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Chapter 5

Ash's POV

I laid in Quinn's bed for hours before I started to drift off into sleep. Every time that I closed my eyes I'm bombarded with images of her. Sometimes I swear I could feel her lying beside me, then I'd open my eyes and-

She was pulling the silver cord. She never does that. Right before I left we agreed that she would only pull it if it was an emergency. I have to get to her!

Gripping the sheets I got out of the bed. I almost left the room without my shoes on. Grabbing them I left the bedroom and ran into Quinn's living room. Once I got to the door it swung open and someone charged me.

I could tell it was a male vampire because of the strength that went into the blow to my stomach. We ended up breaking the glass table with my back. The guy got up from me only to start punching my face.

After three blows to my nose I lost it. It wasn't what was happening to me but what I heard from Mare.I love you more than anyone. Remember that. What is happening to her?

I started to fight back. Catching his fist before it hit me again I started to punch him in the face. When I switched our positions that was when I realized who I was punching. James.

I froze. My hand was in the air ready to punch him again. Instead I gripped the collar of his shirt and pulled him up to our feet. I moved him over to the wall and pressed his back against it to show him that I was in charge of this situation.

"What the heck James! Now you don't even take the time to talk anymore?" I looked straight at his dark face. Without saying anything I knew that I blew the change to talk about things with him the last time we saw each other.

"You were right James. You were right about everything." Very slowly I loosened my grip on him. He wasn't trying to kill me anymore. That was a good sign.

"What do you mean?" He wiped away some blood on his sleeve and watched me.

"I'm mean, I found someone and it hurt." I though about all the times Mare had kicked me in the shin, and the time I fell into the stupid hole.

"Really?" He was watching me closely, looking to see if I was lying about this. "You actually found someone that you like and it hurts." A smile slowly spread across his face.

"Ready to rub it in yet?" Stepping away from him I made my way to the door. I need to make sure that she's alright.

"Hold on!" James quickly went into the doorframe. His hands were pressed against each side of the door and he stared at me. I could feel my anger rising as he was holding me back from getting to Mare. "You can't just tell me that you found your soulmate and start to leave!"

"She needs me right now and if anything happens to her because I'm stuck here than I'm going to make you wish you were never born!" My hands clenched into fists at my sides. James saw that and his arms slowly went down.

"If anything was happening to her that was life threatening you would feel it Ash. Trust me." He took a step forward and placed a hand on my shoulder.

Ignoring his gesture for the moment I closed my eyes as focused. Very gently I found the silver cord and pulled it lightly enough just to tell if she was still on the other end. She was. Then I focused on what she was feeling at the moment. It wasn't that strong but it was enough to let me know that she was safe for the moment.

Letting out a sigh I opened my eyes. James was still standing in front of me with his head slightly tilted. "Fine." I turned my gaze away from him. "Just get me a phone to make sure."

Removing his hand James went to the other side of the room. In a moment he was back to me holding a phone in his hand.

"Everyone else is downstairs. I'll tell them that you're coming down in a moment." When he got to the doorframe he turned around. "Just be glad that Poppy wasn't here. She probably wouldn't have believed you as easily as I have."

Once he walked out of the room I closed the door behind him. Staring at the phone I walked back into the bedroom. Closing the door behind me I sat on the bed just staring at the phone.

This is the only way that I can make sure that she's okay. I debated about actually calling her or to just call my sisters. What if I can't handle just hearing her voice? With that in mind I sadly decided to call my sister.

It rang . . .

And rang . . .

During the forth ring someone finally answered.

"Hello, Jade speaking." Her voice sounded just like normal. Not like something happened to Mare. I closed my eyes and relaxed. At least I can check up now. "Hello?"

"Hey Jade." I could hear the joy in my voice, now I wondered if Jade could hear it too.

"Ash! Where are you? What's going on? Have you talked to-oh!" I started to laugh at all of her questions until she paused in the middle of one.

"What?" I clenched the phone closer to my ear.

"Nothing. How are you?" Jades voice quieted and I heard a door shut on the other end of the end.

"Okay I guess. How's Mare? I felt her pull the cord. Is she there?" My breath started to quicken as I thought of the possibility to actually talk to her.

"She's fine now. Kestrel was stalking her in the dark and it scared Mare, but she's okay now. Rowan already talked to Kestrel about it." Jade knew what I was going to say as she speed up near the end. Personally I was glad that Rowan was there. She would definitely make sure that no one hurt Mare.

"You didn't answer my last question Jade. Is she there?"

"She was. She left a couple of minutes ago."

"Thanks Jade." Then I thought of something that would help me to always know what was happening to her often. "Jade, you don't mind if I just call you on your cell whenever I want do you?"

"Of course not. You don't want anyone else to know that you're calling to check up right?" Sure figures things out fast.

"Exactly. If anything happens call me at this number for now . . ."

After I hung up I thought about buying myself a cell phone. That way I could call anywhere. Need the money to actually buy one though. This should work for now.

Putting the phone back I walked out of the room. Now it's time to face everyone whose here. Stepping out of the door I tried to make sure no one would know about the change in me.

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