The Dark Secret, Part 14
by Tracey Sands

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Sarah sat on her bed. Her legs where clenched up tight to her chest with her arms encircling them. The girl felt sad, alone and afraid. She was not alive anymore. The reality of that was more than she could bear.

Hayer and the elders wanted so much out of her. They claimed she going to be important very soon. Well Sarah didn’t feel important, she missed her friends and her brother.

John appeared in her mind. Her brother was standing outside of a police station wearing a rumpled dark suit. He looked haggard and worn. The girl forgot all her troubles and her heart went out to her brother.

John I need you. The words just floated out of her mouth and silently traveled to John. She watched her brother amused, as he looked all around him. Her powers were slowly immerging; with every new one she discovered Sarah grew excited. If there was something positive about being a vampire that was it.

The girl watched John open his mouth and talk to her. The keen could hear it without her mortal brother speaking out loud. “Sarah is that you? How is this possible?”

Seeing John made her smile for the first time in a long while. Sarah at least had John still; she let him in on her secret. I’ll explain later. Please just come to where I am.

The girl watched her brother hesitate for only a moment, and then he started down the street. Sarah didn’t have to speak the directions; it was almost like they had the same mind. The emotions and images that passed between her and her brother was beyond anything she could imagine. Sarah was not sure what was happening, but for what seemed like an eternity, her brother and her were one.

He had been stalking this pretty woman for a few nights now.

He was very patient and waited for the tall, blond to leave the office building that she worked at. For this special woman he would have to strike in a public area. Garath had caught a glimpse of her at a nightclub. The second he saw her he knew he wanted her at his side. This would be his queen. At last he had found his partner in life.

Garath was doing well building his army. And so far there had been no interference from the elders. He was not sure whether to be thrilled or worried about that. The vampire had expected resistance by now. Especially when he started converting some of the old blood vampires. But the elders were silent.

Shaking his head Garath concentrated on the blond. She had just exited the building and was entering the parking lot. This was where he had to strike. The woman gave him no other opportunities she always went straight home.

His fingers began to tingle and a smile crept across his face. It was almost feeding time. Soon he would have his sharp teeth digging into her soft skin. The taste of her was only moments away.

Moving fast he hit her. Hard. She was standing at her car with the key in the door. Garath silently glided to her and put his hand over her mouth and dragged her back into the shadows. Carrying her he moved fast out of the parking lot. He was just a blur now to any humans that happened to glance his way.

He reached the dark alley across from the parking lot. Moving quickly he flew down the alleyway until he was four blocks away, and at an abandoned building. He had scoped out the area the other night. The building was vacant. Garath was taking no chances with this girl, he wanted her by his side and he didn’t need any disturbances.

Kicking the door open, he leaped down the stairs. Last night he had decided on the basement, he would turn her there. The dark basement was deep in the abandoned building and he was positive there would be no problems. The basement also, didn’t contain any windows.

Earlier his spy Vinny had phoned with the bad news. Apparently there was a mortal guy who was going around wiping out vampires. Vinny only knew of one vampire so far and he died by the sun coming through the window. Garath wasn’t afraid, but again with this woman he was taking no risks.

Gently he laid her down on the bed. He had chains attached to the metal bed frame. It hadn’t taken him much time to get the room set up the way he wanted. Last night he had robbed a store and had gotten a heavy metal bed. Carrying it over had been quick and painless. Every day his power got a little stronger, drinking young fresh blond did that for vampires. That was their spinach, he thought with a chuckle.

Garath clipped her wrists in the handcuffs. He made sure the chains that were attached to the cuffs were secure. The woman wasn’t going anywhere.

The vampire stood down and looked at the woman. “What is your name? I’ve been wondering about that for a few days?”

The woman looked at him with wide eyes. Garath smiled. He knew he was attractive, it wouldn’t take him long to win her over. “Come on, what’s your name? If you don’t tell me I’ll just give you one.”

“M-m-missy.” The woman whispered.

“Ah yes. Missy.” He smiled warmly at her. “Well Missy we’re about to begin an adventure together. What do you think about that?”

A few tears ran down the woman’s cheek. “Please don’t hurt me.”

Garath smiled and leaned in closer to her. “Oh I’m going to hurt you. But you’ll enjoy it.”

He opened his mouth and sunk his teeth deep into her soft flesh. This was the part that he relished.

Sarah opened her eyes. She was sitting on her bed still. The knowledge she had learned about John was thrilling. She had experienced his whole life, every feeling, and every emotion.

“Amazing isn’t it?”

Sarah glanced across her room and saw a twenty-something man staring at her.

“Who’re you?” She asked and immediately stood up.

“Don’t be alarmed.” The man said. He had dark brown hair that was slicked back. “My name’s Dylan. The elders asked me to help teach you.”

“Oh.” She groaned and sat back down on the bed. “That’s all we do around here is it, train?”

The man smiled. “Well what you just experienced with John was the exercise that Hayer asked you to do earlier. I just helped you do it a little.”

Sarah looked at him surprised.

“Being a vampire isn’t so bad.”

“No I guess it does have its perks.” The girl agreed. Perhaps she had been too hasty to judge that being a vampire was a bad thing. Maybe it was a new beginning.

“Sarah.” A voice called from the doorway. It was Hayer. “Your brother John has arrived, perhaps you want to greet him and bring him to the throne room.”

“Is that where you want to meet him?”

“Yes.” The elder said frowning, Hayer did not like to be questioned.

“Absolutely not. My brother has had an upsetting enough day. We meet him up in the lounge where it looks nice and normal and non-threatening. There’s no choice in this Hayer.” Sarah said looking at him firmly. Sharing John’s thoughts and feelings had given her a new strength and fierce protectiveness over her brother. He wasn’t as tough as he acted and just the grief he had shown at her death was enough proof. Her brother was her best friend and would always be there for her. Sarah was determined to do the same for John.

“Fine. I’ll tell the elders we’re going to the lounge. Please go meet him now.”

Sarah smiled and quickly ran past Hayer and up the hallway to the lounge. She wasn’t sure what the elders wanted with John but she would protect him if she had to. That was another reason she was glad it was in the lounge. John could run outside into the daylight and be safe.

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