Prince of The Night

33

Jason

Jason. A familiar voice whispered to me.

Assuming it was Jeff or Francis, I ignored the voice and continued meditating.

Jason please, I don't have much time left. The voice choked out.

I furrowed my eyebrows in annoyance as I opened one of my eyes. I gasped and jumped back in shock as I noticed Samuel sitting right in front of me.

"Samuel? Am I hallucinating?" I looked around to see if Francis or Jeff was anywhere around.

Look Jason, I am locked in the basement of the house, your father is planning on executing me any day now. He drained me of most of the energy I had, so I can't fight back. I need you, come please, hurry.

"S-Samuel, wait where- what, why?" I couldn't find the right words to say.

I am riddled with guilt right now as I knew that my father was going to punish Samuel. However, with everything happening, I completely forgot about him.

Hurry. The wind whistled as his voice and visual faded away within the distance.

"Samuel." I whispered to myself.

I felt my heart tightened at the fact that I allowed him to end up like this. If I wasn't so negligent and kept my eyes open, when we rescued Rue, we could've rescued Samuel as well. He also said he was in the basement of my home. Does this mean he was there the whole time during Rues rescue.

Is he aware of what's going on? Is my home okay?

My mind began filling with many possibilities as to what's occurring in my home. Unfortunately they all were negative leaving me extremely paranoid and anxious.

There were hundreds of people living in our home. It was that big. It was a shock to know that my father got them all evacuated in time before the "mission" started, and before Hunter's transformation.

Where would they be now? Are they back at home?

No.

It's not safe. Hunter could be camping out there just waiting for someone to return so he could kill them. But if that was true wouldn't he have scoped around the whole house and discovered Samuel?

"What are you thinking about Jason?" The sudden appearance of Francis' voice caused me to jump.

"Oh god." I breathed out. "You scared me."

He was carrying what seemed like a dozen stones and branches which seemed extremely heavy. Honestly, with his small frame, you'd never expect him to be that strong, but then again, he is a vampire.

"We need to build shelter. I'm tired of sleeping on this hammock. It hurts my back." He dropped the stones and sticks in front of me which sent out a loud boom throughout the Forest.

I watched as a bird flew away before deciding to say something.

"I have something to do today." I said vaguely.

I don't want him to know about Samuel. Actually, I'm not even sure if he truly knows about the situation Samuel is in. Being that he is the first vampire I'd expect him to, but he hasn't mentioned Samuels well-being at all. I've decided on my own to return back to my home and retrieve and save Samuel. I want to avoid a huge conflict just in case my father is back home.

If I go on my own, it would minimize whatever issues could become.

"So you're telling me you're not going to help me build this den?" Francis sighed.