Tainted - Aurora Kryan (best way to read books TXT) 📗

cover from Google the rest came from my very crazy mind lol

Dark tainted

I took a deep breath and opened my eyes again to take in the breath taking view. The house was bigger then I imagined. There was a super tall red brick wall encasing the property with black gates at the front. Beyond that on a lush green hill was the kings’ mansion. It had to be at least four stories tall and two football fields long making it look huge. The color was a dark gray brick with black trimmings. It looked almost like it was glowing the way the crescent moon shinned behind the house in the dark of night.

The design said it was Gothic with a Victorian influence; windows were dark and had stained glass pictures on them. I was too far away to make out the images thou. There was a tower to the west that was taller than the mansion itself.

It had one window at the top that was open and black curtains were blowing in the wind. No they were blue the light that was shining from the room made them look black. And I could just make out a table with something on it. Maybe it was someone’s room.

“Vampire state your business here!”

I was pulled away from the window and looked at the tall man that was standing guard at the gates. He was a guard. His scythe was like the standard ones humans think of, the straight staff with a sickle on the end. The man was in his reaper state. Most reapers stay in their human disguise but he wasn’t and there really was no reason to hide when you’re at the Reaper kings mansion anyway.

“I am here to sit with Reaper king Bryden black and talk.”

My eyes looked down to his belt. There was a shinny sliver skull on it. My eyes briefly went over the rest of him. He was fair sized looked strong. He wore a plain black shirt that showed off his muscles. And lose black jeans n black shoes. He was pail and had features like all male Reapers. Black eyes that looked larger than his pupil should be with a little white showing around the edge. And that black bar that was on their lower lip.

All Reapers have black tattoo markings on their face; his were of lines going from his forehead down his eyes stopping at his cheek bones. He also had one pair of black feathered wings like all Reapers, except for the royal family who have two or three pairs of wings.

“A vampire wants to see my king? Ha don’t make me laugh. Why would the king or any Reaper for that matter talk to a vampire? We are at war child and I will give you a warning before I have more reason to kill you. Leave now!”

I stood my ground. I hadn’t come all the way to Iceland to see my father just to be sent back by a mire guard. My mother Vampire queen Tasha bloodfang and my father Reaper king Bryden Regina both said that when I was eighteen I was to come see him at his house since I lived with mother. Thinking why did I have to be a tainted I sighed out loud. Then I squared my shoulders lifted my chin like my mother had taught me to do in the council meetings. And with authority I told him.

“I will not, leave Bryden himself has sent for me. And the fact that you dare to threaten me shows you don’t know who I am.”

“A vampire and that tells me you lie about king Bryden’s sending for you. So I don’t care who you are.”

The guard said it with a smirk on his face as he raised his hand and I let him slap me. It didn’t affect me but I was surprised at the fact he would slap me when he could have easily have used his scythe against me. I turned back to the man and stood unmoving.

“A vampire should address the king with more respect. Always call him King Bryden or Reaper king Bryden. Never just Bryden.”

I snorted. Unless you are a member of the royal family and I half am. But you don’t care who I am. I wanted to retort to the man but instead I was cut off by someone else walking up to us.

“Hey Travis what’s going on?"

“Prince Mikhail, this vampire wants to speak with your father.”

Mikhail! He’s my half-brother that I have never met. I looked at him he had the royal family’s tattooing. The three claw marks on his cheeks. His eyes weren’t as big as Travis’s but just as black. His hair was spiky black. The lip mark all male reapers have was there. And the two pairs of black feathered wings royals had proved he was Mikhail. He wore only a sleeveless jacket designed to look like he ripped off the sleeves.

It could zip up n had pockets on it. The seams were red. It showed off his upper body well and the six pack he sported. His trip pants matched the black n red theme of his jacket. And he had black skate shoes with red laces. I was so awestruck by the sight of him I didn’t realize he asked me a question.

“What?”

I said stupidly. I could see the annoyance on his face. I hope I can get inside without blurting it out. Because saying “hey I’m your step sister Bayne and yeah your dad had an affair with a vampire. But not just any vampire it was the queen so basically I’m royalty on both sides and a dark tainted. Can I come in and talk to our dad?” Yeah so not gona happen.

Mikhail yelled at me this time and summoned his scythe and lifted it ready to behead me. It was a double scythe and that meant he was powerful. The staff had a bend in it where his hands went and there was black fabric wrapped around it. His voice was strong and angry.

“I said who are you vampire, what is your name?”
“Oh. Um I need to talk to Bryden.”

“That doesn’t answer my question. I will not let a vampire see my father unless I know who they are.”

“Well I can’t tell you who I am. But Bryden’s can explain who I am and why I’m hear.”

“I will not let you see my father until I know who you are. Now tell me your name or die vampire.”

I knew I couldn’t tell him who I was Bryden said I should keep the secret till we all sat together and talked. But he was going to kill me if I didn’t tell him. But if I defended myself n dodged Travis would fight too, and I can’t hold both of them off without killing someone. But I can’t tell him I promised father. I looked at Mikhail, at least I got to meet my step-brother I wish my step mom was here so I could meet her too before I died. With confidence I faced my step brother and my death.

“I can’t tell you.”

“Very well Venit Subtilis.” (come cleaver)

His Scythe came down and I saw Travis move in to aid him. I closed my eyes and heard Bryden’s voice cry out “NO Mikhail!” that decided it for me I opened my eyes and they shifted. My body vibrated and with the slightest movement shattered into white crystals.

Dark tainted

“Venit Angelus Cacidit.” (come fallen angel)

The sound of metal clashing against metal filled the yard. The sound of something slamming into the brick wall was barely audible. And then it went dead silent. I was glaring at my step-brother Mikhail, and he was yelling at me. Not saying anything just yelling because I was a tainted. Tainted I hated that word.

Just because someone is half vampire and half of some other immortal doesn’t mean were bad, were just different. But tainted are considered vile things among immortal’s n mythical’s, that’s why Mikhail was so discussed when I changed into a Reaper.

“Brother will you shut up!”

I yelled at him. And he went still. I had done it. I slipped up. Brother can only mean that one of his parents had an affair with a vampire. It’s the only way I could be both and he be my Brother. He realized this at the sometime I thought it. And his slack face changed into pure anger.

“No sister of mine is a dark tainted!”

He pressed his double scythe down with all his might on my triple. His top scythe was close to my face because it was longer then the bottom one. But I was still holding him off with one hand. Travis began to squirm from the wall. I looked over at the guard who was pinned to the wall by the other end of my scythe.

His wrist and scythe were in the middle of the curved weapon that attached to an endless chain at the bottom on my triple scythe. If he even tried to move his arm his wrist would be cut off. I pulled up the slack in the chain and Mikhail thought it was an opening.

“Tainted I will kill you.”

“Mikhail would you stop this I came here to tell you about me. Well Bryden was going to tell you. He’s our father and since were both eighteen it was time you knew.”

“When, when did he.”

“When you were a month old.”

Bryden interrupted our conversation. My eyes flashed over to my father and I saw a woman standing behind him. I couldn’t get a good look at her because Mikhail pulled back his scythe to face his father. The tension was radiation off his body. It was obvious that Bryden hadn’t told him about me and it was affecting him badly.

“Why would you cheat on mom and when I was a month old!”

“Son, things got complicated and I had fallen in love with Tasha contraries before you were consummated and before this war began.”

“How could you!”

“Mikhail sweetie please understand.”

The woman had stepped around Bryden and was talking sweetly to Mikhail. But that only made him turn on her. His wings unfurled when his agitation increased and he yelled at the woman. I saw Bryden nodded his head towards the pinned Travis.

“Dimissa Angelus Cecidit.”(dismissed fallen angel)

I said understanding he wanted me to dismiss my scythe and it disappeared in a black cloud like the one it came in when I summoned it to my defense. Travis fell to the ground not expecting me to release him so suddenly. But he scrambled to his feet and took on a defensive stance.

“Mom why aren’t you angry with him like I am! This tainted is an abomination and it hinders the royal Regina line!”

“Mikhail do not call your sister that!”

“Hanna maybe we should take this inside.”