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imagine,” said Xander, his eyes darting around the
forest nearby.
    “So then explain it to me!” yelled Emily,
raising her hands in frustration. “I’m right here!”
    “Your mother was a wonderful woman,” said
Xander, still searching the area for any signs of danger. “She was
over four thousand years old, and she’s spent over two thousand of
those years running, before you came along.”
    “Four…thousand…years?” asked Emily, slowly
trying to wrap her head around that information. “She was in her
early forties when she left us; it’s not possible!”
    “It is very possible,” Xander said. “And if
we leave, right now, I will explain everything.
    “Not good enough,” stated Emily, crossing her
arms in defiance. “I’m not going anywhere, until you tell me
exactly what happened that night.”
    Xander looked down, weighing over his
options. Deciding it was best not to steal her away in the night;
he looked at her, and said, “All right, I will tell you what you
wish to know.”

Chapter Seven

    The vampire crushed the hood of the vehicle,
as he torn the windshield away from the car.
    “Stay back!” warned Amanda, her hands
trembling in fear. “Come any closer and it will be the last thing
you do!”
    The vampire snarled, as he attempted to leap
into the car.
    A bright white stream of energy sent him
flying back into the blackness, as Amanda desperately tried to
crawl out the front of the car.
    “C’mon, Jason, we don’t have much time!”
shouted Amanda, offering her husband a hand. “You have to
hurry!”
    She grabbed hold of Jason, and the two of
them hopped out of the windshield, and down to the mucky forest
ground.
    The pouring rain made it difficult for them
to see, but a bolt of lightning lit up the night sky, revealing
dozens more vampires, all licking their lips in anticipation.
    “I said, stay back!” yelled Amanda, holding
Jason’s hand tightly. “You know what I am capable of—!”
    “My dear summoner,” interrupted Simeon,
stepping out from the shadows. “We’re all prepared to die for our
cause. Are you?”
    “I have lived for over four thousand years,
vampire,” stated Amanda, as a white light engulfed her eyes. “I’ve
been prepared to die for longer then you’ve been dead.”
    “Fair enough,” Simeon smirked, as he signaled
for the others to advance.
    “I want you to know, that I love you very
much,” said Jason, tightening his grip on his wife’s hand.
    “In four thousand years, I never imagined I
would love someone as much as I love you,” Amanda replied. “You
gave me our children, and my only hope is that they grow up,
healthy and happy. Maybe now…they will have that chance.”
    “No!” shouted Xander, dropping down from the
trees in front of the couple. “You shall not harm them!”
    The vampires stopped there advance, uncertain
what to make of the situation. They paused, looking up towards
their leader for guidance.
    “What are you doing, Xander?” asked Simeon,
motioning for the vampires to check the area. “You’ve never openly
defied the council before. What game are you playing?”
    Amanda knew she had little time, and used
this time to channel as much energy as she could manage. The power
was nearly tearing her apart, as she tried to conceal the energy
from the surrounding vampires. She would be lucky to get one
chance, and needed to take advantage of the situation.
    “I’m playing no games, my old master,” said
Xander, strolling towards Simeon. “You have no idea what this woman
means to the world; you never did. You seek to destroy what you do
not understand. I pity you.”
    “You pity me? You pity me ?”
Simeon asked, bellowing in laughter. “If you stand in my way, I
will have your head—!”
    Amanda threw her hands into the air, as a
swirling white light enveloped her from above. The light lit up the
forest, revealing a hundred more vampires, hidden in the
shadows.
    She shook violently as the light burned
through her