Chapter 57 CHAPTER 57
SERA'S POV
Adrenaline soaked my bones as Kael drove at a speed that would have terrified me before now.
I couldn't tell if he was angry at me or scared we were being chased.
He'd carried me down to the car, reset my arm that's still healing now and then drove off like a madman.
Hours later, he parked in the school parking lot, it was already nighttime and he pushed the door open for me.
Aggressively.
"What's wrong?" I asked him as I stepped into the hallway.
He didn't say anything, just kept pushing me forward towards the portal.
I placed my arm on the wall and the door opened.
The second we're at the other side, he starts walking quickly, away from me and I have to run to keep up.
Today and the whole training weakened me and I haven't had a moment to rest but I didn't stop running after him.
I've never seen Kael this angry and I don't understand why.
I did the job.
My mind is trying to pull me in, I did something terrible and should be worrying about that but his attitude took preeminence.
Finally, we got to our cabins and he threw my bag at my door and began walking away.
"KAEL!" I snapped, matching the ground harshly.
He stopped, a deep growl pouring from his chest.
"What is happening? Did something happen? Are we in danger?"
He turned, and I realised his eyes were darker than usual.
"When you set the trap and he fell for it, why didn't you attack immediately as I'd taught you over and over again?" He demanded, his voice deep and reprimanding.
"Wait, is that what this is about? The vampire is dead, what else matters?"
"Your life!" He snarled.
"I'm fine Kael, I killed him like you wanted."
"You were fucking lucky Sera, lucky! In this job, luck gets you killed. You don't wait for luck, you don't hope on it. When you see a chance, you act immediately!"
"You're talking as though this is going to become my job or something. I made a mistake once, and you would too if you weren't grown into a murder mindset."
"Please stop with that stupid, victim mindset! You were raised as a human, well newsflash, you're not human! You're a predator, you're the thing that goes bump in the night. Humans are terrified of you. But you're not the only thing that's dangerous, others are and if you don't kill them first, they'll kill you!"
"He looked so... Normal," my voice cracked, "I froze for a bit but I recovered quickly and I did it. Why are you making it look like I failed?"
"Because I was forced to do this job and your life is in my hands even though I didn't ask for it. If anything happens to you, my family is in trouble. I have a little girl whom I'll love to go back to soon and I can't do that if you keep freezing up when you're supposed to act. Maybe I misjudged you. You are not as special as they think you are."
"I didn't ask for any of this!"
"Too bad you're going to have to adjust because you dare not die on my watch. When I'm no longer responsible for your life, feel free to get yourself killed, you hear me?"
"I'll try," I breathed, forcing the tears down.
"I'll bring your dinner. You can have tomorrow off. We'll train for another two weeks and then we'll try again. You've made me regret believing in you."
Jeez, he keeps digging deep into the wound.
He storms away, leaving me standing there like a scolded child.
Well, in a way, I am.
It just hurts how much empathy I have for the Council to keep using people and their families against my conscience. Here's another person who, if I don't comply and do as I'm told, they'll suffer.
His reaction might have been extreme but his revelation made me understand. I have to be more careful and I can't freeze again.
I'm already what they wanted me to become and there's no blood on my hands, just ashes.
That doesn't make me feel any better.
Sabrina is restless in my head and I'm so tired so I don't focus on the incident.
I hear inside and after a quick shower, my body hits the bed and I'm out cold.
I used to have nightmares when I was younger but they fizzled out at around twelve or thereabouts. My mom joked that my growing boobs scared them away.
Since then, I never remembered my dreams no matter how exciting or dramatic.
But this one, even whilst in it, I knew it was different. I knew I wasn't awake because come on, nowhere on earth is this brightly lit with clouds floating everywhere.
The light bill would wreck the company.
At first, I heard the sound of a waterfall and I had turned around to head towards it when someone cleared their throat behind me.
I started.
Turning around, I had to shield my eyes because there was nobody there, just a light bulb in the shape of a woman.
A beautiful shape mind you, the type Naomi keeps showing me she's in the gym to become like.
"I know nobody is treating you like the gift you are," the voice spoke, feminine, soft, "only as the weapon you can become. But I want you to know that you have a choice."
"You mean I can walk away from all of this?" I asked despite not understanding whatever the hell is happening.
"Unfortunately no."
"Then what choice are you talking about?"
"When the time is right, you will know."
And then I woke up with a cold.
Which is strange because I don't remember ever feeling that way.
The dream lady didn't make sense to me so I didn't focus on it.
But I ate the food Kael had dropped earlier and I swung into training.
Whatever comes out of this, I know one thing for sure.
I'm not going to die in the hands of these vampires.
So I don't rest, I don't slow down and I use the new strength of becoming full-blooded to push my body beyond the physical.
Kael joined me later on and was trying to get back to the nice, laid back vibe we had going on before but I don't allow it.
I'm not sure that version of me exists anymore.
Maybe they've succeeded in making me a weapon already, I don't know.
I'll find out soon.