Chapter 25: The Denial

Kyle Conti's POV

I have been watching Alina fought Vlad as she was jumping around and Vlad was strange indeed. He has the appearance that I don't know how to explain it. I was silent the whole battle before he disappeared into thin air. I was so shocked to see Alina in her unusual appearance.

Her eyes were red as blood and her hair was black as night. Her skin was pale as porcelain and her mouth has two fangs sticking out. I walked slowly as Luke and Charlotte were chatting with her. I arrived a few minutes later before she looked at me. Luke and Charlotte leave us alone to have some private chat about what has been happening in these past few days.

"Kyle, I…" was the last thing that she said as I held my hand.

"I'm sorry. I cannot look at you with this appearance. I don't know if I could love you anymore. I'm sorry, Alina," I said before I went out of the warehouse. Luke was calling after me as I thought Luke might be the same as his sister.

"Kyle, wait. I have something to give you," Luke said before he pulled out a letter with a seal on it.

"Alina wants you to have this. Read it first and then you decide what to do with it," he said before he ran back toward Charlotte and Alina. They were looking at me as Charlotte was looking at me and holding Luke's hand. Luke was nodding his head at me before he and Charlotte disappeared into thin air. I looked at Alina as she was looking so sad at me. I turned around as I cannot face her right now after what I just witnessed. As I turned again to look at her, she already disappeared.

Laura and Lucca have been worried sick about me when I did not get home for the last 3 days. The police have been searching everywhere in Rome as that was the last time I spent my time before my disappearance. Laura was crying as she went to hug me when I was delivered home after I was walking from the warehouse before the police spotted me and took me home. I hugged as I knew she must be worried. As for Lucca, my brother-in-law, he was calm as ever but he also hugged me as he was worried sick when Laura did not want to eat before I was found. I just laughed as he punched me in the arm before they let me go to my room to take a shower.

I took off my clothes as I stripped down in the bathroom before getting inside the shower and let the warm water flow onto my body. I closed my eyes as I can still feel Alina's hands on my body. I opened my eyes as I was washing my face and get off from the shower. I took the towel and wrapped my lower body around it. I went to the counter and wiped the foggy mirror as I can literally see Alina in the mirror behind me. I turned around to look but she was never there. I held my head as I think I might be turning insane. I shook my head before I noticed the letter that Luke gave me from Alina. I decided to take a look at it as I took it from my pants and went out of the bathroom.

I went to sit at the dressing mirror as I took off the official seal as I opened it with my hands. I took out the letters that were inside the envelope before I started to read it.

"Dear Kyle, I knew that we met under unusual circumstances when you saw me the first time at the restaurant and you asked me to go on a date with you. It was not a consequence as I planned to get you into my web of deceit since you came to Romania. I knew that you owned the land that my father, Vladislaus De Ville tried to reclaim it for his own personal gain. I have to stop him with any means necessary even it means to hurt you the most. I have to use my charms and your love toward me to stop my father from advancing onto that land as I am sure he will use it for his evil scheme. I am sorry if you felt betrayed, hurt and frustrated because of me. I knew that and that's why I have given you the pill in this letter for you to take if you wish to forget me and everything that we had since we met. Just remember one thing, I always and will forever be in love with you,

-Alina Dalca"

I don't even notice that I have been crying when I touched my face, it was wet with my tears. I noticed there were two pills that were sitting inside the envelope. I looked at it as I decided to take it after all the hurt and betrayal that I took. I knew that the decision to forget all this will be the right choice, right?

Alina Dalca's POV

"come on, Alina. It has been 2 weeks since you been trapping yourself inside the house. You need to get out," my brother was nagging me again as I was watching my favorite Tom and Jerry that Thomas was reading a book trying to lure Jerry out of his hole.

"yeah, you should go out sometime. It will cheer you up," Charlotte said as she was coming to sit beside me.

"Come on, Alina. I'm sure Kyle will make the right decision," Charlotte said as she was patting my shoulder. Since Luke has been training Charlotte to control her bloodthirsty, she was much better in person.

"Okay, okay. I will. Just let me finish this show," I said as I was trying to watch Tom as he was being beaten up by Jerry.

"I swear if you go out, we will be going to vacation tomorrow," Luke said as he wriggled his eyebrows.

"That sounds wonderful. Come on Alina, please, I'm begging you. I never went on vacation before, please, pretty please with a cherry on top?" Charlotte said as she was looking at me with her pure innocence and was blocking me from watching my telly.

"Okay, okay. I'll go. But I don't want you to follow me, okay?" I said as I looked at Luke and Charlotte.

"sure, as long as you don't go to that lodge," Luke said as he was crossing his arms in front of his chest. I laughed at him.

"sure, let's see if that's true. Come on Charlotte. We need to go train now," Luke said as I rolled my eyes at him and I went upstairs to my bedroom to get a shower and get ready for my outing.

"Coming, dear," Charlotte said as they went out in the backyard through the kitchen door as I went to shower and clean up myself after 2 days of not showering. It thinks it was time to be a functioning human again.

I stepped into the shower and I let the warm water to flow into my body as I was aching to get some refreshing shower. It helps me to get the sore muscles to relax and let go of all the guilt that has been built since that day. Kyle's eyes of shock have been guilt-tripped me as I don't know what to say to him when I don't tell him the truth about myself. Of course, he would be shocked to see me in my true form. I sighed as I closed the shower faucet as I took the towel and wrapped myself before getting out of the shower. I went to look at the mirror before I wiped the foggy away.

"looks like you will be forever alone, after all, Alina. At least your brother has his own soulmate. Your soulmate was running away from you," I said to my reflection as I sighed before I went inside the walk-in closet of my wardrobe.

I looked around to get a sweater and black jean. also, I put on my matching thong and bra before I put on my clothes. I blow-dried my hair as I was standing in front of the mirror. Sighing before I put on my makeup. After I was satisfied with my work for today, I went out to get my phone, keys, and wallet as I went out of the front door and locked the door since Luke was out with Charlotte in the forest. I unlocked my car before getting in and started the ignition before driving off to my favorite destination as I don't want Luke or Charlotte to know.

I took my phone and dialed the number of Mr. Adam. After a few rings, he picked up.

"hi, I was wondering if you have any vacancy for a person for one night?" I said as I was taking a turn at the road.

"yes, we are. In fact, we have a huge saving for the last time before the closing of the lodge," he said. I knotted my eyebrows together as I don't think that Kyle will be closing it but I guess he did not care now.

"When is the closing?" I asked him.

"it will be at the end of the week," he said. Today was Monday. Maybe I should stay until the end.

"can I stay until the closing if that's possible?" I asked him.

"of course, we hope you don't mind with the busy of the machine and the noise for the destruction, ma'am," he said.

"no problem, I just ignore it. I see you then," I said.

"May I know your name, ma'am?" He asked.

"Alina, Alina Dalca," I said.

"very well, ma'am, see you later, bye-bye," he said before hanging up and I turned up to the parking lot of the lodge.