Chapter 12: Reading Books and Minds

"The blood and Chinese food has arrived", Marko yells as he enters with the others behind him.

"You want out for takeout", Effy yells. I roll my eyes at Marko and Effy. Marko loves Chinese food and I know he couldn't wait any longer. I know Effy wants us to be careful but she still doesn't get Marko's obsession with Chinese food.

"Effy a man has to eat when he's hunger", Marko says as he hands her a bottle of blood and a container of noodles.

"So you've been telling me." Her voice sounds anger but I can see the amusement in her eyes. Soon she will look back on this moment and laugh.

We all take our own spots to eat our food in peace. We decide to keep things calm tonight. We need to be more careful then we have been. Ash could be getting together a huge army. Sure he's unlikable but he knows how to bribe people into doing whatever he wants. Then there are a few who love him and think he is brilliant like Hunter. But Hunter was a World War II sniper who want crazy from the war so I believe his mind is still confused and crazy. So that might explain why he loves Ash. Ash is like his captain during war and he is just following orders.

Sky is reading The Bell Jar again, I really need to get that back. Lilly is listening to her iPod. Effy is near my bed listening to her iPod, Willow is off in her spot with her iPod blaring away hardly touching her food. Dwayne is on one of the couches just eating and Marko and Paul are near him just digging into their food as well. I look over at David who is deep in thought and this means his food will hardly be eaten. I listen to my iPod and read the book Rebel Angels by Libba Bray while I eat. But I also think about getting inside David's head again to see what is up. You never know of David changing his mind unless he wants you to know.

"Still reading", Effy says with a smirk three hours later. "I don't think I could read that much in one sitting."

"That's because you can't sit still", I say over the book with a smirk on my face as well.

"Very true, you know me so well."

"Don't be so shocked Effy", I say sarcastically.

"I was acting." Her voice is so dramatic and beautiful. She could be an actress if she wasn't a vampire.

"Well that was some brilliant acting dear cousin."

"Thank you cousin", she says while getting up to curtsy.

We laugh as she goes to sit back down on my bed.

"I was thinking about reading David's thoughts again. Just to see if he changed his mind on anything. Or if he is worried about anything."

"Good idea", she hops up and grabs a handful of candles.

"What are you doing", I whisper as she lights the candles that are red and black.

"Setting the mood it needs to be more dramatic."

"Your such a drama queen", say shoving her lightly.

"No I just want everything to feel right", she shoves me too.

"Can I get started and then I'll tell you all about it later when we go to bed?"

"Yes you my read your lover's mind now", she flops off the bed and sits on the ground next to my bed. She puts her iPod on and starts to read my book.

I roll my eyes before I close them and take a deep breath. I hope David lets me in this time. I don't want him to feel like I'm prying but it's hard to talk to him when Willow thinks he's still mad at me and wants nothing to do with me as long as Effy is here.

I sigh when the darkness is gone and images replace it. His thoughts are all the same. But stronger, he is really starting to trust Effy but doesn't know how to break it to Willow. She likes that they have something in common and share the same thoughts. But when she finds out they don't she'll feel bad and not want to be with us anymore. She might want to runaway and the Ash could get her and use her as bait.

I feel so bad that David is thinking all these things. It is so hard to be a leader; I know because I'm a leader too. But David is the leader for all of us I'm just a leader for the girls because they trust me and love me. Also, I was the first girl to join not to mention my soul mate is the leader.

I tell David I love him and thank him for letting me into his head again. Then he shows me how much he loves me and how much he misses me for a few minutes. Which leave me with chills running down my spine and make me crave for him to kiss me and make love to me.

Darkness comes back into view and I sigh again. Both happy I got more information and sad because I'm not connect with David when that's all I really want. But hopefully soon we can be together and everyone will trust one another and most importantly be alive and well.

Everyone is asleep now expect Effy and me. I tell her everything and she has mixed feelings. She is happy David is warming up to her but sad that he is torn inside not to mention Willow could leave and be hurt by Ash. She hates Ash with a passion and doesn't want anyone to be hurt or killed by him. I can only image what life is like with him and I hope I never find out.

"I hope Willow doesn't find out about David's thoughts. I don't want her to runaway and have Ash use her." I say as I lay in bed next to Effy.

"We'll just have to hope the topic doesn't come up. She hasn't talked in a while and she stays away from everyone here." Effy states in a calm voice.

"Your right", that's all I have to say. I'm too scared to think about what could happen if she does find out.

"I have to be right. I don't want Ash to get any kind of satisfaction." Her words are like venom.

We fall asleep with our hands clasped together so tight it could cruse bones. I know both of us are dreaming about what could happen during the next couple of days.