Alice's P.O.V
We stopped at a bar. Though I was content to keep going, Selene needed to feed, I shuddered. She seemed confident that I was still under her spell like a dog on a leash. But dogs have a nasty bite when pushed too far, I thought.
I waited outside, covering my nose with a soaked-with-alcohol-handkerchief I found inside one pocket. It blocked out the smell of humans pretty well, but not completely. My throat burned with sudden thirst.
I was at the same time trying out the 'river' technique Selene taught me. I slowed my breathing and reached down deep inside myself. I saw a purple light, which I mentally reached out to. I imagined the purple light becoming a river of images. I now saw thousands of flickering images in purple light. I smiled and thought about Selene.
An image came, and I gasped, It worked!
Jane's P.O.V
Jane followed the trail, noticing again the other scent mingled with Selene's. The thing that excited Jane now was that the scent was fresh. She saw a bar, where the scent led.
Then she saw Selene excuse herself to the bathroom.
"Hmm. Perfect," Jane grinned in the early morning light. It was 3.00 in the morning, and Jane was eager to return to the sun-soaked Volterra.
Alice's P.O.V
I let the image fade away, looking at a clock inside the bar. It was 2.25 now, so in about 40 minutes Jane would be here. But Selene would not be. That's too long, surely.
So why did the vision show Selene still there?
Just as she thought it, she saw another vision, a split image. I walked up to Selene and distracted her so we stayed for the forty minutes.
The other side showed me staying where I was, and we left unharmed and unnoticed.
Then another image cropped up; I just left, leaving Selene to decide her own fate.
That seemed more appropriate, I didn't know why Selene was being hunted after all.
So I turned and walked off into the night.
The sun had not yet risen. I had been running all night, travelling at breakneck speed, but my mind was not really on the scenery, or even my feet. It was directed inwards. How could I let myself be lulled like that? I ought not to have trusted her, but I thought that maybe she would be able to help me understand my new life…
That brought my thoughts to my life, in general. All I could really remember of my past is darkness. Then I thought of his face, my…beloved to be? My unbeating heart stuttered. Then the sun rose, and I got the biggest shock since my 'shower vision'.
The sunlight sent little sparkles off my body; I reflected it as if my skin was made of tiny little diamonds. I gasped, and stopped. It was both beautiful and haunting. Just like my vision. 'Sparkling skin'. Then I realised I would never be able to be around humans in sunlight, and my mood dipped considerably.
Then, I felt the river of visions flash through my mind, powerful, not to be ignored.
A girl with short black hair-me-smiles at a shocked looking couple, a man with blonde hair has his arm around her waist-Jasper? –The couple smile at Jasper and me. "Welcome to the family, I suppose." Then Jasper laughed and hugged me closer. Looking at my radiant smile. It was such a happy look, so clearly radiating joy. Her eyes showed a deep knowingness. She knew this would come to pass.
Then Jasper's face appeared one more time. Only this time I could see the background, it was a bar. The image started to fade like a picture in the rain. Before it faded completely I noticed the newspaper sitting on a table. "Philadelphia Post."
I sighed. His face was so beautiful, yet it held such pain. I wanted to smooth that tiny frown away, to make him smile. I tried to memorize every line. Every curve. Remember the beautiful sound of his voice. Already, I was addicted to his presence in my future. I wanted it now, but I knew I would have to wait.
I smiled, "Philadelphia, here I come," And I changed my direction. By my estimations, and a little peek at the future, I knew I would reach Philly by night.
