I jumped out of my bed and ran towards the door. Like I suspected, the human stood there with a knife in hand. I smiled a little; it's going to take more than a knife to kill us. I assumed that it was a man, slowly approached him and lightly tapped him causing him to jump. He spun around and for a minute there was relief on his face, but after I stepped into the dim light, his relief was replaced by fear.
"Well, what have we got here," I said smiling, "you know it's been a while since I've drank human blood." I inched closer to him and laughed as he staggered back.
"Now, now Alayna dear, you know we don't start until everyone arrives," Hayden said, smirking at the human. "So…..human, what's your name?"
He dropped his knife and his eyes turned glassy. "Ja-Jar-Jarid," he whispered.
I smiled. Hayden's gift was persuasion. He can make any one do whatever he wants, though vampires are harder to control. I looked around; everyone was here….except Alan. Where was he? We can't start without him. I looked at Jarid and noticed that there was something vaguely familiar about him. I couldn't tell what but I felt that I knew him from somewhere.
Hayden picked up the knife. "You think that this would eliminate all of us? Don't make me laugh."
I kept looking around. Where in the world was Alan? I decided to give up looking and focused on Jarid.
Jarid's eyes slowly came back into focus and he stared at me. His fright turned into recognition. He smiled and opened his mouth to speak. "Alayna….you have the power to go from dimension to dimension am I right?"
I was shocked. How did he know my name and my gift? Yet, I simply nodded with a guarded expression.
Jarid nodded back and said, "Well then, I have this message for you. What you chose to forget will come back to haunt you. You will have to choose between the two you love. You--"
I broke him off with a light slap on his face, which would hurt badly if it was a human. "What are you talking about?!.....I don't love anyone."
Jarid saw my hesitation and continued despite his injury. "What your mind has forgotten, your body remembers. You don't have much time left, decide now."
All of us looked at him in disgust. Who did he think he was? Talking to Alayna like that.
I slowly backed away, not sure whether he was telling the truth or if he hit his head too hard. My eyes narrowed at him. How come he looks so familiar? I looked into his eyes and before I knew it my body moved by itself and I was embracing him. "What the…." I tried to let go but my body refused to move, instead, my mouth opened and started to speak. "I've missed him so much, where is he? Where is my Damien?" I regained control of my body and covered my mouth. What did I just do?
Everyone stared at me in shock. Some narrowed their eyes and whispered something to each other and some just backed away.
Jarid looked up at me calmly and said, "Like I said, what your mind forgets, your body remembers."
I looked at him in anger and confusion. I looked around; still no Alan. "No matter," I whispered to myself and looked up at the rest of the coven, "Do whatever you want with him."
Every vampire smiled and walked toward Jarid, who was now pleading to be freed.
"No, wait…..I didn't mean what I said to Alayna there," he pleaded, "Alayna!"
I ignored his screams for help and tried to walk away. I stopped dead in my tracks and my body refused to move. I willed myself to continue walking but stopped again. What's happening to me? I turned around and Jarid was holding up his hand, his eyes pleading for my help. I knew why I couldn't just walk away; Jarid was someone important to me whether I remembered it or not. I opened my mouth and yelled out, "Stop!"
The coven looked at me in surprise but backed away. However, one still held on to Jarid, his eyes was pitched black, he was thirsty.
"He's mine," the vampire whispered has he slowly lowered his fangs.
I started toward him and he backed off. "Jarid," I said quietly, "what do you want from me?"
Jarid looked up and said, "I need your help, both Damien and Alan are in trouble."