Chapter 00 - Epilogue
Why am I in so much pain?
My eyes refuse to open. What's going on?
Open dammit, I command my eye lids.
They refuse to comply with my command.
Finally…
I manage to open one of them.
I struggle to focus.
Success …
I can finally make out an image.
It's my hand.
Red?
Why is my hand covered with a thick red liquid?
My body now refuses to comply with my command to get up.
Where am I?
Why am I feeling so cold?
I try to focus on the surrounding area as all I can move at present is my one open eye.
Looking down I see concrete. Concrete covered with the same thick red liquid that's on my hand.
My mind finally starts to work.
Blood!
"Ah you're awake." I hear a voice but I cannot see where the voice is coming from.
"I thought that I may have taken too much."
Taken too much of what? What the hell is going on?
"I know… I'll make you all better." Says the voice.
I see a wrist dripping with blood come into my line of sight and it's pressed against my lips.
"Drink my young one, this will fix you right up."
Drink? Drink blood? What the hell is this? Who the fuck is this person?
Why all of a sudden do I feel like I'm in one of those fucking weird fetish films?
I suddenly hear a slurping sound, what is that… realization kicks in as I realize that I'm making that sound my lips have clamped over the bloodied wrist and was sucking down the blood, my body was having a mind of its own.
"Slow down young one there is more than enough."
I feel my body stirring, oh now you fucking move? Freaking traitor!
I still have no control over my body as it moves on its own, my arms move forward and my hands grab the arm attached to the wrist that I'm currently sucking on giving me more leverage and better access to the open wound underneath my lips.
I'm now on my knees. How? I do not know as I cannot remember my body moving. Well my mind and my body are at odds with each other so until I regain control I'll just go with it. What other choice do I have?
"Alright young one that is enough." The voice says to me as the wrist is removed from my lips.
Suddenly my body is my own again as I fall back to the bloodied concrete.
I curl into the fetal position as searing pain engulfs my whole body. What the hell is going on?
"Live young one. Search me out when you have become strong. Prove to me that you are worthy."
Worthy of what? What the hell is this person talking about? Why am I in so much pain? So many questions are going through my mind but I cannot voice them not a sound is escaping my lips not even the painful screams that I can hear in my mind leave my lips.
"The transformation can be painful but once it's over you will be fine." The voice tells me in a gentle tone.
I feel myself slipping into darkness.
I finally catch a glimpse of the person who the voice originates from.
It's a woman.
Ash blonde hair, lush red coloured lips, pale silky looking skin, and the bluest looking eyes I had ever seen. Beautiful!
My vision starts going dark.
"Search for me young one… Search for Alexandra."
My body finally shuts down and all I know is darkness.
I wake up covered in sweat as I lift myself into a sitting position from underneath the covers of my bed.
What the hell was with that dream?
Looking at the digital alarm clock on my bed side table I see that it is 03:25 in the morning.
"Carmen are you alright?"
I look to my left and there is my Beta on his knees next to my bed with an extremely worried look on his face.
"Yes Michael, I'm alright. I just had a very weird dream is all."
"I know, I could sense all your emotions from my room."
Michael Jarvis my closest friend and the Beta of my pack the Angelic Wolves pack, his ability is that of a class one empath, feeling the emotions of all people around him. His ability is a blessing as well as a curse for him.
"I thought your mental blocks couldn't be breached? Only you could lower them." I asked Michael
"They can't, and that's why I was so worried about you. I could feel everything coming from you. This is the first time this has ever happened." Michael said looking very worried. "Carmen, can you tell me about your dream?"
Rubbing my face with my hands, I look at Michael. My ability allows me to see in my dreams when bad things happen in my territory, a dream walker if you want to call me that.
"It was strange to say the least. I was struggling to open my eyes at first then I finally was able to pen one of them and saw I was lying face first on a concrete surface, which now seems like and ally way of some kind." Lifting my hand up and showing it to Michael "My hand was covered with blood as was the concrete that I was lying on. Then a voice spoke realizing that I was awake. I couldn't figure out where the voice came from, the voice told me that it was worried that it had taken too much from me…" My eyes widened.
"Michael there was a vampire attack in our territory." I state startled.
Michael's eyes widen as well.
"Jan, Johan, Derric, Samantha, Nicolas, Melanie, come to my room urgently!" I call over the packs mind link.
Jan and Nicolas my two best enforcers, Derric and Samantha my two best trackers and finally Johan and Melanie who's ability not exactly the same but very similar allowed them to view events happen in an area as they had happened in the last twenty-four hours.
I receive a very groggy "Yes Alpha!" over the mind link from all the pack members I had just summoned.
This was strange why would a Vampire hunt in our territory? We had a treaty with the Ceazar the leader of the Vampires that no hunting was allowed within the borders of our territory.
There was a knock on my door.
"Enter." I call out.
The door opened and Terri walked in.
"I saw what happened I know where it took place." Terri told me.
Terri's ability allowed her to see events happen whether in the past, present or future. Our packs seer and a dear friend for almost all my life
"Terri was I right?" I asked her.
"Yes Carmen, you are right. I don't recognize the vampire who assaulted the human but I know it happened in the Sandton area near the Gautrain station in one of the underground parking areas."
Terri knew all the major Vampire players in the city of Johannesburg, so when she said that she didn't recognize the vampire in question, then that meant a new player was in town.
"From what I could sense in my vision it seems that this Vampire is old, really old and extremely powerful." Terri said breaking my thought.
Another knock came from my door. "Enter" I call out.
Jan, Johan, Derric, Samantha, Nicolas, and Melanie walk into my room.
"You called for us Alpha?" Derric stated.
"Yes Derric, it would seem that we had a Vampire attack on a human tonight within our territory. Take Terri with you she'll be able to narrow down the exact location where the attack took place. I want a full report later this morning."
"Yes Alpha." All seven members bowed and left my room.
"This is going to be a long day wouldn't you agree Michael?" I ask looking over at him.
"I agree Carmen. Well only one thing to do." Michael stated as he got up. "Let's get a pot of coffee going and tackle the day already."
I agreed, climbing out of bed and heading to my bathroom wanting a shower, "I'll see you in the kitchen in the next twenty minutes Michael."
With a nod Michael exits my room closing the door once again.
Author's Note:
This is an attempt of mine at a fantasy novel for supernatural creatures.
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