Chapter 8

POV: Jasmine

Wow, Jordan lives in a mansion???!!!!! I thought to myself as I followed the Corvette into the humongous driveway of a four-story mansion. I couldn’t believe that he never told me! But then I realized that he probably didn’t want me to like him for his money. But nobody around here is rich, so there must be something special about Jordan, otherwise he wouldn’t have this humongous house. As soon as the Corvette came to a stop at the end of the driveway, I hid in some bushes so I wouldn’t get caught. I watched as Jordan and Danny walked up to the door, rang the doorbell, and walked in as a servant answered it. I decided that the only way I would get in undetected was by sneaking in, so I sneaked around back. There was a backdoor which probably led to the kitchen, since I could smell all kinds of good food as I walked towards the door. I quickly made a plan: when one of the servants comes out, I’ll sneak in. About 10 minutes later, a young servant girl walked out, dumping the scraps out. I ran to the door and gently opened it. I was in a vast kitchen, but everyone in it had their backs turned tending to food. So I sneaked by and slipped through the door that led out to the inside of the house. It was beautiful, but since I was on a mission I didn’t take time to take in the scenery. I saw a staircase and raced up it. When I reached the top, I saw Jordan walking down the hall, his back turned. I followed him down the long hall past many doors until he finally stopped at one. He opened it, revealing a vast library and a man in a chair who looked a lot like Jordan, presumably his father. They started talking, so I got closer to the door to listen in.

“Son, a lot of eligible women are coming tomorrow for you to choose one to be your queen,” I heard a voice, probably his father, say.

“Dad, I don’t want to marry anybody!” Jordan shouted.

“Son, you will choose one, because you have to, you’re going to take the throne of the vampire kingdom soon and need to have a vampire queen!” his dad shouted back. I gasped really loud. Jordan’s a vampire prince???!!!!!! I thought to myself, horrified that he would lie to me. Then I realized since they’re vampires, they probably heard me, so I became silent. The voices had stopped, obviously trying to figure out where the noise had come from.

“Did you hear that?” Jordan whispered, and then he flung open the door to the library, revealing me!

POV: Jordan

I gasped with horror when I opened the door, revealing Jasmine. She started to run down the hallway and I called to my dad,

“I’ll be right back, Dad!” I used my super fast vampire abilities to catch up with her immediately, grabbing her by the wrist. She started to cry, throwing her arms around my waist. She cried,

“Oh, Jordan, I’m so sorry, but I just wanted to know why you had acted so strangely, so I followed you home, and then I followed you and listened in to your conversation. Why didn’t you tell me you were a prince?” At this point her tears stopped as she looked up in my eyes.

“Because you’re a human, and I wanted to keep you safe from danger, and being the prince of vampires means you have enemies and I didn’t want them to hurt you, so I thought it was best if we stayed apart,” I said.

“But now you’re going to marry some vampire girl and leave me behind!” she cried out.

“No, I wasn’t,” I responded quickly.

“But you have to, so, if you want to be with me, then turn me, and I’ll be your vampire queen, I really want to-” She stopped talking and looked down the hall in horror. I saw my father standing 5 feet away, looking at us, especially at Jasmine, with an evil glare in his eyes.