Bloods Gem (35 page)

“
Yes father, I know she's in good
hands.” I immediately walked out, running upstairs as quickly as my
feet allowed. Slamming the door behind me as I entered my bedroom.
Faith flew up into the air, startled. I pulled her back down to the
bed.

“
It’s just me Love.”

She placed her hand on my chest. “You scared
me!”

“
Sorry,” I said, looking
down.

“
Whats the matter?” I sat there silent
trying to think of how to tell her I had to leave her for awhile,
again.

“
Daniel, what is it?”

“
I have to go away for
awhile.”

“
What, why?”

I glanced up. “Adrian… he’s escaped and they
need help.”

She shook her head. “No! They have people. I
mean, can't they send someone else?” “My father asked me to, I cant
just say no, now can I?”

“
He would understand if you did and I
still haven’t changed yet. I'll be alone without you here to help
me through it.”

I stood up, looking around for something to
hit. She was right. I couldn’t leave her. She still had the
toughest part to get through. I had to go back down and tell Father
I can't leave.

“
I'll be back,” I said, dashing out
before she could respond.

I walked back into his study.

“
Father.I cant--” He stopped
me.

“
Son, I don’t know how to tell you
this but Faith. Is going to stay as she is.”

“
How do you know this?” I
asked.

“
Celeste had already seen it. She also
went to the elders after her first phase, just to be certain. We
believe her inner spirit will only accept this phase. This is why
she did not reach the second phase immediately.”

I stared down at my feet confused but
relieved. It didn’t make sense. Not many human’s had ever stayed in
one phase, especially for as long as she has.

“
Alright, I'll go tell her.” I walked
towards the door.

“
Son?” I turned around slowly. He
stood in front of me, pressing something into my hand. “Wear this,”
he said. I opened my palm, it was a silver cross. I slipped it over
my head and it pressed to my chest. I bowed my head and thanked
him.

On my way to tell Faith, One of the twins
walked towards me. I immediately stared at the floor. I heard her
laugh. She stopped in front of me. “Daniel, how are you Love?” “I'm
fine. Don’t have time to chat sorry!” I tried walking away. She
placed her hand on my chest. “Wait. Friendly chat for an old
friend?” I shook my head.

“
I'll put my glasses on.” She
said.

“
Alright, has to be quick, I'm in a
hurry.” She put her glasses on and I glanced up. “Better?” She
asked.

“
What do you need Grace?” I
asked.

“
I wanted to congratulate you on your
new human triumph.”

“
Shes not completely human, anymore,”
I said.

“
Ah, so shes changed? That must be a
good thing for you. She wont tempt you as much.”

“
She tempts me just the way she is
without the blood factor involved. Anyways, where’s
Charlotte?”

“
Miss my sister do you? Well shes…. On
vacation you can say.”

“
Right, well I got to go.” I pointed
up stairs.

“
Yes. I wont keep you,” she whispered
in my ear kissing one side of my cheek.

I ran upstairs trying to get away from the
wrench and saw Faith standing there, glancing down at me.

“
Oh, Love. I was just about to come
speak with you.” I kissed her.

She pulled away from me. “Why were you so
close to that girl? And why was she kissing you?”

I put my hands out in front of me waving
them. “No, no. Don’t even think that way. I was trying to get away
from the nasty girl. I'll tell you more later.” She glared at me.
“There's only you!” I said, taking her hand into mine. I pulled her
down the hall back into my room. She went to the bed and sat
down.

“
Love, I have good news! You wont be
phasing into the next stage today or any day for that
matter.”

Her eyebrows pulled together. “What….?”

“
Father said Celeste was sure this was
it for you. Your spirit will only allow what you are now, nothing
more. If you were to change it would have been right after this
phase, but nothing…”

She looked confused. “You're not going to
turn into a vampire. You should be happy. I was when I heard.”

She nodded. “Yeah I'm relieved. I didn’t
want to go through the pain and the thirst.” She smiled.

“
And you can still eat what you want
for the most part and it wont taste bad.”

“
That’s true,” she said
laughing.

“
But I promise you, I will be back as
soon as I can Love, but I must go.”

Her smile quickly faded. “You… have to go
still?”

“
Yes.”

She flew to me, wrapping her arms around my
body. “I'll miss you. Please don’t get hurt or do anything stupid.
I want you to come back to me in one piece.”

“
I promise,” I said, holding her
tightly. She pulled back and put my cross in her hands. She glanced
up, curious.

“
Oh my dad…”

“
It’s not that… you believe in…?” She
gave me a strange look.

“
Why’s that so shocking to you
love?”

“
I dunno. You just never talk about
it.”

“
Yeah, I know it seems… contradictory
in a way but it’s not our fault we weren’t born human. You know
what I mean? It doesn’t mean we can’t believe in him, just as
humans do. Plus, it gives us hope, In a way.”

She smiled. “He will keep you safe, you're
worth saving.”

“
What? I'm worth saving?”

“
I meant it as a compliment. Not like
that. Come on, now.”

“
Do you feel I'm… never
mind.”

“
No, what is it? I mean, I don’t think
like you do. I feel I can feel you are a good person, you have a
honest soul. I don’t think there are demons inside of you like you
say. So you wont be exiled to hell or anything.”

I laughed. “Well, if you think so…”

She wrapped her arms around my neck. “I know
so. I promise, you're right about one thing. You didn't choose to
be born an Ill-suen. He wouldn’t condemn you for that. Plus, you
have a conscience, obviously.”

“
Yeah, I guess I do. It makes sense
what your saying but I try not to think about it. All I want when I
die is the afterlife we're told about.”

“
What's that?”

“
They say when we die. If we’ve stayed
true to the ways in which we’re supposed to. You know like, not
drinking from humans. Then we will live in an afterlife with our
loved ones, who’ve also passed. And we wait for the others to come
join us.”

“
Others?”

“
Yeah like the ones we’re close to who
haven't passed on yet. We can share the same afterlife if they are
also true to the ways. We’ll talk more about this some other time
Love, I’ve gotta go,” I kissed her forehead.

“
Oh, And can you do me a favor and
stay away from that girl you saw me with earlier? Shes trouble.”
She agreed, walking me downstairs to see me off.

Faith

I hated that he had to leave me but I
understood why. I was now half human, half shifter and didn't know
too much about my powers. Except a few that came natural. It was
easy to wipe Daniel's memory, and to make people see or taste
things. I knew I could fly in the dreams easy, but in reality it
was harder. I flew around the room without trying, but when I tried
using my brain to say hey, you need to fly now, well it wouldn't
work. I was scared to try my new powers out because it didn't feel
safe without Daniel around guiding me. I knew when he returned he
would show me to use my new abilities.

My vision was enhanced. On occasion I could
see through the doors and walls. I could also hear from long
distances too. I was also pretty fast, but wanted to pace myself.
If I was to see my Mom again, I would need to learn how to control
certain things, so I wouldn’t seem strange to her.

Later, I wanted to go buy some new items.
Like contacts and maybe go shopping for some new clothes. I ran
downstairs to tell Celeste that I wanted to go shopping, she was
talking to Mary in the dining room.

“
Hey, Celeste.”

She turned around. She got up and hugged
me.

“
Hey sis,” she replied. I smiled.
“Hey. Would you mind if I go out? I want to go get a few things
from town?”

“
Okay, you want me to go with
you?”

I thought about it for a minute. “Would you
mind if I went alone? I mean, it’s safe here in London isn’t
it?”

She glanced back at Mary then back at me.
“Yep. It is but stay close. Don’t go too far and here--” She tossed
me car keys. “Your new present, from all of us,” she said,
smiling.

“
What?! Oh my gosh! Thank you. What is
it?” I asked, excited.

“
You'll see,” she said,
grinning.

I sat in my new pink and black Lamborghini,
dumbfounded. This was a very expensive and gorgeous car. I shook my
head and started it up. “Geez…” I said, under my breath, glancing
at all the other cars in the stuffed garage. They had BMW’s,
corvettes, hummers,and many others. I chuckled under my breath and
shifted it in reverse.

I had to control my new found strength and
barley tap the gas. I knew if I pressed it down as I would when I
was human, I would crash instantly, totaling the car and probably
breaking my neck in the process.

I knew I was going to live a long time but I
was still half human and knew I wouldn’t heal as fast and was still
capable of dying if I wasn’t careful. I drove down to an eye store
to try to find some color contacts. I made sure to keep my glasses
on everywhere I went and I was decently covered up so people
wouldn’t see my glowing skin. My body was still making some changes
and that's why my skin beamed. I wore a long sleeve shirt, pants
and a ball cap.

Inside the store I scanned through all the
colored contacts, Finding one that would fit the color I had
before, dark brown. I took them and approached the man standing
there watching me. “Hey, um. Are these temporary or?”

He smiled at me awkwardly and began
fidgeting. “Uh It Um I thin--”

“
Are you okay?” I asked, as he
continued to stutter.

“
I'll take over--” A guy pushed me to
the side and placed his hand on the clerk's shoulder, like he was
making him talk.

“
Yes mam, they will last for one
year,” he said, in a clear voice. I glanced over at the man, he
took his hand off the clerks shoulder and smiled at me.

“
That answer your question?” He said
staring at me. I couldn’t see his eyes, he had dark glasses on. A
sharp pain entered my gut, I held my stomach. I tried to stay
composed. “Thanks,” I mumbled. I settled on two pairs and sat them
on the counter. I continued glancing over my shoulder at the
mysterious man, he seemed familiar. I felt oddly attracted to
him.

He smiled as I continued staring. “Are you
okay dear?” He asked, in a deep voice. I nodded, turning around
quickly. The clerk rang me up and I handed him the credit card
Daniel had given me. “Thank you Miss Hill, here’s your
contacts.”

“
Thank you,” I said, turning around,
placing the bag in my hand.

The mysterious man stood in front of me.
“You’re a hill?” He asked.

“
Um. Yeah, sort of,” I said, walking
around him. He followed me outside. I walked a little faster down
the sidewalk, I could hear his footsteps approach. I dashed into a
clothing store and he still followed. I acted as though I was
looking for clothes and he approached me.

“
Faith, I need to speak with you.
Don’t make a scene. I don’t want to hurt you,” He said. I wished
that I knew how to use my strength against this man threatening me
already. He pulled me outside, holding onto my arm. “Where are we
going?” I asked. “Don’t worry about that,” he said. He pulled me
down a dark alley, no one was around. He pressed me against the
wall. He took off his glasses. “You remember me Faith?” He said
staring into my soul. I was paralyzed with fear, I knew exactly who
he was. “I--” “Shh. Don’t be scared I'm not here to hurt you. I
know they are out looking for me but they wont find me. You see I'm
very clever and know how to keep people away if I need
to.”

“
What do you want?” I asked, angry. He
touched my face and pulled his closer. I immediately turned my
head, breathing harder. His dark laugh sent chills up and down my
body. “If you only knew. how bad I want you, but don't worry, I'll
be respectful of your virginity.”

“
What?”

“
Never mind that. I want you to get
away from him. If you want him alive, you will find a way to break
up with Daniel”

“
What!? Why?”

“
Would you rather him dead Faith? I
think not.”

“
Just leave us alone! If he knows
about this he'll--”

“
He’ll what, sweet angel? He would
have killed me when he had his chance. He just doesn’t have it in
him. Now you on the other hand. You must do as I ask or I will rip
him apart right in front of you.”