The night was young still and Eric and I were getting ready for Fangtasia. I put on a pair of black skinny jeans with a deep purple v-neck long sleeve shirt and a pair of cute silver strappy sandals. Eric however was not enjoying getting dressed because of the XXX large 'I love Pink' Victoria's Secret shirt I was holding in front of him. He was bare chested with a pair of black leather pants on. Can you say "Damn!" ?
"I'm not wearing that." He gritted through his teeth and I laughed.
"Oh come on! You have to! I won that bet!" I stated and threw the shirt at him. Eric growled at me and I think swore at some point when he walked out of the room. I followed after and grabbed his hand. "Sweetie it's just for one little night at Fangtasia."
Again my response was probably a curse and in another language. All I did was chuckle to myself very well knowing he could hear it.
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Ok so my plan of giggling at Eric just a little bit tonight had backfired. You would think people would because he is wearing pink in a vampire bar! OH NO NO NO NO! They instead ask where he got it, if it comes in their size, and how much it was! I was freakin speechless sitting at the bar when Pam came up to me to tell me that he in fact does look good in the color. I just could not win! And the cherry on top of the Sunday was when an actual client of Victoria's Secret was actually in the bar and gave him her card incase he wanted to model for them sometime! What the hell! Continuing on after she left the fang bangers by the dozens were swarming him and asking him to bed them! This had gone too far, and all over a fucking shirt!
"That's it! I have had enough!" I huffed and jumped off my stool. With speed I marched right up to Eric and pulled him off him thrown. He didn't seem surprised but rather amused as he let me "drag" him to his office.
"Is there something wrong Violet?" Eric asked amused.
By this time I was almost ripping the shirt off of him. Of course with him being way taller than me I was having a bit of trouble. "This shirt! Off now!"
"Ohhh! Are we feeling a little jealous because some one like me is getting more attention than normal?" he cooed.
I shook my head. "No- yes...Oh just take it off and put this on would you." Before turning away I tossed a black tank at him and headed to go talk to Pam or whatever I could do.
Shortly after Eric came out with the black tank on and still his black leather pants. Man was he gorgeous...and he knew it. That was Eric though and maybe I could tame him of his cockiness one day.
I continued to watch him from afar while drinking my Coke at the bar before Ally (the new bartender) said I had a phone call. Well that was just weird because I never got a phone call at Fangtasia. Nevertheless I took the phone and went into the deserted hallway leading to Eric's office.
"Hello?"
An old but strong voice sounded through the phone. "Miss Knight it is Jasper from the Counsel. We are summoning you to the head quarters right now. Be here in no later an hour."
Before I could even reply he hung up. "How rude." I scoffed and went to Eric. I hoped it wasn't something urgent even though I still had not figured out who the little girl was yet. For hours at a time some nights I would be in Eric's library or some other occult shop looking for something that could help me identify who I was supposed to save the world from. So far I got nada.
The handful of fang bangers surrounding Eric made me want to punch every last one of their faces in. He was my vampire and they should get their own some other place far, far, away.
I cleared my throat for them to break trail and in return I got nasty sneers and rude comments saying I didn't deserve him and that I wasn't right for him. Oh how wrong they were. I guess not everyone got the memo of Eric getting his soul mate. Oh well.
The Viking held out his arms for me to come sit with him. Slowly I sat on his lap and whispered to him about the phone call. He nodded and we went to his car to drive off.
"I wonder what's going on now. Maybe they know our creepy identity thief demon thing or whatever it is. Or maybe-"
"Or maybe we'll have to see once we get there." Eric cut in and I quickly apologized before shutting up for he rest of the ride.
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I really didn't like seeing the counsel. Every time I went something happened. Not always good either, but I guess when you are going to save the world...you have no choice.
"Miss Knight, Mr. Northman, thank you for coming." The voice I recognized as Jasper from the phone call greeted us and motioned us to sit. He sounded as old as he looked. Grey hair, light blue eyes, wrinkly skin. I wonder who turned him.
"Yeah, it's not like I had anything better to do. So why have you called us down here?" I asked and Eric took my hand in his as we sat down.
Jasper straightened up and exchanged a look at the other counsel members who nodded to each other. It was kind of creepy when they did that. I wondered if they could read each other's minds.
"It has come to us that the evil you have encountered on more than one occasion is in fact going to end the world and have it sucked into hell. Centuries ago it was stopped from doing so but has come back to finish the job. Unfortunately we had thought it would take longer but it is gathering followers and fast. You and your soul blood bonded are in grave danger. Furthermore this is the time when you will start to train to defeat it once and for all."
I sat there with my ass rooted to my seat. This thing had tried to take over before?! How in the hell am I supposed to stop it?! Train?! How do I train?! Pushups and weight lifting won't be doing the trick on this one!
"H-how do I do that? Will I have help? Do I have a time limit? I mean come on!" My mind was frantic! Who would ever think an eighteen year old would have to save the world?!
"You'll have me." A gentle but strong voice sounded and for a second I thought I was staring at Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day. Like wow! They could be twins. If I wasn't in such a panic I would be drooling. Yes I do have a huge crush on Billie from Green Day. He is just too fucking sexy!
"This is Maximus." Jasper stated and my hottie Billie Joe look alike came to stand in front of me to shake my hand. I took it and we exchanged a nice gesture of nods. Eric however was feeling wary of him but I shut it out. I couldn't deal with it right now.
"Violet a thousand years ago I was in the same exact position you are now. I am a demigod like you. Unfortunately I was only able to put it to rest, like a deep sleep. I am sorry you have to do this. But I am here to train you. You will become faster, stronger, wiser, more skilled, and more powerful than ever so you can defeat this evil. It is a huge burden...but the weight of the world is on your shoulders." Maximus finished and sat in a chair facing me.
I shrugged. " No pressure then."
Maximus gave a light chuckle and I felt my legs turn to jello from nerves. The whole part about the weight of the world on my shoulders bit just kept playing over and over and over in my head. "I think I need an aspirin."
"I'll get you some when we leave sweet heart," Eric whispered to me and I thanked him with a kiss on the cheek.
"I think we can start as early as tomorrow." Maximus stated and I looked at him with surprise.
"Or I could train her." Eric spoke up with his authority voice. Oh shit.
"Leave it to the big boys Viking." Maximus sneered and I lost my breath when Eric and Maximus became toe to toe with each other.
"I am older than you demigod."
"And I am stronger."
"Want to put that to the test Maxy boy?"
"Any day old man."
I stood up to go to Eric but they must have said something else to each other because before I could blink I was sent backwards and landed on my stomach. "Ow."
You could barely tell a fight was happening right before your eyes. Eric and Maximus were going so fast all you could see were blurs. I couldn't keep track but cautiously got up and yelled for them to stop. They didn't but instead kept going at it. I was surprised the counsel was letting this go to this extent but maybe they were entertained.
"Eric! Maximus! Guys stop! Please!"
To my astonishment they did. The sight wasn't exactly pretty either. Eric's tank was ripped but I didn't see any blood. Maximus looked like shit and was bleeding from the mouth.
"Still think you're stronger?" Eric asked cockily but his chest was heaving like a dominant male.
Maximus said nothing but glared. I stood up slowly while watching them and asked if they were done with the bullshit. Both nodded and Eric came to wrap a arm around me. Again with showing his dominance. And to take it a step further he kissed me long and hard.
"Ok honey." I choked as oxygen was slowly making its way back into my lungs.
"So Violet, tomorrow at three?" Maximus asked as sincere as I have ever seen.
"Yes."