Chapter 14
Blake Again
I pressed myself even closer to Seth as I heard the voice. It was the only voice I learned to hear in a crowded room at school. It was Jack. I was quivering. Jack was either here for Seth or me, and as strange as it may sound, I was hoping it was the latter. I don't want to lose Seth, and I'm sure that Seth didn't want to lose me. "Come on Blakie, don't you want to say something, anything to your former love?" I shivered and felt the tears dance on the edge of my lashes. Seth's muscles tighten around me. "N…No" I choked. I felt like my tongue was made of metal and my heart was a drum being played by a toddler.
"Nothing at all? Not even anything about what I did to your werewolf boy toy?" he growled. Jack's nails grabbed my jaw and he began to dig in. "Touch her again, I dare you." I could feel Seth quivering, but not in fear, in anger. "All I want is to take her with me, Blake is a fine young girl, and she could be used in battle." His fingers lifted my chin up and I could see his eyes glowing a purple. "I would never go anywhere with you."
"Oh contraire, you've gone many a place with me. Why stop now?" He flit across the room and sat in a chair. "Besides, I don't think Aro would appreciate it that much." Aro…where have I heard that? My mind raced, faster than when Jack had hit me, each moment was golden, precious. I needed an answer. "Volturi…" Seth hissed. Volturi, how could I forget? Mom use to warn me about the Italians, she said that they may try to recruit me and turn me a vampire. I wanted to be a vampire, so bad, but would I do it at the cost of loosing what I just found? "You can't take me with you. I won't go, not with a fight." Jack laughed then slithered forward, leaning menacingly in my face. "Don't you think that maybe you'd be conquered in that fight? I have all the powers your family has; only I've worked for my strength." Seth leapt up from behind me and pinned Jack down. "You can't have her, not now, not ever! Don't you think that messing with this coven could be…oh I don't know dangerous!?" I could see him shaking, more than he had when he realized that I had been hurt by Jack.
I scrunched up small and tiny. I could hear Seth growling and Jack grunting. I don't even have a guess of the elapsed time but at some point I heard my dad sneak in. Seth whimpered and I heard a loud thump. After more howling and other noises of protest; I heard another thump. Not Dad too. My eyes were still closed. I felt fingers brush my cheek. "It's ok Blake, open your eyes." My dad's voice rang out proud and clear. "Is he gone?" I felt like I was eight years old asking if the monsters under my bed left. "Hold on…" he whispered. I heard the wind wisp; obviously disturbed by a vampire running. I peeked out. Seth was lying on the floor. "No…No not again!" I flew off my bed and before my dad could even react, I had my hand caressing Seth's cheek. "Please Seth; I can't lose you, not now." I felt those stupid tears rising again.
Dad scooped him up again. "Carlisle needs to see this; if you want him to be ok, I promise nothing bad will happen to him" I followed my dad, completely helpless. Alice grabbed me when Carlisle turned to tell the diagnosis. What was wrong; Alice obviously knew.