A Dark Night (Book One of The Grandor Descendant series) by Bell Stoires

impossible,” said Thomas.
    “Why?” asked Ari.
    “Vamps aren’t allowed to kill other vampires. The Elders make sure that law isn’t broken and the last thing we want is to go up against them,” explained Thomas.
    “Don’t worry,” said Ragon , “I have not called you here to fight. I just need you to help me keep Ari safe.”
    “ But for how long, indefinitely?” asked Cambridge, now looking at Ari sceptically. “For fifty or sixty years; Ari is mortal. Why not change her?”
    Ragon glared at Cambridge .
    “We don’t need to make any rash decisions,” Sandra said soothingly, now looking at Ari’s petrified eyes. “Thomas darling, Ari has not been lulled, so-”
    Thomas’s eyes became huge while Cambridge stared, open mouthed, at Ari.
    “What do you mean?” said Thomas.
    “I don’t understand,” said Cambridge.
    Ragon looked down sadly at his feet, about to speak, but then Sandra broke the silence.
    “I think,” she said slowly, taking a meaningful look at Thomas, “that we need to trust Ragon. He does not want to lull Ariana, and we need to respect his wish. He has asked us here to keep Ari safe, and I for one will stay to do so.”
    Ari looked up thankfully at Sandra , who winked at her. As the vampires discussed Kiara’s imminent attack, Ari remained on the couch, still slightly in shock, listening to the five immortals talk. Finally, when it was apparent that no one could think of anything else to discuss, the vampires left for their bedrooms one by one, until it was only Ari and Ragon left alone.
     
    “Are you alright?” asked Ragon.
    “We can’t hide from her ; we can’t run… and we can’t kill her. What are we going to do?” asked Ari. “Wouldn’t it be easier to just bite me and lull me; to make me forget?”
    “I promise d I wouldn’t hurt you,” answered Ragon, shaking his head.
    Ari let these words swim around in her head. Ari had watched Ragon for two years, even dreamt about him; but why did he care about her? He had never so much as spoken to her, not once at all during those times she had seen him at the library. And what had he been doing there? She knew now why he had only ever been there at night- vampires didn’t go out in the sun, but why go to the library in the first place? Since meeting him she had not seen him sketching or reading at all. In fact, she had not so much as seen a sketch pad, pencil or book.
    C hapter 7- Sources
     
    It wasn’t until 4pm the next day when Ari finally dragged herself out of bed. Her body clock had almost completely become in sync with Ragon’s and the night life that ensued. Once she had showered and dressed, she tiptoed out of her bedroom, peering idly around the bend in the hallway. After a few minutes of searching the house and neither hearing nor seeing anything, she was satisfied that she was the only one awake yet, and set about doing the ordinary day to day things that might have occupied her time when she was living by herself. It had been hard to adjust to Ragon’s lifestyle. Quite apart from eating at odd hours and being awake during the night, there was also the absence of the gruelling courses she had been undertaking at university. Periodically Ari would catch herself thinking about her ambition of becoming 
    It was at least two hours later when Ragon joined her in the kitchen. She had already done the last weeks’ worth of washing, and was now cooking some eggs and bacon in a large frying pan on the stove.
    “Good evening,” he said, greeting her with a large smile.
    A ri couldn’t help but grin back. It was unbelievable how her relationship with Ragon had grown, despite the fact that her world had been turned upside down. One minute she had been studying to become a vet and the next, had discovered that vampires existed.
    “Are you hungry- ” she began to say, hurriedly stirring her scrambled eggs.
    “Food , err… doesn’t go down well,” he said simply, looking at the frying pan as if it were some