SCARLETT (Kiss From The Darkness)
Chapter 25

I pushed Damon with all my might. He rolled to the side. I immediately got out of bed and tidied up my clothes that were slightly exposed because of his hands.

I stepped out of the room. I ran to the terrace. By then the sun was almost gone. The sky has begun to show orange rays that blend with purplishness. I looked up at the sky in the distance. My mind floated on Roland.

I stayed there alone for a while. My tears are dripping. Separating from Roland was as if plucking my heart from within my chest cavity. The pain tormented me so much.

I heard the sound of Damon moving towards me. I was still silent and did not look at him. Maybe I hurt her feelings again. How could I possibly injure two men at the same time?

"Scarlett," called out to him in a soft voice.

I looked towards him. She hid her feelings of disappointment behind her smile.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean .. "his voice was choked.

"I'm fine" I said, forcing myself to smile.

He walked up to me and stood right next to me. We looked up at the sky which was beginning to turn purplish.

"You know," he said, turning to me, "Sometimes it's okay to admit that we're not okay." He said that while smiling.

I blinked my eyes. It was as if his words pierced my soul. He saw that my heart was so sick. I've always pretended to be strong all along. This time I let myself admit that I was not okay.

Damon grabbed me. True what he said, there are times when we do not need to constantly pretend to be strong. I put my head on his chest. I let my tears fall down my cheeks.

Damon raised my face to face him. He wiped my tears.

"To me you are still the Goddess." He said that while smiling.

"I don't deserve to be a princess." I said weak.

I remember what Victor said.

"Even I was unable to save the kingdom so beloved by my father." This time my voice shook.

"It wasn't your fault." Damon cupped my cheeks with both hands.

I shook my head slowly.

"I can't even avenge my parents." I turned around and turned back to face the darkening sky.

"Sometimes we need to let the past disappear behind us." Damon said that while looking up at the sky.

"Do I deserve to live in this world?" I said it bitterly.

Damon didn't answer my question. I looked towards him. He looked at my face. Damon breathed slowly.

"Wherever you are, you are a goddess" she said.

I smiled seeing him. We both went back to being silent for a long time. The silence was comfortable.

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The night has come down. The moonlight graced the cloudy sky. I heard the sound of bat wings flapping from outside. Suddenly there was a squeaking sound of a car tire that stopped suddenly in front of Damon's house.

I immediately ran out. Damon was behind me. I looked up at the sight before me.

"Give up you damned vampires! Or I'll kill this traitor right now!"

I saw Roland standing with his hands cuffed. Behind him stood a burly man who was attaching a gun to Roland's temple. My heart was about to jump out looking at that scene.

Behind them were three other men holding pistols pointed at me and Damon. Damon and I were standing there. Perhaps the man who attached the gun to Roland's temple was the clan leader.

I analyzed the situation. There were a total of four vampire hunters before us. I looked right into Roland's eyes. He nodded a little towards me.

"I'll kill this traitor if you don't turn yourself in immediately!" This time the man shouted.

I heard Damon hissing beside me. I felt my emotions boil over seeing Roland become such a prisoner. I concentrate on the power within me.

I lunged right at the burly man holding Roland. He slammed back with a loud thud.

The gunshot accompanied my next move. I ignored the sound of the bullets. The bullet must have been a bullet made of silver. I moved swiftly avoiding the attack.

I came back to the burly man and caught him. I put my arm back. Suddenly I felt a heat stroke in my stomach. Damnit. He took out his silver dagger with an agile motion and hit the front of my stomach. I felt the heat from my wounds.

I saw Damon beating up the other hunters. There was one that was already lying motionless on the ground. The burly man took advantage of the moment by reversing the attack on me.

He turned his body and pushed me to the ground. I sprawled and she held me by her feet. He grasped the dagger with both hands and was about to point it right at my heart.

"That night you almost died in my hands" he whispered.

It turned out that this guy attacked me in the woods that night. No wonder it is so strong. He is the clan leader. This time he held his dagger up high and pointed it down to my chest.

I felt his body fall on me. The dagger fell to my side. I saw Roland standing there with a gun in his hand. This time Roland saved me back.

Roland pulled the man and removed his body from me. I got up and stood right in front of him. Roland's hands were still cuffed. I ignored him and hugged him.

"It's not a good time to make love!" Damon's voice made us look at him.

Damon was panting and his hair looked a bit wrinkled after the fight. I saw three men lying on the ground. Damon tidied his hair and cleaned the ground from his clothes.

He walked towards us.

"Until when are you gonna wear handcuffs like that?" He said that while pointing towards Roland's wrist.

"Of course." Answer Roland.

"How did they find us?" I asked him curious.

"Robert's been watching your house ever since. He immediately contacted the other hunter clan members and told them about me." Roland answered while looking at me.

"So that jerk was following us." Damon digested the situation.

I nodded in understanding. I looked back at Roland's handcuffs.

"Wouldn't you have melted the silver chain of time in my house?" ask Roland.

I recall the incident when Roland tied me and Erick to a silver chain in his house. Yes, I was feeling emotions and I accidentally made a silver chain that shackled my hands and feet melt.

"Maybe I can create fire like Victor, '" I whispered.

Roland nodded towards me.

"Just try it." Damon told me to do it.

I try to concentrate. I stared focused on the handcuffs in Roland's hands. I tried to concentrate my power on creating fire. Niente. Nothing happened.