Gabriel opens it revealing the
concerned faces of Emma and Victor.
“Are there any leads yet?” Emma inquires
crossing the room towards us.
“Lucas, Eva and Jackson are following our
only lead on the car, but we have no identity on the individuals
who took them other than Mia’s belief that they are a family of
vampires.” Andrew replies.
Emma interrupts. “Are you sure that it’s a
family a vampires?”
All eyes follow Emma and Andrew as they turn
to me. “I know that it is a family because I heard them bickering
and the man saying that they could only trust family. They are
strong and know about how staking Catherine and Lucas would
paralyze them and they can tell that the children’s hearts are
beating. I heard them arguing that they were not full vampires like
their father.”
Emma kneels before me. “Mia, is there
anything more that would have made you think that they were
vampires? I’m only saying this because many witches are familiar
with how to stop vampires.”
“They seemed to be very strong and could
witches hear the children’s heart?”
“Are you sure that they heard the children’s
hearts?”
I consider what she is saying. “No, I guess
that I just assumed that they did?”
Emma places her hands upon mine, turns to
Gabriel who nods before she turns back to me. “Mia, I want you to
close your eyes and concentrate on everything that you have seen
and heard since the children were taken. Maybe you heard something
that you are not consciously aware of that is making you think they
are vampires. Gabriel will go through this with you. Maybe he can
offer a different perspective.”
“Shouldn’t I be concentrating on getting
another connection with the children? One of them hurt Jacob, he’s
unconscious!”
Emma hugs me gently and then sits back on her
heels, taking my hands again. “Mia, I spoke to Reginald on my way
here. He is on his way and believes that you can even get a message
to the children with some help, but right now it is essential that
we gather as much information so that we can find them. Do this for
me and then I promise I will help you get a message to them.”
My heart surges forward, beating against my
chest at the thought of getting a message to them. I want to argue
with her, but finding them is my first priority and if Gabriel can
help in that, I need to concentrate and hopefully he can detach
himself from the fear I can’t escape to see things that in my
panic, I missed. Closing my eyes, I run through what I have seen,
heard, and felt as Andrew wipes away my tears.
When I open my eyes, Gabriel is opening a map
and placing it on the table. “Andrew how fast would you say the car
was traveling?”
“About one hundred ten miles per hour, but I
doubt they maintained that pace because it would have caught the
attention of the police.”
He is drawing circles from different points
on the map as I approach. Lifting his head, his voice sounds
confident. “Mia is right they are vampires because they talked
about William bringing back a family and not wanting to miss a good
meal.”
As the meaning of his words sink in, my
stomach lurches and I can feel the bile rise up my throat. My
children are in the hands or barbaric vampires that feed off human
beings! Forcing my thoughts away from the dark abyss threatening to
engulf me and back to Gabriel, I know I cannot afford to be
distracted from finding them.
Looking at Emma, “How can I get a message to
the children?”
She moves toward me. “Do you remember when we
channeled together, how we linked?”
“Yes, but don’t we have to be together to
channel? Are you telling me that I could channel with the children
from here?”
“No, that wouldn’t be possible.”
Frustrated, my tone is clipped. “Then how do
I get a message to them?”
“Reginald believes that we may be able to
utilize Damian’s special powers to compel his energy to send them a
message.”
Damian moves toward us. Taking my hand,