Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust by Jessica Dalton (book series for 10 year olds txt) 📕

a sad note. I had actually started to believe that he was so happy around me because we had made a connection other than our blood or our minds. Hunter looked like he was about to argue with me so I quickly continued. “I don‘t understand why he didn‘t just get an enforcer long before he did.” I admitted.

It was Mircea who spoke. “not just anyone can be an enforcer Phoenix. An Enforcer isn’t just made they are born.” Mircea studied my face hesitantly before continuing. “realistically an Enforcer should live as long as a vampire, so obviously Enforcers aren‘t born all the time, only every couple a hundred years. You are very unique Phoenix. Even more so though, I do beg your pardon but especially as you are a women.”

I turned away from Mircea and looked straight ahead as my thoughts ran wild. Had Dimitri told me that I could very possibly live forever? I tried to think back to the night we first met and had exchanged blood. All I could remember of that night was how I felt as we exchanged blood, my heart seemed to start to race just by the memory and I quickly changed my train of thought before anyone could hear my heart.

Everyone in the car was silent for a while and then Blake let out a woop and laughed.

“I can’t wait to see all the ladies tonight.. It has been so long since I have been able to socialise with a beautiful female without the thought that I may possibly have to kill her before the night is done if she turns out to be a rogue.” Blake seemed to be daydreaming for a while as he drove but then quickly looked at me. “not that you aren‘t beautiful Nixy, because you are but you know how it is, you‘re off limits.”

I frowned at him for a while wondering what he meant. “why am I off limits?”

“because you are Dimi…”

“ah… here we are.” Ari called out from the back, speaking for the first time.

I looked out the window and instantly forgot what we had all been talking about. We were in the city, driving down a dark alleyway. All the buildings on either side of us were in darkness.

“um.. We are?” I asked in confusion as I looked more closely at the buildings. All of a sudden we stopped and everyone opened the doors. Behind us Quinn stopped the SUV he was driving and everyone jumped out. Before I could ask what was going on two vampires had appeared out of no where and were climbing into a SUV each and drove away.

“okay that was weird.” I muttered and Mircea laughed beside me.

“don‘t worry Phoenix stick with me and you‘ll be fine, unlike our friends here,” he said as he indicated the guys, “I come to D‘s every time I am in town which is about twice a year. That makes me a regular at D‘s in vampire terms.”

I smiled at him as we all made our way to a non- descript black door which opened before we had even reached it. The vamp who opened the door looked startled at who stood looking at him. I suppose all of the Kings personal guard, the Kings best fiend and head of security as well as a young human girl was quite a lot to take in for one vampire.

When the vamps eyes landed on me he narrowed his eyes at me. “no humans allowed.”

“take a closer look doorkeeper,” Mircea said using the ancient word instead of bouncer, “she isn‘t human.”

I wanted to look at Mircea and ask him what the hell he was talking about, but thought better of it.

Suddenly the doorkeeper looked very pale as he looked at me. “I am so sorry Enforcer, it was an honest mistake.”

I hid my shock well as I realised that the doorkeeper was able to tell that I was the Enforcer by just looking closer at me. I suppose it shouldn’t have come as such a shock that I was not classed as human anymore, I mean I could live for ever if I was careful not to get myself killed.

The doorkeeper quickly made way for us and let us into a dark hallway, my eyes adjusted to the darkness quickly and I could see stairs that seemed to lead down into a club downstairs.

I followed behind Ryder as we made our decent. I was surrounded by the guards. Mircea had taken the lead. We came out onto a metal balcony over looking the dance floor, to our left was more stairs that led to the bar and dance floor and to our right was an elevated glass room which was empty except for a barman. There was lounges and low tables and another smaller dance floor. It was definitely a VIP room. I wasn’t surprised when Mircea lead us into the room.

The music would have been deafening if indeed I still had had human hearing. But it was just right for my knew heightened senses. Lights flashed and bodies grinded below us.

I was aware as I walked into the glass VIP room that anyone below us would only have to look straight up and have a brilliant view of my ass. I really did not like that idea.

I looked below and already I could see male vamps starring up, nudging each other to do the same. It would appear, I thought to myself, that it was a rare thing for a lady to enter the VIP room. I fidgeted, but before I could move another inch, as one, Mircea, Quinn, Blake, Baldric, Hunter, Alric, Ari, Ryder and Rowan growled and bared there teeth at everyone below us. Nobody dared to look up again.

“if I had fangs to bare I would have done you know.” I told all the men and they all laughed.

“we know you would have done, but let us take care of you just for tonight. It is your birthday after all.” Quinn grinned at me.

“I suppose so.” I said playfully.

Of course the barman heard Quinn say it was my birthday, because out of the corner of my eye I saw him reach for the phone. I may be knew in the vamp world but every club is the same. I was behind the bar with my hand over his within the second.

He looked at me with wide eyes.

“don‘t,” I said with menace in my voice. “don‘t announce to the DJ that it is my birthday. I don‘t want everyone to know.”

“how did you know that I was going to call Ivan?”

I rolled my eyes and looked at him, “it‘s what every bar person I know does when they here its someone‘s birthday. Especially where I come from, people love to play tricks on you if they know its your birthday, and it won‘t turn out very well for anyone who plays any tricks on me, there immortal life would end very quickly.”

The bar man gulped and nodded his head. “I‘m Mike by the way.”

“Phoenix.”

“that’s a really nice name.” Mike said, my gaydar had been going wild ever since I started to talk to him and I smiled at him. He seemed like a nice kind of vamp.

“thanks, now I am really thirsty.” I said and reached for a glass helping myself to a double Jameson. I downed it in one and licked my lips slowly before putting another double in the glass and jumping back over the bar to sit next to the guys who had watched my little exchange with Mike with amusement.

Nine Inch Nails - The Hand that Feeds came on as I finished my third drink. I took off my leather jacket, being careful of were I put it because my gun was still in it.

“Come on guys, you have to dance, you’re no fun if you’re just going to sit around all night.” I said as I got up pulling Hunter and Blake up with me.

Rowan and Ryder followed us onto the dance floor, and then the rest followed nearly grudgingly. I laughed and spun around with my head back as I swayed to the music. I loved to dance, me and Jaz used to go dancing all the time and we never left the dance floor, it felt so good to be dancing again even if Jaz couldn’t enjoy it with me anymore.

The guys didn’t seem to mind that I was the only female dancing with them, they were all pretty good dancers themselves. I danced with all of them, even Mircea, who behaved himself wonderfully.

We ordered some drinks and sat down after dancing to Timberland, Tiesto and some David Guetta. The vamps were all drinking shots of blood laced with Jameson. They all decided to drink it in honour of my birthday and heritage.

“are you having fun Phoenix?” Mike asked form behind me as he brought over another round of drinks.

“yes I am thank you. I haven‘t relaxed like this in months.” I grinned up at him. I was grateful that the vampire blood running through my head was making it harder for me to get drunk otherwise I would have been on my arse long before now. Even I couldn’t drink this much whiskey without knocking myself out normally. I did feel tipsy though.

“so what did you get so far for your birthday Nixy?” Baldric asked.

“well my friend Declan sent me this dress, and my brother Kevin sent me these shoes. But that’s all the presents I have opened, I didn‘t bother opening anything else after I got these.” I said while I slid my hand over the material over my thigh. It was amusing to see everyone of there eyes follow my hand as it travelled up and down my thigh.

“you must very good friends with this Declan..” Mircea stated.

“he is almost like another brother to me. He has been best friends with Kevin since they were two years old and when I met Jaz when I was three years old, the four of us were inseparable until Jaz died two months ago in a car accident. Now it is just the three of us, well two of them since I left them in Ireland.”

“she died in a car accident?” Mircea asked.

“yeah,” I didn’t want to talk about this anymore, and just like a happy coincidence, Beenie Man - King of the Dance Hall came on.

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“oooh I love this song!! Come on guys!” I said as I jumped up and started dancing without waiting for them to join me. They all laughed and followed. Below us on the dance floor everyone was grinding against each other.


I had to remind my body to slow to a humans pace as my hips moved to the beat. The guys all suddenly looked behind me at the door. I turned just in time to see Dimitri come up behind me and start dancing with me. The others all moved back to sit on the lounges as they gave us the dance floor.

I laughed as we moved, King of the Dancehall indeed. The song was just right as