the beggining

chapter 21

hey guys i just wanted to ask you if you could read the authors note at the bottom of this chapter. i have a question about this story id like your input on :)

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I sat bolt upright, only to need to lie back down because of head rush. I was drenched in a cold sweat, breathing heavy and heart pounding. I was in my own bed in my room, and in my own body.

 I calmed slightly.

To my side Jacob was sitting still with a stern serious face, only I could notice the pain in his eyes. Artemis was lounging in a chair in the corner but he also bore a worried expression. I turned my eyes to the lump on the floor. It was Toby. He looked about ready to pee his pants, with his eyebrows so diagonal that if they turned any more they’d be vertical.  He was sitting on the floor with his lanky muscles so tense he was shaking.

“can someone please explain to me WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED!?” he spoke frantically.

Artemis stood up from where he was sitting in the corner

“she was having a bad dream, or possibly even a vision” there was an edge to his voice.

“what the hell is a VISION?” Toby asked stupidly, his voice still loud. I would’ve laughed if I didn’t know the  seriousness of the topic.

“you should very well know what a vision is boy” Artemis snapped, fixing Toby with a challenging glare. Then sighing when he registered the true curiosity on Toby’s face.

“do you know visions from movies? Where people see the future or past or something that’s happening at that moment but in a different place?”

“yes”

“that’s what it is” Artemis sounded like a frustrated parent

“but Sakina was sleeping” Toby asked, frustrated that he wasn’t understanding faster

“yes, in the real world vision’s happen only during dreams, when your subconscious is dominant. But it is extremely rare for humans to get them, though some have in the past”

“but humans get them when they’re awake too” Toby stated, though it sounded more like a question.

“no they don’t, humans have them during their dreams but their mind supresses them until later. When humans have visions during the day, their mind just happens to remember them at that time. It can take weeks, months, even years before they remember them. Something during the day triggers the memory”

“then ho-“

A deep growl came from Jacob who had earlier lumbered over to my side to comfort me. All signs of his past patience evaporated.

“is this really necessary right now!? Or have we all forgotten what just happened to Sakina!?” his angry words tumbled out of my mouth, and his deep voice rumbled in my chest.

Slowly, Artemis and Toby’s eyes landed on me. Jakes gaze found me as well, after he made sure that I was the main focus.

I personally was unable to talk. Still trying to sort through all the questions and memories of the terror I felt. I couldn’t explain how I felt, in the dream I was fine, only faintly feeling the fear of whomever I was trapped inside. Now that I was fully conscious, it was like the fear from the dream came with me, but instead of being in the back of my mind it enveloped me completely.

Something was very wrong. I don’t get this scared.

Unless…

I looked at Artemis letting all my fear and worry seep into my expression. I couldn’t use my vocal chords yet as I whispered the name that sent shivers down my spine, the breath I exhaled almost completely covered the word. But I knew Artemis heard me because of how wide his eyes got. Jacob whimpered in fear and sympathy, slightly nudging my side as I began to shake harder.

“Tyson” I gasped, unsuccessfully trying to choke back a sob

“he knows” I spoke quietly, the fear in me multiplying by the second as I realised what this meant.

“what?” Toby asked quietly.

“HE KNOWS!” I screamed. I didn’t know what came over me but it took complete control of everything I had, I started laughing while tears ran down my face and my body was shaking so violently that I probably looked like I was having a seizure, I don’t know maybe I was. Then everything went quiet.

The warning that my instincts gave me before they took over was completely lost in the jumble of my thoughts. Now they followed through. All my previous thoughts were violently shoved to the back of my mind to be dealt with later and the clear calculating persona that my instincts provided was at the center of my brain and flooding their deadly calm, and lightning reflex decision making throughout my body and mind.

Toby’s P.O.V.

“HE KNOWS!” she screamed. I couldn’t believe how much fear was put into those two words. It was so painful to watch her crumble before my eyes, her hysteria just enveloped all that she has ever been. Everything that indicated her power shut off, as she laughed and cried and spoke random bits of sentances that must have been her thoughts,

“he knows. . . find me. . . his fault… your warning … nothing will… how did…”

Her body shook as if she was suffering from severe hypothermia, I wanted esperately to run to her and comfort her but I couldn’t get my good for nothing human body to move. All I could do was sit there and watch.

Slight jealousy made its way through my worry and desire as I watched Jacob do my job to comfort her. But then the jealousy evaporated as his ears shot forward and his head snapped up. He looked tensed for attack but he wasn’t growling or baring his teeth, he just slowly backed away from her. His eyes didn’t leave her face. He didn’t look quite scared, but very cautious.

My eyes followed his progress, until the room went quiet. My gaze snapped back to Sakina my previous worry kicking into overdrive. She now had wings and a tail and her pupils were slits. She looked exactly like how she did when we first met. As fear struck me, it was quickly drowned out my awe as I sat, still stunned by her beauty.

Her expression was deadly calm. I don’t think she even realised that she was turning until now.

Her slitted eyes were focused on me and I felt my heart skip as she smiled ever so slightly. She then fixed her gaze to the now more relaxed Jacob whom she beckoned to and I, once again, felt a pang of jealousy towards him, then her eyed rested on Artemis.

“Artemis” her voice was dangerously enticing.

“yes Sakina” his tone was cautious but knowing, I wondered what his reaction to her was but didn’t care enough to take my eyes off of her.

“it was Tyson” she paused, I had no idea who this Tyson guy was but I could tell he was the cause of her earlier distress and viciously wanted to attack him for hurting her.

“and I think he was with the sisters” she continued. The silence was so intense I’m sure I could’ve heard a pin drop

Then her gaze fixed back onto me “and he was using Toby”. I knew immediately what she meant and my body went cold. Toby’s alive? My brother… is alive?

my body felt heavy as te realization sank in, then i was weightless.

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hey guys, first of all thank you soo much for reading! i have now hit the 1000 mark :) i know thats not alot by comparison tosome of the other stories but im still super exited about it

so i was thinking, im not sure if i should cut this book into 2 parts, i nver thought id reach more than 30 chapters but theres still a ton of stuff that needs to go down. please comment below and let me know if you think i should split the book in 2 or just keep it gong like this...

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