12 CHAPTER TWELVE

Evan was short of ideas on how he was going to handle the whole thing. First, he needs to see Laura and second, he needs to get Reed so Emerald can feed on him but who was he attending to first?. He paced around the house thinking of what to do.

"don't tell me you're thinking about this?". Adam asked coming to him. "Emerald has less than twenty-four hours to live. I don't know what else you're thinking about".

"but Laura....".Evan paused. "fine let's go in search of Reed". He said after much consideration.

"you're going to be fine, OK?". Adam told Emerald, pecking her forehead. "you girls stay with her and let us know if anything comes up". He turned to face Sophia and Chloe.

The girls nodded as the guys-Evan, Jim and Adam set out to look for Reed.

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Laura couldn't get up from the bed, it was like the dream she had had a lot of effect on her.

"At least try to eat something".her mom said passing a plate of pancake to her but Laura pushed the food away.

"I'm not hungry mom".she said in a solemn voice.

"but you haven't had anything all morning and look how pale your face looks. Just try it". Her mom said trying to get her to eat.

"I don't want to eat!". Laura said pouring the food on the floor. Her voice went so high that Jones and Ashley had to rush in to find out what was wrong.

Martina stood dumbfounded watching what had come over her daughter.

As if regaining herself, Laura looked at her mother and the surprise look on her face shows her mother was hurt and couldn't understand why she behave that way to her. "I'm sorry". Laura apologized but her mother walked out.

Ashley came closer to her sister and she saw that the necklace was glowing but she decided not to say anything, besides the necklace thing is still a secret between them and their parents mustn't find out.

"would you like a cup of tea?". Jones asked his daughter but Laura shook her head. Jones nodded and left to meet his wife.

The moment Jones left, Ashley turned to face Laura. She pulled out the necklace from where it was hidden and called Laura's attention to it. "is this supposed to happen?". Ashley asked touching the necklace. Laura glanced at the necklace and saw it was glowing just like it did in her dream.

Laura studied the necklace for sometime then she went to her window and opened it, looking up to the sky, she saw the moon, it was a full moon.

She didn't understand why the necklace started glowing all of a sudden. And why does the full moon affect the necklace? She asked herself as she stared at the horizon.

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"you've changed so much". Phoebe said as she walked side by side with Reed.

It was evening and Phoebe And Reed decided to take a stroll. Phoebe had lots of questions and Reed wasn't sure he's ready to answer them all. "what do you mean?". He asked glancing at her.

"you don't pay attention to me anymore ". Phoebe said as they came to a halt. She stared into his eyes searching for answers but she found nothing." is there someone else?". She asked as they continue to walk side by side.

"there's no one".Reed told her.

"then why do I feel like you're drifting away?". She asked but Reed kept quiet.

Phoebe complained about his lack of attention to her in all ways, demanding him to explain himself but Reed had no explanation.

"Say something to me Reed".she paused as they stopped walking. "what's going o....?". Before she could finish her sentence, Reed quickly covered her mouth with his palm.

"shh!".he told her as he studied his environment. He could sense some movements in the trees and Phoebe could feel it too but before either of them could take any action, Phoebe was hijacked by Jim in a flash. Jim quickly blindfolded her just in case she was human.

Phoebe tried to speak but no words came out. Reed tried to save her but before he could do anything, Adam appeared in front of him with folded arms.

"so it's you". Adam said as he paced around Reed staring at him from head to toe. After examining him, he appeared in front of him and punched his face.

Reed almost lost his balance but he was strong enough to keep his balance but that didn't stop his lips from bleeding.

Phoebe tried to wriggle herself from Jim's grip but Jim held her hand so tight that it would definitely leave mark after some time.

Evan was there watching when his phone rang. He saw that the caller was Laura, he didn't pick up the call but he gave a signal to Jim and Adam that he was leaving to attend to something else while they should attend to Emerald.

After Evan left, Reed tried to get back at Adam for making his lips bleed but Adam wasn't going to let him not after what he did to Emerald. It's either he follows them to Emerald or they return back the favour.

"Do you remember a lady you happen to... ". Adam said as Jim demonstrated it by opening his mouth about to feed on Phoebe's skin.

Reed knew exactly what they were talking about but he pretended not to know." I have no idea what you're talking about". He said which earned him another punch from Adam this time he fell to the ground and immediately Adam pulled him up by the collar. Before Adam could launch him another punch, his phone rang. Adam brought out the phone and saw it was Sophia. He quickly received the call without letting Reed go.

"is everything OK?". He asked as his eyes lingered on Reed who was now having a bleeding nose .

"Emerald is not herself, she is having issues controlling her transformation. We are having a hard time keeping her act together. If this goes on, we'll lose her. Have you guys found the guy yet?". She asked. Adam could hear shrieking sounds and shattering sounds and he could also hear how terrified Chloe sounded at the background.

"we're bringing him in". Adam said as he hung up. Adam winked at Jim, signaling him to bite Phoebe. Jim was glad to do that. Jim's fangs came out and as he was about to chew his dinner, Reed quickly stopped him.

"Don't hurt her". Reed said as Jim's fangs disappeared. "I'll go with you. I'll do anything you want, just let her go". Reed said. Adam was pleased to hear that. He looked at Jim again.

Jim got the message and hit Phoebe at her back. Immediately, Phoebe lose the consciousness. Jim took Phoebe's phone from her pocket then texted the first number he saw which was Bianca. He told Bianca where to come and find her. After making sure Bianca got the message and a reply she was coming, Adam and Jim took Reed to meet Emerald.

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Evan knocked at the door and Ashley was glad to see him at the door. "How's Laura?". He asked.

"she's OK?". Ashley said looking at the worried Evan.

"what happened?".he asked.

"she had a nightmare". Ashley told him feeling sad for her sister.

"A nightmare she remembers vividly". Martina replied coming from the room with her husband.

"did she say what the nightmare is all about?". Evan asked.

"she said she dreamt about vampire". Ashley said as Evan looked at Martina trying to confirm if it was true. Martina nodded.

"can I see her?". Evan asked.

"I don't think that's a good idea because she doesn't want to see anyone". Ashley told him. Evan looked at Martina again for confirmation, when she nodded, Evan sighed.

"I still want to see her". He told them.

"well, don't say we didn't warn you". Ashley said as they all went to her room.

All of them stood by the door, looking at each other as who is to knock when all eyes fell of Evan soEvan knocked.

"I told you I don't want to see anyone". Laura said.

Without much force, Evan twisted the handle and the door opened. Laura turned to see who had the right to come in when she didn't want to see anyone but the moment she set her eyes on Evan, she ran to hug him and when her body touched his body, she collapsed in his arms. Evan quickly looked at the necklace and saw that it was glowing.

He quickly placed his hand on the moon pendant and when his palm touched the moon pendant, the necklace stopped glowing. Immediately the necklace stopped glowing, Laura's eyes flashed open. Her eyes stared into his eyes for a while when slowly her eyes closed once again.

Evan knew right now, Laura is his possession and he has to keep her by his side. He knows he can't be there at all times especially when she is far away from him and he also knows that if he had to keep her, he has to come clean which includes telling her he's a vampire and the necklace she's wearing belongs to him but is he ready for that yet? He asked himself as he stared at the lady in his arms.