Outcast

Chapter VI

"Who is Rebecca?" David looked at Hellen. The two of them were walking down the hallway when she questioned him. He was taking her back to her quarters, which was directly across from his own.

"What did my father tell you?" His question was straightforward. Hellen felt her shoulders tense as she went to rub her left arm.

"That you'd end up trying to protect me like you did her. That's why he's been…" Hellen hushed hearing someone chatting as they came down the hallway. Hellen was quickly grabbed on the shoulder by David and pushed into a room. She yelped as the door shut quickly, leaving her in the dark area alone.

Her breathing was fast as she placed her hands against the door and tried to open it, only to find that David must have been leaning against it.

Pressing her ear up to the door, Hellen listened closely and could hear talking. She could hear what sounded like a woman. Hellen stood there listening to what was being said. It wasn't as easy as she had thought. The door was heavy and thick which made it hard to hear through it.

Hellen stood there quiet until the voices stopped. The door swung open and she stumbled backward. Hellen's eyes were wide seeing David standing there looking at her.

"We have to go. Now." He said grabbing her wrist and tugging her out of the room. Hellen's eyes widened as she was pulled along the corridors quickly. She didn't know what was happening but something was wrong she could tell.

"David what's -- " She stopped when he came to a dead stop. Looking ahead Hellen could see two people standing there who she had never noticed here in the covenant. They stood there holding -- they were holding guns.

"David?"

Hellen whispered moving behind him a bit more. He stood his ground and kept his hold upon her hand.

"They're from another covenant. They're Cykillen's men."

Cykillen strode through Thomas's office. She was pacing back and forth. Hellen had been escorted along with David to Thomas's office. The two of them stood there waiting for someone to say something. Anything would have been better than the dreadful feeling Hellen felt creeping up slowly.

"You've taken on a pet Thomas. How... quaint." The dark haired woman said in a tone that was anything but amusing. Hellen swallowed thickly. Something didn't sit well with her. The woman didn't seem the friendliest. Nor did she seem in the mood to deal with the so called problem.

Thomas sat back behind the desk watching Cykillen. His expression unreadable. Hellen wasn't sure what he was thinking either.

"Who informed you?" He questioned. The woman gave a smirk and turned to look at him.

"I'm not obligated to say, just that some of your people here don't agree with there being a human walking among them."

"It's none of their concern."

"Oh, but it is David. It is when they feel as if their very way of life is being threatened."

"She's of no threat to us." Thomas rose from his chair and walked out to stand in front of Cykillen. She gave a slight snort and gazed up at him. She made a sound with her tongue then turned back to look at Hellen.

"I understand your fascination with her. She looks so much like Annalee..."

Hellen flinched. Thomas kept his gaze just as unreadable as before. Hellen stood there beside David. Cykillen's guards on either side of them with four in total. Yet still, nobody moved an inch.

"So, I understand. Completely I do. There's not a day that goes by that I don't miss Gregory. But the fact of the matter is -- " Cykillen turned her head and looked at Hellen. Her face rounder than Amelia's and her eyes wider and more blue. Her nose wasn't as much of a point, but still the similarities remained.

"She's not Annalee." Thomas still refused to show an emotion. Instead he kept his gaze upon the woman before him. It was then he gave a small nod of his head and pressed his lips together.

"You're stating the obvious. It's rather annoying." Hellen's eyes widened along with Cykillen's as she looked back at him.

"Further more, this is my covenant, not yours, if anyone has a problem with the way that I run things here they're more than welcome to leave anytime they feel. And as far as the girl is concerned -- " Thomas gazed Hellen's way. Her expression clearly one of shock while his own was still stone. But there was that sliver of something in his gaze. Some speck of certain glow or light when he looked at her.

"Her place is here." Her heart stopped. She could have sworn that her heart had just stopped beating when Thomas stated that she was to stay here. That her place was indeed here. Her mouth parted slightly but she couldn't understand as to why he would say that.

She had been here for a long while, several months now, and had been lurking in the shadows staying out of others ways. David had become her only known friend, and yet she wasn't even sure if the man considered her a friend.

And then here was Thomas. The leader of his covenant. The head vampire here in this realm who others followed his rules to the letter. This man was saying that no matter what anyone else said, Hellen's place was here with them...

"So, the rumors are true then?" Cykillen whispered under her breath. Thomas turned his head back to her and with an arch brow questioned her silently. Cykillen grinned a little. Amusement played upon her, yet she refused to answer him as to what she meant.

"Well then. I guess I have no further need to be here. I'll leave you to inform yours that if they're unhappy with your pet they're free to leave and come join us. Besides, we could always use more fighters." Cykillen finished waving her hand with a flick of her wrist and her men stepped away from Hellen and David. Hellen looked around. Did that mean they were free to go?

Her question was soon answered when Cykillen started walking past her. Her eyes bore into Hellen's own and she felt fear enter her body. She stepped back, allowing the woman to walk her way past her.

When her and her guards left the three of them alone Hellen felt as if she could finally breathe again.

That was until she looked to Thomas and seen that his back was to the both of them.