Magic and Miseries: Chosen Mates

MAGIC AND MISERIES: CHOSEN MATES

BY HEARTCODE

CHAPTER 1: EXTRACT/NEW BEGINNINGS

EXTRACT

“How could you forget so soon, who you are?” Jayden asked, as he swung down from the nearest building in the college, walking towards Stasia, who stood with her friend Hazel.

A lot of people, were beginning to gather round the place, wondering who were all these people dressed in strange robes, and how did that guy jump. Without breaking his legs, and who is their classmate Stasia to them.

The rest of the strange people jumped down too, as Hazel, looked at the rest.

She remembered seeing Stasia’s doppleganger. Wait, what the hell is going on here? Why are there two Stasias. She wanted to speak out, but she kept quiet as she wanted to see what was unfolding here.

“I know who exactly I am, I am an ordinary girl and you all should stay the hell away from me.” Stasia said.

Ordinary girl? What the hell is Stasia saying now? What the hell is going on here? She tugged as Stasia’s hand, but Stasia gave her, her usual look, that she doesn’t know these people.

“Ordinary girl? Jayden scoffed. Seems that you need a reminder,” he continued as he brought out his knife and slowly cut his palm. As he did that, Stasia’s palm also sliced open and blood started spilling out.

Hazel stepped back in fear, what the hell is going on here, for the umpteenth time. The crowd started murmuring as people brought out their phone to start recording.

Jayden, didn’t mind what the humans were doing, he wanted to get Stasia back, and by Jove, he was going to have her, even if it meant hurting her. He was pretty damned onthat. Human or not, Stasia belonged to him. With him…especially since he fell in love with her. It took him long to figure it now, but now, he was never letting her go again.

“How long does it take for you to feel pain since you are now a…. human.” Jayden said as he stabbed his palm forcefully burying the knife in it.

Stasia was dazed and shocked, she could only see the blood flowing from her hand as tears unconsciously flowed from her eyes. She couldn’t believe it, that after all these years, Jayden would be the one to cause her pain.

After everything that she had done for him, he would do this to her. This was the freaking love of her life, here. The one, she became human for, so that he could live. And now…she couldn’t even recognize him anymore.

Immediately supporting her hand with the other, she screamed out in pains and fell to the ground. The blood was gushing out, in large quantity, as Hazel rushed to help her, but Stasia held up a hand, telling her to stay back. Hazel stopped and shouted at Jayden.

Hey! Leave my best friend alone, right now or you will get it from me…please. She said as she trembled a little. This wasn’t a freaking human, although he looked like one.

Jayden, slowly looked at Hazel, and wanted to snap his fingers, so that she will explode into molecules of blood and bones, right then and there, but he was distracted by Dylan.

“Jayden, stop. You are hurting her.” Dylan said as he tried to stop him but a force field pushed him back.

“JAYDEN! STOP THAT RIGHT NOW” Jasmine said as she set an arrow straight for his heart.

“No, I won’t. Stasia needs to remember that powers or not, we are bonded and she can’t forget us and move on.” Jayden said twisting the knife slowly.

Stasia let out a piercing scream which resulted to a sound blast breaking all window glasses and doors, shattering houses, poles, cars within that area as the rest were flung back.

A demonic growl could be heard breathing in and out, Stasia raised her head up and her eyes were black with green pupils. She lifted her hand up slowly as Jayden and the rest levitated up against their will. Using her mind, she was ripping out their hearts from inside when a blurry figure zapped in at paranormal speed and dug his fangs in her neck, drinking from it, making her to lose consciousness and faint. He cleaned his mouth as he remarked “Best Blood Ever.”

His black hoodie fell backwards, revealing Don. Hazel moved back in fear and shock. Her best friend was a…blood sucking abomination for crying out loud.

“Who the hell are you and what have you done to her?” Jayden asked bringing out his sword.

“Oh, no one, important, was just passing by. Now can someone here explain this to me before I start ripping heads off.” Don said lifting his left palm for them all to see, which had the same exact wounds Stasia had.

A bright light filled the whole place and in the midst of it, a little girl of about 10 years stepped out.

“Karen, what the hell are you doing here?” Kayla asked.

“Oh, just watching different timelines and I loved this one, so here I am.” Karen said as she turned to stand face to face with Don. She gasped and staggered back.

“Try…try…trybid prince.” She said in fear.

“Just call me Don, I don’t bite…yet.” Don said as he winked at her.

“Now, does anyone here wants to tell me who was using my palm to play?” He continued looking at the various teenagers frozen in their spot, surprised and scared that even Karen the most powerful of them all, was terrified of him.

“Oh…that.” Karen said in reluctance.

“Talk, now that I am still nice.” Don growled at her.

“Why your hand is bleeding is because you formed a bond with Stasia…...a bond out of love.” Karen finished slowly.

“WHAT!” They all chorused.

PRESENT DAY

Stasia walked the lonely hallway to her best friend dorm Ian, for their usual study time. It was late evening and it made the deserted hallways look haunted.

It would have been a bit better if people were around walking to and fro to their various destinations, but today was different as no soul could be found.

Stasia pilled her hoodie closer for comfort and security as she muttered

“What remains now is just the banging of windows and doors, plus a ghostly wail to make here look truly haunted.”

She made her way to room 119, she soon got there and exhaled deeply as she glanced at the window where the bright full moon stared back at her smirking as if it knew what was going to happen. Checking her phone one last time to confirm his text message telling her to meet him at his dorm by 7:30 pm, she knocked on the door and waited.

“He better not be sleeping with a girl, he made me leave Don and cancel our movie plan.” She muttered knocking again. A still silence followed, she placed her ear on the door to check out if she could make out any movement when she heard a piercing scream.

“IAN! She shouted as she tried to open the door, she could hear the ripping of clothes accompanied by screaming as a scuffle took place behind the door. She dug in her purse and found the spare key plus a pepper spray.

The noises and the screams suddenly seized as the door opened on its own slowly leaving Stasia a bit scared and hesitant to enter. She tightened her grip on the pepper spray and entered.

“Ian?! If this is a joke, it isn’t funny anymore…” Stasia was caught short as she came in face to face with a big white growling wolf.

“Jesus on crutches! What the hell?” Stasia whispered as she froze on the spot, her eyes scanning the room for anything at all. She saw the clothes Ian wore to class today shredded to bits and stained in blood.

The wolf howled snapping her back into reality as it charged forward slowly making her to retrace her steps.

“Good wolf, who is a good boy.” Stasia said trying to calm both herself and the wolf down, the wolf almost became calm for a minute before launching an attack on her. She screamed as she turned and ran down the hallway, the wolf hot on her trail. She kept running as she missed her steps and tumbled down the stairs, spraining her ankle in the process. The wolf looked down on her from the top of the stairs as Stasia dragged herself backwards on the ground struggling to get up. It took a stance and then jumped, claws out soaring in the air.