Shawn Salvatore

Chapter 10.

Shawn's P.O.V

"What the hell are you?" Emily asks again when I don't answer her the first time.

My mind is running at a million miles an hour to the point my head starts to throb with a headache. I didn't expect tonight to turn out like this; I don't think any of us did. Damon's power earlier should have affected everyone on Jase's property including Emily who stood only meters away from the fight. She's frightened and on the verge of hysteria so Damon's compulsion didn't work on her. Why? She's the only partygoer left, even Jase has scurried away and it's his own fucking home.

"Shawn?" Emily cries her eyes wide with fear, I see her hands shaking in her lap. "Your eyes... they went black? Like soul crushingly black. What was that?"

"I'm sorry," I speak sounding weak. "I can't do this right now." A look of shock passes across Emily's face and her cheeks flush slightly with anger. I know she's thinking that I'm acting like a typical guy here and walking away from her when she needs me but she's so wrong. I'm not a typical guy and I'm definitely not walking away from the first girl who's caught my eye since my turning.

I quickly add, "Tomorrow. There's a small shed down by the lake that one of the gardeners keeps his tools. You can see it from the main path. Meet me there at seven tomorrow night and I'll explain everything I promise. I'm sorry Emily; my family need me right now."

Running to Damon's car I feel weighted down with guilt at leaving Emily in such a state but right now we need to find whoever is turning school kids into vampires so recklessly before we're all outed to the humans.

Once my butt is in the front passenger seat of Damon's car we're sailing down the road from one problem to another.

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Emily's P.O.V

It's been nearly a week since the party. I haven't been to school, I've avoided my friends even when they come knocking on my front door and my mom and sister are starting to worry about me. I know school is starting to ask questions about my whereabouts but my mother is keeping them away right now. I also didn't meet Shawn that day in the park and I've heard he as well as Stefan has stopped attending school because of a "family bereavement".

After the party that night I ran home, shaken and an emotional mess and started my research straight away. I knew Becca was taken home by Jase so my sole purpose was finding out what the hell was happening. Getting swept up in the internet probably wasn't one of my wisest choices either. The web turned out to be a much darker place than expected with being drawn into different supernatural forum groups and reading witness statements from victims who have seen things no one would ever believe. The World Wide Web turned out to be a gruesome place I never want to go that deep into it again.

However much I didn't like some of the things I saw I did find out what Shawn might be though. My world has been turned upside down and I don't know how to live my life knowing what I know. I know what Shawn is and it scares the crap out me.

It started off with a forum on a nondescript website. At first I thought I had stumbled onto a wrong site because to be honest there wasn't much on it apart from what I could tell were over the top made up stories. That was until I came upon a post from a lady named Amelie. Her post wasn't long. No, in fact it was only one sentence with a picture underneath of what I assume was Amelie's neck with two red swollen puncture wounds featuring on it. Her post read:

"There is more out there than you think, be aware and don't invite strangers into your house at night."

It's now Saturday and my nerves are feeling less frazzled. I finally replied to Rebecca's texts last night and we're meeting for coffee in a few minutes. She seems worried about me but I can't blame her because I'm worried about me to.