of my clothes, his eyes blacken in lust "Joy is a chosen one, but you're right. Immortality doesn't come without a price"

"Why was Joy taken?" I ask

"On your back" he orders, getting down on my back he spreads my legs. Blushing a bit, I gasp when his cold tongue licks long stroked, his tongue curling when he reached the top.

"You" I said

"After" he promises "first" one of my hands grabs a fistful of his hair as he devours me. Sucking my folds, my breathe becomes raspy. Using his finger, he stops using his tongue to replace with his finger pumping in and out of me. Curling inside of me before pulling out.

Light sweat begins to coat my body, his mouth over my clit as his tongue flicks my clit. "Oh god" moaning as more pressure builds in my core "please"

"Not yet" he tells me

"Please" I beg as he adds a second finger, his two fingers thrusting in and out of me faster.

"Not yet" he says

Pulling his fingers away, his tongue slides down and into my inner folds. Moaning even louder, I beg "please" gripping his head of hair tighter.

"Now" releasing the pressure, my brain becomes foggy as ecstasy runs through my veins. My body arching at my first amazing orgasm with a man. I've had orgasms before from masturbating but none of been with another person. When Zephyrs finished, he keeps my legs apart and admired my pussy.

I blush Ashe does this, trying to remember I finally do when I ask "Why was Joy taken?"

"She is a descendant of Amnaris, an Egyptian High Priestess who was soulmates with Tutankhamen" he explains "when Tutankhamen died she hid the cup in his tomb so that it may never be found, before she died the God Anubis told her that he will have someone from her blood line: a chosen one or Paragon, be able to assemble the cup back together after the Anubis destroyed the cup and only her bloodline are the protectors"

"How old are you?" I ask

He smiles "That'll cost you a kiss" motioning with my hand, Zephyr pressed his lips to mine and tongue fucks me. When he pulls away he says "I'm about five thousand years old"

"Are you the oldest vampire?" I ask

"Another kiss" he reminds me, I lean up to kiss him. His hand is on my waist as my hands are on his chest before pushing him onto his back.

"Oldest vampire?" I repeat

"Currently?" He asks "Amun, part of the Egyptian coven. About eight thousand years old"

"Why am I known as the chosen one and not a chosen one?" I demand "what about the necklace I have? What does it mean? How do you know so much?"

Flipping us around so that I'm on my back and he's between my legs "your three questions because I'm being generous is worth your virginity?"

I think about it before nodding my head, tears prick my eyes as Zephyrs gives me no warning when he thrusted into me fully. I hold onto him as Zephrys gives me a moment to adjust to him, he wipes away the tears that sprung from my eyes before thrusting in and out of me.

"Fuck" Zephrys has his hands above my head as his fingers dig into the wood.

"Oh" moaning as pressure builds in my core, wrapping my legs around his waist. My ankles locking, more sweat covers my body "faster, harder"

Holding onto him as he thrusted in and out of me at a deeper angle, Zephrys picks up his speed and strength but I know he's holding back from hurting me. Pressing his lips down onto my lips, his tongue thrusted out to tangle with mine.

More moans erupt from me as I reach my peak, clenching my walls around his cock. Zephrys thrusted in and out of me a few more times before stilling, his seed which is surprisingly warm into me.

"Tell me" I order

Chuckling as he removed himself from me, I see my virgin blood on his cock "Not even going to take a moment?"

"I need those answers now" I tell him as soreness begins to settle in.

"Fine" he says "Amneris was a descendant of Isis like yourself but was blessed, but your more closely related to Isis by blood. A chosen one from Amneris's bloodline has a limited amount of power while a descendant like yourself is gifted more. Visions of places? People?" Looking at me "your visions of Sarah" how does he know about that? "Your friends friend was destined to bring the cup together if you hadn't been born, Isis made it so that if a direct descendant of hers more closely related by blood would become the chosen one. This necklace" he holds up the necklace Sarah gave me "it's an Eye of Horus—symbolizes protection, health and restoration. Not the eye, if it did it would symbolize all three but this only represents protection against evil and lastly I know so much...because I was there when all of this happened"

"Can you tell me everything?" I ask

Shaking his head no "Unfortunately no, it's part of your destiny to figure all of this out on your own. I can only give clues. Anymore questions cause I have to get you back soon"

"Why do you want revenge?" I ask "what does it have to do with me?"

His eyes blacken in anger, my heart speeds up a bit "One day I will tell you, but for now..." bringing me over for a kiss "I'll" he pulls away to tell me "give you a free fuck, one where you'll be very pleased—you'll end up having a very long post orgasmic bliss" I stare at him before nodding my head.