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Genevieve was awakened by the strong smell of blood. She opened her eyes and had to stifle as scream.
Laura jumped up off the bed, spilling half the contents of her cup on the floor. “Sorry! Oh sassafras. I didn’t mean to scare you and now I made a mess. If Perry sees this she’ll kill me”. She sent the cup down and looked about the room.
Genevieve, after taking a few seconds to recover from that shocking wake up, hopped out of bed and grabbed a towel from her closet. “It’s ok, we’ll clean it up. But what were you doing? I have to say I’m a little creeped out”.
Laura knelt down to wipe up the mess. "Well I thought you might be thirsty after...your nightmare last night".
Genevieve gave her an incredulous look.
Laura sighed. "Ok so that's not the only reason I'm here. Carmilla told me about what happened last night...and so did Natalia". She got got a stern look on her face. "I wanted to make sure your intentions are good".
Genevieve snorted. "Did you get that line from your dad Laura?" Genevieve said, trying her best not to burst out laughing. Laura’s face hadn't changed. "Laura I would never hurt Natalia. Why do you think I've been avoiding her? I didn't want her to get mixed up in all this. I know I'm trouble. But I can't help myself" Genevieve sat down on the bed. "She's had me falling for her since the moment she showed up". She smiled. "What's up with you Hollis'? You're such ladykillers". She got up and walked to the door. “I’m gonna go talk to her, if that’s ok with you” she grinned at Laura.
Laura chuckled. “Yes, that’s fine. Go get her, tiger..or should I say lion?”
Genevieve shook her head as she left the room. She walked quickly down the hall to Natalia’s door and knocked gently. “Natalia? It’s Genevieve. Can I come in?” There was no answer. She knocked again. “Natalia…?” She turned the knob and pushed the door in slowly. She gasped in shock. Natalia’s room looked like a crime scene. The sheets on her bed were torn. There was a small puddle of blood in the middle of the room with a trail of droplets leading to the window. Genevieve started screaming for Natalia. Carmilla was there in half a heartbeat.
“What the hell??” she exclaimed. Laura, Perry, and LaFontaine came running as well. Perry and LaF were speechless. Laura ran to the window and started yelling.
“NATALIA!! NATALIA WHERE ARE YOU??” tears were streaming down her face. Carmilla pulled her out of the window.
“Laura. Stop. Gen and I will go find her. It’s gonna be ok” she embraced Laura and held her tightly.
Genevieve had fallen to her knees just inside the doorway. Just when she had decided to admit her feelings to the first girl she had loved since Isabel, the first girl she allowed herself to fall for since she murdered what she thought was the one true love of her life. Now she had lost her. She stared at the puddle of blood congealing on the floor. She could be dead for all Genevieve knew.
Carmilla yanked her to her feet. “Let’s go Gen. We’re gonna go find your girlfriend and kill whoever decided to take her.”
Genevieve snapped out of her trance at the word kill. Her blood began to boil. She wouldn’t just kill whoever took Natalia. She would torture them. She planned to make sure they suffered pain beyond anything they had ever experienced before...and she would make it slow. She would want them to beg her over and over for death until she finally tired of the game and left them to die of their wounds. Mercy killing them would be too nice. Her fangs elongated at the thought of it. “Let’s go kill” she said to Carmilla, a fire burning in her eyes. She ran out of the house and found the spot where Natalia’s bedroom window overlooked. There were a few drops of blood on the ground. She could see a clear path through the field where they had taken her. They had gone into the forest.
Carmilla came up behind her. “Tracking will be easiest if we shift.”
Laura had been staring out Natalia’s bedroom window since Carmilla had let her go. She watched the panther and lion run with extreme speed through the field and into the forest where they quickly disappeared. She began crying again and slumped to the floor.