CHAPTER 4
As I said before, Aubrey and I lived a happy life. There were times when I would feel someone watching me and I would turn and find a dark shadowed man look at me. The only thing I could see from the shadows were his brilliant eyes that were blue as the deep ocean's water.
I did not bother to tell Aubrey. I knew that I was probably imagining it. Aubrey and I had been together for centuries that I had not bothered to count. Yes, as any normal couple we had our arguments but none like the ones that would divide us forever. Rumors were everywhere, especially when Siete came back.
I remember the rumors that had circled around and that Aubey had ignored for my sake because of Silver. Now it was not so easy. I walked around Nuuruk, on the shore of the beach. The night made the water lose the blue color and made it look black. I felt Siete's presence as he walked behind me. I breathed slowly and then stopped. I could feel him in my head again, whispering that I should come with him and leave Aubrey. He said that Aubrey was young and foolish and that he would get himself killed. He said that he, on the other hand, was powerful and would protect me forever of the darker parts and demons of the world.
Aubrey die? I could not help the thought of him dying, I did not want to go through what I had gone a few centuries ago, when I lived in Suniria. I released myself from Siete's grasp and looked at him accusingly. If he had any intention on killing Aubrey he would have to go through me first for he would never have me.
Siete looked hurt by my stare and looked away. "Do not think me evil. I would never hurt you or Aubrey but I warn you, Aubrey will hurt you. I am old and I know what Aubrey thinks when he dreams through my powers." His voice was troubled and I could sense that he hungered to tell me something I did not want to know.
Siete looked at me and spoke in a soft whisper. "Aubrey spent a night with your sister Karicia the same day he proclaimed to love you..." This did not surprise me but the thought that Karicia had gotten to Aubrey outraged me! I never cared if she was Aurelius' lover but Aubrey's? I remembered the day where we had met in the ruins and that night where I had thought of going to him. Who knows what I would have found if I had actually gone. What maddened me was that he never told me about what had happened and that hurt more than the betrayal. Then again, all that happened years ago and it would do me no good if I berated him for it after such a long time. But there was more to what Siete had to say and I braced myself for it.
"Those months that Aubrey left you in Jager's care, he was in Suniria. He searched for your father and killed him as well as Arian who was your father's lover. He killed your father for vengeance and Arian for her betrayal to you."
I could not breathe nor think. Aubrey kill my father? Arian being my father's lover? Suddenly the prefect world that I had imagined to live in had shattered as glass. All was a lie. I accepted and forgave the fact that he had been with Karicia but him kill my father whom I had loved with all my heart! I hated Aubrey more than anything at the moment. Yet there was still more. Siete seemed to not want to tell me but I urged him on.
"I am sorry to tell you this, Aisha. Aubrey has been known to have an acquaintance with a certain vampire slave owner named Julia. Some say that he has an affair with her and many have seen him. She can bewitch anyone and many have been her lovers. These tales of her and Aubrey have been around for nearly half a century..." That was enough and Siete knew it. He stopped and quickly grabbed me as I got ready to run towards the place where Aubrey and I had lived for many years.
Aisha, Siete whispered in my mind. Do not be foolish and come with me. I will settle everything. You may ask Jager for he himself knows about this and so does Fala. I am not lying! Come with me and later on you may face Aubrey! His voice was a lullaby in my mind. Though his voice sounded true and soothing he was not able to drown the fire that burst in me. I pushed him away and he let go. I ran and looked back once, I saw him staring at me with a sad gaze. I heard him whisper a soft and sad good-bye as he disappeared from my life for what I thought would be forever.
I ran for what seemed forever until I reached the tavern that led to our home. I breathed heavily and I could feel Jager's and Fala's gaze on me. They knew that I knew about all that Aubrey had done. Suddenly there was the sound of heavy footsteps and I heard screams. I saw Nivea and Eilan run to me but suddenly I saw their eyes widen in shock and they turned pale. As they fell I saw that there was knives behind their back and I stood there frozen with shock. I saw others in front of me being killed and I could do nothing. Surely it was witches but I could only wonder how they had managed to get into our realms. Jager and Fala quickly burst into action and fought many of the attackers. I did the same. I ran to a room that held many weapons and got two large knives that had come from the far East, Their blades were sharp but I had been taught to handle weapons by my father and I still fought very well.
I ran out and charged at them. I killed so many that I lost count. Once again blood was in my clothes, hands, and face. I soon realized that they were not witches but humans. I saw their blood and I wanted more. The killing had woken something in me, a vicious feeling that wanted me to kill more and more. I could not stop myself and I could see other's who looked at me surprised. To think that if Aubrey would have turned me I would have made a very good predator.
I grew tired for I was no blood drinker and I had not their strength. I breathed sharply and in that moment of distraction a human came up to me and stabbed me the same way that I had done to Aurelius. I could feel my breath leaving and during that moment I saw Aubrey come in and run to me. After that moment everything went black and I could feel nor hear nothing except the cries of death...
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