BLOOD LEGACIES
Chapter 422: Intruder

Chapter 422: Intruder

EMILIA

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I looked out the window watching the fast passing of trees in my peripheral vision, a hand on my jaw, and everything just felt nonexistent. I’m always like this after seeing my mother and each time it breaks my heart.

After the attack on Dace’s engagement by an intruder I was suddenly consumed with worry and took the private jet to go see her. It was a relief knowing she was okay but heartbreaking that there was no improvement in her condition. At least this time she was more calm than ever and slept more. When she woke up she smiled seeing me and asking me how I had been. It was sweet while it lasted until she asked about Dace she panicked again. And begging me to save my dad because he’s in danger.

My mom is a strong woman and has led our clan alongside my dad before his demise for centuries but what happened that night broke her. Something just snapped and she was medically deemed mentally unstable. It seemed like she was still trapped in that moment over and over again and unable to turn away. The very sight of seeing her son ripping her husband’s beating heart out.

Her scream shook everywhere and so did her sanity. My only wish is for her to be okay but I don’t know if she will. She’s in a private institution across the world where she is given the best treatment, but sometimes that kind of treatment takes willpower. But my mom gave up on that after she lost part of her soul.

That is why I’m hesitant to someday find my Male, because if this is what it takes I don’t want it. Living in a world without them and living in a world with them are two different things, especially when the mate bond has been nurtured, when something like that breaks it’s impossible to recover from it.

"We’re here" I turned to the driver. I was so deep in my thoughts I didn’t realize we were now home. Home... It doesn’t feel like it anymore ever since what happened five years ago, like the very life was sucked out of this place with nothing but a dark cloud hanging over it.

Getting down from the car I slammed the door shut and walked to the entrance. I inhaled sharply walking up the stairs. I can’t help but wonder what happened after the engagement was ruined and the intruder and more Emmaline. It has been a constant worry, to be honest.

Emmaline wasn’t like any vampire I have ever met, she seemed more like a human than one, and she was nice too. Which is why when she crashed the engagement party I was worried for her sake, I had to call Singe while I was away and he said she was okay.

Dace didn’t hurt her and that was a relief and also a mystery, Dace hasn’t taken it further than a bite on her shoulder to keep her from escaping and now that makes me question Dace’s plans. Is he really using her for war?

I stopped just at the foyer of my Suite, flung my bag somewhere, and exhaled. I also hope Diana is okay... before I left I stayed with her and thankfully the silver didn’t harm her too badly, but what still caught my thoughts more intensely was that intruder in the midst of chaos. I think he did something to Diana’s wounds because his hand glowed in a strange light.

There’s so much to catch up on now that I’m here, and I can’t wait to get to the bottom of this, this is my home too and if Dace thinks he can keep me out of these issues then he’s wrong, this concerns the safety of everyone.

I froze in my steps instantly when I suddenly felt a presence, frowning. I turned but a hand instantly grabbed my mouth to keep me from screaming and held my body with the other, the hands were strong, and the body behind me was heavily toned.

If this is one of Dace’s rogues going berserk, I gonna fucking lose my shit. Growling I threw the back of my boot right into his shin and a groan left him followed by curses, using my strength I pushed off him until we stumbled away from each other.

Removing the smudge stain of my red lipstick on my cheek with my thumb I saw red, No one messes with my makeup! On the verge of ripping some head off, I turned and stopped dead in my tracks.

The man before me wasn’t a rogue and he stood slouching with his bare chest on full display with just a jean hanging low on his waist, his smooth skin covered in dirt like he just crawled out somewhere.

"Who the fuck are you?!" I demand and why does he have no scent? I can’t read his thoughts either. Is he supernatural? Because only supernaturals are impossible to read, humans are just easy to read.

Holding his shin he raised his head gasping with a smile on his lip and my heart skipped a beat. Blonde hair, forest green eyes, and an incredibly handsome face.

"You’re..." I trailed as my eyes raked him, and then stopped at just his lower side and my blood ran cold.

The initial E.

My mark.

And suddenly like a broken record, it all came back, memories that seemed to be mine. Emmaline... no Emma, Dace’s Female. And Grayson... MY Male. Like a missing blank of a very important moment of my life was finally covered. And I couldn’t help the tears that streamed down my cheeks as I gasped out of breath. Like finally breathing life for the first time in years, was I dead all this time? Because it felt like it.

Grayson kept his smile as he watched me closely. "Hey there, Princess"

My body acted on impulse and before I knew it I launched myself towards him and he caught me in his arms, I eagerly wrapped my legs around his lean muscular waist and the force caused him to hit the back of his head on the wall behind. I smashed my lips on his in a mouth-watering kiss that took both our breaths away.