Grave Sight | A Reverse Harem Romance

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕊𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕪

Selene left the room, saying something about how she needed rest. The grin she gave was beautiful, but it faded as quickly as it came as soon as her mind wandered. I didn't have to be a mind reader to know she was thinking about Jason. The longer she sat in that room, the more I realized that she more than likely loved him.

Maybe it was time to come clean about some things.

I turned to Kieran. "I was never going to meet up with Jason. I said that in the beginning to see if you kidnapped him."

He blinked and slowly turned his head towards me, then looked to Lucian.

"Before you get pissy," I said, "it was my idea."

I couldn't remember if it was my idea or not, but I didn't want the two men getting in yet another pissing contest. Two alpha males - and a master vampire is an alpha male whether he disliked the term alpha or not - together in a room was just cause for trouble.

He looked at me then, careful consideration on his face.

"Mr. Alpha Werewolf over there burst through my door to ask for my help," I explained. "So I helped. But I'll be honest, if I knew it was going to turn into this" - I motioned towards myself - "I would have never accepted, regardless of his hand around my throat."

Kieran raised an eyebrow at the last part. He didn't seem angry about the fact that Lucian had put his hand around my throat. If anything, he seemed...interested.

Got to love dominant people.

The interest Kieran had was short lived, however. Because his expression became dubious. A million thoughts seemed to race through his mind, even as he stood there without a word.

Speaking of Jason...I hadn't seen him. And the longer it took for him to show up, the more I worried that I lost my necromancy powers. Odd, I knew. Since only a couple months prior to that moment, I hated what I was. Now that I believed I lost it, I regretted it. It had been a part of me, no matter how obnoxious it was at times.

My mom gave me that power. Maybe not by her own choice, but it was something that she handed down. If anything, I would have preferred that over becoming a full vampire.

I didn't want to live forever. Vampires were far from immortal, but as long as no one actively went out and tried to kill them, they could live forever. Take Kieran for example. He had lived for hundreds of years, yet he looked the same as the night he died and was turned.

I liked Kieran. A part of me possibly even loved him - a part I was not inclined to ponder long because for some reason I also felt those feelings towards Lucian and Kyler. But I couldn't bring myself to feel anything but dread at the thought of living for hundreds of years.

People I loved would die off and I'd still be left looking like I was twenty three. Even with a master, or even with a clan, it would be so lonely.

I'd eventually see my mom die. I'd see Lucian and Kyler age and die, unless I separated myself from them. But I didn't want to force myself into solitude so early on to save my feelings.

A predicament, for sure.

"You're thinking too hard," Kieran murmured, tapping my forehead.

I puffed out a laugh. "Yeah, I know. Unfortunately, I can't stop that from happening."

"You're thinking about the worst case scenario." Lucian sat down on the side of the bed. "That much is obvious."

"Lucian," I gave him a tired smile, "my heart isn't beating anymore. I'm colder than I've ever been. And I haven't seen Jason again since Vincenzo killed me."

Kyler slid onto the bed behind me and wrapped himself around me, covering me in his warmth. It had scared me the last time he did that, because of how hot his skin was against mine. That was when it really drove home the fact that I could have been turned into a full vampire.

But now, I leaned back into him.

"Shouldn't you be with your pack," I asked, eyeing Lucian. "You just lost Jason."

He shrugged one shoulder. "We're having a burial tonight, as well as a meeting to find out who the new sentinel is going to be. But Jason betrayed me, Nova. I know it, he certainly knows it, and so does my pack. My pack doesn't particularly like you, but they know what you are to me."

No, I assume they didn't like me. Not after my outburst.

"They are more accepting though," Kyler said, his breath tickling the small hairs on my neck. I shivered and I felt his lip curl up into a small smile against my skin.

Lucian nodded. "They are. They found out a few weeks ago that you were still helping, even after you said you wouldn't. It speaks volumes of who you are as a person."

I just didn't want someone innocent dying if I could help it. Just because a group of people, or the majority of people from that group, didn't like me, didn't mean I was just going to let someone die because of it.

Though he died anyway, in the end.

And so did I.

I sighed. I needed to stop thinking about that.

"But now that we know Vincenzo knows about you," Kieran gave me a wry smile, "you'll now have twenty four hour surveillance until we find him."

They'd been giving a little, letting me stay home alone during the day. But I guessed since we confirmed that Vincenzo knew about me, that was a no-go anymore.

We didn't even know if he would come back for me. Maybe he just killed me to get it over with.

Though if he asked Alaric, he could tell him that he still felt the bond, as I did. The thing just didn't want to go away.

"You'll also be training more," Lucian said. When I eyed him, his lips twitched. "Learning how to best protect yourself. At least, when you're ready and feeling up to it."

Meaning when I got over the fact that my heart was just sitting in my chest like a useless blob.

"I want to check to see if I still have my necromancy powers," I said. "Can one of you take me to the small graveyard near my house?"

Before anyone else could reply, Kieran held up a hand. "I'll go. For obvious reasons. Also, you two should go to your pack. I'll be with her until you are ready."

Lucian and Kyler nodded.

That was that, then.

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A/N: Like I said on the update on my page (just in case you don't follow me and didn't get that notification), I think I figured out a way to get weekly updates out for this and Alpha, so as of now, I'll be back to having updates in Grave Sight every Friday.