Chapter 34:
Ryan: “Craven.”
Craven: “You know me, kid?”
Ryan: “Kid? I forgot you’re more ancient than the dinosaurs. I know you. Someone told me your story about how you were scared to death and how you betrayed your own brother because he was about to live. You killed him, didn’t you?”
Craven: “I didn’t kill him because I was gonna die and he was to live…I killed him because he was about to have a baby with a dark elf. He polluted our sacred blood.”
Ryan: “You’re right. This is worse than betrayal and you kept killing all his descendants because of this very reason?”
Craven: “I kept killing them so that I could prevent the heiress from being born and destroying the world. I learned about the prophecy and I knew she wasn’t supposed to be born. You know the whole truth about this prophecy. She isn’t the Messiah everyone thinks she is. She’s the destroyer. She has darkness even more than all of us do and she can’t control it and she won’t. She’ll destroy this world, a creature that’s never seen before. We don’t even know what powers she has.”
Ryan: “You’re right about that one. She can’t control it but she had it under control, then you guys killed her brother. Dumbest mistake I say and now she doesn’t care if she has to destroy this world to get to you…she will. She said it herself and since when did you start caring about this world? Last time I checked, you were the one who spread chaos, you’re the one who has destroyed so many packs and covens. You traffic humans, you enslave women and children. You all are the monsters, not her.”
Craven: “I won’t ask again…where is she?”
Ryan: “I told you she’s gone, no one knows where she is and you don’t have her blood. You can easily locate her using black magic. You tried but you couldn’t find her, right?”
Craven: “If you’re saving her from me, I give you my word…I’ll kill each one of you.”
Ryan: “Go on…kill us but know this, if you kill us, all the other packs and covens will come after you or worse she’ll come after you. In fact…she’s gonna come after you anyway so why waste your time killing us? You should invest your time thinking about how you’re gonna save yourself from her.”
Craven: “You’re gonna regret your words kid. Live the few days you all have left. The next time she comes here, I’d be here too. No one will be able to stop me from killing every one of you and all the packs and coven’s that’s supporting you. (Circe’s home)”
Amara: “You know everything about me, then enlighten me on what powers I possess.”
Circe: “I’ll tell you everything I know, but first, I want you to meet someone.”
Amara: “Who…? Oh you got to be fucking kidding me.”
Phoenix: “Child…it’s been a long time. (flashback to a restaurant). Who’s there? Sorry, but we’re closed for today. How can I help you, child?”
Young Amara: “I want a part-time job, sir.”
In Phoenix’s head: Damn you Circe. Couldn’t you find a good family for the heiress? Even a blind man can tell how badly she’s being treated by them.
Phoenix: “Aren’t you too young for that?”
Young Amara: “What can I say, I have bills to pay since my parents refused to pay.”
Phoenix: “Well, I think I have a place for you.”
Young Amara: “Really?”
Phoenix: “Yes but you have to promise me you won’t let your studies suffer because of this job because study is more important.”
Young Amara: “I can promise you that. Thank you so much. (present time)”
Amara: “Is this the reason why you gave me a job and always paid me more than the other employees?”
Phoenix: “It was one of the reasons and you were the most hard-working employee I had, that’s why I paid you more.”
Circe: “Since you already know each other let me still reintroduce you. Meet Phoenix, the man you saw in my memory, it was him. He was always there, keeping an eye on you but he never told me where you were. We weren’t allowed to contact each other until you turned eighteen as there were eyes watching us all the time.”
Amara: “The people I met in my life, were any of them real at all? All of them claimed to be someone else and fooled me with their pretenses.”
Phoenix: “I know you’re angry with me as well but we were doing what we were told. Telling you everything was never our choice to make. I’m sorry, child.”
Amara: “It’s too late to change the past anyway. Tell me what power I possess and why do I feel like I’ve lost control over myself.”
Circe: “I think you know. What’s the most powerful part of you?”
Amara: “My mind.”
Circe: “And why is that?”
Amara: “Because I possessed the ability to read minds and it’s as though I have the ability to enter one’s brain and instantly uncover their darkest secrets. It also seems I can manipulate them to do what I wish. But now it feels like if I tried to enter someone’s mind, I’ll kill them.”
Circe: “Because you haven’t learned to control it yet. You just broken free, with time you’ll learn everything. To be honest, I don’t know what other powers you have, it’s for you to find out. You’re the first and last of your kind. You’re not an elf either, the world has never seen someone like you. Maybe you’re capable of doing everything that other creatures can’t.”
Amara: “Can I bring back the dead?”
Circe: “I know why you’re asking but whenever someone tried to go against God’s will, it didn’t end up well. The dead people lack something when they’re resurrected their sanity and I’m sure you don’t wanna see a dragon roaming around the world breathing fire who has no sense of what’s right and what’s wrong. Who has no memory of you?”
Amara: “I’m not capable of everything. Tell me, how do I learn to control my powers?”
Circe: “We can start by doing things you know. Why don’t you read Rita’s mind?”
Amara: “Seems like she’s not your favorite student, that’s why you want me to kill her.”
Circe: “I don’t want you to kill her, just enter her mind without causing her any pain.”
Amara: “I just told you I have no control over this shit anymore.”
Circe: “You had once. How did you control it when you first gained your powers? I don’t know what Damon told you but everything you did wasn’t a coincidence or someone helped you or taught you because no one can teach you shit. Everything you did, it was just you, you learned it on your own. You were sick your whole life but you didn’t die because you didn’t want to die and you’re immortal. How come you stop being sick all of a sudden? It wasn’t any medicine or anything in this world that cured you…it was you. You cured yourself.”
In Amara’s head: I thought that poisonous herb healed me. It makes sense as I healed those bullet wounds on the night of the gala without any help of any herbs. That means it was me who treated Benz, it wasn’t the herd. He got healed because I wanted to cure him. I knew our mind is our most powerful weapon but can be our worst enemy if we let it control us. I always thought I had better control over my mind than anyone else because I had learned to control my emotions and never succumbed to shitty temptations. (after three months by a lake in the woods). I slept on myself for way too long, I turned a blind eye to the world around me. I didn’t wanna look deeper in the surroundings. I didn’t wanna uncover all the secrets of this world. Reading people’s minds was staggering me. And believe it or not, it was possible for me to discover all the dark secrets if I had decided to find out and because I chose to be ignorant, I paid the price. I’m not someone who repeats their mistakes and it was about time I opened my eyes and saw what’s happening around me. What are these people up to and the things I found out are obnoxious. I never doubt what humans are capable of. They’re beyond evil. I never asked whenever I come across something heartwrenching ‘is it true? did they really do it’? Because the answer is they can, they did but I believe they shouldn’t. It’s been three months and eleven days since my brother was taken away from me and the murderers are still alive and breathing. What a shame. Would it have been more shameful if I had attacked them and even one of them had gotten away alive. Yes, it would’ve been more shameful. I rather spend time sharpening my blade than attacking them and patiently waiting. Even though each breath they’re taking is a dagger to my heart and a humiliation to my existence. I have to endure it and I can bet that the ultimatum I’ve given them, they aren’t enjoying it. They haven’t gotten a wink of sleep since the day they got to know about me being alive. They'e busy with their unsuccessful attempt to find me. Soon I’ll put an end to their misery very soon. (the next day in the parking garage). This was the trailer Karl was telling me about the other day. Someone’s coming.
Brandon: “How many are there?”
Driver: “Six. Liam informed me we got one more in the cage on the west side of the forest. He or she must be from the Redstone Pack.”
Brandon: “But the madman wants the one from The Bloodwalker Pack. He says they are the strongest among them all.”
Driver: “It’s impossible, the alpha will rip us if we enter his territory with a cage.”
Brandon: “Then find another way, he wants one of them.”
In Amara’s head: West side of the forest. (west side of the forest). It’s not a wolf. It’s a werewolf…yes…I can tell as I’ve seen many in the past couple of months. Now that I think about the pup I rescued when I was in Italy it was also a werewolf. One can tell the difference if they look closely, werewolves are bigger than a normal wolf and stronger than them. They have sharper teeth but these dangerous yet beautiful creatures don’t belong in cages. What these sick people have in their mind for him is something pleasing I can tell. Let’s find a way to get you out of this cage.
Amara: “What? You wanna bite my ass for saving your ass?”
In Amara’s head: It’s likely he mistook me for one of the hunters but soon he realized I’m not a threat and maybe that’s why he bowed his head as if he was thanking me. Then he disappeared into the forest. (later on walking through the town)”
In Vasileios’ head: Where did she…(Amara holds a knife to his throat)
Amara: “You’re brave I’ll give you that but you’re fucking stupid for following me again.”
Man: “Easy, I’m not here to harm you or anything.”
Amara: “Harm me? You think you’re capable of that? Funny. Let me ask you this fucking question again. Why the fuck are you following me?”
Vasileios: “I wanna help you.”
Amara: “I don’t need your help. Now get out of my face or I’ll cut your throat open and trust me I’d enjoy doing it after what you and your fucking master have done to me.”
Vasileios: “What do you mean? We didn't do anything wrong.”
Amara: “What the fuck did you say? You guys didn’t do anything wrong? Oh because you both are just fucking messagers who couldn’t do anything against God’s will, right?”
Vasileios: “I still went and got my master book and gave Damon that could help him protect you but later on I got to know that it was also part of God’s plan and I just helped him do what he was supposed to do but that doesn’t change the fact that I wanted you to be safe. Trust me, I mean you no harm. If I could help you in any way I would.”
Amara: “I said I don’t need your help.”
Vasileios: “Okay, how about some company?”
Amara: “Just leave, I can’t babysit anyone right now.”
Vasileios: “Babysit? I’m older than you.”
Amara: “Yeah, but can you fight?”
Vasileios: “Actually I can. Trust me, I won’t be a burden.”
Amara: “Why the hell are you here? Did your master give you orders to follow me?”
Vasileios: “I don’t take orders for my master anymore. I’m here because I said I wanna be helpful. (at the hotel). I’ll take the couch.”
Amara: “You can take the bed, I don’t sleep anyway.”
Vasileios: “You know it’s difficult to find you, it took me three months.”
Amara: “Did you really find me or did I wanna be found?”
Vasileios: “Of course it’s a possibility.”
Amara: “I’ll be gone in the morning, don’t find me. I’ll be back when I’m done with work.”
Vasileios: “I’ll come with you.”
Amara: “No.”
Vasileios: “Yes, I’m coming with you.”
Amara: “You better not complain if you get killed.”
Vasileios: “I can protect myself if you let me.”
Amara: “Whatever. (later on the night)”
Vasileios: “Where are you going? It’s 1:00 a.m.”
Amara: “I didn’t wake you. You can go back to sleep.”
Vasileios: “No, I’m coming with you.”
Amara: “You have five minutes, meet me outside. (parking garage)”
Vasileios: “What are we doing here?”
Amara: “Shh…”
Cooper: “What the fuck are you doing here? How did you get in?”
Amara: “Fuck. Time to show your fighting skills, stalker.”
Vasileios: “Vasileios. (everyone’s fighting)”
Amara: “Watch out!! (Amara pushes him out the way). Enough!! Now all of you will do as I say…put your gun to your temple. Now pull the trigger.”
In Vasileios’s head: Oh my God. What the fuck did I just witness? Did she just hypnotize them all? Did they really just shoot themselves or am I hallucinating?
Vasileios: “Hey, wait. What did you do? How did you do that?”
Amara: “Don’t ask stupid questions, be helpful. Find something, a map or an address.”
Vasileios: “Their phone is locked.”
Amara: “Karl…now they’re not.”
In Vasileios’ head: I’m losing my fucking mind. How is she doing all of this?
Amara: “Did you find something?”
Vasileios: “They were about to take this trailer to a location.”
Amara: “Karl…find it.”
Vasileios: “Who are you talking to?”
Amara: “You’re bleeding.”
Vasileios: “It’s just a scratch, the bullet missed my arm. What’s inside the trailer?”
Amara: “You’ll find out. They’re coming out. (werewolves shift back to human form)”
Mario: “You saved us, we’re grateful. But who are you?”
Amara: “We don’t have time for this. The hunters will be here any minute now. I believe you all are from different packs so when you go back, and warn all the other packs and vampires and witches coven that they’re being hunted. Tell them to stay alert. Now go this way, turn right and you’ll find some clothes. We’re in the middle of town, you can’t step out in your wolf form. Put some clothes on and run as fast as you can.”
Vasileios: “Wait, why are they capturing werewolves? Who are these people?”
Amara: “Humans. We’re done here, let’s go. I’ll go to that location tomorrow.”
Vasileios: “I’ll c-”
Amara: “Yeah, you’ll come with me, I know.”
Vasileios: “Can you give me a hand?”
Amara: “It’s just a scratch right? You don’t need a hand.”
Vasileios: “Has anyone ever told you, you’re so cold?”
Amara: “I tell it to myself everyday and no, people have just called me hot.”
Vasileios: “That’s also true.”
Amara: “Are you coming or should I close the shutter? (Legion Territory in the woods)”
Craven: “Why can’t you find her yet?”
Witch: “I told you, her blood is useless now, it’s not gonna help us find her anymore. She’s way too powerful and immune to black magic.”
Craven: “Find another way or I’ll kill that vampire lover of yours and your unborn child.”
Witch: “Give me some time.”
Craven: “It’s been three fucking months. You better hurry up if you want to spend time with your husband and child. (in Italy Ryan’s living room)”
Luca: “We couldn’t find him.”
Aria: “What the fuck do you mean? How the hell do you guys lose your alpha? A 6′4 man just disappeared in front of your eyes. Do you want me to believe this shit?”