Part 22
It was the most bizarre feeling she had ever experienced. Sarah had thought the soulmate thing was weird enough, but nothing compared to having no control over her own body - she just couldn't find any words.
She struggled, fought against herself, but her legs just kept on moving of their own accord. Tears ran down her cheeks as she walked on and on. She had come to the wealthy neighbourhood of the tow, an area she had only seen from a distance. How could this be *happening* to her?
Where the hell was she *going*?
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"Where's Sarah?" Amber had been through the safehouse twice but could see no signs of Sarah. She and Andreas had spent the last half an hour arguing over what to do about Lvana's body.
Lvana wasn't anywhere near as important or popular as Beth had been, but the unexplained death would bring unwanted attention to the Daybreak house. Lvana had no living family that they knew of, so it had been decided the body would go back to Daybreak headquarters and be buried in a near by cemetery. Amber would use her magic to brainwash anyone who asked into thinking that Lvana had run away. Some Daybreakers would be there to collect Lvana tomorrow.
Andreas shook his head. "Isn't she upstairs?"
"No. I haven't seen her. She's not in the house."
Andreas frowned. "She's not answering me."
Amber stared at him blankly for a moment, then remembered that vampires could talk telepathically. "Try Edan," she suggested.
Andreas scowled. "We'll find Sarah ourselves. He'll just make things more complicated."
Amber sighed, hating to admit that maybe Andreas did have a point there. The question now, was where did they start looking? She scowled at the phone as it began to ring. "Now what?" she grumbled.
Andreas took the call in the other room. She paced around, trying to think. She knew Sarah had been having a hard time dealing with the whole Night World thing. Being attacked by psycho vampire ladies weren't a normal part of Sarah's life.
"That was a friend of Edan's," Andreas told her, coming back into the room. "Apparently he hired her to kill that moron brother of his. Good news is the bastard's dead. Bad news is apparently Sarah was there moments before she arrived."
Amber blinked. "Sarah was with Arcturus?"
"So it seems. Now she's gone. The friend, Jora seems to think Helenia is involved."
"What's Edan doing?"
"God knows. But she's going to beet us at Helenia's place."
"Why?"
"Whatever's going on with Sarah and Edan is all related to that bitch. So it looks like this whole saga is going to play out there. So let's get there and end this thing." He grabbed his jacket and car keys. He strode off, but as he passed by her, Amber noticed the satisfied smirk on his face.
With a sigh, she followed, not exactly sure what was going to happen, or if they could even be of any use.
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It was the most bizarre feeling she had ever experienced. Sarah had thought the soulmate thing was weird enough, but nothing compared to having no control over her own body - she just couldn't find any words.
She struggled, fought against herself, but her legs just kept on moving of their own accord. Tears ran down her cheeks as she walked on and on. She had come to the wealthy neighbourhood of the tow, an area she had only seen from a distance. How could this be *happening* to her?
Where the hell was she *going*?
* * *
"Where's Sarah?" Amber had been through the safehouse twice but could see no signs of Sarah. She and Andreas had spent the last half an hour arguing over what to do about Lvana's body.
Lvana wasn't anywhere near as important or popular as Beth had been, but the unexplained death would bring unwanted attention to the Daybreak house. Lvana had no living family that they knew of, so it had been decided the body would go back to Daybreak headquarters and be buried in a near by cemetery. Amber would use her magic to brainwash anyone who asked into thinking that Lvana had run away. Some Daybreakers would be there to collect Lvana tomorrow.
Andreas shook his head. "Isn't she upstairs?"
"No. I haven't seen her. She's not in the house."
Andreas frowned. "She's not answering me."
Amber stared at him blankly for a moment, then remembered that vampires could talk telepathically. "Try Edan," she suggested.
Andreas scowled. "We'll find Sarah ourselves. He'll just make things more complicated."
Amber sighed, hating to admit that maybe Andreas did have a point there. The question now, was where did they start looking? She scowled at the phone as it began to ring. "Now what?" she grumbled.
Andreas took the call in the other room. She paced around, trying to think. She knew Sarah had been having a hard time dealing with the whole Night World thing. Being attacked by psycho vampire ladies weren't a normal part of Sarah's life.
"That was a friend of Edan's," Andreas told her, coming back into the room. "Apparently he hired her to kill that moron brother of his. Good news is the bastard's dead. Bad news is apparently Sarah was there moments before she arrived."
Amber blinked. "Sarah was with Arcturus?"
"So it seems. Now she's gone. The friend, Jora seems to think Helenia is involved."
"What's Edan doing?"
"God knows. But she's going to beet us at Helenia's place."
"Why?"
"Whatever's going on with Sarah and Edan is all related to that bitch. So it looks like this whole saga is going to play out there. So let's get there and end this thing." He grabbed his jacket and car keys. He strode off, but as he passed by her, Amber noticed the satisfied smirk on his face.
With a sigh, she followed, not exactly sure what was going to happen, or if they could even be of any use.
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