“Fuck!” He punches the wall next to her head. Plaster crumbles away leaving a great big hole and still Cassey doesn'tmove. She just stares gormlessly at Alistair. At me. “Did they tell you to do anything?”
“No.”
He whirls around in frustration. Yelling he grabs my solid oak wardrobe and throws it across the room. It crashes into the bedroom door frame and goes through the stud wall into the hallway. I hear Cassey shout from behind me.
“Get the fuck out of my head arsehole!”
As I turn a fist collides with my jaw. It's barely noticeable. Cassey on the other hand is cradling her hand in agony.
“You made of fucking stone or something?! OW!”
You groan with impatience. “Give me your phone.”
“No! I'm not going to help you kill my best friend!” She crosses her arms over her chest and stares out the window.
Alistair crosses the room and grabs her chin to force her to look at him. She squeezes her eyes shut and tries to fight him off. “I'm not gonna help you! Let go of me!” In her struggle Alistair sees her phone in her back pocket and quick like a snake he grabs it. He grips her hand and forces her thumb on the home button to unlock it. “No! Give me my phone back!” She struggles to try and take it off him but he easily holds her back with one arm whilst tapping on the phone screen with the other. I watch in helplessness through his eyes as he disables the security settings on her phone then sends a text to my number.
'Hi Hun I'm worried about you. Where are you going? Xxx'
He clicks send and pockets the phone then shoves a royally pissed off Cassey onto the bed before disappearing downstairs and out the door. As he goes I can hear Cassey yelling and cursing at the top of her lungs.
*
I'm woken up by my phone dinging and buzzing in my lap. Groggily I open my eyes and see we're still travelling in thecar. It looks like early morning but looking out the window I have no idea where we are. As I force myself awake the events of yesterday come flooding back. My chest tightens when I think of Alistair. That kiss was beyond intense and so stupid! I went from trying to kill him to... to having the best kiss of my life. Then he ran away just after he was going to bite me. My heart sinks.
He was going to bite me! But he didn't. Why?
I was a hot mess in his arms. I've never been so turned on in my life. It's like my emotions and common sense were on totally different planets. What I did was so wrong on so many levels so why did it feel so right? I can't trust myself around him. Common sense leaves me when it comes to him. Even after I realised what he is I still couldn't resist him.
Some of the things he said though... He murmured that he took no pleasure in catching me or something along those lines. So maybe he's not as bad as my mum thinks? If he wanted to kill me he had plenty of opportunity.
Now my mum has whisked me away to gods knows where supposedly running for our lives from Alistair! No wait. More of what my mum said comes back to me. Something about the devil. Hades. Alistair's freaking dad! That's who we're really running from. Alistair is the son of Hades. This knowledge makes what Alistair and I did last night seem even more surreal. Vampires, Nymphs, Greek Gods. What else is real?! Dragons and leprechauns? I don't know what to believe any more.
What am I going to do about Alistair? This is all so crazy. That kiss was incredible but is it all a game to him? Some of the things he said and did makes me think there's more going on in his mind than just a hunting game though. I guess there a chance I'll never know because my mum is hard set of keeping us away from everything to do with vampires. This is a good thing though. Despite what happened, Alistair is a vampire. He kills people and hunts Nymphs for sport. It will be a good thing if Inever see him again. I don't like the effect he has on me. Perhaps he was lying when he said he can't compel me. It's the only reason I would have been so stupid.
I force myself to stop dwelling on Alistair and focus on the here and now. The road we're driving on is cushioned by rolling hills and mountains on either side. The landscape is covered in dense pine woodland with a thick layer of snow. I rub my eyes and turn to mum. She has dark bags under her eyes from driving through the night. Her mouth is set in a hard line of concentration as she stares at the winding mountain road but the worry lines on her forehead betray her concern still.
“Morning mum. Where are we?”
“Scotland. There's a werewolf pack in the highlands that can protect us. They're friends. Your father and I stayed with them years ago.” She yawns and finishes a can of energy drink.
There's so much of that sentence that shocks me but at this point I don't think anything else can surprise me. I've never been to Scotland and I've never met a werewolf. Looks like I'm doing both today. I make a mental note to check when the next full moon is. I'm certainly not interested in another supernatural being trying to take a chunk out of me. I'm sure my mum knows what she's doing though. Like she said they're friends so maybe I have nothing to worry about.
My phone bleeps in my lap again with a message from Cassey asking where I am. I remember hearing her down the phone last night panicking after telling my mum about Alistair. She must be so worried! I quickly fire back a reply.
'Mums driven us all the way to Scotland! Oh, and would you believe werewolves are real too?'
It's only after I click send that I remember my dream. Could it be possible that the text was from Alistair? My heart plummets at the prospect. Surely not though? With all the crazy can I add mind reading to that list? No, it was a dream. BesidesI have really crappy signal. Chances are the text won’t even go through anyway.
Chapter 9
My mum yawns for the millionth time in a row.
“Hey mum do you want me to drive? Your exhausted. Just set up the satnav and I'll get us there.” I know the answer already but I had to ask.
She shakes her head. “No, it's fine we're nearly there. I can't sleep until I know your safe anyway.”
I sigh and take in the beautiful scenery. The sun has risen making all the snow look golden in the morning light. There's thick mist cushioning the trees in the valley down on the left. On the right is a sheer cliff face towering skywards. I can see for miles across the valley below us. The forest is just starting to wake up and I can feel the pulsing of life emanating through my body waking me up with it. I close my eyes and let the energy flood in. It's stronger than anything I've felt before. It feels ancient and powerful. Like a sleeping giant. The trees are filled with animals big and small. I can sense them all venturing out in search of food. Its extraordinary. It's a circuit board and I'm a part of it. Completing the loop and connecting it all together. It's so invigorating. I open my eyes when I hear my mum speak.
