I just wanted to let you all know that I'm changing a few things. Heather's name is now Onyx and Damien is just Nigel...it was getting confusing to go back and forth all throughout the story...confuseing me. Okay, well on we go....

Chapter Fifteen

“So, who’s Sebastian?” I asked, forgetting that little detail.

I had sat back on the bed, but across from Jasper. I couldn’t be near him now, it was too awkward.

“He is the eldest in Nigel’s coven, the one who changed them all. Didn’t you hear what—”

I didn’t let him finish. “There are more?” I asked, skeptically. Damien had conveniently kept this from me.

Jasper looked down at his hands. “Yes, but I was hoping we could talk about us for a while. So much has been going on lately; we haven’t been able to talk about something I feel is important.”

“Oh,” I breathed. “What is that?”

He let out a sharp sigh. “I don’t want this to end, Genevieve. We have only just started to fall in love and now I may never see you again.” He threw himself back on my pillows and covered his face with his arm. “I guess what I’m trying to say here is that I’m not ready to say good-bye.” His voice grew softer and softer as he spoke. “It’s like I always have to say good-bye to the ones that I love. First Sue, now you.”

Which reminded me, “I’m not Sue,” I said, repeating what Damien had said.

He whipped his arm down and sat up on his elbows in one quick movement. “She was just a friend, Genevieve. She had never made me feel like this.” He moved toward me, but I didn’t protest. “You have woken something in me that has been buried deep for so long. Before you, my life was meaningless. Days went by in a dull blur. You have sparked the very essence of my being. I know this may sound a bit corny, but you have completed my life. I love you.”

My eyes teared then. I sat in his lap as he cradled me like a baby. With the crying, I probably looked like one. When I couldn’t see anymore, I hid my face in his chest. He didn’t say anything, he just let me sob.

I could see our future. He would turn into a monster and go away for a while. When it was good for him again, to be this close to me again, he would come back. I would have aged by then. I would be older. I shuddered at that thought and my mindset changed to something worse than age, being alone.

I burst into sobs again and just pulled Jasper closer to me. The space seemed to be growing, but that was just in my mind. Jasper didn’t question my behavior; he just held me on the bed and let me ruin his shirt with my running makeup.

It was to easy to see myself finishing school, going to college, living life completely alone. I’d age alone. I’d be a bitter old woman alone. All because I would be waiting for Jasper to come and rescue me. He is who I loved and after loving him, no one would compare. I’d be alone for him.

He went stiff for a moment, and then he lifted me easily and put me down in front of him. Everything in his eyes had changed. His face was serious, teeth clenched, eyebrows creased. “This isn’t working out, Genevieve. I don’t want to say good-bye but it’s something that has to be done. I’ve spent to long trapped in this god forsaken house. I can’t stand it anymore!” He brushed his finger across my cheek. “Good-bye, my love.”

Without another word, he stood up and walked out my bedroom door. He left me gazing at my wall with my mouth open looking completely dumbfounded.

Slowly I reached up to my cheek. “Bye,” I whispered.

I couldn’t understand how it happened, but it did. Sebastian came to my house late that night. Damien had let him in the door, which went against everything I knew about vampires. I thought vampires couldn’t come in another’s house unless invited. I shrugged it off and met them both in the foyer.

“Hello, Miss. Caine. I have heard so much about you.”

Sebastian was a wondrous creature. He was beautiful yet creepy at the same time. He had an English accent that made my mouth water. He was young, well, his body was young enough to pull off twenty five. He had short brown hair and pale features. Like Damien, he had luscious eyes that made you want to melt in the very spot you stood in. Sebastian was tall and robust, very robust.

My mind went fuzzy for a moment. He stared at me, questioning my sanity for I was staring. I shook my head. “Hi.” I managed to say