All Chapters of Vexed: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

It was a cool, breezy and stormy night. Rain came down in sheets, as a dark figure stood before a house. The house was pretty ordinary, white with blue shutters; it didn't have more than two bedrooms. It looked like a cozy little family home with flowers and shrubs lining the front lawn, and then the smell from the pellet stove smoke invaded his nostrils. He took a deep breath and pulled out an old, rusted compass from his black trench coat. It looked like it could have been from the 14th century, the small, brass disc was dented and the Victorian designs were faded. He studied it as it pointed east, towards the small house. He looked the house over carefully, looking for the best entrance, before proceeding towards the side to gaze into the window. Inside you can see the small kitchen; the brand new, all black appliances off set the linoleum floor. Cabinets filled almost every wall of the small space that made it look more crowded than it should have been. The kitchen opened to a la

Sylvester is six-foot-five and is very skinny. His square face is bristly and mostly sunken in. His cheek bones pop out from the rest of his face and his bushy white eyebrows make it hard to see his brown eyes. Needless to say the smoothest and only hairless part of him is the top of his head. His skeletal structure makes you wonder when the last time it was that he had anything to eat. Despite his ghastly appearance, he is one of the sweetest guys you’ll ever meet. Through everything that has happened, these are the people who have been there for me the most. They have also respected my privacy, and let me be alone when I needed to. I haven’t been the same since… that night. It's really hard to talk about what happened to my husband, but it is a crucial part of my story and how I became who I am. It was late at night and Liam was spending it at a friend’s house for a slumber party with the soccer team. The storm had just set in and the cold made us turn on the pellet stove. I didn't

I’m not sure on the complete context of vampires, I haven’t been one long enough to find out how the rest of them live their lives. All I can say is that things are pretty quiet in my neck of the woods, no pun intended. I honestly haven’t met another vampire here, nor have I run into the one who’s changed me. I’m guessing I’ll meet whoever this mystery vampire is, but I have a feeling it’s not anytime soon. Before I changed, there were very seldom attacks on my family. We live in such a remote place that anything supernatural is just so few and far between. That’s why I like it here, the less commotion, and the better. I guess one could say I was a witch in hiding. When a supernatural being stumbled upon me, they were given an ultimatum, leave town or be exterminated. Some were rather difficult and chose the more destructive paths, while others just let me be. It really depended on whether or not the creature felt they could take me in battle. The ones who stayed to fight usually lost

With Liam in school it's time to start my day. It didn’t take me long to decide to take a bike ride down Main St., pick up a paper at the store and grab myself a coffee at the local coffee shop; maybe even a peanut stick, and read today's current events. Lately, it's been one disaster after another with kids committing suicide, oil spills, politicians trying to tell the world who they can and can’t fall in love with then denying you your constitutional rights if you don’t follow the ‘norm’ and other natural disasters. Today there are miners trapped in a Chilean mine, they rescued two but have yet to pull them all out. Things like this make me want to try and make the world better after Liam grows up and no longer needs me. I'll try a spell to help rescuers bring the miners to safety. As for everything else, it's out of my hands. One thing I can't do as a witch is disrupt nature's way of doing things. Sadly these things must happen or it will disrupt the universe and the results will

After I was sure they were safe for the night I recited a barrier spell around their premises to protect them from any demonic forces before I left. My first stop was to see if they were hunting so I went where the prey would be easy. When I got to a local pub I scanned the scene, it was a rather small bar, packed until you can barely move with glammed up young men and women dry humping each other and clenching their alcoholic beverages while one of their friends belted it out on the karaoke machine. I didn't find anything abnormal so I decided to join in on the chaos and sang a heartfelt slow song on the karaoke machine. The crowd walked to find the person they were attracted to and started to dance along. Gazing around I saw them holding on to each other like it was a death sentence to let them go. They all swayed gently like a small set of waves in the middle of the ocean, not being distracted by a thing. As I was singing I noticed a tall man at the bar with dirty blond hair and i