I needed Cole and Sam to be safe. I Couldn't go home with them, not after all I had done.

I had to go back and end this, I stayed away for two days, I tried to clear my head of the screaming.

Then I went to the castle. I had to do this alone. I had to end this nightmare.

Chapter 9

Matilda was in the green house and she suddenly noticed a cold east wind. It blew through the green house, and touched her face as it went by her. She could hear the faint whispers in the wind, and she knew something was coming.

"Isabelle! Come over here!" She called to her sister in the rose garden.

"What is it sister dear?" Isabelle asked.

"It is the east wind, it is talking again, it's Phoebe" She said.

The witches went to the house, upstairs to the loft. They conjured up a potion and chanted a spell. They went back outside and poured the potion in the four corners of the house. Then, they went to the bluff and threw the bottle off the cliff side, shattering it on the rocks.

"Now we will be prepared for what may come" Matilda said.

They went back to the house, and standing on the porch was Cole and Sam. The Aunts looked at each other, and Isabelle took a deep breath and they walked up to them.

"We need to talk" Cole said in a serious tone.

Sam looked up at Cole, and then at the Aunts.

Matilda looked into Cole's cold blue eyes, and Isabelle knelt down in front of Sam.

"This is Sam, and he needs your help, and Phoebe needs mine." Cole said coldly

"Matilda and Isabelle looked at each other.

"Who is he Cole?" Isabelle asked

"Phoebe asked me to bring him to you, she said you would know what to do" Cole said squinting from the sun.

The Aunts looked at each other again and then to Cole. They could tell Cole was uneasy.

"Well Sam, I have some fresh milk and cookies inside. Would you like to come with me?" Isabelle said reaching for his hand.

Sam looked at Cole again for approval with big eyes, and then followed Isabelle in the house.

Matilda watched Cole's strange behavior for a moment, a then she said, "Come with us"

Matilda lead Cole into the sitting room. She poured him a drink, and then sat in her chair and watched him closely.

"I have to tell you something, I am not who you think I am" He said just as Isabelle walked in the room.

Isabelle sat in her chair as well, "We know Cole" she said looking up at him.

"Continue, please" Matilda said.

"I am a hunter, I hunt…vampires…I have ever since they took my son's life. I know you are witches, and I need your help" He said.

Matilda picked up on his hesitance, there was something he was not saying.

"I am sorry about your son" Isabelle said in condolence.

"Thank you" Cole said quietly as he paced the room, "I need you to tell me what you know about them! I need you to tell me why I hear their voices in my head and why I can feel heart beats pounding in my chest!" Cole became irritated.

"Sit down Cole, I was afraid of this" Matilda said.

"What does Phoebe have to do with this?" Isabelle asked.

Cole started to panic and his heart raced. He started to sweat and he could hear sounds and things he had never heard before. He could smell the strange smells of the earth and he was very alert.

"What is happening to me?" He shouted out loud as he grabbed his head.

"I am afraid you are turning into a vampire" Matilda said

"What are you talking about? I was not bitten! I didn't let her bite me!" Cole shouted

The Aunts looked at each other.

"Being bitten is not the only way to become a vampire, the passion you posses for a vampire can also turn you" Matilda said.

"And not all vampires are immortal" Isabelle added

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Phoebe flung the door open and stood in the doorway of her masters chamber. He

smiled and blood dripped from his teeth as he pushed his willing whore aside. Phoebe heard the whores heart beat, the burning and ringing in her ears.

The whore smiled at Phoebe and motioned her to come closer. Phoebe stood her ground and looked back to her master.

"I have come to destroy you!" Phoebe said in a serious tone.

He just smiled at her.

"Leave us" He said to the whore, without taking his eyes from Phoebe.

She stood up from her knees, and walked over to Phoebe. She ran her hand along Phoebe's shoulder as she walked out of the room. Phoebe ignored her and focused on her master. Phoebe pulled a sword from her long black coat and clenched it in her hand. The tip of the blade caught the glimmer of the candles and shimmered in the red room.

"You make me fiercely hungry for you when you look at me that way my sweet" He said just above a whisper.

His voice bounced off the walls as he moved across the room. The door shut behind Phoebe. He leaned to whisper in her ear.

"Your hate for me grows, I can feel it…I hear you when you slumber Phoebe…You call to me from where ever your are…You think if you don't come home to me, I will just disappear, like a nightmare…You are such a sad little girl Phoebe…I saved you from a world of pain...I gave you immorality…where you can never grow old, or die…" as he spoke, and his voice echoed in her head.

"You have gave me nothing but pain and suffering! I want your head!" Phoebe said gripping the sword, trying to resist his seduction.

He laughed an evil cackle. It rang off the walls and it was heard though the castle.

"He is here, I can smell him" He said breathing on her neck.

Just then Cole Burst through the door with a dagger in his fist. He was covered in blood, and it was not his own.

"Step away from her!" Cole shouted angrily. His eyes were red, and he was panting heavily.

"Cole?" Phoebe said closing her eyes trying to resist her master's power.

The master waved his hand, and a door opened on the side of the room. Three woman stood there, and smiled seductively at Cole.

"They are fresh just for you, my boy" The master said to Cole, as he lead Phoebe away.

Cole looked at them and his heart raced, his mouth watered and he could her the women calling to him.

He looked back at Phoebe, and she seemed to be in a trance, as she followed her master to the bed.

The women walked out to Cole, and started touching him. They tried to seduce him, and started to unbutton his shirt. He closed his eyes in weakness, and tried to call to Phoebe.

"Cole?" Phoebe said again, as her master slipped her shirt off and kissed her skin.