Chosen (The Vampire Legends #4)

“I need to find her and I need your help,” Rob said. “Your brother, Marc said you know where he is.”

“Marc said what?” Sarah said. “I could kill him!”

“What do you mean?” Rob said.

“I don’t know where she is, and even if I did, why would I tell you?” Sarah said sounding angry.

“What do you mean by that?” Rob asked.

“Well, if I recall correctly, you broke Rachel’s heart. She really liked you and then, you stood her up,” Sarah said, sticking up for her sister.

“Well, I um…” Rob said.

“Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten that!” Sarah reMarced. “Don’t tell me that you changed your mind and want to be with her.”

“I have. I have!” Rob said. “She’s all I can think about.”

“Well, get over it. She’s moved on!” Sarah said.

“Moved on?” Rob asked. “With who? Don’t tell me it’s that weird guy from the dance?”

“Listen, I don’t know why you’re even here,” Sarah said. “You know nobody has seen her in a year. I don’t know why you’ve come to ask me about her. It won’t do you any good to stay here. I don’t have any answers for you.”

“Sarah, please!” Rob said.

“Stop it! I don’t want to talk about this anymore. Now leave!” Sarah said.

“I won’t leave until you tell me what you know,” Rob said, getting angry. He could feel his face turning red as the blood settled in his stomach. He could feel his body longing for more. For more blood. He couldn’t understand why he was constantly craving it, but he was. He looked at Sarah, and then looked at her roommate. He wanted them badly. But he didn’t act on it. He couldn’t do it. He especially couldn’t turn both of them at once. That would be a record for him.

Then, Rob stopped and thought for a moment. If he turned Sarah, then maybe she would be on his side. Maybe she would help him out. After all, he remembered when he was turned, he needed Violet, he needed her to tell him what it meant to be a vampire, and what all the changes were that were happening to his body. He would do anything she asked him to so that she wouldn’t leave him behind. He knew that if he turned Sarah, she, too, might be the same way. She might be forced to tell him what she knows about Rachel. She would need him and thus, he knew what he had to do.

“Where are you going tonight?” Rob asked. “You’re getting awfully dressed up!”

“None of your business!” Sarah said. “And anyway, you’re not invited.”

“I don’t quite understand why you hate me so much?” Rob asked.

Rob looked at Sarah and she stood there finishing up her mascara and fluffing her hair. He waited for her to turn around.

“I’m sorry, Rob,” Sarah said. “I just really don’t like to talk about Rachel and I feel that if you stay, that’s all you’re going to ask about.”

“Well, I do want to know,” Rob said again. “And I don’t know why you won’t tell me!”

“See, there you go again. I knew you would keep asking,” Sarah said.

“Well…I have to see her. It’s an emergency!” Rob said, trying to sound urgent.

“I’m leaving,” Sarah said, as she put on her coat and heels.

“Wait, where?” Rob asked again.

“Doesn’t matter,” Sarah said, as she walked out of her dorm room and slammed the door leaving Rob inside.

He stood there and contemplated turning her roommate first. He looked back at her and then over at the door. He didn’t know what to do. He took another look at the girl, sitting at her desk, with her head turned away, staring at Facebook on her computer. He ran his fingers through his hair and then without a second warning, he leapt over towards her, lifted her up out of her chair, laid her on her bed and sunk his teeth deep inside her. He held her mouth shut as she lay there screaming. He waited until she stopped, to uncover it. He didn’t suck out all her blood, because he wanted her to remain somewhat conscious so that she could help him get to Sarah. He wanted to know where she was and what she knew about Rachel, the love of his life, the only person he cared about.

“What’s your name?” Rob asked the girl.

“Zara,” she replied.

“Zara, that’s a pretty name!” Rob said, as he gazed into her eyes using mind control to erase what had just happened to her. He didn’t want her to remember how he bit down into her neck. He didn’t want her to remember him negatively, so he erased her memory of that event.

“Thank,” Zara said, smiling back at Rob.

“So, where’d your roomie go?” Rob asked casually.

“Oh, Sarah. She went to a frat party!” Zara said.

“A frat party eh?” Rob replied. “Which one?”

“I think it’s a Sammy party!” Zara said. “I was going to go, but then all of a sudden I started to not feel so well.”

“Sammy?” Rob asked. “Where’s that?”

“It’s on north campus!” Zara said.

“Can you show me?” Rob said.

“Well, I would but I have this headache and burning feeling inside my stomach. I don’t think I can go. I’m sorry,” Zara answered.

Rob took another look at her and saw the blood oozing from her neck. He took his hand slowly and wiped it off without her noticing. He then touched her body with his icy cold hands, holding them steady over her and took the pain out of her body. He wouldn’t let anything get in the way of his finding Sarah.

“Are you sure you don’t feel well?” Rob asked, taking his hands off of her.

He watched as Zara reassessed her body and her sickness. He then saw her crack a smile as she stood up from her bed with ease.

“Actually, it’s gone,” Zara said. “I feel completely find now. That’s odd!” she said, as she walked over to her closet and picked out an outfit to wear.

“I’ll be ready in a few minutes, why don’t you wait for me in the hall,” Zara said. “Then we can go together!”

“Ok, hurry!” Rob said, as he walked out of the room and shut the door behind him.

He stood there, thinking about what he’d just done. How he just turned two girls in this dorm and how eventually, they would wake up to the fact that they are different. How they will end up turning more humans on campus and that eventually, Syracuse University will become overrun with vampires. He kinda liked that idea. He wanted more people to understand him, to know what he went through having been turned against his will at the time of his life when he had everything going for him. He felt a little jipped or robbed of his future, but there was nothing he could do about that now. Now, all he had to do was live his life as a vampire, and hope that he could find Rachel to finally be together with her.

Within minutes, the door opened and out walked Zara in a tight black mini skirt and halter top. He thought she looked dropped dead gorgeous, but still nothing compared to Rachel. Zara had more conventional good looks whereas Rachel was beautiful in her own quirky way. But Rob liked that about her. In fact, that’s what attracted him to her the most. That she was different.

Perfectly different.

“Ready!” Zara said, as she closed the door behind her and locked it with her key.

“Ok, where to?” Rob said.

“North campus,” Zara said. “Let’s go get tanked!”

Rob knew he didn’t want to get tanked with her, but didn’t say anything about it. He didn’t want to be a buzz kill, so went along with that idea.

“Yeah, sure. And you’re sure that Sarah will be there?” Rob said.

“Yeah, I just texted her. She’s already there. She said the kegs just arrived!” Zara said.

“Sweet,” Rob said, trying to sound excited. And actually he was excited because he thought that if Sarah were drunk, she’s be more inclined to tell him what he knows about Rachel, and it would make it easier for him to turn her.

As they arrived at the Sammy house, he saw swarms of kids arriving in packs, all smiling, laughing and stumbling around. He knew this must be a typical night at Syracuse; kids drunk, going to parties and having fun with their friends.

They went around to the back door of the frat house, and entered though a large medal door that was bent on the top and didn’t fit right on its hinges. They then entered into a dark narrow entrance way with stairs going up on one side and going down on the other. They stopped and listened, and heard that the music was coming from downstairs so they headed down. As they got to the bottom the noise level rose tremendously and the vibrations of the base shook the floors. It was jam packed with people shoulder to shoulder dancing and drinking. He noticed a big clear tube spiraling around the floor that looked as if it started from the top floor of the house. He couldn’t tell though since he couldn’t see past the staircase of the basement level. It turned out the tube ended in some guy’s mouth and he was funneling beers though it. Rob had never seen anything quite like it, and wished he could give it a try. He walked over and a guy said to him, “Yo Dude, wanna go?”

Rob looked at the funnel and remembered how he’d been jipped of a college experience and without hesitation said, “Yeah, man!”

Rob took the clear tube and put one end in his mouth, then waited as the group started cheering. As the beer came flying though the tube, their cheers got louder and louder and then, he felt it hit his mouth. The refreshing taste of beer and the bubbles hit his tongue. He quickly gulped and swallowed it down, only letting some dribble out of his mouth. The guys cheered for him and so did the girls. He felt like a rock star and wished with his whole being that he had the chance to go to college.

“Have you guys seen Sarah?” Rob asked to the people around him.

“Sarah?” one guy asked.

“Yeah, Sarah Wood. She’s supposed to be here,” Rob said.