#Chapter130Describing the sudden shift from my minds imaginary world to reality was almost impossible to verbally explain.It felt heavier. Reality had shifted its weight on to my body and mind. It's pressure creating a numbing feeling I could barely comprehend.The smell was unfamiliar. It's aroma now digging into my nostrils; clawing until it made itself so familiar that I could no longer smell that lingering aroma of oranges and lemons.Strange.It was cold yet still warm. It was as if the air around me was bitter cold however it was the thick fabric that rested on top of me that kept me warm.The headache. I grumbled as my hands rubbed over my forehead and down the curvature of my face.The taste. My mouth tasted of plastic. Its horrid taste now stuck with me even after I tried to wash it down with my very own saliva. Sadly, there was no saliva; my mouth so dry I had almost forgotten what it was like to feel liquids.What is going on?I forced open my eyes
#Chapter131Liz gave a small tour as we passed a few rooms and doorways on the way.By the looks of things, we were far from town and placed in an abandoned building or warehouse. The place seemed huge from what we could see, however it was easy to notice how decrepit this place had become. With its chipping paint and fading colors, its holed walls and weak flooring, we knew this place was aged beyond repair."This is unsanitary." I mentioned as we passed through.We walked down halls; Liz's heels hitting the heavy concrete as we followed her through the long corridors."I don’t think my kind mind a little unsanitary place." She smiled as she stopped at a door.Placing her hand on the knob, she forced it open with one good pull, even despite how heavy the door seemed."Please." He gestured that we entered.Noticing how we delayed our invite, she smiled, hoping to ease us."I'm sure we will answer all of your questions."My questions like why were we here? Wh
#Chapter132Christopher Ross.I never heard laughter cease so quickly. It was as if someone cut off everything; silencing the room enough to hear a needle hit the ground."How do you know my father's name?" I struggled to swallow that knot that formed in the back of my throat."Because I know your father."He’s lying."You're a lie." I snapped."Christopher Ross. Also known as Chris Gold now. He was a doctor who specialized in family practices. The man who died in a horrific car accident." He leaned back in his chair.It was simple.It was easy for him to know about my father before his death. Hell, even an old newspaper could tell him about my father."I mean it was the perfect cover up. A little fire and a body-""You stalked us?""Of course not." He smiled as if he knew it all. "I’m just a little disappointed that he forgot to tell his family about his little side gigs.""Go to hell."I was angry yet I was also emotionally torn apart when he
#Chapter133Patience had become thin.Everyone on each end was dealing with enough pressure to leave them unstable in their seats.Jason's household was a disaster. Order was almost impossible to control as everyone continued to comb the grounds for any evidence."Maybe spread out more?" Christopher, Aniyah's father, suggested as he paced Jason's office floor."If I spread them out any further, it’s a guarantee something would be missed." Jason, annoyed with his pacing, offered him a seat beside Kareem."What do we do if there is no movement on Carl's end?" Kareem leaned forward. "Is he even trustworthy?"Trustworthy? Jason wasn’t sure what to believe, who to trust, or where to even go from there.In a matter days he had made an alliance with not only a covenant of vampires, but a house of hunters.Two different groups he never thought he would deal with."You think he can work for them?" Jason questioned Christopher’s doubts."I mean, what if he is them?
#Chapter134Tension was building in the room as Aniyah watched her mother's normal life be stripped away from her.Terra sat in the room's corner; her body quivering as she rocked back and forth hoping to stay warm."I don’t feel well." Terra cried.Her pain had elevated. The pressure had expanded throughout her entire body; leaving her bones, skin, and muscles crying out for help.On the inside she was on fire. Her blood boiling throughout her veins however on the outside, she was freezing cold."What do you feel?" Aniyah kneeled beside her mother."Everything." Terra was not sure how to put it in words. "And-I’m so thirsty."Aniyah wasn’t sure but she had an idea on what her mother was craving. It wasn’t the cool sensation of water, but the alluring appetite for blood.As Jess watched from the other corner, she began to watch as her friends, her family, go through something so horrific. A woman, who was almost like a mother to her, was being destroyed by some
#Chapter135"Is this even stable?" Kareem questioned as they stood outside of the longstanding, once abandoned warehouse.It was obvious the warehouse had seen its ware and tare. Weakened structures and broken windows. Stripped boards and paint as it stood with minimum support."Enough for them it seems." Christopher looked over the warehouse, watchful of any movement."This place has been abandoned for years." Jason scanned over the warehouse, wondering if his fiancé and the others were even inside. "We might have to take it easy here.""What do you mean?" Kareem wondered."This place seems to be standing on pins. Foul movement might bring this shit down.""I'm sure we can take it." Kareem rebelled.They held the strength and capability of taking a little weight."But can your mother or your sister?"Kareem stopped to reconsider. He knew his family could not bare such weight. Weight that could kill them; crushing them under the tremendous weight. "So
#Chapter136"My-my wife?"The room became overwrought. It was as if a dark, impenetrable cloud had rolled in, carrying a storm that was strong enough to rip through every person.That storm was Lucifer."What have you done?!" Christopher's fangs showed Lucifer that he was ready to tear through him. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"Describing the anger that ripped through Christopher and Kareem was impossible. The idea, the thought of losing the woman they had loved left them stuck in a trance they could not shake.Kill him. They thought.Furry crossed their faces as they hissed violently as they sought to charge."Wait a minute." Lucifer reached into his pocket. "Aht aht."He warned; his hand submerged in his pocket before he retrieved a small, indefinite item."Wait." Jason ceased them before he turned to Lucifer. "What’s that?""Well. It’s a little detonator.""For?" Jason held back the desire to shift; the desire to run through Lucifer with a single snap of
#Chapter137Carl crawled his way across the roof; his steps slow and careful hoping he would not go plummeting through the rusted and torn roof of the warehouse."How are you walking so easily?" Carl glanced over his shoulder, watching as Brent walked so carefree."Because my fall won’t be deadly." Brent glanced over the edge of warehouse, taking notice of the distance between them and the ground."True."Carl found an area where he could set up the little equipment they could carry with them."A.J is still circulating the perimeter." Brent informed."Good." Carl noted. "This shouldn’t take long.""And what is it that we are going?" Brent asked, wondering as he waited just a few feet away from the target. "I can hear them.""Who?""Jason. Chris. Kareem and....Lucifer." Brent snarled; his eyes darkening at the thought of taking on the man who had taken what he had claimed."I get it. You want to kill him but don’t go all crazy on me now." Carl advised. "