Our training was rather long. Six to seven hours a day for the past five days. I felt that by now my marble muscles should be aching like crazy. On the night of the fourth day, I had a vision of Emily being visited by none other than the police. The fifth day rolled by and on the sixth day Emily had given us a break yet disappeared from view for the majority of the day.
"I'm home." Emily called from the living room when she finally returned at about seven o'clock in the evening. "I brought you gifts!" she exclaimed. I heard the stomping of half the coven as they raced down the stairs. I peaked out my door to see Aurora and Solomon slowly trying to find out what it was. I eased from behind my door and listened as I slowly made my way to the stairs and, inevitably, the first floor.
It wasn't anything peculiar. I didn't hear voices aside from my own coven. I did hear the soft beating of something. It wasn't until I was more than half way to the stairs that it registered. The soft rhythmic beating, the muffled screams and hoarse breathing, the delicious smell of…
Blood. Emily had brought us food. I raced downstairs. I hadn't eaten since long before our training and the blood coursing within the three dregs' bodies called to me.
"Eat. You'll need the strength." Emily said as she watched us devour them. "And when you're done with them, finish up the reserves in the basement. After tomorrow, I don't want to remain here any longer."
I turned my head to look up at her. In my ravenous hunger, she looked like a kind goddess watching out for her followers. Something far from her own image in reality.
"We run to their home tomorrow evening. In the shadow of the night. They'll never expect us. Right Solomon?"
"Right." He nodded. He, Aurora and I were the ones she often went to regarding the Cullen's. We were her 'information hoards' as she called us. We had the access to people's futures, minds and abilities.
"What about you?" Christopher moved over so she could join in the feast. She shook her head.
"I've already had my fill." She smiled. I sideways glanced at Aurora before I left the group to head to the basement to attack the reserves. To my joy, Aurora joined me in the basement.
"Stay back with me." I whispered to Aurora before tearing open one of the bags of blood. "You can already see my battle plan, I want it to be kept quiet until tomorrow." She remained silent and just nodded an acceptance.