Dark Familiars

Chapter 32

I feel someone shake me. My throat dry. George was looking down at me frantically. His eyes staring at me with worry. My eyes widen and I wrap my arms around him. I feel my body shake. Gray bursts through the door. "Is everything ok!?" He asks panicked. I never seen him so scared. "She had a nightmare." George whispers. I notice a bruise on Georges arm. "Are you ok? I hit you." I whisper looking down at his arm. "I'm fine. I'm worried about you. Your the one that was screaming." He whispers. I rest my head on his chest. I close my eyes and try to stop my body from shivering. Gray nudges something cold to me. It was a water bottle. "Your throat is probably really dry." He whispers. I take slow sips and put it down. "What time is it?" I ask. "5:56." George said looking down at his phone. "I'm just going to go down stairs. You guys can go back to sleep." I whisper. "Are you sure?" George asks." I nod. "Yeah. Ill be fine. Maybe ill walk to the beach. It is pretty much behind the house." I said getting up. "Ok." He whispers. I give his a quick kiss and leave the room. "Taylor are you sure your ok?" Gray asks. "I'm fine." I whisper. My back turned to him. I walk down stairs. I look out to the beach. I step outside. The humid air hitting me. I walk out through a path to the beach. I feel the hot sand under my feet. I walk to the waves. The noise of the crashing waves calm me down. I take a deep breathe and sit in the sand. I look out into the ocean. The sun starting to rise. Then I feel my shoulders starting to shake. I clench my teeth. I then feel my cold tears stream down my face. They drip into the sand leaving indentations. My breathe hitches. I then feel someone's arms wrap around me. His cologne smelled of pine and the forest. I wipe the tears from my eyes but they just kept coming. He sits down and wraps his arms around me. "Your not fine." He whispers. I slowly look up to see his crystal blue eyes. I dip my head into his chest. "I tried so hard-" My breathe hitches again. "I tried so hard to leave it in the past but it just kept coming back to haunt me." I whisper. Gray's hand stokes the top of my head. My arms wrap around his shoulders. "They were so awful." I whisper. "It was like a prison." He looks down at me. His gray hair in his face. He pushes the hair from my face. "Your safe now." He whispers. "There are people after me." I whisper. "But they cant get to you because I'm here." He replies. I feel myself laugh weakly. His thumb wipes the tears from my face. His fingers so warm against my face as he brushes them away. I see the sun reflect off his face making his face glow. I feel myself blush and look out into the ocean. I bite my lip and close my eyes. I lean against his chest.  "What time is Deb coming?" I ask. "9:00am" Gray whispers. "It's 7:20. We have time. I can order some groceries and then make all of us breakfast." Gray said. I nod. "That would be great." I said. I slowly get up. Gray gets up and then I see a big smirk on his face. "What are you smirking ab-" I begin to say until Gray charges at me and swoops me up.

He runs towards the ocean I feel myself drop. I close my eyes. I hear him chuckle. I was right above the water. My but literally hovering above it. "Why are you always giving me a panic attack?!" I squeal. He smiles. "Probably from my good looks." He said laughing. He then runs again really fast. I didn't realize how fast he was. We were now in the house. He had his phone to his ear ordering food. "Do you run laps everyday or something!?" I gasp. He smiles and says the last ingredient. He puts his phone down. "I actual do. Got to stay fast and fit." He says. Gray walks over to the couch and sits down. I see George come down stairs with Frederic. "Good morning." Frederic greeted. He sits on the kitchen counter. "I ordered food to make breakfast." Gray announced. "Awesome." George said smiling. His hair messy and a lopsided smile on his face. The food finally arrived and Gray gets to work. He moved so fast across the kitchen. It took him 15 minutes to make everything. "Breakfast is served." He says clasping his hands together in pride. Gray make eggs, bacon, pancakes, and had fruit shaped into flowers. "How did you learn all of this!?" I ask. "Many years of watching cooking channels. Also the fruit flowers are easy because I'm used to handling a blade." He explains. Woah. He was amazing cook. "Wait how about hunting?" I ask. He gets up and walks to the refrigerator. He opens the freezer door. There was meat stacked in there. "Got that taken care of." He said smiling. "Please just don't be messy. This isn't our house and I've seen your clothes." I inform. "That's when I go hunting. This is cold cuts with no blood and flesh." He said closing the fridge and walks back to the table and sits down. "Why do you do hunting? Why not eat meat from the store?" George asks. "First off it's not fresh. Second, it's way more fun chasing down your pray. Maybe I'll take you both hunting with me." He said smirking. "No thanks. Don't want to be misinterpreted as a deer or whatever you eat." I said biting into my bacon. Gray just chuckled. We finish breakfast and I go up stairs. George said he would be changing in the bathroom while I change out in the room. I put on my pants and reach for my shirt until I feel something push against my back. I then feel Georges arms wrap around me and he brings his face to my neck. My back arches against his warm, toned torso. I hear a low growl come from the back of his throat. I feel my core tingle. What was happening? He kisses my cheek then I turn my face to his and look into his green eyes. His cold chapped lips come to mine. I turn around. I was only in my bra and pants. I place my hands on his chest. He wraps his arm around my waist pulling me in tighter against him. I hear a knock on my door. I slowly release my lips and look at the door. He lets go of me. I smile at him while he smirks at me. I put on my shirt and come open the door. Shelby stood before me. "Alright ready to go?" She asks. I nod. I take Georges hand and we walk down stairs to the car.

We drive down the streets of West Palm. "The first place is in city place. We will visit a place a day." Deb said while driving the car. "This familiar is know for scaring away people but not hurting them. Here is a file. We weren't able to get too close so we don't know a lot." She explains. I take the file from her. I open it. The familiar was a boy. 26 years old. He had dark purple hair and gray eyes. His skin so pale. His name was unknown. "Alright we are here." She says. I sigh. I was wearing my official master coat and had my sword. The coat had the academy seal on the sleeves. George had two blades and a dagger on his ankle. Gray was in jeans and a t-shirt. We get out. "Good luck! Call me if you need to be picked up." She said smiling. I wave goodbye. She speeds away and I turn around to the building. A person standing outside. I walk up to then. The women had long blond hair and brown eyes. She turns around. "Hello! Your Taylor! Alright the familiar is on floor two. He usual goes to different floors. Be careful. He won't hurt you but he is scary." She warned. "Alright thank you." I answer. We step inside the building. Couches on either side of the building. A elevator in the back and a stairwell on the right side. We walk to the elevator and above me was candles that looked like they were hanging but that had very thin clear strings hiding them. The walls were white. Very modern. "Stairs?" George asks. "Yep. I hate elevators." I state. "Lifts? There better then stairs." Gray interjects. I shrug and walk to the stairs. "You can take the elevator. I'm not taking risks. I had bad experiences with elevators." I answer. I hear Gray sigh. We then start heading up the stairs.

On the second floor the light flicked. We walked down the halls slowly. I hear a crash. We walk towards it and I see him. He was tall. Maybe 5,9. Not as tall as Gray. "Get away." He said. His voice wavering. "We are here to help." I say. "That's what the last people said. They did this to me." He said. His eyes wide in fear. I look all over his body. His face colorless and his body so boney. "They starved you." I claim. He looks up at me confused. "Now your thriving for food. You Brian can't think straight." I continue. "Your wrong. Please leave." He said standing his ground. Words spurred out of my mouth and I kept moving closer and closer to him. "Taylor...." I hear George whisper. I keep moving forward. "What is your name?" I ask calmly. "Andy. I shouldn't have told you that. Damit." He regrets. He is so scared. I was so close to him. I clenched the vile in my hand. Then I stop. I'm scaring him more. I put the vile away. I then put my hand out. "I'm Taylor." I answer. He looks at me shocked. He hesitantly walks to me but stops and slowly outs his hand out. I shake it lightly. "Will they hurt me?" He asks. I shake my head. "Unless you don't hurt me." I answer. He nods. I smile. "Now will you come with us?" I ask. He steps back. He then puts out his hand. "Will this happen?" He asks. Then my eyes widen. My brain soon plays the memory he was projecting in my head like a movie.

"Andy! Andy! Where are you!" My girlfriend calls out to me. I lay huddled in the alley behind this condo. I couldn't speak. My lungs collapsed and my throat dry. The women kicks me in the ribs once more. I cough up blood. "Please stop." I rasp. She smiles. "Andy! Andy? Is that you!?" My girlfriends asks frantically. She runs towards me and the women. "Go! Run!" I rasp. She looks down at me with a face full of horror and fear. I reach my hand up. "Run! Sirean run!" I rasp out but the women grabbed sireans shirt and pulled her down. My girlfriend wimped In pain. "Let her go! You can have me! Please just let her go!" I beg. "She already knows. She must go." The women answers. A man walks behind her. "Good job my wife." He says patting her shoulder. "Finish your duty." He whispers to her. Loud enough for me to hear. My girlfriend looks at me and screams. Her screams ear piercing until I try to get up. I cough up more blood and look up to hear the screaming stop. The women having a fist full of sireans hair. Blood splatters onto my face. I feel my tears wield with tears. The long sword was now buried into her chest. I choke out. "Why... Why would you do this!?" I yell. The women and man smiled. The women let go of Sireans head letting her body fall to the ground. "Because it's fun and you were a disloyal familiar. I hope you die here with a slow death. Just know that you will be with your pathetic girlfriend. You should thank me." She scoffs. I curse at her. She just laughs. Her and her rotten husband walk away like nothing happened. There backs disappearing into the night sky. I feel my body slowly healing. I wasn't going to die. Not now. I must live for Sirean.