Gray

Chapter 12

Luke

Looking out the window of the travel trailer was freaky. Just a few hours ago we had driven through a full town, albeit poverty-ridden, but it looked so real. People had dotted the streets, working and well, living. But now... Now it was like being on a ghost tour in an old west town. I kept expecting to see a horde of ghosts converge on the trailer.

"So how long do you think this has been going on?" Victor asked no one in specific.

Gabe sighed as he looked at Gray lying on the small couch, "I don't know. I mean based on what North and Silas saw it could be decades or even more. Then again, if the spell is feeding off those who pass through, she might have been living multiple lifetimes here."

"She mentioned having a cabin up in the mountain," Silas said. "Should we check it out?"

"That might be a slippery slope," Kota pointed out. "While I say we need to go soon, for now, we need to find out what happens when Gray wakes up. We have no idea what she will or won't remember."

"How did you know?" Owen asked Gabe.

He shook his head, "It was more of a feeling really. Something seemed off from the moment we entered the town. I mean, hell, I see spirits everywhere all of the time, but here I didn't. It was like a fucking vacuum and that isn't normal."

"Maybe you can do some research on the name Clara said - Gracie Jean Wilmont?" Owen suggested to Victor.

"Already been searching. It's a fairly common name in these parts so I'm trying to narrow it a bit."

"Any ideas what she is? I mean, I can find a heartbeat, a pulse - all the basics of human physiology, and hell those three had sex with her - even drank from her," Sean said.

Almost in unison, they all slapped their necks, "Fuck!" North swore. "She bit all of us."

Sean got up and began to examine their marks, "That's odd," he mused. "She has some sort of fangs, but they're very small, not even as large as a nascent vampire." He grabbed a notebook and scribbled details, then asked, "Did any of you have any side effects - euphoria, pain, blacking out?"

"Other than surprise and the pleasure of the bond forming, nothing extraordinary," Silas smirked as he looked down at her. "She seemed surprised that she broke the skin as well."

"Same here," North said. "I mean, don't get me wrong, it was hot as fuck, but nothing that indicated anything supernatural."

"Euphoria," Nate said with a dreamy look. "When she bit me, it was euphoric, like I'd been hit with an amazing high." Sean hummed and scribbled more notes.

"May I suggest we take shifts watching over her and the rest get some sleep?" Owen said.

"Nate and I will take the first shift," Kota said, passing Nate a pillow and blanket to cover her with. We all agreed and split between the two trailers.

Gray

I could hear them talking, but I couldn't wake up. What did they mean I wasn't human...the town wasn't real...I didn't understand. I tried to talk, to open my eyes, but nothing worked.

I felt Nate's hands touch my skin as he covered me. It was like fire and I desperately wanted to feel it again. I tried shifting but it wouldn't work. Silence began to fall over the trailer as one by one, they fell asleep.

I felt a warmth in my hand and blinked, my eyes meeting Kota's soft green ones. "Hello, again little ghost," he smiled. "Been eavesdropping I see."

"I tried to wake up, but I couldn't." I looked around and realized we weren't in the trailer. "Am I still asleep? Where are we?"