Chapter 4 Fragments of Destiny

I looked at him and stared into his eyes. How I loved those eyes. How

weird it was that I was hearing all of this from him as if he could look into

my mind and see or hear what I wanted. It made me feel good, but sad at the same time, because it was coming out at the worst possible time. He

was going to change into a vampire and they would never have this life that was planned out for them that I so desperately wanted. "No, it wouldn‟t

have. I felt it to, the call of your soul to mine; but I didn‟t know that was

possible I thought you chose your mate, and I never thought you would

want me." I turned my head away so he couldn‟t see me blush, and he

tilted my head back up so our eyes met. And I continued. "I‟mjust an

ordinary girl who just found out she has powers and belongs to a strong

covenant of witches and warlocks. I‟m not special, pretty or anything else

that attracts guys to girls. I‟m just me , Monika Marshal or better yet now I‟m someone else Rebecca or Beca depending who you are. I don‟t even know who I am any more. All I know is that I don‟t want to live a day without you

and now I‟m going to lose you. How is that fair? And it‟s all my fault I should have let you take me back. You should have forced me." I was crying and

he leaned over to sooth me.

"You will not ... lose me ... Rebecca ... I will not turn... I won‟t ... I can‟t lose... you neither ..."

"Alana says you‟re going to turn; that you look like you will. I‟ll kill them. All of them." At that time the door swung open and in came John and Peter. They were there to help carry Sebastian downstairs to the cells. Before I could think about it, I leaned over and kissed him. And he kissed me back with more force than I would have thought and we were lost in each other. That‟s when it happened, my first vision of us. It was of the future, I was

wearing a violet colored dress that was long to the ground, and even with

heals on it was still just touching the ground. My hair was back to its

original orangey red color and it was down and curly. He was standing next to me with a nice lilac colored tie with a white button up shirt. His hair was as it always was neatly arranged on his head in that way that made me

want to run my fingers through it. He looked at me and smiled and what I saw made me catch my breath. He had fangs. But he was so sweet and

gentle as if he weren‟t that monster he was turned into. I pulled away and looked into his eyes, and for some strange reason I knew he saw it too, he saw my vision.

And before they took him away he said "Don‟t worry... I‟ll never hurt... you Rebecca." And he brushed my hair away from my face and kissed my

cheek. The guys came over and helped him downstairs and I was left there breathless and feeling empty.

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After about twenty minutes I went to go look for Clarisse so I could finally

open up the envelope that we found in the library. I promised I would open it with her and I like to keep my promises. I went downstairs first, checking all of the rooms and was about to go back up when I found her in the

weapons room, with fighting gear on. She always wore tightly fitted black clothes when she knew she was going to go fight, so I was a little worried to see her dressed like that, since I didn‟t know anyone got sent out on a mission.

"Hi Clarisse, where are you off to? Do you need any help?" I said as I

walked into the room. I reached into my pocket to make sure I still had the envelope which I did; it was starting to feel heavy like it was tempting me to open it and I couldn‟t take it anymore.

"No I‟m not going out I‟m just looking for something to practice with, you

were gone a long time so I thought you forgot about me..." she cutoff as I pulled out the envelope and motioned for her to follow to me up to the

unused library.

When we got to the library we sat in the back on the two bean bag chairs

that were set up for the kids in the covenant. There aren‟t many kids here

since the only pairs are John and Alana and Peter and Jessica. The older

couples are still around but unable to fight so they teach and train the kids. But John and Alana haven‟t been successful in having any children and

now I wonder if they ever will. Jessica is five feet three inches tall with black hair and blue eyes. Peter is five feet six inches tall with dirty blonde hair

and green eyes. Their kids are eight and ten. The boy is ten his name is

Alexander. And the girl is eight her name is Rhain. Alexander looks like his father in every aspect apart from his eyes; those are his mothers. Rhain

looks like a splitting image of her mother. Every last detail she could be her twin. The others are older in their teen years none old enough to fight yet, but one is close she turns eighteen next month, and she is more than

ready, her name is Maia.

I took the red bean bag and Clarisse took the blue one. When we were

comfortable I took out the envelope and opened it slowly. "Ok, here we go. I hope this was meant for me and no one else, because I‟ve been so

anxious to see what is in here." I said.

"Ok so open it." Clarisse said a little anxiously. So I opened it. And pulled

out first a letter it was short, but I put it aside as I noticed there were

pictures in there as well. I took out the pictures and went through them. The first one was of me and Alana and I was sure it was Clarisse. So I gave it to

her and sure enough Clarisse confirmed it. "This was taken two days

before you disappeared. We had gone out to get icecream that day we were at the park down the street. I was wondering where these pictures went." As she grabbed the next one that was of me and my parents, she told me "This is your mom Samantha and your dad Robert." She said

pointing out the individuals in the picture.

"I know." I said and paused before telling her what just happened. I wiped at the tears in my eyes and said "I just had avision as I touched that photo. It was of the three of us, they loved meso much, kept telling me that

everything will be ok and that they love me. But nothing bad happened in

the vision except my dad had a weird mark on his shoulder; he was pulling a long sleeve shirt up over it."

"You have visions too? It must be because your mother did. She was a

very powerful witch. And her and your father were just like Alana and John; so in love and always together. When they were mated they were just as

strong together as Alana and John are. I still wonder what happened to them." She said as she was staring off into space.

I was done looking at the pictures the other two were of me as a baby and me with a boy I was sure was Sebastian. He looked older than I was which if it is Sebastian he should be. I put it aside with the intent on asking him

about it when I was done looking through all of this. I reached for the letter and opened it. It was short enough to make me feel like they were in a rush writing it. It said ...

My dearest Rebecca, I am sorry we had to leave you like that, but your

father was bitten by a werewolf and we had to leave the compound before they planned an attack. It was the downtown pack who did it, please

forgive us. I love you with all my heart and hopefully one day we will be reunited. Use your gifts well as they will help you find us. Love mom and dad.

I stared at the letter dumbfounded. I couldn‟t believe that they were still

alive and hopefully they didn‟t turn evil. It worked with Alana and John, so maybe they will be ok too. But after all these years of them being gone I

couldn‟t think of anything that would make them stay good. I looked up at Clarisse and handed her the letter. Clarisse read it and had the same look on her face, one of dumbfounded misery.

"I can‟t believe what I am seeing. I mean he was acting funny before they disappeared, well that‟s what my mom said to me anyways, but I can‟t

picture them turning and not telling anyone." She stood up and started

pacing the floor in front of the bean bags. She looked completely shocked and I was a little worried.

"Well apparently they didn‟t want anyone to know, although I don‟t know why they didn‟t just leave me here. Maybe that wasn‟t part of the plan.

Maybe something happened to them before they could bring me back." I said hopeful of anything to keep my parents and their intentions good.

"Well I‟m not sure Monika, but we should get Alana and the others , they will know what to do, hopefully." She said as she got up and went to the door

waiting for me to join her.