Found (The Last Watcher Series) Book One (13 page)

I woke up trying to gasp for air.

“
I heard my father!” I
screamed out, sitting up in the bed. I’m guessing Tae brought me in
after I passed out again. This time, he wasn’t alone in the
house.

“
Kierce! Oh Kierce you came
back!” I screamed. Excited, I jumped out of bed and leaped into his
arms. I could hear Tae in my mind. He wasn’t too happy to see me so
excited. I couldn’t help it though. I haven’t seen him in weeks, if
not months,

“
Hello my darling, how are
you?” He asked.

“
I’m okay, I’ve been getting
better with my abilities. I heard my father in my sleep. He was
telling me they’re coming for me. Whose they?”

“
Well, the hunters,
us.”

“
No, by the way he sounded,
it was no hunters he was warning me about.”

“
Who else could it be
though? I know my father is building an army, so it must be
them.”

“
Unless he’s building an
army of someone other than hunters.” Tae said, joining the
conversation.”

“
Yes, I suppose. I don’t
know what type of army it would be then.” Kierce admitted. I guess
his father didn’t tell him
everything
.

“
Wait, how did you find out
where we were?” I asked Kierce.

“
A few days ago, if not
about a week, I felt you. I felt you needing me and a light up
ahead of me glowed. I felt that it was connected with you, and I
followed it. I kind of figured you guys were here, but I didn’t
know for sure. Well… it led me right to you.” Kierce
said.

“
Unbelievable, it worked.”
Tae responded to what was just said. “Amabel, your abilities are
getting better and better. He was right, especially after
yesterday’s incident. I couldn’t believe what I did. Even though I
needed anger and pain, it was worth it.

“
I came not just to see if
you were okay, but also tell you what my father has said.” Kierce
spoke straight to me. “As I have said already, my father is
building an army, and he’s sending it out soon. They will destroy
anything, and anyone to get to you. He knows you are trying to
enhance your powers, and it’s working.”

“
How does he know?” I
asked.

“
Well, when he went to check
on you, he smelled the
lycan
before Argem could even tell him what happened.”
Kierce told me, and tae scowled at calling him that.

“
Kierce! He has a name.” I
yelled.

“
Sorry, anyways, he smelled
Tae from a mile away. You need to understand something. My father
has powers no other hunter does. They are incredible in a way, but
very dangerous. He turns, dark inside. Especially when fighting a
watcher. He’s not himself, and everyone is afraid of him for that.
He can control things that no one can. Unexplainable
things.”

“
What do you mean?” Tae now
asked curiously.

“
There are other things out
there, that aren’t like us. They aren’t regular hunters. They are
under the control of my father, and I’m afraid that
that’s
the army he’s
building.”

“
What things?” I
asked.

“
I don’t know, I’ve never
seen them before, but only overheard a few hunters talking about
them. They feel nothing. They’re horrid.” He said. I was now
feeling kind of sick. This wasn’t the new I wanted to hear. Not
only did I have to go against hunters with powers, but now
horrifying things that were
worse
than hunters?

“
This is just great.” I
said.

“
Don’t worry, I will warn
you when the time comes.” Kierce told me.

“
Why does your father want
to kill me so bad now? I thought he wanted me to be a hunter like
you?”

“
He did, until he realized
what you did to Argem. If you enhance your powers, which you are
already, that means as a hunter, you will only go against him. Now,
he wants to get rid of you, so all hunters can finally be free.
Watchers, like you, have killed thousands of innocent. They killed
my father’s friends and family for generations now. He can’t allow
you doing the same.”

“
I don’t understand though!
He killed my father and thousands of watchers as well! You can’t
say he’s doing this for a good reason, because there is none. He
wants to kill me to suck blood out of innocent people. Do you do
the same?”

“
No Amabel. I was raised on
animals. Most of us do until we turn into adults. Then it is our
choice. With watchers though, we had no choice.”

“
Good! There should be no
choice!” I screamed at him now. He knew I was getting angry, so he
stopped before it was too late.

“
I understand your mad
Amabel, but this is how things work. Let’s change the subject
though.”

“
Good, we don’t want her
getting angry and using her powers inside, now do we?” Tae asked,
looking at Kierce.

“
No, we don’t.” He answered.
I wasn’t in the mood to do anything to day, so I laid back in the
bed. I took out my phone and dialed my mother.

“
Mom?” I asked her when she
picked up the phone.

“
Hi, sweetie. How are you?
Is everything okay?” She asked.

“
Yes, everything is fine. As
of now anyways.”

“
What do you
mean?”

“
Kierce came today. He told
us that Luthius is building an army and it doesn’t seem like an
army of hunters. Whatever it is, it’s going to be big. Are you far
away from Alaska?”

“
Well, far enough honey, far
enough.” She told me, sounding worried and disappointed.

“
I know you’re scared for me
mom, but don’t be. Tae is going to be well prepared for what’s
coming, as well as Kierce. I’m pretty sure he won’t want to stand
by and watch us fight alone.” Shoot, I shouldn’t have said
alone.

“
What do you mean alone?
It’s only you and Tae right now? No one came to help you?” She
asked. I was a little confused by the thought of someone else
coming. I didn’t understand who else there was.

“
Mother, I don’t understand
who else there is to help us. I don’t know anyone.”

“
Well, I don’t know what to
tell you right now. Before your father died, he told me there are
others watching you, besides Tae. I don’t know who, and I don’t
know where they are.”

“
Whoever it is then, I hope
they get here on time.” I told her. “I have to go, I’ll call you
soon. I love you.”

“
I love you too sweetie.
Goodbye. Tell Tae I said thank you.” She told me, and hung up. Not
wanting to talk to anyone else. I relaxed in the bed, and fell
asleep.

“
Amabel, my love.” I heard
Tae say. “Wake up.” I opened my eyes, and saw Tae sitting next to
me. Kierce was nowhere seen.

“
Where’s Kierce?”

“
He’s out.. hunting.” He
told me. I didn’t like the thought of that. Hunting animals was a
lot better thought than humans.

“
Oh, okay. Is everything
okay?” I asked.

“
Yes, everything is okay. We
should go out and practice again before Kierce gets here. When he
does, we’ll need him to practice. So get ready, lunch is on the
table.”

“
Tae.” I called to him
before he left the room. “Thank you.” I said.

“
You don’t have to thank me
Amabel.”

“
I know, but..”

“
No, not but.. Come here.”
He told me. I got up and came over to him. He took my hand, and put
it on his chest. His skin was warmer than usual, and his heartbeat
faster than normally.

“
This, was always beating
for you. There wasn’t a single day where it didn’t. You are my
whole reason for existence.” He told me. Which such love, he pulled
me closer to him. His lips touched my forehead, as he resisted to
do more. With a simple touch of his lips, I felt myself stop
breathing. There was not a simple thought in my mind that didn’t
include him. Interrupting everything I was feeling at the moment,
Tae stepped back, and left the room without another word. With the
connection still on, I felt his pain. I felt the hatred he was
filled with for Kierce, and the worrying he felt for me. I felt him
wanting me in ways no one has ever wanted another, and yet, I
didn’t do a single thing about it.

As I got ready, I was trying to focus on my
abilities. I wanted to discover what else I was capable of.
Anything is better than nothing. I walked out into the kitchen and
smelled the lunch Tae has prepared. It was freshly made pancakes
with syrup on top. Another one of my favorite food I’d have anytime
of the day. With Tae taking care of me the way he has, I’ve drawn
closer to him. I feel like I wouldn’t want to spend my days with
anyone but him. If the day came for me to die, or turn into
something I didn’t want to, I knew Tae would still, not leave my
side.

“
Thanks for lunch
Tae.”

“
Sweetie, it’s only
pancakes.” He told me laughing. Still, I don’t remember the last
time I even cooked for myself. That should say something for him. I
ate quickly and couldn’t wait to practice more.

We walked out to the same field, and again
started with the basics. This time, it was easier for me to contact
him, probably because the connection was already open. It took a
little longer for me to turn it off though.

“
Now open it back up, and
open your position.” He told me. I did as he said, and it worked
after a few tries. “Good, now let’s move on.” He said. We moved
quickly through the basics and it was time for the more extreme
stuff.

“
Last time you had to get
angry and upset to make it rain and use the bolts. Let’s try not
doing that today.” As he told me, I focused hard on chancing the
weather. It didn’t work as we planned. With the thought of me
failing again, I began to get upset that I wouldn’t be able to
protect Tae and Kierce when we get attacked. With that, I made it
rain. As I got myself angrier, I caused a thunderstorm. Taking
advantage of it, I raised my arms to grab the energy. I felt the
warmth in my body, and I started to tremble. I could feel the
energy passing through me. With a simple movement of my hands, I
pointed towards the ground, focused on letting out the energy I
took in, and shot out a bolt.

“
Fantastic.” Tae told me. My
suddenly changed, and the storm disappeared.

“
Thanks!” I told him
excited.

“
Now we know you need to
change your mood before you use this.”

“
Yes, it was a lot easier
this time. Oh, and I’m still standing here, not on the ground
passed out.” I told him laughing.

“
That’s right, and that’s
because you released only the energy from the lightning, not your
own.” He told me. It made sense. We kept trying to practice getting
the thunderstorm to start without me feeling anger, but no
luck.

“
Hey guys. Finally. I’ve
been walking around for an hour trying to find you.” Kierce has now
joined us.

“
Yeah, that’s good. Exactly
what I wanted. I didn’t want strangers walking by and seeing this.
It’s never good to get humans involved.” Tae told us. I felt a
sudden urge of attacking Kierce. I didn’t understand why. I wanted
to put my hands around his throat and kill him.

“
Tae, get Kierce out of
here. Something’s wrong.”

“
What do you?” Tae
responded.

“
Kierce, what did you do. I
don’t know what’s happening, but I’m guessing I has something to do
with me being a watcher, and I want to rip you apart. Get out of
here now!” I screamed. I was no down on my knees, holding myself
down. I wanted to scream and destroy Kierce right where he stood.
There was no more love here, only hate.

“
Kierce, get out now.” Tae
yelled at him.

“
Why am I supposed to leave?
Amabel what’s wrong? Why are you acting like this? It’s just me!”
Kierce told me. I didn’t feel like that. All I felt was a hunter
interfering. A hunter that did something wrong.

“
Kierce, get the fuck out of
here!” I screamed louder. He still didn’t listen to me. Tae looked
hopeless. He didn’t know what was going on as well as Kierce
himself. I on the other hand, just got all my answers.

“
Her being a watcher is
about to finish. She is fully transferring. It’s her nineteenth
birthday. I forgot. Kierce, get out here before it’s too late.
She’ll rip you apart. I don’t know her abilities, but they will
come out to their full potential if you don’t leave.” Tae tried
explaining to him.

“
No, I’m not leaving! This
is ridiculous! Amabel, you know me! I love you Amabel! Don’t do
this!” Kierce screamed. I couldn’t help it anymore. My love for
Kierce disappeared and the watcher came in within in. I now knew
what I had to do. I knew what I had to do as the last
watcher.

I rose off the ground and stared into
Kierce’s eyes.

“
If you don’t leave. I will
kill you. This is not my choice. This is the choice of a watcher.
You have broken the watchers’ law, and have hunted a
human.”