Cold Hearts: Forever Shall Be Defined by Us

By Samantha Alexia

While Storm is in the water Gabrielle dames her parents one by one then the 3rd year arrived for Storm to go back to the land. Now that she was back on land she saw his beloved teenage sweetheart Robert Mason and pretended to be the other person because of her new unrecognisable beauty and new name keeping herself a secret till Blue came and joined her and soon Rob found out and wanted to live but there was a certain connection between them that no-one will ever understand.
He came back and they made everything right under the world of the truth and met a new friend name George Mason who they soon found out he was Robs brother kidnapped by Gabrielle. Storm and family get to use him to get to Gabrielle and defeat her.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Nov 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781491882511

Samantha Alexia

My name is Samantha Alexia Ndlovu. I was born in 28 may 1997 in the country of Zimbabwe and the city of Bulawayo. I grew up in Zimbabwe for 10 years then from the age of 10 I went to stay with my grandparents in South Africa then when I was 15 I came to UK to stay with my mother. I am the oldest in my family of 3 children myself and my ten year old twin brothers. I am still at school persuading my other dreams. The beginning of me as a writer began when I was 12. I used to write short stories that I still remember the names but they were a different genre to this one. The dreams about my future didn’t even pick in being a writer. I was more concerned with other things than writing, it was just the last thing on my mind but sometimes dreams that come true are dreams that you never even knew you had. Fantasy grew more than reality to me. My imaginations became more into fantasy in which it was a surprise to me too. My inspiration comes from mostly two authors, not just because their novels are famous but they are the ones who have made me realise what I have and how talented I am; J.K Rowling and Stephanie Meyer. I have read their books and they have been an inspiration to me. J.K Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter books and Stephanie Meyer is the writer of Twilight books and Becca Fitzpatrick the writer of hush hush. Their books have changed who I am in many ways and they helped me in writing Cold Hearts. I believe their books didn’t inspire only me but millions of people in the world. “Sometimes dreams that come true are dreams that you never knew you had” Samantha Alexia

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CHAPTER 1

It was Monday 15 February. The night coming from school, after seeing him and kissing him, getting ready to see him the next day, hence I didn’t want the day to arrive.

It was a discreet and tranquil Monday night my mother heard me scream. She got terrified and thought it was a vision hence it was real. My aunt Gabrielle sent her servants to take me and throw me in the deep ocean so that no one could see where I am and die. I wonder why I couldn’t resist that. I thought she loved me but she did that to defame my father. I swam in the ocean trying to survive seeking for redemption but no one could hear me or see me. My pale white skin began suffocating in salt water.

I was lost of direction, no one knew the beginning or the end of the ocean. 3 days landing on water, thirsty and no blood to sink my teeth in. I was scared and the thought of shark and mermaids eating me or tearing me apart was disturbing but I knew I will fight them somehow. I couldn’t survive a week the ocean was too effective to my skin. My body froze bit by bit till I heard my throat dry and from there I didn’t know what had happened to me because I couldn’t hear a thing or breathe, as of my kind.

I sank in the water to the bottom of the ocean. I slept there probably dead. I guess.

I could feel nothing. I felt I was carried in somebody’s arms but my body was just paralysed and dead but my brain was working. I don’t know how. The person took me to her place. It felt cold like an ice berg, in my visions it was like I am in cold heaven. I started recovering there, I was not breathing for a month, and then, I started breathing. I could breathe but cannot open my eye. In my existence it had been long without breathing only when I am at school I pretended to. The second month I opened my eyes. Saw myself in a very cold place freezing and big like ice world, I could feel my taste buds I wasn’t thirsty anymore, or hungry.

I saw myself lying on a bed but in ice cube, I felt terrified like I was kidnapped, tried screaming and I could only hear myself not anybody. The old woman who I saw in my visions taking me to this place, never showed up.

It’s the third month now, I open my mouth and called hello just to test myself if I can call out loud, and I heard myself speak. That moment I called can anybody here me? my voice had changed very tender but mature. After I called and no one replying mom, dad… . redeem me, please I cried, my tears were ocean blue. It had been over 30 years without crying. What had changed? It was just surprisingly scary but I just stopped focusing on that, Carolina… it’s me your daughter please save me I called my mother’s name because she had a very rare connection with me if I scream anywhere she could hear me but at the moment she couldn’t I need you I finished. I tried waking up but I was stuck on the bed then I started hearing voice, voices of women; man laughing; infants all saying

Hello Elizabeth… . you look pretty… wow… . we will be your friends forever and the voices went and for a second I thought I was insane who are you? I sighed are you going to save me? a woman laughed very sweet almost like my mom mom is that you? I was horrified, no body responded. It was just the conjuring.

After 4 hours, a beautiful undefined creature I had never seen came in the cube, all I imagined at the moment was being eaten. A pale white skin with sky blue hair, white teeth like they never ate since she was born, a nylon fish tail and blue eyes that were colour blocking almost every minute. When I saw the tail I sighed a mermaid. She came and sat on the bed I was sleeping on and glanced at me like she wanted to eat me Elizabeth… . she called my name with a sweet melodic voice that when it sings me a goodnight song I would have sweet dreams; even if I haven’t slept for decades, . . . child of the queen Carolina and the king Devin Simpson it’s a great pleasure to meet you she smiled, I glanced at her like she was a thief.

How do you know me? Who are you?

I am Jacqueline Monroe, the ocean queen she said. Wow if I were to name what creature she was, I would call her a Beautiful creature. Hence I was scared of her with my thoughts of that mermaids kill. She took my hand and fold it in her two web fingers I have been waiting for you decades now, tell me about yourself she glanced at me the way that made me relax.

I am forever 16; I have been 16 for 30 years now. I have lost the memory of my past. I am the only girl in my family, and I am a… I hesitated. My instincts didn’t trust her vampire… I hardly finished.

I know she interrupted, I am the princess of the Essex land… . I am here because of my devious aunt. My father is 300 years of age and 23 on his looks and my mother is 200 years of age and 20 on her looks and we call ourselves… .

Vegetarian vampires she interrupted. I got frustrated that she almost knew everything about me seems like you know me. So why should I be telling you this? I urged out of frustration it’s okay calm down my princess, I wanted to see if you trust me her voice always distracted me. She started telling me about herself, how powerful she is; she can turn water into ice, she reads minds, and she can see the future.

So tell me why did you say you have been waiting for me decades now this was the question in my mind. She pulled me off the bed because you are the future ice queen and Essex queen but after a very long time in which it demands your patience I glanced at her mouth opened. Even if it was my ambition to be a queen I still wanted to go home sound like I am not going back it was not a question I was telling her my point of view but she shushed me.

If you go now your aunt will kill you forever, remember you are a sin in vampires you live because your father fought for you and won. You live around humans, and you in love with a young bronze boy that you descended to named Robert Mason when she said his name, I felt an electric pulse running through my long dead veins. school has always been hard because you can’t have friends to chill with she looked at my hands and took other beautiful diamonds earrings and handed them to me, I wore them and words were running in my ears they talk I was stunned, the were so magnificent, she nodded.

I love them and for sure I loved them. Hi Elizabeth we are now your best friends forever they spoke I hugged Jacqueline with happiness like I had forgotten that I was trapped in an ice aged home thank you I murmured. She stared at me like she had seen the fear in my eyes, looking at her was horrific for me because she was one thing I had never seen in my existence but I was not afraid of her killing me because our kind we never fear.

CHAPTER 2

Names

She pleasantly smiled darling when you belong to the ocean we change your name her velvet soft voice and Latin accent headed my head what, no I am not changing my name and I don’t belong here. I have a family I was frustrated because I had to change my name and her words ‘when you belong to the ocean’ stuck in my mind and I heard and understood what they meant; I was never going home… never. She touched my hand with her webbed fingers I can see you fear not to get back to your land, but to stay here. Well you should know that when you go back to Excess you will never exist again and you are a queen, ice queen said Jacqueline with her colour blocking eyes flashing my red eyes. When she said her words, the image of a paled white skin woman flashed in my mind with a furious and fierce look, with her golden hair, red like blood eyes and black long rope and that beautiful innocent sexy smile. Gabrielle. She flashed like floodlights in my eyes and so it gave me no choice but to stay. I nodded and faked my smile. She stood up so slow and entered the other ice room, how did she build a house under water? I questioned myself.

This is an 8 roomed house; Jacqueline prepared a bedroom for you 3 years ago. She had already known you would come one day, but she never knew when you would come they were saying all these word that I would say within a minute according to the speed of the way I speak, but I loved it; it was just so fascinating.

Jacqueline came with a green leaf written three names;

ARQUA CRUSTALLUS REGINAE MONROE

FLORA CRUSTALLUS REGINAE MONROE

STORM CRUSTALLUS REGINAE MONROE

The choice is yours my love

I read out the names but the middle one ‘Crustallus’ I had some trouble pronouncing it I wonder what language it was Jacque what is Crus-Crust… I struggled calling the name Crustallus? she ended for me yes that one I smiled Crustallus means ice and Reginae its queen. I know it sounds strange… she had read my thoughts and my expression that said what a name? What language is it? Its Latin names. Most of us in the ocean speak Latin said Jacqueline.

Besides Monroe has always been one of my favourite surnames because I loved Marilyn Monroe since my existence so it was a pleasure to be a Monroe. I smiled at her as she handed the leaf with words that were just sparkling like glitters on the leaf. I stared at her and set my eyes back on the leaf, just imagining that this woman knew me before I knew her. It was scary but showing her love because I could see it in her colourful eyes that she was happy and enjoying being with me.

As for the names, Aqua was just too much I didn’t like it and Flora was a popular name and as for me I like unique things. I made my decision and re-arranged myself on a glass bed that I wondered how I slept on it without reaping my skin.

Mrs Monroe I have thought about it… I stopped with my panicking face and she paid attention I… will… choose… Storm… . I want to be Storm Monroe I smiled very enthusiastic and then I couldn’t stop my tear from falling and I heard myself saying I love you Monroe and gave her a hug. Those words were planned by my silent heart not my brain because my brain didn’t trust her but my dead heart believed her, loved her and the most funny thing I felt like I was with my mother, only in those hours.

She held me in her tender paled skin for minutes and I guess she felt loved then released me and slowly moved her hand to my wrist and glanced straight into my red eyes I love you too… now, tomorrow and forever tears were all around her eyes I moved my hand from my thigh and wiped her don’t cry, forever is the beginning I was just being controlled by my dead heart now but before that I thought my heart wasn’t working anymore because I died 30 years ago, that was my belief. In all what I had mention I didn’t say at least what my mind was saying what if I will grow a tail and be like her? so I looked down and said Jacqueline I am worried. I raised my head I am thinking if I am going to have a tail, because I am staying with a mermaid from now on I was just scared

No…

That NO sounded grumpy and came out so fast us mermaids we are not harmful as… she paused

We are I added

Or change other people into our kind, we are kind of artic creatures… I mean aquatic creatures she looked down and stood up. The fact is I couldn’t understand her skin colour to be honest, it was likely blue but white paled blue or sort of grey blue, it was just confusing. Her eyes in water sparkle and light up the place. The other thing that was weird about this woman, she had a glass house under water; my question is how did she build it under water? The earrings had not answered my question last time they read my mind and I needed answers. It was so frustrating to me because I like finding out about the myth and therefore she was the only mermaid with a house there, I believe. I stood up and looked around the place it was just so big like a wedding hall and beautiful artificial things; glasses, flowers and everything was just sparkling. I sighed and the earing laughed I had forgotten that I am living with earrings that speak; it was just strange to understand that in this whole world there are speaking ear rings. How and who manufactured them? I had so many questions for her. I wondered what they were laughing at and so I asked them what are you giggling at? I felt stupid to see myself talking in a room alone and sweet little triumphant voices will reply.

You seem to be very conscious about the way we live, it’s only Jacqueline who live this life in the sea its very unusual to find a mermaid and a merman having a house under the water, a merman, I had never heard a merman in my life a merman? I wanted to know more about this.

Yes a merman now it was a well mature melodic Latin voice speaking from the left of the house, I turn following the direction of the voice, it was Jacqueline yes my love there are merman, man who are just like me but they are male I was stunned to know about this when you are strong enough to swim around I will introduce Alva to you. He is a merman. I had never heard such and I only knew mermaids but nothing about them.

Wow miss Monroe I am stunned I feel like I am beginning school of myth the thing that I never thought I will belong to one day I glanced at her.

My body feared her but my heart felt home. I am glad to hear that from you. Now you have to rest she said giving me her hand I don’t sleep I murmured

I know but now you won’t be sleeping, just resting what was she up to? She knew I don’t sleep but she wanted me to rest when I just rolled out of the cold solid bed of hers. I hesitated to get next to her because my heart, my brain and my body were debating like they all don’t belong to me but I followed my dead heart and gave my hand then she took me to the same place they took me before. I lied on that solid glass bed and I layed there, eyes open. She was singing a song in a certain language rubbing my hand softly and in a minute I was dreaming though still hearing a triumphant voice singing. Was I dreaming? I haven’t done that in decades but she can do it, how does she do it?

I started dreaming, saw myself standing in ice and living in a cold place but not feeling cold I was standing a distance away from my parents but I wept blue tears, couldn’t call them, I turned my back on them and stared a Gabrielle and felt very furious as she smiled at the corner of her mouth I tried moving to her and I was stuck on one place it came a very great wind and the word I said was ‘storm’ and for a second I remembered that was my name and my heart felt terrified that I had told her my name. The minute after I said storm it came an overwhelmingly large storm I looked up and smiled then said peace and so the storm stopped and all of a sudden I saw myself standing with two boys and one girl, 4 of us looking up the sky I glanced at them and smiled though I never knew any of them but only one face of a tall boy was familiar.

CHAPTER 3

The Venom

I sighed as I woke up and there was no one in the room. First of all I was confused, how did I dream? I had never dreamt in my existence and I was dreaming while I was here with Jacqueline.

Don’t worry about that Storm it was just a dream a living dream earrings sighed

Living dream? I didn’t understand about what they were saying

Yes living dream about you, that’s all what you are… . They hesitated we are not supposed to tell you this so we better just let it go they murmured. I understood them and didn’t pressure them anymore. I sat on that solid bed for a couple minutes then Jacqueline came along owe you are up my love she said very enthusiastic I glanced at her and nodded with my face narrowed and full of questions and confusion. As I was staring at her; she was handling a metallic wine glass and handed it to me what is this? I was thirsty but I was not feeling like drinking water from the ocean,

its water, peaceful water she murmured, I looked at the glass very pensive I don’t drink water she smiled her beautiful smile I know but from now on you don’t drink blood said Jacqueline Jacqueline everything in this place is phenomenal but you are doing weird things to me. I don’t get it, why? You know I don’t sleep but you make me; I don’t drink water and now you want me to drink it, why? I gave a bewildered expression. Her smile decreased and her blue eyes melted my red eyes. She was looking at me like she sees right through me Storm can’t you understand that you are no longer Elizabeth, not a vampire ether so just… she was vex, she was almost in tears her face was expressionless and that touched my dead heart I didn’t mean to rile you I apologised

It’s okay you have to ask those questions

I closed my eyes moved it to my mouth slowly and simple till I felt it touch my lips and a salty cold liquid passing through my tongue, down through my throat, slowly flowing through my veins. In a minute I had finished the glass wow it taste… I hesitated nice I swallowed nodding my head she smiled as I handed the glass back to her. I didn’t want to dismay her; she seemed to be very caring.

After a minute I heard it run through my veins and blood vessels, my heart beating as fast as ever I widened my eyes looking at her holding my tummy as it growled and felt like something was swallowing it inside, felt my intestines tighten, the venom running through my brain, my tongue drying, the venom blinded my eyes couldn’t see my, ears couldn’t here, my skin couldn’t feel what was I was touching. In a second, a sound of a drum like pounded in my heart. I sighed, I was my last heartbeat and I fell. Feeling weak.

Seeing weird, scary and horrific pictures in my mind, my memory seemed to vanish. All the people I knew flashed in my vision, happiness, sorrow and pity I felt on land existed, Different images sliding in front of my eyes, my school, my teachers, and my siblings and for a moment it became dark in my eyes and I heard a sweet melodic voice singing I opened my eyes, they couldn’t see; everything was blurry and next to me there was Jacqueline. I sat up and stared at her with my blurry eyes

What’s going on, what did that water do to me? I sounded desperate to know; she ignored as she closed her eyes rubbing my back,

Tell me Jacqueline, what’s going on fury overwhelmed my face, the earrings shushed me. I looked up as I felt the weakness running in my joints this thing is eating me I whispered to myself, eventually she opened her eyes

Welcome to the marine life… Storm Monroe she smiled her crooked smile and dragged me up by my hand. I narrowed my eyes with that you owe me an explanation look it’s the ice venom. it’s working on you. It was painful for those seconds but it will never be again. I promise. As I said you are an ice queen, it will make you ice and u will have powerful ice powers she marbled no, I don’t want to be evil, the ice queen I read about is evil…

The ice queen you read about resembles to the ice queen I will tell you about I paid attention wanting to know more her name was Aqua; she died a long age ago. She was as bad as a villain. She rebelled against our culture. Once she existed; peace was our past tense, love was our enemy and evil was our queen. Your family took over; your father knew her but never kept it in mind because as a vampire you can be easily distracted. People died like insects and those who agreed to work for her survived, I believe they had no choice but to choose that just out of the blue. She killed and drank wine to the death of people. Human were her biggest enemies, she burnt innocent kids on a prier like soldiers who died in a war. She was the darkness herself.,

She didn’t seem to be liking