The Immortal Secrets

Chapter 13

Kara barely made it to the balcony when Erik grabbed her and began to haul her back down the hallway. "NO!" Kara screamed at the top of her lungs, breaking free and finally making it to the balcony. "I told you she would come" a low melodic male voice said. Kara looked up, and saw what looked to be the scariest scene of her life. Jasper and Jace were standing in front of another boy. Jace had a huge fire ball growing in his hands, and Jasper had a lightning bolt of purple electricity growing. The boy starting at Kara had whirls of blue light swirling around him. He had silver hair, with dark blue specks in it. His skin was light blue, and his eyes were black. Jace turned to Kara and roared at Erik " I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO TAKE HER AWAY". " I did!!!" Erik yelled back, his eyes locked on the odd boy. " She ran back here". " Because I called her" the boy in the middle said, looking bored. "Shutup" Jace snarled back. "Kara, I killed this jackass 3 months ago" Jasper said, not taking his eyes off the boy. "This is my brother Foster"

Kara blinked, Erik coughed, Jace growled, Foster looked confused, and Jasper raised his eyebrows. "How the HELL are you standing here right now" Jace said lowering his ball of fire, before it disappeared. The other two boys slowly did the same. "I used her blood" Foster said, in a matter-of-fact tone. "What the fu-" Jace started before Jasper clapped his hand over his mouth, sending a weak smile in Kara's direction. "Please forgive him, he gets like that in tense situations". Kara was still processing what had happened. "How did you even...?" Kara started staring at Foster with disgust. "Easy, that dagger Conrad threw? I took it" he said, looking very pleased with himself. " And I'm guessing you sent those shadows...?" " To freak  you out..?" Foster said finishing her sentence, winking. "UGHH" Kara said stomping out of the room. "She's a handful" Foster added. " Now if you'll excuse me, I dont want to talk to you people anymore" he said bluntly. Kara walked back into the room with her arms crossed. When she saw Foster backing into the forest she said "Aren't you going to go after him?". "He's more trouble then he's worth" Jace said, walking back into the hall. "Besdies, he's not what we thought he was". "What did you think he was" Kara asked softly turning towards Jace. "It's nothing" Jace replied.

Jasper and Erik had now walked up to join them. "So, now you've met my brother" Jasper said smoothly."He's not actualy my real brother, both him and I were adopted when we were small". "Why did you have to kill him?" Kara asked tentivly."We found out he was working with Conrad, passing along information." Erik added "So we had to kill him". Kara nodded her head and pushed a stray curl behind her ear. "Lets all go to bed" Jasper suggested "It's almost 2 in the morning, and we've had a rough night.". Jace and Erik nodded. "I'll accompany you to your room" Jace said to Kara, taking her arm and leading her towards her room.

"So are you ok?" Jace said after a long silence. "Yeah, I'm fine" Kara sighed. "Kinda ruined my night though...." she added. "Well hey" Jace said smiling at her. "The night isn't over. Care for one more dance?" he asked taking Kara's hands. "Fine" Kara said laughing, remembering their last dance. They danced an odd dance all the way back to Kara's room, and this time Jace was the one stepping on her feet. "I swear your doing it on purpous" she said laughing at him. By the time they reached the door to her room, Jace had spun Kara around six times and she leaned against her door dizzy. Jace was laughing at Kara who was stumbling around from being spun so much. "Well goodnight" Kara said smiling, finally regaining her balance. "Goodnight" Jace said, looking like he wanted to say more. Kara opened her door and gently shut it, as she listetened to Jace's footprints walking away. 

"Kara" a voice behind her spoke. Kara slowly turned around and looked at the figure behind her. Conrad. "Kara" he repeated looking concerned. Kara's breath caught in her throat as she stared at him. "Why...why are you here" she finally stammered, her hand closing on the door knob. "I need to talk to you" he pleaded. "Don't leave". "What" she stammered quietly. "I didn't send Foster" he said walking closer to her. "I talked to him from the spirit world, and he said he needed the dagger. I didn't know about your....blood at the time, so I gave it to him" he said. "As soon as i heard what had happened from him, I came here. I don't want you to think I sent him after you". "I didn't think that" she said trying to step back more, but running into the door. "Then why are you afraid, why are you stepping back?" he asked, looking sad. "I'm not afraid" she said, letting go of the door knob. Conrad breathed a sigh of relief "Well then we need to leave, now." "Leave??" Kara said her voice rising. "Yes leave" Conrad said. "You can't be here. You would make Jace too powerful. It's dangorous to you and everyone" he said his voice becoming harsher. "I'm not leaving" Kara stammered looking straight at him. Conrads face grew grim " Kara you don't understand. You have to leave.". "I'm not leaving" Kara repeated stubbornly. Conrad's face twisted with anger. "Fine. But I'll be back. And when I am, your coming with me. You have no choice. You'll realize soon" he snapped, disappearing into the wind outside her balcony.

Thinking about his words, Kara jumped into the shower and dressed for bed. She lay in bed thinking about what he had said, and deep down, she knew he was right.