It’s not a solid, not a soft thing

To pull the wool up like a smoke screen

“What am I going to do Maya?” Silven asked, his head in his hands. His worry for Logan was eating him inside out. She had been right; he had let her get away with this for too long. Drugs and sleeping around? His fists clenched. If he ever found the boys that slept with her he would personally rip them limb from limb.

“I’m a failure.” He whispered. He felt Mayas hand on his shoulder.

Nobody does it like a prophet

It’s gone before you know you lost it

“No Silven, it’s not your fault. She’s not even letting me in. Spenser and I should be the ones who knew what was going on but she’s shutting even us out.” She paused. “It’s worse than we thought.” Suddenly her eyes teared up. “I never knew she was so angry. I can’t hate her Silven. I can never hate her.”

“I know Maya. It’s okay. We’ll figure this out. When she comes back home tonight we’ll confront her a different way.” He said. He glanced up at the clock and stood, moving to the kitchen. He heated up some leftovers he had cooked last night for dinner and took them up the stairs. He paused at Athena’s door and knocked.

“I’m coming in mom.” He called, opening it.

There are reasons you keep your hands tied

There’s certain things you shouldn’t have tried

Athena lay on the bed, her eyes staring at a picture of her and Keighlyn.

“Hey mom, I brought you some dinner. I need you to eat at least half of it for me okay?” He asked gently. Athena looked up at her son.

“Have I told you how much you look like him? You and Logan.” She muttered, her voice quiet. Silven swallowed and nodded.

He watched his mother as her eyes clouded in memory. She was just a shell of the strong woman he had grown up with. At first she had seemed to take Keighlyn’s death okay, but she gradually succumbed to the pain. She was frail now. Silven didn’t blame her. If he ever lost his girlfriend, Juniper, he wouldn’t know what to do either. He set the food on the bedside table, kissed her forehead, and left.

So if you’ve got it tell me something

You better go from the beginning



Silven came back downstairs and found Maya and Spenser. “Hey girls,” He said, forcing a smile at the two of them. “How bout we go to the basement for our evening practice?” The two nodded and followed him out to the barn where their hidden basement was.

We all forget to sleep

Then crash at someone’s feet

“What happened?” Alex asked from behind me. I shook my head.

“I don’t want to talk about it.” I said, glad the drugs had already kicked in.

“Alright.” Alex said, his cold body giving me goosebumps. I closed my eyes. I felt myself reach down into my center, feeling for my power. Its warmth made my fingers tingle, and my heart pick up a slight pace.

Everybody skips a beat

We let the chances pass

“Stop it.” Alex hissed. Instantly I pulled away from the only thing I had left that connected me to my father, my family.

“Sorry.” I muttered. Sometimes I didn’t even realize I was doing it.

“Get out of the bed.” He growled. I complied and quickly got out, the cool air pricking my skin. I knew he hated it when I touched on my powers. This time I hadn’t even realized what I was doing.

“I’m sorry.” I said louder, reaching down to pick up my shirt. “Why do you hate it so much?”

The few we held so fast

Everybody breaks a glass



“Because it’s wrong and disgusting.” He hissed, his eyes cold as ice. I paused as I finished buttoning my pants. Usually I don’t argue back with him. He was a vampire after all. But he as insulting something my dad had thought was one of the most beautiful things in the world.

“Watch it.” I growled. “Don’t talk that way about it.” A cackle escaped his lips.

“Or you’ll do what?” He sneered, getting off the bed. He knew he was stronger than me. “It’s not like you can cast spells at me.

And here I’m standing in the middle

Not just a little but a hill-full

“I can do whatever I gnome well please.” I hissed. “I can leave you this second if I wanted. I could turn you into the police for not only seducing someone underage, but also for drug activity. It’s not like you know who I really am anyway.” I had never told him anything about me except my first name. His eyes developed this strange glint in them and he smiled.

Wondering how I got a head cold

Wishing I didn’t know what I know

“Let me tell you something.” He whispered, his voice so deadly it scared me. “I know all about you. I know your name, I know your family. I know that you blinded your sister and killed your father.” He smirked as he saw the confusion in my eyes. “I know about the baby bird you killed, and the shed you caught on fire. I know that at night, when your sisters are asleep you cry, feeling all alone. I know that you can cast magic with your hands.”

“H-how.” I stuttered, real fear creeping into my body. I cared nothing about the stuff he knew about me. But if he knew about my family he could hurt them.

It’s never been about the money

We’re worthy oh you’re not worthy

“Let’s just say your mother, the whore of a woman named Athena,” He hissed the name, “Pissed off our queen. Now there’s a death warrant out on your whole family.”

I gasped, so afraid it was breaking through my drug induced numbness. “You’re…you’re lying.” I whispered.

“No. Well, slightly.” He paused. “Your mother actually just brought your family back onto the Queen’s radar. We had been after your family for hundreds of years. But time isn’t much to a vampire, so we lost track of your bloodline, and it wasn’t until the Queen met your mother that she alerted the King and they began their hunt for all of you again.”

However much you’ve got on your plate

You’re as good as you reciprocate



“Then why haven’t you killed me yet?” I asked. Again, he smirked.

“I like to play with my mortals before I kill them. “ He laughed, making me shudder.

“Just kill me, but please,” I begged, “Please spare my family. Do whatever you want to me, but leave them alone.”

We all pretend to keep

Our tongue out of our cheek

Alex let out a loud laugh. “This isn’t about you at all, darling.” He hissed, coming closer. “I can do whatever I want to you and your family will still die.” He paused and looked at his watch. At the same time I felt Spenser and Maya emerge like a tidal wave against our connection. “In fact, they’re dying right now.”

For the first time since dad’s death I opened my mind up to them

Logan! Don’t come home! It’s not sa- I heard their voices yell in my mind, but then they went silent and our bond was still as a stagnant pond. Fear gripped me and I turned to the door. I heard Alex move to grab my and I thrust my hand out to him.

“No!” I screamed.

Everyone’s the fool they seek

We all go off the track

And feel for our way back

I have no idea what spell I used, but it stopped him long enough for me to get out of the house. I think I saw something in the shadows of the side of the house but ignored it, focused only on getting home. I heard someone yell as I reached the street but didn’t turn back.

Everybody breaks a glass

Everybody breaks a glass



They were dying again, because of me.

It was all I could think of as I ran. I pulled from my power, urging myself faster. Screw any Were’s that were out tonight. They were the least of my worries. I threw my mind into the bond, but there was nothing. In all my life I had never felt more alone than I did now. After agonizing minutes I turned into out street and stopped in front of our house.

Somewhere perfection lies

But not for you and I

“No!” A scream erupted from my lips. I burst into motion again, making my way towards the chaos. Everything was burning. Dad’s garden, the house, the barn, the small bridge. “Mom!” I screamed. “Maya! Silven! Spenser!” I flinched back as the house’s roof collapsed. “Nooo!!!”

Everybody trips sometimes

Strong hands wrapped around my waist. “No Logan.” Said a familiar voice. It held me tight as I tried to fight them.

“Let me go! My family is in there!” I screamed, clawing at the arms around me.

“No. If they’re in there they’re gone Logan. There’s no saving them.” The voice was strained “They’re gone Logan.”

I broke down at the words. They couldn’t be. They couldn’t die, they couldn’t leave me. I felt my body crumple into the strange arms that felt so familiar somehow. My family was dead, and it was all my fault.

When cities fall like shacks

Walls eventually crack

Everybody breaks a glass

Everybody Breaks A Glass by Lights