Chapter 14

Chapter 14
Luke's POV

" Take her", I beg Julias as I shove her towards him, " her love isn't worth the death of our king".

" I'm not sure I want used goods anymore Luke", he said, acting like he could care less if he had her or not.

Serina spoke up," I want to be with you and rule with power over all vampire covens. We could be great together". She said this as she pulled off her robe and modeled her body to him in sexy black lingerie. She pranced right up to him and practically began humping his leg. This changed his tune.

" Let me try her out after dinner and I'll let you know. My men will call you and let you know our decision".

" That sounds acceptable and I'll be waiting for your answer". I turned and walked out the door leaving Serina to do her job.

Lila's POV

It only took about fifteen minutes before Luke was back with me and filling me in on what happened with Julias. Auberon had found where they had my dad and ironically there were only three men guarding him and nobody else on the same floor. I had to learn how to climb and balance, but I caught on quickly. My dad was on the second floor on the west side of the house in the third room on the right from the window we were sneaking into.

Luke helped me through the window and we busted through the door that my dad was in. He had a look of surprise on his face and so did the others. It didn't take long before we had killed everyone in the room and had released my dad.

He squz me tight, " I am so glad you are ok. I heard what happened at the mansion and I was so afraid for you and your mom". My face fell when he said that and he knew something had happened.

" What's wrong, did something happen?" Luke stepped in and told him what had happened and it seemed as if dad was more torn up than I was and he was angry.

We devised a plan to save Serina and waited for the phone call. This was so nerve-wracking because we didn't know how safe she was or if he was just going to kill her anyway to hurt Luke. They had killed the warriors that had tried to help protect my dad so there were only the four of us left to rescue Selina. We followed Auberon through the dark halls as we made our way to Julias's room. I was trying to utilize my new exceptional hearing abilities to listen for Serina and after a moment we all stood dead still.

" Do you guys hear that?", I whispered.

Auberon jerked his head to the right," I know exactly where she is".

Luke agreed," in the basement second hall to the left last door on the right".

My dad and I looked at each other in amazement. He had been letting his abilities go to the wayside since we lived as humans, but was now putting them to good use and was Rusty and unsure of himself.

We found our way to the stairs and crept down each flight of stairs trying to be as quiet as possible so that the coven wouldn't hear. We did this until we made it to Julias's room and we barged in on him trying to force himself on Serina. He did a double take and it only took him a second to figure out what we had done. My dad jumped on his back while Auberon lit him on fire. This was dad's que to let go and we watched as he was engulfed in flames. 

"What now?", I asked.

Luke grinned," darlin now all we've got to do is walk out".

I looked at him questioningly," it's that easy".

" Your father killed a vampire king and he is now king of both covens so he has the biggest coven that I've ever heard of and he's got close to nine hundred vampires".

"Lance, are you up for this?", Auberon asked.

Dad thought for a minute," I am but would you be my advisor and stay here for me and I will visit several times a month to make sure nobody is giving you any trouble". Auberon agreed to be in charge.

"Now", Luke said,"to just convince this coven that you are their king is another thing".

We started down to the dining hall where the rest of the coven would be and told them that dad is their new king. When we got there, we already knew and weren't going to bow down without a fight. Fangs were drawn and everyone had the look of death in their eyes.

Luke turned to Serina," take Lila and get the hell out of here. I will find you".

My heart dropped and I started protesting and fighting Serina's grasp, "I won't leave you here to die! I just won't! We fight together or not at all! I can't lose you!" I felt the tears well in my eyes but fought them back as I watched him shake his head. I was no match for Serina's full on vampire strength and she successfully held me back. Luke put his hands on both sides of my face and kissed me and I relaxed a little.

"I'm doin this because I love ya darlin. Please don't fight it. I'll see ya when it's good done." I nodded and Serina had me whisked away faster than I could say I love you back to Luke. She was running with me over her shoulder and  all I could see were blurred images of the trees and the foliage that grew in the forest.

"Put me down!"I screamed at her. She did as I asked and I went and sat on a stump trying to concentrate on getting my mind to Luke.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to mind link Luke so that I might be able to see the fight through his eyes. I've got to know if something bad happens because I know we won't be able to go get their bodies and I want to be able to say I love you."

"I understand", she said, kneeling down beside me. "I'm going to see if anyone from our coven has made it this far so they can go help." I could hear her muffled voice as I began to block her out and get into a meditative state. I pushed harder to see if I could reach Luke's mind and I finally felt something that seemed familiar.

"There you are darlin", I heard his soft voice say. He was whispering to me which made no sense because I was in his mind and not in front of him, but maybe it was just the mentality of it all. "I knew you would be smart and find me this way."

"Can I see the fight through your eyes?", I asked.

"It takes a lot of power to do that darlin. Hold on a sec." He grunted and I knew he was fighting, but in a flash I saw everything through his eyes. Siasha and Jasmine had come through and some of our warriors in the area had come to help. I could tell that Julias's coven wasn't going to give up easily. They were fighting tooth and nail to keep what they thought belonged to them. If it wasn't for the thought of them coming after us when we were done we would have just let them be, but we knew they would come for blood.

I saw Luke fighting his muscles bulging out of his shirt as he threw the opposing vampire off of him and had just enough time to swing his arm around to punch through another chest and pull out his heart.  This mess was going on everywhere I could see and my dad was putting up a good fight, but still not good enough. He should have used his skills all these years to be ready for a time like this. All I know is if we ever got out of this I was going to practice my skills to be ready if there was a next time. My mind snapped back to the present when I heard Luke's voice.

" I'm sending your dad out, he's not equipped to handle this type of fighting. He's seriously going to work on his skills if he's gonna be king."

" I agree, where will he be coming out?"

"Same place you did darlin.  Auberon will be bringing them out." I continued to watch the fight and try and watch for my dad at the same time it was difficult, but attainable. I drifted off into thought again and smiled at how Luke spoke when he was filled with emotion. His southern accent took hold of him and I absolutely loved it. A moment later dad walked through the woods and ran to us and hugged me. He went to say something but I hushed him as I concentrated on what was happening with Luke.

"Where are you?"

"Not now", he said seriously. I started to inwardly freak out and he must have felt it because I instantly heard his voice again.

"Don't be afraid." I couldn't tell where he was but I stayed quiet and calm like he asked and waited for his response. I didn't like this because I might not ever see him again, but it was something that had to be done. All I could see were the hallways Luke was running through and they weren't familiar. I could feel the blood pumping through his veins in the anxiousness of trying to survive the fight and make it out alive. Everything became blurred as he whizzed through the house looking for a way out. In an instant all I saw was black and I was cut off.

I fell to the ground hyperventilating and tears coming from my eyes. I tried to speak, but no words came out. I felt like he was gone and I was no longer connected to him. My mind kept screaming and my heart was breaking into pieces. I wanted to scream, but all I could do was lay on the cold dirt floor of the earth and rock as I had a mental breakdown. I could hear my dad's muffled voice and then I felt my body being lifted as the person who carried me ran through the woods. Shortly after that I blacked out.