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Vexed Chapter 9
This morning I woke up late since Liam wasn't in the house. I grabbed a towel, slowly slipped off my jammies and stepped into the shower. The hot water felt good as it made its way down my body. It was so cold today that I put the water on extra hot to keep warm. I got out of the shower with a shiver and raced to get some warm clothes on, dried my hair and set off to get some pumpkin coffee. Feeling relieved that I bundled up today; I jumped onto my bike and began to pedal towards the coffee shop. Taking the trail as usual because it’s the safest route, I admired the trees and falling leaves as I passed by all the friendly faces who greeted me with a smile. I smiled back to acknowledge my hello and pedaled onward. The Lackawanna River flowed right alongside the trail, which was an added pleasure. I love the sound of running water. It was about eight miles to the coffee shop so I endure a good workout on a daily basis only to achieve my goal of obtaining that delicious cup of coffee t
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"Please, give me a chance; I'm a really nice guy." I looked at him like he was crazy. Wasn’t he the one who just arrogantly made a pass at me? And now he’s a nice guy? I laughed to myself. "I'm married." I told him as coldly as I possibly could. "You're widowed." Okay, so now he is a stalker. My heart stopped, dead, as I tried to fight the tears that were coming against my will. "You don't know that!" I yelled tearfully getting up. Everyone in the coffee shop turned and stared. "Sorry" I said blushing and sat back down. "Yes, I do. This town isn't very secretive and I asked around about you. You're widowed with a son, you're depressed and have been on the antisocial side since your husband's death. Your friends are worried about you and want you to find happiness. I would like to try and make you happy if you're interested." I just glared at him. I couldn’t believe I was hearing this. The man was seriously messed up. I took a deep breath before I replied. "To be honest, David, I'
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I woke up in darkness. Worried, I began to search for Liam. I raced down the stairs in a flash to find a note on the table that read: Over Tommy's for the night, dad said it's ok. Love, Li. I put the note down and looked around. The house was dark, and I was alone. I felt the presence of someone else in the house so I began to investigate. I walked slowly towards the bathroom hearing that the shower was running. "Honey?" Julian called from the shower. "Are you awake?" I was shocked to hear his voice. "Yes dear!" I called. "Are you almost done?" My heart started pounding; I was so excited to see if it was really Julian in the shower. I’ve been deceived by his presence before. So, I really hoped it was him this time and not some monster. I could hear the shower turn off. Julian came around the corner in just his towel. His hair still soaked, water dripping down is chest. I stood there in awe, watching him come closer to me. "We're alone tonight." he said with a mischievous smile. I
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I didn’t know what to say. I wanted him there as much as I didn’t and giving in to these kinds of emotions would turn out bad in the given situation. I can’t let my guard down for anything. However, I reluctantly went against my mind’s wishes. "Alright, we can be friendly." I said coldly, as I watched his facial expression change from curious to relieved. Then a questionable look came across his face. "Why are you so dismissive of me?" he asked me acting like there were no reason to be suspicious of him. To be honest there were quite a few reasons to be suspicious of him, including the fact that he’s always around! I pulled myself together and searched for a simple answer before replying. "You are a vampire." I finally answered him, still standing on the road across from my porch. He began to move closer to where I was and I flashed him a look to stop him from coming any closer. He looked at me like I was forbidding him from entering his own house. "I assure you I'm not a bad one.
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The next morning I did my normal routine and found myself at the coffee shop again, but something was different. There's been an attack and a woman and her three children were slain and devoured in their own home. Her husband is being held for questioning and police are searching for other suspects. I was so caught up in my own problems last night I forgot to look for them. The pressure was on, people were being killed. I finished what I was doing and began to race home. While on the trail I ran into David again. "Read the paper?" he asked. "Yes." I replied. He looked really worried, like something big was about to happen. In an instant I felt sympathetic for him, although I wasn’t sure why. "We got to get moving." The look in his eyes was determined as he turned his direction up the trail in the direction I was heading. "Very true." I replied. "We should meet at the library and set up a game plan.” I motioned the way to the library with my face and he shook his head. "Why not you
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We found ourselves at the base of a recently burned down house. Among the charred remains were severely burned, half eaten bodies. I knew in an instant we were at the right place. We moved hastily and silently through the rubble as we made our way to a clearing in the middle of the wreckage. Before us was a set of stone steps leading down into the basement of the once standing house. We pulled out our flashlights and proceeded down into the darkness. By now the fear had me shaking and wondering what would become of Liam if I didn't make it through the night. Would he live a normal life? Would he inherit my gifts and be strong? Or worse, would he be hunted for his gifts. Although it was too painful to think about, I found myself unable to keep my mind off it. I followed David through a moldy, rotted doorway into a damp cave-like room. We descended down into the darkness further from the world above, stepping over corpses along the way. I could see why most of their killings weren't re
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It's easier to kill younger changelings because they are so weak and inexperienced, simply catching them off guard and blasting them with flame balls or waiting for them to change into something as stupid as an insect so they can be crushed is all one needs to do. It's on. I thought to myself as we began up the stairs into the rubble above. Later that night I heard the irrevocable shriek of Dimietry as I lie in bed. A smile of accomplishment crept upon my face as I slowly slipped into a deep slumber. But, before I could fall asleep, a knock at the door startled me. I got up and put on a blue t-shirt and a pair of jeans; came downstairs and opened the door to find David. His face was soft and fearful as he kept his gaze on the ground. He slowly lifted his head and his eyes met mine, my heart raced. "Sophie?" he asked, voice shaking. "Can we talk?" he seemed to take on the qualities of a little boy asking his first crush to the dance. I sympathized as I stepped outside the door and loo
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We pulled our faces away from one another's, my eyes still closed. I was afraid of what I might see if I opened my eyes. Another gory vision of Julian was not on my agenda for tonight. I took a deep breath and tried to open my eyes, but failed. The moment was so perfect I didn’t want to ruin it with a morbid wake up from this dream. "Is something wrong?" David asked sounding confused. "I'm sorry if it was out of line, I didn't mean to offend..." I cut him off. "It's not that..." I told him before taking another deep breath. I cleared my head as I slowly lifted my eye lids to find David sitting in front of me. A sigh of relief came faster than I could catch it. I felt a little ashamed to be relieved that I didn't see Julian in place of David especially because of the fact that he didn’t know the cause of my relief. I could see the confusion in his eyes; I had to come up with something to excuse my behavior. I took another deep breath and blew the air through my mouth before starting m
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Pulling back the sleeping bag the mysterious occupant began to cough violently and thrash about. In an instant David leapt from the cloth as though it had been on fire. His torn clothes revealed the scars from his torturous ordeal so I quickly jumped to my feet and rushed him into the house.Though I had only been gone for a few days, the house felt as if it were abandoned for years. The musty scent of Liam’s last dinner had wafted through the kitchen reminding me of his holiday with friends. A soft light was all that shown through the blinds which gave way to the thin lair of dust on the television. Walking through the house for the first time since the ordeal felt like our bodies were stuck in slow motion. After I checked all the rooms and got a drink from the refrigerator, we retired to the couch.Once our bodies hit, dust flew into the air bringing us back to the reality at hand. This made the silence more deafening.David and I haven’t spoken a word since walking through the doo
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I reminisced about the time I spent with David, Sylvia and Tony. We bonded so much in so little time it felt like they’ve been a part of my life for years. And to just lose them in a few short days was heart wrenching. I couldn’t bear the thought of them being gone. My eyes welled up with tears again and I didn’t care to hold them back. I sat on the ground and pulled my knees up to my chest. I started crying, it seemed like the only thing I could do at this point. I had to hide my secrets from everyone else. At least it was nice to be able to share things with someone. And now that someone was gone. I buried my head between my knees as I cried harder. My tears dripped down my nose, soaking me in the process. After a few hours, the fire died down low enough to walk through. My face hurt from all the crying I had done and my vision was a little blurred but I continued to try and find my way out of the cave anyway. It took me a very long time, and I got lost on several occasions along
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I broke my legs free and hopped up to my feet on the table. Looking around me I was completely out numbered. Dimietry came up from behind me and tried to restrain me but I fought him off and threw him off my back onto the cavern floor. Jumping on top of him, I grabbed another finger nail and ripped it off, forcing him to scream out in pain. The other changelings moved to help their leader but he motioned for them to stay where they were. Dimietry grabbed my leg and pulled me off balance sending me crashing down next to him. He climbed on top of me and tried to pin me down but I was too swift for him and escaped out from between his legs. By the time he turned around I was in the standing position and ready to fight. He turned himself into a tiger before leaping towards me again. Suddenly I felt a strong surge of power rising inside of me and before I knew it the leaping tiger was caged up in front of me. The tiger growled before turning into a snake and escaping the cage. Next thing
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I lied there, coughing for a few moments as he waited out in pain. I didn’t know these things were anatomically correct or I would have thought of that earlier! I thought to myself grinning. He slowly got up off the ground and stood up. He stared me down for a minute as I contemplated my next move. He leapt at me and I jumped out of the way again. He gave me a look and then transformed back to the Russian. “This is getting a little bit tedious, darling, how about we skip the fighting part and you either just join me or let me kill you.” He said arrogantly as he walked towards me holding out his hand. “Now why would I join your band of idiots to fight in a war that has nothing to do with me or the good of humanity for that matter? Then again you all are demons, and really this seems more and more like a fight to see who’s got the bigger package, and trust me I’ve already seen these kind of fights. They don’t end well for the one who forces.” He gave me one of those looks where you kno
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I fell to my knees in defeat and just stared over at the wall where Sylvia and Tony were chained. Tears began to well up in my eyes and I tried to hold them back. My breathing slowed down with my heart beat to the point where they could have stopped so easily. I couldn’t believe it; he just ended their lives like that. They couldn’t even fight back! How was that fair? Chain someone up and then torture them like that for no reason other than they were helping me? I looked over to Dimietry cross, how could he do this? Why would he kill people to make me help him? Seriously, what makes someone like him think that I would just willingly join forces with him after he killed my friends? All of these questions raced through my mind as I grew angry. I felt the anger rise in me with every breath I took. My body seemed to heat up as blood rushed through my veins. My heart started pounding again as the adrenaline kicked in. Suddenly, I found myself looking at my restraints. I clenched my fist,
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Dimietry grabbed Tony’s head again and lifted him up to a standing position. He glanced over to me and smiled before ripping off one of Tony’s legs. I screamed out at him trying to break free and fight him. Every piece of wire I snapped was replaced by a new one by the changelings watching me. “You see what happens when we make bad decisions, Sophie?” he said before snapping off another leg. Tony cried out in pain. “Noooo! Leave him alone!” I screamed tears running down my face as I tried un-relentlessly to get out of my restraints not even realizing that they were cutting into my flesh once again. “I keep telling you, Sophie,” he continued. “You could have prevented this. All you had to do, was join me the first time I asked.” He paused for a moment and ripped off Tony’s tail. I screamed again unable to control the tears running down my face. Dimietry looked over at me and winced. He saw the pain it was causing me and smiled before continuing on. “Oh, come on Sophie! If you cared f
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I started looking around the room; it looked similar to where David was being tortured. The walls were covered in lime stone and there was a small, black coal grill in the middle of the floor that was lit. The flames danced off the grill almost as if they were able to just get up and walk out on their own. Along the wall, there were more restraints. From silver chains, to barbed wire all along the wall as if Dimietry had made his own torture chamber. Over in the corner there was a bed with large spikes coming out of it, then off on the other side was a bear trap. Closer to me there was a table covered with all kinds of weapons. Rusty old swords and knives rested on the table next to a club and a hammer. A scalpel lay next to a pair of hair cutting scissors and a bayonet. My heart started pounding again as I heard noises of someone talking to someone else coming from outside the room. I couldn’t understand what they were saying but I had a feeling it wasn’t good for the three of us in
