,Another chapter. Uhm I really don't have clue what to say. Am I really that bad of a writer? No jk. I knew this wouldn't be that popular of a story. I just didn't want to admit it to myself. It would hurt my ego too much to think about. And I can't let that happen! Without my ego I got nothing going for me! Ha-ha!
Okay in this Chapter we start off with Zero! Yay! He's at the first of the chapter not the last for once. Uhm, yeah there will be more info about their 'kind'. If you really don't care about the 'kind' why are you seriously still reading? I do warn you Tray just kind of keeps digging himself into a deeper hole, Joan makes a couple dumb decisions, Zero's throw around a bit, and someone dies!
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Dead Wrong all Along
~Joan~
I looked down at the small Girl we were all standing around. I smiled down at her. I stood a little from the group as she bid goodbye to us all. It felt like a Goodbye but almost something more than that. Christophe was standing next to his black Buick. Katrina was standing next to him. I glanced up at the two. As bad as I hated to admit it, it was better for the two to be leaving. If Christophe was Feeder now the Elders would not like that. Our project was hard enough with the Elders. A Feeder would just add fuel on the fire. But what was I kidding myself with. I had failed. In the end half of us was running scared at the first sign of trouble and they had a right too. The Council up until this point was thought to think we were all dead and buried. Sucked dry by their elite. So many changes now. I was sending Christophe with the information of our project. Our failed dream.
"Joan!" Annabel exclaimed and leapt into my arms. I hugged her back tightly.
"I'll miss you!" she said. I thought to myself how true the really could not become. Things are forgotten easily when you live as long as us.
"I'll miss you too." I whispered. She turned to the Buick then. And it hit.
The first shot struck the side of the Buick. Crippling the door leaving a imprint the size of a cannonball. But where was the ball? I shot my head in the direction it had come from. Three Vampires dressed in black suits stood fifteen feet away. I suddenly realized as the middle Vampire raised his palm and shooting off another round what they were doing. It was like a ball of compacted air. My eyes widened as I followed its path and saw its destination.
"No!" I heard Ra let out as the ball hit Annabel full in the chest.
"Scatter!" Aiden yelled. I looked to him then back at the three Vampires. At that moment shots rang out. I looked to the other side of the street as Aiden slammed into me pulling me into the alley ways.
Zero had found us.
~Zero~
Zero gritted his teeth and held his gun, Bloody Rose. out as the first shots hit the Council Vampire on the left they turned to him. His aim had been slightly off for the first time he could remember hitting the vampire in the shoulder. It had at least hit its knees and was now letting out a screeching hiss at him. He took aim and shot again the bullet this time hit the Vampire full in the face. Blood splattering the impact ending the man to the asphalt
"Zero!" Zero's silver eyes shot to the other side of the street. Yagari stood at the entrance to a small alleyway. Zero looked for the other Vampires; they were converging on one of the people in the group. A tall Brunette in a expensive suit. The man had a Long sword looked to be carved from bone in his hands. Zero looked closer seeing a Red Headed Vampire next to him hissing loudly as she was struck in the face.
"Zero, behind you!" Yagari yelled. Zero spun just in time for a Vampire to attack. He grabbed the Vampires face and slammed it straight down. The Vampire hit the road so hard it cracked and blood started seeping out from under. Zero looked around seeing three more Vampires booking it to him.
"Damn it!" He swore and let out towards His former Master. He dove in to the alleyway just as Yagari Let out a shot from his massive rifle. He stopped short realizing who was in the alley with him.
One of his targets Joan was thrashing and fighting as a mahogany haired Vampire tried to restrain her. She didn't even seem to notice him as the girl kicked and screamed thrashing.
"Let me go!" She hissed at the other Vampire.
"I'm not letting you leave!" the boy said in a strained voice.
"I have to help her!" she screamed at him.
"Joan, she's dead!" The other Vampire screamed at her now.
"No—" She hissed then suddenly her eyes seemed to glow. Her dark gray eyes shot silver and brightened up the alley. Suddenly she opened her mouth in something close to a howl, but more of a scream and revealed several long sharp k-9's. She slammed the deathly looking teeth down on the Vampire arm. The boy screamed in pain and let go. The second she was free she shot out from his arm and disappeared into the fray outside the alley. The vampire hissed in pain looking down at his arm. A small trickle of smoke escaped the half-circle shaped gash. A silver substance escaped and ran down his arm hitting the pavement and smoke emitted form that too. It was like it was acid.
Zero stared awe struck. He wanted to move a little from the silver that now oozed from the wound and onto the pavement, but he couldn't make himself move. The silver substance entranced him and held him as he looked at it.
"What the hell?" he whispered more to himself than anyone else. The Vampire raised his head looking at Zero, his silver orbs with his own two dark brown ones.
"It's what I get for messing with a Kyree." He stated. He looked down at the wound. His regenerative powers seemed to be trying to work, but the closer it came to completely healing the more the silver substance oozed out.
"I could use a little help!" Yagari yelled at the two.
Zero snapped back to reality as the Vampire leapt in to action flinging himself from the alley and also into the fray. Zero set his brow as he retrieved Bloody Rose and stood at the entrance of the Alley. There was close to thirty Vampires pouring out over them all. He sneered, pointing, aiming, and let as many bullets fly as he could get out.
~Joan~
I flung myself from the alley my true form already taking hold as my long claws ripped in o the brick as I clawed at the wall, anything to get me closer to the small limp body lying across the road. I flung my shoes off as the same started happening to my feet, with the pads on the bottom of my feet I ran almost silent now, but the long claws tore through the sidewalk as I ran leaving long gashes in the cement.
Skidding in the pavement, leaving more gashes I slid to her side. I crouched there for a second looking down at her body. She looked awful. Her eyes were staring glassy up at nothing, her mouth slightly ajar. Her chest was a bloody mess the impact of the hit having seemed to tear though her simple doll dress and then through her skin. The immensely dark liquid caught the moonlight and shimmered the beautiful silver property only our kind had managed to produce. I didn't know what to do holding out my hands out to do something, but not knowing how to do it or what even to do.
As I looked I saw the traces of slashed ribs showing and then under the shuddering muscle that could only be her heart. It was beating terribly hard. Each beat was sending more blood squirting out.
"Oh, Annabel." I gasped.
Her eyes didn't move they didn't clear she just spoke. It was a distant voice like I'd already lost her. "It hurts." She struggled to pull in a breath. "It hurts so much."
"I know." I said. I looked down at her chest. It was heaving for breath and her heart was racing faster than ever. The fur that had spread across my arms prickled as an attack soared past my head. My pointed ears flattened to my head as I looked down at the small girl. I didn't even know what to say. Do I lie and tell her it was going to be alright? Do I lie to her? Her body wasn't even strong enough to try regenerating. She was losing too much blood every second. I glanced at her hair it was slowly fading to silver. They were taking her. The Stream was claiming her.
"I want to go home." She whispered.
I opened my mouth to speak now. I couldn't find the right words. Her eyes started to fade. "You're already on your way." I whispered.
She smiled at that. It was slight, but at least it was a smile. He glassy eyes seemed to focus for a moment then in a whisper of wind she was gone.
I let out a solemn howl to the moon. Turning back to her I quickly closed her eyes. The lights from them fading fast. The silvery pale pupil hidden deep were starting to show. I whispered quietly to her. "Lyuben Candra take you."
As I finished opening my eyes. I looked up to see Ra throwing a fist of fire straight into the face of another Vampire. I turned hearing a hiss from my right. A Vampire his fangs bared and nails like claws lunged at me. I didn't have time to react as he leapt at me. Then a yelp and hiss as I barely caught a glimpse of mahogany hair.
Aiden slammed into the vampire ripping at his throat and sending him skidding across the ground. The vampire swore and lunged again. Aiden ripping his arm open again twisting his arm in the air and flicked it the silver saliva I had injected in to him splattered through the air. The Vampire unknowing still lunged forward. It didn't matter as he had little time to react. The silver drops hit his throat and awful gargling sound came from the Vampire's mouth. He dropped a second later the acidic mist enveloping from his throat. I leapt from my spot not waiting for Aiden. Hearing his steps behind me I knew he was close on my heels and I slid around the now almost unrecognizable Buick. I tore through a Vampire as he jumped at me. I sent him through the windshield as I vaulted over the hood and skidded on to the pavement. I quickly scanned the situation. Ra using his Vampire gift of fire was scorching through another Vampire. Mark and Alex were back to back. Alex already half revealed. Her long sandy fur on her short pointed ears standing on end. She wasn't using her barely extended claws instead her face was screwed up the Vampire in front of her dropped howling in pain.
Mark wasn't doing so well. His forearm was bleeding. His true form like mine almost all the way out. His feet were like mine now large and padded. He had his claws dug in to the ground to keep him from moving. His jaw slightly open he growled at the Vampire opposite. The claws on his hands were at the ready though.
I looked to the opposite side. I was met with worse news. Katrina was lying face down on the pavement a vampire had his jaws locked on to Christophe's throat. My eyes widened as the full realization hit me.
"We have to kill him!" I yelled pointing to the Vampire. Aiden nodded and we both started towards the sight. Three Vampires surprised us one lunging for my throat. I growled and slashed at his face. I missed and he made a try at me. I stepped out of the way and kicked into the air my claws on my feet catching on his throat. I clamped my claws down and let my foot fall to the ground ripping his jugular out and letting his limp body fall. I turned just to be hit with a fist full in the face. I swore and leveled my foot into the offending Vampires gut. He stumbled back and I used the opportunity.
"Yagari!" I screamed and pointed to Christophe.
The hunter turned his one blue eye to it raising the rifle and letting off two rounds. The shots slammed into the Vampires side blood cascading. The Vampire jerked, but didn't detach from Christophe. I turned back to my more current problem as I dodged another punch. Grabbing the Vampires arm I Slammed him to the ground and leapt over his body to Christophe. Damn thing just couldn't stay down though as I felt him grab my foot slamming me down just as I had done with him. I flipped growled and let my free foot rip in to his face. He hissed in pain and let go. I scrambled to my feet and ran to Christophe now. I hit the pair in the side. Ripping them apart. Christophe immediately slumped in my arms and the vampire let out a howl and gasped. I heard steps. Ra was beside me then. His palms out ready to throw a fist full of fire at any moment. I struggled holding Christophe's form the ground as best I could. Blood was staining my shirt and leaking out everywhere. Sticking and dripping everywhere. I tried getting a better grip on him failing miserably. Aiden appeared on my other side hissing at the thrashing Vampire before us.
The thing was screaming and cursing as it collapsed to the ground. It tried standing again as another wave of pain hit it. I heard Marks growl as he and Alex joined us forming a half circle around the monster. Yagari joined too as I heard the clank as he cocked the rifle in his hands.
The thing was now dragging his head over the cement and screaming. It rose up letting out a screech. Its eyes were glassy and filled with terror. Suddenly a gunshot echoed. The bullet hit the thing square between the eyes. Silver blood and bright red blood of its own let out from the wound like water splashing when you dropped a rock in. The light in its eyes faded and it dropped to the ground. I looked from the direction the bullet had come and came quickly face to face with Zero KiEdmond.
~Zero~
Zero still holding Bloody Rose in the air quickly clicked back the hammer a second time and redirected it. The thing wasn't even close to looking human now. What had been Joan Night was like some kind of half dog half human thing!
Two long pointed wolf ears were alert and pointed at him the fur on them as black as her hair tousled a bit as the wind whispered through. Her face was still mostly the same except for the same black fur sprouting thinly over the tops of her cheek bones.. That and of course the look of her slightly ajar mouth. Every tooth looked razor sharp and the longest two, the K-9's like Fangs were long, longer than any Vampires he'd seen. The fur continues down from the neck tuffs showing from the neck of her low tank top and across her shoulders going down to the paw like hand. Long black polished claws replaced nails on the awkwardly large looking things. The feet were the same way padded and clawed but massive. The black fur all over most of the exposed skin. White fur only at the chest and socks on the back legs. He eyed the legs. Slender, but the muscle was thicker than a human's. That's where the real power was he guessed.
The thing was holding its comrades lifeless body from falling to the ground. Not doing a very good job as it tried retightening its grip. It's now dark gray eyes again looked at him. The thing looked defiant like it wasn't going to give first.
Zero lowered his head a bit and raise his arm a little taking aim for the things forehead.
Abruptly there was a weight on his arm. Yagari had placed his hand on his wrist. Zero looked over at the man. Yagari pulled Zero's arm down and the two looked at each other. Zero scowled at the man simply then forced his arm out of his hand raising his gun again. This time he spoke.
"What the hell are you?"
The thing was still standing there looking at him.
It sighed before casting a look sideways to the crescent moon behind it.
"I am the offspring of the moon." She said wistfully.
"What?" Zero sneered. "What the hell does that mean?"
The thing looked down at the bleeding man in her arms. She looked sorrowful back up at him as she answered. "It means we are all dying over absolutely nothing."
Zero scowled harder. This thing wasn't giving him any straight answers. He opened his mouth to ask it again what the hell it thought it was doing, but stopped as Yagari placed his hand over Zero's wrist again. Zero glared over at his former master. What the hell had gotten in to these people?
"You'll regret it, Zero." Yagari spoke.
Zero narrowed his eyes at the man. "Who are you to tell me what I'll regret?"
He turned back raising the gun again at the same time. He huffed out a breath as he lowered the gun this time letting it to his side. They were gone. All of them. The dead man was neatly laid out flat on his back, his arms at his side.
"Great!" Zero roared. "Now they've gotten away!"
Yagari just looked at him before he started towards the red headed vampire lying dead on the ground. "Come on, we gotta get this cleaned up."
"What?" Zero demanded.
"We have to clean this mess up. If the police find this they'll be a lot of un wanted questions."
"They can come back here and clean up their own mess." Zero stated.
Yagari looked over at him with a accusing smile. "They probably would have done it gladly except someone kept pointing a gun at their leader's forehead."
"Huh. Well they ran like cowards, leaving their comrades bodies behind to boot." Zero said crossing his arms.
"No." Yagari said. As he walked closer to the red headed Vampire lying face down on the ground. "No, they're smart. They know that there is a time to honor their dead and there is a time to ensure that the living will survive." He bent next to the girl. "They weren't running because they were cowards. They were running because they thought you were going to kill them all. And all of them that are left know it now if they didn't then. They're the last of their kind."He out stretched his hand touching the woman on the shoulder. Abruptly she crystallized and then shattered.
Zero's eyes widened. "A Pureblood?" he asked.
Yagari looked up. "No. not yet at least. My guess is she was too young and hadn't drunk enough."
"You mean—from them?"
Yagari stood. "Why do you think the council is so fervent to get their hands on them?"
Zero narrowed his eyes. "The Council is gone Kaname took care of that."
"In Japan he did." Yagari said lazily. "This is Europe my young apprentice. This is where the Council began. It would take a whole lot more than one rampant Pureblood to do much damage here."
Zero bowed his head before looking to the slightly twitching Vampire he had shot in the forehead. The thing was trying to get back up. Yagari let off a Rifle shot hitting the thing in the chest. It fell back to the ground but still thrashed a bit.
"So is that-?" Zero asked.
"Yup." Yagari said and strode forward. Placing his boot on the things shoulder he shoved it to the ground. Then with his rifle gave another couple rounds off in to its chest. It gave a couple last horrible breaths before crystallizing and shattering.
"So what are they?" Zero asked.
"Well they're what Joan said they are." Zero followed him this time as he went to the man lying on his back. The brunette man lay completely motionless. His eyes closed. The blood coating his whole left side and most of his torso was an odd color. Deep dark red with a silver sheen. "They believe themselves direct descendants of Lyuben Candra."
"Lyuben Candra?" Zero asked confused.
"Like mother earth." Yagari explained. "In their language it means like 'Loving Moon' or something of the sort. The point is it's their Protector they believe. Candra looks after them and rewards them with what they call 'The Stream.' The energy source they use. It's believed that's what keeps them living." Yagari stuck a cigarette in his mouth letting it a second latter. "Damn things live nigh forever too. Joan said once that even some of what they call 'The First Generation' are still alive." He saw the confused look on Zero's face. "They are the first born form Candra. Almost all are in their council of Elders."
Zero looked over to the spot where the Vampire had formerly been thrashing and screaming. "Their blood, it does that?"
Yagari let out a puff of smoke before answering. "Alive, it's like steroids, except the effects are permanent. Drunk after they're dead, and you would be what we just killed."
Zero looked down at him for further explanation.
Yagari lazily reached down to the dead man's face. He lifted one eyes lid for Zero to see. He stepped back at what he saw. A silver milky pupil had appeared in the iris. Dull and blank, but that didn't make it any less weird.
"After death drinking their blood is like drinking poison. The raw power from it remains, but the effects are a bit different. It's like a Pureblood at a Level E. Void of reason or sense of consequence." He jutted his chin out in the direction of the raised eye lid. "That's how you can tell. Their pupils remain hidden under the iris, since the iris is so bright in intensity and color it drowns out the clear pupil. The pupils turn silver when the heart stops pumping blood up to the eyes. By that time their body isn't strong enough to separate the poison they carry—that's what Joan bit Aiden using in the ally—and their blood."
"So Aiden, that other Vampire, he'll turn into one of those monsters?"
"No." Yagari lazily said. "It was only a few drops just enough to make him a little grouchy maybe, but from the look of it his body with getting rid of the infected blood plenty fast enough. He'll be fine in a few days." Yagari took another drag form his cigarette, breathing out slowly. "Come on we got to get these two off the street before the sent attracts any more unwanted guests."
Zero looked down at the gun still in his hand. He pulled out the clip. He had four rounds left in the clip. He pushed the clip back in and turned to leave.
"I have to go after her." He said. "Those two are my targets."
Yagari stood looking at Zero.
"You're that determined huh?" he sighed. "I can't stop you. But like I said you will regret it if you kill them."
"Hn." Zero snorted and started walking.
It was raining like mad as we dragged Mark into the old church. It was the first place we found with an easy lock. Mark let out a soft but pained howl as we pulled him in to a corner. As I had expected Alexandria was a mess. The poor girl pined over him as me and Ra quickly started to remove what we could of Marks shirt.
We had ran from Zero and Yagari only to find a few blocks later we had been followed. Not only Followed but we were ambushed. Mark had taken the brunt of the initial attack. The problem was the initial attack had sent him soaring right in to a fence. Now a long piece of that fence was sticking out of his chest. From there we had run carrying him directly here.
Ra snapped the long piece off closer to the wound resulting in a groan of pain for Mark. I had finished ripping away as much of the shirt as I could. Me and Ra stopped and looked at each other. Neither of us moved from here. Mark moaned and gasped for air. Ra moved over to sit on Marks legs pinning his hands down at his sides. Aiden helped moving to hold his shoulders down. Alexandria quickly covered her eyes. I frowned then slowly grasped what I could of the crude piece of fence. Mark screamed as I tried tugging at it at first. It was stuck amazingly well. Aiden pressed down more on to his shoulders and looked at me nodding for me to go ahead. This time using as much strength as I could muster I pulled. The sickly fleshy sound accompanied my efforts as the piece ever so slowly moved out. My hands were slick with blood by this time as I repositioned my hands to get a better grip. Mark screamed and tried thrashing as I pulled harder now. He tried ripping his arms from Ra, but it was no use as the two Vampires held him down.
Finally after a third time of repositioning my hands and pulling the thing came loose spilling blood everywhere. But at this point I really didn't care. I was covered in blood. Between my own battle wounds, Christophe's, Aiden's, Annabel's, and now Marks, I didn't care anymore. I leaned back as Alexandra closed in. She would make sure the wound would seal fine. He would most surely have a scar from this. Something rare to receive in our kind.
I was slightly panting from my efforts as I sat back leaning against the wall. Aiden walked around Mark and Alexandria. Just as Ra leaned against the wall on my side. Aiden took up the wall on my other side and we all just sat there for a moment catching our breaths. Ra was looking at the floor. His face void of all emotion.
"We can't stay here for long." Aiden said looking out the far window at the rain.
"I know." I said.
There was a long pause from the three of us. None of us had much to say. What was there to say? Everything had been ripped apart in less than seconds. One moment we were all going to be fine and now three of us dead one almost dead and for me—nowhere to run. Aiden leaned his head back on the stone.
"Where will you go Joan?" he asked in a defused voice.
I shook my head. "I don't know. Back to Venice probably, Hide out there for a while, and then I may even get up the guts to go back to Japan. The Council I hear was obliterated by a Pureblood there."
"Italy isn't safe." Ra suddenly spoke in a gruff tone. Aiden and I both looked over at him. Neither of us had even thought Ra would be speaking for a while. Not after—after what happened. He looked up a second later expecting an answer.
"I'll-be fine." I sputtered out. "I lived there under the council's nose before I can do it again—"
"They weren't looking for you then." Ra shot back.
"Oh, well uh I—"
"Go home Joan." Ra interjected. He looked up at me again his iceberg eyes cold as ever. "Pack your bags and go back to Russia. We can't keep you safe here."
I looked down from his gaze. "I—I can't go back."
I looked over to Aiden. He was still having troubles breathing, but Alexandria seemed to have the bleeding under control. She had taken the lining of her jacket and was now using it as bandages. She was doing a really good job actually.
"You're right though." I said. "I was stupid to think we could ever be safe out here." I looked down at Ra. "We have to get them home as quickly as possible." I said.
Ra looked at me. "alright." He said.
I nodded too. Looking back at my brother I felt a surge of love. I had to get that boy home. I had dragged him all the way out here. Now I had to make sure he made it back where he belonged.
~Joan~
I woke my eyes wide in the night as I felt the first wave. I shot up. We had decided to stay the night in the church. But that wasn't what I was concerned with now. My heat pounded as a second wave washed over me. My eyes if even possible widened even more. It was like the Great Candra was alive with in me. I looked over to Alexandria and Mark they slept on soundly. Was I the only one feeling this? I gasped as a third wave hit. The Stream was pulsing through my veins in tune with my heart beat. I let my hand go to my chest as I tried to figure out what was happening. I looked again to my comrades. They still slept as if nothing was happening.
What was happening? What was wrong? Why? The Stream was valuable! Far too valuable to waste like this. I felt the surge of raw power course through my veins. I faintly started to ache. Then suddenly a fourth wave hit. This one knocked the breath out of me causing me to gasp for air. I was developing a headache fast. All that raw power so fast was taking its toll. I coughed and breathed in hard. I pulled my arms to my torso trying to hold myself together.
The next Wave I knew I only felt half of. It hit like a wrecking ball. The most power in this one by far, but with it the most pain. I was knocked unconscious from the pure impact.
~Tray~
I woke in the soft bed slowly. Lazily I stretched my arms out sitting up I twisted and turned trying to get all the kinks out of my back.
"Did you sleep well?" I heard his voice form the window. Turning my head I saw him standing leaning against the glass. His eyes were on me, but his mind looked elsewhere. He at least had a pair of jeans on. That was more than I could say for myself at the moment.
"Fine." I said still a little groggy. He nodded and turned his dark eyes to the view. They flashed gold in the light of the rising sun.
I moved over to his side of the bed placing my feet on the floor and stood. I looked around the floor for a few minutes then continued around the room.
"Where are my clothes?" I asked.
He looked over at me through the long black strand of his hair. "Downstairs with the rest of the Laundry."
"Churchill!" I shouted at him. "What am I suppose to wear till they're cleaned."
The older man smiled at me. "My dear Tray, Have you learned nothing?"
I glared at him but stalked over to his dresser. Rummaging through it for a few moments I found a set of the clots I had left here last time. I pulled the bowers on followed by the stone wash jeans and then the polo over my head.
"Why don't you want to wear my clothes?" he asked me giving a pout.
I hissed at him as I started around the bed looking for my shoes. I rummaged around looking every where until turning to him. "Okay fine, where are they?"
He looked over at me but gave a playful smile. "Looks like someone got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning, would you like to go back to bed with me and we can try this again?" he said a smile spreading with his thin lips.
I went absolutely red but didn't give in. "Just tell me where my shoes are."
"Why are you in such a hurry this morning, the sun's just raising? It's so early." He said wirily as he reluctantly pulled a white button up shirt over his shoulders and started buttoning.
"Edmond!" we both turned from our conversation to the open door a small girl stood there. The girl was small, with big light violet eyes and beautiful long pale-silver hair. Her hair was straight and thick. She had tied the top off in a bun on the one side of her face. She wore a light blue dress under a gray pea-coat. She beamed at the man opposite to me.
He smiled at her holding his arms out. The girl squealed with glee running in to his arms, hugging him fiercely. After a moment of hugging for a moment the small girl turned to me.
"Who is this?" she asked up at Edmond.
He leaned down speaking in her ear. But his eyes were on me. They bore in to me as he started to speak. "This is Tray. He's going to be staying here for a while." My brows furrowed as I was confused. "You see Tray here was around a terrible group of friends. So one night a few months when I met him I decided I would help Tray with these dreadful friends. And after weeks of trying I finally got Tray to tell me just who these friend were. You see he was very scared and didn't want to get hurt. I couldn't get him to tell me where these friends were until last night you see Tray felt betrayed and came to me and told me everything." He gave a devilish smile at the last word. I had gone completely red again, I wasn't sure if I was terrified or furious.
"What did you do uncle?" the little girl asked. Edmond looked at her and smiled before speaking in her ear again. His eyes straight on me.
"Well I simply had those awful friends taken care of last night." I gasped as he said it unable to hold it in.
He smiled wide, his thin lips stretching across his face. "His awful friends will never be around to hurt him ever again." I needed to sit down. I stumbled tot eh bed. Holding the banister as i guided myself to the sit on the bed.
Edmond kissed the girl lightly on the cheek. "Tray is still a bit weary, so why don't you run along and go see what's for breakfast and we will join you in a few moments."
"Alright Uncle!" the girl said happily hugging the man's neck and skipping off out of the room.
Edmond straightened slowly. I knew his eyes were on me but I wasn't paying attention. I was shaking. My entire body shaking like some I had been out in the cold for hours with no coat. I pressed my head to the banister closing my eyes not willing to look at him. I heard him walk to the door. He shut it with the faint clink of the latch. He then slowly came to the bed. He stopped before me crouching. He reached up to m hair. I quickly turned from his touch more than unwilling right now. He didn't try anything for a few moments and neither of us spoke.
He inevitably though broke the silence. "What did you expect from this?" He asked softly.
I still refused to look at him. "I –I didn't expect this."
"I would say I'm sorry, but I think being honest with you is the best right now."
"Are you not always honest?" I asked him.
"No." he said he reached up again. I didn't flinch away. "No Tray I'm not."
I shivered as he ran his hands up and through my hair, brushing it through my face. "I never wanted them to die." I whispered.
"I know. But then again you never wanted any of this to happen now did you."
I looked to the window. "How—"
"Do you really want to know?" he interjected me.
I looked back down at the floor. He was right. I didn't want to know. His hand brushed across my cheek.
"Now What?' I asked.
He stood taking my hand and tugging on it lightly. I stood next to him.
"Now we go downstairs and have breakfast with Marie."
I nodded and looked up at the window. The sun was rising now.
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