Repetition

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Lyn met a new vampire family, and now their helping her learn how to better control her powers.

Chapter 9

I woke up the next morning and stared at the ceiling as I laid in the four poster bed. There was a knock on the door and I sat up, pushing the covers back just a bit. The door opened and Kiska stuck her head in. "Sorry to bother you. Your siblings are here; I just thought you'd want to know." Her Russian accent seemed to have a calming effect and I nodded my head. The door closed as I slowly made my way out of the bed and over to the mirror.

Sitting on the vanity table there was a fresh set of clothes and a brush, and I silently thanked Iason and his family. I used the brush and then changed quickly before opening the door and making my way downstairs to the atrium. Once I was in the room, I saw the two figures sitting on one of the couches. My breath caught in my throat as I recognized the back of one of the heads; Riley.

Everyone in Iason's family was in the room, I guess as part of greeting my siblings. Their heads turned to look at me and I forced a smile to my face. Bella stood up and came over to me. I hugged her tightly and then she passed me over to Riley, who wrapped his arms around me protectively. I hid my face in his chest as he held me, "Are you okay?" I took a deep breath and raised my head. I nodded at him and then unwound myself from his arms.

"I'm fine, really." I told him. I went and sat down on the loveseat Bella was sitting on and looked at Iason as Riley came to stand behind the small couch. Iason gave me a warm smile as he looked at my sister.

Achlys looked at me from her spot on another loveseat with Xanti. "So, as I was saying… your husband and brothers, they've taught her well as for defending herself. We think, however, that there are some more things she would learn." Iason spoke. I turned my attention to him and the conversation. But somewhere in the middle of the discussion, my thoughts drifted away from me and I stopped paying attention.

"—okay?" a voice drifted through my thoughts. "Lyn?" I snapped out of it and found Bella and the others looking at me intently.

I looked at Bella sheepishly. "Sorry… what did you say, Bells?"

"I was asking if you if you were okay." She answered. "Iason and his family want to start teaching you today. Do you want to?"

I looked at Iason and nodded my head subtly. He smiled and nodded his head in response and then turned to speak with his wife. "Why didn't Edward come?" I questioned. She smiled at my question.

"Well, he was going to come. But he told Riley to come instead. I did throw a fit that Edward wasn't going to come. But he said that Riley could be his replacement."

Riley snorted and I looked at him. "You didn't throw a fit. You created a tornado, Bells." I glared at him and he frowned. "She stormed upstairs and when Edward went up to your room to talk to her, she started throwing stuff at him. I'm pretty sure that a couple of your CDs are gonna have to be replaced." I looked over at my older sister and she had a sheepish look on her face.

"Well, that's what Edward gets for not coming." I stated, not really paying attention to the tone of my voice or how it was being interpreted by the others. I heard Bella reprimand me and I looked at her before I looked at Riley; an expression of hurt flashed across his face before he slapped a stoic mask on his face.

I got to my feet and was walking over to him, but he stopped me before I got too close. "Riley, I'm really—"

"No, you're not, Lyn." He interrupted me. I looked at him, not knowing how to handle the situation now. "There was a reason Edward sent me. But, obviously, you don't want me here." I went to reply but he stopped me by raising his hand. He turned to look at Bella, "Call me when it's time to head back."

I looked at the floor and knew by the silence in the room that Iason and his family were watching our exchange. And I felt really embarrassed and stupid for starting this. "Riley—" I was cut off by Iason's front door shutting soundly. I stood rooted to the spot where I was standing, feeling like I'd done the stupidest thing on the face of the Earth.

"Perhaps… we should just begin the sessions tomorrow." Xanti commented.

I turned to look at them. "No." I replied. Bella looked at me with concern and I shook my head at her. "He'll be back. He just wants his space." Slowly they all nodded their heads and Iason stood up with Circe following his actions.

"Well, then. Meet us in the backyard in a couple of moments, please." Circe spoke, following Iason out of the room. All of Iason's family got up from their spots and left the room quietly, leaving Bella and I alone.

Once the others were out of the room, Bella gave me thorough chewing out. "Cristalyn Eleyn, what the hell was that!?" I looked down at the hardwood floors of the atrium. "You had no right to lose your temper with Riley!"

For the next ten minutes, Bella continued to chastise me and I took every word without speaking. When we finally made our way outside to the backyard, I saw that only Iason, Myra, and Bryce were out there. "The others won't have much to contribute with right now. So for the time being, they will just be observing with your sister." Iason spoke and I nodded my head.

The next three days that followed were just like the first day that Bella and Riley had arrived; the only difference was the lack of Riley's appearance. By the fifth day, I became frantic about Riley. Why hasn't he come back? I'm scared.

"Focus!" Myra snapped, getting my attention. Myra, I had learned from Iason and through training, had the same ability as me. Since I barely had any experience with mine, she was helping me to channel as much of my power as I could. During my "sessions" as Iason liked to call them, they (consisting of Iason, Myra, and Bryce) would teach me how to channel my energy into a sort of semi-apparent ball of energy.

At first, I thought it was impossible to make a ball of energy from a telekinetic ability; but then by the third session I'd actually formed a tiny ball in my hands. I had been excited, but then Myra had blasted me with one of her own. Now Myra was trying, and trying being the keyword, to teach me how to create a barrier. I had seen a barrier once before, and that was the barrier that Bella had formed the day I'd had the incident with the nomad vampire. Just like I had disbelieved the idea of forming a ball of energy, I disbelieved being able to form a barrier, too.

"FOCUS!" Myra screamed at me. I snapped out of my thoughts and concentrated once more. I saw the ball of energy forming in Myra's hands and knew I had to try to form a barrier. I kept my gaze locked on Myra, but kept my attention focused on what I had to do. Seeing a flash of blue, my gaze locked on the two balls coming towards me. Now would be a good time to actually be able to make a freakin' barrier! Just like the last five times I'd tried, nothing formed or shimmered (as Bella had told me her barrier had done when she began to learn) and the two balls Myra sent at me came whizzing at me; one of the balls flew a few feet by my side and hit a tree, while the other one made its way at me and knocked me off my feet.

"Myra!"

"Lyn!" my head hit the ground as I fell backwards to the ground. I laid where I was, knowing that this was karma's way of getting back at me for snapping at Riley. I didn't move at all, just stared at the sky that was beginning to turn blackish-blue at the approaching night. I saw a few heads lean over me and I blinked. "Are you okay?" Bella asked me worriedly.

I just stared at the sky, trying to block everyone's voices out; I just wanted to be left alone. Knowing that I wasn't going to get any peace, I answered. "Fine." Hands grabbed at me and helped me up. I dusted my pants off and looked over at Myra who was talking to Bryce. I saw her glance in my direction and sneer. My eyes hardened and I glared back at her, "Let's go."

Bella's eyes widened as I spoke with venom lacing my voice. Myra just looked at me with a smirk on her face before she said something to Bryce. He looked over at me and his eyes narrowed on me. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Iason take Bella by her elbow and walk back over to where everyone else was standing. Myra went back to stand where she had been and I did the same thing. I cleared my thoughts and focused on nothing more than producing the barrier to block out Myra's blasts.

I saw the blue balls forming and before I knew it, she launched them at me. I saw that she had purposely aimed them at me; so I simply waited. As the balls got closer and nothing of a barrier presented itself, I dropped myself to the ground as the two balls flew by above me. I heard Circe scolding Myra and I heard Bella coming over to me. I pounded my hands against the ground in anger. "Lyn, it's okay. You can't learn how to produce a barrier in two days. It'll take some time."

I felt her hands on my shoulders, and I pushed them away as I got off the ground. I walked briskly to the sliding glass door leading into the atrium and stormed inside. I didn't stop until I was inside the room I'd been staying in. I grabbed my cell phone off the vanity and looked at the screen; but as usual, there were no missed calls. I threw the phone down and went to the bed, throwing myself across it. Where are you!?

The following week wasn't any better; I couldn't produce a barrier and not seeing Riley was wreaking havoc on my nerves. Iason had cancelled any training sessions for the day, claiming that I had been working hard for the last week and a half. "Let Achlys and Xanti show you and Bella around. Just have fun today, no training." I heard Bella thank him and she took my arm, leading me out of the house. Achlys and Xanti followed us and began leading us to the marketplace.

"Greece hasn't changed a lot since its early days." Achlys commented as she and Xanti held hands. I stayed quiet the entire way into the marketplace, and even then I didn't really speak. As I stopped at a couple vendors, I caught the worried looks Bella was shooting my way. I spotted a bracelet sitting on a vendor's table and I picked it up; it was a hand-woven band with green jewels woven into the design. It's beautiful…

I saw a second one and I grabbed it, too. I looked at the vendor, "Excuse me, sir. How much for these?" he turned his head and began talking to a woman who was standing at the adjacent table to mine. "Unbelievable…" I muttered to myself. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Achlys standing there.

"Don't worry. Some of the vendors don't speak English, but it's good that you have someone here who speaks Greek." She spoke. I nodded my head but didn't say anything further. She said something, which I guessed was in Greek, and the man turned to us. He came over to the table we were standing in front of as Achlys kept speaking to him.

He looked at me and I smiled politely. "I am… sorry. I not have many… American buyers." I told him it was okay and Achlys asked him something in Greek. "These wristbands?" Achlys nodded her head. "Together… six hundred eighty one drachma. But since you so pretty… only three hundred forty-one drachma."

"How much is that?" I asked Achlys, looking at her.

Achlys laughed. "Since 2001 Greece has adapted to the euro. Six hundred and eighty-one drachma is roughly two euros and about a dollar and fifty cents in American money. While three hundred and forty-one is only a dollar in euros and almost two American dollars." She replied, looking at me.

I nodded at her, "Do I have to pay them in drachma?" Achlys giggled and reminded me about the euros, making me look down. "Well… I kind of don't have any. I just have US money on me."

"Don't worry. You can just give me your US money and I can go to the bank and have it exchanged." She told me, pulling a coin pouch out of her pocket. She took out one coin from the purse and handed it to him. He said something in Greek to her and she replied before turning back to me. "Are you ready?" I nodded and thanked her quietly. "Don't worry about it. So you didn't have a chance to go to the bank and exchange your money… oh well." I laughed and she led me over to another vendor table.

We looked among the small trinkets and then moved to the table beside it. "Lyn, look at these!" I turned my head to see Achlys holding up a ring. I walked over to her and looked at the ring she was holding. "It's pretty isn't it?" It looked like an engagement ring, only instead of a white diamond, it was an emerald. I nodded my head and then walked away, moving on to another table.

We shopped in the marketplace for a couple of hours before the vendors began packing their things up. Bella and Xanti found their way back over to us and we began walking back to the house. My phone began vibrating and I pulled it out of my pocket, looking at the screen for the caller ID; Riley. I grabbed Bella's arm as she started to walk past me and showed her my phone. Achlys and Xanti stopped and looked at us. The marketplace had completely cleared out and I stopped walking as I pressed the 'send' button.

"Riley?" I asked.

There was a chuckle on the other end. "If you want to know where I am… tell your friends to point you in the direction they smell the blood." There was a click and the line went dead. I pressed 'end' and looked at my sister. "Bella, what direction do you smell blood coming from?" she looked at me and Achlys and Xanti looked at me with wide eyes.

"Lyn, what are you—"

"Just tell me which direction you smell blood coming from!" I snapped at her. Her eyes widened and she sniffed the air lightly. I looked at Achlys and Xanti quickly. "After she tells me, go back to the house. I'll be back as soon as I know what's going on." Bella's eyes settled on me and she pointed in the direction behind us. I pecked her on the cheek and then took off running in the direction she'd pointed me.

I ran down three blocks of streets until I heard a scream come from an alleyway. I ran down the alleyway and saw a girl lying on the ground. Running to her, I knelt down next to her to check her pulse. She opened her eyes as soon as I touched her wrist. "Can you understand me?" she nodded her head and I helped her to her feet. "Please, hurry and leave before you get hurt again." She nodded her head once more and began running out of the alleyway. I watched as she left the alleyway and then turned around.

My eyes scanned around the dark alleyway for anything out of the ordinary. Hearing steps behind me, I turned around quickly to find Riley standing there. "Riley?" I asked. He took a step toward me and I took a step back; something didn't feel right. "Are you okay?" he took another step toward me and I took a step backwards. "Riley?" my voice trembled as my back hit a solid brick wall. I glanced at the wall and then back at my boyfriend.

Riley made his way over to me and looked down at me. Because it was so dark, I couldn't see his eyes properly, but that scared me. Usually his eyes calmed me down and made me feel comforted, but now they made me feel nervous and afraid. "Lyn…" his voice was slightly strained and my heart constricted. There was a chuckle from above me and I looked up to see the outline of someone standing on the top of the brick wall. "I'm sorry."

"Why?" the person on the wall dropped down to my side and I was blocked in. "Riley, what—" the new person chuckled and I looked over at them.

"You should know better than to come by yourself, little girl." My heart plummeted to my stomach; Riley had lured me here for the nomad. A streetlight flickered on above us and it illuminated Riley and the nomad. "It wasn't hard to find him once he returned here… and he was looking for me." the vampire laughed.

My mind kicked into overdrive as I remembered what Riley had said the day he left. "There was a reason Edward sent me." I looked at my boyfriend and realized why I'd been so nervous and afraid of him; his eyes weren't the golden brown that they had been, they were black with a reddish tint. "Riley…" I choked. "You didn't!" he looked at me with a stoic expression and I felt my heart crumbling. The nomad grabbed me and pulled me away from Riley, and pushed me into one of two walls of building that shared the alleyway.

I tripped, thanks to a hold that was on the ground, and fell down. I outstretched my hands in front of me and both palms got scratched in the process. I looked from the nomad to Riley from my spot on the ground. The nomad was making his way over to me when I heard footsteps from in front of us. I turned my head to the right and instead of seeing Iason's family, I saw my own; Carlisle and the others were standing there with Bella, except for Esme.

The nomad stopped and turned to look at Carlisle and the others. "You think you can stop me?" he snarled at them. I turned my attention to Riley, who stood where he was facing the brick wall. I felt the tears beginning to stream down my face as I looked at him. He turned his head slightly to the left, in my direction, and looked at me.

I felt my anger beginning to take over. The same sentence kept repeating in my mind and I knew that I hadn't exactly helped him much. He stared at me as I sat there with tears streaming down my face and my thudding quickly in my chest. "You've won this round for now…" the nomad spoke, gaining my attention. He turned to face the wall, glancing at me with a sneer printed on his face, and then jumped, landing on the top of the wall.

He disappeared quickly as Riley was left in the alleyway with me and the rest of our family. "Riley…" he jumped and landed on the top of the wall like the nomad had. Carlisle and the rest of our family came over, Rose and Alice helping me to my feet. Riley was looking down on us from his stop atop the wall and then began to turn to leave. Feeling angry over the situation, I did the only thing I could do at the moment. "This isn't why Edward let you come in his place!" I yelled.

That stopped him; he turned and looked down at all of us. "Please… come back with us, Riley." He looked at me with troubled eyes. "You don't have to follow him!"

"That's not…" he began. I saw Carlisle looking up at him just as I was. "Maybe this is the only way…"

My breath caught in my throat as I got his meaning. Emmett and Jasper came over to Rose, Alice, and I while we stood there. More tears began pouring down my cheeks as I gazed up at him with pleading eyes. "Riley—" before I could say anything else, he cut me off.

"This is the only way…" he spoke more declarative. "We're different, Cristalyn; complete opposites." It felt as if my heart was quivering, trying to stay together; he never called me by my first name.

I saw Edward and Bella standing by Carlisle's sides looking up at Riley now. "Riley." Edward said in a warning tone.

"Riley." Bella said in a soft, pleading voice. Alice, Rose, Emmett, and Jasper didn't say anything but just stood with me.

Riley looked at Carlisle, Edward, and Bella and their eyes slightly widened. Please, Riley, don't say what I think you're going to say. I don't know if I'll be able to handle it this time. Without hesitation, Riley turned his dark eyed gaze to me. "This is for the best, Cristalyn." As he turned around to face the opposite direction and leave, I tried the last thing I could.

"You said nothing would separate us anymore…" my voice broke as I spoke, and I knew how desperate and vulnerable I sounded. I saw Rose and Alice look at one another worriedly and then at me.

He paused as if contemplating. "I'm sorry."

"You promised!" I cried.

Riley ignored me as he jumped from the wall, leaving us behind in the alleyway. Bella and the rest of our family turned their gaze to look at me at the same time my legs gave out. Alice and Rose caught me quickly, and I'm pretty sure all the neighbor's heard for the next couple minutes was the blood curdling scream of anguish I'd let out.

OMG! What's Riley's reason for leaving Lyn? Will Lyn have a meltdown like Bella had or will she be able to get over the hurt? Find out next chapter! Hope you enjoyed! Reviews are welcome!