the days ahead,” she said. “However, I need you to keep me fully informed about everything you see and hear. My full resources are at your disposal, but I need to know how to use them.”
“Thank you,” I told the empress. I was beginning to like her a little more, but I still felt a little uneasy around her.
“You’re welcome,” she said.
I said goodbye and started to search for Cathy, Lizzie and Sarah. I looked throughout the mansion for a long time and finally, I saw the three of them at the end of a long hallway. I hurried towards them, and I noticed that Cathy and Sarah were both talking on the phone.
Lizzie walked up to me, took me by the arm, and pulled me aside.
“I have some news for you,” she said. “You might want to sit down.”
“What is it?” I asked.
“Please, just sit down,” she said.
I found a small chair next to the wall and sat.
“Your mother is alive,” she said. “But she’s had a diabetic attack.”
“What! Where is she? How do you know?”
“Sarah left her phone number in the kitchen when you three visited her. A neighbor came to check on your mother, and found her on the floor of the living room, unconscious,” she said. “The lady called 911, and the paramedics took your mother to the hospital. Then she saw the note Sarah left your mom and called her number.”
“Oh God,” I said. “I have to go see her.”
“No, you’re not,” Lizzie said. “You’re in no condition to be traveling.”
“I feel better,” I said. “I have to go see my mom.”
“Don't worry,” Lizzie said. “She’s stable at the moment, and Cathy and Sarah are arranging for a friend of theirs to give her an injection of vampire blood. It should reverse her diabetes all together.”
I wondered for a moment why I didn't ask Sarah or Cathy to give her an injection of their blood when we were visiting her. It was stupid that I didn’t think about the option. Even though my mom was not ready to be turned into a vampire, she would have probably said yes to such a blood donation.
Cathy got off the phone and gave me a hug.
“Your mom’s going to be okay,” she said. “My friend Heather is going to the hospital now and will inject her with her blood.”
“I want to see my mom,” I said.
Cathy's brown eyes peered into mine. She pulled me closer to her.
“You need to rest,” she said. “In the morning, if you’re better, we will go see her.”
I was not overly comforted by her words. I wanted to go see my mother immediately.
“Cathy, I love you,” I said. “But I have to see my mother now.”
She took out her phone, called her friend, and put me on the phone with her. Heather told me that she was on the way to the hospital, would give her a shot of her blood, and that she’d keep a close eye on my mother. She said that if her condition changed, she’d call us.
I thanked her and ended the call.
Sarah then got off the phone, walked up to me, and hugged me.
“We’re going to make sure nothing happens to your mom,” she said.
I turned away and started walking.
“Where are you going?” Cathy said.
“To the medical center,” I said. “I'm going to get dosed up.”
Chapter 9
I walked into the nurse’s office of the medical ward and sat down. A black nurse sat at the desk on the other side of the room. Upon seeing me, she stood up.
“What can I do for you, Mr. Smith?”
“I'm overdue for my injections and meds,” I said. “Can you help me?”
She walked to a computer terminal in the corner of the room, punched a few keys, and I could hear a medicine cabinet unlock. She reached in, pulled out a tall vial of liquid, and a few bottles of pills.
“Let me go get a syringe for your injection,” she said, as she walked into an adjoining room.
Sarah, Lizzie, and Cathy then walked into the
“Thank you,” I told the empress. I was beginning to like her a little more, but I still felt a little uneasy around her.
“You’re welcome,” she said.
I said goodbye and started to search for Cathy, Lizzie and Sarah. I looked throughout the mansion for a long time and finally, I saw the three of them at the end of a long hallway. I hurried towards them, and I noticed that Cathy and Sarah were both talking on the phone.
Lizzie walked up to me, took me by the arm, and pulled me aside.
“I have some news for you,” she said. “You might want to sit down.”
“What is it?” I asked.
“Please, just sit down,” she said.
I found a small chair next to the wall and sat.
“Your mother is alive,” she said. “But she’s had a diabetic attack.”
“What! Where is she? How do you know?”
“Sarah left her phone number in the kitchen when you three visited her. A neighbor came to check on your mother, and found her on the floor of the living room, unconscious,” she said. “The lady called 911, and the paramedics took your mother to the hospital. Then she saw the note Sarah left your mom and called her number.”
“Oh God,” I said. “I have to go see her.”
“No, you’re not,” Lizzie said. “You’re in no condition to be traveling.”
“I feel better,” I said. “I have to go see my mom.”
“Don't worry,” Lizzie said. “She’s stable at the moment, and Cathy and Sarah are arranging for a friend of theirs to give her an injection of vampire blood. It should reverse her diabetes all together.”
I wondered for a moment why I didn't ask Sarah or Cathy to give her an injection of their blood when we were visiting her. It was stupid that I didn’t think about the option. Even though my mom was not ready to be turned into a vampire, she would have probably said yes to such a blood donation.
Cathy got off the phone and gave me a hug.
“Your mom’s going to be okay,” she said. “My friend Heather is going to the hospital now and will inject her with her blood.”
“I want to see my mom,” I said.
Cathy's brown eyes peered into mine. She pulled me closer to her.
“You need to rest,” she said. “In the morning, if you’re better, we will go see her.”
I was not overly comforted by her words. I wanted to go see my mother immediately.
“Cathy, I love you,” I said. “But I have to see my mother now.”
She took out her phone, called her friend, and put me on the phone with her. Heather told me that she was on the way to the hospital, would give her a shot of her blood, and that she’d keep a close eye on my mother. She said that if her condition changed, she’d call us.
I thanked her and ended the call.
Sarah then got off the phone, walked up to me, and hugged me.
“We’re going to make sure nothing happens to your mom,” she said.
I turned away and started walking.
“Where are you going?” Cathy said.
“To the medical center,” I said. “I'm going to get dosed up.”
Chapter 9
I walked into the nurse’s office of the medical ward and sat down. A black nurse sat at the desk on the other side of the room. Upon seeing me, she stood up.
“What can I do for you, Mr. Smith?”
“I'm overdue for my injections and meds,” I said. “Can you help me?”
She walked to a computer terminal in the corner of the room, punched a few keys, and I could hear a medicine cabinet unlock. She reached in, pulled out a tall vial of liquid, and a few bottles of pills.
“Let me go get a syringe for your injection,” she said, as she walked into an adjoining room.
Sarah, Lizzie, and Cathy then walked into the
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