of them.”
“Right,” she said taking it all in. This was a visual on how evil vampires were, and the creatures that caused this had Kat and Damian.
Something had been bothering her about Kat’s abduction. A few things didn’t seem to add up. As she began analyzing all the information that she had been given about the situation, Alessandra found that she was left with more questions and no answers to the ones she initially had. Why had Chase been left alive and not taken with them? How did they know that they would be there? And was Kat simply a pawn in the game of cat and mouse between Vincent and herself or was there something more to it that she hadn’t figured out yet?
They were getting closer to the house, closer to her doom, unless she did something and thought very fast. Ally felt like the answer was right there in front of her, but she couldn’t see it. She stopped in her tracks and turned on Chase. “Why did they take her?”
He was startled for a moment then said, “I hadn’t thought about it, but I suppose it would be to lure you out so they could kill you before the prophecy was fulfilled.”
She nodded. “Why weren’t you killed or taken with them?”
Chase thought about it for a moment. “To send the message back to ensure you would come and find them.”
James had stopped walking and was listening to the information unfolding with concerned interest. He had only thought of getting them back safely, he hadn’t considered the finer points of the situation. Ally was right. Something was off.
Alessandra suddenly understood why she would die.
It wasn’t because she was destined to, that fate had changed, or she had altered things somehow. It was because she was unprepared that she was going to die. Ally felt a strange relief knowing that she hadn’t done anything wrong to change the fates. The fates had simply conspired against them and put Ally in the line of danger before she was ready.
Vincent wanted her dead. He had planned this from the start. Kathryn was the bait to lure her out before she was ready so that he could finish Ally off. It was simply a chance coincidence that Damian was there as well.
James interrupted her thoughts. “It’s a trap.”
Ally nodded solemnly. “My thoughts exactly. So what do we do?”
“We go home,” he said without hesitating. “I am not putting you at risk.”
She was getting so frustrated with his attitude. “James, look around would you. I am at risk no matter what. My role in life is to be at risk. My God damn destiny is to be at risk! Fight it all you want but the danger is going to find me whether I hide or not, and death seems imminent, unless we start getting smarter than these God damn vampires!”
He was taken aback by what she had said, but she was right. He didn’t want to admit that to her, but she was. The prophecy girl had a simple purpose, kill or be killed if you narrowed it down to the point.
“Alright, so what do you suggest we do then Ally?” he said with frustration and agitation.
Chase cleared his throat. “I have an idea if you two love birds have finished bickering.”
He earned himself a glare from them both which he returned with a wicked smile and a gleam in his eye that inevitably meant trouble.
“Obviously I have the least to lose here, so I will go in as bait and you two find a way down to the basement and get them out.”
James looked thoughtful. “You know that’s a suicide mission.”
Chase rolled his eyes. “I know what I’m doing. Ally is the one that was chosen to fulfil the prophecy, and she must be kept safe at all costs.”
“We agree on something,” James said dryly.
Ally glared at James. This wasn’t the time for petty arguments.
“What would you do James if that was Ally in there?”
James answered begrudgingly, “I would go in as bait.”
“Thank you,” Chase said looking rather proud of himself. “I think I’ve made my point.”
Ally stared at him. “So let’s say for a moment that we go with this crazy idea, you have to have more of a plan than going in as bait.”
“I’ll wing it,” he said. “We can stand here arguing about it, or we can all agree on it. I’m going in there as bait regardless, so make your choices, work with me or against