a
werewolf?”
“She has to be wrong, I can see the moon and
it is not full. I thought that they could only come out on full
moons.” From his monotone and detached manner, he is struggling to
shut down to keep the others calm.
Kayla’s voice sounds strangled. “Do they
really exist?”
“Why can’t they exit, we do.” Nicole replies,
the tension in her voice apparent.
“What do we do if it comes down here? From
the sounds of what it did to that vampire, we have no way to
protect ourselves while chained to the floor!”
I’m torn, I don’t want to leave them, but I
have to alert the others. There must to be something that we can
tell them, something that the children could do if that thing heads
toward the dungeon. Opening my eyes, Emma is next to Andrew and
Reginald. Jumping to my feet, the words fly from my mouth. “The
vampires are hunting a family and ran into a werewolf! It attacked
one of them right outside the dungeon, the kids are terrified!”
Andrew places his arms around my shaking and collapsing body. “It
was right outside of their window, what if it goes back for
them!”
Andrew’s voice breaks. “You need to calm
down.” Turning to Emma, “Is there anything that you can walk Mia
and Damian through to help the children to protect themselves while
Reginald sees if he can find any indication of Jonathan’s energy so
that we can find the children?”
A look passes between Reginald, Andrew and
Emma as Emma grabs my hand leading me back to the circle with
Damian. Joining hands, I hear her instructing Damian in a spell
that the children could use to try and hide their scent from the
werewolf.
I interject. “Isn’t there a shield that they
could use to ward off the werewolf?”
“Mia start to concentrate on the children to
get Damian through quickly, I will walk him through this spell
first and instruct him how to draw upon the energy around them to
repel it. This spell will act similar to electrical jolts and will
keep the werewolf away if it breaks through the other spell, but we
need to do this quickly and they need to understand that the jolts
are a short term solution and must be thrown consistently to keep
it away.”
Fighting through the utter fear overwhelming
my senses as this new threat unfolds; I finally feel a beating
heart. From the rigid muscles locking me stiffly in place, I know
I’m with Jacob. The howls are becoming louder, closer. Damian’s
quick words are trying to assure the children that we are tracing
them as he begins instructing them in Emma’s spell. They quickly
chant the words, repeating them like a mantra.
Despite the hurried footsteps around them,
Damian remains instructing them regarding the use of the energy
around them. I only hope no one hears him. He cannot get caught, if
he does, there will be no way of communicating with the children.
Hearing the jostling of the handle, I grab Emma’s hand as hard as I
can and am relieved as Damian disappears but am unsure if he
finished his instructions.
Jacob mutters anxiously. “Whoever, it is,
keep chanting the repellant spell quietly, but if they come in and
we have to use the other one, let me do it. We don’t want them to
know we all have powers. The less they know about us, the better we
will be.”
“What makes you think that?” Nicole’s replies
quietly.
His response is a mere whisper. “It’s just a
strange feeling that keeps coming over me, but I don’t think that
they are the threat that we think they are.” I’m shocked that his
feeling is similar to Emma’s.
“You do realize that we are locked up and mom
and dad can’t find us right?” She retorts harshly.
“I do realize that! I know that I am asking a
lot, but something inside me keeps screaming that if we reveal too
much we will be facing an even bigger threat, one that mom and dad
can’t combat.”
Kayla interrupts. “Jacob, if they know you
have powers though, won’t it be dangerous for you and won’t they
suspect that we