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when we were sitting in almost the same room hundreds of
years ago and you hated me because I ended up dying your
hair blue and not black?
Amara recalled the memory of her and Crimson doing
exactly what the ghost had said. The other Crimson hadn't
mentioned anything about it and it was always a topic of
conversation when Amara was in a bad mood. Crimson would
throw it in her face. And come to think of it, Crimson hadn't
offered her any hearts from victims, which was also unusual.
That was another thing her friend would do to get her going,
because she never wanted to kill in the past. Also, the
vampire that she knew would have been pissed if she had
slept with the man she loved. There was no way that she
would have brushed it to the side.
Okay, say that I believe you. What are you doing here?
How did you die and who's downstairs?
The Crimson in the mirror shrugged. Who do you think?
Who wants to destroy all vampires?
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Kathryn.
Yes.
But how?
How is not important right now. You have to be careful, all
of you do. Watch out
Amara quickly looked behind her. A hooded figure swung a
large sword at her head. She ducked and the sword
connected with the metal and bent the mirror. Amara ran to
the door. It was locked. How come she hadn't sensed the
intruder? Someone had to be blocking her. Simon, Crimson or
Seamus. Who?
Andrew, she screamed. The link between them vibrated,
but it wasn't reaching him. She couldn't get a lock on him.
The hunter leaped across the space and slashed his blade,
catching Amara's leg and cutting a large gash in her calf. She
landed on the bed. The wound stung and she barely felt her
leg since the blade had sliced muscle and possibly nicked
bone. Blood bloomed on her jeans and ran into her sneakers.
She slipped on the floor. The hunter's hood fell back and what
she saw nearly stopped her heart.
It was Josh.
But she had felt him die.
"Josh?"
He looked at her blankly, the sword pointed at her throat.
The tip dug into the hollow of her neck. Amara swallowed
back her fear and concentrated on the link that they had,
even though she thought it was gone. She pushed along the
thread and popped into his mind. Darkness consumed her.
Clouds of hate and scattered images swam inside her
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thoughts. The shadows were eating away at the person she
knew and tried to take hold inside of her, but Amara kept
pushing them aside. Nightmarish creatures invaded her brain,
and inside the darkness was a vacuum. The thing that had
taken over was sucking up everything in its wake. She got
glimpses of others that had died at his hand and felt their
power rush into the dark when he killed the others. Buried
underneath all the madness was the friend she thought she
had lost.
The banging on the door made her aware that Andrew was
trying to be her knight in shining armor. She focused back on
Josh.
"Josh. It's Mar. Come on. You know who I am."
The tip of the sword wavered and she felt the haze
dissipating, recognition returning to her friend.
"Mar, what am I doing here?"
The lock broke and the door split. Josh jumped and the tip
of the sword splintered her throat. Amara gazed behind him.
Andrew rushed in with Seamus, who brandished a sword.
Without a thought, the ancient vampire plunged it through
Josh's chest, piercing his heart. The look of shock that
crossed his face washed away the remaining darkness. Amara
felt the stab as if it were her own heart breaking. The cold
chill of death settled on her and their link was severed
permanently. His skin melted around him and he tumbled to
the ground as ash. Amara had never seen that happen with
one of their kind before. The sword fell away and Andrew had
her in his arms. She didn't see or feel him. She'd gotten
through to Josh, had broken whatever grasped his mind. If
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he'd lived, then she could have sorted through the shadows
and discovered more about Kathryn. Moving out of Andrew's
embrace, she ran at Seamus and grabbed his throat with
hardened nails.
"You killed him! He killed Josh. Bastard!"
Andrew pulled her off and held her around the waist while
Seamus rubbed his neck. Crimson and the other vampires
finally made an appearance. They looked at the sight and
then back at Amara.
"What happened?" Trevor asked.
"It was Josh. Seamus killed him. Right when I was about
to get through to him."
"But you said Josh was dead. How?" Crimson asked.
"No thanks needed, Amara. Andrew, we must finish our
discussion." Seamus eyed her lover.
Amara saw Andrew nod. Seamus wandered out, leaving
her wondering. She looked up and saw Crimson staring at the
pile of ashes and then at her. Amara remembered the spirit of
Crimson in the mirror. Could that have been Kathryn? Or was
the ghost of her friend real? Which would mean Kathryn was
standing inches from her in Crimson's body, with her
memories ... and her powers. Amara steadied herself. "Crys, I
thought you said the hunters didn't know where you were?
Josh almost killed me. How did he find us?"
The other vampire shrugged. "How should I know? He
probably followed the link you had. A stronger vamp must
have masked it and made you think he was dead. I told you
Kathryn must have influenced him. It's a shame Seamus
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killed him. I'm so sorry, love. Spend the day with Andrew. I'll
have someone clean this up."
Andrew helped Amara up. Her pain of Josh's death was still
too raw. She swallowed back tears. How could Crimson be so
heartless? Josh deserved a proper burial, not to be tossed
away like garbage.
"Amara, you'll be okay," said Andrew.
She smiled at him half-heartedly. Her leg had barely
healed and she had lost a lot of blood. She couldn't walk so
Andrew picked her up. She knew he didn't mind. If there was
any excuse to be near her, he found it. "Crys, shouldn't we
bury Josh? He was my friend and Tre's. I don't want to see
him scattered to the wind."
"But he's nothing more than dust. Besides, whoever sent
him might be watching, and we don't want to alert them."
Crimson began to walk away.
"About the attacks, I wonder if Simon might be behind
this. He's strong enough and well he was insane. I don't
mean "
Crimson's eyes narrowed. Amara felt a surge of shock and
tension pass through her. Crimson didn't know that she felt it.
Her friend was hiding something, if she really was her friend.
"Amara, I don't mind Simon fucking you. But I don't
appreciate you making accusations about him. Remember you
are here on my whim. Seamus killed your friend. I assume
he's behind it. That's what I was coming to talk to you about.
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