the rest of when darkness meets light

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“ Lily pad wake up they are here.” I felt a cold finger against my cheek. My eyes flickered open and I looked up to see Ash still laying beside me with the same shirt on.2

“ What? Get out of here!” I said. He kissed me on the cheek and said, “ Don’t worry they are gone to the grocery store, to get some fresh eggs.” I laid back down in relief and glanced at the clock. 6 in the morning to be exact. I rolled over to face Ash. He was staring at me with dark brown eyes. He rolled on top of me and put his lips to my neck. A wave went through me then. Not just a wave of pleasure, but a wave that told me he was the right one. 3

“ Lillian, I haven’t...fed.” He said tranquilly. I nodded and knew what he was about to say. I tilted my neck and said, “ Just don’t take to much this time.” He smiled and put his lips back to my neck. He parted them and I felt a pain at my neck, followed by a coolness. The coolness was the venom-a icy painful coolness. It was my responsibility to not make the venom spread. I focused, but the closeness between us made me not want to focus. I can’t even explain the feeling, the side-effects of how it feels to have a vampire feed on you. It linked both of your minds. You could feel their touch, even if they weren’t touching you. It felt like laying in a tub filled with peppermint oil. It felt dreamy. I began to feel dazed. Not focussed on the venom spreading. 4

“ Lil,” His voice seemed like a voice from a robot. Slow. My eyes began to close and…5

“ What happened?” I opened my eyes. “ The venom began to spread and I had to give you some of my blood to burn it out.6

“ I died.” I said confused. He chuckle and said,” Nope, get dress. Your wolf cousins are soon to be back.” I nodded and felt my neck. It was sore, but the wound was gone. I jumped out of bed and went to the closet. I didn’t feel like putting on anything fancy. I grabbed a pair of denim jeans and went over to the dresser to get a blue camisole.7

“ I’ll see you later, bye.” Ash kissed me on the forehead. I nodded and kissed him back, on the lips. He opened my window and slipped out in one fluid movement. I watched him leave and then went to the bathroom to take a shower. 8

When I got out, I heard low grumble of voices. Here comes the cousins, I thought. I slipped on my camisole and pants and walked out the bathroom to greet them. Luckily, Isis was the only one in the kitchen and the others were in the spell room. 9

“ Good morning.” She said as she cracked three eggs into a bowl. She stirred them in such speed. 10

“ Is that breakfast.” I pointed to the now burned pancakes. She threw down the bowl and went toward the stove to turn the burners. I laughed and walked outside to the basement. The spell room was like another house, except it was only one room and a little bit smaller. I walked down the stairs to see three guys that looked around my age, a girl that was about Isis’s age, and two women. They didn’t notice my entrance. 11

“ Lillian,” I recognized all of them when I was closer. The one who had called my name was Trixie Auburson. She was a werewolf. She had narrow violet eyes and waist-length, straight, luxurious, silver hair. She has a curvy figure. I smiled and hugged her. She smelt like a puppy. 12

“ You’ve grown up,” she said as she examined me. I smiled and leaned against the shelf filled with potions and supplies. The others had turned around and walked over to me, to say hi. 13

“ Well, can’t stay young forever.” I said awkwardly. The three guys names were Trace, Jacob, and Jasper. Trace and Jacob were witches, while Jasper was a werewolf like Trixie. Trace was the youngest. Jasper wasn’t my cousin though. He had childlike dimples, blue-green eyes, short blonde hair, and a slender build. He used to have a crush on me and casted a spell on me to make me love him, I wondered if he still did like me. 14

The other two guys were both around 23 and they were fraternal twins. Jacob had burned sienna eyes, with shaggy red hair, while Jasper had light brown eyes with long red hair that was nicely styled. You could totally see the difference between them. 15

“ Hey Lily,” Trace said in a nervous voice. I smiled and gave him a hug. He smelled of peppermints. 16

“ How are you, still need some practice with your spells.” He said. I nodded and greeted Jacob and Jasper. Gram-mother joined the group and so did great gram-mother Mickela and her niece Candace. 17

She kissed me on the cheek and said, “ Lilith would have been proud of you. I can’t wait for you to show us your powers. Aggie(Gram-mother, her daughter) hasn’t shut up about it.” I swallowed. “ What.” I managed to get out. 18

“ You are the strongest of the bunch, I intend you to show your gram-mother your powers.” I nodded again, and walked over to the shelf and grabbed some special ingredients. Three Kaffir lime leafs, six cardamom seeds, vanillin, two dolls, and a already mixed potion of Elixir of passion. 19

“ Love spell?” Trace asked. I smiled wide and went over to the table. They crowded around me. 20

“ Well don’t you need two things belonging to each person.” I almost forgot. I stood up and walked over to Trixie and Trace. I yanked a strand of hair from both of them and went to tie them on to each doll. They soon would thank me for this. First, I would have to tie Kaffir lime leaves around one doll, and then stick the cardamom seeds into the strand of hair I got from Trixie. Then I poured the elixir on both the dolls, the same amount. After that I would have to tie the dolls together. The vanillin would be the sweetness, I poured two drops on each doll and onto each strand of hair. Then carefully, I incanted the spell. 21

“ Bound two into one, make them love, care for each other, tie them together, as soul-mates. May the spell be done, not broken, as upon a wish words spoken. Here 22

lays Trace and Trixie, in love.” there was silence and then Trixie and Trace bursted out in laughter. Little did they know that the spell was gonna kick in in about 12 minutes. And oh man I forgot one more ingredient. I went to the shelf and grabbed another bottle of elixir, it was the elixir of life. I told both of them to drink some. They listened and then we waited till the spell started to work. 23

“ You have such pretty eyes,” Trace voice was sweet and strong. Trixie smiled and rubbed her fingers through his hair. The spell had worked successfully and the two love birds hadn’t shut up one minute. 24

“ And your hair is so thick and luxurious.” She said as she pulled away a strand from his eyes. I laughed again and stood to get some more Moonset tea. I handed gram a glass and then Jasper and Gram-mother Mickela. I sipped mine slowly and tapped my fingers on the red oak table. 25

“ Oh Lillian, you have grown so much. You look so much like your mother and I know a young beautiful girl like you should have a handsome boyfriend, what’s his name.” I almost choked on the tea.26

“ Uhhh, I’m not interested in any of the guys here in this town, but I do like some guys at school sort of.” she smiled and patted me on the shoulder. I smiled too and sipped the rest of my tea.27

“ You see that star right there, it’s Vega, the fifth brightest star in the sky, and the brightest in the constellation Lyra. It’s beautiful isn’t it?” Jasper whispered. I smiled. It was more than beautiful. It had blue rings surrounding the inner layer of white. It shined brighter than any of the stars out tonight. 28

“ How do you know so much about stars. I would take you as a basketball player.” I said. She chuckled and turned to face me, his eyes burning a bright red color. 29

“ Well my mother used to take me out every night and show me the beautiful celestial. I grew interested into the night sky ever since then.” I smiled again and laid down onto the damp grass. He laid down beside me. 30

“ So, your not interested in any guys here?” I nodded and faced him. He was exquisite. 31

“ Well, I’m here.” I leaned in closer then and our faces were inches apart. I smelled his sweet aromatic breath and his cologne. That moment I was drawn into his angelic features and his powers. My lips touched his and then what happened was to remain a mystery. Sparks went through my body. Waves of pure love. I couldn’t pull away even if I wanted. The connection between us was unreal and having to feel it all made it worth much more. I could feel the warmness of his blood, I could touch his mind and feel everything he felt. I could tell he was feeling the same thing. Then there was something I couldn’t put together that popped in my mind. Soulmates. 32

“ Lillian,” a voice I didn’t want to hear at this moment. I turned around to see Isis standing there with her hair blowing wildly. I realized that I was in his arms. I pulled away then and stood up and straightened my shirt. Isis looked somewhat shocked and I could her eyes peering darkly into me. 33

“ What’s going on?” she asked suddenly. I wrapped my jacket around me and searched for words to say.34

“Uhhh...no-thi...ng.” I managed to get out.35

“ No, I know exactly what’s going on here. Jasper get out of here.”