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Chapter 9
He walked closer to me with an evil smile lingering on his face. He was tall with Black hair combed neatly. His eyes were a deep scarlet that sucked the light out of the room. He wore black pants and boots with a tight black t-shirt. His black coat was also tight and I would tell that even without being a vampire, he was strong.
He looked me up and down.
"Yes…that dress is very appropriate for your station."
I shivered. "Nothing you say can be taken as a compliment."
He laughed. "Only to some. Most of my followers make it an honor to become a sacrifice if I wished it."
I couldn't suppress another shiver. As he approached, I felt colder and began to understand why many feared him.
"What do you want?"
He tilted his head to the side. "I thought that was made clear. I want you."
I shook my head. "Let me make myself more clear. What do you want out of all this blood shed and chaos your making?"
He smirked and began to circle me, still watching me.
"I'm curious now. What did they tell you about me and my plans?"
I glared at him in response.
"I'm not questioning you about your friends, merely their views of me."
I thought for a moment and figured I got nothing to loose.
"…You're trying to take over the world. First the vampires, then the humans." I suddenly found my strength and unwrapped my arms around myself. "You're going to destroy this planet! It's going to turn into a wasteland with no more life on earth if you succeed!"
"Succeed in what exactly?"
Frustration flowed out of me. "TAKING OVER! Drying up the humans and all that crap! Humans may be animals to you, but to me their people who have just as much right to live their lives as we once did!"
He stopped circling me and I had the feeling he was annoyed.
"So that's what they told you… I'm going to destroy all the humans just for the fun of it…"
"Pretty much, yeah…"
He looked away for a moment, looking thoughtful…
"Your friends… couldn't be more wrong…"
I watched him turn to me, his hands folded neatly behind his back with a serious face and his smile gone.
"I give your friends credit for being over the edge about it, but let me make some things clear. I do NOT want to destroy the human race. That would be last thing I would ever do. I merely want to establish us as the dominant race." He gave that evil smile again. "To put us as the top of the food chain, so to speak."
I paled and felt the blood drain from my face.
"When I take over, and I will, I will simply establish a new regime. With you as my queen."
I took a step away from him as he advanced towards me.
"With you by my side, we will rule our race with us before humans. They had this planet for too long with us in the shadows. It's time for us to take control."
He stopped a few feet in front of me with the evil grin on his face.
He held his hand out to me.
"Join me, Brianna. Together, we will rule over our race with humans as our slaves."
I took another step back and looked at him in horror…
"Slaves…that's all they all are is slaves to you…"
He tilted his head to the side and kept his hand out to me.
"Yes… they are weak, foolish, and are only worthy to be our meals…"
My temper flared again. "What about the other vampires, huh? The ones who are looking for their brides, who are HUMAN?"
"I would have no problem with them finding their brides. But they are still cattle and beneath us…"
"NO THERE NOT!" I snapped and he dropped his hand.
"Humans have more of a right to be on this earth than we do! Do you forget we were all humans once? Your plan is never going to go thru! I wont let you do this! Because I still have friends and family that are still human! And they will never succumb to you!"
My words echoed thru the room as he stared at me.
He took a step back towards the darkness and his smile slowly returned.
"You are young… you will learn in time. Soon, you will join me of your own free will. But until then…"
An evil glint came to his eyes.
"I'll enjoy watching YOUR people squirm…"
I jolted awake, sweating bullets…
…
I spent most of the day in bed, staring at the ceiling and trying to think about the events of my dream.
Everything we thought about was wrong… he doesn't want to destroy the humans. Just enslave them and treat them like cattle.
Finally, at about five in the evening, I got up. I needed to round everyone up and let them know what I learned.
Jaiden is gonna love this…
I got dressed and left to find everyone.
When I entered the kitchen, I ran right into Andrew who was munching on an apple.
He smiled at me.
"Hey, Brie. What's got you in a hurry?"
"I need to talk to everyone, now!"
He raised an eyebrow. 'Why?"
"I… He came to me last night… In a dream… and I know what his plan is…"
Without missing a beat, Andrew lost his smile and sped out of the room.
"Go to the sitting room. I'll have everyone meet there."
I went to the room quickly and waited. Mary and Christian were the first to arrive, followed my Daniel and Kristin. Jaiden and Andrew were the last to arrive. I was sorry to see the smile gone off Andrew's face.
Everyone sat but Jaiden who stood in front of the fireplace.
"You have the floor, Brie." Andrew said and everyone looked at me, surprised.
I sighed and started speaking. I told them everything that happened in the dream. Except for the last part about his saying I would join him in the end and he was going to watch them all squirm. I couldn't stomach that part.
Silence filled the room as I finished. All of them had looks of disgust on their faces. Mary and Kristin were pale.
Jaiden paced in front of the fire with the same look, but I could almost imagine the thoughts racing thru his head.
Finally, Christian spoke up. "God… that's a fate worse than death…"
Mary held his hand. I couldn't tell who was comforting whom.
Jaiden finally stopped pacing and faced everyone, his face made of stone.
"This changes nothing. It only gives us more of a reason to protect this town and it's people. We know his plan now and it explains why he's changing only those he sees as an asset to him."
They all nodded in agreement.
Jaiden drew himself up to his full height and spoke with confidence and strength.
"He needs to be destroyed. And soon. The more people we let him change, the more of a danger he is. Tonight, we call in everyone and bring them here. We know he's somewhere in this town. We don't stop until he's found and torn to pieces."
All the men stood and nodded in agreement.
Jaiden looked at the men.
"Tonight, Daniel and Christian are on patrol in town. Call immediately with any changes or if you see him. We take him out the moment we see him."
They both nodded.
"Mary, I need you to start calling everyone out of town. And I mean EVERYONE."
Mary nodded.
"Andrew, you're staying home tonight to protect the women. Hopefully, they haven't found our base. We can't move until everyone is here."
"You got it."
Jaiden looked at everyone again and paused when he looked at me. It was hard to tell what his expression meant.
I couldn't look at him anymore and looked towards the floor.
"Alright, let's go."
Everyone started filing out of the room. I waited until almost everyone was gone when I finally stood. Before I made it to the door, I felt a strong grip grab my arm.
When I looked, it was Jaiden.
He said nothing, but waited until everyone was gone.
He looked at me and I felt as if he was looking right into my soul.
"There's something you left out… something your not telling me…"
I looked away and flushed. "It's nothing… nothing important."
"Everything is important."
I shook my head and tried to get out of his grip.
"Please, Brianna."
I froze and felt my chest expand. It was the first time I remember him saying my name.
"…He said… he said that in the end I would go to him willingly… and until I did, he was going to enjoy watching my people squirm…"
Jaiden let go of my arm and I didn't realize until then I was crying.
I suddenly felt a warm, large hand on my back.
"We will continue to fight as long as you do…"
I turned to look at him, but he had already left thru the beck door to the room.
The spot on my back felt cold.
….
Later, almost everyone had begun to follow Jaiden's orders. Christian and Daniel had bulked up on weapons and were dressed to kill.
I was walking around the corner when I saw the in front of the front doors with Mary and Kristin. I couldn't help but stare as I watched them say goodbye.
Mary and Christian kissed and hugged, but Daniel and Kristin caught my attention.
The way Daniel held her; there was no denying they were in love. Kristin held on to him as if her life depended on it. As they broke apart, they way he kissed her made my envious and I wanted to cry at the passion.
After what seemed like forever, I watched them brake apart, and the men left.
Kristin stood staring at the door. Mary went over to her, patted her shoulder and whispered something in her ear. Kristin nodded and Mary disappeared behind the office door.
I didn't realize I was approaching Kristin until I was almost behind her. Before I could change my mind, Kristin spun around and jumped, wiping her eyes.
She had been crying.
"Oh! Sorry! I didn't realize you were there."
I shook my head sorry for sneaking up on you."
She shrugged. "I'm use to it. Daniel does it to me all the time."
We stood there for a moment.
"Well… wanna watch some TV?" She asked. "I think they got a marathon of world's dumbest criminals playing on TruTV."
"Ok!" I said, happy to do something normal for once.
We went into a large living room with a big screen TV. Kristin and I plopped on the large sofa and watched.
After a while, I couldn't stop the words from popping out of my mouth.
"Kristin… why were you crying?'
She looked at me and I slapped my hand over my mouth.
"Sorry!" I said quickly. "You don't have to answer that!"
She laughed. "It's ok. I would ask the same thing."
She turned the volume down on the TV and sighed.
"Like I said yesterday, me and Daniel are the youngest in this organization. And I'm still not quite use to things. Being with someone in this group is a lot like dating a cop or a firefighter. You never know if they're coming home." She wiped her eyes again on her sleeve, making her eyes look swollen.
"Wow… that's horrible…" Ok, that was lame…
She nodded. "Yeah." She suddenly smiled. "But I know it'll be over soon. We found you before they did and we know that asshole is somewhere in this city. We'll be back to our normal lives soon."
I blinked. "No offence, but were with a bunch of vampires… what the hell does it mean to be normal."
We looked at each other, and then broke into laughter.
"So," I said when we stopped. "What does Jaiden do while everyone else is working or whatever?"
Kristin shrugged. "No idea. But we know he leaves the house. And no one, not even Andrew knows where he goes and what he's doing."
"Weird… so, what else is done for fun around here?"
Kristin shrugged again. "Sadly, there isn't anything to do. Period. The women aren't allowed to leave and with everything that's going on, there isn't much time to do anything anyway."
"Good point." I sighed and slumped in my seat. "But I gotta say, it really sucks to be stuck here."
Kristin shrugged. "Yeah but at least here safe. And I'm sure it will finally be over soon."
"Yeah…"
We sat in silence for a moment.
Kristin turned to face me, her face looking sullen.
"You know, I just gotta say, I like you. And I would like to be your friend… but if you ever think about switching sides or whatever, I'll personally drive a steak thru your heart."
To her surprise, I laughed. "It doesn't surprise me that you would say something like that. And don't worry, I have no plans to. I'm on your side all the way.'
She smiled at me again and we continued watching TV.
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