Chapter 4

chapter Four

*Ariya*

My blood was boiling. I couldn't believe everything that had just happened. I couldn't get home fast enough. The images of my people burning alive, the sounds of their screams of agony, the cries of fear that they were going to die, I just couldn't get it out of my head. As I was heading home I kept thinking of that night over and over. It was a nightmare and there wasn't a day that went by that I wished I would just wake up and realize that it was all just a terrifying dream.

When I finally made it home, I busted through the door, shaking with rage. "I swear I am going to kill him! He will suffer for what he did to everyone!" I shouted.

Caleb, realizing something was seriously wrong, was shifting back to his human form.

"He will pay for what he did! Even if that is the last thing I do on Earth, I will kill him!" I yelled, pacing angrily. My blood continued to boil.

"Ariya! Calm down! What the heck is going on? Slow down and talk to me." Caleb said.

"He's going to die! I'm going back to kill him now!" The rage bubbled up inside of me. I was so angry and hurt that I was blind to everything around me. My only thought was killing Boss and making him pay for what he did.

"Ariya?" Caleb was looking at me, his face was a mix of fear and shock. Caleb grabbed my arm and made me stop pacing. The look on his face made me pause for a moment.

"What?!" I shouted, still angry.

"Ariyayou need to calm down."

"No! He will pay for what he did! He killed our family! He killed Keo!" I growled. I was losing it. A raw rage burned in my throat. My whole body felt like it was on fire from the inside.

"Ariya! Listen to me. You don't know Keo is dead! We left before we found him because it was getting so bad! He could be the guy that was looking for you! So you have to calm down oryou know what! Come here." Caleb shouted back, dragging me by the arm to the mirror. "Look at yourself, Ariya! Anything look strange to you?"

Caleb was right! All of my anger, all the hate that I had, it had started to activate my ability. My eyes were changing. The whites of my eyes were no longer white but black. The color part was red and the pupil (still black) was slanted.

"Ariya, I get that you're extremely upset right now, but you have to calm down a bit. If you don't you could make things a lot worse. You haven't activated your ability yet, and you know that there are certain requirements you must hit before activating it. So trust me when I say you need to calm down."

I stared at my reflection in the mirror for a little bit. As eager as I was to activate my ability and truly be considered a Blood Born, I couldn't. Not yet. First I needed to find Drake. I needed to find my grandfather. I took a couple deep breaths and was able to feel myself relax a little bit.

"Let's sit down, Ariya." Caleb said, walking over to the couch.

We went over and sat down and for the next hour we began planning. I explained everything that happened. Everything that Boss had told us as a group, everything Boss had admitted to doing, and everything that they had planned. Caleb and I planned every detail. We worked out every kink and every possible twist that could happen along the way until we were sure that the plan was perfect. In one hour we had a full, elaborate plan. Now it was time to put the plan in action, because the plan started now. I grabbed my sword, and a couple other weapons. I was ready. In the next 12 hours, 2 people would most likely be dead, and at least one of them would be from my team.