BLOOD LEGACIES
Chapter 75: Uninvited {1}

Chapter 75: Uninvited {1}

"Well in a bookstore such as the one you visited, Owen’s parents own most of them" she rubbed her hands on her knees, still looking hesitant.

"And?" I urged. Because I knew that already.

"There are some books that cannot be given to the public because they hold spells that only witches can see and read"

"You mean I had a spell book in the form of a history book?"

"That’s why it’s a panic"

"But..." I blinked, "B-But I’m not a witch or anything", she did say only a witch could see it and I didn’t see a thing except history.

"The point is humans can’t hold such things because some are prone to get cursed"

"What?!"

"Carly!" Vanessa snapped at her and she kept her mouth shut.

"So what now? Am I cursed?!" I demanded.

"No no Emma, if you were I would have felt it" Vanessa assured me.

"Yes we would have, but it’s strange" Owen spoke up.

"Strange... how?"

"Because humans who touch spell books should be cursed either like jinxed or something" his leveled gaze found mine. "But you’re not"

"I-Is that a bad thing?"

He stole glances with Vanessa.

"So I should be cursed, right?"

"But you’re not," Vanessa said.

My brain was spinning, more like confusion was overriding my brain. So I should be cursed and I wasn’t?

"Emma calm down, at least you aren’t jinxed, what we have to do is find whoever attended to you" she assured me once again, but internally I was already panicking, I didn’t know how to process this in one go.

"I will round up the others... to get a search going," I heard Owen say to Vanessa.

"This is crazy because a vampire cannot be here, we have barriers, or do you think they got in when Emma was out there?"

"I don’t know, and we don’t have evidence yet that it’s a vampire, it’s just a hunch"

"A hunch that might be right"

"Someone’s at the door," Carly said walking away.

I just rubbed my eyes beneath my glasses, my breath still shaky.

"Where is Emma?"

My body stilled, that voice... Was that Dace?

"And what is he doing here?" Owen said with a deadpan look.

I was up to my feet and quickly rushed to the entrance, where Carly stood like she was frozen in time seeing Dace standing at the door, by her looks it seems like he wasn’t supposed to be there.

"D-Dace"

His eyes snapped on me, just his eyes on me I couldn’t even form the words right, all I could do was gawk at his handsome face. I noticed his stern eyes soften when he took in my looks.

"I sent messages but you didn’t reply and I called too, are you okay?" he asked with a worried expression, his tone shifted too.

"Y-You called?" I sounded like an idiot now as I nervously brought out my phone, shit! The battery was dead, how? I charged this just moments ago, and the screen was blinking, I need a new phone!

"You’re not supposed to be here," Owen said, stepping forward.

"Remove the dreamcatcher I need to see Emma"

"Well you’re seeing her right now, and she’s perfectly fine"

His eyes were back to me and they narrowed. "She doesn’t look okay"

He could tell?

"Alright alright, everyone, just chill, I have enough panic that we have an intruder in the town, so don’t add to the headache," Vanessa said stepping forward.

"An intruder?" Dace asked with puzzling features.

Vanessa took a deep breath. "Yes"

"We can handle this ourselves Vanessa, let’s not involve them," Owen said irritated.

"Finding that person will put me at ease, Emma could be in danger, we need them in this"

"Did you just say Emma is in danger?" he stepped forward, but just when he almost stepped through the door, I noticed a backlash, like an invisible was laid there that only he could feel, was that how the dreamcatcher works?

"Can you remove this damn dreamcatcher!" he said with gritted teeth.

I was about to say something, but Owen was in a foul mood as always.

"And why, you are not invited, so fuck off"

"Owen!"

"This is getting heated" Carly finally found her voice.

"Enough please!" I snapped louder than I expected, finding my voice myself. "I-I-I’m freaking out and I can’t stop my body from shaking," I said in my trembling voice. "Can we not..." I sighed shakily. " Can we not... do this right now?"

"Emma honey, relax okay?" Vanessa said.

"Can we let him in please"

"Oh come on," Owen murmured.

"Look I know he’s not allowed in here, just..." I sighed.

"Okay, if that’s what you want," Vanessa said before her eyes darted to Dace. "Even though he’s been in a lot of places he’s not wanted," she said quite loud for him to hear.

"Vanessa please"

"Alright alright, take it off" she motioned to Carly, she nodded before walking to the dangling dreamcatcher at the door and taking it off.

Dace strode to me in a heartbeat, placing his hand on my arms, and rubbing it gently.

"Are you okay?" he asked once again and I was forced to smile, as I gave a nod, but I was pretty sure he was not convinced.

"Okay can someone tell me what the fuck is going on?!" he demands facing the others.

"We think we have an intruder," Owen said, folding his arms across his chest and I nodded as they bulged out, I quickly looked away, why are all the guys so... I shook my head, that was definitely not what I should be thinking right now.

"Yes I heard that, but what does it have with Emma being in danger?"

"The book," I said and his eyes leveled to me. "Founding Juneau, it was a spell book, someone gave it to me"

"Dace doesn’t know much about the witch way,"

Our attention drifted to her.

"Yes, but I know only a witch can hold a spell book, Founding Juneau was a spell book?"

She nods.

I noticed Dace’s looks shifted again, he seemed angry this time, from this angle I could see his highlighted eyes.

"And why would the old lady give her that? I thought witches have protocols for this!"