Chapter 46

My mother hovers her hands over Micah, crying, while my father squats down to be eye level with me, and he grabs my face.

‘Who did this to him? What happened?’ He asks me. I can see the anger and heartbreak in his eyes.

‘I couldn’t see them at first. Even Micah struggled to see them. He said they were so fast. Faster than werewolves and smelt of death. There were so many of them, Dad. There eyes…’ I say, and my hands begin to tremble.

My dad takes my hands in his and holds them firmly to cease the shaking.

‘Keep talking, Lylah. We need to know,’ he says,

‘Their eyes were red like blood. I saw one. He was tall in a black cloak, and he was….’ I take a few moments, feeling dizzy. ‘He was drinking Micah’s blood and only let him go when I heard your howls. The others with him had already fled before I could get a look at them. Vampires did this. They did this to my mate,’ I say, bursting into tears again.

Billy and Leo are vomiting in the bushes from the gory sight of Micah’s body. Nathan,