Awakened (Book #5 of the Vampire Legends). Emma Knight

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      “Well, he said it was an emergency. He said he had to find her to set things right. I didn’t know what he was talking about but it seemed urgent. He seemed desperate to see her so I took him to Uncle Drew’s crystal ball. I used it to pin point her location and to show him where she was,” Matilda said in shame. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know he was an enemy to you and Rachel. Oh gosh, what have I done?”

      “This is a nightmare. Rob is after Rachel and in a few days time we are all going to die. I can’t think of anything worse!” Benji said, putting his head in his hands. “This is just awful.”

      “What are you going to do?” Matilda said.

      “Benji, what is he going to do to Rachel?” Hunter asked. “You know he’s always had a thing for her. At lease that’s what I heard.”

      “I have to go save her. I have to stop Rob from getting to her first. She can’t be influenced by him. I can’t let this happen,” Benji said.

      “But Benji, Rachel doesn’t remember you. You said it yourself. Even if you got to her before Rob, it wouldn’t make a difference. She wouldn’t know who you are or why you’d be trying to stop her from seeing Rob,” Penelope said.

      “I have to go. I must. I have to save her, she would do it for me,” Benji said.

      He was seething with anger and jealousy. He wished that Rachel had remembered him. If she had, none of this would be happening. He couldn’t let her get back together with Rob. Especially after all they’d been through together. He had to find a way for her to remember him. He had to win her back and get her out of the amnesia spell. He didn’t know how he was going to do it but his heart was pulling him towards her. He had to get to her and stop Rob. He couldn’t let anything happen to her.

      “I’m sorry, I can’t go with you to find the Waverly Mirror. I have to go be with Rachel!” Benji said.

      “What do you mean you’re not going to come with us? We had a whole plan. Now what are we going to do?” Hunter said.

      “You’re going to have to go on without me. I’m sorry,” Benji answered.

      “Please tell me you are kidding,” Matilda said. “You are going to sacrifice our whole coven and the whole world for a girl who doesn’t even remember you? For someone who could care less about you or our Vladdicus Coven?”

      “Stop saying that, Matilda! She WILL remember me. She will. I just have to prove to her who I am and our history together. She will come to, I know she will,” Benji said hopefully.

      “I can’t believe you are throwing us to the wolves like this,” Hunter said. “This is disappointing of you.”

      “Hunter, put yourself in my shoes. If this were you and Penelope would you try to save her? Would you try to save your love or would you let some other guy steal her away from you while you sit and watch idly by?” Benji said. “I don’t think you would. You have to understand where I’m coming from.”

      Benji watched as Hunter looked over at Penelope and smiled. “I love you,” Hunter said to Penelope. “I love you more!” she whispered back.

      “I understand, Benji,” Hunter said. “You go and do what you have to do. We will go alone. But once you get to Rachel please bring her and come help us find the mirror. We need all the help we can get.”

      “Great idea, Hunter! Bring Rachel. We could use her. She’s a smart girl,” Matilda said.

      “OK, you three go and I, well…we will catch up with you as soon as we can.”

      “Hurry! There’s no time to waste. You have a big search ahead of you,” Benji said.

      The four of them came together in the middle of the room and held out their hands to do their secret coven handshake. It’d been a while since he’d done the handshake, but felt it was an appropriate time as they were all setting out on their missions.

      “1-2-3-Vladdicus!” Benji said. “We can do it guys. Stay strong!”

      “Good luck, Benji,” Penelope, Hunter and Matilda said. “Hurry back to us. We can’t do this without you.”

      “Please go! You will make good headway until I return,” Benji said.

      With that Benji walked out onto the marble balcony, stood there for a moment and then took off into the night sky. He had to get to Rachel and fast. He knew he didn’t have much time before Rob would get there and he had to stop them from falling in love. He couldn’t let it happen. The mere thought devastated him and made his body feel weak inside. A tear rolled down his cheek just thinking of her not wanting to be with him anymore.

       CHAPTER 7

      Rachel ran faster than she’d ever thought her legs could carry her. She ran down the corridor of the old stone castle, running from someone or something, she couldn’t make out what or who it was, but it was scary. The scariest thing she’d ever seen in her life. She was panicked and almost in tears.

      Her legs were going faster and faster as she tried to get away from this monster.

      Then, all of sudden, it was gone.

      She lost the monster and found herself in a field. A large open field surrounded by tall oak trees that were so tall the tops of them were in the clouds.

      Then, she spotted it. A large elk with giant antlers. She ran over it to and pounced, knocking it to the ground, its hoofs kicking up in the air. Out of her fingers emerged long, sharp claws, almost like talons that would come out of an eagle or a giant fowl, and then she started attacking it, slicing its body with her sharp claws and watching the blood ooze out of the large gaping wounds. Her long, white fangs descended from her gums as she sank her teeth down into the neck of this animal. The taste of this elk was the best thing she’d tasted in a long time and she knew she wanted more. She looked around to see if there was another elk in sight, but there wasn’t. She lapped up all the blood from its lacerations and then she sat down next to it, leaning against its lifeless body. She cried. Large tears streamed down her face as she saw the blood all over her body and on the ground. She couldn’t believe what she’d done to this helpless animal.

      “Why? Oh Why God? What has come over me?” Rachel asked.

      She then felt her body fall down to the ground and when she looked back the elk’s body was gone. She looked around here; it was nowhere to be found.

      Her body shook and she started to cough, and then she sat straight up, sweating, breathing heavy in her bed. It felt so real to her. Did that really just happen? She looked down at her hands, searching for her talons, but they had disappeared. She tried to taste the blood still in her mouth but all she could taste was the left over toothpaste that remained on her lips from the night before. It was the most real dream she’d ever dreamt.

      She looked over at the clock and it read 4:45am. It was still early: Too early to get up for school. She lay there, wide-awake, staring at the ceiling, as the minutes ticked by slowly thinking about her dream. Thinking about what it all meant. I felt so real to her. It felt natural. She didn’t know what the meaning of it was, but she knew that it was more than just a dream. It was almost as if a past life was creeping into her brain. She couldn’t get it out СКАЧАТЬ