3 CHAPTER THREE

Evan and Reed looked at each other. It was as if they were examining themselves. Evan could feel something strange about Reed and Reed could feel something strange about Evan but both said nothing to each other. Evan broke the stare first as he rushed to meet Laura who was still lying on the ground. He carried her and placed her on the seat at the back of counter.

"I came to drop her phone". Reed said as he placed the phone on the table and left. Despite the fact he had many questions to ask Laura, he decided now wouldn't be a good time.

Evan looked at the lady in front of him. He studied her features, her brown hair with a fringe covering her forehead, her oblong face, her pointed nose and her V-shaped pink lips. She looked skinny but she weighed a lot. Evan quickly unbuttoned the top of her shirt as he was moving to other buttons, Laura groaned. He looked at her and saw her eyebrows furrowed. He didn't understand why. Could she be dreaming? He thought.

Laura eyes were closed and she was having that nightmare again. Without knowing, she clung unto the hem of Evan's shirt making it impossible for him to move. She held it so tight that Evan had to give up escaping. He could see she was scared but of what? Only one way to find out, he said as he looked around and shut the windows and doors. It's dangerous to use his powers during the day but he didn't mind besides this is all part of protecting her. He thought.

He placed his right hand on her forehead and closed his eyes, images started flooding into his very eyes. He could see every scene clearly. He saw Laura running but he couldn't see what she was running from. He decided to focus his attention more thereby using more power, that was when the sights of hungry vampires appeared. She's been chased by vampires? He asked himself as he opened his eyes. He removed his hand from her forehead and stared at her.

"what exactly are you?". He asked her but she didn't respond to him. He knew what he had to do. He placed his right hand on her chest and the left hand on her forehead as he closed his eyes and every dream she had about being chased by vampires, he erased them all. For her own protection he had to delete them.

He brought out something from his pocket, it was a silver necklace with a pendant shaped like a full moon and he put the necklace around her neck. He looked for a sharp object that he could cut himself with. He brought a knife and cut his palm with it and the blood that was rushing, he poured the drop of blood into the moonlight necklace and the necklace glowed after sometime the necklace went back to its normal color.

Evan needs some time alone to heal before he could use any of his powers again. He stared at Laura one last time before deciding it was time to leave. Without moving, he stretch forth his hand to the windows and doors and they opened. Evan could hear footsteps so he jumped out of the window at the back and used his speed to leave that area.

Madeline came into the shop only to see her daughter sleeping on the chair soundly. "I thought she said she slept well last night then why is she here sleeping again?". Madeline decided not to disturb her daughter as she took care of the shop while Laura remained there sleeping.

Few hours later, Ashley returned from school and went straight to the shop. "mom, I'm back". She screamed.

"be quiet. Your sister is sleeping". Her mom told her as Ashley's eyes widened in shock. "I'm going home so wait here till she's awake and you both can come home".

"sleeping?". Ashley asked as she moved close to where her sister was sleeping. "that's so unlike her". She said as her mother nodded in agreement. Ashley looked back at her sister and decided to wake her up but before she could wake her up, Laura woke up on her own, holding her head. She had no idea why her head was pounding so much. Her visions were blurry , it took sometime before her visions became clear. Her eyes caught her sister who was standing in front of her folding her arms.

"Ashley?". She called but it sounded more like a question. "why aren't you in school?". Laura asked as she tried to stand up but she was too weak to. So she decided to just relax a little more.

"who stays in school till around eight in the evening? ". Ashley asked.

Eight? Did she heard that right? Laura asked herself as she stared at the clock and it was five minutes after eight. What the hell has she been doing?

" Where's mom?".

"She went home and told me to wait here for you to wake up".

"what?". Laura asked as she mustered up the strength to stand up. "why didn't she wake me up?".

"she didn't want to disturb you". Ashley told her when something caught her eyes. She moved closer to her sister who was giving her weird looks.

"what's that?".Laura asked.

"what's that?". Ashley asked pointing to the necklace around Laura's neck.

"what's what?". Laura asked. "listen Ash if this is some kind of a joke, I'm not in the mood for it right now". Laura said.

"I'm serious. There is something around your neck. It's like a kind of necklace". Ashley said as Laura looked at her neck and there it was, the necklace.

"what the heck!". Laura exclaimed. She quickly looked for a mirror and looked at herself in the mirror and there the necklace was.

"it suits you perfectly. Where did you get it?". Ashley asked. Laura thought for a while how the necklace got to her neck but she had no idea.

"I don't know, can you get it off me?".

"ok".

Laura scouted so Ashley could get to her neck. Ashley looked for a hook around the necklace but there was none. "um....there seems to be a problem". Ashley said.

"what now?". Laura said feeling fed up with everything that had happened to her today. First, she had to meet two strangers that triggered something in her and now a necklace finds itself around her neck. What more does she need to expect in one day?

"There's neither a hook or a knot". Ashley said still looking around the necklace.

"what?? How's that possible?". Laura said trying to pull the necklace above her head but it didn't work. She tried cut the necklace but was injuring her neck in the process.

"stop it Laura, you're injuring yourself. Let's go home first, we'll think of a way to get it off".Ashley said.

Laura felt it was a good idea that way she can focus more on how to get the mysterious necklace off her. "don't tell mom and dad about this, I don't want them worrying, understood?". Ashley nodded as they went home.

Immediately they got home, Laura greeted her parents and ran straight to her room. Her parents looked at her then at Ashley were It lingered. Ashley knew her parents wanted explanations but instead she shrugged pretending not to know anything. "I'll be in my room in case you need me". she quickly went to her room before they start asking her questions she couldn't explain.

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Reed went to the quarter he's staying with his team.

"I met someone today".He told them as he sat on the sofa. "I think he's one of us". He said as they all looked at one another.

"that's not possible. There hasn't been another vampire for a century now ". Phoebe said.

" that's what we thought". Reed told them.

"how sure are you he's a vampire?". Jack asked.

"I could feel it and he could feel it too". Reed said.

"this isn't right". Phoebe said.

"why are they suddenly showing themselves?". Flora asked.

Reed stood up to calm down his team since he could sense the terror. "All we need to do is be careful. There are some vampires that walks in the day, just like us. We can't put ourselves into any kind of danger. Be careful. If you sense anything, just leave immediately". Reed addressed as they all nodded.

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Evan walked to his house and he was surprised to see his team there. "what are you all doing here?". Evan lives alone in this huge house. His mother ran away after finding out his father was a vampire after giving birth to him of course. Evan's father is the boss of the Goodwine.

"we came looking for you. Where have you been?". Adam said.

"out". He said bluntly.

"how about your search with um...What's her name again?". Emerald asked trying to remember Laura's name.

"I found her but she's in danger". Evan said as they all looked shocked and worried.

"I went into her mind and i also used my powers to go into her dream".

"what?". Emerald asked. "Are you crazy? Don't you have any idea how dangerous interfering with people's dreams are, you could have been locked in there forever".

"I know OK? I don't need all that lecture. But you all won't believe what she dreamt about?".

"A Knight in shining armor?". Adam asked as everyone stared at him. "what?".

"Anyways, she didn't dream about Knights in fact she has never dreamt about Knights not to talk of them in shinning armor".

"so what then did she dream about?". Chloe asked.

Evan sighed before he replied. "vampires".

"what?". Everyone chorused.

"that's not possible". Jim said.

"it is because I saw it".

"so what did you do?". Emerald asked.

"I had no choice but to erase her memory and the dream too".

"why would you do that? Isn't it better for her to know her life's in danger?". Chloe asked.

"if she doesn't know, they wouldn't know. It's as simple as that. If those vampires finds out she has a hint about them, then her life is in danger". They all agreed.

"I thought we were going to live a quiet life forever but now it's like a war is going to start out soon". Jim said.

"it all begins with this girl and it's obvious it will end with her". Adam said.

Everyone was giving their opinion about the matter but Evan was silent for a while like his mind was hovering around searching for something he's missed. Then it suddenly hits him. "right, I found a vampire". He said and that got everyone quiet.

"where? How? ". Emerald asked.

"At Laura's shop".

"who is Laura?". Adam asked. "oh is that her name?". He asked again.

"yeah".

"this is confusing. How did they know each other?". Jim asked.

"I don't think they do. It's kind of hard to explain. From the way I see it, it's like she knows the two of us because when she saw the both of us, she was shocked in fact she fainted".

"this is weird". Emerald said.

"I think there's more to why the boss wants you to protect her". Adam said.

"I know but what could be the reason? ". Evan asked himself.

" Do you think she's a vampire too?". Chloe asked.

Evan thought about it. He thought about every encounter he had with her and the few minutes he spent with her. "no I don't think she is".

"how would you know? I mean you talked about how shock she was when she saw the two of you, that could mean something".chloe said.

"she's not. I put the moonlight necklace on her neck, if she was a vampire, she would have vanished".

"the moonlight necklace is dangerous". Emerald said.

"To vampires not to humans". Evan said. "let's just be careful. If there's one vampire out there, there could be more".

"we'll be careful".

Evan stood up and was ready to leave when Emerald walked up to him.

"where are you going?". She asked him.

"I need to check up on her and see if I'll find anything".

"be safe OK?". Emerald said. She tried to touch his face but he took his face away. "do you still hate me?".

"not now Emerald ". And with that, he left.

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