"Hey Trudy?" I ask as Fabian and I are helping her make cakes for today's open house "What happened to the chandelier? That use to be in the foyer?" I remember Victor mentioning there being a chandelier once in the foyer before it was taken down. What if the next clue has to do with the chandelier? I mean it's been another week and we haven't gotten anything.

"Yes" nodding her head "we have it around here somewhere"

"Do you think we could put it back up?" I ask "I mean show the perspective parents all of the history this house has to give" she smiles nodding her head.

"Why?" Fabian asks as Trudy goes to get it.

"Tears of glass?" I ask "think about it for a moment, tears of glass? Chandeliers and their"

"Tears of glass" he gets it "but what about midday sunset?" I bring him to the foyer.

"See the glass" pointing to the mosaic art "that's the sunset"

"Of course" his eyes widen "how didn't I see it before?" We soon help Trudy put the chandelier up.

"Anyone smell anything?" Trudy asks before running off yelling "the cakes!" Fabian and I wait for the light to hit and when it does there is also this ringing that is kind of making me a bit crazy, there is this green stream of light that hits the wall.

Grabbing the necklace, I put it where the glowing is at its peak. The wall opens and Fabian pulls out a small staff with a diamond on the end of it.

"This" Fabian says to me "is the coolest thing to ever happen to me"

"Me too" nodding my head "come on, let's get Amber. Meet up in the attic" going up to the attic after putting away the ladder, we wait for Amber.

When she comes in, her eyes widen "Oh my god! Is that it?"

"It is" nodding my head "what do you think these pieces lead to?"

"I've done some research" Fabian says "and the pieces could lead to the Cup of Ankh"

"Cup of Immortality?" I ask

He nods his head "Yes—see when the original owners of the house"

"The gloomy looking couple?" Amber asks

"Same ones" nodding his head "well the Frobisher-Smythes, it was said that during excavation that they found Tutankhamen's tomb. In the tomb was the Cup of Ankh that had been hidden away by his lover Amneris, in the wrong hands the power from the cup can bestow great evil such as war or destruction in some form"

"Okay" I say "so say this is all true, that we are finding the cup. How does it relate to me being the chosen one?"

"Maybe your lover can tell you" Amber jokes

"The cup" Fabian says "was originally made by the gods, Anubis specifically. Maybe he entrusted the true descendant from Isis's bloodline to wield the power"

"If that is true" waving my hand "my sister would also be a candidate since she's my twin"

"But the rest of the letter" Amber says "is true of heart and pure of mind or is it the other way around? Pure of heart and true of mind?"

"Amber's right" Fabian agrees "from what we've heard about your sister, she can't be the chosen one"

Taking the piece that we found "I wonder if there's another clue in here, maybe the original owners only wanted those who wouldn't use the cup's power for evil to find it"

"Through the chosen one" Fabian nods his head in agreement.

The old time phonograph soon goes off and we hear young Sarah's voice "He frightens me. He spends a lot of time in his cellar with dead animals. Dead animals that he stuffs. But what frightens me the most, is his raven, Corbiere"

"What did she just say?" Amber asks frightened

"Corbiere?" I ask "like Victor's raven?"

"I'm more convinced than ever" Young Sarah continues "that he's responsible for the death of my parents, but I can't prove anything" she gasps "he's coming!"

"You" our eyes widen hearing Victor's voice "have five minutes and I want to be able to hear a pin drop"

"Was that voice" I ask

"Did that sound like" Amber asks

"Victor" Fabian confirms

Amber turns it off looking at us scared "Let's go downstairs, I'm scared"

"Come on" motioning to heading downstairs, once we are we go to our room "if that was Victor, he would have to be over a hundred years old"

"No one is that old" Fabian shakes his head

"Vampires are" Amber says, we look at her "what? They are"

"I'm going for a run" I tell them "this whole hearing Victor's voice over the photograph is creeping me out"

"Me too" they agree, after five minutes I'm heading out for a jog. As I jog down the same path, I go to where I last met up with Zephyrs. I know it's wrong, but if he has answers then maybe I should give something back.

When I am in the surroundings, I wait before hearing a crack. Looking over I see Zephyr leaning against a tree "I knew you'd be coming back to me sooner or later"

"I've got questions" I tell him

"And I potentially have the answers" he retorts

Nodding my head "I know your answers don't come for free...what do you want?"

"Depends on the question" pushing off of a tree "I'm not an unreasonable creature Leralynn, so tell me your question and I'll tell you what it costs"

"What is Victor?" I ask "is he immortal?"

He chuckles "That's an easy answer—your tits, I want you to remove that shirt and bra to show me your tits" I'm hesitant since only my roommates who are girls have ever seen me naked, no man has "if you want the answer then show me your rack" taking off my shirt first, it takes me a moment before I show Zephyrs my breasts. He comes over that my back is to the tree behind me. He says something in a language I'm not that familiar with, is it Turkish? "Victor is not immortal, he is very much human"

"Does that mean he takes something?" I ask "Does he know Sarah Frobisher-Smythe? Am I looking for Cup of Ankh with my friends?"

"A kiss" he says "is my payment" leaning up, pressing my lips to his Zephyr smiles wrapping an arm around my waist as he pushes my back up against the tree. Wrapping an arm around his neck, out tongues tangle with one another's. Pulling away, moving my face so that he kisses me cheek since I had a feeling he'd what to kiss me more "yes to all three"

"Whose Rufus Zeno?" I ask

"Kiss me again" he orders, I think about it before kissing Zephyr again. Picking me up, he is using his hands to keep my legs spread. His cock straining to be freed from his pants.

"Rufus Zeno" I repeat pulling away, my chest breathes heavily as I stare at him.

"Rufus Zeno" he tells me "was an Osirian, a protector to Chosen Ones or Paragons as they were once called. He forsake his role to Sarah when he wanted immortality rather than a mortal life"

"Anything more?" I ask

"It's nearly nine" I look up and he's right, it's getting dark "and the more questions you have, the more I'll want to taste you—you aren't ready" setting me down, he hands me my bra and shirt "I'll get you back" picking me up, he runs me Anubis House. Setting me down, he says "until next time"

Going inside, I run upstairs to change and take a shower. After I'm done, Patricia is here and she picks up my necklace that I dropped so I take it back "Where did you get this?"

"A friend gave it to me" I tell her "it's a locket, has me and her on the inside" why did I give so much detail? You shouldn't give this much information when lying. Stupid. Stupid "if that's all"

"Why don't I see you brush your teeth?" She demands

"I do it while I shower" I explain before leaving, I see Amber isn't here so I go to pull out a water bottle but can't find any. Heading downstairs, quickly grabbing a bottle of water I see Victor who is ready to give the announcement.

When I get to my room I hear "I wasn't stealing the locket" locket? What locket? My locket? "There's a really good reason why I need to borrow it"

"Like what?" Amber challenged "a fashion emergency?" Opening the door, the two look at me.

"Shouldn't you be back in your old room?" I ask Patricia

"Yeah" Patricia agrees, looking at Amber "catch you later, yeah?"

Leaving our room I ask "Why did Patricia try to my locker?"

"How did you know?" She asks

"Good hearing" explaining as I take back the locket putting it around my neck.

"I don't know" shaking her head "she said it was important"

"I'll find out later" I tell her "now I got some more information"

Her eyes widen "Really? Did you see" she asks worried.

"Yes" nodding my head "and it was kissing again, nothing more" she sighs relieved.

~Next Day~

"Okay so Victor is the same Victor from the phonograph?" Fabian asks

Nodding my head as I try to open the next piece, the stick "He is"

"Does that mean he's a vampire?" Amber asks her eyes widening

Shaking my head no "No" I'm actually doing some research on that, I mean what Zephyr could be since he isn't human "Zephyr said that Victor is very much human and that he takes something to stay young" but what? What does he take? "But he confirmed also that we are finding the pieces to the Cup of Ankh"

"What about Rufus Zeno?" Fabian asks

"All he said was that Rufus Zeno is after immortality" I think back to what Zephyr said since my mind was kind of hazy after the make out sessions we have "and that he forsake his job as the Osirian"

"The Osirian?" Amber asks "what's that?"

Shrugging my shoulders "I've been looking that up and I haven't found anything" my phone goes off and I see it's my mom "it's my mom—here" handing Fabian the piece as I answer my phone "Hi mom"

"Hey baby" she says "how are you doing?"

"I'm doing okay" I say "I have a group of friends"

"That's good" she says "oh I miss you so much baby"

"I miss you too mom" I tell her "I don't miss Bella if she's there listening in"

"Bella is out with her Spanish teacher who kindly agreed to help tutor" aka she's fucking that teacher.

Fabian pulls something out "Mom, I have a class in a few minutes. I'll call you later and I love you"

"Okay, I love you too" we hang up and I look over at the clue.

"Khet is the place to find" Fabian says "and there in the flames you must look behind"

"What does that mean?" I ask

Amber shakes her head "Even I have no idea what that means" I resist the urge to laugh since Amber can be a bit slow, she's very kind though and very brilliant in fashion. After some hours, Amber and I are in the living room researching more about the riddle or trying to "Oh! I've found something!" She shows me "Khet means 'fire' or 'place of fire'" I look at the fireplace since that's the only place with a fire besides the kitchen with the oven.

When Victor comes over I call out his name "Victor!"

He comes over "Yes, Miss Swan?"

"I was wondering for history and architecture reasons" I ask "the fireplace? Has it been modernized?"

He nods his head "Unfortunately it has, because of aging the fire place needed to have the bricks be replaced but due to modernization in a way did the fireplace now look like it is now—also let everyone know I want it to be lights out by nine"

"Thank you" I say

He nods his he's before leaving "Why" Amber asks "did you aka that?"

"Because in this house we need to find places that haven't been modernized" I explain to him "we need Fabian, I think I know where the next part of the clue is"

After some hours, I go up to find Patricia in her room "Why did you go through my stuff?" I ask

"Amber" she scowls

"It isn't Amber who told me" protecting Amber "why did you go through my stuff?"

"Your so secretive" she gets defensive "you know that?"

"We barely talk" I tell her "and when we do your always being a bitch so I be a bitch back, it's not being secretive"

"Haven't you seen the time?" Victor comes in "I told you I wanted everyone in bed early"

"Sorry Victor" I apologize "just needed to know some stuff"