Sara Waters

Chapter 8

"How did she do?" She asked, after the kiss.

"She did well, still has a lot to learn, but we'll make an Alpha out of her yet," We began walking back to the mainland. Aunt Athena smiles at me and gives me a thumb up. Making Uncle Bill chuckle. When we got back, I saw Dad with Erick and Mom. But something was up, and noticed that Mom was placing an icebag to the corner of his left eye.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow," I heard him say, receiving the icebag from Mom. I ran to see what had happened.

"Hey, babe," he said, watching me, I bent to get a closer look.

"What happened?" I asked, Dad rolled his eyes.

"Your dad trained me today," he said, as I looked at Dad, he only shrugged his shoulders like he was stating 'I have no idea what he's talking about.' "How about you?"

"Uncle Bill, trained me, thinks I can be the next Alpha," I said, as Dad, Mom and Erick looked at Uncle Bill, as if they wanted to know if what I'm saying is true or not.

"It's true, she did better than I did on my first day of training," Uncle Bill stated.

They all looked at me with a smile and the group hugged me.

...

That night, Erick and I were fast asleep in my bed. I didn't want to get up, considering Uncle Bill's training was rough and I still have a little pain where he'd punched me. I didn't know it was going to be that hard, even though I know it's going to be much more painful, and much rougher tomorrow. However, something woke me up. I turned to see Erick moaning and groaning like last night, I turned and tried to wake him. He was hard to stir, even started to scream so loud that this time, he even woke my dad, who came whooshing in. I always forget that vampires, especially hybrid vampires, are extremely fast.

"Hey, hey Erick, come on," he said, shaking him roughly. "Come on, wake up!"

"Come on Erick," I said, as my dad grabbed hold of him and sat down next to me.

The same way he used to do it with me when I was a kid having nightmares, then would lay my head on his lap. Erick continued to scream, and started to pat hard on the bed.

"No, no, no!" he yelled, and dad started to brush his hair with left hand. Used his thumb then used the first finger to trace his nose.

"You use that with me," I said softly, as Erick started to calm down.

Dad smiled and spoke. "Yeah, it usually works right away."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, first it calms you down, and it later wakes you up," he explains.

After a while, Erick's eyes quickly popped open and gasped for air. Dad grabbed and hugged him tight.

"Erick, it's okay, hey, you're alright," he said, as Erick's breathing was shaking rapidly. "You're alright."

"She's gone, she's gone, she's gone," he said softly, as my dad shushed him. "No, she's-she's-she's gone."

"who's gone?" My dad asked, as my eyes widen. "Who's gone, Erick?"

"Sara," Erick softly said, then started to cry. Dad later looks at me with a worried look.

...

Erick was sleeping all morning, after what he had been through last night, I say he'd deserved a break from training. Me, however, am not so lucky. Uncle Bill even had someone come over to give me a couple of clothes, with a note attached to it. It reads: