Finally Found (On Hold Due To Stroke. Will Continue When Possible.)

Chapter 10

Chapter 10         Love, hate, jealousy and dreams

     I cleaned up from breakfast allowing everyone to do some catching up.  Apparently Esra hadn't seen his sister in quite some time.  As I stood at the sink deep in thought about how I would never measure up to these new vampire women in the house Adella came breezing back into the room.

"So, tell me Scarlett, are you enjoying Italy?"  She asked me honestly.  I realised at this point that she has no clue how I came to be here, or she is really good at playing the game.

"I wouldn't really know, your brother won't let me leave the house"  I said with frustration seeping into my voice.

"What do you mean?  Why not?"  She cocked her head at me quizically, putting one hand on her hip.

"Well, I wouldn't really know the answer to that either!" I said exhasperated.  "I have asked asked him and the guys, but he won't tell me and they just say it's not for them to tell that I have to hear it from him.  By the questions you ask me I am guessing you don't know how I came to be here, do you?"  I asked her with an eyebrow raised, carefully studying her reaction to my question.

"Well, no I don't.  I was told that Esra found his soul mate, so I rushed here to meet you.  By the tension running through this house though maybe you are angry about it?"

I sighed, running a hand through my hair "He found me and took me.  That is as Simple as I can make it.  I was waiting for my friends back home when your brother arrived, scaring the crap out of me I might add, and drank my blood and then I woke up here.  They told me what they are, which I did not believe until he bit me again, he told me I was his soul mate, which I am still not sold on, and here I sit.  I have been here about 2 weeks, I have not left, your brother barely speaks to me, leaving me to spend my time with Harlan and Rodrick.  I asked if one of them could take me sightseeing just yesterday and he blew his lid!  So, you will have to excuse me if there is some tension.  I miss my family, I miss my friends, I am stuck here with strangers, kidnapped."  I look at her with tears filling my eyes, "I just want to go home"I whispered.

She wrapped her arm around me, trying to comfort me and said "I'm here, I will make things better.  You will see."

"I keep hearing how things will be better if I 'just'... and I am sick of hearing it!"  I yelled pulling myself from her embrace, running to my room and slamming my door.  God, I have to get out of here, I thought.  This place is making me crazy.  I slid to the floor, my back against the door, crying hysterically.  I want to go back to the place I know, where people really loved me, not this soul mate fake shit that Esra keeps feeding me.  It is obviously not true!  Maybe I can convince Adella to help me, maybe she can get me home.  She seemed a little upset with her brother when I told her everything.  I crawled to the bed, and pulled the covers over me until I was burried in them and fell into a fitful sleep, my body exhasted from the emotional roller coaster.

(Esra's POV)

   This is going to work I thought as I helped Tori from the room after breakfast, stealing a look at Scarlett to guage her reaction.  She was looking at the floor.  She fumed when she saw me with her, jealous.  She couldn't recognise the emotion.  It must be something she isn't used to.  I could see where maybe she isn't used to a man ignoring her, she is so beautiful, a man would have to be an idiot to ever have her and willfully leave.  I also heard her call me 'her man' in her thoughts of rage, that bit of information made me smirk.  It had taken everything I had to ignore it and act like I hadn't heard every one of her thoughts since coming down to breakfast.

     We are all in the living room, just catching up when Adella excused herself to go spend time with my mate.  I wasn't paying enough attention to what was going on in the kitchen between them, shutting my sister and Scarlett's conversation out of my head to better pay attention to Tori.  She would have to believe I was happy to see her if I was going to use her to make my mate jealous.  The next thing I know I can feel Scarlett's strong emotions of distress hitting me and my sister standing directly in front of me hands on her hips, foot tapping a mile a minute on the floor.