The Secrets Within by S & K (interesting books to read for teens .txt) 📖

himself at the thought of that.


“Thanks.” said the girls at once. Liam tried to avoid Adrielle’s glare as he gestured her to come inside. She was wearing dark denim skinny jeans, heeled boots, and a leather jacket over her red tank top. A necklace resembling a chain of hearts draped across her neckline and had her hair was let into long loose waves. Her green eyes seemed to sparkle underneath the sunset. Liam comprehended that the two girls were completely different. Ariana was more simple and chic. On the other hand, Adrielle was trendy and had a trace of badass in her. Both never wore makeup however and still managed to look like they stepped out of a teen vogue magazine. Adrielle couldn’t help but to think Liam was completely and irrevocably sexy. He looked like a Greek god. In fact, he would make gods jealous. His perfect complexion, eyes, and smile made her melt like a Popsicle on a hot summer day. Ariana thought the same about Logan, she imagined him to be some other worldly creature. She figured no human being could ever look this good. EVER. She began to wonder if she was just imagining the way the brothers looked.


“I’ve found out where the girls are.” said Veronica pressing on the break. She turned to face Daniel and smiled wickedly. Daniel returned the same evil grin. “Where are they?” asked Daniel leaning in closer to Veronica, who seemed to be moving further away from him in disgust. “They are in Stillwater with the Seniti brothers. Elizabeth and Stella just notified me. They seemed pretty pissed off.” She exclaimed. There was fear trailing in her voice, she knew that she would never here the end of it from her sisters if she failed at the plan. “Shit…it’s going to be harder to get to them if they’re with them.” Daniel spoke somberly. His guts were telling him that the plan was going fail, but he continued to act strong and macho for Veronica, who didn’t seem to care. “Come on, let’s go and give them a little scare.” said Veronica, with a devious smile. She gunned the accelerator and zoomed off. They reached Stillwater in a matter of seconds.


Logan and Liam were giving a grand tour of their elaborate mansion. The girls were absolutely fascinated with the house. It had old furniture and the framework was amazing, not to mention plenty of space and rooms.


“Where’s the bathroom?” asked Adrielle. She didn’t really have to go, but she just wanted to get away from Liam and his snobbish comments. Logan politely pointed towards the end of the dark hallway and kept walking. Ten minutes later, Logan stopped curtly when he smelled a wave of smoke hit his nostrils. He took a big whiff and flashed a look at Liam. Ariana shared the confused expression both of them had a while later. She began to panic; she hated fires ever since she had been in one when she was five. Almost as if it were a dream the outburst of flames began to engulf the house. Liam grabbed Ariana and dragged her out the window to their left. Before, Liam went through; Logan ran past him and whispered in his ear. “I heard Veronica and Daniel. They’re here!” There was worry in his voice, he didn’t want Ariana to find out the truth, or get into any trouble. He looked out the window and watched as Ariana gazed at the burning house somberly. She began to call his name, Logan grabbed Liam’s arm and together they jumped out of the burning building effortlessly.


Ariana ran towards the Seniti brothers, too overwhelmed to even notice that Adrielle wasn’t anywhere in sight. She embraced the both of them and began thanking them for getting her out. All of a sudden Ariana felt a wave of shock in her body, almost as if she felt something was wrong and not right. Her biggest fear became true when she realized that Adrielle wasn’t in sight. They heard a shriek come from the second floor of the back of the flaming house. “Adrielle!!” she shouted hysterically. Logan looked back at Ariana.


“Is she not here?” asked Logan with a panicked looked on his face. He scanned the entire driveway for Adrielle. He noticed Liam’s eyes turn black with fury, and crushing fear.


“No! She’s not! She’s still in there!” Ariana began to sob. “Get her out of there! Please!” she pleaded. She started running towards the burning house when Logan grabbed her waist and pulled her back. She began to kick and struggle out of his grip but he held her firmly.


“You can’t go in there Ariana!” he said sternly. Ariana looked at him in disbelief. She scowled and thrashed harder. She finally stopped when she realized it was no use, and that he wasn’t going to let her go.


“She’s in there! She’s going to die!” she yelled at him sharply. Her eyes shifted to Liam, begging him to do something.


“Logan, I’m going in.” Liam responded to her cry. In a flash, he was gone inside the smoke filled mansion.


It was impossible to see anything through the thickness of the smoke. Liam made it to the living room to see Adrielle in the hands of Daniel and Veronica. Danielle was holding her limp body in his arms, as Veronica kneeled into sink her teeth into her neck. “Let her go.” said Liam, calmly. He resisted the urge to kill them right then and there. But he knew he didn’t have a chance, it was two against one.


“Well hello there Liam. Nice to see you.” said Veronica, giving him one of her devious smiles. She pushed her blonde hair back and knelt in even closer to Adrielle’s neck. Adrielle didn’t move an inch; she lay unconscious from the smoke and coughed from time to time.


“I said let her go.” he declared again. His eyes were pinning Daniel as he watched his every move, making sure that he didn’t do anything to hurt her.


“Let me think…nope. All we need now is the other girl...Ariana.” responded Daniel, viciously. Liam smirked.


“What?” asked Daniel, confused by the ironic smile on his face.


“You just made the wrong choice.” He retorted, in a flash he flew towards Daniel and Veronica. He seized Daniels neck, smashed him into the heavy stone wall and threw him to the ground. Then he moved to Veronica, he bared his teeth angrily as he prowled towards her. She smiled cunningly as she pulled out a wooden dagger from her coat. Liam sped towards the dagger and tossed it out the window. He grabbed Veronica's blonde hair and pulled bunches of it out. As she writhed in shear anger and pain he pushed her towards the moving fire and headed towards Adrielle. He quickly draped her over and shoulders and leapt out of the window just in time before the fire and swallowed them whole.


“Adrielle!” shouted Ariana, as she saw Liam carrying her out. Ariana sprinted towards them giving Liam a hug thanking him. She brushed Adrielle’s hair away from her face as she looked at her lovingly.


“Yeah, Yeah, no problem.” he said, clearly enjoying playing the ‘hero’. The four was seated in the car as quickly as possible. When they reached the apartments, Liam pulled Adrielle out and lifted her up the stairs and into their home. Logan walked up with Ariana holding her to his side protectively as he glanced around for any sign of Veronica and Daniel. When they reached the apartment door, Logan looked at Ariana apologetically. Ariana smiled at him, knowing that it wasn’t his fault and gave him a reassuring kiss on the cheek. They walked in, to see Liam in the kitchen grabbing a glass of water. “She’s going to be alright, she’s just unconscious from the smoke, but she hasn’t been burned anywhere.” He told Ariana. She signed in relief and gave him a sisterly hug.


“Um…” Logan started off, not knowing how to continue. “Sorry for what you had to go through today, it must have been terrifying.” He looked down at his hands and began fiddling his thumbs nervously. Ariana laughed lightheartedly and told him that it was okay and that it could’ve happened to anyone. She reminded them to talk to the fire department about what had caused the fire to prevent another one.


“Where are you guys going to stay?” wondered Ariana, she considered letting them bunk with her, but that would be completely uncivilized and it was too soon for all of that.


“Oh, don’t worry about that, we have another villa by the lake” Logan comforted her. His eyes grew small as he thought about having to go back to that wretched place after so many centuries. He hadn’t been there since Elizabeth.


“Yeah but we’d better be off,” interrupted Liam as he waltzed towards the door. Logan embraced Ariana and headed out the door to follow him.


Adrielle finally awoke. She stumbled clumsily out of her bed and began to walk to the living room. She groaned when she felt the pieces of ashes in her hair and she frantically tried to brush them out. “Ariana?” she asked hesitantly. Ariana’s face looked like a blur and she had to blink a few times too see clearly. Ariana looked up and beamed at her happily.


“Adrielle! Finally! I thought you’d never wake up.” She exasperated. She got up quickly to fetch her a glass of water. Adrielle realized she couldn’t stand anymore so she rushed to the couch and assembled herself onto it comfortable. She began to rub her temples together.


“Why the hell do I have a massive head ache?” she questioned. Her head felt as if it were