Loving a Crosten - Jessica Erstad (top 100 books to read TXT) 📗

the girl. Even if I didn’t want he. She was the key to seeing Ella again. He kneeled down in front of my, with his head bent down.
“ My lord would tomorrow be a better day? You look saddened,” Winston said not looking up from the ground, had he heard what I said? About my Ella? Surly not. He doesn’t have a death wish does he? I smirked, but didn’t say anything for a while. He want to press for time, he doesn’t have the girl! All my instincts were shouting at me.
“ Or perhaps you failed,” I told him sternly, but he shook his head. I noticed his hair curling at the ends, sort of like Ella’s except the fact that it was shorter. A tear reached my eye, “ Bring the girl tomorrow,” And with that he left, and I went to my room for the night. The stone walls calming me, and then I finally got to my room. I laid in my bed. I was hopeless! I couldn’t run day to day life without Ella, she had made me soft. Dependant on her, almost like a drug.
My father would never have approved, before he met my mother anyway. I have a hard time saying he could kill my behavior, for it reminds me of theirs. I had to forget her. For the sake of my realm! For all of Crosten. How could I though? She was the best thing that ever happened to me. My parents were dead, my brother, well he was another story. Sitting so high and mighty in Everly. He was my opposite. Oh Ella, why did fate pull us apart? Am I all to bad for you? Am I being punished for how I treated you at first? Let me say its only because I was jealous.

Ella’s POV

My Uncle had been more then mad when he saw I hadn’t put on the dress. He slapped me once before rushing out of the room. I assume he left. Of course I was locked in the dark again, only to think about how much I missed Drako. Did I mention that dress was way to slutty? I don’t even think I would wear it in front of Drako, and he is my boyfriend. A couple hours later my uncle rushed into the room, he still looked mad at me, and he was swearing. I liked it. It made me feel superior and I was the one stuck in the room. It served him right though didn’t it? He ruined my life! He brought me here, away from Drako. Chris crept me out, that much was granted.
“ Now you will be in that dress before tomorrow, or expect me to put it on for you. Oh and how much do you know about me?” My uncle laughed, it was frankly a terrifying laugh. He walked closed to the bed upon which I was sitting on. Until he was almost in my face. He was a creep, a stalker, exactly how my grandma had described him.
“ Some, I know your only my half uncle, if you were looking for Jake’s daughter, her name is Chloe. She would be your niece,” I spat, and I know he looked angry at that. I looked around his face trying to find something else to look at besides his face. Which was filled with scars, and years without love. The years in which he had run off, he was still loved in them. He didn’t return the love. He had hurt my grandma, used her, and now I wanted to kill him. If only I could.
“ Wrong my dear, Kay was just as much my sister as Jake was my brother. Your grandma couldn’t bare the thought of having another of my fathers children. He disgusted her, and she couldn’t take thinking your mom was his as well. She lied to herself and you,” Chris yelled back at me, and I laid flat on my back trying to get away from his face. Which was way to close to mine, I couldn’t stand it being any closer. But I couldn’t get far enough away, and I kept pushing until I fell off the bed. “ Get up!” he shouted at me.
“ Don’t tell me what to do,” I snapped, and sat on the ground, and he yanked me up and sat me un the bed. The door creaked open and two little boys ran down the stairs. They were cute, but Chris shouldn’t have kids. He wasn’t a good person, he didn’t deserve them. They didn’t need a father like him.
“ Daddy!” They said in perfect unison hugging him, and then they looked at me. A lady followed them down, and she looked mean. Maybe that’s why she was with Chris. I feel bad for my cousin’s. She walked over to Chris and gave him a hug.
“ Who is she,” The lady hissed, I could tell she was the best aunt in the world. Not, she probably already hated me. She looked rough, but there was nothing pretty about her. Usually there’s something pretty about every girl isn’t there? Drako said I was beautiful all the time, but I always disagreed. I was normal wasn’t I? I wasn’t famous, which meant I was normal.
“ This is my niece,” Chris made out, but I could tell he had a hard time. I don’t think he liked me at all, good. He shouldn’t, he’s a jerk. The lady looked me over once, twice, and then a third time. The boys looked at me questionably, “ Ella this is Janelle, and my son’s Calib and Luke. Boys meet your cousin Ella. She wont be here for long though,” Chris said sneering at me as if there was some secret I wasn’t in on. Calib looked at me thought fully. Luke looked at little confused, but smiled a toothy smile.
“ Cousin?” Calib asked me, an I nodded with a smile. I had found out about them four years ago. Luke looked at me with a questionable glare, and a couple seconds later they tackled me to the ground. Chris laughed, and Janelle shook her head. The lady looked at me weirdly afterward, and the lady was of course Janelle. I was sure she didn’t like me, nor did my uncle.
“ Why is she in the basement?” Janelle asked looking at Chris.

Chapter # 2 ~ A familiar face~

Drako’s POV { 2 years earlier}

I stood at my locker and looked at Ella. Sure, she hated me. She had good reason to but I just had a thing for her. I couldn’t leave her alone. I was raised to act like this. I didn’t know how to be nice. If she wanted nice she should go to my brother. He was raised an Everly. I’m a Crosten. She stood talking to her friend Ariella, isn’t it weird? Their names, Ella and Ariella.
The thing is though that Ella is hot and Ariella well not, yet she gets all the guys. Weird right? Ariella had only one friends, and that was Ella. I’m not even sure why Ella’s friends with her. That’s something in four years I’ve never got why Ella’s friends with her. Why am I talking about Ella? It sounds like I’m an obsessed creepy stalker. Which I’m not. My Father Kiran was evil, I got it from him. I must be evil to be the ruler of Crosten, its what the people expect. If they wanted good they would go to Everly. I came here to see how easy humans could fail, and honestly, Ella wasn’t helping me prove my point. At all.
“ Drako! My man how are you?” Kenin asked braking me from my stare at Ella. “ Guess what!” I looked back away from Ella, and to Kenin. A typical human, but what could he possibly want? He annoyed me sometimes, but I needed some kind of friend. Otherwise they might think I’m weird. If I had a friend in this accursed school it would be Kenin. He could be fun to talk to sometimes.
“ What is it?” I asked, trying my best to sound interested, but how could I be interested in human stuff? Its boring. There is only one human that captivates me. Ella. Wait what? I thought I wasn’t thinking about Ella anymore.
“ I’m going to ask Ella out! Cool right? She wouldn’t turn me down,” Kenin grinned waiting for a response from me. Wait my Ella? He wouldn’t dare. Unless of course he wants a death sentence, which he is asking for if he goes after Ella. What is with me? Why am I so possessive over Ella? She’s not my girlfriend, or even one of my people. Why am I so worried about her. Why do I care if Kenin goes out with her? No I cared. Which is why I erased any thought of him asking Ella out of his mind.
“ Drako?” Kenin muttered as if he was confused and then he walked away. No one tries to get my girl, my human girl. I wont ask her out though. I couldn’t could I? She was human. Maybe some other time. I couldn’t yet, I just needed more time, I needed to sort these feeling I shouldn’t be having.

Ella’s POV {Still 2 years ago}

Ariella and I stood next to my boring locker, which just happened to be grey. Pretty boring right? The entire school was grey white and black. Our mascot was a Panda, maybe that’s why our school looked like a black and white picture. Well at least we brought color to it. Drako just did something to Kenin, or at least it looked really weird from here. Kenin even looked a bit dizzy, which was weird. Then he walked away from Drako, who looked more then please. A satisfied smirk on his evil place, if he wasn’t such a jerk he might be hot. Scratch that he was hot, but because he was a jerk I wouldn’t want to date him. Besides he doesn’t date girls, you would think he was gay. Well except for his look, which was like a biker. Although he didn’t wear Harley Davidson stuff, he did have a bike though. What I wanted to know was what had he done to his best friend? Not that I cared about Kenin at all, but still. Drako was pure evil he gave Arielle a black eye, and she refused to come to school for the next whole week. He didn’t even get in trouble!
“ Ella, Bella,” Drako mocked as he walked by, and I ignored him. It was hard sometimes though. Ariella and I walked to our first hour class together. The white walls covered with gray lockers. We passed a very shaky Kenin, as if something had been ripped out of him. What had Drako done to him?! He glanced at me and then looked the other way. Normally he looked at me for a little while. Had Drako hurt him? Not that I want Kenin staring at me it was just weird.
“ Ella calm! Its okay, why are you hyperventilating?” Ariella asked me, and I shrugged. I didn’t have a response, but I couldn’t stop either. Why was I hyperventilating? Good question, but its not like I have an answer to it. Kenin’s not my friend, why am I worried? Why does it have something to do with Drako? Why am I thinking about Drako!

Ariella’s POV {Still 2 years ago}

Ella was scaring me. She had never just randomly started hyperventilating, and of course Drako had to walk over. What an arrogant boy. I really don’t think he like Ella, I bet he had something to do with this. That’s