Chapter 12: How Long Was I Asleep

It felt like a very long nap, almost like when I had died, but I knew what had happened, Elijah had stabbed my heart with a dagger dipped in white oak ash so that I would desiccate. I think it was right after I realized what had happened when I woke up, I had no idea where I was, so I walked outside, I defiantly wasn't in the Virginia colony anymore, here was a lot more people, and then I heard someone, and when I looked to see who it was, it was Gabriel. I had asked him how long I was daggered for, he told me it was 1864, I had been desiccated for almost 400 years! But if it's been nearly 400 years, then how was Gabriel here unless...oh no, oh my, he can't be, how is that possible, Gabriel is a vampire! And that's when I suddenly remembered, I fed him my blood after I fed on him so he wouldn't have any wounds, but how did he die? That's the question I asked Gabriel, apparently Elijah snapped his neck after he daggered me so that he wouldn't be able to kiss me again. Did I ever mention how over protective my brother is? It must've came as a shock to Elijah when Gabriel woke up again with a sudden thirst for blood...I just still can't believe I've been in a box for 400 years! Gabriel had called Tatia to come downstairs, Elijah had apparently told them both never to wake me unless it was urgent, which it was, there was a man after us, he looked about our age and was also a vampire, but not just any vampire, he was a hybrid just like me...