Vampire in Chaos (32 page)
“There was no time. They knocked her out and got the drugs into her.” Tessa started to frantically move the energy away from Deanna’s heart.
“You’re too late,” Hortran said.
Tessa moved quickly to clean the blackness. She couldn’t see any spark underneath. Panic set in. There was too much darkness. Not enough light. She poured energy into Deanna’s system.
“You can’t help her,” Hortran said. “It’s over.”
Her hands still desperately worked to remove the heavy darkness. Tessa studied Hortran’s face. A weird fire burned in his gaze, and he reached out a hand and placed it to the side of Deanna’s head in a gentle gesture. Then he reached out with his other hand and cupped Tessa’s head over her ear.
Instantly, she could hear Deanna’s faint voice.
It’s over, Tessa. My time has come. Even now my body is gone. This is the last of my energy. I said you were being tested. What I didn’t say was that you passed all the tests with flying colors. And as much as I hate to dump this on you, someone needs to know. Someone needs to take my place. So far in all my travels, there have been none who cared as much as you. So I leave you all my worldly possessions and all knowledge. Be good, my child. Be wise.
And her voice dissipated into a weird, faint echo until even that faint ringing stopped. And there was only silence. Empty vast silence. And confusion.
“Wait,” Tessa cried. “Deanna, what are you talking about?”
“She means this,” Hortran said, “You are the
One.
”
A bolt of lightning surged into Tessa’s head. Her body contorted and danced, caught helpless in the grip of something she never knew could exist. Names, numbers, videos, and information that she’d never known before downloaded into her brain.
Hortran’s voice chanted some mantra in the background. The noise overwhelmed her ability to sort through the information overload.
She couldn’t hold on. She cried out, “It’s too much.”
There is no one else,
Hortran said,
Only you.
You must take it all. You have no choice. You are the One.
Tessa’s mind went into overload as she finally understood what was happening. She could hear Cody screaming at her in the background. Her father’s voice. Maybe even Goran’s. There were many others she didn’t recognize. Hortran’s voice never wavered. Instead, it gained in strength.
“I can’t do this,” she screamed. “I’m not strong enough.”
“You are.” Cody snapped. “I’m here. Hold on.” And he grabbed her hand and squeezed. That helped her to stabilize, but she knew it wasn’t going to be enough. She was going under. There was no escape this time.
“You’re wrong,” Cody roared. “You are the One. Use my energy. My father is here too. Use his energy.”
She felt the surge of something old and powerful connect. Then another as her father reached out and grabbed her other hand. Suddenly, there were dozens of other energies swimming around her, pouring into her, giving her the strength. Fainter energy joined in, distant but connected.
“Hortran, what is happening?” she sobbed, her head exploding.
You have received the finest gift that was possible to give,
he whispered in her head.
She has given you everything she had to give. Now use it wisely.
He collapsed in front of her, his hand falling from her head. In front of her shocked eyes, maybe from the electrical force, maybe because it had been his time, or maybe he’d just lost the will to live, he dissolved into ancient ash and dusted the top of Deanna’s dead body. Inside her head, there was a roaring sound. A building up of something huge. Something she had no idea how to control.
And something that suddenly got out of control.
She cried out, trying to tug her hands free, only to realize there were dozens of people all joined in one massive circle around her. Speaking, yelling, crying. A kaleidoscope of words fought for space in her consciousness. Yet she couldn’t get any to take form in her mind. There were too many.
But like any universe under too much pressure – eventually it becomes too much to contain.
The pressure became too strong.
The heat too hot.
The pain too much.
The black fury in her head exploded.
She shrieked and her back arched before collapsing backwards off the bed to crumple on the floor.
In the background, she heard her father screaming for her. Inside her mind, she heard Cody screaming at her. But there was more. So much more.
As she drifted away, she heard Cody’s cry resonate through her mind.
Tessa, don’t leave me. Please. Tessa—
And she knew no more.
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Dale Mayer is a USA Today bestselling author best known for her Psychic Visions and Family Blood Ties series. Her contemporary romances are raw and full of passion and emotion (Second Chances, SKIN), her thrillers will keep you guessing (By Death series), and her romantic comedies will keep you giggling (It’s a Dog’s Life and Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy series).
She honors the stories that come to her – and some of them are crazy and break all the rules and cross multiple genres!
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