Part 8
Alisha was beginning to wonder if she loved Jayden or if she hated him. His attitude was extremely confusing. She didn't know what his perspective was on the whole making her a vampire thing. She was tired of not knowing.
"You asked him to *what*?" Dara asked in surprise.
She had told her friends what she had asked; only they didn't seem to be much help. Alisha sighed. "I asked him to make me a vampire," she said slowly and in a quiet voice to avoid being overheard. "Jayden and I are soulmates, and if vampires can't love humans, then I want to be a vampire so Jayden can love me and not fawn all over that Kalika bitch."
Elaine snorted. "The whole *thing* is just nuts. It's illegal to make a human a vampire without permission. If Jayden actually agrees to this then you'll have the Council hunting you down so they can kill you."
Alisha didn't care about the risks. She had thought it through, and didn't care how crazy it sounded. If Elaine had her own soulmate, or had ever been in this situation, then she'd understand. "I don't care," she said stubbornly. "We'll just go to Circle Daybreak."
Hazel snorted. "Haven't you figured out Jayden doesn't exactly want to go to Circle Daybreak?"
Alisha sighed again. "You guys aren't being very supportive," she muttered.
Elaine's eyes rolled. "I you'd get your head out the clouds and listen to us, you'd realise we are trying to *help* you."
Alisha gathered up her books and stalked off, refusing to listen to them. They weren't trying to help her at all. They were all just jealous cause she had a soulmate and they didn't.
If they knew, then they'd be willing to take all the risks she was willing.
She was half way home before she realised she was being followed. She stopped, turning around to see Sylvie heading towards her. She frowned. "What do you want?" she asked, annoyed. She was in a very bad mood. Nothing was going her way and she didn't feel like being polite.
"Kalika wants to talk to you," Sylvie said. "This whole Jayden business is getting rather ridiculous. She wants to talk to you so you guys can sort it out."
Alisha frowned. Sylvie looked back at her blankly. Something about Sylvie's manner was almost...disturbing. She wasn't too keen about being alone with Kalika. Why couldn't Kalika come herself to say this?
But then again, maybe Kalika did have a point. They needed to talk about this whole thing, get it straightened out. "All right," she said resultantly, following Sylvie.
They walked down the quiet streets in silence. For some reason Alisha's nerves were singing. Something inside her was telling her that this was a very, very bad idea.
When they arrived at Kalika's house, the minute Alisha was inside she knew Kalika didn't plan on just talking. Kalika stood just inside the door, a smirk on her pretty face. "Humans," she snorted. "So...predictable."
Alisha didn't feel the blast of mental energy until it knocked her out.
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