Romances de Phoebe

The room became silent. Those words ranged in their heads.*Send Zara Grey and come alone.*Zara stared at the parchment lying on the table.For a moment, she could only hear the sounds of the wind in the air, nobody spoke, there were no voices, no jokes, no arguments, no bells ringing... Just pure silence.Then Rynese broke the silence."Well....." He said Everyone looked at him."That's definitely a no."The tension in the room became lesser.Selene folded her arms."It wasn't a request.""No, it was a demand," Valkyrie said. "Which is why it's definitely a no."Kael didn't say anything, Zara looked at him. Immediately, she regretted it. The expression on his face was a bit terrifying because he looked too calm for what was going on. His silver eyes remained fixed on the note."Kael." Zara called out.He didn't answer."Kael." She called out again.Slowly, his gaze shifted to hers."What?"That single word came out as though he had not intended it at her but for the situation. Zara

Zara didn't sleep after everything that had happened, she could still see the figure on the ridge. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw it again standing and staring directly at her then lifting a hand and waving it at her as though it knew her.The worst part wasn't the fact that she was scared but how it chooses to wave at only her.Something about the figure felt wrong in a way she couldn't explain and it terrified her more than anything.The morning was cold and gray, the city looked exhausted. People moved through the streets with dark circles under their eyes, nobody was smiling. It was like they waited for something to happen or they hoped it didn't.Zara was drinking a cup of bitter tea when she heard a loud knock on the door. Kael opened it.A young vampire messenger stood outside breathing hard, his face was pale."Lady Selene needs you."Kael immediately straightened up."Why?"The messenger swallowed."They found something."* * * * * An hour later, they were standing

The last barrier just fell.Those words sounded like a death sentence. For a moment, Zara simply stared at Kael praying he would explain something somehow instead, he kept looking north toward something only him seemed to understand.The horn sounded again. The sound was like it was rolled across the city and went directly into Zara's ears. Where they stood, the guards exchanged nervous glances and didn't say anything to each other."What barrier?" Zara finally asked.Kael looked at her, his expression didn't look frightening, he looked like he had resigned like he was expecting it."The barriers were never just protecting the Belmar territory." His voice was quiet."The north was built around them." Zara frowned."What does that mean?"Before Kael could answer her, footsteps approached them. Selene appeared moments later, she looked really exhausted that you could literally see the dark circles beneath her eyes. Her coat hung on her shoulders, it looked like it was going to fall off

The screams were coming from the eastern district.By the time Zara and the others reached the streets, everybody in the city were already panicking. People were pouring out of buildings, guards were everywhere looking in every direction.Someone had even knocked a lantern by mistake and it shattered on the ground across the road."What happened?" Zara shouted at a guard passing.The vampire barely slowed down."Someone came back!" The guard shouted walking as though he was almost running.That wasn't an answer, it only made her curiousity widened.Apparently everyone in the north had made a collective decision never to explain anything properly. They followed the crowd and went further, the thicker it became the sooner they reached a small square surrounded by stone buildings.Hundreds of people were already gathered there, nobody was shouting nor speaking aloud. The silence there was so much that you could hear the sound of a pin if it dropped to the ground.Everybody looked terrifi

Nobody moved, the figures remained standing in the distance silent and motionless, it was just there watching them.The mountain ridge spread between them and the city, but somehow Zara still felt like they had taken special attention to her and she felt weird.The scout beside them looked ready to faint. Honestly, she couldn't even blame him because she would have done the same if she were in his shoes."What are they?" Rynese asked, curiosity written all over his face.Nobody answered him, it wasn't because they didn't want to but there wasn't an answer to his question.Selene's face had gone pale again. At this point, Zara was beginning to think that it was becoming a habit for her, the vampire woman stared at the distant silhouettes."No."The word slipped out quietly."No, no, no..." She continued.Kael's eyes narrowed."You know what they are."It wasn't a question.Selene swallowed."They aren't supposed to be awake." She said still staring into space Zara felt a cold feeling s

The tower came back, that was so strange.Nobody spoke about it, it left them numb and shocked.Zara stared at Kael, waiting for him to say he was joking or something but he didn't instead Rynese looked between them and then laughed. A very short, nervous laughter."Okay."Nobody reacted."Right." He said and rubbed both hands over his face."It's either I've completely lost my mind, or we're all skipping over the fact that a whole building that disappeared came back again.""It's not the building that I'm worried about.," Valkyrie said quietly.Everybody turned to stare at her."What worries you then?" Zara asked.Valkyrie's expression changed."It's the fact that it came back."Silence settled over them because somehow this felt worst, the tower disappearing can always be explained but coming back..... Nahhh! Impossible. Nobody will believe that bull shit.The thought of it made Zara's skin crawl."What did the scout actually see?" she asked.Selene folded her arms."The tower."" I