Found (The Last Watcher Series) Book One (24 page)

“
I.. am the last watcher.” I
started saying, feeling my arms rise high. I felt such strong
control within me as I continued to talk. “I am the last watcher,
with every power of
any
watcher! I declare you staggers, to go back to
hell! You will not roam this earth, as you are now banded!” My body
felt light, as if I was almost floating. The red glow became
brighter, and my hands rose higher. Screaming now, I continued.
“Stop the temptation of killing and disappear!” I pushed my arms
out with force and a blue light shoot out. It hit every stagger in
my sight, and they all vanished. I stood there for a minute, making
sure they were all gone. With a simple thought of relaxation, the
radiant glows died out.

With amazed eyes from my family, I was now
finally back to my regular mind state.

“
What.. was that..” Dakota
stated more than asked. I looked around to see if everyone was
okay, and all I noticed was their stare. I didn’t understand why
they were so amazed. I have had a glow before, it wasn’t much
different today. Of course it felt different though. It was much
easier and with less pain. There was one thing that had changed
though. I felt an urge of hunger for something other than food. I
needed a soul. As if that was my may of feeding. I wanted to take a
hunter’s face and slowly suck the soul of him. No, what was I
thinking. This couldn’t be it, this couldn’t possibly be the urge I
felt right now.

“
Amabel, it was like.. it
wasn’t you.” Kierce told me, still holding his stomach from getting
hurt in the fight. I realized I didn’t pay much attention to it,
and as if it went by so fast.

“
How long did the fight
last?” I asked.

“
That’s a strange question.
You were right there Amabel.” Dakota answered. “But.. I guess
longer than twenty minutes. You kind of.. took care of it.” Twenty
minutes? I thought it was much shorter. I must have been thinking
of what was happening too much.

“
So what.. were you?” Len
now asked me.

“
What do you mean?” I asked
in return. Confused that no one understood what
happened.

“
You were.. glowing, but…
your eyes, were blue. And.. you were.. floating. It looked as if
you were excepting something into you.”

“
What? No, I was just trying
to read within me. It came to me much easier this time.
I..”

“
Amabel.” Tae broke me off.
“Now your last steps are complete.
You
are the last watcher.” I couldn’t
believe it. As simple as that, I was the watcher. The only watcher
left. “There will be changes to you, so don’t be scared. Some of
them may be not for the good.” As his last words processed through
my mind, I realized I knew what was one of the changes. My feeding
desire on souls.

“
Alright Amabel! Good shit
on saving our asses tonight!” Dakota yelled and everyone applaud. I
felt the happiness they had for me. It was truly amazing how this
night ended. I had to force out a small smile. I felt much better
about myself, in every aspect. As I looked to my right, I noticed
Kierce running over to me. Without a word, he slows down before he
reaches me and steps in for a kiss. Our lips touched, and
everything faded. His lips were so warm against mine. His thoughts
rattling with affection for me.

“
Nice.” It was Tae. I
separated our lips and quickly started looking for him. He was
gone.

“
Shit.” I whispered. “Where
did he go?” I asked.

“
He’s just inside.” Len
answered. I completely forgot about Tae, and Kierce did as well. He
looked at me and mouthed
sorry
. I wasn’t mad at him, not one
bit.

“
What should I do?” I looked
at Len with some hope in my eyes.

“
I don’t know. We feel his
pain though. I think he’s more upset that Kierce stole your first
kiss as the watcher.” Len told me. I closed my eyes and pictured
the kiss once more. It
was
truly amazing. I felt so different inside, as if
no one could hurt me. I felt confidence yet much more remorse. Tae
and Kierce have showed me so much these past months. Each on a
different side and level. I pictured Tae and how he showed me love
and protection. Kierce on the other hand, showed me love as well
and attention. They both loved me, but my heart couldn’t split in
two. There wasn’t a simple way out, just a choice.

I decided to walk towards the house and try
to talk to Tae. As soon as I came in, he was one step ahead of
me.

“
You don’t need to explain.
I’m still here Amabel. I always will be. No matter if I feel pain
or anger. You are my one and all.” I felt ease, yet still aching. I
wanted to give him that back so much, but couldn’t. Not yet
anyways. I gave off a small smile, and headed towards my room to
sleep off the suspicious desire for another soul.

The nap felt nice on my mind, but not
fulfilling. I still had the weird urge. There was more to it now
though. I could picture myself in the act. I enjoyed seeing the
light blue escape a hunter’s mouth. As the soul went down my throat
and filled my body, I got filled with excitement in so many wrong
ways. “What is happening to me?” I asked myself. Putting all this
aside, I got up to try to find Tae. I wasn’t satisfied with our
conversation earlier. I wanted to tell him more. As I left my room,
I noticed everyone sitting around talking about the fight. They
were explaining certain moves they have done and how the staggers
disappeared after I sent out the mysterious light at them. The
house was too chaos with a dozen people in here. I didn’t mind, but
still a little crowded. I didn’t see Tae.

“
Hey where is Tae?” I
asked.

“
Uhh.. couldn’t tell you.”
Awan answered me.

“
Oh you’re back! Is my
mother and Zayley alright?”

“
Yes, they’re fine. I took
their car and drove them back to your house. I figured they would
take it from there. I rushed back to help, but it was all over I
guess.”

“
Yeah.. I guess I kind of
took care of it.” I told him with hesitation, still wondering where
Tae went. “You guys make this house look like chaos.” I s It caught
everyone’s attention.

“
I’m sure we’ll be out of
your way as soon as Luthius stops trying to kill you.” Dakota
responded with a laugh.

“
Ha ha. You’re just so
funny.” I talked back with sarcasm. Dakota always tried to be a
smart ass. I then realized my connection with any of them wasn’t
off. I felt everything they did because there’s no way I was amazed
at what I did. For some reason, I felt like it was just the right
thing to do. Something that came as an instinct more than using
someone else’s powers. Although, now they were
my
powers.

I made my way out the front
door, and tried getting into Tae’s mind. I wasn’t planning on
bothering him but just wanted to see if he was okay. With a slight
concentration, my mind shot right into his.
Oh how I loved her. She would have given up anything for
me.
I heard Tae think. That’s strange. Why
did he say
loved
?
He’s bonded to me, there’s no way that love can just leave. With
curiosity, I continued listening.
Sorry
Elizabeth. I’m so sorry I got bonded to Amabel. I wonder if it was
a mistake by nature. Maybe I’m not supposed to be with her.
Fury arose my body. I felt it go straight to my
heart. Without hearing anything else, I turned off the connection
with Tae. I turned it off with everyone. I could feel my eyes
focusing hard on this air.

“
Are you kidding me? Are you
fucking kidding me?” I screamed to myself as I kept walking around
in circles. Kierce must have heard me since he came out here not
long after.

“
Hey Amabel. Are you
alright?” Of course it was Kierce though. He could easily calm me
down. He just
had
to be so thoughtful.

“
Yeah. I decided not to bond
with Tae.” I told him. His eyes were filled with excitement, yet
concern just as much.

“
What happened though?”
Kierce asked, as he put his hand on my shoulder to make me stop
circling myself.

“
I heard him think it’s a
mistake. He loves someone else. I just happened to be the one he
bonded with. Fuck this, and him.” Kierce stepped back slightly
noticing how much anger I had. He came right back though, and threw
his arms around me. He held me tight.

“
It’s alright Amabel. I know
how it may have sounded, but what if that’s not how he meant
it.”

“
Why are you trying to help
him with this? Shouldn’t you be happy that I’ve decided this?” He
was too good to me.

“
Yes but.. I want you to
make your choice on how you feel, not the anger that you’re filled
with right now.”

“
Oh Kierce. You truly are
amazing.” I told him, hugging him tighter. Still furious, I
continued to walk around in aimless circles. At that moment, I
noticed Tae coming through the trees. I stopped for a split second,
and headed towards the house.

“
Hey! Amabel hold on!” He
yelled out to me.

“
What do you
want.”

“
I feel, sudden pain. What
have you done Amabel?” He now stood only a couple of inches away
from me.

“
What have I done? What
have
you
done?”

“
Amabel… I heard
you”

“
Yeah, well… I heard you
too.” His eyes suddenly widened.

“
No, no Amabel you got it
all wrong. Please.”

“
Tae, I don’t care anymore.
I heard you say it was a mistake bonding with me. You think
nature
did the wrong
thing. How could you Tae. How could you tell me one thing all this
time and then think that instead?” I now looked him in the eyes,
making sure he saw the pain I felt.

“
Amabel.. No. You didn’t
hear the rest of it then. You didn’t hear when I said..”

“
I don’t care
Tae.”

“
Listen. I didn’t know we
were connected. I would have made sure you heard the
right
part. You must
believe me!” I saw Tae’s face rise up with panic.

“
You betrayed me Tae. You
betrayed me and lied to me. I was honest with you every step. Yes I
love you, but I love Kierce. I tear myself apart for you guys. I
would do anything and everything for you. Instead, I get this in
return?”

“
Amabel..”

“
No. No more.”

“
Now you know how I feel.”
Tae said. He was right, I did. But he didn’t know how
I
felt. I suddenly opened
the front door and slammed it before he could follow. He has made
his choice, as well as I have made mine.

The next day came quick. There were no scary
dreams or horrifying thoughts. I didn’t hear my father or any other
mysterious voice. Before I could fully function and wake up for the
day, I heard voices next to me. My eyes opened wide and my
protectors were sitting all around me.

“
Whoa, you okay?” One of
them asked me. I wasn’t sure who though since I was still trying to
wake myself up.

“
Uhh.. yeah..
why?”

“
Amabel, you were..
screaming in your sleep.. as if you were getting murdered.” Len
answered me. That was strange. I didn’t have a single memory of it.
I looked around me and noticed Kierce sitting right beside me. His
eyes filled with horror. Was it really that bad?

“
I’m honestly okay guys.
Thanks for worrying. I appreciate it.” I told them, with a
half-smile on my face. I tried to focus for a minute to see if I
would remember anything, but I didn’t.

“
You worried me.” Kierce
told me. I loved how sweet he was. Always so caring.

“
Thanks Kierce. I’m honestly
okay.. I think. But.. do you guys mind if I get ready real quick?”
I asked everyone in the room. It was weird waking up to all the
guys just staring me down. Surely, none of them felt anything for
me and were family, but still weird in a way.

“
Sure. Don’t kill yourself
in the process.” Dakota told me laughing. He always found
everything a joke and in a strange way, I enjoyed it. As everyone
was leaving the room, I decided to talk to Kierce.

“
Hey, Kierce. Can you hold
on a moment? Close the door.” He did as I asked.

“
What’s up?”

“
I think.. you should go
back to your father. You need to go back to your..
family.”

“
Amabel, this is my family.
I don’t consider my father a good man. You know that.”

“
Yes, I know this… but he is
still your father. He needs you.”

“
He has Argem.” He answered
with a haste.

“
But Kierce..”

“
No but..
please.”

“
I understand. But I also
understand that you want to be here with me and don’t want to lose
any second of being by my side. I’ll be okay.”

“
I know you’ll be okay. I
just don’t want to miss a second of being without you.” I saw the
emotion in his eyes. I saw how much he meant it. Even as much as I
love him, I now felt the urge of hunger. The hunger that craved his
soul. Not to kill him, but just a taste. This was a strange thing,
and not the consequence I’d expect with being a watcher. No one has
ever mentioned this to me, not even Tae. Samuele though. He
knew.