10 Visi (1/2)

Michael used the bus to travel back home because James was keeping an eye on the vampires.

'It's time that I get my driver licence.' Thought Michael. He stopped in his tracks when he arrived at the mansion, there was something wrong here he could feel it, smell it. He slowly walked to the mansion, not sure what was wrong and he saw Rosa who was wiping away her tears.

”Rosa what's wrong?”

Rosa looked up and saw Michael standing right in front of her. SHe stood up from the stairs and hugged him, ”Michael it's terrible, Miss Greyshaw she....she collapsed and was brought to the hospital...” Said Rosa agitated.

He stood there rooted and said, ”Tell me exactly what happened!”

Rosa stopped hugging him and used her handkerchief to wipe away her tears, ”I'm not sure Barbara said that Sheriff Dawson visited her and the Miss collapsed after he left.”

'Sheriff Dawson?'

He quickly threw it to the back of his mind and asked, ”Rosa you can drive right?”

She nodded weakly and Michael picked up the key to one of the four cars that the Greyshaw family owns, ”Good then drive me to the hospital I need to see mum now.”

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At another part of Palmer Falls were Claudia and Ceddy talking about various things while walking randomly around. Ceddy was happy to be able to spent time with Claudia and she didn't dislike his presence at all. It was getting dark and they decided that it was time to head home. Ceddy accompanied her to her apartment and just as he wanted to leave he reacted to something in the air.

There was a stench in the air, it felt strangely familiar but he couldn't remember where he had smelled it before.

Claudia seemed to smell it too and both of them stared uncertain at each other, before turning to the door that leaded to Claudia's home.

Claudia overcame a bad feeling, this feeling started to gnaw her from the inside and she took out her keys. Ceddy tensed up and the atmosphere became strangely gloomy.

A fresh metallic stench assaulted their noses after Claudia opened the door, Claudia knew directly that something was off because all the lights were out. Her mother should be cooking at this time but it was too silent. Ceddy took out his phone and texted something before following Claudia inside.

She turned on the lights on the corridor and followed the fresh stench that came out from the living room.

Claudia froze the moment she opened the door to the living room and Ceddy who was right behind her stopped too.

There were three stranger in the middle of the living room, one of them was sitting on a chair while the other two stood one each to his side. Claudia's mother laid unconscious on the floor with blood streaming out of her head and neck.

This moment seemed to run in slow motion in Claudia's eyes and her feelings became chaotic, changing from confusion to anger to fear and hate.

The man sitting on the chair spoke first, ”We have been waiting for you Claudia Diaz.”

Ceddy heard Claudia's heart beating faster and faster and he could feel that she was about to transform. He grabbed her hand and squeezed it for a moment. Claudia felt Ceddy's hand on hers and she took a deep breath and calmed down a bit before looking furiously at the strangers.

”Who are you people and what have you done to my mother?”