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as he held me. “No one will take you from me.” He whispered, his hand slowly stroking my hair. Even though I didn’t want to sleep, I felt myself drifting into awaiting darkness.
     
    My eyes snapped open to a dark room. I could hear movement down stairs. I got up and tip toed through the dark house. “Yes Roland, I really think they are.” I heard Amelie whisper harshly. She closed another drawer and I could hear her shuffling papers. “Of course Ronnie has been watching, Aydan as well, the trackers have yet to be found but they know where .” My heart leapt at the sound of their names. I froze, plastering my back against the wall. “She was eight when the awakening happened. I’m sure of it.” My brows knitted together in confusion. I couldn’t understand what she was talking about. “The elements are getting stronger and he has been calming her and silencing the energy more and more, I’m not sure how much longer she can go without.”  I leaned forward, wanting to hear more and the stair beneath my foot creaked loudly.
     
    I waited, my heart thundering loudly in my ears, to see if Amelie had heard me. “Gemma? is that you?” She called from the kitchen. I sighed and moved forward, pasting a smile on my face. “ Yes Amelie, I’m sorry. I got really thirsty.” Amelie was standing in the kitchen, her fluffy bathrobe wrapped around her. She smiled sweetly, and turned to get me some water from the sink. I eyed a stack of papers on the table, trying to read them. “Thank you.” I said, taking the glass and sipping at it. The silence was thick and uncomfortable. “I should get back to bed.” I said handing her the glass back. I quickly made my way back up the steps and to my room. There was something going on here. I just had no idea what.
     
    I lay in bed, trying to decode Amelie’s cryptic phone call. I’m pretty sure that she was discussing me, and somehow Aydan and Ronnie are involved. I fell into a restless sleep not long after. My dreams filled with a man I had never before seen. His hair was almost white it was so blonde, eerily similar to mine and was pulled into a tight ponytail at the nape of his neck. His eyes were dark grey that border lined black.
    He watched me closely, a slight purse to his lips. He wore a b lack button up shirt over dark jeans. He instantly made me nervous. I shifted uncomfortably but his eyes followed me.
     
    My heart began racing as I stood under his studious glare. A breeze began to kick up, flipping my hair this way or that way. The man smiled and a cold chill ran down my spine. I squeezed my eyes shut tightly hoping that the man would disappear, but even with my eyes tightly closed, I could still feel his icy stare. The wind began to pick up faster and then the sky let loose. Torrential down pour came falling on our heads, instantly soaking my hair and clothes. My eyes snapped open at his laughter and I let out a scream noticing he was much closer than before.
     
    His cold hand touched my face and I pulled back at his unwelcome touch. “Ah...sweet Gemma. You have no idea the power you hold.” My heart was practically speeding in my chest as he spoke and watched me. I was shaking all over, but too frozen to run. The ground below me began to shake. It started out as only a barely noticeable tremor but escalated into an earth quake. I dropped to my knees, cowering on the shaking earth as the man stood above me laughing. “I have found you my precious Gem.” He sung. “It won’t be long now.” I watched in horror as thick black tattoos magically snaked up his arms and under the sleeves of his shirt only to reappear as they curled up his neck from the collar of his shirt and around his face.
     
    I was only vaguely aware of strong arms as they stilled my thrashing limbs. There was some kind of awful sound echoing through my room, like someone screaming. My lungs were burning, desperate for air when I realized I was making that awful noise. I started to calm,