foot from its muddy grasp.
I looked around and noticed that I was not the only one stuck in the mud. Olivia had been as well. Her face was obviously star struck by the ambience of her surroundings. I said, “Olivia, our shoes are all muddy.”
She looked down and opened her mouth in shock, “Oh! My shoes! Mason, how could you?”
“What did I do?” he quickly retaliated.
“I don’t know. Just seems right to blame you at the moment.”
I couldn’t help it, to not giggle at her, and Jack had joined in with laughter as well. Olivia eyed us both, which silenced us completely. Even Mason had frozen in place.
Jack sighed and explained, “Okay, girls. It is just mud. There is a sea near here and it can cause the ground around us to be a bit soggy.”
“Soggy! This is more than just soggy , dad,” Olivia exclaimed.
“Yes, this is unusual,” he agreed.
“We need to start at the sea and work our way through,” Mason changed the subject.
I noticed he placed an odd shaped rock in his pocket, and did not think much of it.
“Why the rush?” I questioned.
“No rush,” he answered.
I turned my head to hear the faint sound of voices a distance from us. I tried to whisper, “Actually, it might be time for us to rush.”
Jack cocked his head and nodded.
We moved fast to the nearest bush dodging any branches in front of us. I looked around frantically trying to figure out why we had to move fast. About a yard away, I saw two men heading our way talking to each other. They were dressed in brown suits that were tight enough to reveal too much.
“ Who are they?” I whispered.
“ They are the land patrol,” Jack answered with a rasp in his whisper.
“ Patrol? What do you mean? ” I asked.
“ Each sector has their own patrol. There is the land, water, and the air patrol. They guard it to keep tabs on anything going on,” he explained.
“ Do they all wear the same color? ” Olivia asked.
“ No, the land patrol wears brown, as you can see, and the water patrol wears blue. The air patrol wears white,” Jack answered.
We sat behind the bush in silence and my foot slipped, causing some rocks to move. I could feel my breath stop as the men looked our way. The tallest man was about to walk up to us, but the other guy stopped him, “Just look at the sunrise. It is way more majestic than anywhere else.”
The tall guy turned and joked, “Never known a straight man to like sunrises like you.”
The two men chuckled at each other and continued their perimeter check. They walked passed our bush and then disappeared.
My hands became shaky and cold. I sighed with a deep breath and looked at Mason. He stared at me, and placed his hand on mine.
I asked him, “Are you not scared?”
“When I am with you, no,” he answered.
I smiled as the churning in my stomach came to a stop. I gave him another question, “Why should you ever be scared? You have forever to live your life.”
He shook his head, “No. Only on the day I turn into a vampire, is when I have forever to live. Until then, I am just as human as anyone else.”
I looked down and said, “Oh.”
He lifted my chin up so I
I looked around and noticed that I was not the only one stuck in the mud. Olivia had been as well. Her face was obviously star struck by the ambience of her surroundings. I said, “Olivia, our shoes are all muddy.”
She looked down and opened her mouth in shock, “Oh! My shoes! Mason, how could you?”
“What did I do?” he quickly retaliated.
“I don’t know. Just seems right to blame you at the moment.”
I couldn’t help it, to not giggle at her, and Jack had joined in with laughter as well. Olivia eyed us both, which silenced us completely. Even Mason had frozen in place.
Jack sighed and explained, “Okay, girls. It is just mud. There is a sea near here and it can cause the ground around us to be a bit soggy.”
“Soggy! This is more than just soggy , dad,” Olivia exclaimed.
“Yes, this is unusual,” he agreed.
“We need to start at the sea and work our way through,” Mason changed the subject.
I noticed he placed an odd shaped rock in his pocket, and did not think much of it.
“Why the rush?” I questioned.
“No rush,” he answered.
I turned my head to hear the faint sound of voices a distance from us. I tried to whisper, “Actually, it might be time for us to rush.”
Jack cocked his head and nodded.
We moved fast to the nearest bush dodging any branches in front of us. I looked around frantically trying to figure out why we had to move fast. About a yard away, I saw two men heading our way talking to each other. They were dressed in brown suits that were tight enough to reveal too much.
“ Who are they?” I whispered.
“ They are the land patrol,” Jack answered with a rasp in his whisper.
“ Patrol? What do you mean? ” I asked.
“ Each sector has their own patrol. There is the land, water, and the air patrol. They guard it to keep tabs on anything going on,” he explained.
“ Do they all wear the same color? ” Olivia asked.
“ No, the land patrol wears brown, as you can see, and the water patrol wears blue. The air patrol wears white,” Jack answered.
We sat behind the bush in silence and my foot slipped, causing some rocks to move. I could feel my breath stop as the men looked our way. The tallest man was about to walk up to us, but the other guy stopped him, “Just look at the sunrise. It is way more majestic than anywhere else.”
The tall guy turned and joked, “Never known a straight man to like sunrises like you.”
The two men chuckled at each other and continued their perimeter check. They walked passed our bush and then disappeared.
My hands became shaky and cold. I sighed with a deep breath and looked at Mason. He stared at me, and placed his hand on mine.
I asked him, “Are you not scared?”
“When I am with you, no,” he answered.
I smiled as the churning in my stomach came to a stop. I gave him another question, “Why should you ever be scared? You have forever to live your life.”
He shook his head, “No. Only on the day I turn into a vampire, is when I have forever to live. Until then, I am just as human as anyone else.”
I looked down and said, “Oh.”
He lifted my chin up so I
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