The coast was clear. Well, clear enough that the police had given up on trying to find missing exchange student Nina Foss.
Ha.
Nina Foss, a stupid cover name I'd used long enough to keep myself hidden until I really had too; or at least until it was okay to show my true colours to the 'Sons of Ipswich'.
I scoffed at the pathetic 'Welcome to Ipswich' sign as I roared past it in my all black Challenger -tinted windows included - and started into the outskirts of town. I'd dumped and destroyed the Jeep outside of Salem to throw off the cops three years ago when I'd gone 'missing'.
More like sent into exile for a second time.
Except this time was slightly different. Without the 'Sons' knowledge I'd been carrying an heir, not only to Reid's bloodline, but also my own. My son, Cody, was more to be more powerful then anyone in the Covenant before him. Which meant not only was he more powerful, but the temptation to use was ten times more, so addiction was easier done then said.
And that truly scared me. Because I didn't want to lose my son to anything like I'd lost my brother and father too. The Power. I had it. I hated it. I loathed it. Which is why I was more then willing to will it away at any point nowadays.
I sighed and tried to block all these thoughts from my mind as I turned onto the deserted street that housed not only my old home, but also the home of the Danvers. Caleb Danvers to be exact. I fucking hated him more then I hated the power. He'd tried to kill my brother and succeeded, twice, the past time being the final stab. Chase wasn't with me anymore and I wanted revenge.
Pulling into the old dirt driveway, that led up to the large, brick house I cringed knowing the minute I set foot inside something was bound to happen. Wherever it be a spell set by the Sons or their fathers incase I came back, because I knew they were still looking for me. Hunting me down. Just like they'd hunted Chase.
They were going to kill me, if they caught me.
I quickly left the confinement of my car after parking it behind a patch of over grown hedge that would be invisible to the naked eye in the growing darkness, pulling the hood of my deep red hoodie over my long black hair and stalking up the steps of the house and using - my eyes flashing to black then back to instantly blue - and slipping inside. I kept quiet because who knows what type of creature or person could have taken up residence here. But by the looks of it, no one had. Everything was covered in white sheets or in the moving boxes that Chase and I had brought with us when we'd moved back to Ipswich not too long ago. But everything thing was under layers of untouched dust.
Looking around the entrance hall with narrow eyes I sprang quickly up the stairs in the falling darkness to Chase's attic room and pushed open the door. I needed that book. A book of curses that would easily finish of the other Sons for good. Maybe not Reid. Maybe Reid. Who really knew anymore? I surely didn't. I just wanted the Sons of Ipswich to pay for what they'd done to my family.
I started to dig through drawers looking for the spell book before I heard voices growing louder from the driveway. Creeping to the small circle stained window at the edge of the room I peeked outside, as the stack of pictures I'd been holding slid from my fingers.
Walking up to the house were four forms. I could easily tell who was who; Caleb - leading the pack in front as 'Golden Boy' - while Pogue Parry the faithful puppy dog walked off set to his side, with little 'Baby Boy' Tyler Simms pulling up the rear.
The fourth however…Reid…seemed off. Almost as if he seemed reluctant to go inside the house as the other three climbed the steps.
His oceanic blue eyes stared up at house playing with many emotions, while those plump - kissable - lips were tapped with long fingers. His almost white blond hair was longer then I'd ever seen it and it hung down in his face. He'd added more tattoos to the slender arms one crossed under other. He'd started to dress better too. Not so…stereotypical bad boy that'd he'd come across as in our Spencer Academy days. He looked good. Really good.
Caleb was saying something as I heard the front door be pushed open - I'd left it ajar - he seemed to be warning them about something and I carried all the way to the attic of the house where I hid.
"…be careful, we all felt someone use … she has to be here…".
I narrowed my eyes. So they were looking for me. Time to play boys. Time to play.
I quietly stepped over to the door that stood closest to the hall and gently ran my finger across the wooden thing. It seemed to shiver beneath my fingers as my vision clouded to black and a sly grin played my lips. Then with all the power I could will at that point in time I grabbed it with invisible force and slammed it, along with all other doors in the large house shut.
"Caleb!" Pogue's voice carried from the back of the house where I could here him jiggling the door knob of what seemed to be the garage door. I could hear Tyler yelling something muffled from the basement, Reid was silent.
A snarl ripped from the staircase as I heard two sets thundering up them then pausing in the center landing. Reid and Caleb maybe?
"Nina, I swear if that's you stop fucking around and just come out" Caleb's voice demanded with authority" you've ran long enough, its your turn just like it was Chase's".
It was my turn to snarl. Dr Jekyll. Mrs Hyde. My two personalities that I'd developed since Chase's death were coming out. One dark and violent. The other sweet and caring. Chase. Nina. It seemed almost animalistic to me as my eyes flashed violently and I sprinted from the room the stare down the staircase from the darkness because I knew they couldn't see me.
My skin began to prickle with the excitement of a fight.
"Awe why so mad Caleb?" I snarled with a sweet tone leaning on the railing and staring down at the two dark forms" Oh wait I know. You just don't like defeat and losing what could have been your greatest prize. Finishing the Putnam line".
Caleb's head - I noticed - snapped in the direction of my voice" Nina we just want to talk".
"So you can take my power Caleb? Really? I'm not an idiot, you of all people should know that".
I heard Pogue and Tyler's voices growing loud as they approached not knowing I was there. Reid hadn't said anything to me or Caleb since he'd entered the house.
"Oh look Baby Boy came back to play" I cooed implying the dream in which I haunted Tyler back before everything had blown up in my face. Pogue and Tyler fell silent as they'd begun to climb the dusty, creaky stairs.
"Don't fucking change the subject Nina" Caleb snarled into the darkness, I knew the 'not so innocent' glint was probably playing in his eyes" you ran from us. We've done nothing to hurt your thus far".
"Liar".
Caleb chuckled darkly the stairs creaked again; someone was either creeping up them towards me or shifting their weight, probably the latter of the two. "You know what you did Nina, you lied about who you were just like your brother".
"Chase has nothing to do with why I ran" I snapped staring down into the darkness, I could hear them all breathing hard" I don't want anything to do with either of you I came back for something then I'm never coming back".
After I kill all of you and your bloodlines. Maybe excluding the father of my child.
My eyes flashed darkly as I used again to deflect something that lunged in my direction through the darkness. I could smell him, he still smelt the same. Like aftershave and a faint smell of smoke.
Reid.
I jumped the railing and used to shoot myself over the boys heads and to the front door landing with a slight stumble towards the door. I could hear the Sons stumbling down the stairs in the darkness yelling to each other as I stumbled out into the falling darkness.
I had to escape. Especially because my son. Reid's son; was sleeping in the back seat of my car.
Author's Note : So Undead is back in a way of sorts. Not quite sure where I'm going with it at the moment though so updates might be far and thank you for your interest and comments thus far on the story. And more is probably coming soon. But give me some ideas of somethings you'd like to see happen between the characters in the story, your the readers I'd like to know you opinions, so tell me in the reviews.