• Preface

    Iconic Maine:
    10 years ago


    I was Five at the time when it happened, I remember specifically that I was wearing an elegant silk and lace dress that mommy bought specially for me, and she just said I love you out of the blue and left to downstairs, after she left Dre told me to go to my bedroom. I did as I was told .And went upstairs to my red and black room. But as soon as Dre was out of site I came out, but weirdly I ended up outside in the snow, I love the snow seeing all the pretty snow flakes and such. I was never aloud to go outside, this is my first time ever outside. Then I saw him and I knew why. In front of me was a level E vampire, I knew immediately from the smell, the smell of rot, he looked like rot to all level E vampires do. Or that’s what I learned from Dre,
    “I’m lucky tonight, I got a pure blood” he hissed
    “Vampire” was all I could manage. As he walked closer to me with a scary grin on his face showing his canine teeth I knew at that instant I was going to die. Knowing that the last thing I’m going to see is his holey over coat and dusty black button up shirt.
    “I don’t think it’s necessary for you to do that” Dre!
    He walked in front of me standing between me and the vampire, shielding me in a way. The next thing I knew The Vampire’s stone head was on the ground disconnected from its unmoving body, the white snow was now in splashes of a killer red. It was also on me, on Dre’s mouth, and outfit. I looked down at my white stuffed bunny it had blood stains too. Dre saved me from death I was still living, breathing, and crying all because of him.


    Iconic Maine:
    Present day

    Today was Friday my least favorite day of the week. The day when all the girls and some guys from school come out to swoon over the night class, and it’s my job to make sure they do not get to close to them because the night class has a secret one that the students can never know because there vampires, Pureblood and Noble. There all insanely beautiful as always and it’s a heck of a lot of work to keep their secret safe. Especially since they stand out so much. Welcome to Verlaine Academy.
    I looked over my shoulder to my bedside table and there it read 8:15! And rushed to put on my uniform as quickly as I can. I slipped on my black skirt, buttoned up shirt, high knee black socks, prefect band on my arm, and laced up my high knee boots to cover up the socks. I was so late the girls will be out by 8:20 and I couldn’t let Zero do all of this by himself, there’s only two of us to do our job. Were constantly on patrol making sure the girls are out of their dorms at night so the night class doesn’t hurt anybody, then we have to gate off the entrance to their dorm rooms so they don’t break in. Prefects aren’t the most popular people because of our duties but we have to start somewhere. They don’t know what the night class is capable of doing. The Purebloods are the top of the vampire popularity chain because of their powers and strength, they heal fast so they don’t die easily, their looks draw there prey closer, and get stronger by drinking their mates blood. For them it’s like exchanging powers. The second of the chain is the Nobles they have only powers like telekinetic, fire, water, wind, and earth which make them second powerful to the pure bloods. The third is level C are humans turned into vampires, at construction point turning rogue killing everyone in it’s path especially humans, eventually they turn into Level E and look like rot. Their eyes turn white with no pupils and around the eyes are all black and veins showing all around like a mask. The only thing that can help them is too drink a pure bloods blood. But all get hunted down by the hunters no matter what. My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of chairman’s voice.
    “What are you doing standing around for? Its 8:25 Aaliyah” chairman said

    I just got to the night classes dorm just in time as a girl screamed “there he is... there they are!” I then braced myself for the worst. I pushed them back over the gate and watched as they gave me dirty looks. I drew a exaggerated breath of exhaustion as their screams grew louder and louder so I then turned around. There he was the guy who saved me when I was a little child, he looked the same as the night he killed the level E vampire when I was 5 yrs old. His hair had a tint of auburn in his brown color; he had caramel brown eyes, full lips, smooth dark skin, and a lean muscular figure. I also secretly had a crush on him to I looked up to his caramel eyes as he said
    “I worry about you Aaliyah; your distant from me now why is that?”
    “I don’t know… I don’t have anything to say to you anymore especially since you stopped visiting me, I know Zero doesn’t really like your kind that much and disrespects you in every way but still I miss you a lot” I confessed to him
    “You don’t think I miss you? You’re my little D. Rose” he replied casually even though we had a big audience, I knew later on I will be even more hated among the girls. “Do you guys have a thing going on?” a girl asked it was very familiar I turned around to see Kat one of the girls who detested me the most for getting them in trouble for knocking on the night classes dorm building that was almost the size as the academy itself. The vampires have special requests and needs in bedding.
    “No were just old friends” I said
    “Just friends, it’s funny how you can dismiss our love like that” he said smoothly, Kat’s face turned very curious and gave me a dirty look when she thought Dre wasn’t looking, but I knew for a fact that he knew very well that Kat wasn’t as innocent as she proclaimed she was. Kat had killer looks she had fair white shin, natural red cherry colored lips, silky waves of black for hair, and a nice curvy body, that all the guys at day class drool over when they can’t give admiring eyes at Fawn, Julienne, or Malinda. Kat and her group are of star line beauties. I knew well that I will never be able to live in the dorms without girls giving me cut eyes just because the queen of mean said that I am with the most popular guys of the school and I won’t let any them get close. I knew that if they knew they would tell their rich stuck up parents to try to shut down the academy because their scared little spoiled brats. Dre interrupted my thoughts by talking.


    “Everything okay? “
    “Um yeah just a little overwhelmed that’s all” I said, Dre was still behind me as he whispered in my ear
    “Come by later on today after your duty okay? I have something to ask you okay”
    Just at that he left into the dorms. As the sun came up, I turned back to the girls and watched as they were going on there way to their classes. But Kat and her girls Cristina, Naomi Veronica, and Ciara stayed for a dissing fest, I was ready for the insults
    “So what now? You all happy cause Dre came and is worried for you, but don’t worry doll we’ll put you in your place” Naomi sneered.” I’m not all happy and giddy surprisingly, because I’m not like you girls who get all bubbly and such over a guy” I said smoothly. Veronica twisted up her face at me in disgust “well I guess that’s another reason your not like us. You have no emotion at all doll” she said, they all called me doll for there own reason Veronica calls me that since she found out about how I didn’t cry when my parents died. She thought it was disgusting to not miss your parents one bit, but she didn’t know that my parent were killed by vampires and I don’t remember anything of them all is I know s that Dre saved me from it all. Kat calls me Doll for the same reason as Veronica, Cristina and Naomi call me doll for my stone like expressions on my face. I guess I am a Doll.
    “Come on girls classes are going to start soon and we have Mrs. Talbot and you know how she gets when you’re late” Kat said
    “See you Doll” Naomi said. I knew Zero was behind me I could feel his breath on my neck, because I knew for a fact they didn’t care about any of the teachers especially Mrs. Talbot. They were scared of Zero his cold stare freaked them out so they never went near me when he was around; Zero was like a special kind of bodyguard.
    “So you have a date with Dre huh? The last Pure blood of the Oregon family you must be very special to him Aaliyah”
    “You know your jealous Zero, I know for a fact that you would love to control people’s mind’s don’t try to act all cool” I replied to him.” I shouldn’t have told you about that I knew you would haunt me, but you know what I’ll use it for first?” He whispered.
    “No what will you it first?” I asked as we walked to the academy
    “Control you to be my personal maid” he replied. At that comment I looked into his eyes and smiled
    “Like I’m stupid enough to fall for that” I said. We walked into Mrs. Talbot gave us a stern look when she saw Zero and me, I instantly knew that we were late. “Grab a seat and the two of you meet me after class” she said
    “Sorry no can do we have patrol” Zero talked
    “Grab a seat and the two of you meet me after class” she repeated sternly.
    Everybody gave us cold glances as we walked up the steps to the back row of the class looking down on everybody’s heads while Mrs. Talbot drones on and on about history. Zero looked like he was going to doze off any second from doing the late shift last night, it made me feel guilty for leaving early last night . Looked so cute asleep he has bronze skin, nice arched eyebrows, full lips, warm dark brown eyes that looked black, and a muscular figure he could be a lady-killer if he hadn’t scared them off first from his serious glares. He sure was good eye candy.

    The bell rang making Zero jump along with me, the class flooded out in big groups I was surprised they even fit through the door. Mrs. Talbot motioned us to come to her but knowing Zero and his personality he said
    “I’m good here thank you” Mrs. Talbot didn’t like Zero; he was now testing her patience. So I ended up hitting his arm
    “Stop it she already doesn’t like you don’t make it worse, soon she’ll put out her anger on me”.
    We walked down the steps to her desk; I braced myself for the worse as she started to speak
    “I don’t respect your attitude Mr. Wieland and you Ms. Whyte I guess you’re the reason why you were late… as usual “
    “My fault, Mrs. Talbot I respect you put your time and effort in your job but you can’t assume I’m the one who caused everything I have a job as a prefect to monitor the school’s behavior when the night class comes around from there sessions, which is a tough job. But you wouldn’t know that because you don’t do my job! You get paid to teach a class, I don’t get paid a cent for my hard work, and you have the decency to blame me for us being late. It is much of my job as Zero’s Mrs. Talbot.” I boomed
    “I really expect too much of you kind of kids, I really do” she replied calmly
    “Kind of kids, what are implying Mrs. Talbot?” Zero asked


    “I mean Hooligans like you two who are lucky enough to get adopted by a wealthy man who owns this beautiful academy, and doesn’t appreciate how good they got it, some people will kill to get in a school like this” she replied coolly
    “How lucky we have it? That’s funny Aaliyah and I both had our parents murdered in front of us, and you’re talking about how lucky we are, your funny Mrs. Talbot. Aaliyah lost her memories because of the incident and knows nothing of her family or where she’s from your funny … very funny” Zero commented. I already was out of the room by the time Zero said memories.

    I was so happy that school I was out of school: I finally escaped all the nasty teachers of Verlaine Academy into the Garden of roses. My favorite place to just think, to unwind and be myself. I went inside to see all the white and red roses, I instantly fell in love with the original weft of smell.