Chapter 1 - Watched
~Davinas pov~
My name is Davina Jupiter, I’m called Dav for short tho. It’s not a special name by any kind and that fits for me. I’m not a special person. I go to school like every other kid does but I actually have good grades. I’m proud of that. I’m just as normal as you can be for a 17 year old. I just feel like I don’t fit in sometimes for some reason that I haven’t figured out yet. I live with my mom Mavi and dad Jace, they are so in love and that’s what I want in life too someday. I have a good relationship with both of them but sometimes I get the feeling that they are hiding something from me. I just don’t know what or if I just imagine it.
”Honey the breakfast is almost done.” Mom screamed from the kitchen downstairs.
”Okay I be down in a minute!” I yelled back.
I went over to the mirror in my room to inspect my appearance. My dark wavy hair laying over my shoulders as always. It looked as black as the dark night and in this light the cold tones was showing. I looked at my eyes icy blue and as usual my black long lashes looked perfect. I don't know what I did to deserve that, I mean it's every girls dream. And we can not forget my spotless olive skin and my full lips, I smiled. I actually liked the way I looked. I know that not everyone saw me as beautiful or liked my features, but I do and that’s all that really matters. I looked over my outfit, today I was wearing a black dress that ended on my thigh a little over my knee. I have a neckless that I found in a box with old things, I always wear it. It made me feel some type of way and when I found it mom looked happy and told me I should wear it. I have ever since. It was cute, it was a little letter ’J’ because of our last name Jupiter so it represented our family. I had my usual sneakers. They had started to become a little worn out but I loved them too much to throw them away. I was pleased with my look so got my leather jacket over my shoulder to perfect the look. I smiled at myself and winked at my reflection. I don’t know why I do that but it’s fun when you are alone. Like talking to yourself.
I picked up my phone and my bag and I was ready for the day. I went out of my room down the stairs and entered the kitchen.
”Good morning” I said with a smile and sat down at the kitchen island. Mom and dad looked up from what they where doing to look at me.
”Morning sunshine” my dad said returning the smile. He kissed my forehead and but a plate down infront of me with my brakfast.
”Thank you, it looks delicious as always!” I started to eat and I was right, it was delicious as always. I watched as dad went over to mom and wrapped his arms around her as she was cleaning the dishes. She smiled at him and he kissed her cheek. I really hope I will have a relationship like they have one day. They truly love each other and that’s so nice to see. It makes me happy.
”Don’t forget that we are supposed to go out for dinner tonight to celebrate our anniversary Dav.” Mom said while handling me a bottle of water for my day. I rolled my eyes and took the bottle.
”Yes I know mom, you haven’t stopped talking about it the past month.” I said and made both of them laugh.
”We will decide what we should do on your 18 birthday as well so you can think about if you have any suggestions during the day. I expect you to be home directly after school ends.” Mom continued. I waved her off so she knows I got it as I took my bag and went for the front door. My 18 birthday is in 2 days. I was exited but I didn’t think of it that much. I mean it’s just a number my life would still be the same as when I was 17. Mom always made a big fuss about birthdays and my 18 was an even bigger fuss than all the others before. I just went along to make her happy but I didn’t really care.
”Yes mom I will think about it, have a good day you two” I said as I opened the door and took in the morning sun. I smiled. I heard them yell goodbye as I closed the door. I loved this kind of mornings when the sun already shines bright. I smiled and began my walk to school. I have a car, I got it for my 16 birthday but days like this I like to walk and school is not that far anyway. Don’t get me wrong, I love my beauty. My all black Audi RS6 but days like this I just could not make myself to get in the car instead of walking.
School was like it usually was, boring. I got trough all my classes. I wasn’t bad at school I just didn’t find it that interesting anymore. Even if I mostly just was in my own thoughts during classes I had it easy with everything. I was happy with that, and of course grateful that I didn’t need to put down a lot of work. I mean I am lazy like every other teenager and there’s so many things more fun than doing schoolwork. I didn't bother getting many friends. I feel content ether way. I have one friend here, Marissa. She was the one bugging me until we became friends. Now I'm happy she didn't stop bugging me. She's the best friend I could ever have. She makes school a little better and a little less boring. We don't have all classes together but most of them. We always eat lunch together as well. It was like she got me in a way no one else did. I can't put my finger on what made me feel that way but I'm grateful for it. It was now lunch time and I got ready to go to the cafeteria and meet up with Marissa.
"Over here Dav!" I heard Marissa yell over the noise and waved for me with a bright smile. I smiled and made my way over to her. She looked so effortlessly beautiful with her long brown hair over her shoulders. She looked up att me when I sat down with her even more beautiful brown eyes. She had this glow to her. Her sun kissed skin glowing.
"So how was class with miss Wardfeldt?" I said with a smirk. She hated that person. She's our English teacher and she is horrible. She shouldn't even be a teacher.
"Ugh! I hate her! She is so old fashion in her thinking, like it's not even funny." She begins to rant. I just smiled and let her continue rabbling on. I ate my sandwich I got for lunch while listening.
"She just don't get that it's a new century and that life now is not like it was when she was a teenager, I mean she is like a 100 years old for goddess sake!" She ended her rant and started shoving her bagel in her mouth. I shake my head as I smiled. I like how she is so invested in everything she believes and sees unfair. I wish I was that kind of person, that person that put her foot down when someone is crossing a line. I just swallow it down. We finished our lunch together and went to our last class for the day.
When school ended I went straight home just as mom told me. I unlocked the front door and opened it. I was alone. They probably haven’t gotten home from work yet. I was kind of relieved. I like being home alone, don’t get me wrong, I like when mom and dad are home, but when I’m home alone I get my alone time. I went into the kitchen grabbed a cookie and shoved it in my mouth. I let out a moan, these cookies are the best! Mom is an excellent cook and baker. And she loves this big elegant kitchen we have so she spends a lot of time baking and cooking.
I headed up the stares to my room. I love my room. It's big, but so is the house we live in. In the middle of the room is a king sized bed and on the other side of the room there is a seating area. I also have a desk but to be honest I don't use it that much. I have big windows on the wall furthest from the door. They are my favorit thing about my room. I like the feeling of waking up by the sunlight trough them every morning. And how peaceful it is when it's raining outside. It feels like I'm one with nature. My room is big as you can tell and there 's something elegant and luxurious feeling about it. The hole house have that feeling. I mean, we have money and this house kind of shows it both in size and interior.
I decided to take a shower so I would be fresh for tonight. I had my own bathroom as well so I just put on the water so it would get hot while I undressed. I jumped in and the hot water felt nice. I hummed to All we got with Robin Schulz as I started to put schampo in my hair and as I was rinsing it out it felt like I was being watched. I looked around in the room but it was empty, my heart was speeding up. I don’t like this feeling at all. Something moved and it caught my eye. I looked to where the movement was coming from and my eyes landed on the window. All I could hear was my heartbeat in my hears. There was nothing there. I shake my head and let out a sight, I must stop being so delusional. I finished my shower fast ether way. I didn’t like the feeling that I was being watched when I was naked and vulnerable. Don’t get me wrong, I liked my body and the way I looked. My curves where in the right places and because all my training my body was toned. So in normal cases I don't have a problem showing it off a little. I mean why wouldn't I when I'm happy how I look? But when it feel like someone is watching me when I don't want to be watched it's just creepy. The reason my body looks the way it does is because I usually work out at least 4 times a week but I don’t think that will be the case this week. But I was still gonna go for a quick run tomorrow. I liked running and I have no idea why, especially when I run in the woods. Most people usually hates running because it hurts and is hard, but I felt like I was me the most during my runs. If that makes any sense? Mom and dad always encourage me to workout a lot. They said that it’s good for me. Some would probably say I work out too much but not mom and dad. I never really question why, I like feeling strong. My guesses are that they get why I like it. They work out a lot too, so maybe that’s why?Marissa sometimes joins me when I go running, she likes working out as much as I do. That makes me like her even more. She doesn't make me feel weird when I want to work out.
I got out of the shower, grabbed my towel of my sink and started to dry myself up. I put the towel around me, making my wet hair drip everywhere and went back to my room and into my closet. Yes I got a big closet as well. I like clothes so mom and dad got me a big walk in closet. They really do everything to make me happy. I smiled at the thought. And the house is big for just us 3 so there was room for it.
I picked out another dress that was more appropriate for dinner. I decided for a longer dress that didn’t reveal to much cleavage ether. It hugged my curves just right tho. But it was in a tasty way. It was a v-neck and it was tight over my boobs and to my knees and after that it was flowing out. I liked how it looked on me. I put the dress on the bed as I went back to the bathroom to blow-dry my hair. I put on a little makeup too. I usually don’t wear makeup but I thought that this occasion was special so why not. I never see the need to put anything on as I'm already happy with the way I look without. I didn’t put on that much tho, just some powder, mascara and some glossy lipstick in a nice nude shade. I was happy with the result, it looked natural. I smiled at my self in the mirror and winked at my reflection, as usual. I laughed at myself.
I went back to my room and picked up my dress and started to change into it. I got the feeling I was being watched again as I fixed so the dress was sitting right. My heartbeat was picking up again. It was like it knew I was being watched. I looked around the room again but no one was there. I walked over to my window to look out to see if I could see anything outside. Nothing, it was nothing there ether. I shake my head again over how dumb my thoughts was as my heartbeat went back to normal. I picked up a pair of black heels, you know the louboutin ones? Yes, those and put them on to wear to my dress and my signature leather jacket. It looked good to everything and didn’t made me feel all soft because that style didn’t fit me so when I wore cute dresses it made it look more ’hard’ with my leather jacket. I have my neckless as usual and I paired it with a matching gold earrings and bracelet. I looked in the mirror one last time and was happy with the result once again. I opened my door and could hear voices downstairs. Mom and dad must have gotten home. I decided to take my bag and go down to wait in the living room checking on my phone until we are going.
~ Mavi’s pov ~
Jace had picked me up from work as he always does. We sat in silence for a little while. I looked at him and taking in his features. His short blond hair and perfect olive skin. Everyone in our family had the same olive skin tone and weirdly enough Jace also had olive skin, not exactly the same shade but pretty damn close. He looks so good, I shiver by just looking at him and I can see that he does too under my gaze. He’s 40 but it doesn’t look like it. I don’t complain. He’s 3 years older than me so I’m 37. I don’t look my age ether. But that's the good thing about our kind, we don't age that fast. In any case I don’t like thinking about my age. I looked out the window to see the landscape swish by. It just reminds me that my sister didn’t get the chance to age. She was 25 and Aleks was 26 when they died. The feeling I got when I was older than my bigger sister was when she died was the worst birthday ever. But I still want birthdays to be fun. That’s why I want to do something for when Davina turns 18. I know she doesn’t really care but the days after her birthday will be hard for her so I want it to be good before at least. She would get to know the truth about her and her past. The truth about the horrible night my sister and her husband died. The truth about what she is. The truth about me and Jace and what we are to her.
I looked over att Jace again. My body aches for him as always when I’m near him, even when I just smell him. I know he feels the same for me, it’s normal for our kind. But we had to restrain ourselves most of the time because Davina doesn’t know yet. I know it’s a huuuuge secret but we though it was for the best. But we needed to be strong for Davina, she would need us more than anything as soon as she turned 18. That is as long as she doesn't hate us. That's also why Marissa befriended her, she's one of the few we actually trust. Her and her parents. They are like us and Marissa started going to the same school as Dav to see that she is protected. She have also influenced Dav to take classes that would benefit her in the future, for her role. We are forever grateful because there are just so much we can do and say to influence her choices. I mean it's normal, what teenager does as their parents want all the time? But at her 18 birthday, that's when she would know she’s different. Just thinking about her reaction was terrifying me. I hope she didn’t hate us for not telling her what she really is all these years. And that we didn't tell her about her past. I looked out the window and closed my eyes with a sighed. Jace noticed and he took my hand and broke the silence between us.
”I know that you are worried but it will be alright my love.” He took my hand to his lips and kissed it. He can always tell what I’m feeling. Sparks was all I could feel. I always do when he kisses me.
”I know, I just hate that we have lied to her. I’m so proud of who she have become but I feel bad lying to her. I just hope she doesn’t hate us when we tell her the truth. I don’t know if I could handle that.” I said as my eyes began to tear. We had just gotten to our street and Jace pulled the car to a stop outside our house. He turned the car off and pulled me into a tight hug.
"Baby, she will get that it was for her own protection. We just have to explain everything to her." He soothed me as he hold me tight in his arms. He just comforted me to make me know that he got it and that he was scared too. He gave me a kiss on the head. We both knew that if it was more than that we would soon tear our clothes off and just jump each other in the car right outside our house and all the neighbors and we can't risk it. We didn't really care, it's normal for our kind but it's not for the people we live amongst. I would love it, not gonna lie.
We both looked up at the house that was our home. But it actually wasn’t really our home. Our home was around 15 miles away from here. We still wanted to be close but not close enough to make it a problem. We want to be able to help and to see that nothing bad happens. Obviously Davina doesn’t know this ether. She thinks this is our home and that we have always lived in this area. She doesn’t remember our actual home, but she will soon if we start telling her about it. At least that’s what we hope. That’s what the witch that made her memories go away told us…
~ Unknown pov ~
I know I shouldn’t be here, but I can’t help myself. I watched her trough the windows of her house. She was perfect in every way, just as I was promised. I know that by being here I could blow this hole plan we have come up with, but I just needed to see her again. Last time I saw here was 1 month ago when she walked home from school.
It felt a little wrong to spy at her when she’s in the shower, but I don’t have that much time to wait. I want to watch her for as long as possible. I ducked behind a tree when I saw her looking out. Maybe she felt watched. I waited before looking again and by now she had done her makeup and dried her hair. She was making the final touches to her dress. Soon I would be able to feel her and touch her where I wanted to. I’m going to see that body every day and do whatever I want with it. I will treat her good if she deserves it. I promised myself that, but she is mine to do what I want with. Father promised me that. I have waited years for this. Father told me stories about her since I was 7 years old. He told me that she would be my bride and do everything I wanted her to. And she would have my pups as well. She would be a strong luna. He told me that she would be powerful and our pups would be even more powerful. Even I would be more powerful by just mate with her. I smiled at the thought. I would be the ruler over everyone eventually. My father told me no one can stand in our way and if they do we will end them. I will have her. That made me feel content. I smiled and walked back into the woods where I came from.
”Soon I will have you my love, soon…” I whispered as I walked back deeper into the woods.