Bittersweet

Chapter 17 - Round Two

"Revenge can only be found on the road to self-destruction." ~Wayne Gerard Trotman

Victoria's POV

It was time to strike again.

I smirked at the picture in my hands. A picture of the Summer's family with Kate in the center, surrounded by her parents.

I glanced at it one last time before I picked up the lighter next to me and light the picture up in flames before letting it drop to the trash can.

Today, the Summer's would die. The people responsible for the annihilation of the village would suffer a fate worse than death.

I turned around to face my sister leaning against the kitchen counter and shared a smile with her.

"Ready to end them?" She smirked in return, standing up straight.

"Absolutely" She replied, determination glowing in her eyes.

Picking up our coats from the living room, we exited the house, shifting into our snakes right outside before slithering our way towards the Palace.

Once we reached, I shifted back, watching my sister who was still in her snake form and signaled her to follow me.

I went through the routinely procedure I followed every morning, watching as Sonia sneaked her way past the security in snake form.

Slowly, I made my way upstairs, towards Mia's room. However right before I entered, I stopped in a corner, making sure there were no security cameras around before I crouched down and switched into my snake form, and at the same time, my sister shifted into my human form, taking over my lectures till I distracted the Summer's before attacking.

I observed as she knocked on Mia's door, and subtly greeted Mia, making her way inside.

Once that was done, I decided to make my way around to locate the Summers and the character whose form I was going to take over: Christian.

His name brought back the memories of the intense moment we shared, but I quickly pushed them away from my brain, knowing that I was about to murder his entire family, including himself.

I made my way towards his office, feeling absolutely relieved when I caught him there, talking to his mother. It wasn't my intention to overhear his conversation, but the mention of my name had me dead in my tracks, my ears on full alert on what they were saying.

"I...I kissed Freya yesterday" he had simply stated, facing his mother who looked at him with wide eyes.

"Oh my boy! That's fantastic!" she exclaimed, attempting to embrace him in a hug, but he pulled away, turning away from his mother.

"No, it wasn't like that mum. I mean at first, she was into it you know? But then she pulled away and ran off saying that she regretted it. I know she feels something for me, I just don't understand why she won't accept it mum" he commented, seating himself down on his seat out of exasperation. Olivia smiled back at his boy and sat on the seat opposite him.

"It's alright Christian, maybe she's just afraid. I mean, we are known as the Royal family you know? I'm sure that's not something that easy to adapt into. Just give her time" Christian looked like he completely ignored her point as he carried on.

"The weirdest part was, that yesterday I was looking through her files in the database, but as soon as I opened them, everything on her file deleted mum, almost as if someone had hacked into the system to delete them." He commented, his eyes focusing on the air ahead of him.