call of night: beyond the dark (6 page)

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Dana and Christopher too Eve to the hospital and snuck her into a vacant room to check her vitals, she was weak and exhausted which was understandable considering how long she had been in that basement.  They might have ditched Christian and the rest of the pack but it wasn’t only a matter of time before they caught up with them. Eve’s health was more important than running away from fear. 

“I don’t get it why would they just keep her there? Shifters aren’t exactly friendly.” Dana wondered aloud as her brother checked Eve’s blood pressure.

“Not them, just one.” Once Christopher was able to get some fluids in her she was speaking more. They had to know what they were up against and they wouldn’t be able to do it themselves it didn’t matter what or how much magic flowed through their blood. 

They couldn’t read her thoughts not even Christian no matter what connection he had felt with her because she was weak, it would make it that much more difficult for them to find them but not completely.

It took her awhile to figure out why Christian had taken her and kept her in that dark place, her need for knowledge would get her killed, there were things she wasn’t supposed to know as a mortal. She might have been in the forest for another reason, but if Christian hadn’t gotten to her first she would have been torn to shreds.

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              It explained the fury in Christian’s eyes, the stronger Eve became the more the pack would be able to read her and know everything he had been keeping from them that he wasn’t entirely like them, a part of him was still human. His act of kindness for Eve would also get him killed. He couldn’t change the man he was although he wished he could.

“What are we going to do when they find us?” Dana asked.

“It wouldn’t be just us we would have to protect, anyone who gets in their way they will kill.” Eve answered for Christopher.

They would have to return to the home they knew, it was there all the supplies they would need would be at hand and Christopher had already made up his mind no one would go down without a fight for it was there home.

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Frank and George pulled into the driveway of a friend’s cabin; he had been expecting them after he called insisting they come see him it didn’t matter how far out of the way they were, he had something they would want. When they stepped on to the front porch, the door was already open. They could see inside was a complete disaster, shattered glass everywhere and furniture out of place.

“Ty?!” George called with a feeling he wasn’t going to answer.

They found him on the kitchen floor, both hoped he was just passed out drunk, but that wasn’t the case; they turned him over on to his back and saw the blood soaked through his shirt and pouring out of his mouth. His death was no accident; someone knew he was expecting company, someone who was working for vampires and did it for more than just money. Ty Ford had been a hunter for nearly his whole life; he knew when danger was coming. It was a surprise to both of them that it would end in such a way.

They buried him next his wife’s grave in the backyard of the home they shared together near her favorite garden. 

How many people were they going to have to lose? There was no need for Frank to hide his frustration and anger, George felt it too.

“Evil has no place in this world,” Frank said as George drove back to Thornton Lake.

It was something they both agreed on.

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Ty and Frank shared something in common, they both lost people they cared about more than anything. Though he wasn’t happy about burying him, he was happy that his death wasn’t caused by an actual vampire. At that thought his daughters entered his mind; he knew he couldn’t let them continue on in the night he needed to gather his strength to do what needed to be done.

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              Julius stood in the parking lot staring at the emptiness of what used to be his nightclub. “There’s nothing you can do to bring it back.” Gwen stepped out of the shadows, she knew how he felt. She had many enemies from the past and the present. Julius wasn’t surprised to see her, he enjoyed her presence a little more than Katya’s; there was more Gwen could give him, she had been a vampire a lot longer. He wanted to give vampires a place where they didn’t need to worry about hunters and they could feed. Gwen had only wished someone done the same in her time when she first became a vampire. Some learn over the years not to look over their shoulders constantly and how to use their senses; luckily for her she didn’t have to go through it alone.

She thought of him, wondering if she would ever see him again. It was why she stayed in Thornton Lake; it was where he found her, she knew he wouldn’t have forgotten her.

“I want to find who did this.” His intentions were true, what he planned to do with them on the other hand still remain in question.

“There won’t be any time for that. You have to prepare yourself, your brother we all have to be prepared or were all dead.” Gwen didn’t think anything would get through to him, she had to try.

“We’ve been up against worse.” He said, not taking his eyes off Gwen.

“Nothing like this Julius, my family has been around for centuries not even they could handle what is coming. Not even that witch of yours is powerful enough.” Julius expected the tone of Gwen’s voice to change when she mentioned Katya; it was really nothing new with her. What he didn’t know was that it didn’t have anything to do with jealousy.

He would find out why sooner than Gwen had planned.

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There was more darkness in Katya than anyone knew.  It didn’t seem strange at all to Gwen that the entire vampire world gets turned upside down after Katya is turned. 

Katya had learned the real reason why her family was falling apart before her parent’s had their accident; she was very good at keeping secrets. She overheard a conversation her father was having on the phone when she was hiding on the staircase, she wasn’t exactly sure how to think or feel when her father’s late night trips were making her mother feel as though he was having an affair which was most of the cause of their arguments. Katya could never tell her mother and it made it harder for her to see what her mother was going through, the sadness in her eyes even though her mother would lie and say everything was alright. She never told Lily and didn’t feel the need to. 

She invited that vampire into her family’s home with no feeling of regret. It made her feel in control and not just of her own life. She knew she would enjoy seeing the look on her father’s face when he discovers the truth about what she did and who she really was, not the perfect daughter.  She couldn’t help but wonder how he would react when he realizes it. He was the one who brought her into that life, he chose her destiny and she wasn’t at all disappointed.

As for Lily, she didn’t mean much to Katya even after immortality kicked in. After their mother left Katya thought she stopped caring never knew there was a letter which Lily kept from her, she took that letter and when Lily confronted her she spoke no words only smiled wickedly.

Katya wasn’t human even when she had a pulse, she had no soul.

Katya could hear Xavier’s thoughts as he stood outside the mansion gate and ignored them. Julius arrived as soon as he could.

“What’s the problem?” Julius asked.

“I’m not standing out here for my pleasure. She used a spell.” Xavier replied.

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              “You can’t be certain it was her.” Julius knew his brother didn’t get along with Katya, he would say anything.

“Do you see her out here, anywhere?” The frustration in Xavier’s voice was aggravating to Julius but he had a point.

Julius never saw Katya as a threat as he should have, he began to question if it had been her all along that destroyed his clubs.

“I told you not to trust her, she’d stake you herself.” His brother never listened to him, Xavier knew even now. Julius hated to admit when his brother was right it didn’t matter how the situation was from bad to worse.

Julius had other properties in Thornton Lake, but the mansion was most dear to him.

Katya walked the long hallways as she had done before humming a familiar tune, saved from the darkness outside but not from within.

Any vampire could sense the trouble near them more near than they knew. Xavier kept his thoughts to himself; he learned in the past it was always the best thing although not so much before he was turned.

Part of the luxury of being a vampire, no guilt.

As for Julius, there was no time for revenge on Katya; her end would come.

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              Normally for Maggie, a lit fireplace and a good book would relax her from a busy day; Evan changed that. She knew in her heart he couldn’t stay, he needed to find peace although in his mind peace was with her and knowing that his mere presence was all that she needed to forget just for the moment, one single moment what she was going through and would be going through when the sun rose made him decide he wasn’t going anywhere. His place was on earth with her. He only wished he could be with her beyond the dark, beyond her dreams like they used to be.

Every second they shared when he was alive, he remembered.

The smell of her perfume when there was a slight breeze in the air, the warmth of her touch that left such an intense feeling he couldn’t explain. He had waited years to find her, to find a love as deep as the one she gave him.