When Worlds Collide - Chapter Sixteen

"Thank you for a most memorable shopping trip," I giggle as he bends down to kiss my hand. "You are most welcome, I will see you in a little bit," he says as he turns and heads into the house. 

I set out on a mission to find my mother. I have to try to convince my parents to change the laws so I can be with Dimitri. I find my mother in the study, "mom," I call out to her. "Emily, how was your shopping trip?" she asks. I bet I blush as I recall the time I had with Dimitri before we really went shopping. "Good," I mumble. I try to regain myself while I find the words to tell my mother how I feel about Dimitri and the hopes that they can make a bright future for us. "Mom, I want to ask you something. I want to know first if the laws are firm on me being with my own kind?" I ask as I prepare for her answer and the reason why I'm asking.  

"Well, our family line is based on fairy's being with their own kind and the royal bloodline, being pure. Why do you ask?" she smiles. Oh, here goes nothing. I take a deep breath. "Mom, I want to know if I can be with someone that is not a prince or a fairy," I whisper. "I think I know what you are asking, I need to know who he is," she demands. Oh no. 

I know by this point I look mortified as I try to find my voice. "Dimitri," I whisper to the point that I can barely hear myself. My mother's eyes grow wide, and I'm scared at what she is thinking. She stands there silent as she takes in what I just told her. 

"Emily, you are young, and he's your guardian. You're not supposed to date your guardian's or a non-fairy. "How does he feel about you?" she asks. Oh, this is going to backfire, I can feel it. I look down at the ground as I know my face is probably pail.

Here goes nothing, "I love him, and he loves me," I choke out. "Emily! What were you thinking, and what was he thinking? He's much older than you and your guardian," she shouts. Oh, this isn't good. "But mom, I don't think there is a better person for me. He is half fairy, just not royal," I plead. "I'm not sure what your father is going to say to this. Dimitri is one special person, one that he may change the rules for, but I will have to discuss this with him first. You know if he says no, you can no longer see him like that. Your father might even send him away. I hope you get your wish, I want to see you happy, but I don't make the decisions for him. I will speak to him this evening on the matter. Until then, you must not let anyone else know of this matter. Do you understand?" she tells me. Oh, this is good news. I'm almost jumping up and down, but then it hits me. If my father doesn't want me with Dimitri, he can send him away. My heart almost stops as my breathing becomes hard. "Ok," I reply as I head downstairs to call Chyanne.

I pull out my phone and dial her number. "Hey, Chyanne! I told my mother," I spit out. She gasps, and then there is silence for a moment."Yeah, she's going to talk to my father about it, oh I hope he lets me be with him. Can you come over?" I ask. "Yeah, I'll be right over as soon as I can," she replies. I hang up the phone and decide on getting my homework done so I can be prepared for my father's decision a little later. 

I've managed to get my homework done and head downstairs to wait on Chyanne. She should be here any minute. I'm washing my hands when....................................

I hear crashing sounds coming from the living room. I can hear shouting and furniture breaking. My heart starts to race as I run toward the sounds.

When I arrive in the doorway, I almost run right into Chris. As I take in the scene, I'm horrified. I'm frozen in my tracks when I know I should be running.

I look across the room, and my heart stops, Dimitri is in full battle mode. He's fighting someone that I have never seen before. I can't get a good look at the guy, his back is facing me. I can only see Dimitri and his determined face as he fights.

  Dimitri is good, but the guy he's fighting is indescribable. The guy moves with such ease and speed, dodging Dimitri's attacks. The other guy's moves are not natural. I have never seen anything like it before. 

Dimitri takes a vicious kick from the guy that sends him back several feet. Dimitri almost falls down but recovers before hitting the floor. 

A scream grabs my attention from Dimitri. "Oh no," I cry out. Cheyanne is being held by her throat by Luke, Hanna's boyfriend. Why? What! He's alive! Where has he been? Hanna? At this moment, I can feel the blood drain from my face as my knees go weak. 

I shake my head, trying to wake up from this nightmare, and when I open my eyes, I realize this is not a nightmare, it's happening now. I'm trying to grasp what's going on and why all these people are in our house attacking us and why Luke is chocking Cheyanne. "Luke! What are you doing, Stop!" I scream at him. 

   Luke looks over at me, and that is when I notice the red eyes and the teeth. Night Walkers screams loud in my head as my skin prickles with fear. I try to run toward Chyanne when Chris shoves me back towards the door.

I'm stopped dead in my tracks as Chris takes on someone, and I watch in horror as Luke and Chyanne struggle. I'm helpless and scared, I want to help, but I know it will only get me killed. This is what Dimitri and Luke were trained to do, and I know I will only get in the way. I stay behind Chris as I watch Dimitri try to get the upper hand on the guy that he is fighting. They are almost deadlocked. Their skills are so close its scary. 

Then Dimitri hits the floor with a loud thud as he grabs his ribs. Get up, please get up. Oh, God, please get up. I can't lose him now. We are so close to being able to be together. He can't die like Lilly did. No! I can feel the tears start to run down my cheeks as I try not to scream. I can't distract him, it almost got him killed last time he faced them. 

I stare in horror as the guy approaches Dimitri. He's going to finish him off. I can't watch, but I can't take my eyes off them either. Just when my heart is about to explode, Dimitri spins around and knocks the guy's feet right out from under him. I breathe a small sigh as my tears still run down my cheeks. 

A loud crash grabs my attention back to Chyanne. Luke has Chyanne pinned down on the floor. She struggles against him for a few minutes, then she goes limp as he sinks his teeth back into the flesh of her neck. My stomach jumps, I almost throw up. There's blood and a lot of it. I grab my chest as I lose all the air out of my lungs. No, I cry silently. I'm heaving large chest wrenching sobs now. 

I'm in full panic mode as I look around for a way to help. That's when I see my father lying in a pool of blood. His eyes are open with an eerie stare. He's still alive, his life force is still there. No, daddy, don't go," I sob as I crumble to the floor. I know it will be only a matter of time before he's gone. There's too much blood. I want to run over to him, but I can't get my body to move.

Then his wings disappear, my heart stops as I watch my father die right in front of me. Scalding tears run down my face. "Daddy," I sob.

My mother is not far away from him. "No," I scream. I don't think anyone even notices my screams. There is so much chaos in the room, so much blood................

She's already gone........... My thoughts are scattered, and my heart is going to jump out of my chest. My skin is crawling with fear, my chest is on fire, and I can't breathe.

I watch as it all unfolds in slow motion before my eyes. I'm helpless to help anyone. A blonde woman grabs Chris pulling him to her as she delivers vicious blows to his body. Dimitri has recovered and is now on his feet again. He's able to get a few kicks in with the creepy guy. 

Dimitri delivers a few more kicks that finally send the guy backward. I feel that there might be some hope in surviving this nightmare. 

Chris is once more hit hard, knocking the wind out of his body. I wish I could help, but every time I even move, he shoves me backward.

Chris is pulled into a chokehold by this woman who is staring at me with her red eyes. Her gaze is cold as ice, and she's holding Chris like it's nothing. She must be a nightwalker too. Her red eyes give her away. 

I pull my eyes away to see that Luke has finished with Chyanne and her body lays lifeless on the floor. She's gone, this is too much. She lays there motionless and pale with blood running down her neck. I gasp, trying desperately to pull some air into my lungs between the sobs.

With speed, Luke has got Dimitri in a headlock while the other guy starts attacking him. I can see that Luke is cutting off Dimitri's air as he starts to go limp. "Noooooooo," I scream. Dimitri tries to turn his head to look at me, but he can't. His eyes start to roll in the back of his head.

 Something catches my eye to the left of the room. When I look up, I gasp, "Hanna." No, it can't be, she's dead. Looking at her as she comes closer, I see why I felt the way I did. "She is dead!" I gasp. She's a nightwalker! Where has she been this whole time? My heart sinks. I burst into another fit of tears, I can feel my inner strength evaporating. I go to stand but get light-headed as my knees threaten to give out. 

 Luke and the other guy drop Dimitri to the ground. Dimitri is half unconscious lying on the floor. "Finish him," the blonde calls out. Does she mean Dimitri? Can Hanna do this? She knows how much I love him. Can she wound me any further? She pulls him up by his throat, pulling him upright. He's barely hanging on. I have never seen Dimitri this vulnerable. He said they were strong, but I never had any idea how strong they were. "Please, no, Hanna, I love him, don't do this," I beg.

She looks at me with her cold red eyes. "It's better I do it, he won't suffer, I will be quick," she says with coldness in her menacing voice. 

She pays me no mind as I plead once again, "Please no." Before I can take another step, she sinks her teeth into his neck. I can hear her fangs pierce his skin. He lets out a muffled, strangled gasp. I freeze in my tracks as I watch him growing weaker. He's body relaxes as he starts to sink into unconsciousness. I can't watch any more. I sink to the floor, ready to give up. I have already lost everything. 

He's dying in front of me, the love of my life by my own sister's hands. I have lost sight of what is happening around me. Only to be shaken by reality when I hear his body hit the floor.

Ignoring everything else going on around me,  I crawl over to Dimitri. His eyes are open, and he's not breathing. "Please don't die," I whisper as I stroke his cheek. My heart can't take no more.

"I love you, please don't leave me here all alone," I beg him. His eyes are lifeless, staring straight ahead. My fingers trace his lovely lips as his ghostly stare rips at me more. I bust out in tears as my heart shatters.

I'm vaguely aware that someone is pulling on me. I hear Chris's voice but can't make out what he's saying. He's wrapping his arms around me, trying to pull me from Dimitri. 

"Get up! You have to move," he shouts at me. I can't move, my whole body has shut down, I can no longer think. I'm numb all over. 

With blunt force, me and Chris are thrown down to the floor. There is blood everywhere. I close my eyes, knowing this is it. I'm going to die. I try to prepare myself for my final moment. 

The room grows louder, I open my eyes and see Sandy and two other guards fighting. This will only mean more lives that will be lost. 

Sandy and the others seem to be making progress, I know it will only be a matter of minutes before they are killed. These nightwalkers are too fast and deadly. We were never a match for them, just like Dimitri had told me only a few hours before.

Chris pulls me up from the floor, forcing me towards the doorway. "No, leave me," I scream as more scalding tears run down my face. 

Chris doesn't give up, he's dragging me out of the room as I try to run back.

"Emily, he's gone, they are all gone. I can't let you die too. I told your father that I would protect you. "NOW MOVE!" he screams at me again. 

As I'm pulled out screaming, I look back in horror to see Hanna just staring at me with a cold look. She makes no move to come after us, maybe she is wanting us to escape or is it that she will have someone to hunt. How could she do this? With unfounded horror, realization hits me. She was the one who let them in..................................

Shopping or Pleasure - Chapter Fifteen

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Jealousy - Chapter Fourteen

My mother summons me and Dimitri to the living room so I can meet one of her long-time friends that she hasn't seen for many years. When we arrive, I see a beautiful girl with blond hair and blue eyes talking to my mother and father. I watch them talk for a moment before I approach them with Dimitri who is set on staying a few steps behind me. She seems much younger than my mother, if I had to guess I would say she was in her late twenties.

I stood by quietly while they talked to each other. After they talked for a few more minutes my mother motions for me to join them. "Emily this is Ann, my long-time friend. Ann this is my oldest daughter Emily," my mother says. "I heard the devastating news about Hanna, I'm so sorry, I wish I could have come sooner," Ann tells my mother. "Thank you, we are managing, we will never give up hope for her safe return," my mother replies. Ann leans closer to my mother, "So who is the guy with the dark hair?" she asks as she gestures across the room. My mouth must have dropped to the ground when I realized she was talking about Dimitri that was standing across the room talking to Chris. My mom smiles, "That's Dimitri, my daughter's head guardian".

"Oh, so that's Dimitri, I have heard so much about him. Is he single?" she asks with a grin on her face. "As far as I know, Dimitri is single. I think you should introduce yourself to him," she tells her. "I'll be right back," she says as she gives my mother a small wink. I'm about the freak out as I watch her walk toward Dimitri. 

Ann walks over to Dimitri, she's going to do it, she's going to try to get Dimitri to go out with her. I can't believe this, I can't actually watch this. He's mine and she is going to try to steal him away from me. I watch as they exchanging words. "I think Ann might be interested in Dimitri, I think that would be sweet if they got together," she tells me as my stomach lurches as the bile rises in my throat. I think I'm about ready to be sick.

If she only knew how I felt about Dimitri, would she be talking about hooking him up with her? I'm trying to keep calm and not show any emotions but I'm finding it really hard. I feel the blood drain from my face as I struggle to breathe. In the corner of my eye, I can see Ann and Dimitri talking and actually getting along. No, no this is not happening. Get away from him, I scream in my head. "Emily are you ok, you look a little pale?" she asks.

"Yes, I'm fine, I must have eaten something that is not agreeing with me. "Do I need to get the physician?" she asks. "No, I'm fine, really. Mother, I don't think Dimitri is one for relationships, he takes his job very serious, besides he's my guardian! He's got to be with me and that wouldn't leave much time for a relationship," I choke out to my mother. She seems a little shocked at my response. "Emily, guardians are allowed to have families, they just will work shorter shifts. He's young and shouldn't be alone all his life. If he chooses to start a family, he will move to the guardian quarters on the grounds with the other guards that have families. We can add a third guard to make up the time," she tells me.

"Dimitri has been with me for a long time. I'm sure if he wanted that he would have let you guys know, and with Hanna being taken, I need a lot of protection. Especially, Dimitri, he's the best," I plead. "Oh Emily, don't worry we will double your guards if we have to, I would never let anything happen to you," she says. I wanted to blurt out about how I want them to let me and him be together despite the laws, but I can see this is going to blow it all up in my face. I got to find another way. "I'm going to let you and Ann visit, I have things I have to get finished, I will see you later," I tell her. "OK, I will see later," she tells me.

As I go to leave with Dimitri my mother calls out to him to stay for a few moments. I stop and look back to see what is going on. "Go ahead Emily, Chris will go with you," she says. I look at Dimitri who gives me the look of "I have no idea what this is about". My heart sinks because deep down I know.

While my mother, Ann, and Dimitri talk together I find myself about ready to lose it. I realize I got to get out of this room before I really scream. I'm almost a caged animal at this point, I'm in panic mode and I have to get away from everyone at this moment. Chris and Sandy walk out of the room with me as I try to stay calm. I look around and see the door, my exit. I look over to Chris and motion for him to follow and give Sandy a signal that I will only be needing Chris.

I manage to dart out the door and the cool air feels so good. I start walking and I know Chris can sense something is wrong with me. He says nothing as he follows a few feet behind me.

The first place I manage to get to is the gym. I knew it would be empty and I had to get away from everyone. I can't let anyone see me fall apart, I know it's coming. Chris follows me in and just stands there. "Emily, What's wrong?" he finally asks.

This Ann girl, she wants Dimitri, and when I say she wants him, she wants to date him, probably even marry him. My mother even thinks it would be a good idea. That's what they are talking about right now," I shout out.

"Emily, you don't have anything to worry about, Dimitri is head over heels in love with you," he tells me.

"But what if she can give him the life he's always wanted, the one he doesn't have to hide. He can even get married and have kids. I would have to watch them together," I cry. "That may be true, he has had only one other relationship in his entire life besides being with you. Whether you know it or not, you have stolen his heart. He won't even be tempted by this Ann girl. Trust me, he's not going to leave you," he tries to reassure me.

After venting my frustrations to Chris, I head into the house. I can't find Dimitri or my parents anywhere. I head into the kitchen and hear voices outside. I lean over the sink to peer out the window. There they are, my parents, Dimitri, Sandy, and Ann. They all look like they are enjoying themselves as they swim in the pool. My heart sinks as I continue to watch. I know deep down in my heart that my parents are trying to help Ann hook up with Dimitri is just heartbreaking. I wish I could tell my mom how I felt about Dimitri. How I had finally found the person that made me happy. I know she would love to hear that I had found my soul mate, but I can't, they would for sure send Dimitri away.

I go to the gym to be alone so I can hide my tears. I slump to the floor, curling up I cry silently. Chris starts to come in and stops for a moment, I don't even need to look up to know it is him. I hear him shut the door quietly as he leaves.

As I cry more tears I'm unaware that Dimitri is crouched in front of me. "Emily, why are you crying?" he whispers. I gently wipe the tears from my cheeks and choke back a sob. "My parents..................., they want you and Ann together. She told me you two would make a good couple. That you guys could live..................," I cry out as tears run down my face.

I put my head down as the tears continue. "So this is why you are upset, you think I would leave you and be with her?" he asks as he places a kiss in my hair. "Yes," I sniff. "Baby, you don't have to worry about that, she may want me, but I don't want her. It's you I want, you're the one I love," he whispers into my hair.

My tears finally stop and I manage to crawl over to Dimitri and place a kiss on his sweet lips.

"I told them no if that makes you feel better. You would have loved to see their faces," he grins.

He pulls me up from the floor as he wraps his arms around me. "You told her no?" I say. "Yes, she was persistent and even your mom tried to talk me into it, but they understood that was something I didn't want right now, as far as they are concerned. As far as you and I, I'm already taken," he smirks at me.

Then I know what I need to do, I need to talk my parents into passing a law so we can be together," I tell him. Dimitri's eyes shoot to mine, "you know they might change it a little, but I'm a guardian, your guardian they won't allow it," he says. "I can always try, if that doesn't work, then when I leave home you're coming with me," I smile at him.

Later that day I walk outside to see Ann talking to Dimitri again. She is really starting to get on my nerves. I don't want to approach them, but that doesn't stop me from getting a little closer to hear what they are talking about. "So you won't even consider my offer," she asks Dimitri. She's relentless, she's not going to give up.

"Listen, Ann, I can't accept your offer, I don't want a relationship, my place is here with Emily and her family," he tells her.

She moves close, running her hand up his arm. She's flirting with him, she has no shame. I'm about ready to walk over to her and knock the crap out of her. "He's mine!" I grumble under my breath. Before I get one step in their direction, Dimitri removes her hand off his arm, steps away from her as he makes a face. I'm almost laughing as she gasps and her mouth hits the floor.

"No Ann, I don't think I have made myself clear. I don't want a relationship with you, please don't do that again!", Dimitri tells her. Ann's face falls and I'm about ready to laugh out loud now. I turn to hide my face as a giggle about erupts. "I just don't see why? We could be good together," she says as she looks defeated.

I can't help myself, I run up to Dimitri and launch myself onto his back taking him by surprise. I'm giggling and being playful. I wrap myself around him as he grabs my legs to keep me from sliding off his back. "Let's go shopping," I ask so she can hear me. Ann gives me a dirty look before she walks away. Dimitri starts to walk away still carrying me. "I know what you're doing Emily," he says as he laughs softly. "Who me, I would never," I giggle.

"Don't play innocent, you know what you're doing. I don't mind, she was starting to get on my nerves," he says. "Well, I can remember a time when I was harassing you," I tell Dimitri as I frown at the memory. "There was a difference, I wanted you, I don't want her," he tells me as he smiles his big smile. "Now how about that shopping," he says as we head back toward the house.