Ok...chapter six might have been slightly interesting, but this one is one
of my favorite chapters so far. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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I brought myself to the one place where I would never think to ever be. The library. My hometown library. Everyone at that place knew me, back then. That was over half a century ago. No one would know me now.
I glanced around a few times before I changed my hair color to a burgundy color and made my way inside. Instantly I was greeted by a highschool student. Well, she ran into me rather. I gripped her arm to help her up and we made eye contact.
Fire, frizzy red hair flew in every which direction, which for a moment or two had hidden her face completely. After a moment or two, she brushed some of it out of the way to reveal a pair of eerie goldenrod eyes and deeply tanned skin. I arched a brow as I examined her. Each pore seemed to be streaming out perspiration, and only then did I acknowledge that it was supposed to be one of the hottest days of the year.
"I am SO sorry," she muttered as she bent down to pick up several books. What she seemed to have not noticed was that they were in my hands. Coughing subtly, I got her attention and handed her books back. "Thank you."
"Would you like your glasses?" I questioned, my fingers tracing the lenses that I held in my left hand. I saw her blush embarrasingly and nodded, tucking her hair behind her ear nervously. "Do you work here?"
She looked like someone. I could not place it exactly, but the resemblance was similar. It was the face I think. Same bone structure. Oh well, I'll figure it out later. But it seemed that she was a rather smart individual and could help me out with what I came here to do.
"I am an assistant," she stumbled, "so yes, I suppose I work here." I handed her her glasses, which she pulled on. Obviously she had not seen me completely before because now she looked me over as well.
"Well, could you help me with something? I have no idea how to do anything in this place." After wiping some sweat off of her forehead, she adjusted her glasses and reluctantly nodded. I could read her mind if I really wanted to, but I did not. Where was the fun in that?
"Well, what do you need help finding?" I looked at her for a brief moment before looking away. I was still not sure why I was here. Actually, I was completely aware why I was here, but I had no idea that Jessica's petty dream would affect me in this way.
"Project. You know, stuff." That was the first time I stuttered in quite awhile. I blushed in embarrasement without me actually knowing I did
She simply grabbed my arm and began pulling me. It seemed as if the air conditioning had broken down because nearly everyone was sweating. Except for me of course. "So, what's the last name exactly?" I was struck by the oddness in the question. "I need to look up the name don't I?" I shrugged simply as she sat down at a computer, I think, and forced me to sit down next to her.
I swallowed nervously. "Killingston," I stuttered, shocked by the thought that I was nevous. She seemed to roll her eyes. "What?"
"Everyone is doing a project on this guy. Or at least the murders regarding one of his grandchildren." I nodded slowly before the statement.Wait. One of his grandchilren? I was his only grandchild.
"There was another child?" The girl glanced over at me briefly before returning her gaze to the computer. Obviously she had finally recognized me, but unable to place me.
"Yes, Kavindra Killingston, born two years after Cairbre's dissapearance. Currently lives around Acton Massachussettes with two children, Robert and Christine Richards." Her voice sounded bored, but my mind was drowning. I had a sister? A nephew and a neice? "Christine was injured severely awhile back, there is an article ab-"
"Print all the articles on this family out," I demanded, catching her completely off guard. She only nodded and began to do ask I told her.
"You from around here? I could have sworn I have seen you around here before." I didn't look at her, I refused to. I had remembered what happened to the last human who had figured out that I wasn't dead, in a human sense.
Just as I shook my head, she opened a page on the computer with my highschool picture smack dab in the middle. And since it was black and white, there was no difference in appearance between the human and vampire me.
Slowly, I gripped her forearm under a crushing grip. Her eyes widened greatly. There was no getting out of this one, for either of us. But I refused to kill another human girl when I was just getting attached to her. I enjoyed her spunk, she would make a pretty good vampire. "What's your name?" 'You can't scream,' I told her in my mind, 'no one will hear you.' Speaking in her mind had caused her to pale several shades, but she finally answered.
"Keila," she whispered, her eyes drifting onto my hand on her arm. "Please don't hurt me Cairbre....."
"Cairbre is dead," I growled at her as I snatched the printed articles in my free hand. "I am Kairbre." When I saw tears in her eyes, I felt my humanity grind at my mind. "I am not going to kill you Keila, I promise."
"Should I trust the promise of a vampire?" She snapped, shocking the both of us. She knew what I was? "Why didn't you melt in the sun?" I shook my head in relief, she was not very knowledgable of my world.
"Get up," I whispered, pulling her to her feet. Her legs were weak and so I pulled her to my chest to keep her balanced. "Please, I don't want to kill you, and I won't unless you disobey me. Infact," I added after she shivered. "I won't kill you, but Fala and Moira might. They aren't too fond of humans."
And with that, I brought the two of us to my room behind New Mayhem.
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The moment we arrived, I sent the command of sleep into her mind and slipped her onto my bed. Hopefully Rayne would not touch, but I wrote a quick not of explanation just in case. I made it quite clear that if anyone injured or touched Keila, that they would soon be eating their own heart.
I minute later I was down in Las Noches on top of the bar as usual. Rabe and Kaei were on duty, not a surprise. Personally I was glad that they were. There were a few things I needed to discuss with them.
"Kairbre, looks like you got rid of that nasty scar," Rabe smirked as she slid me a glass of cyanide, in which I downed in a split second. The look of relief must have been amusing because she chuckled.
"Yes, or as much as I could," I replied, tracing the pearl line with a finger before setting down my glass and sliding off the bar. "Where is Kaei? I need to talk to to my two favorite bonds."
"Right here Kairbre," Kaei told me as she moved to Rabe's side. They were both angels and devils at the same time. "Want some cyanide?"
"No thanks, I have a question to ask." When they nodded, I threw it out on the table. "You guys need any more help on your shifts?" It was obvious that they were intruiged and confused by the question.
"Uh, it would be a lot easier to have three on a shift," Kaei admitted after a few moments of thought.
"Why?" That was Rabe for you. Always asking questions.
"Well, I had a bit of an accident and....."
"Whose human is this?" I spun around to see Keila struggling in Fala's iron grip. My mind began racing. It was obvious that Fala had disregarded my note, and that she ignored the fact that Keila was in MY room.
The two young women behind me took in a sharp breath and both whispered my name under their breathes. Keila looked worse for wear with her hair tossled and her arm twisted behind her back in a sick angle. There was no way her arm was not broken.
"Fala," I growled as I approached her. The moment the vampiress's eyes laid on me, she let out a sadistic laugh and twisted Keila's arm more. A small gasp of pain left the human's pale lips and I growled in anger. "Let her go." My tone matched hers the day she had fought with Aubrey about killing Jessica about a year ago. I could still a serpent with the glare in my eyes and the tone in my voice. It obviously scared the weaker vampires and the humans and so they backed off.
"Why should I?" She hissed at me. My mind was moving a step faster than my body. I would just have to lie.
"She drew blood." I stated. "I was just discussing her with Kaei and Rabe when you decided to barge into my room and steal her." I smiled as Fala realized what she had done, or at least what she thought she had done since she believed Keila had drawn blood.
"That's right," Rabe backed me up with a nod. "So you better let her go before Jager comes in and sees what you did to Kairbre's blood claim." An instant later, Fala had left and Keila was laying on the floor.
I ran to her side, carefully pulling her into my arms. She groaned as I touched her arm. "Can someone bring Madrina to my room please? She could heal this a bit..." I was panicking. Me, afraid for a girl I still did not know. I only knew that her name was Keila and she worked in the library.
"Yeah, I will." The new voice made me look up to see Maverick at Rabe's side. My gaze of concern slowly formed into a glare as I held Keila in my arms. But before I could make a comment, the vampire was gone.
"What was that about?" Kaei asked, a bit nervously. Maverick would never lift a finger for me.
"I don't care," I snapped, standing up with the human in my arms. "As long as he gets Madrina over to my room." And with that, I was gone
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Woooooooooooo!! New character! Yipee doodles. Oh, yeah, that was fun to write. Anyway, I just wanted to say this: Part of Darkness is after Embracing Immortality. I just noticed that, and thought people would like to know. Please read and review! I need to get started on writing this next chapter.....
Krikoris
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I brought myself to the one place where I would never think to ever be. The library. My hometown library. Everyone at that place knew me, back then. That was over half a century ago. No one would know me now.
I glanced around a few times before I changed my hair color to a burgundy color and made my way inside. Instantly I was greeted by a highschool student. Well, she ran into me rather. I gripped her arm to help her up and we made eye contact.
Fire, frizzy red hair flew in every which direction, which for a moment or two had hidden her face completely. After a moment or two, she brushed some of it out of the way to reveal a pair of eerie goldenrod eyes and deeply tanned skin. I arched a brow as I examined her. Each pore seemed to be streaming out perspiration, and only then did I acknowledge that it was supposed to be one of the hottest days of the year.
"I am SO sorry," she muttered as she bent down to pick up several books. What she seemed to have not noticed was that they were in my hands. Coughing subtly, I got her attention and handed her books back. "Thank you."
"Would you like your glasses?" I questioned, my fingers tracing the lenses that I held in my left hand. I saw her blush embarrasingly and nodded, tucking her hair behind her ear nervously. "Do you work here?"
She looked like someone. I could not place it exactly, but the resemblance was similar. It was the face I think. Same bone structure. Oh well, I'll figure it out later. But it seemed that she was a rather smart individual and could help me out with what I came here to do.
"I am an assistant," she stumbled, "so yes, I suppose I work here." I handed her her glasses, which she pulled on. Obviously she had not seen me completely before because now she looked me over as well.
"Well, could you help me with something? I have no idea how to do anything in this place." After wiping some sweat off of her forehead, she adjusted her glasses and reluctantly nodded. I could read her mind if I really wanted to, but I did not. Where was the fun in that?
"Well, what do you need help finding?" I looked at her for a brief moment before looking away. I was still not sure why I was here. Actually, I was completely aware why I was here, but I had no idea that Jessica's petty dream would affect me in this way.
"Project. You know, stuff." That was the first time I stuttered in quite awhile. I blushed in embarrasement without me actually knowing I did
She simply grabbed my arm and began pulling me. It seemed as if the air conditioning had broken down because nearly everyone was sweating. Except for me of course. "So, what's the last name exactly?" I was struck by the oddness in the question. "I need to look up the name don't I?" I shrugged simply as she sat down at a computer, I think, and forced me to sit down next to her.
I swallowed nervously. "Killingston," I stuttered, shocked by the thought that I was nevous. She seemed to roll her eyes. "What?"
"Everyone is doing a project on this guy. Or at least the murders regarding one of his grandchildren." I nodded slowly before the statement.Wait. One of his grandchilren? I was his only grandchild.
"There was another child?" The girl glanced over at me briefly before returning her gaze to the computer. Obviously she had finally recognized me, but unable to place me.
"Yes, Kavindra Killingston, born two years after Cairbre's dissapearance. Currently lives around Acton Massachussettes with two children, Robert and Christine Richards." Her voice sounded bored, but my mind was drowning. I had a sister? A nephew and a neice? "Christine was injured severely awhile back, there is an article ab-"
"Print all the articles on this family out," I demanded, catching her completely off guard. She only nodded and began to do ask I told her.
"You from around here? I could have sworn I have seen you around here before." I didn't look at her, I refused to. I had remembered what happened to the last human who had figured out that I wasn't dead, in a human sense.
Just as I shook my head, she opened a page on the computer with my highschool picture smack dab in the middle. And since it was black and white, there was no difference in appearance between the human and vampire me.
Slowly, I gripped her forearm under a crushing grip. Her eyes widened greatly. There was no getting out of this one, for either of us. But I refused to kill another human girl when I was just getting attached to her. I enjoyed her spunk, she would make a pretty good vampire. "What's your name?" 'You can't scream,' I told her in my mind, 'no one will hear you.' Speaking in her mind had caused her to pale several shades, but she finally answered.
"Keila," she whispered, her eyes drifting onto my hand on her arm. "Please don't hurt me Cairbre....."
"Cairbre is dead," I growled at her as I snatched the printed articles in my free hand. "I am Kairbre." When I saw tears in her eyes, I felt my humanity grind at my mind. "I am not going to kill you Keila, I promise."
"Should I trust the promise of a vampire?" She snapped, shocking the both of us. She knew what I was? "Why didn't you melt in the sun?" I shook my head in relief, she was not very knowledgable of my world.
"Get up," I whispered, pulling her to her feet. Her legs were weak and so I pulled her to my chest to keep her balanced. "Please, I don't want to kill you, and I won't unless you disobey me. Infact," I added after she shivered. "I won't kill you, but Fala and Moira might. They aren't too fond of humans."
And with that, I brought the two of us to my room behind New Mayhem.
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The moment we arrived, I sent the command of sleep into her mind and slipped her onto my bed. Hopefully Rayne would not touch, but I wrote a quick not of explanation just in case. I made it quite clear that if anyone injured or touched Keila, that they would soon be eating their own heart.
I minute later I was down in Las Noches on top of the bar as usual. Rabe and Kaei were on duty, not a surprise. Personally I was glad that they were. There were a few things I needed to discuss with them.
"Kairbre, looks like you got rid of that nasty scar," Rabe smirked as she slid me a glass of cyanide, in which I downed in a split second. The look of relief must have been amusing because she chuckled.
"Yes, or as much as I could," I replied, tracing the pearl line with a finger before setting down my glass and sliding off the bar. "Where is Kaei? I need to talk to to my two favorite bonds."
"Right here Kairbre," Kaei told me as she moved to Rabe's side. They were both angels and devils at the same time. "Want some cyanide?"
"No thanks, I have a question to ask." When they nodded, I threw it out on the table. "You guys need any more help on your shifts?" It was obvious that they were intruiged and confused by the question.
"Uh, it would be a lot easier to have three on a shift," Kaei admitted after a few moments of thought.
"Why?" That was Rabe for you. Always asking questions.
"Well, I had a bit of an accident and....."
"Whose human is this?" I spun around to see Keila struggling in Fala's iron grip. My mind began racing. It was obvious that Fala had disregarded my note, and that she ignored the fact that Keila was in MY room.
The two young women behind me took in a sharp breath and both whispered my name under their breathes. Keila looked worse for wear with her hair tossled and her arm twisted behind her back in a sick angle. There was no way her arm was not broken.
"Fala," I growled as I approached her. The moment the vampiress's eyes laid on me, she let out a sadistic laugh and twisted Keila's arm more. A small gasp of pain left the human's pale lips and I growled in anger. "Let her go." My tone matched hers the day she had fought with Aubrey about killing Jessica about a year ago. I could still a serpent with the glare in my eyes and the tone in my voice. It obviously scared the weaker vampires and the humans and so they backed off.
"Why should I?" She hissed at me. My mind was moving a step faster than my body. I would just have to lie.
"She drew blood." I stated. "I was just discussing her with Kaei and Rabe when you decided to barge into my room and steal her." I smiled as Fala realized what she had done, or at least what she thought she had done since she believed Keila had drawn blood.
"That's right," Rabe backed me up with a nod. "So you better let her go before Jager comes in and sees what you did to Kairbre's blood claim." An instant later, Fala had left and Keila was laying on the floor.
I ran to her side, carefully pulling her into my arms. She groaned as I touched her arm. "Can someone bring Madrina to my room please? She could heal this a bit..." I was panicking. Me, afraid for a girl I still did not know. I only knew that her name was Keila and she worked in the library.
"Yeah, I will." The new voice made me look up to see Maverick at Rabe's side. My gaze of concern slowly formed into a glare as I held Keila in my arms. But before I could make a comment, the vampire was gone.
"What was that about?" Kaei asked, a bit nervously. Maverick would never lift a finger for me.
"I don't care," I snapped, standing up with the human in my arms. "As long as he gets Madrina over to my room." And with that, I was gone
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Woooooooooooo!! New character! Yipee doodles. Oh, yeah, that was fun to write. Anyway, I just wanted to say this: Part of Darkness is after Embracing Immortality. I just noticed that, and thought people would like to know. Please read and review! I need to get started on writing this next chapter.....
Krikoris