59: Future preparations

(Ana POV)

When I woke up, there were two things that I immediately noticed. The first was that my upper body was really stiff due to sleeping on the desk and the second was that there was a blanket over me. Meaning Nat came by during the night.

(This is odd. Usually, if he finds me like this during the night, he wakes me up and askes me to lay down on a bed or something but he did not do that last night. Why is that?)

I got up and stretched my body.

(I should go check up on him.)

I walked out of my office and took the path to his room. When I reached the door, I knocked.

"Nat, you up?" I asked.

When even after a minute no answer came, I knocked again.

"Hey wake up sleepy head." But even this time there was no answer.

"Come on Nat get up, It's already morning." I opened his door annoyed but to my surprise his room was empty.

I was baffled due to the sudden turn of events. My mind gears started to roll at full speed and then everything fell into place. I turned on my heels and left the room.

(That damn Jacob, I bet he found something out and the two of them are out right now looking for the rouges. I knew something was wrong the moment those two acted friendly towards each other.)

I was walking briskly towards the grounds when I heard a sound.

*VUP*

(They are back.)

I exited the mansion and walked in their direction.

"I really do hope Ana is still asleep......….. get a hold of yourself man." I heard J's voice.

{A/N: J is what Ana calls Jacob. Sort of a nickname. I thought I should tell to avoid confusion}

(I should give those two a piece of my mind.)

I rolled up my sleeves and with the intention of beating some sense in those two, I Circled the mansion and went to the backside.

"Are the two of you ready for the beating of a li...." But the next words got stuck in my throat.

The condition was unreal. Nat was half dead and J was carrying him. He looked better but I could tell that he was not faring any better than Nat. His complexion was always pale as he was of the vampire race but right now it was even paler. And he was literally drooling over Nat. J was really good at controlling his thirst. But the problem right now was that he had not drunk any blood in weeks. The last time he was about to drink mine, Nat had interrupted us. And he also told me that he had a fight in which he got injured. Blood loss was not a really big deal. But it did give him a thirst that could only be quenched by drinking blood. And I could tell that he was really thirsty. Yet he was holding himself back. Any other vampire might have been able to contain itself in regular conditions but not when there was a full-fledged meal in front of them. There were very less vampires that could do so and J was one of them. I hurriedly forward and took Nat from J. His eyes were closed and he was unconscious. As soon as I held Nat, J fell down on the floor.

"Get up J and go to my room. I have it in the regular place. Now go before you lose control." I said to J and ran while floating Nat behind me.

Hastily I took him to the hospital ward that was in the mansion and laid him on the bed. There was no time to wait so I started his treatment.

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(Nathan POV)

I woke up with an aching head and a hurting body.

"Ugh.... Where am I? What happened? How did I get here?" Slowly the events of the night started to come back to me.

(I guess I am back home and Jac brought me back.)

I looked around and on a bed near me sis was asleep. She was sleeping soundly. I looked at her and a smile crept on my face. I tried to get out of bed but the moment my feet touched the ground, my head got dizzy. The world around me blurred out and I was not able to keep my balance.

*BAM*

"Wha-wha-what? What happened. Who is there?" The sound woke up sis and she was startled. Then her gaze fell on me and immediately all signs of sleepiness vanished from her eyes. She jumped out of the bed and ran towards me. "Are you okay? Does it hurt anywhere? Why did you get out of bed? Let me check." She threw questions after questions at me in concern.

"Yes, No, To stretch, Be my guest." I replied.

"What did you say?" She got confused.

I was not able to hold in a chuckle.

"Nothing just the answers to your questions." I said.

"Oh, that." She too laughed once she understood. Then she got serious. "To stretch?"

"Yeah" I replied. "I mean I felt great and thought that I should exercise a bit but then suddenly I felt vertiginous. That is what caused my fall." I explained.

"Of course, you felt vertiginous. Do you have any idea how much blood you lost?" She asked me, concern dripping from her eyes.

Suddenly I felt guilty.

"I am sorry."

"Apology not accepted. You need to get better soon so that I can whoop your ass back into shape. Seriously Nat what were you thinking, going after those guys like that. You could have died."

"After who. I did not go after anyone. The both of us just went out to do some hunting...…." I tried to lie but she was just looking at me while squinting her eyes.

"Don't even try. J told me everything." She cleared all the doubts in y mind.

"Damn that traitor." I formed a fist.

"Don't blame him. It's not his fault. I was a little too persuasive." She looked at me. "You would have admitted as well."

A chill ran down my spine. I could have sworn that she had two horns and a tail at that moment while a fire was blazing in her eyes.

(I am sorry Jac. Your sacrifice shall always be remembered.)

"I just hope that you also get well soon." I heard sis say.

"Thanks, sis don't w....." I was about to say don't worry but looking at her face I knew that the one who needed to worry was me. Maybe it was not such a good idea to get well after all.

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(Nathan POV)

I was laying down on my bed thinking about what we saw in that house. Truly I was not expecting to see that there.

(I was totally surprised. And it was such a strong soul power as well.)

I raised my hand and looked at it. My hands were swollen and had blisters due to sword training. I clenched my fist.

(I need to get stronger.)

Immediately I got out of my bed. I moved to my table and took a paper. I started to write some things down.

"According to this, I have only a little time left. I better get started right away." Saying that I left the room leaving the paper there. On it, were written two lines. First training with Jacob. Second, unlock the sleeping power.

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(Ana POV)

It had been a few days since the incident. Nat got healed and I smacked some sense into his mind. J also received a beating from me. I could only hope that they would never do something like that ever again. I heard what happened from Jacob. What Jacob told me blew my mind. Not the part where those two fought but the part where they chased after them. The thing they saw in that house was quite mindblowing. I mean I expected such a thing to some extent but the level of power J explained was unbelievable.

*KNOCK KNOCK*

Someone knocked on my door.

"Come in" I said.

The door opened and Nat walked into my room. He was all sweaty.

"So how is your training with Jacob going."

"I have gotten the gist of it but it's far from perfect. I hit the mark twice out of ten." He replied.

"At least it's some progress. So what brings you here?" I asked while sipping on my tea.

"I need to break the seal." He spoke.

The tea flew out of my mouth due to astonishment.

"You want to do WHAT?" I stood up.

He did not meet my eyes and averted his gaze.

"I want to break the seal." he whispered.

"No you can't Nat it's too dangerous. You are still"

He turned his head and stared into my eyes. His crimson pupils were unwavering and I knew that no matter what I said, he would not back down.

"You will not back down no matter what I say, right?" I asked.

In reply, he just shook his head.

"*SIGHT* Fine. We will do it tomorrow at dawn. Don't be late." I had to give up.

"Thank you, sis. I love you." He stood up and tried to hug me.

But I simply stopped him with a single hand.

"Yeah yeah no buttering. Just let me do my work now."

"As you say so, your highness." And with that, he darted out of the room.

"Seriously Nat...…. In only moments like these, you seem like eleven years old...…. Oh, wait you are twelve now." I looked him leave the room and then sat down to complete my work.