Loves Forbidden Touch (A Supernatural Story)

Chapter 6

The woods were damp and oddly cold. Alana stepped from the rock ledge to a hidden lake. She'd found this place as a child and was relieved that it still existed. She sat by the water and placed a finger in it; it was cold, like it always had been. Nothing lived in the water; it was water from a hidden cave spring. The cave itself though, had bats and maybe some small animals, though she never did venture in.

She began to cry as the pain in her chest began to build. She was alone here; all those she loved were gone. She hated it here, she wanted to run away and never return. She kept crying, knowing that nothing would change.

The wind began to blow and she looked up for a moment, the hairs on the back of her neck rose. She got to her feet and looked around, nothing was moving. She shook her head and sniffled a yawn. She had exhausted herself and now found that she may sleep sooner than she anticipated.

A twig snapped in the distance and she jumped towards the noise. A figure came moving quickly at her. She tried scrambling up the rocks to safety but before she could the figure caught her about the waist. She shrieked.

"Calm down Alana, it's only me." The voice said. A voice that seemed oddly familiar, yet it didn't.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"It's me Sam. This place is screwed up if you ask me. I awoke to find myself an adult."

She looked at him, "You mean you remember?"

He nodded, "After you jumped into the portal, I did too. I didn't want you to be alone. I swore I heard you out here. So I came as quickly as I could."

"Then you're still..."

"A vampire." He said, nodding. "But nothing else seems right."

"My father is dead." She said.

He shook his head, "He's alive, just not here. The dark watchers must have placed us in an alternate world."

"So that's why your grandfather has no recollection of you?"

"Riley's here?"

She nodded, "He said his girls are just babies."

Sam sighed, "They must have changed the world on us, to make us seem as if we went mad. They do that to all us vampires. But with you here, it somehow kept me from doing so."

She hugged him then, noting the muscles in his waist. "When did you get so muscular?" She giggled.

He swatted at her, "It came with the body I guess."

She bit her lip, "You're kind of hot."

He grabbed her arms and looked into her eyes, "But you're meant for Riley, not me." He said seriously.

The light in her eyes diminished. "I'm sorry." She said.

He nodded, letting her go. "We have to go. I found a place for us to stay. Until we know what is going on, we need to stick together."

She took his hand, "Alright." She said, as he swung her on his back and he raced through the woods and into an abandoned house.

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Riley stood on top of the ledge and watched as the two children raced away. He knew the boy was a vampire, but why had Alana so willingly gone off with him? And why did the boy say she was meant for him. He shook his head. Mariah was right; the girl was demented, tormented in the soul. She was a lost cause now; the vampire would kill her for sure.

"Riley?" Mariah yelled, "Is she there?"

He turned away and left the woods, stopping by Mariah's side. "She took off with a vampire."

"What?"

He nodded, "The boy and her knew one another intimately. She left with him."

"My daughter is not someone who would go with a beast like that."

"Well she did Mariah. But what he said to her is quite puzzling."

"What did he say?"

"That your daughter was meant for me, that the dark watchers portal has sent them here. And that what I say is false."

She shook her head, "They know too much."

"They know too much since they remember it all. I thought you said you erased their memories?"

She lowered her head, "They must be too strong to erase. I tried."

"Clean up your mess Mariah or I will do it for you."

He stepped from her and left her standing there. She bit her lip, noting the taste of metal in her mouth. He froze mid-step and turned to her, he growled before leaping on her, landing her on her back. "You did this to us Mariah. You made this world to keep yourself safe. Either make it right or I will take my world back, do you understand?"

She nodded as he roughly bent his head and kissed her hard, licking the blood from her lips. He whispered in her ear, "And make certain that I kill you." He said before jumping to his feet and sprinting away.

Mariah got to her feet and shivered. The last person she wanted to get mad was the one person she fell in love with as a child. The very same person her daughter loved.

"I will correct my mistakes." She said, heading back to the house to clean her face.