Darkness by Marcella Smith (chromebook ebook reader .TXT) 📕

like vampire. I look up to see some African American guy with gray eyes, wavy hair, and dimples looking down at me and Robert.
“Lola?” he asks in a deep baritone voice
“I’m sorry you must have the wrong person.” I smile.
“I’m so sorry than who are you?” He asks smiling.
I come up with a name off the top of my head. “Jessica. And you?” I ask.
“Terrence. I’m terribly sorry you look like someone I know.”
He walks away. I know that name. Terrence. Miguel told me about him. The vampire who could take your head off with one flick of a finger. Oh God I remember vowing to never have to encounter Terrence in my life. Robert gets up and goes after him like he was also using the restroom.
“Robert no!” I whisper but he ignored me and went down there anyway.
I get up and follow them. I see them grappling but Terrence is beating him badly. I run up behind Terrence and punch him in the neck but it was like metal there. I knew for sure that my knuckles were bruised. He hisses and uses his hand to throw me into the door. I see Robert get away and I try to ease past Terrence without him noticing. I step out into a public area before he could grab me and follow Robert back to our seats. I sit down next to him and catch my breathing. The air was knocked out of me when I was thrown into the wall or door whatever.
“I told you to stay here!” I whisper.
“Well I’ll be sure to listen to you next time.” He says rubbing his neck.
“He can’t do anything to us on the plane just stay in your seat!”
I glance over to see Annette and Douglas looking at Terrence’s back. Annette meets my eyes and mouths his name. I nod and I see her eyes widen. She and I were they only one I knew about him we wanted to keep him a secret from the guys because they would get all worked up and never be fun again.
“Speak now.” Robert says.
“What?”
“Who is Terrence?” He demands.
I sigh.
“Now.” He says.
“Alright alright. Terrence is the guy who every vampire maybe even Portia fears. Portia must have sent him out here for us. He is said to be so strong that he can knock someone’s head clean off with his finger. They say every vampire fears him. He has no weakness, no blind spots, and no feelings. The most cruel and calculating vampire out there.” I say.
“How do you know all this?” He asks quietly.
“Miguel told me. Remember my private trainer.”
“Yeah. “ He says.
“We get out the airport we run. Do you hear me?” I say.
“Yes.”
“We get all the fake stuff and make a run for it. I’ll give you details later. Right now rest. See if they have pain medication.”
I leave him to do all that. Up I dream of us living in a nice little area working and saving up money so when this on runs out we have a back up plan. We finally get to travel the world. I becoming a surgeon was out of the question. Everyone would think I’m dead. My parents would be devastated and my sister would too. I would leave so many friends and family members behind.
I was tapped on the shoulder.


Chapter Two


“Its time to leave.”
I nod. Robert must have told Annette and Douglas everything because they looked very tense. We get off the plane and Douglas gets the back pack. We catch the first taxi we see and tell the driver to take us to the nicest hotel by the beach. Twenty five minutes we are in The Cove Atlantis. We all get rooms on the top floor. I had the Penthouse Suite, Annette had the Presidential Suite (we girls need our space), Douglas got the Sapphire Suite, and Robert got the Ocean Suite. We meet in my room and start to discuss things.
“Okay we need cell phones, clothes, and jobs. Live it up while you can we are gonna leave to a pretty little place and work until we have enough back-up money. They are not gonna cancel the credit cards because they need to track us. So live it up here for about a week and we are on the move. Lets go we need phones.”
We head to the some electronic store and get simple smart phones. Touch screen and keyboard. We save each others numbers and head out together in two’s. Annette and I immediately go shopping for clothes and shoes first. We buy skinny jeans, sweats, shorts, skirts, bathing suits, tank tops, t shirts, fancy shirts, and all type of shoes. We head to a MAC make-up store and buy everything in there. We also go to a hair store where I finally get a hold of another flat iron and curling iron. After buying all close we go out and buy suit cases. We put everything in the closet for now and head out to look for car
I thought this would be tough. They wouldn’t have our fake names under the credit cards but as we each sat down with the dealer to by the Range Rover he looked over our credit card and said he found us on the credit card. Weird. Did they get a hold of our ID’s somehow? Only Terrence and the other vampires could figure out what was going on. Terrence. Of course I mean he was dangerous so he must be smart also.
We drive off with the Range Rover paying everything and driving off. We returned to the hotel just as the sun was setting.
“Dang it. I forgot we need wood.”
“We can get some from those fallen trees over there.” Annette points to a couple trees.
We look around for anything and find some tree branches. Not little puny ones nice thick ones. We head back and get a lot of stares from people. I order a steak from room service and Annette does the same. After eating we used the knives to sharpen wood. About two hours later we have eleven nice wooden stakes.
“I’ll go get dirt from outside. There is a breeze outside so I’ll open a window." I say as she nods in concentration. I open a window and let the breeze come in.
Downstairs in the little gift shop area I buy a lighter I go outside and grab a big handful of dirt from the flowers that are planted in front of the hotel. I return and I put dirt on a plate, she fills up a bowl with water, and I toy with the fire but keep it in control. At the lab they got the witches to put a spell over us and now we forever are in control of the elements. Annette as water and air and I have fire and earth. I look at my hand a flame is on the tip of my finger. She focuses deep down and I close my eyes and breathe on the fire making it increase quickly and I point at the dirt with a different finger and it shakes. I look up and see her water floating in the air and air surrounding her making her hair fly around she opens her eyes and nods.
I hit the end of all the wooden stakes with fire and then she puts the fire out with her water. I then give her my dirt and it swirls in the air and touches the stake. Each stake has a hunter mark which is a spear engraved in it when we finish. I never got the ritual but it seemed to work every time. I close my eyes and inhale. The fire goes away and I dip my dirt in the water and she uses air to dry and make it harder. The rock goes out of my hand moves in the air. I point the window and it flies over and drops down. I open my eyes and the fire is gone. I get up and put the stake in the safe we have in my room I keep two, Annette keeps two, and the guys can figure out how to separate theirs. I put mines in the safe and Annette went to go lock hers up.
I decide a shower would be a very nice thing. I shower and put on some denim shorts, and purple tank top, and some purple and gold Nikes I bought at the store. I head out and decide to chill in the lobby. I go downstairs and go buy a soda from some area in the lobby. I sit down on one of the couches and am joined by someone. I look over and see it is Terrence. I get start to get up but he grabs my arm.
“Don’t worry you’ll stay alive for a while. Portia isn’t quite done with you yet,” He says in a baritone voice, “I’m just here to supervise and make sure you don’t get killed.”
“Okay. Well you see I’m fine now go away.”
“Ha. You think you can get rid of me that easily.”
I stand up and look down at him.
“I know I can.” I say and walk away leaving him with an amused expression on his face.
I go take the car and drive down to some expensive jewelry store. I get out and walk inside. I see someone a tall person by the ring area and go over there. Why not flirt? I mean I was notorious at it at school. We flirt he was an American and was really cute. He put rings on my fingers and sliding them on so gently. One time it tickled me and I giggled which made him show... dimples! He was taking me to the necklace area (which I knew would tickle a lot) but then he suddenly took a step back. My smile drops and I turn around to see Terrence glaring at the guy.
"Not you again." I groan in disgust.
"I told you. You can't get rid of me."
"Trust me I'll lose you." I say walking out of the store and see he follows me out. I come up with a quick plan to try to stake him on the spot. I walk to the passenger side of the car by the meter and pretend I'm looking for something in the glove compartment. I close my eyes and the ground starts shaking and at the same time I reach for the stake and turn around thinking I'm catching him by surprise but somehow he manages to stay calm and dodges the stake. He pushes me hard against the car and I gasp and the ground start shaking.
"Don't try it again." He growls.
He releases me and gets into the passenger side of the car. I walk slowly and text Annette, Douglas, and Robert to pack everything and get ready to run. Then I send Annette a message with my super fast texting skills
Go rent two cars, get two tickets to Miami, Florida, and pack my stuff. Text me when you're ready park the cars in the back of the hotel. I'll try to stall as long as I can for you to get ready. I send.
Ok. She sends.
I drive around in silence hyperaware of the creature of the night next to me. I stop by a Starbucks and go inside he follows me in. I wait in line which thankfully was long. I order a