Authors: Sophia Sharp
Destined (21 page)
“ The
Vassiz
did this?” Laura was shocked.
“Who commanded it?”
They are known as the elders today. They rose
to power following our imprisonment, and ruled over
all other of their kind ever since. They are ruthless.
They killed any others – members of their own race!
–who held memories of our fight. The only
Vassiz
that were left were young, and newly converted.
They did not know the secrets behind the elders’ rise
to power, and could never suspect it.
Laura was amazed. It was the
elders
who commanded al the packs after her, and the
elders
who got their power by kil ing al those around them. No wonder they were the oldest vampires left. An anger at the cruelty of it al started to rise within her.
“What did you mean by what you said earlier?
That ‘she shal come as one of them, yet set apart’?”
Your first feeding. You took vampire blood, did
you not?
Laura felt a pang of guilt. “How did you know?”
she asked softly.
I can feel your life essence. It is different from
the other
Vassiz
.
Suddenly, Laura realized that everybody else was staring at her. Logan, at her side, was looking at her with wide eyes. So was Alexander, and Madison. They had both gotten up to stare right at her.
“What?” she asked, addressing the question to al of them at once.
“Your first feeding,” Logan began, “you took vampire blood?”
How did he know? Laura felt the eyes of everyone on her. Al were expecting, and waiting.
“Yes,” she admitted.
“Who?” Madison asked in that chiming voice. Her tone was much kinder than Laura remembered from before.
“Korver’s wife,” Laura said slowly, staring past everyone to the far wal . “His pack attacked us. It is where Alexander took the arrow for me. She was trying to kil me, I’m sure, and her sons and husband went after Alexander. I got her down, and…” she gulped, “… and fed.”
She felt Logan squeeze her tighter. “Welcome to our race,” he said softly.
While al that was happening, the..
angels
… had al risen again. And were al looking to her as if expecting a command.
“How did you know?” she asked Logan again.
He smiled, and nodded towards the front-most angel. The one who was speaking to Laura.
“You were talking… to al of us?” Laura asked, surprised. The man smiled at her.
Yes. You have us at your service, Laura. Only
speak and we will do as you command.
“I have a question: what was that thing, that fought me and kept you here?”
It is a creature from nightmare, ripped straight
out of the dream realm. Some would call it a
daemon
.
“But… how is that possible? How can something be
ripped out of
the dream realm?”
It can only happen here, in this place. This
chamber is the one point on the entire earth that the
dream world, and the human world… touch. There
exists the slightest bit of overlap, and the result is
that it becomes possible to go across worlds fully, in
the flesh. The darkness you see to your side? It is
the barrier between the two.
Suddenly everything started to make sense. Laura remembered being thrown across that barrier, remembered the feeling of losing herself al -tooclearly. So there
was
a reason why the sensation was the same as coming back to her body from entering the dream world. Or rather, not entering, but
projecting
yourself there.
It is the same barrier that the first angel used to
come into the world of humans to spawn the
Vassiz.
But going across it is not something one should do
twice. It is dangerous to cross like that. You risk
losing yourself in the void that exists between the
worlds. And in the dream world, imaginations and
nightmares run wild. The creature was one such; it
was a guardian, put together from the greatest of
nightmares the hunt the dream. Created to keep us
locked here forever.
“But not anymore,” Laura said.
No. Thanks to you, we are now free
.
“So… now what happens?”
That is your choice, Laura.
She thought for a moment. She looked at Logan, standing beside her again, looking at her reverently. She saw Madison and Alexander, holding each other in their arms, watching her with respect. She felt the gaze of the angels directed only at her. They were al waiting, waiting for her to decide what to do.
“We wil fight against the elders,” she said coldly.
“And make them pay for what they did to you. For the travesties they committed against their race. For the oppression and fear they spread amongst vampires. For what they did to Alexander, and Rafael. For the ruin they brought onto the
Vassiz
they claim to serve, we wil fight, and
we will win
.”
A cheering erupted from the angels, and it wasn’t just in her head. They moved their lips, and sound came out, but it was unlike any sound she’d heard before. It was pure, and clean. And elated. She felt their joy with her decision. She looked to Logan briefly, and he smiled approvingly.
“Wait,” Laura said, addressing the angel again.
“I don’t even know your name.”
End of Destined, Book 2 of the
Dream Realms Trilogy.
Contents
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Table of Contents
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Table of Contents
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Seven