83 The Rescue Mission (1/2)

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Seb Pov

”Me? Well handsome my names Cassandra. And as to why I'm here…” She trailed off thoughtfully tapping her red nails against her red lips. ”I'm here to raise hell” Cassandra said simply.

The vampiress leapt gracefully from the top of the boulder, landing directly in front of them. Her male counter parts followed her lead. Seb held his ground. He didn't get this far to get intimidated by a group of vamps. One other stood out more than the other male vampires. He was a taller and his dark complexion would allow him to easily blend into the shadows. He stood protectively closer to Cassandra than the rest; ready for anything. Seb sized him up. If things didn't go well he would have to take him out immediately after Cassandra.

”Why would a vampire want to raise hell in a castle filled with more vampires?” Marie question suspiciously. Cassandra eyed her before smiling showing off her fangs.

”I have my own vendetta against the king and many others inside that filthy palace” She spat.

Seb opened his mouth to question her more but Lily, Simon and Bobby came rushing around the corner. Guess they were tired of waiting.

”Hey! What's going on did you guys catch Ki- Whoa whose this? Jessica Rabbit?” Lily asked in her usual Lily way. Cassandra just kept smiling but it never reached her eyes, not once.

”Holy sweet baby Jesus! You are smoking hot! Damn! Are you religious? Because you are the answer to all my prayers!” Bobby swooned stepping up to Cassandra like a love sick puppy. The ebony vampire stepped up in front of her, keeping Bobby away. Cassandra laughed an pulled him back.

”It's alright Kellan, the human was just paying me a compliment.” She said sweetly. Kellan nodded and stepped back but he didn't look happy about it. Bobby did.

Seb knew it was time to steer the conversation back to where it began before things really got off topic, even more than they already were.

”Cassandra, if I were to tell you that we also want to raise hell for the king, would you be willing to help us find the castle?” Seb asked. He was throwing his cards out and taking a chance. It had to be a sign for them to run into a vampire that had a vendetta against the king. If any other vampire would have shown up, they would all probably be dead by now.

Jace gave him a questioning face but he ignored it. If Cassandra wouldn't help then there was no need to waste time talking to her. They would have to find another way. He didn't come all this way to leave this beach without Ana. They were going to rescue her.

”And what did the king do to upset some humans?” She asked curiously. Jace began to speak but Seb cut him off.

”We don't know what the king did to you and you don't know what he did to us. It's not relevant. What is relevant is us all wanting to take him down any way we can. Now will you help?” Seb had a sure authority to his words. An inner strength and leader that propelled to the surface whenever he needed it. Cassandra must have sense his strength too because he could see the decision in her eyes before she spoke.

”Tough guy huh, it's very sexy” She flirted. Seb dismissed it ”Since you put it like that, of course I'll help you get in. But from there you're on your own. I have my other matters to handle.” Cassandra implied. She snapped her fingers and two men came rushing to her side and began taking their black button down shirts off. Once they were off, she handed them to Seb. ”I can only take two of you and you'll need these to fit in for tonight's event

”Wait! You're not going with her? She's a vampire and we don't know her! We can't trust her!” Simon surprisingly jumped up arguing.

”We knew Kim and see how well that went. Sy, this is the only option we have” Jace said gently placing a hand on his friends shoulder. Seb put on the shirt and handed the other one to Jace. He didn't need to explain why he choose Jace. The others understood. Jace was a witch and one of Ana's mate, it was always going to be the two of them entering the palace.

They both changed into the shirts quickly.

”Uh so are the two half naked vampires staying with us?” Lily asked sheepishly, Cassandra nodded. ”Sweet!” she fist pumped ”I'm in need of some good eye candy” she added smiling deviously

”Hey!” Bobby shouted ”I'm standing right here!” Lily glanced at him up and down bored.

”My point exactly” she quipped.

Seb ignored there petty argument and faced Marie. His little sister was being tough but the worry in her eyes was undeniable. As sibling they were so close that they didn't even need words to know what each other was thinking. She was telling him to be safe. He was telling her the same and keep a watchful eye.

With a final nod Seb and Jace stepped to Cassandra. She gave a smile again that didn't seem real and Seb finally figured out why. She hyped. Cassandra can only mimic emotions while in hype, the only thing she could really feel was bloodlust, sexual desire and rage; the vampire basics. He wondered if the King had something to do with her choosing to live her long life in hype, but at the end of the day it wasn't his business.

His only concern was saving the girl he loved. And telling her over and over how much he loved her. Now that she was gone it seemed so foolish that he hadn't told her before. Seb was vaguely aware that Jace was probably thinking of doing the exact same thing after they saved Ana. Only time would tell who she would pick. But that didn't mean he wouldn't do anything he could to make sure it was him.

”Open your mouth” Cassandra ordered. They only stared at her. ”The blood castle is spelled for vampires, so you need vampire blood in you to see it and enter” She explained. That made a lot of sense. If they had known that, they could have just taken blood from Kim and avoided this whole mess.

Cassandra bit the tip of her finger and let a couple drops of blood fall into each other their mouths. Seb expected it to be gross and coppery but it wasn't. Her blood was surprising sweet, yet bitter at the same time.

”That'll buy you both a couple of hours inside before the witch catches on to your intrusion” Cassandra explained. Seb could only because right before his eyes a shimmer appeared in the middle of the ocean. It was like someone was pulling an invisible blanket slowly off the castle. Bits and pieces of the huge red structure began to unfold right before him. The dark witch must be powerful to hide something so large in plain sight. From the gawk on Jace's face, he was seeing it too.

”Are you ready?” Seb asked the witch. Jace dragged his eyes and met Sebs. They both locked equally determined eyes. Jace wanted Ana back just as badly as Seb.

”As ready as I'll ever be” Jace replied.