Love in a Strange Place: A Vampire Witch's Journey to find where she belongs

Chapter 2

I wake with a start as my alarm goes off. I lean over and shut it off as I sit up and rub my eyes. I hate it when I can't sleep and I have nightmares. I roll my shoulders to try and get the stiffness out, but give up after a moment when they hurt too much. It was going to be a long day and I am not talking about my traveling on an airplane, which I wasn't looking forward to either.

I sigh and then start my morning routine, pushing through all the pain and stiffness, wish I could say this was a one off, but this is all too familiar. When I was finished and dressed in my blue jeans, desert hiking boots, black plain short sleeve t-shirt and my long dark blue denim coat with gold embroidered sun, crescent moon and stars down the back I then put on my jewelry that I will be traveling with and this included a ring that my Aunt gave me when I turned 16 with my birthstone in it, a necklace that I never take off of a phoenix rising holding an ankh that also has the eye of Horus on it that my father gave me just before he left me and that my step uncle never took from me.

I also put on a bracelet that was my mother's that I found in the storage unit that I discovered after my aunt's death when I was 20, it was a white gold filigree band with Aquamarine, Amethyst and Emeralds along the band and according to the letter that went with it, it was commissioned by my birth father for her after she gave birth to me as it has all three of our birthstones in it, but he never got to give it to her as they both were killed not long after I was born because of the same bullshit that my Aunt and cousins died from and this was because of my mother and Aunt's heritage, my Aunt's husband was involved.

I also have on my other ring which my adoptive father sent me, but my step uncle used his vampire mind control on my aunt to stop her from giving me any gift or communication from the only parent I have ever known, only he didn't know that her subconscious was stronger and she placed them all in the storage unit that was left by my birth parents that she had access to but my step uncle didn't thank goodness.

The ring was yellow, white and rose gold twisted in a kind of braid style with the gemstones that was my name around my initials in a really beautiful monogram, at first I was confused because my last name starts with a 'w' and this has an 'm', but then I realize that this was his way of letting me know that I would always be his daughter and that is why I never take it off, well other than the fact that he said in the card that went with it that he made this all himself.

Once I had done all this I then went around and checked to make sure everything I was taking with me on the plane was ready as well as that everything was packed ready to send. I know I did this last night but I just wanted to make sure once more. When this was done I then stop to look around the room and I get a barrage of memories of everything that has happened since I have been living here and as I am about to pick up my bags, pillow and blanket that my Aunt made I hear a knock on the door and I open it to reveal Richard on the other side and the two others that were Richard's personal guard.

I must have had a confused look on my face because Richard says

"Good morning, Sapph. I decided to see you off this morning and then Martin and Ryan are going to be taking your luggage to the car. I hope that is ok?"

He has a rather sheepish look that lets me know this wasn't really by his choice that the plan he told me last night had slightly changed, but I wasn't going to call him out on this right now and so I just nod my head and grab my handbag, carry on bag, my pillow and my blanket that I let no one else touch and the guys grab the rest of my luggage that I would be taking with me today and we all make our way outside to Richard's limo.

As I pass others in the halls they shout their goodbyes and I politely wave and give them all sad smiles as I will miss some of them, but I know that this wasn't really the last time that I will see them, just the last time for I have no idea how long. We exit out of the huge building that I actually really love as it is this Victorian Gothic looking castle that was one of the first buildings built here in Australia, but no one knows it is here still thanks to the connections Richard has within the government.