Chasing Daylight

Tyler, June 10, 2014

Chapter 6

“In three words I can describe my life with all its drama: it really sucks.” –– Tyler

  “YOU’VE GOT TO FIND A DIFFERENT APPROACH. You’re not the only one suffering.” I can’t give a crap about my brother’s wants or needs. He’s taken all of mine away from me. I’d take away his happily. But all he cares about is Skailar. That human. I don’t want to admit it but I care, too. Too much. She’s taking too much from us but we keep giving to her.

  I keep letting my brother know that I’m okay. That I never think about what he’d done two hundred and twelve odd years ago.

  Thank God he can’t read minds.

  “You think that hasn’t crossed my mind? Really?” he eventually shoots back angrily. “She is too important for us to take any risks. What other approaches do we have––”

  “She doesn’t even know how much danger she’s in. She hasn’t got a single clue about anything, meaning she thinks that she might make it through tomorrow.”

  “She will.” Felix growls at me ferociously. “And the next day, and the next…”

  “You think you’re the only one that cares about her safety? She’s the closest thing to humanity that we will ever know. None of us are going to let her pass by us unprotected.” I have to reassure him. I may hate him but he’s still my brother. It doesn’t mean I don’t love him. He needs her to survive. I need her.

  “Alright I’m…I’m taking a shift tonight. You…” I sigh in defeat. “You should go over to her and talk to her.” I suggest. He hastily shakes his head as he opens the fridge and tosses an O Positive to me.

  “No, she won’t listen to me. Not after what she said to me today.” He disagrees.

  “Fine. I’ll talk to her while you take my shift.” I deal. He nods in forced acceptance.

  I know this is hard for him. Him mostly. After what he and Cassidy had been through. After what they’d shared. He won’t stop until she’s his. It’s the closest thing to the love he had he will get. Though I can’t see why he would want to bring back the pain Cassidy laid upon him. She’d hurt him, crushed him, ruined him.

  And I was stupid enough to fall for her after that. She lured me in, completely dazed and under her spell. She was conniving, devious, smart and she cheated. She won every round, using us both as her little play-toys. She wasn’t going to win this round, I know that much.

  Hell, but will we win, either? Will there be a winner?

  If we go down, she’ll go down with us. We’ll finally be able to break her spell. She won’t have any opulence to control us. And she won’t have the knowledge of trying to achieve Skailar’s death.