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Chapter 7
"Stop, please stop!" Claire yelled as Gavin pushed her down and tightened her handcuffs. Phil had walked out of the room to get some coffee and just as the door closed to the little side room that they were in, Gavin started being aggressive towards her.
"Why? Just because you're the young one doesn't mean you can kill unlike the rest of us without punishment." He slapped her across the face. "I've wanted to kill someone for so long that I've–"
"What is going on here?" Claire looked up with tears in her eyes. She saw Amelie standing in the doorway with Phil by her side. "Gavin an answer." Gavin was speechless. Amelie had her ice cold stare on which made Gavin go cold with it.
"Um… I was helping Claire up…and–" Amelie held up her hand.
"Don't. Don't you dare lie to me, Gavin. I can have you dead before you can blink. Leave. Now." Amelie sneered at him and Claire saw him flinch as he let her go and walked past the vampires at the door. "Un-cuff her, Phil." She ordered. He nodded and walked over to Claire. Carefully, he snapped the lock and grabbed the cuffs with his bare hands. He throw them into the waste basket then he helped Claire up.
"I'm sorry darlin' this wasn't suppose 'ta happen." He said as he moved her over to the couch and helped her sit. Amelie came over, placed a hand on his shoulder, he nodded and was about to leave.
"Also call and have Mr. Collins and Mr. Glass come down. I don't care what they are doing we need them here." Amelie said as she sat down next to Claire. Claire was rubbing her hands because they were still burning and smoking but her cheek was burning as well. "My dear I'm so very sorry." Amelie whispered as she wiped a tear from Claire's cheek.
"Are… are you really going to… to kill me?" She asked with a shaky voice. I don't want to die, I didn't mean to kill anyone, I was just trying to help her. Claire thought to herself waiting for Amelie's answer.
"No Claire you are too important to me. If anyone's going to be killed it might as well be Gavin, for what he did to you. Oh here you go my dear, I almost forgot." Claire looked up from her hands to see Amelie reach into a clutch she was carrying. She pulled out a box, the same box that Claire's bracelet was in. Amelie opened it and pulled the bracelet out of it. "Let me see your hand." Claire lifted up her arm and Amelie slid the founder's bracelet on where it will hopefully stay.
"Thank you but do I really need–"
"Claire!" Both heads turned to the sound of Shane's voice coming into the room. "Claire, Michael wouldn't tell me anything when he dragged me out of the house. What's going on?" He didn't look worried but his voice had that tone in it that Claire gets all the time. Claire didn't know what to say as she sat there with Amelie. Michael walked in with no emotion on his face. And he had no body language for what Claire could tell.
"Hello boys, please take a seat." Amelie said but she didn't look away from Claire or let go of her hand. Michael sat down on a chair on the other side of the couch but Shane went over and stood behind Claire and placed his hands on her shoulders.
"Again I ask, what's going on?" Shane said. This time more urgent.
"Claire has done something wrong and she understands that. I will make sure nothing will happen to her or you Michael. I know you were there also." Amelie said explained. Michael lifted his head and looked a little shocked but then it was gone. Shane looked more than confused.
"What 'wrong' did she do?" Shane asked. It was almost like he didn't want to know the answer. Amelie was about to tell Shane but Claire interrupted her, "I killed someone." Claire whispered, pushing Shane's hands off her and stood up. She turned towards him. He didn't say anything but he had a somewhat angry look on his face. Claire could tell that he wasn't happy with her and she knew she looked scared. Her and Shane just stood then, with the room silent.
"It was an accident Claire, you didn't mean to." Michael said as he also stood up. Shane ignored Michael.
"You killed someone?" He said through clutched teeth. "Claire who did you kill?" Shane said a little louder. Claire could tell how mad he was and she's never seen him like this. Claire looked down.
"Scarlet James, the college student that was on the news." She said. She looked away as Amelie stood up too. "Why won't you let them kill me?" Amelie looked down also. As she finally spoke, she looked up at Claire.
"My dear, sit down, all of you." Amelie lead Claire back to the couch and Shane, still angry, sat down on the other side of Claire as Michael sat back down in the chair. "Family comes first to me. Even if you're the only one I have left." Claire looked around and saw that she wasn't the only one who was confused. Shane and Michael had the same expression on their face as she did. At least he wasn't mad.
Amelie saw their looks and took a deep breath. "I know this is hard to understand. I will never know why it happened or even how." Everybody was still silent and she continued. "It was about 17 years ago." She looked over at Michael.
"Samuel was human at the time, before I had changed him, and one night he snuck past everyone and made it to my room. Just like the secret room in the Glass house, my room was sound proof because Bishop said I always complained when he sent me to my room. We talked for awhile and then it went further." She paused and took another breath and looked back down at her clutched hands.
"4 ½ months after we were together I had found out I was pregnant. I don't know how it was even possible but it had happened. I didn't want anyone to know because then they would know I was in involved with a human. I locked myself in my room and didn't tell Sam. That's why I always kept him away. Claire, you're the child that I gave away to the Danvers'." Claire was the first one to break the silence.
"What? How? Why? What?" Claire stuttered as she looked at Amelie. "I'm your daughter? You're my mother? And Sam's my father?" Amelie nodded.
"Yes, I know you're wondering why I gave you away. And that was because I couldn't keep you here. You were half human and it was dangerous if I kept you here with the Vampires."
"I'm half vampire? Well was?"
"Yes my dear. And if I kept you here, with us, you would have one way or another gotten human blood in your system and then you would have become a vampire. And I didn't want that."
"Well a little too late for that." Claire muttered as Shane placed an arm around her.
"Whoa wait so dude, Claire is like your aunt." Shane said. It seemed like he was completely over the fact that Claire had sucked the life out of someone.
"Dude! Shut up, that's not important. What I don't get is how vampires can have kids? I mean no one else has." Michael said.
"Well Michael, I don't get it either and still don't. Your grandfather did know that Claire was our daughter the first time he saw her when she arrived to Morganville. That's why he was willing to risk his life for the two of you. Also I wanted to let Claire live a normal life as a human—"
"But you turned Sam." Michael cut her off. Amelie's head turned over to him.
"Yes I did because he begged me too and we would be together forever, but when my father… killed him, my heart shattered. I didn't know what to do." Amelie turned away and Claire couldn't see but it looked like she wiped a tear from her eyes. "So I didn't want to put Claire through this so I had Sam, after I changed him, find a place for you." Amelie continued to Claire.
"Did you name me first? Just tell me that. So I know you loved me enough to name me after you gave me up." Claire whispered as Amelie reached over and grabbed Claire's hands.
"Claire, of course, I named you and I have never stopped loving you. I was holding you when I did. Then I handed you over to your father and he gave you your middle name. Elizabeth. Your parents that you grew up with didn't name you at all besides giving you your last name." She said. She looked over her head and sent Shane a stern look. He let go of Claire and Amelie pulled her into a hug. Claire was a little shocked at first but then hugged her back. When she pulled away Amelie looked as if she was going to cry.
"It's just weird to know that you're my real mother and not the mom who like has to call me every hour to see if I'm okay." Claire said with a smile and was surprised when Amelie smiled too.
"I can start if you want." She said then her smile faded, "I'm sorry but I have to clear a few things up with the council. We will speak again but Phil will escort the three of you out. In time I'll answer any questions you have Claire. I understand this is a lot to take in for the both of us." She soothed out Claire hair then stood up. She nodded to Phil, who Claire never realized that he was back in the room.
