Waking Up In Cold Sweat

Riley knocking on the closed door after calming her anxiety.

She felt tensed as the door opened to see a shirtless Ryder staring at her with a smirk.

"Seems you are feeling better"he remarked.

She rolled her eyes,

"Wanted to let you know I spoke to Emily,

they are coming back tomorrow"she stated.

"I heard"Ryder hummed.

Riley noticed his hair was wet and this time disheveled.

The water from his hair falling on his hard masculine chest.

Riley stood there staring at his greek made body when he broke her gaze.

"Seemed that wasn't what brought you here"Ryder says grinning.

Riley frowned upon staring at his face to see the narcissist frivolous man.

She turned away and left not wanting any conversation with Ryder.

Standing in front of a house,Emily frowned seeing the house looking so familiar yet she couldn't picture it.

What shocked her more was how she got here,

seeing she was still on her clothes from the previous day.

She walked closer to the house,getting to the door porch she rang the doorbell.

But no one answered,she frowned again before pushing the door slightly.

Surprise to see the door opened,Emily entered the house.

She saw no one inside,

"Is anybody here"her pitch higher to get a response but none came.

She entered the kitchen and there was no one there,when suddenly she heard a sound.

She ran from the kitchen to the main door trying to know where the sound came from.

Nothing came until another noise was made and this time she got where the sound came from which was upstairs.

She climbed the stairs going upstairs while her heart was beating furiously.

Opening one of the rooms upstairs,Emily's eyes widened to a sight she couldn't imagine.

A man was feeding on a girl,the man turned to her and smirked.

Throwing the girl in his arms away who was already unconscious.

He cleaned his mouth,his red eyes changed to a set of black eyes.

Emily frightened turned and ran away from there not wanting to be the next meal.

She turned to see the man chasing after her as she kept running.

"She is free to go home sir"the doctor stated to Ethan.

Meanwhile Emily had already woken up from her bad dream,her face covered in cold sweat.

Ethan turned to her and smiled,

"You are awake"he smiled at her.

Her heart was still beating furiously as she had been panicked earlier.

Ethan sat close to her and noticed her agitated state,

"Are you okay?"he asked worried,

Emily nodded keeping her disturbing dream to herself to avoid troubling Ethan.

Soon they both headed out of the hospital to attend Riley's parents funeral.

Thanks to Ryder,the bodies had been kept in a safe place and prevented from decomposing.

Inside the vehicle as Ethan kept driving while Emily relaxed on the passenger's seat.

"When is the witch who would help Riley arrive?"Emily asked as she had been worried about Riley hurting more people due to her powers.

"She is in Atlanta already"Ethan responded.

"Is she from Riley's kind?"Emily asked knowing Riley's family were all killed.

"No,she is a different kind of witch but a strong and powerful witch,lived for ages just like the vampires"Ethan explained.

Emily hummed hearing a witch who has lived longer as a vampire would help Riley,she was glad and wondered if Riley would live longer also.

"Riley's life span depends on her and how powerful she can become,if she is tempted to use her powers wrongly,she is fatal to death"Ethan stated reading her mind.

Emily frowned upon hearing his words,she wouldn't want such thing to befall her friend.

"Riley will be in good hands"he says trying to calm her mind.

Emily wondered how powerful the witch was for Ethan to have such fate in her but she was glad her friend had help.

"Thank you"she muttered.

Emily had called her mom using Riley as an excuse saying she had taken Riley away to clear her mind

off the death.

Her mother was supportive about it that she immediately agreed and told her to take her time making Riley happy and they should come home soon.

Getting home,they all went to get ready to attend Riley's parents funeral.

Emily got dressed in a black outfit in respect for the deceased,she was thankful to Henry who had shopped for her in her absence.

She sighed tying her hair backwards when she heard Ethan's voice.

She had gotten ready in his room knowing Riley needed her space in hers.

She turned to see a shirtless Ethan,her face turned red immediately as she turned around.

"Why are you naked?"she asked,her face covered in embarrassment which Ethan couldn't see.

Ethan chuckled slightly seeing her reaction,

"Little lamp I'm not naked"Ethan rolled his eyes.

Emily frowned and turned,

"Thought you stopped calling me that!"she exclaimed with pouted lips.

This time Ethan had turned around showing off his masculine wide back but what stunned Emily was the tattoo on his back.

Ethan had a tattoo of a big bird but the bird looked scary,like a black raven who perched on people.

"Your tattoo"she muttered which Ethan heard due to his vampire's hearing.

He turned to her with a stern look,

"What wrong with it?"he asked.

Emily noticed his gaze,his eyes of annoyance about the tattoo like he didn't seem to appreciate it.

"It beautiful"she smiled.

"I will be downstairs"he says as his mood had turned sour.

He wore his shirt buttoning it while he left the room leaving Emily startled.

She didn't know the tattoo was a sensitive subject and now regretted bringing it up.

Soon they all left for the funeral,Riley had gone first with Ryder.

Ethan was quiet the whole ride to the cemetery

and Emily didn't ponder on him.

Henry had drove this time,while he played a sweet slow tone in the car which didn't lighten the atmosphere.