Chapter 7 After the Dream

 

               Amber is beside herself when she wakes up. She is dumfounded, she is in utter shock, she is confused, and she is dripping wet from the dreams. She crawls out of bed, that now she must change her sheets too. She goes to the shower and attempts another shower this morning. The images are etched in her brain, the feelings of last night are like needles on her skin, she is so sensitive all over that when the water run across her skin, it feels good and bad at the same time. She is only in the shower for maybe 10 minutes and towels off. She dresses in something lightweight and comfortable, her go to t-shirt and sweatpants. She can not even withstand putting on her bra because it feels like it is suffocating her. She lightly towels dries her hair and runs a brush through her twisted red locks, however, that too is all she can bear. She shutters with the sensitivity. Amber has never felt like this before or felt so raw. She can’t remember when she had a dream last, and she only remembers having premonitions of the vampires she is supposed to hunt down. She feels so off and not herself. Again, she thinks how lucky it is Saturday and not a school day. As she is lost in her thoughts and discomfort, the door rings. She approaches the door and looks in the peephole. A delivery man is standing at the door and knocks loudly as she is standing there peeking out, which makes her jump. She howlers out that she is coming. Then she takes a deep breath to open the door and greet the delivery man.

               “Hello, Ms. Parks, I have this envelope from the Royal Family Committee form Southern California.”

               “Oh, wow thank you! Do you need me to sign something?”

               “Yes, please.” The delivery man hands her a clipboard and pen. “Please, sign here on the dotted line.” He was employed by the Committee, because they only let their delivery personnel hand deliver all their important documents, along with the old fashion paper and pen signature. They would scan her information in the computer later, however, they preferred hard copies of everything as well. They didn’t believe in the new modern way of all digital. Digital can be corrupted and deleted too easily in their books.

               Amber took the envelope and thanked the delivery man. As she shut the door, she started opening the envelope. She pulled out a letter which stated.

               Dear Ms. Amber Parks,

                              We are so very glad to see you have returned to our area and are extending your “Enforcer Services” with us once again.  Yes, once we were aware of your return, we had a discussion and found you to be the most qualified and highest-ranking Enforcer we ever had. We will expect you to resume your services with us immediately and your classes will be transitioned with another teacher as of Monday. No need to call the school and arrange anything. You are too important for us not to make this a smooth transition for you. The issues with your local communities have risen to extreme vampiric discord since you been gone and have now spilled over to other parts of the Los Angeles County and neighboring counties as well. We feel the urgency is too great not to reach out and informed you of your status upgrade.

               Now, please take in mind, once this issue has been improved upon, and you have been able to recruit possibly a few Enforcers to help with neighboring areas, we will help you resume back to your teaching employment if you wish too.

               This is in no means a punishment and in fact we would like to apologize for you being out of our services for so long. We made a grave mistake to have you leave as you did and not planning on you training any replacements to maintain the communities when you stepped down as our request. Now, they have resulted in a grave vampiric overpopulation of mayhem. We were about to reach out to you while you were gone, however, you returned just prior to us sending out a tracker to contact you.

               Please, understand the grave issue in this matter. We will be sending you emails with more information as previously done and hope to bring you up to speed on what we have been able to obtain for your information. We have no one that can possibly help us as you and your father. In fact, we are willing to re-enlist your father as well, if you feel it is necessary and if you would please pass on his current whereabouts. The vampiric issues have plagued other areas around the world and Enforcers are very hard to come by these days. Especially, very skilled full ones who managed not to be killed in their duties. We have not seen such an issue before and hope that maybe with you returning to us here we can find a better solution to controlling this problem.

                                                                                          Thank you for your service once again,

                                                                                          The Royal Families of Southern California. PBV

 

               “WOW! Well, this is just adding to my already strange morning. I need to call my dad.”

               Amber goes to her cell phone and dials her dad; however, it goes straight to voicemail. “Dang it! Hi Dad, its me. Look, I really need to talk to you and mom. Well, you more than anything. I am home and okay, but there is some strange stuff going on and I only been back a month now. School just started too. Please call me back today. I hope you are both well and having a great time, but I really need to talk to you.” Amber sighs has she disconnects.

               Not even an hour later, her dad calls her back. “Hey, baby girl what is up?”

               “Oh, Dad thank you for calling me back. I am don’t know where to start. Except I am okay, but not.”

               “Okay, start with School, is everything going okay with your classes?”

               “Well, that is where it started.” Amber gives her dad a count of events that had happened. From the issue with Henry’s family, Henry’s hospitalization, the encounter she had at the lot in her old neighborhood, the dreams (which she edited out the erotic stuff of course), and then the letter she got this morning form the Royal Families Committee.

               “Wow! That is a whole hell of a lot, kiddo! So, I say it is good news for the Royal Family to reach out to you and get you back in the Enforcer position. You were one of the BEST! However, I am not happy to hear they let things get so out of control.” He paused and you could hear him brief her mom on the whole thing.

               “Hi, Honey! I love you and I know your dad will be able to help. We are planning on coming back and see you soon, maybe we can push that up.” Her mother injects with her warm soft voice.

               “No, mom you guys stay away a little while longer. I don’t want you to be sucked up in this mess. I will work on it first and do some investigation to see if I even need Dad to help me out or not. Also, to make sure it is safe for you to return, mom.”

               “Well, that sounds like a plan. Okay, now the other part about the dreams. Were they intense, were you feeling kind of out of it, sensitive all over, confused etc.?”

               “Yes, Dad, you hit it right on the head. You know what is going on. Did my powers just take a leap forward or something?”

               “Well, baby girl I have good news and bad news. Your powers are getting a boost; however, the bad news would be….”

               “Oh, Dad don’t tell me I going to be sick like this for long!” Amber signs in the phone.

               “No, you are not sick, you came across your mate, dear!”

               “Oh! Honey that is wonderful. You found your mate!”

               “NOOOOOOO…. Dad, you got to be kidding. I can’t be mated! I mean I just got a divorce and wait I can’t be mated to a vampire. He isn’t Pure-Blooded or anything. I mean I don’t think so! No, maybe he is a made vampire and that is why it was so strange I didn’t even detect him at the school….” She goes off on a verbal tangent while her dad tries to inject.

               “Amber, honey stop! It isn’t a bad thing. Also, whatever the reason, it is meant to be. It is designed in us and not a bad thing at all. Just breath! Wait, you met him in person and didn’t even detect he was a vampire? Did I just hear you right?”

               “Yes, Dad. He is a very prestigious businessman apparently in downtown Los Angeles and he came to speak for my class, the other day. I didn’t have a clue. The only think that got my attention, was he was very attractive and polished. I mean I swooned, and I don’t swoon Dad.” Again, Amber starts to drift off in her own little tangent.

               “Well, this is interesting. Amber, you sure he is a Vampire?”

               “Yes, Dad. With the dreams last night, I am very sure he is a vampire, and I even had a vision but not like any of the visions I have had in the past, which rolled into the dream. If this is a new power, I am not sure I like it.”

               “Honey, maybe because you are half human some of it is like how our visions happened for us. I remember waking up in cold sweats, erotic dreams, and uncontrollable emotions.” Her mother popped back into the conversation.

               “Vampires don’t have dreams normally or have the sweating issues like that either. Your poor mother had to deal with those, and I believe this was a side affect of her being human.”

               “Oh, Honey! Those were so difficult and until I was able to jump your father when we saw each other again, they didn’t subside.” Added her unashamed mother.

               “Mother, please! OMG, I don’t want to hear about your sex life.”

               “Well, Dear it is 2023, and you are a full adult. You should be able to handle the sex talk by now.” Her mother had no problem with blurting out her true feelings or what was on her mind. Amber loved that about her mom and hated it as well. She could be so embarrassing. No, she wouldn’t ever get use to talking to her parents about sex or anything close to it.

               “I suggest you try to go seek out this mate of yours and try to find out more as well. Keep me posted with what you find out with the Vampire Issue in the old neighborhood. I will be home in no time if you need me too. Your mom can stay here if needed to be, where she has complete security from any issues that could arise. Remember, we love you. Also, try to be open minded. I know you just had a divorce, but fate has good surprises that happens to us too.” Her dad comforts her with ending the call with her.

               “Thanks Dad and Mom! I love you guys too. I will! I will! Love you guys, always.” Then Amber hangs the phone up. She looks out her kitchen window toward her backyard. “Wow, things were so much simpler when little and when living just as a human. What has this side of me, now gotten me into?”