The Gentle Maiden and Five Lustful Brothers-Chapter 51: things were weird

Rosa was feeling guilty about snapping on Violet on top of disgusted for sleeping with Jeremy and enjoying it.

Violet grabbed Rosa hugging her. "If you don’t want him to touch you, I won’t let him touch you."

"Thanks mi hija, that means a lot to me." Rosa said laying in Violet’s lap as she stroked Rosa’s hair.

The princes leave the bathroom quietly looking at Violet for any sign of anything really. But Violet just frowned and slammed her glare from them to the door, and a demand went through her connection to them, ’leave’. Suddenly the felt an overwhelming urge to leave, Ash in seconds of moving realized she had forced her demand into their head, and it seems at the same time, Jeremy realized what happened too, but couldn’t stop moving until he was out of the room.

Violet pressed play on the movie and still stroking Rosa’s hair and shortly after Rosa fell asleep in Violet’s lap.

Ash and Jeremy look at one another.

"What the fuck just happened?" Jeremy asked Ash.

"We need to talk. Let’s go back to my room. It’s sound proof for music recording." Ash said walking to his room.

After shutting the door Ash looks at Jeremy and drops the bomb. "Violet can read minds, or rather she can feel thoughts? That’s how she explained it. And after what just happened it makes sense, I didn’t understand what she meant before."

"This has happened before?" Jeremy skeptical but also annoyed Ash hadn’t mentioned this earlier.

"Yeah at the mall, before your show, we went shopping. It started after a fight broke out between and some wolf pups." Ash explained "But we didn’t want it to get out yet until we knew more, purebloods and some true bloods had gifts or special talents, but nothing like this."

"So she can read minds and force thoughts into our own? Powerful enough to make us act on them?" Jeremy wasn’t too keen on the idea of being so uncontrollably vulnerable.

"I guess so... I don’t even know if she even knows, she just did that, she didn’t know she read our minds when she did that either." Ash pointed out.

"Fuck, Ash we can’t keep this a secret form the others, but what would Riley do if he knew?" Jeremy asked, truly afraid of what he could do to Violet if he got the chance, knowing she can read his mind and even control parts of it.

"I don’t know and that’s what scares me, Violet could be in serious danger if this gets out or is handled the wrong way." Ash said emphasizing the need for discretion.

They sit silently for some time and think abut their situation.

"I still can’t believe she actually made us leave..." Jeremy said.

"Man, I know? How is that even possible? We’re purebloods." Ash said.

"Well, technically, she is too.." Jeremy corrected.

"I’ve never heard of a maiden having powers of any kind though." Ash was completely

stumped.

"We can’t let dad know until she’s mated, that much we know." Jeremy mentioned.

"Fuck, I didn’t even think about him..." Ash said realizing there was a whole different they’d

have to worry about it.

Their father, he was ruthless and possessive. If he knew this maiden had special abilities he would definitely take her for himself simply to possess her. They needed to get her mated and get her, her title, secure her safety before she could be harmed.

"Does this mean more sex?" Jeremy had a mischievous grin which made Ash growl.

"No." Ash hissed.

"Yes it does, it means she needs to get pregnant by one of us sooner rather than later. Which would mean more sex." Jeremy insisted.

"Jeremy don’t push it, I’m serious." Ash was beginning to do a deep growl.

Jeremy just smirked. He knew he would do everything he could to keep Violet close to him and out of his fathers hands.

Violet was still in her room with Rosa watching the movie they chose together. She missed Ash and wished he’d come back, but it was better he didn’t. Rosa was really upset with herself about having sex with someone who had been so hateful. Her and Jeremy were more friendly now, definitely but, it wasn’t the same as when she was with Oliver. How could he think she was disgusting and then have sex with her? Was she just easy prey? Rosa had never thought of herself as easy but I guess that’s what it was.

Violet could sense Rosa’s thoughts, and she tried hard to block them out, but it was almost as if Rosa was projecting them outward. Rosa’s despair about what transpired between her and Jeremy was weighing heavily on Violet. She hated knowing her best friend was really struggling.

After a short restless nap Rosa could sleep and woke to see she was still on Violet’s lap. Having her hair stroked softly, Rosa watched Violet with a smile, seeing her best friend so invested in the movie.

’Violet was definitely a 1 in a million kind of person, I can’t believe any one person could have such an ability to soothe others. And I can’t believe she’s my beast friend.’ Rosa thought to herself.

Violet looked down and grinned sweetly, "I love you too."

Rosa was shocked she didn’t think she said that out loud. "Did you hear my thoughts

again?"

"Oh I don’t think so, I...I wasn’t trying to peak, I swear." Violet was so worried now that she had offended her best friend and messed up and accidentally read her thoughts.

"To be honest, while you were sleeping it was like your feelings and thoughts were being pushed into me, or pulled into me, I can’t explain it any better. But it was like your feelings were yelling at me while you were laying down on me. I tried hard to avoid it." Violet confessed feeling riddled with so much guilt.

"Are your abilities growing? So fast?" Rosa sat up very interested and excited for Violet’s special abilities.

"Mi hija I’m so jealous, you’re ability is so cool and unique. I’m just super fast as fast as a pure blood I’d be willing to bet." Rosa said. Envious or Violet, but also proud of her own special ability.

"Have you ever tried too?" Violet was feeling very excited about Rosa’s ability, she really wanted a cool ability like that, she could run away from Riley easy if that were true!

"I’ve never had the chance to try. I wasn’t friends with any purebloods until recently." Rosa joked.

"I’m going to make Oliver and Ash race you, we have to know, and you HAVE to win!!!"

Violet said excitedly.

"I promise not to disappoint, but do you really think they would be down?" Rosa asked.

"Definitely, Oliver loves games, and Ash loves a good competition." Violet answered

"You know you know the brothers so well now." Rosa said.

"Well I hope so I’ve been living with them almost three months now." Violet joked.

"You’ve changed too, you’re more out spoken and a lot louder than you used to be." Rosa told her.

"Actually believe it or not, I used to have a lot of friends at my old school I did was in a lot other school activities. I changed when I came here, I feel like I’m almost who I used to be." Violet answered her.

"Really?" Rosa asked.

"Yeah." Violet replied.

With the movie almost over and it being late afternoon it was long passed their bedtime.

With a big yawn and stretch Violet suggested they go to sleep. Putting on an anime cartoon the two girls drifted off to sleep.

The following evening they woke up to the smell of bacon and and French toast.

"Is that breakfast?" Rosa asked as soon as she woke up to the aroma.

"Yes." Violet yawned and stretched out.

"Let’s get ready for school so we can hurry down stairs.

"I didn’t bring my school clothes!" Rosa jumped up stressing missing class. "Shit, do you think we’d have time to stop by my house so I can get changed before school, I can’t be late again to first period I have a presentation do!"

"We can make it work, just get ready." Violet reassured Rosa and crawled out of bed. Violet does her usual routine with her face, teeth, hair and make up.

"Can I braid your hair?" Rosa asked.

"I’d love that, please do!" Violet excitedly answered.

Violet finishes dressing Rosa helps her with her tie before sitting her down in front of her vanity and braiding her hair in a long single braid.

"You are so damn cute, Vee you know that?" Rosa said.

"I’m still getting used to Vee as a nickname; you know I’ve never had a nickname?" Violet stated. Which was true she never had one.

"Really not even your old best friends?" Rosa was pretty surprised.

"I think everyone put me on this pedestal that made me seem unreachable." Violet stated

"I was the campus beauty voted 4 years in a row."

"Violet, even in a school full of flawless perfect looking vampires, I think you are still the campus beauty." Rosa kissed Violet’s cheek when she said that.

"Now listen, I can’t wait another moment I need that bacon." Rosa was getting impatient smelling the bacon being cooked downstairs.

Rosa and Violet run down the stairs hand and hand rushing to the dining room where they find all 5 brothers at the table. For the first time, Rosa is seeing the oldest of the two brothers.

"Well aren’t you... unique" Riley had a malicious and dangerous grin. Violet hated the way he looked at her best friend. But Riley terrified her.

"Are you the friend I heard beat those girls up in the school bathroom for our Violet?" Gabriel asked. Looking up from his plate glancing over to Rosa as she sat down and was being served breakfast.

Gabriel looked her up and down, analyzing Rosa’s darker skin completion.

"I’ve never really seen a Hispanic vampire, I know they exist, but personally I’ve never seen one." Gabriel always so blunt and straight to the point.

"Oh, yeah, well my mother is Hispanic." Rosa answered uncomfortably shifting in her seat.

"And a human, too, I’ve heard." Gabriel said lifting his eyebrow.

"Yes, is that a problem?" Rosa’s voice immediately became defensive and she looked straight at Jeremy when she made the statement.

Violet was shook to see someone talk to Gabriel like that, even if it was directed at Jeremy.

"Not at all, I find them fascinating, you’d think being partly human would be more of a short coming." Gabriel was very interested in knowing about this half blood.

"I’m Gabriel Drakarys, the oldest." Tilting his head to her.

"And I’m Riley, the best looking one."

’More like most disgusting.’ Violet thought apparently the five at the end of the table had heard sensed the thought and Oliver spit his drink out spraying it all over his plate.

’What the fuck was that’ Oliver thought to himself. He also couldn’t help but laugh at the thought. Oliver is being constantly surprised by Violet, he didn’t think she had a mean bone in her body, even for Riley.

"What the hell was that for?" Riley said examining his plate for any stray spit particles from Oliver’s outburst just then.

"I’m sorry you said best looking? I couldn’t help but laugh." Oliver said quickly it up.

"I’m a model Oliver, clearly I’m not mistaken." Riley said rolling his eyes and crossing his arms as he leans back in his chair.

"You’re definitely hot, but to be completely honest, you’re not really my type." Rosa wasn’t interested in playing his games, she knew what he was. A monster."

"Oh and what is your type?" Riley asked.

"Not you." Rosa was being pretty sassy.

At this point the whole table erupted with laughter, no one has ever rejected Riley’s looks, and outside of Violet, no one has ever rejected an advance. Riley was a playboy and would sleep with any woman, didn’t matter if she was human or a wolf.

"Okay, better chill out before our prince here throws a tantrum and flips the table ruining our breakfast spread." Oliver said trying to deescalate the the bomb that was about to explode at the table."

"Whatever. I’m out." Riley said.

Walking passed Violet he whispered into her ear. "I’m going to make you pay for your friend insolence."

Violet was hit hard by a wave of fear freezing her in time. She was stiff and she couldn’t breathe. She knew what that meant.

"What did he say to you?" Ash growled angrily at Violet.

"He.. he.." Violet couldn’t speak the fear she felt paralyzed her.

Ash got up slamming the chair back and immediately followed Riley to the garage.

"Touch her and your dead." Ash growled.

"You can’t kill me Ash, father will kill you for murdering a pure blood." Riley’s smile was sinister and threatening.

"I would burn the world for her, Riley, don’t play with me." Ash warned him.

"Little brother, you won’t always be around to protect her." Riley whispered and walked to his car.