Total eclipse of a heart (Embry Call)

15. Is this alright?

"Open your eyes." A velvety voice beckons me to obey the command, so I do as I'm told; I open my eyes.

Unprepared with the sight of a man drenched in blood, the snow white skin almost entirely red now, matching his eyes.

I can't talk, like I have no mouth to speak. I can't run, almost like my legs are broken. I can't see anything but this incredibly beautiful man, fearing him with every beat of my poor heart.

I can't breathe, my lungs are burning, but I can feel the air around me pressing me, overwhelming.

Everything...this is a dream. Wake me up. Someone wake me up!

"Oh, I long to see you in the flesh my little huntress. Only then will you fulfill your destiny. Only then will you know real power." He...Alec says sweetly, creeping closer to my unmoving body.

He's completely in control. He is inside my head.

It's just a dream, I repeat over and over, screaming for someone to wake me up, but I don't make a sound. Not really.

Alec smirks, licking his lips slowly before leaning in. His breath fans my face like he needs to breathe at all, but it does...he does.

"You'll see." He says ominously, pulling away from me and falling into the dark.

"What does that even mean?" I hear Jacob hiss, the anger in his voice palpable once more. Snapping my eyes open instantly, I find him at the door in Edward's face.

My body is covered in cold sweat, body tingling and numb. I'm absolutely weak and mind tired, but the dreams are becoming more and more often, haunting me even with my eyes open.

"It means she is in a lot of danger from a foe much stronger than us." Edward explains, looking at me from the corner of his eye.

"You said these dreams became more frequent the longer she stayed here. Maybe Embry was some sort of a mental block and that's why Alec is able to torture her now?" Jacob suggests and a pang of hurt laced with guilt passes my heart, lingering a little longer than I'd like to admit.

It's been weeks since the wolves started their siege of the house, refusing to allow the vampires to leave and feed. In doing so, they basically locked two humans in with a clan of starving blood suckers. Also, that meant I couldn't talk to Embry at all.

My principles remain and so do his. If he isn't ready to meet me halfway, why should I?

"No connection to any man could get me. This is just a bad case of the flu." I state, interrupting their bickering.

While they worry about Bella and her thing surviving and my own physical state deteriorating, the wolves are closing in on us and they won't hesitate when they get their shot.

"It's the imprint connection. It can't be ignored because it will pull you two closer together at any cost. Being away from each other long causes your body to shut down and altered mind, even driven to insanity." Jacob starts, making me shake my head.

"If that were true, wouldn't Embry be here? Would he not try to be with me on this even if he isn't on the same page as us?" I challenge, realizing I sound selfish and spoiled, especially after what I did to him the last time I saw him.

I find myself longing for him and his warm touch, or at least the pine scent he exudes. But in the bad times I fear myself. Who can tell what the hunter inside might do if he does come for me? I'm unhinged with all the supernatural around me and I don't want to harm him. I think it would kill me.