Cyrosphere 3:: Lives Mingling Together (5 page)

Jurnee asks, “See what my delightful princess?”

Penny answers, “The vampire empire.”

Kyle gasps, as Kara seems shocked.

Jordan
states, “You two going alone?”

Stacey chimes in, “We can go with them.”

Ginger frowns but agrees. The plan was executed perfectly.
Kara, Jordan, and Kyle leave them to go back home.

Stacey says, “That was quick thinking.”

Ginger smiles and replies, “All my training with brilliant Caleb paid off.”

Penny answers, “I’ll say.”

Jurnee responds, “Very masterfully performance. I got to keep an eye on you.”

That comment worried Ginger that perhaps; she was too good at lying. Pushing that thought aside to wonder how going to a vampire den was a good idea.

Following the poise Jurnee, the girls were on the road from Tamroot to Magic Prislein. The road was not cheer like in the wizard of oz; it was one long dirt road with a Forrest that seemed foreboding.

The deeper they went Stacey was feeling a little scared which wasn’t her usual calm self. Jurnee lead the way, always with purpose and determination. Penny on the other hand seemed to have done a complete 360.

She was the same person Ginger grew to know, yet at the same time she seemed more confident. The vibes that Ginger was picking up was clarity of mind and ambitious to be forgiven. Her eyes had changed, all the past years of wisdom stared by at Ginger.

It was a bite unnerving, as if years of mistakes needed redemption. Sure Penny was an amazingly kind woman now, why else would Dani have chosen her.

The past has a way of influencing the future. Things would never be the same, and losing her parents made Ginger hold life more precious. She smiled to herself, and looked up to see a huge tower. It was like a scene out of Lord of the Rings.

It also looked like a mixture of a lighthouse. The top was spinning slowly but counterclockwise.

A curse!

Ginger didn’t know how she knew, but somehow she knew a curse had been placed on this place.

She wonders, “Is that why vampires feed off blood? Are these people cursed?”

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Jurnee felt it safest if she goes first to inquire about speaking to the vampire lord. She could regenerate if attacked or hurt and Penny seemed ready to use her magic if they were attacked. Rolan had invited them here, but he wasn’t their personal escort so who knew if they’d be let in.

Jurnee used her super speed to check doors and windows to try and get inside. All were locked, which Ginger knew after reading her mind to relay to the others.

Penny asked, “Should I use a spell?”

Stacey answers “Wait a second.”

Ginger replies, “Wait into necessary. We don’t know what we are facing, and like Feltus are magic may be blocked.”

Penny nods.

Jurnee comes back and says, “I see no way inside.”

Ginger asks, “What do we do now?”

Stacey shrugs.

The four stare back and forth at one another.

Stacey says, “Screw it. I’ll handle this.”

She walks to the big tower, holds her hands out and starts using magic. The bright orange glow and slowly pieces of the tower started to melt to evaporate.

Ginger shouts, “What are you doing?”

Stacey replies, “Using my powers to get someone’s attention.”

Jurnee asks, “Is that a safe idea?”

Before she could answer a door appeared. It was as if there all along. Out steps a pixie girl 5’3 brown hair, fair skinned. She was about 15 by the looks of her, but something about her was different.

The girl smiled and her eyes zeroed in on Ginger as if she knew her thoughts.

Ginger wonders, “What the hell?”

The girl says, “My name is Natalie Abernathy Grayson. Follow me please.”

Jurnee looked at Ginger to Stacey for conformation to go.

Ginger thinks, “I don’t wanna enter her head. Something is off about that girl.”

Stacey says, “Sure thing.”

She follows Natalie with Jurnee and Penny following.

Ginger says, “I have a bad feeling about this.”

Chapter Twenty-Two:

The inside the tower was strange. Everything was modern, and there was nothing but open space. Magic! Ginger could sense it, all around her and lots of it.

Stacey asks, “Where are you taking us?”

Natalie responds, “To see my father.”

Jurnee asks, “Who is that?”

Natalie answers, “The vampire lord Daniel. He is your father as well, no?”

She looks at Jurnee for acknowledgment. Jurnee says nothing as they take long hallways from floor to floor as if the place doesn’t have an elevator.

Ginger says, “An elevator would be convenient.”
Natalie laughs and states, “Why humans are constantly fat! I have lived as a vampire for over seven hundred years so my steady diet and working out. This doesn’t bother me.”

Stacey mumbles, “Lucky you.”

Ginger laughs along with the other girls.

Natalie takes a left on one hallway and opens a door. The plush carpets and all white and green room reminded Ginger of a snowy Forrest.

Penny asks, “Why are we here?”

A deep manly voice answers, “I asked her to bring you.”

Four set of eyes stare up to see Daniel Oris Worthington. The tall 6’5 dark haired beauty was over three millennia old. He was a masterpiece. Ginger gazed at him in wonder.

Of course he was drape in black, so she had no idea his body type. The man was sure to be fit from his strong, rigid jaw-line. Ginger guessed he looked like in his late forties but devastingly handsome none the less.

He stared at each lady for a few seconds to make them feel welcome. When his gaze locked on ginger, she felt as if he knew her.

She thought, “OMG. This man knows if they prophecy is about me or Stacey.”

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Daniel asks them to sit at his long mahogany table and each looks at the other. Natalie didn’t leave, so Ginger guess she was staying for this little chat.
 

Jurnee asks, “Do you know why we are here?”

Daniel chuckles and replies, “I am highly psychic so I can see all.”

Stacey asks, “Why couldn’t
you meet us outside of here?”

Daniel sighs and responds, “I am trapped. A curse forces me to live here for eternity. Only one person can release me.”

Penny asks, “Who is it?”

Daniel says, “Shalice Kincaid. Stacey, your decease mother.”

Silence fills the room to let his words sink in.

Jurnee asks, “Why are you a vampire? Or correction how did you become a vampire?”

Daniel says, “I am a demon. The last of my kind. I was an mzble demon, able to blend into my surroundings. The perfect assassin.”

Natalie stops him and says, “Fast, strong, and a teleporter. Regenerative, cunning, and a few other special abilities, but most importantly highly psychic.”

Penny states, “A lethal warrior.”

Daniel smiles his fangy smile and this doesn’t frighten anyone. Somehow on Daniel, it is a comforting sight.

Daniel says, “Go on. I know you all have questions.”

Penny asks, “Did you know Danielle Harvey?”

Daniel grins and states, “Very well. She is a great woman and friend. She did this, made my home feel warm and welcoming. Not so dark and isolated. I am forever indebted to her. Do you know her?”

Penny shakes her head and responds, “She is dead. I was given her powers. Luckily I am not the one from the prophecy. Oh sorry guys.”

Daniel feels the tension and replies, “Stacey and Ginger, you both are special; made to save many lives. Your path is not an easy road, but many will depend on you. I will not tell you who the prophecy is about specifically. Just know your lives are forever entangled, and with the psychic knit you can defeat Feltus Witchburn.”

That eased all the tension from Ginger’s body. That was like a huge weight was lifted off her shoulders. She wasn’t alone and Stacey would always be there to help her. After losing her parents the thought of being alone
frightened her soul deeply. This made life seem bearable and maybe things with Leo will ease up.

Chapter Twenty-Four:

They left the room with a skipping Natalie in tow. For some reason the teenage girl grew on her. She wasn’t so young and perhaps the second eldest vampire Ginger knew in existence.

She wondered, “Why didn’t I ask about Spider or Jensen?”

The thing with regret, it could eat a person alive. Maybe now wasn’t the time. Someday, it would be right. Everything will make sense when the time is ready, words her mom use to tell her.

Walking down the hallways to get a feeling of accomplishment and hopefully a chance to change her life. Jurnee held tight to Penny, and that made Ginger long to have someone close to her in her life like that.

“Never give up hope. The future holds the day the world shall perish without hope.” Those words creped into her psyche and somehow they felt like a warning. An premonition to always have hope and help others, words to live by.

Outside the house was a motorcycle. Ginger looked at Stacey, who looked equally unsure who it was.

Stacey asks, “Where you expecting someone?”

Ginger answers, “No. I expect you weren’t either.”

She shakes her head, and both head inside. At the kitchen table was Aaron drinking coffee with Leonard Lions.

Stacey blew a sigh of relief and headed upstairs for a shower and a nap. She already explained her plans and wake her a quarter until seven for her date with Peter. The two of them were so in sync.

Ginger looked from Aaron to Leo and asks, “What are you doing here?”

Aaron snaps, “Don’t be rude. He was dropping off a report for me.”

Ginger nods and responds, “Ah. Just shocked me is all. I don’t want a babysitter.”

She turns on her heel and head to the den, to read and relax. Hopefully with enough time to write later, when she felt Leo was following behind her.

Ginger turns around and asks, “What do you want?”

She sees his huge smile and a copy of Thirst 2 by Christopher Pike in his hands.

Leo states, “A gift. I figured you polished off the first and hopefully hadn’t had a chance to get it yet. Am I right? Or, do I need to return it?”

Ginger grins and says, “No Mr. thoughtful. I just finished the first one yesterday morning. Thank you for this wonderful surprise. So?”

Leo smiles and replies, “Can I borrow the first book?”

Ginger asks, “Why?”

Leo says, “To share your interests.”
Ginger smiles and states, “Great answer.”

She tells him to wait her. Ginger runs upstairs to grab her copy. Going back down to deliver it.

Ginger says, “So when do I get a dinner date with all these surprise visits?”

Leo asks, “How about tomorrow night?”

Ginger replies, “Sure. Pick me up at six thirty.”

He smiles, as she shows him to the door. That went well; she smiles to herself as she cracks open Thirst that night in the den.

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