A Vampire's Life Book 5

Chapter 10

The days passed slowly as I stared at the rock face entry in our yard, hoping that the door will open and Jonah will walk through. I wait for a response from the text that I sent him, neither have happened. My once happy mood had passed and was replaced with a sulk. My mother had tried to drag me into mid jump to go shopping, hoping that a bit of retail therapy would alleviate my sulk, but it did not. I was also worried, worried that something had happened to him and the workers. Humans might have said they wouldn't attack us, but we knew better. I had wished that I could have gone with him but he nor my parents would allow it. A month had passed and out of nowhere a meeting was called, we were requested to the council meeting room within the hour. It filled me with hope that there was good news, maybe he had sent word, maybe construction had begun already. My parents had managed to avoid giving any information to me, not wanting too many ears to know was their excuse. They wouldn't even enter my mind and put up the walls to tell me.

We walked along the corridor, Terrance and Alina were talking in reception, Miranda flittered around the room looking so much better than the last time I saw her.

"Ivy, do you mind waiting in the meeting room? I need to talk to your parents." she says, a gorgeous smile plastered across her face.

"Uh sure."

She opens the door for me, I barely make it through before she closes it again. The room was empty, just the stark white walls and the dozen chairs and table to keep me company. My ear pricked up with the sound of something odd, something like a breath.

"Hey gorgeous."

I spin around to the familiar voice, finding myself in his arms before I know what I am doing. He laughs.

"Missed me, did you?"

I nod as I wrap my arms around his neck. He lifts me up and puts me on the table, kissing me.

"I missed you too."

"You didn't return my text." I smack his chest.

"No network coverage. They are putting in a tower as we speak."

"You didn't come back." I smack him again.

"This was the first chance I had, we had to get the wall up to protect the workers. It's been a scary couple of weeks."

"Are there humans out there?"

"No, wild animals. The lack of water has enabled the animals from Africa to roam freely, there's a few of them out there, got a bit hairy there for a while."

"But it's safe now?"

He nods.

"Work on the building has started, won't be long now."

"How long are you back for?"

"The weekend." he leans into my ear with a cheeky grin. "Coming over for a sleep over?"

Before I could answer him the door opens and everyone starts to move in. He looks at me with eyes wide, raised eyebrows. I play coy for a second and then nod at him, which he finds thoroughly delightful.

The butlers pour the blood, it smells wonderful. I take a sip watching as Terrance flicks through some papers.

"Ok so, the current status... Various vamps around the world are making the suggestions to the humans to move to the northern rim. Most of the humans have listened to them, moving towards what they see as paradise. They are unaware that the vampires were watching and counting, keeping track of the humans that entered through the gate to the northern rim. The werewolves have been enlisted to track the scent of humans, scouring the planet's surface. Now, the project... Jonah?"