New Beginnings: The Final Volume by Ella Price

a
little disoriented from the taste of the blood. It gave me a euphoric feeling
almost like I was on drugs. I gasped when Alexander bit my wrist. He released
me, and pressed my wrist to James’ lips. James groaned and slowly began to
drink. After a minute he passed out.
    “No!
What happened? Why isn’t it working?” I asked panicked as I shook James.
    “It
is, it just takes time,” Ali said pulling me to him. I buried my face into his
chest as tears rolled down my cheeks. I was terrified that James would die. I
had gotten attached to him quickly. I was pretty sure I was attached too all of
them even though I didn’t really know why.
    Alan
and Gabriel came into the room followed by two others. One of the two others
saw me and ran to me. He hugged me and I looked at Ali a little confused as the
guy nuzzled my neck. “That’s Matt,” Ali said obviously seeing my confusion.
    “She
doesn’t remember yet?” Matt asked confused.
    “She
had the bright idea to kill both Maven and Nina to save the fur ball,” Rick
said dryly.
    “That
fur ball is my brother and she would have done the same for you Rick as much as
you want to act like she wouldn’t. She was fucked up in a way, but she never
let anyone hurt us,” the other man said angrily. I knew his name was Joseph
because Ali had told me about him. He was James’ brother and Matt was his
cousin.
    “Whatever,
I’m going to check the perimeter,” Rick muttered and stalked off.
    “What
happens next?” I asked looking up at Alexander. Everyone seemed to look to him
for guidance, so I did to.
    “We
go home, and figure out what our next move is,” he said as he lifted James.
    I
had no clue what my next move would be. I killed the only chance I had at
remembering who I was, but it was well worth it.

 
    The
next two days I spent between my mother and James. My father, who I finally met
for the first time since losing my memory, had changed my mother into a vampire
when it didn’t appear she was going to make it. I was relieved that he made it
to her. If she had died I wasn’t sure what I would have done.
    I
walked to the window in the library. I was taking a much needed break. Not that
sitting in a room full of dusty books was a break, but I enjoyed the silence.
Listening to James’ pain filled cries was not appealing. Alexander assured me
it was normal although I came close to tears a few times. Alan took over for me
so I could have a small break before James woke up. He was supposed to wake up
anytime now. I was both nervous and excited. I wanted to see that he was ok,
but I wasn’t sure how he would react. Joseph had told me that James hated the
idea of being turned. I only hoped that maybe he felt differently now. I didn’t
have a choice. I couldn’t let him die.
    “Hiding
I see,” Alexander said amused as he walked into the library and shut the door.
    I
smiled then looked back out the window. It had started raining and this window
had an overview of the gardens; so it was a particularly nice view. “I’m not
really hiding. I am just taking a break. I don’t know how much longer I can
take his screams.”
    He
sat in a chair not far from me. “A lot has changed since we last talked about
what your plans are. Do you know what you are going to do now?”
    I
laughed sadly. “I don’t think pretending everything is normal is going to work
now. Hell my mother is a vampire too,” I said dryly.
    He
smiled. “You can still have a life Isabella. Being what you are isn’t the end
of the world, it never was; even though you acted like it was a time or two.”
    He
was right. It wasn’t the end it was really just the beginning. Maybe starting
over wasn’t such a bad thing. I had obviously made mistakes and there was
nothing I could do about that. All I could do was hope the people I had hurt
like Rick and Ali would forgive me one day. The people that I cared about had
only become more important to me. They were still standing by me even though I
had made