Midnight Heights by S.J (classic romance novels txt) 📖

what Mr. Roman had told me today. It was important that Emily knew the truth about herself and her mother.


I took a breath. "So, I know this is going to be super confusing but apparently Mr. Roman is our father."


Emily laughed. "What? I mean, I love the guy and every thing but you can't seriously believe that our teacher is our dad."


I nodded. "Well it's the truth Emily; it even says so in the book."


"She's right." Allie said.


Emily looked just as confused as I was at first and I didn't even get to the bad part yet. I had no idea how I was supposed to explain to her that there was evil somewhere within her and that it came from her evil mother. She would really think that I was crazy then. Despite not wanting to tell her, I knew that I had to.


"Roman told me that some one's coming after you and me, some one like your mother." I explained.


Her eye brow rose. "So that makes her your mother too."


I shook my head. "Not exactly."


I didn't know how to carry on with the conversation and I wasn't sure if I could. This was all very confusing and really hard to talk about. I looked at Allie who seemed to know where I was going with this.


She sighed. "What your sister is trying to say is that your mother is a dark angel and she's coming after the both of you for you powers. I read it myself in the book."


"So, what are you saying that I'm evil too?" Emily asked.


"Not fully." I chimed in. "But it's important that you don't bring out that side of you."


Emily took a deep breath. I could see that she was trying to process all of this, but it wasn't exactly the easiest thing to do. I mean, not everyday you hear that you're a dark angel and you're mother is one as well. Even though this was going to be hard for all of us to deal with it, I knew that we had to handle it in the best way we can. If Victoria was planning on tracking us down and actually succeeded in doing so, we were going to have to be focused.


I took a breath. "Roman wants to see all of us in the study room at midnight. I think there's something really important he needs to talk to us about." I told them.


They swiftly nodded. I had no idea what was going to come out of us talking to Mr. Roman tonight but I knew that whatever it was, it was going to be just as serious as every thing else we've learned so far. I didn't expect to come to this place, Midnight Heights, and learn about all these magical things. Just two weeks ago you couldn't even convince me that Santa Claus was real, let alone dark angels and magical beings. Now I was supposed to be a magical being? An angel of light specifically. None of this made sense and I wasn't sure if it ever will.
There's a Reason

We walked into the study room, making sure we were being as quiet as possible. The last thing we needed was Leona catching on to us. It was as cold as ice inside, making all of us shiver as we entered. We quietly walked to the back of the room where we found Mr. Roman sitting at a round and wooden table, behind one of the book shelves. I noticed him reading a book, one that looked just like the one I found in the cellar room. I quickly took a seat next to him and Allie and Emily did the same.


"Allison, you're not in the book." He said as he lifted up his head.


Allie looked just as confused as the rest of us.


"What do you mean?" She wondered.


He shrugged. "I'm saying everyone from Midnight Heights is in here, except for you." he informed.


I was really confused. Why wasn't Allie in the book? She was here at Midnight Heights just like the rest of us, so shouldn't she be in there too?


"So what does that mean?" Allie asked.


"It means you are a mortal." a voice from behind us said.


We all turned to see Narc walking towards us holding a book of his own in his hands. I was beginning to think that there were many of these books around the school. None of us had no clue Narc was there and clearly he had been listening to us the whole time. He stood at the edge of the table and carefully sat his book down.


He continued. "We have never had a mortal here at Midnight Heights and now that we do, I'm not sure what this means."


"Do you think she's here for a reason?" My dad, I mean, Roman asked.


He smiled. "We are all here for a reason Paul, even I myself."


I knew that he was right, that we were all here for a reason. It couldn't have been a coincidence that Emily and I were brought to this school. There was a reason for everything, just like there was a reason Allie was the only mortal at this school. We just needed to figure out what it was.


"Why'd you ask us here?" Emily wondered. She wanted answers just as much as I did.


He let out a breath. "I'm pretty sure you heard about your mother, Emily, and I'm very sorry about that. I wanted to protect you guys and that's why I gave you away. Victoria said that she would find you and use your powers for her own gain, I couldn't let her use you the way she has used me." He explained.


I sighed. "We understand and we're very grateful that you did that for us."


It was true. The thought of me not having my mom and dad in my life, my adopted ones, is like not having air to breath. Even though sometimes I get a little annoyed with them, they're still my parents and they've always loved me and Emily. It would have been great to have known Roman before coming to Midnight Heights, but he was right, we would have been in great danger if he chose to keep us, so he did the right thing.


I cleared my throat. "May I ask you something?"


He nodded.


"What about my mother, Annabelle? What happened to her?" I was trying to brace myself for what was coming next. I didn't know if he would say that she was dead, or had been killed or left when I was a baby. It could have been anything.


He didn't answer right away. Instead, he just smiled. I could tell that he loved her very much and he probably still did. Just by the way he smiled I knew she couldn't have been too bad.


"Annabelle was brave and kind and passionate. In fact, she kind of reminds me of you in some way." he told me.


There was no way I was all of those things, but I was so far gone in hearing about my mother that I didn't even worry about objecting to anything.


He carried on. "She told me she loved me for the very last time one night, and that was the last time I've ever seen her. I've tried looking everywhere for her after that but I just couldn't seem to find her. My world just got smaller and smaller after that."


I could see the pain he had in his eyes when he talked about her and I knew that it was probably a bad idea bringing her up. I just couldn't help it. I wanted to know more about her but now wasn't the right time and I wasn't sure when it will ever be. A loud bang came from the other side of the room and we all turned around to see the door of the study room open and Leona standing with two of her men by her side.


She smiled her evil smile at us and shook her head in disappointment. "Isn't this a nice little family reunion?" She laughed.


Mr. Roman walked in front of us and extended his hand towards Leona, warning her to stay away. "It was my idea to be in here, don't punish the girls."


She laughed once again. "Punish? Who said anything about a punishment? In fact, these girls are exactly where I need them to be."


We all exchanged glances and then focused our attention back on Leona. I could barely hear anything over the sound of all our hearts beating out of our chests. She was definitely up to something and whatever it was, it was obviously not going to be good.


"I have quite the surprise for all of you." she said, grinning so big that all her teeth showed.


She tossed her hair back and looked over her shoulder. We all looked in the same direction. The sound of high heels clacked against the floor and a woman appeared at Leona's side, having the same devilish smile as Leona. Her hair was a dark brown color and hung just at the nape of her neck.


She looked at us and it was as if she was staring straight through to our souls. Her eyes were dark and cold, looking as though she had little life, but the expression on her face was as if her life had just begun.


She smiled. "Wow, it's so nice to finally meet my girls."

Victoria