Humanity (The Balcoin-Hale Chronicles)

Chapter Ten

The next day. Thalia woke up early and went to Joshua's house. Thalia rang the doorbell and about a minute later Joshua opened the door. He said "Thalia what are you doing here?"

Thalia said "we need to talk" and walked in.

Cora walked down the stairs and said "Joshua I'm gonna go" she looked up and was shocked to see Thalia.

Cora said "hi Thalia."

Thalia said "Cora what are you doing here?"

Cora said "no time to talk, I have to get back to Mirinoi" and ran out the door.

Joshua said "Thalia let me explain."

"Did you sleep with her?"

"Thalia please just let me-

Thalia interrupted "did you sleep with her?"

"Yes but let me explain."

Thalia slapped him across the face "I never want to see you again" and teleported to her room. Xan was laying on the bed.

Thalia appeared on the bed and said "Xan wake up."

Zan sat up "what's wrong?"

"Your wife had sex with Joshua."

"I really hope you're kidding."

"I'm not."

It's been a week since Thalia and Joshua broke up, the last few days have been hard for Thalia. She hasn't left her room in almost a week. She has read every book possible trying to find a way to feel better but she hasn't found anything yet.

At Dragon Flames castle Jax was with his parents and Dragon Flame. Percy said "how's Thalia?"

Jax said "I have no idea, all she does is read and cry. She only leaves her room to get more books."

Eva said "how many books has she read?"

"Most of the time she speed reads, so she could have read a thousand by now" Jax said.

Dragon Flame said "she read that many books?"

Jax said "well she reads like a dozen books every hour and she doesn't sleep anymore."

Eva said "that's not healthy."

Jax said "I know."

Upstairs in Thalia's room, Thalia was laying on her bed reading. She read aloud as she turned the page to the final chapter. "Humanity, who calls a chapter humanity. I should just keep reading I need to finish this book. Vampires and other supernatural creature's emotions are heightened but as a vampire your basic instinct is not to feel. Vampires have the ability to turn off their emotions it's like a button you can turn off." Thalia closed the book and put it on her desk. She laid down under the covers and fell asleep.

Down stairs Eva said "do you think Thalia will be okay?"

Jax said "I don't know. Our emotions are heightened a lot because of how much power we have. When we get sad we get depressed."

Dragon Flame said "that's true but it's also unity week. Plus your birthdays in a few days." (I should probably tell you about unity week. Each day celebrates a milestone. There are five nights of celebration all leading up to Jax and Thalia's birthday.)

"I don't think Thalia's gonna want to celebrate our birthday."

"Do you want me to cancel the parties?"

"No this isn't just about me and Thalia. It about celebrating how we all made peace."

Dragon Flame said "is Thalia coming to the party tonight?"

Jax said "let's go ask her." Dragon Flame and Jax walked upstairs, down the hall, and to Thalia's room. They walked into Thalia's room.

Dragon Flame said "is she asleep?"

Jax said "I think she is, let's go before she wakes up."

Thalia said "too late" and sat up against the headboard.

Jax said "sorry sis" as he walked over to the bed.

Dragon Flame said "we just wanted to know if you were coming to the party tonight?"

Thalia said "I am."

Jax said "that's great" and sat down on the bed. He quickly stood back up and said "Thalia how long has it been since you took a shower?"

"A week, I know I need to take one before the party."

"More like three" Jax said.

Thalia threw a pillow at him and said "you're so mean, now leave so I can get back to my nap." Jax and Dragon walked out of Thalia's room.

Eva and Percy went back to their house to get ready for the party. Jax and Thalia both got ready too. The party was pretty normal but Thalia was acting weird. She seemed completely okay with everything, even after she found out Cora was pregnant with Joshua's baby. Katarina and Jax were the only ones who could see that something was wrong. Everyone else just thought she was putting on a brave face. The party began to die down and that's where our story starts.

Thalia walked into her bedroom and over to her desk. Katarina walked out of the bathroom and said "looking for this." Thalia turned around to see Katarina holding a book.

Thalia said "can I have my book back?"

Katarina said "all day you've been acting weird, like you have somewhere to be. You're acting like you don't feel anything. So I came up here and found this book. I finally figured it out, you don't want to feel anything. So you're gonna turn off your humanity."

Thalia said "congratulations, you figured it out."

"Thalia did you read the whole book?"

"I did."

"Then you know what happened when he turned off his humanity. He killed a dozen people before we were able to trigger his humanity."

"That was his experience, mine will be different."

"It's not gonna be different it's gonna be deadly."

Thalia said "I have more control over my vampire side than anyone and I can't do this anymore. It hurts, it hurts so bad, I never knew it was possible to feel so bad, and it's only gonna get worse. I can't do worse, I shouldn't have to" as tears fell down her face.

Katarina wrapped her arms around Thalia and said "no one should have to and you're right it's only gonna get worse before it gets better. I get it, I do, but I'm not gonna let you do it."

Thalia wrapped one arm around Katarina and put the other on Katarina's neck. Thalia broke Katarina's neck and let go of her. Katarina fell to the ground.

Thalia said "I'm sorry Kat but that's not your choice to make."