Bloods Gem (32 page)

“
Ha-ha funny.”

He shook his head. “Anyways. No they don’t
just throw it on the porch Love. That would be in reach of humans,
we cant have that. They leave it inside.”

“
How?”

He laughed at me again. “How do you think,
just go right in.”

“
But I thought you guys cant go into
where you're not invited?”

He put his hand over his mouth shooting me a
strange look.

“
What? Sorry I'm so ignorant…” I
said.

He rubbed my back. “No. It’s not that. But
we Ill-suens can go anywhere. It’s the vampires who cannot go into
someones home without being invited, Love but your on the right
track.”

Faith

Daniel went out hunting with his friends. I
stayed in my room and read a book, passing time. Half way through
my book, my phone beeped. I picked it up and noticed Kate text me.
She said Chris was missing. I told her he probably needed time
alone. That’s when she told me about the strange voice mail he had
left her.

After after he found out I wasn’t going
camping, he was upset and took off. The voice mail he left on
Kate's phone sounded as if he was yelling. She said she had let his
parents listen to it and they immediately called the cops.

I began to get worried. I hoped he was not
in danger. Why would he be screaming in the phone? It gave me
chills thinking about it. I tried calling his phone and no answer.
I left him a voice message.

Chris it’s me Faith please
please call me everyone's worried about you. You're ass better call
or I'm coming to look for you myself
.

I couldn’t read anymore. I was too concerned
about the guy I once loved and still cared about. I didn’t want him
to be in danger. I hoped he’d call me back and soon. I decided not
to tell Daniel about any of this just yet. I didn’t want to mention
anything about Chris because of the last situation.

Laying down on the bed, I cried at the
thought of him in any kind of danger. I cried myself to sleep.

I was at the waterfall. It relaxed me
listening to the water flowing against the rocks. I heard a noise
approaching from the woods. Standing up, I scanned the darkness to
see if I could make out any movement. Chris leaped from the trees,
shouting and waving his arms. He ran towards me. I yelling at him
to get him to stop but he ran right through me, darting for the
water and started swimming. I couldn’t see what he was running from
or why he was so scared. Then I heard a loud growl from behind me.
This girl flew toward me baring her razor sharp teeth. I covered my
face trying to shield myself from her but she too flew around me,
as though I was not even there.

She focused on Chris. His body was flung out
of the water. The girl demon hung onto him, all I could see was his
legs dangling in the air. There was nothing I could do. I couldn’t
scream or try to save him. I fell on my knees wiping my tears away.
A flood of tears seeped from my eyes, soaking the ground under me.
I felt myself sink into the ground. I tried getting up so I
wouldn’t be sucked underneath but it was too late. I fell into the
darkness lurking below. Free falling for what seemed like forever,
I closed my eyes, waiting for the fall to kill me instantly.

I woke, standing up on the bed, surrounded
by Daniel, Celeste and others. I didn’t know why they were staring
at me. Daniel reached his hand out. I glanced at him confused.

“
Why is everyone in here? Why am I
standing on the bed like this?”

He pulled me into him almost instantly.

“
Whats going on!” I yelled.

Placing his hands on both sides of my face.
“Do you remember what you were doing?”

I shook my head alarmed. He told everyone to
leave. They glared at me as they walked out.

“
What did I do that was so bad? Why
were they looking at me like I was a freak?” Daniel slowly let go
of his tight grip around me. “What?!” I got impatient.

His head dropped. “You were flying,” he
said. I glanced at him waiting for the smile, to show me he was
joking. It never came. I began pacing.

“
Your joking right?”

He shook his head. I didn’t know what to
say. There was no way… I didn’t understand. “How could that be
possible? I mean, I'm still human unless you did something to me!”
I accused.

He stared at me. “I did nothing to you and
if I knew why, I would tell you. I'm just as confused as you
are.”

I began touching on my neck, making sure
that demon bitch didn’t bite me. I ran to the mirror and pulled off
my clothes to look for any signs. Daniel followed.

“
What are you doing?”

“
I want to make sure she didn’t bite
me,” I mumbled.

“
Who?! What are you talking about? Who
was here?!” He was angry. He examined me now.

“
Calm down Daniel. It was just a dream
but I wasn’t sure since….”

“
Tell me!” He demanded.

“
This vampire bitch. I was at our
waterfall but she was after…” I stopped.

He lips tightened, brows inward, waiting for
me to finish.

“
Who was she after Faith?”

“
Chris…” I whispered.

“
And you think this happened?” He
asked, interested.

I scratched my head wondering the same
thing. “I don’t know, maybe”

“
What do you mean maybe? There's
something your not telling me. You need to tell me Faith, if
there's anyway you would be in danger-- Plus, you know you too have
a gift, the things you dream may happen.”

“
I know.” I started pacing
again.

He followed me.

“
Please! Just let me think for a
minute!” I shouted.

“
Tell me. Then we will go to Father
and ask him about why you're flying around the room.”

I chuckled. He glanced at me as though I was
insane and took a step back.

“
Stop looking at me like I'm a
freak.”

“
Its not that Faith. I just, don’t
know how to approach this and if you can fly, you never know what
else you're capable of.”

“
Well, it's not like I'm going to
attack anyone. Especially you. Besides, you're much stronger.” He
shook his head.

“
Okay, I'll tell you. Chris went
missing. Kate told me he left a strange voice mail and it sounded
like he was yelling in the phone. Then the dream. Chris was being
chased by a vampire,” I said.

“
So let me get this straight. Chris
disappeared and got taken or bit by a vampire?”

I nodded.

“
Alright, well I know who to kill
next, stay here.” He began walking out.

“
Wait!” I yelled. My body drifted in a
dash across the room. When I realized what I did unknowingly as I
hovered over Daniel, I placed my hands over my eyes, “Get me down,
get me down!” I cried.

I felt tugging on me and pull me into
him.

“
Okay Love, it's okay but we seriously
need to find Father, now!”

I nodded, my hands still covering my face.
Daniel cradled me in his arms.

“
Just in case you decide to try flying
away,” he said, smiling down at me.

I glanced up at him. “Wait. Please don’t
kill Chris just because I had a stupid dream. Even if he did get
bit, that doesn’t mean hes dangerous.”

“
Yeah. I suppose your right. I just
got ahead of myself, sorry,” he said, disappointed.

We approached his father's office. He was
already speaking to everyone that was in the room with us from when
I woke up.

They left when we entered.

“
Father, I'm sure they already told
you everything--” Before he could finish, his father
interrupted.

“
Son, the process has
begun.”

Daniel shook his head, clinching his fist.
“Can't be. I didn’t do it yet!”

“
You made love to her,
Yes?”

Daniel glanced back at me then at his
father. I knew they were speaking through their minds at that
point. His father continued. “Even so. It’s the same, in spirit or
not. This is my fault son. I've failed to mention something that I
didn’t think mattered. When our kind make love, our spirit begins
to enter the other, it’s something we don’t realize is happening,
but it does happen. She is changing now, you have already unold on
her by making love to her spirit.”

My knees buckled under me.
I couldn't believing what I was hearing. I was
going to be one of them. I wasn’t going to be human anymore? I
would want blood all the time and be a vampire too? How could this
happen and why? I thought I would at least have some time to
prepare-- What about my mom and my plans for school? It was all
gone now, just because we made love?

Daniel began cursing and breaking things.
Marshall made him leave the room since he couldn’t control his
anger.

Marshall picked me up off the floor. “My
dear, this is not a horrible thing. It’s a new life for you. Now
you are part of us.”

I shook my head. “This isn’t what I wanted!
I just want to be human for awhile longer. No flying, no blood
sucking, just a normal person!”

He sat me down on a chair. “Listen, you must
not be afraid, you must embrace this change because there is
nothing we can do to undo what has already been done. Daniel is
very upset at himself right now but this is my fault for failing to
mention this to him. So all the blame is on me. I trained my son
well, however, left out a few details because of my own stupidity.
He did want to keep you human and as far as I could see and you
would have been human unless you wanted him to do the process.
Please don’t be upset at my son, if you want anyone to blame child,
blame me.”

I felt my body lifting off my seat, with all
the emotions flooding out of me. He pushed me back down on my
seat.

“
Daniel will be the one to show you
how to use your power wisely. This is not my place. Please go to
him now. You both are hurting and need to go through this process
together as husband and wife.”

I nodded trying to get my balance. This was
too much for me to handle. Chris is gone and maybe bitten
somewhere, hurt and changing into what I might be. And I'm trying
to hold myself to the damn ground and keep my emotions in check.
Also trying not to be mad at myself and Daniel for making love. I
wished this was all a bad dream, I could wake up next to Daniel,
staring into his beautiful eyes smiling into mine.

I walked down the long hallway, trying to
find Daniel. My vision became blurry and I was stumbled everywhere.
Reaching for the wall to keep balance, I fell. Then darkness
came.

There will be a time A time when you will
know who I'm and who you are. The real you. You're not his. I love
you Leah and we will be together when the time is just right… I
promise.

Flashing images and muffled voices took
over. I didn’t know what was going on. I tried opening my eyes but
it felt like they were duck taped. I opened my mouth but nothing
came out. Was I dreaming? The voices continued…

“
Had she broke yet?”

“
No nothing but she’s not waking up
either”

“
I don’t think the change is coming
just yet.”

“
Well then, why?”

“
Her mind is phasing. She might be out
for a few days. Just stay close to her son, she needs
you.”

My mind was plagued with strange high
pitched sounds, causing my head to throb. Pressure started building
up, like someone was trying to pop my head off. It began hurting
and was uncomfortable. I tried fighting, hoping whoever was trying
to hurt me would stop. But I couldn’t feel my arms or legs.

“
Hold her down!”

“
Don't touch her!” His voice was
clear, like an angel sent down to save me. I wanted to ask him what
was happening but every time I tried, I couldn’t hear my own voice.
“Faith, stop fighting. It's not helping the process. Love, please,
for me, stop fighting.”I calmed myself, knowing everything would be
okay as long as he was close. The feeling in my hand came back when
I felt his grip. His touch alone made me feel safer.

Daniel

I didn't want to leave her side no matter
how much I needed to hunt. Wanting to wait it out, no matter how
long it took for her to open her eyes. I hated myself for what I’ve
done to her, hating myself even more for lying to her. It hurt me
to watch her in any kind of pain or discomfort. I couldn’t hear her
anymore or feel her emotion. It tore me up inside that all of this
was out of my control. All I could do was hope that being near her
and touching her would help ease her discomfort in some way.

Celeste tried bringing me some raw meat but
I wouldn’t eat.

“
I wont eat until she can!” I
yelled.

“
It's been a week. You need something
or you’ll starve. It's making you weaker!”

I didn’t care, not wanting to enjoy anything
while she suffered even if it was for my own health. She lost
weight by the day and was starving too. We tried feeding her
through tubes but her body wouldn't respond to it and it didn’t
make much difference. We couldn’t just shove blood down her throat,
she could still choke and die. She lingered in a half-way phase.
She was changing into a shifter. The other process didn't even
start yet, but I was glad. I wasn't strong enough to watch that
process unfold. From what father said, this process was longer then
the other. Her mind in a rebirth process and her spirit was trying
to adjust. At the beginning I thought this process would be four
days but it’s been a week. Now I was being told that It could take
up to two weeks, if she’s having a harder time adjusting. Her mind
and spirit has to accept the change and if they don't Faith wont
wake.