Hullo everyone out there. Hope you are enjoying the story. Thank you for the reviews it keeps me going with the story.
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And I just realized that I haven't been doing my disclaimer for every chapter. So this will be my major disclaimer…and for the rest of the novel. I do not own the Dark Series by Christine Feehan. I am just burrowing the idea of the Carpathians and her idea of a Vampire.
Chapter
"Brrr! It's cold. I hate it!" Kai said, with New Years day already past and the joy of clubbing once again brought back to life. "I know. Maybe you should have visited your dad in Houston, at least it's warm there. No offence, but warm weather versus cold weather." Julie said, bundled up in the cold night of January. "I know, and I had that pull again, but I have this feeling to stay here for some odd reason." Kai said, walking in the park to get to the closest friend's place, being Nancy's, for hot chocolate. "It's never too late to ask you know for a ticket." Brianna said "I know." Kai quietly said, feeling something stir in the air.
Shooting her head up to brace the gentle cold wind, she feels the disturbance stronger and coming closer to them. In her mind, she creates a big barrier around her and her friends. Just like in the past, she had created them to protect her friends and they didn't even know about it until they felt it themselves. Kai knew that they were sensitive to the spiritual world, like if a spirit tried to attack her friends they could feel the pain. However, this time it didn't feel like a spirit… it felt foreign to her. 'This is nothing that I've ever felt before.' Kai thought, looking around trying to see if anything was amiss, a sign to say where this thing was lurking.
Still walking ahead, talking about how great it would be if they were all in the Bahamas soaking up the sun, Kai didn't pay attention she needed it to be elsewhere, like finding this creature. Slowly, mist starts to form around the four of them, incasing them in its might. 'What's with this?' Kai thought, almost losing her concentration on the barrier, subconsciously she knew she had to hold it. "Yea, what's with this mist? Isn't there no mist in winter?" Nancy asked, getting the shivers just like the other two.
The lights died out around them, the winds growing stronger. Knowing what was next to come their look wanders to Kai, being in a serious gaze. Just like a drill, they remain calm and walk like nothing is wrong. Except this time, it felt different to them as well. "Move it. This is stronger than anything I've encountered." Kai quietly said, holding her barrier.
Everyone starts to walk faster than usual with everyone holding hands, giving Kai their power from within. Their power flows through their hands into Kai, helping to make the barrier stronger. Kai's attention is brought to her from the left, where Nancy and Julie were and feels something touching her barrier but getting a small shock. A strong hiss is heard from the mist. "Move it!" Kai said, now growing weary knowing how strong this creature is and draining her friends and her own energy. The four of them high-tail it out of there, never parting hands until they get out "I'll get you when you least expect it." The voice whispered following behind, until the mist ended.
Out of breath, they reach the house and are grateful. They drink their hot chocolate silently. Even the car ride back to their individual homes was silent, maybe a whisper or two to make it look not to odd for Nancy's mother driving.
That night, Kai sluggishly walks to her room and gets ready for bed. "I just hope I can get a full nights rest tonight." Kai said aloud 'I don't want to ever encounter another creature like that ever again!' Kai thought, just as sleep claimed her, fear striking her deep down.
Out on his nightly hunt her voice enters his mind. 'What creature? They wouldn't want to go anywhere cold. The soil would freeze, unless they were inside a house underground.' Nikias thought, remembering all the time he heard her voice say how cold it was, and why the hell she was in Canada.
It brought a smile to his face when he heard her thoughts about coming to Houston Texas, but there was always a feeling that she belonged in her heart there, that if she left something bad would happen. After a while, Nikias finally found a way to connect himself and his lifemate together. However, the pain between them had increased as he felt her emotional pain as a wound to his heart. Hoping that it was only him that felt her pain and never his. All the fighting he'd done and cuts were something that he'd never want her to feel. Even if it was prolong his suffering, he made her stay in Canada, wherever she was, to help her friends. He would someday be there, hopefully. The colours and emotions had disappeared a while after she had faded away in the winds, but during that time he was grateful at that point and time that he found the connection between him and her. He couldn't be lost to the darkness consuming him just yet.
Running, that's all she could do. The melodic voice calling to come was too strong, too strong to be normal. Her heartbeat pounding against her chest felt like it would be burst at any moment. The trees scratching against her clothes, tearing rips in them. 'Please let me wake up.' Kai thought, the valley of trees never ceasing.
Unable to awake, the sleep was like a drug stopping her from waking up. All she could do was run, knowing if she came to the person calling it would cost her. She felt the evilness underneath the voice. It was coming closer to her. Soon, an open area to the forest which seems too unreal for a forest this size. Tripping over a small rock near a larger boulder, she falls to the ground face first. Her muscles not responding, she could barely turn onto her back to see this person coming, leaning against the boulder. She would want to meet death face first.
The evilness was now upon her. A tall man draped in black came into her view. The beauty of this man was captivating her. "I told you that I would find you." The man said, looking over Kai. Knowing that she was being looked at, her skin started to shiver. A cold shiver washing over her, turning to ice. 'Don't look into his eyes.' A familiar male voice said, popping into her mind.
Listening to that voice, knowing that it also told her the same in her heart. She looked away, past his face to the trees. He approached her, a smirk on his face. His hands going to both sides of her shoulders, lifting her to her feet. "Now to end this, with a kiss." The man said, showing his vampiric white teeth, leaning to her face. 'This can't be. I can't die yet. And this is just great a kiss will be my end.' Kai thought, a tear collecting on the brim on her eyes, never falling. "Don't worry, this will be over soon." The vampire said, an inch to her face.
Sorry about the cliffhanger for this chapter. Until next time.