Tornedalians

Marie remained saying nothing at all.

"I love you too."

As a crowd gathered around Marie, the man spoke. "For years we have been plagued by attacks on humans by the blood sucking demons that we call vampires. This woman know where those creatures are hiding, one is her very own sister. So she is going to be our bait, our trick to catch our killers! And then this plague, will end!" As he finished the crowd cheered, yet Charlotte watched Marie.

"I know."

Marie remained where she was standing calmly for she excepted whatever fate might bring upon her.


"Good, you should."

Charlotte pulled the hood of her cloak up, walking towards the forest.

He smiled.

She leaned her head back slightly just standing there.

"Elijah! Caleb! Laura!" Charlotte walked in their direction, and she eventually found them, telling them about what had happened with Marie.

Laura looked to the boys not sure what to do.

"She's alone." The man with them told them.

"Over here Charlotte." Elijah called out to her, and he looked on as Charlotte found them. "What's the matter?"

Charlotte told them about what had happened to Marie.

Laura frowned lowering her her.

"They're trying to get the pair of you, you two are strong for your age, Marie is their bait for the pair of you."

"Bait?" Laura whispered under her breath.

"To catch vampires, I wouldn't put it past him to cut her and make her bleed to get to you."

Laura looked at Caleb then.

"Elijah what do we do?"

"I'll go to town with Charlotte in the morning, you three stay here get started on building our homes."

"And then what? You take the stake for the lot of us?" The man asked him.

"No, then I bring Marie to us."

Laura looked at him then. "I want to come. She's my sister Elijah."

"No, the less who go, the better."

Laura frowned walking to a tree and sitting under it.

Caleb walked to her.

She pulled her knees to her chest looking at the ground.

Caleb knelt in front of her.

She didn't bother to look up at him.

"Laura, talk to me."

"What do you want me to say?"

"Anything."

"I want to help..."