Chapter 8- Amara

The sound of wet leaves squelching under my boots felt serene as I walked by the river. My shift at diner ended a couple hours ago and I am tired as hell.

More so mentally than physically.

I took a nap after my shift but I just kept feeling restless for some reason. So, I sprung out on a walk to calm my mind.

More like I am running away from the reason of my restlessness for some time to give myself time to think how to try to tackle the issue.

The problem is not that big on the outside but it is bothering me a lot. There is no pressure on me to hurry up or anything but I feel kind of disappointing.

Papa has been trying to teach me to heal for almost four years now. I still haven't been successful in being one with my spirit. Papa says once I know how to do that, I can heal anyone physically as well as emotionally. I can calm a person down and can even mend bones if I really focus and work hard on it.

I have been working on it as hard as I can but haven’t had any success so far. I wonder if I will ever be able to learn the skill.

The main area to learn is to use my spirit energy and also to play with aura of a living being. The aura of every living being is different. Once I learn how to use spiritual energy, I will be able to do all this. But, I can't at the moment.

Let's just hope I can do this someday. I don’t want to let papa down. That’s the only thing he has ever expected of me till now and I want to make him proud.

Well, enough with the pondering. It's starting to getting dark. I should get back home.

I started my journey back home but I heard some voices that made me stop in my tracks just a few steps in.

It sounds like an animal in pain or something similar.

Some animal must be injured.

Should I go check?

Off course I should.

I started walking towards the noise, slowly to not scare the animal even more.

I froze in my step as I reached the source of the noise.

This is not something I expected to see at all in my wildest dream.

Alexander and some other guy were tearing a deer into pieces with their teeth and hands. I can’t see Alexander’s companion that clearly from here but he has a prominent scowl on his face with very dark expressions. He looks villainous.

Who even is he? What are they doing to that poor thing? How can they do that to such a defenceless animal?

Their hands, cloths and mouth are covered in the blood of the poor animal. They were so busy mauling that deer that they didn't even notice that their murder has a witness.

If that counts as a murder.

It should, right? It is a living thing after all.

Well, seeing a vampire hunt was definitely not on my bucket list.

Do I even have a bucket list?

Who cares?

So, these are the vampires papa was talking about.

Why the hell am I still standing here talking to myself though? Shouldn’t I be hauling ass as fast as I can away from here?

I should definitely get the hell out of here before they realize they have an audience. If they found me here, they will kill me before papa or Ryder even gets here for my rescue.

Still a message to them will at least have a little chance of saving my ass.

I sent a quick message of help in the mind link. They are usually at the south of the woods looking over the shifters. They will take time to reach here. Till then, I have to protect myself.

I started walking slowly backwards.

I am so lucky aren't I?

No, I didn't escape from there, I tripped on a big fat root with a loud unlady like shriek.

Ironic right!

Very much so.

Their heads snapped towards me in an instant.

Oops! Busted.

What should I say ‘sorry for ruining your dinner’?

Don't they use blood from the blood banks though?

That's not the primary concern I should be having right now. The main point to be considered here should be what is going to happen to me now that I have been found out by hungry vampires.

They didn’t seem to be actually drinking blood, just taking their anger on it. At least that’s what it looked like.

They looked at each other and exchanged some looks that I didn't understand. There is barely any light, just the moon light shining a bit through the dense trees. Human eyes can't see that clearly in these situations and mine seems to be the only human eyes present in this place.

Alexander said something to the other guy who looked fully in dinosaur mode. But, he ignored it.

He is staring at me like I am some piece of meat he wants to eat.

Oh no! This is turning dirty really fast.

This is the moment. I should focus and try to follow through with papa’s teachings. There is no running away from this now. I can either try my best or die pathetically without putting any effort to save myself.

I took a deep breath to focus my thoughts and to drain the fear from my nerves.

Alexander is holding him back but he is trying to free himself with all his might.

Close your eyes Amara and focus. I tried to remember papa's words," Find the inner you, the real you. Become one with the nature and become one with yourself. That is the key to possessing the spirit energy."

I can see light in the darkness. I followed it.

There is a girl.

She looks like she is made of light.

She is holding her hand out.

Should I reach out to her?

What bad will it do at this point!

I extended my hand to touch hers.

As soon as our fingertips touched, she disappeared.

I opened my eyes. All I could see were lights in the shape of trees and two human figures. They looked cold though, one trying to restrain the other.

Maybe this is what papa said about the aura of the living beings.

I heard a voice saying," Run quickly. I will hold him down."

I want to run, I really do but, I am walking towards them. I stopped a few steps away from them.

He is struggling to get out of Alexander's grip, baring his teeth at me.

I placed my hand on his cheek without my own consent. My mouth spoke on its own.

"Calm down. You don't want to do this. Relax. Remember who you are."

It felt like someone is controlling my body but that isn’t the case, I know. These are just my instincts working without restrain.

My palms started to emit a yellowish glow. His face started to relax and finally, he stopped struggling.

I dropped my hands to my side and smiled at him. He returned my smile. I turned my head to look at Alexander. He was standing there with his jaw almost hitting the floor.

Did I do something wrong?

"Hi I am Oliver Knight.” Alexander’s companion started. “This is my brother Alexander. I didn't mean to scare you........."

His voice started to fade away slowly.

I am feeling numb.

Why does it feel like I am going to faint?

Oh my god! The famous black dots.

Not with the vampires here. They will most probably suck me dry before I even wake up. If I wake up that is.

But I just want to take a long nap and I can go back home later to tell papa about my little adventure.

That's what I am going to do. I feel so tired.

I closed my eyes and drifted into the darkness. I hope papa and Ryder will find me before these two kill me.