Her Soul and His Blood novel Chapter 11

The Red stone

But it was interrupted soon even before starting by banging of doors and screaming of peoples. Suddenly they heard some sounds in the counter. The waiters and others are down the floor. And there is nobody else. Lance held Zella's hand and rushed her into the car.

Zella asked Lance " what happened.."

"No time to explain. Get in, you are no more safe here, we have to go." Lance murmured.

" what? I-am not safe , but how?"

Lance didn't speak a word.Many people surrounded the hotel. Their skin were very white, and their eyes had been transformed from their usual blue to a mingling of violet and cobalt that was softly iridescent.Their hairs had a highly luminous sheen.

There were blood on their lips and all of them were staring at Zella. The look was like they will pierce her with their looks and kill her like they killed others.

As if out of the shadows, a tall figure emerged. His skin was paler than the moon and his facial features flawless. His eyes were black which turned blood red like a fire. He looked at them and then to Zella.

One among them tried to attack Zella, but Lance kicked him away. He hit Lance from behind. A sudden gush of pain jolted throughout Lance's body. His stomach ached, his arms lost tension . "He will not get the better of me," he thought as he dropped to the ground. His tongue was soaked in the taste of blood. Bruised and winded, with a leg in agony, he grabbed the foot of the captain and pulled him to the ground. His head was pounding. He brought a fist to the captain's face, snapping his nose into a grotesquerie.

He get into the car and drove the car as fast as possible. They started chasing him and trying to hit the car. Lance increased the speed and drove the car. Zella is really scared and she was literally crying.

" Lance,what is happening? Why are they chasing us? Why are they attacking us?"

Lance speaks nothing. A car hits their car and they are thrown off the road but Lance tries to keep the lane and drive as fast as possible.

He park his car near his house, a huge banglaw. They are still behind Zella, but stopped few distance before Lance's house with a sudden break. They all were staring at Zella and Lance with anger and thirst.

Lance took Zella into the house and looked behind to see them. They looked him viciously with their fangs out. Lance put his fangs out as a warning for them that they are crossing their limit. They kind of got scared and went back.

Lance rang the calling bell. Mr.Peterson and Mrs Peterson stared at both of them.Merlin came in front. Zella identified her. She is the one who was there in the night party. She took Zella with her. She saw the bruises on Lance's face.

" come lets go inside." she took her to her bedroom which is upstairs, watching Lance through her shoulders.

While Zella went upstairs Mr.Peterson and his wife asked Lance " Who attacked you ? why did you bring her home ,that too late night. Are you out of your mind?"

" No dad,The out clans attacked her. They were into her. And she was once attacked by Hance. That means Zella is his target and she is in danger. And this out clans is his followers. So I thought she wont be safe outside. So I brought her here. Since the out clans are restricted from entering here. " he steps back with a regretful face. "Hance was there with them."

" what should I do dad,I cant risk her." Lance says in a low voice.

" but why my son?" Mrs. Peterson asks

" firstly im in love with her ,I cant even think of Zella getting harmed. Second she has the RED STONE with her, so she has to do something with that."

" RED STONE" they both says spontaneously.

Their eyes widened.They both looked each other and then gazed into Lance.

" yes, the Red stone, the necklace with a blue stone locket and hemisphere covered by it, which changes its color when the protector needs its protection, energy, power. When the protector has intense feelings and emotions. Her eyes changes colors too. She has it and she always do were it. When I asked her who gave it, she said that its there since her childhood."

" so what are you saying ?" said Mr Peterson.

" she is in danger and we need to protect her." Said Lance in a sharp voice.

Peterson was quite for a moment and then" but son what if she comes to know what we are and how we live."

Lance kept quite for this question.

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Upstairs

In room Merlin stares at Zella's necklace. She looks at it so deeply and then

" from where did you buy this? "

Zella smiled and said " I didn't buy it, my grandma gave me when I was a kid."

Merlin went into a deep thought for a second, she held Zella's shoulder and told her

" see, today you have to stay here. You cant go anywhere. You are not safe outside, those people who chased you two will be waiting for you."

Zella is shocked to hear this, she questioned

" who are they, why are they following me? My parents will be panicked to hear that I wont be going home today and they wont allow me to stay here."