Mr. Masters is making me stay home from school. As much as I want to protest and go anyway, I'm still breaking eggs. If I can't even pick up an egg, what's to stop me from accidentally smashing a desk, or a door, or worse, hurting someone? Of course, he's not suffering from new found, Undead, super strength syndrome so he gets to go. I've crushed many eggs in the 3 hours since Mr. Masters left. So many that I've stopped counting and I'm one hundred percent tired of seeing egg goo.
Frustrated after breaking yet another egg, I knock the carton off the counter with a growl. This is fucking impossible!
"Instead of thinking so hard on not breaking the egg, just pick it up." I jump so high I knock my head on the ceiling. Hand to my racing heart, I turn around to face the newcomer. Err, newcomers.
"Who are you?" I get the sense that these guys aren't Human, and I should probably be cautious but I'm not. Well, not too cautious.
"We are Marco, King of Vampyres. Who are you?" the three strangers speak at exactly the same time. How... odd. I take the time to look them over. The three look exactly the same with the exception of their heights. High cheekbones and dark hair, albeit a lot shorter, show family resemblance to Mr. Masters.
"I am Anastasia Blut. Mr. Masters turned me."
"You're the Human, Elizabethia told us about." I don't say anything. That doesn't seem like a question. The three people talking thing is weird though.
"Let me properly introduce myself. I am Marco. Three people as one. The power of the Vampire King is too much to survive in one body so it is in us three. We are one."
"That is just creepy. But I guess if you say so. Nice to meet you." I hold my hand out. The middle, and shortest, Marco steps forward and grasps my hand firmly. We both jump back in surprise as there's a very visible blue spark. The tallest Marco steps forward and takes my hand as well, causing an even bigger spark. The third Marco steps forward and lays his open hand on top of our clasped ones. This spark doesn't startle us, but it does hurt more than the others. What the hell was that?
"How... interesting." Marco purrs. What's interesting? The spark? Or the fact that there's three of them and they keep using a creepy three person voice.
"Marco." I jump again, not hitting my head on the ceiling this time. What is with these Vampyres being sneaky?
Mr. Masters is standing in the doorway to the kitchen. Marco turns with a smile.
"Brother. We came to meet the Turned Human and seems there's an unforeseen surprise."
"Unforeseen for you maybe," Jace squeezes past Mr. Masters and approaches me. "I brought you more eggs. How are you doing?" He notices the carton on the floor and smiles at me. He opens the new carton. "Here. Try again. This time, instead of thinking about not breaking it, just pick it up. You're overthinking it."
That's almost the same thing the Marcos said. I glance at Mr. Masters whose staring at me silently. He subtly nods his head, as if to say, "Go on."
I sigh and reach for the egg. My fingertips touch it and it doesn't break. I look at up at Jace. He smiles at me encouragingly. I take a deep breath and pick the egg up. I did it! In my excitement I squeeze too hard and break it. But I still managed to pick it up!
"Adryan, now that she's passed the first step of her training, we're going to take her with us," Marco turns to Mr. Masters.
Take me with them? What? Why?
"No." Mr. Masters rejects their idea.
"She is our Mate, brother. She WILL go with us." Mate? Isn't that what Elizabeth is to Mr. Masters? How do they know?
"You're logic is flawed in the sense that, as her Maker, Mr. Masters gets responsibility for everything she does. If he says no, it's a no. At least until she's fully developed as a Vampire." Where did Jace learn Vampyre politics?
"As King, our word is law."
"Your word still can't over rule the Ancient Edicts, and you know that."
"Who is this brat?" Marco looks at Mr. Masters. They don't receive an answer.
"Um. How do you know we're Mates? And how does that work with there being 3 of you?" I really don't like being left out of the loop like this.
"That spark, it's the first sign of it," Marco informs me.
"Stop talking at once! It's weird and creepy. And I'm not going anywhere with you! I just met you. It's bad enough I'm stuck with Mr. Masters, I refuse to go anywhere else."
"Ana, Clari wanted me to check on you. She can't come, she's not my coven, but she's worried. This is a lot to take in." Jace grabs my arm and leads me out of the room. Thank goodness. I don't know Mr. Masters accomplishes anything when he refuses to speak but the tension was getting thick.
"Jace. What does it mean to be Mates?"