Cursed Blood |Lesbian Story| - Chapter 46: Chapter 46

After all the things I had been through, I wish I could just stay in bed and sleep for a million years. But this morning, I woke to the annoying voice of Jacque calling me.
"Vivienne, wake up!" she yelled. I rolled myself around and rubbed my eyes sleepily. The sunlight pierced through the curtains. Then I looked around the room, but I didn't see her.
"Hey, look up!" Jacque said.
And when I did, I let out a horrifying shriek.
"Oh my gosh, Jacque!" I cried, bolting out of my bed. "What's happened to you?"
And in case you don't know, Jacque was floating high to the ceiling like some smug mystic. She lowered herself until she was face to face with me. Her body was still anchored horizontally in the air. Then she winked.
"Surprised much?" Jacque said and then zipping across the room like a fire rocket. My hair stood up, and I got goosebumps watching her levitating like that.
"Jacque, please stop and tell me what's going on?" I said.
"I know how to levitate with control now," Jacque said in a singsong tone.
"Really?"
"I was trying to meditate to free my mind from the earthbound energy, and it works. Isn't it cool?"
"No, Jacque, it's creepy," I said. "Please don't go levitating like a ghost around the school."
Jacque rolled her eyes and descended back to the floor again.
"You have no imagination," she said.
So that was how my day started. Then when we got to Cammie and Alyssa's place, Alyssa came running toward me with an excited smile. She was still in her perky self like always.
"Viv! Check this out!" She said, holding her hands up to my face.
"What's that, Alyssa?" I asked in a skeptical tone. Cammie was sitting on the bed. For some reason, she looked as crossed as when she got an A in Turkish and not an A+.
"Don't you see that?" Alyssa said, wriggling her fingers at me again. I frowned and took a closer look, but there was nothing wrong with her hands.
"You got manicured?" I guessed.
"No! I've got electricity!" she said, "I can turn electrons in my body into electricity! This is so cool!"
I shot a scolding glare at Jacque. She was the one to blame for making Alyssa delusional like this.
"Alyssa," I turned back to her. "I don't think you should continue this kinesis..."
But then she put her hands on my arms, and I felt a jolt of shock went through my body.
"Whoa!" I winced, rubbing my arms in pain. It felt as if I just got stung by an electric eel.
"You feel that?" Alyssa asked, stepping back from me again and when I really focused on Alyssa's palms, I finally saw tiny pencil lines arching in blue color around her fingers, and it got even clearer for my eyes as they kept cracking and dancing frenziedly across her hands.
"No way," I muttered in disbelief.
"Every time I think of electricity, it just sparks!" Alyssa told me and then turned to Jacque. "I did it, Jacque! Thank you!" Then she threw herself at the girl, making Jacque stumble back a little. Could it be that the life-saving sex they did last night had triggered something? Cammie and I stared at Jacque who was still holding Alyssa in her arms with a proud smile.
And when she noticed us, she just shrugged and said, "She's a natural."
At the Lunch Hall, I was waiting for Octavia though she didn't have to come to school on weekends. It had been always optional for her in the Ultara Academy. It was my first weekend in here, though, and I didn't see Octavia this morning, but I had texted her to come to the Hobbit House. It's the only place that I can think, but maybe some parts of me just wanted to be there with her.
As I walked through the forest and toward the rusty wooden door of the garden, I realized it was completely quiet without Octavia's music. And how lonely I was in that place. I took a stroll around the broken fountain, looking at the still water occasionally trembling to the winds. Then I decided to walk over to the Hobbit House and waited for Octavia there.
The small earthly house was empty. The fireplace was frozen cold. I sat on the soft rug we had once made love on with a smile. The afternoon sun was drawing close.
I didn't know how much time had passed, but then I found myself lying on the cold floor. I sat up wide awake in the middle of the dark. Twilight had gone down for who-knows-how-long. How could I just fall asleep like a human? I cursed myself.
Though I didn't have trouble seeing at night, it still gave me a chill of panic. Getting up from the floor again, I immediately checked my cell phone. A ton of missed calls and frantic messages from Alyssa and Cammie glared at me from the screen. They must have been worried sick. Then the phone vibrated in my hand and I saw Octavia's number. I quickly answered it, expecting to hear her voice.
"Octavia?" I said, but a familiar woman's voice spoke from the other end.
"Vivienne, it's me, Florentine," she said.
"Oh," I said in surprise.
"Listen to me carefully my dear, Octavia's with me, but we need your help." she said, "She was attacked by the vampires from the Underworld. I don't know any of them, but I need you to come here as soon as possible. Please, it's important."
"What's wrong with Octavia?" I asked, starting to feel worried.
"She's badly injured,"
"Oh my god," I breathed, putting my hand to my mouth. So that's why she didn't show up.
"Come to my house now," she said, "She needs somewhere safer to stay rather than be with us here."
"I'll be there soon," I said and then we hang up. I tried to think of what to do next. Octavia was in trouble, she was hurt, and I had to see her. Then something stopped me on my track as I turned toward the door. Jacque told me the Deveraux Shield was set up at nighttime, so by now every corner of the Ultara campus had turned into a deadly zone. And the Hobbit House was probably the only place that had no hidden traps, which means I was locked in here until the next morning. But then I couldn't let my friends know about it, they would want to follow me to the end of the world. I really didn't want anyone to get hurt because of me.
Then I remember Jacque also said anyone could access to the secret passageways if they ever find one. I didn't know whether there was any in this house. But I had to try and find out.
Turning back to look around, I realized I was completely clueless. Where do I find the secret passage in this place?
I didn't see anything suspicious enough to be a hidden route, except the fireplace in the middle of the living room. Then a thought hit me.
I walked up to the fireplace and started looking around, searching for the Ultara crest. Running my hands along the marble frame, I suddenly touched some loose bricks. Then I removed them from the wall and brushed the dust away. I almost screamed with joy. The Ultara symbol was in plain sight. There was no time to waste and I pressed my hand on the crest, and it started to glow bright red.
All of a sudden, the ground began to shake beneath me, light shone out through the wooden floor. And before I realized what was happening, I fell down a small passageway as if a vacuum had sucked me in. Sliding through a pipe-like tunnel, I kept bumping into small rocks that had stuck there for a very long time. And let me tell you, people's butts aren't made to withstand such a hardship.
The falling was over at last. Greenish-ivy covered the end of the entrance as I burst through it. Finally, I dropped to the ground again, and as I got up, I found myself outside the wall of the Ultara campus. My sense of direction was a bit hazy at the moment, but I heard cars running at a far distance.
I picked up my inhuman speed and headed off toward where I could find a ride.
And once again, I was in front of the colonial mansion of Lady Florentine. The guard let me in without any question, but I noticed that he looked a bit nervous. His hands were slightly shaking when he operated the automatic gate, but my mind was full of Octavia.
The same man I met from last time ushered me into the living room. Then I saw Florentine sitting in a comfortable armchair with her husband, Robert standing beside her. But as I scanned around the place, there was no Octavia.
"Florentine? Where's Octavia?" I asked hesitantly, starting to feel something weird in the way they looked at me.
"I'm sorry, Vivienne," she replied and just like that, several pairs of strong hands gripped my arms and shoulders. More undead vampires in black leather coats showed up with their red eyes staring at me.
"I'm sorry," Florentine repeated with a guilty shake of her head.
"Why are you doing this to me?" I gritted my teeth, feeling betrayed and hurt and angry. I struggled against the vampires' strong grips, but they pressed me down with extra weight. My knees buckled over onto the floor.
"They have Charlene," Robert said. "If we don't turn you in, they'll kill our daughter," the lord seemed like he was trying not to cry.
"You're doing the right thing, my lord," one of the undead said. "Your daughter is safe now."
"And what about Octavia?" I asked.
"She isn't here," Florentine said, "I stole her phone to call you when she dropped by last night. But don't worry, she's okay. They only need one half-blood."
Then I realized Florentine had chosen me instead of Octavia, which was absolutely a sensible thing to do. Octavia was her niece, and I would do the same thing if I were her. Apart from that, their daughter was in the undead' hand. I had no right to get mad at her decision. Maybe, I had brought trouble to their family in the first place.
"I understand," I said. "Just take care of Octavia for me."