Chapter 5
I was taken to what was a beautiful house. Large and comfortable, with a large porch and roomy. It felt like home. I can't explain why, but I felt like I had been there before and knew where everything was. I walked immediately to the pictures and there were my parents. Beautiful, in love, and lust outside this house holding me. I was about 7 in the picture. Why did I not remember this before?
"When you would come here we had to remove the memory of this place, but not completely. Just as if it was a dream, nothing more. We hated to deceive you that way, but we couldn't leave you in danger with the knowledge you would have. I am so sorry, Sara. We are so sorry."
I looked to Liam who looked so humble in their presence. He was almost like a servant to them. What in, well, heavens name was going on here? I needed answers and I needed them now!
"Liam, what's wrong with you? Why do you look like you are defeated?"
"Because, Sara, your grandfather is an archangel and I am his servant. I also failed my old friend in not saving his son and daughter-in-law the trouble that they have gone through. Not to mention the loss that you have felt, it is due to my failure. I am so sorry, so very sorry."
"Please, someone tell me the truth behind everything. I need to know."
Your mother was born to an angel and a vampire. The angelic gene is dormant when mixed with a vamp until the person does something to earn such an honor. Then when your mother saved James from the troll, then she earned her genetic switch. Then, your father decided to share himself with her completely. This meant that he gave himself body and soul to her. Then, the angelic side came forth, but they weren't able to live here because of the vampiric tendencies. That is why she was a fledgling. She began to help those trapped in purgatory and some didn't like it."
"So, what did she do?" I asked.
"She would take those who didn't belong and help ferry them back. There were several people she helped. She loved what she did, too. Your father decided to help her with her work. Then you became older and began to notice things. They stopped going together. You were abducted, but they passed you off as human. They gave their life forces to protect you. They are in a type of suspended animation that has to be broken and broken soon or they will be there forever."
Liam finally spoke, "I was supposed to be there with them that day, but I was late getting to them. I caught your father before he drifted away and he asked me to protect you. And so I have. From that day on I have devoted my life to keeping you safe, but I cannot do that without you knowing the truth of who you are."
Now I understood why he felt responsible. But, as critical as I was of him, even I couldn't see that it was his fault. Believe me, I tried.
"Can I see them?" I asked quietly.
"Yes, come on. We will show them to you."
I walked down a long hallway to a special room that looked as a shrine. There they lay, side by side, so beautifully peaceful. They were just as I remembered. There love was still evident, even then. I was so scared. What can I do to bring them back?
"What happens now?" I asked, "How do we get them back?"
"The one who did this was the father of the evil troll that tried to kill your father. He is a king of sorts. He doesn't care that they were just protecting each other, just that his son lost and then died. He wanted to steal you and raise you as his own minion to spite them. This is why they needed to do this. If they didn't he could use their mind to find you and they would die first, as you can see."
Yeah, no guilt there.
Now for the million dollar question, "How do we kill him and save my parents?"
They all smiled a creepy knowing smile that let me know this was the question they had been waiting on.
"Well, we do have an idea….."