Goral-Howl of the Moon by Rebekah - HTML preview

 Amori face was unreadable, “What type of shape shifter? What do you shape shift into?”

 “I’m a werewolf.” He saw her face change, and then went back to the same emotionless expression that it had been before.

 Amori listened to the voice,

 “There’s nothing to fear,

I won’t let him harm you,

My child, ask the next question.”

 Amori calmed herself then asked, “So who was she?”

 “Who was who?”

 Amori expression turned from unreadable to one of anger and it stayed that way, “You know who I’m talking about or do I have to remind you? I’m talking about the woman who’s obviously living with you.”

 “Yea, I had a feeling you were talking about her, her names Anna, and well I’m engaged to her.”

 Her face was no longer the one of anger but rage, “If you were engaged why in the world did you invite me to your party, then to your pool? Why were you even having a party? You know what I don’t care. Find the book on your own.” She turned and left the room. Ryan stared at the door, and then turned around, he went over the whole room, three times just to make sure, looking under and over and inside everything he saw, till he was convinced the book was not here. Though he knew it had to be somewhere, he sat on the bed. The door opened Amori walked in closing the door behind her, “So did you find it?” She said it in a told-you-so kind of way.

 “No, you were right you didn’t have it, in your room, but I know you still have it. Listen to me Amori it is very important that you tell me where it is,” He stood, walking over to her staring in her eyes trying to catch something, “Please, you have to tell me where you have it.”

 “I’ve already told you I didn’t put it anywhere, I don’t even have it.”

 “Ok, if you don’t have it then does, Alexis or Anise, or whoever the other person that was with you?”

 She shook her head, “I told you I don’t know where it is!”

 Amori heard herself speak,

But she wasn’t the one talking,

It was like she was a puppet, in a bigger game,

She looked at her hand in it she held the book,

She wondered why Ryan didn’t see it,

Then she heard the voice say,

“I have hidden it between our worlds,

The book is not his but ours.”

Ryan looked at Amori; there was something different about her, something that he couldn’t put his finger on. When he went back home, he went to his bookshelf, picking up every book that he smelt their scent on. Sighing he turned away, other than the Book Amori had, they really didn’t touch anything of great importance, he was about to leave the room then paused, going back to the bookshelf he looked up, then noticed he smelt Amori’s scent on one of the books at the top of the shelf, reaching out he grabbed the book, “No, no!” He didn’t open the book but stared at the blank cover, speaking his thoughts aloud he said, “It couldn’t be, why would she be allowed to open the book,” He wished more than anything now that he had never invited her to the party, he knew that he couldn’t control whatever happened next, “Not only that, but the Dweller would use this as a opportunity to have her open the gate.” He took a deep breath, sitting on the floor he just stared at the book, speaking in the tongues of his fathers, “Amadis holy one, protect her.” He sighed resting his head against the shelf he fell into a deep sleep.

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 6

Visions

 

 Amori sat on her bed, picking up her phone she dialed Cody’s number, waiting as she heard the phone ring over and over, finally he answered, “Hey Amori, are we still going over to Ryan’s house again?”

 “Um, no not anymore, I was wondering if you would like to just hangout today?”

 “Sure, where do you want to go?”

 “I don’t know, the mall maybe.”

 “Ok, what time?”

 “In about two hours, that’s like twenty minutes after it opens.”

 “Ok, nine thirty then, I’ll be there, talk to yah soon, bye.”

 “Yep talk to you soon.” Amori hung up the phone, then after calling both Anise and Alexis, she headed outside for a walk.

 

 It was an hour before Ryan woke up, when he did he saw Anna standing inside his room.

 “You really should keep your room cleaner.” She said looking at the desk in the corner then the books scattered around the room.

 “Huh, yea I really should.” Rubbing his eyes as he got to his feet, “So did you need something?”

 “Yes, I would like to go back to the mall; it seems to me that every thing I need to learn about Loam is there.”

 “Your pretty much right about that,” Ryan looked around his room, then at the clock, “I’ll take you when it opens in an hour.”

 “Great, sounds good to me.” She said then walking out of his room she stopped at the door, “Dryan, sorry Ryan, I want to know something.” Ryan looked at her; at least she was getting the hang of being normal, though he was a little surprised about how quick she was learning when she had only been in Loam for three days.

 “Yea what is that you need to know?”

 “Who was that girl you were talking to yesterday, she wasn’t just a human to you was she?”

 Ryan couldn’t think of anything to say at the moment.

 “I thought so.” Was all she said turning she left the room.

 Ryan sighed, great now he had two women mad at him, at least he knew what was with Anna, but Amori was different now that the dweller, lingered in her mind, who knew when he would come to show his true face, or if she would open the gate. All he knew was that his question would all be answered soon, sooner than he thought.

 “My little flower, remember eight tonight, soon we shall meet in more than just your thoughts.”

 Amori spoke, “But I had promised that I would never go back.” Instead if seeing her face in the mirror she saw his, “How can you still trust him, he did not tell you the whole truth about the woman.”

 “What do you mean? Their engaged what else is there to know?”

 “She’s also a vampire.”

 “WHAT!” Amori felt her stomach turn, “She’s a vampire is there more that I don’t know?”

 He reached out to her through the mirror but never touched her, “All in good time, more will be told to you, when I see you in the forest, I will see you?”

 “Yes.”

 “Do I have your word?”

 “You have my word.”

Amori and Cody met at the mall, “Um, I hope you don’t mind but I’d like to grab a bite to eat before we start walking around the mall.”

 “I don’t mind at all, I’m a wee bit puckish.” They laughed heading over to the Cafeteria.

 

Ryan pulled into the mall parking lot, getting out he turned, looking at the car next to him, then sighed, it was Amori’s car, if they ran into each other this would become rather interesting especially with their confrontation earlier that morning. Ryan and Anna decided to start on the left side near the Cafeteria and making their way around the whole mall.

 

 Seeing a book store Amori walked inside, “Um Amori you won’t mind if I take a quick look at the store over there?” He said pointing at a shoes store.

 “No, go ahead take your time. I don’t think I’ll be out any time soon.”

 “You sure, if you want me to stay here with you I’ll be fine with that.”

 “Na, I’m sure I’ll call your cell when I’m done over here.”

 Cody stood there for awhile, and then walked to the other store.

 Amori going over to the myth and fantasy section of the store started looking for something that would at least help her with what was going on.

 

 Ryan saw the book store, but Anna wanted to go inside a clothing store, so giving her three hundred dollars told her to go have fun, then headed into the book store.

 He saw the myth and fantasy section heading over he stopped when he saw Amori in the isle. Backing up he peeked around the corner, he took a deep breath standing up strait he walked into the isle, noticing that she held a book on mythical animals and hybrids.

 

 Noticing someone in the isle Amori looked up, when she saw that it was Ryan she closed the book placing it behind her, “So you’re following me now.”

 “No, I’m here with, well Anna.” Amori looked hard at him, “So her names Anna, other than the fact that the two of you are engaged is there anything else about her that you didn’t tell me?”

 “No not that I can think of.”

 “Oh really, so you thought that it wouldn’t matter if I didn’t know that she was a vampire?” He looked hard at her, He had told her, “Look Amori as I said before there’s more going on than what you know.”

 “Really cause I know quit a bit.”

 “You might know a lot but you don’t understand most of what you know.” Amori placed the book on the shelf, picking up the one next to it she began reading completely ignoring Ryan. Seeing the book he had come for he picked it up, “Amori,” She looked up at him then back down at the book, sighing he continued, “If you keep going down this road you won’t like what you find, you might not even,” He stopped taking a deep breath, “You might not come back alive.”

 She looked at him, “Why do you even care? Truthfully you set all this into motion, when you invited me to the Grad Party, and when you followed me while I was hiking, if not for you none of this would have ever happened.”

 He had thought that very thing, but at the same time, if she had never said she’d come to his party none of this would have happened, so it was in a way both of their faults. Ryan pulled something from his sack pack, “Did you open this?” Amori looked at the object in his hand, “Yes why?”

 “I knew it,” He said placing the same blank book back inside the pack, “After you touched it did you start hearing voices?”

 “What is this some kind of interrogation?”

 “No, I’m only asking you questions, so did you start hearing any voices what so ever?”

 “Yes, maybe, what does it matter?”

 Ryan looked around then back at Amori, “Huh, I’ll explain everything, I realize now that you’re to deep in, to be taken out anymore, I’ll come by your place at seven thirty.” He turned and headed to the cash register. Amori left the store walking over to the shoe store Cody was in.

 After awhile she spotted Cody, going over to where Cody was at she looked at the pair of shoes he was trying on, “Those really don’t look right on you.” He looked up, “Oh your back, you sure?”

 “Completely, just look at these,” she said picking up the shoes, “It looks like they once belonged to a clown, then a Goth.” She handed him the shoes.

 “Ok then, but I need your opinion on another pair; don’t worry after this will leave the store.”

 

 Ryan and Anna walked around the mall going in and out of stores. Ryan looked at his watch; it was only eleven thirty a.m., his hands were filled with clothes, shoes, and accessories, that Anna had saw and liked, she entered into another store he followed after her, “Anna are you sure you need all this stuff?” He looked down at what he was holding, “You’re only going to be here for a month.” She turned and looked at him, shaking her head she continued walking, without saying anything. He followed not saying anything else.

 

 Cody had three bags in his hands; he looked at Amori, “You know if you want to go home its fine with me.”

 Amori looked at him, “Sorry, I guess your enjoying this more than I am, huh, and I was the one who said we should go to the mall.” She forced a smile, Cody stopped walking, “What’s really going on, you’ve been acting out of it since we went to Ryan’s house.” He looked at her.

 Amori turned away, “You know you can trust me Amori.” They walked to the indoor skating rink, renting their skates they got on the ice, Cody started skating backward, “So what’s going on with you Amori, and don’t tell me nothings wrong.” They rounded the corner.

 “Ok, I think I’m hearing voices, I know it sounds ridiculous but I’m serious.”

 “When did it start?” She looked at him that was not what she expected him to say.

 “It started after I picked up one of the books.”

 “Is it the one with the symbols?”

 “No not that one, another, it was black, the front had no pictures no writing, but it started when I opened it, though the pages where blank.” She noticed Cody’s face changed, “Did you take anything from the house?”

 She skated ahead of him, rounding the corner, then picking up speed. Cody turned skating in the opposite direction. Amori looked behind her when she didn’t see Cody she smiled, but when she turned around he was right in front of her, she came to a stop.

 He looked at her, “You took something didn’t you.” It was more a statement than a question.

 “Yes, but I didn’t mean to, well I did because I brought it home, but I didn’t know I had the book.” He looked at her.

 “So you took one of his books?”

 “Yes the one with the symbols.”

 “Ok let me get this straight, you took the book but didn’t know you had it, though you brought it home, but you said you knew you had brought it home, or did you realize once you got home?”

 “No before.”

 “But I was in the car with you?”

 “Remember I walked out of the house before any of you, I saw that I still had it, I was about to return it then…” Her voice drifted off, she knew that Cody would think she was crazy if she had continued.

 “Then what, you were about to return it then what?”

 Amori took in a long breath; she looked around making sure that no one was listening in, “I heard a voice tell me to keep it.”

 “Wait you’re telling me that some creepy voice starts talking to you and you listened to it?” “No, well yes,” She sighed, though slightly surprised at Cody’s reaction she expected him to freak out call her crazy and end their friendship, “Truthfully I still hear the voice.”

 Cody looked concerned, “So what’s it telling you?”

 “Well he…it wants to meet at the forest, at eight tonight, the only problem is that now Ryan is picking me up at seven thirty…”

 “Wait, so you’re dating the guy whose house we just broke into?” He interrupted.

 “No nothing like that, he’s engaged, I want answers and Ryan said he tell me what I need to know so that’s that.” They were silent as they walked to the parking lot. It wasn’t till they got into the car and Cody was on the highway did they start talking again.

 “Ok, so Ryan can give you answers, and so can the voice, but you choose Ryan?”

 “Well yes, come on if you had a choice out of finding out something from some voice in your head or a person you can see which would you choose?” He looked at her from the corner of his eye.

 “Alright but do you trust the guy?”

 “Well I never thought about that, I do maybe.”

 “Well maybe you should have someone tag along with you, just incase.”

 “I don’t think it would be smart to have Anise and Alexis come along.”

 Cody laughed, “You know who I meant.”

 “Yea, I know what you meant, I guess it would be cool, instead of dropping me off and leaving, you could stay till he comes.” She turned looking out the window watching as cars passed by in a blur.

 “Sounds like a plan.”

 Lurid sat in a chair by the window reading, she had brought her book of spells, as not to loose track of her studies during this time. Standing and taking a deep breath, while placing the book in front of her she began, “Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only <