As I expected, my mother asked few questions about my being gone for an entire night. She wasn't exactly happy that I'd ditched Ethan, but she wasn't angry enough to punish me or anything like that. She left a few warnings about being safe and taking care of myself and then went about her business.I ended up spending the rest of Sunday in the house. Ethan didn't call, I was a little worried that he was angry with me for leaving like that last night, but I didn't dwell on it for very long. I was going to see him in school tomorrow, so I'd be able to give him a proper apology then. Besides, he couldn't really be that mad. If I'd stayed we'd have probably both ended up dead.I did the rarest activity that I ever did and hung out with my sisters. We don't bond like normal siblings. No watching TV together, we don't do each other's hair, or talk about boyfriends, or try to figure out how to forge our mother's signature. No, whenever we spend time with each other we practice our hunting sk
I was just standing there looking at him with nothing to say, feeling more and more like an idiot as the seconds passed by. And then who showed up? The worst possible person of course."Hi Ethan," I said when he came up to me. Thankfully there were other students in the hallway now, so there wouldn't be a scene.Ethan was glaring at Anthony. "What do you want?" he asked rudely.I looked at Anthony hoping that he wouldn't say anything to provoke Ethan, or to get me in trouble. Thankfully all he said was, "nothing." He glanced at me one more time and then walked away.As soon as he left, Ethan looked down at me. "What did he want?" he asked."Nothing, I think he just wanted to mess with me," I said.Ethan pursed his lips, "Are you sure?""Positive," I answered. The bell rang, "we're going to be late for class," I said and started walking off leaving Ethan at the lockers.My first three classes passed by in a blur. Like every other student in the school I was anxiously anticipating lunch
I ended up spending the rest of the day with Anthony. We would have a very strange relationship, and at various times I wondered if he was just using me to get to the other hunters, but he didn't seem to have any ulterior motive, and he didn't ask much about my hunting lifestyle. It was kind of nice to spend some time not thinking about all my supernatural stress. However, just because he didn't ask me about being a hunter doesn't mean that stopped me from asking him about being a vampire."What, you never felt weird about drinking blood?" I was asking. At first I'd thought if my curiosity would seem rude, or that vampiric lifestyles would be a touchy subject. It turned out that Anthony had no problems talking about it with me."No, it's different when you turn. You feel that it's necessary, and only crazy people deny their bodies the necessities," he answered.The phone rang and he left to go answer. While he was gone I got a text message from Ethan.It read: Where r u? The vamp isnt
Lucas, the vampire that killed my father, was standing there grinning with his hands in his pockets. He looked at Nicole casually, waiting for her to do something. I was still invisible."Hmm which Sinclair sister are you?" he teased Nicole lightly. "Couldn't be Cheryl, she would have attacked me by now, definitely not Olivia, that girl has way too much pent up anger. So that means you're one of the younger ones. Nicole, correct?"Nicole, at first startled by his appearance, regained her composure. She gripped the handle of her knife and stared at him with hawk eyes, taking in his every movement."Why are you here?" she asked him.He grinned. "Don't tell me you're not happy to see me. I was so looking forward to it. Besides I think your mother will be pleased that I'm back, I heard she spent a rather long time looking for me."Anger was boiling inside me. I wanted to kill him. He murdered my father and now here he was back, ready to taunt and threaten like the bastard he was. I just w
Ethan showed up about two minutes after Anthony left. "Hey, I heard you stabbed Lucas, nice," he said with a grin.I smiled a little. "It was luck. I'm free now, though. No more chaperones.""Cool," he said. "So what are you doing tonight?"Uh-oh. I really hoped he wasn't going to try to ask me out again. "Jack and Emily are supposed to be coming, remember I told you?""Yeah," he said, "I haven't seen them in forever.""You can come over," I offered. "I'm not really sure what we're going to do though. It's not going to be just another hunting trip if Lucas is back," I frowned."And we still need to worry about the vamp that's in school," Ethan said.At first, I didn't say anything in response. "What do you think we should do about him?" I asked casually.Ethan watched me strangely. "Kill him. What else?""But it's not like he's one of those reclusive vamps. He's actually social, people will notice if he all of s sudden goes missing. The government will get involved," I rambled."We ju
He didn't have any noticeable reaction. "Why do you want to know?"I shrugged. "Curiosity. I mean, I don't even know how old you are. I want to know what you were like before you were changed too."He looked at me for a minute and then said, "Okay." He started twirling my hair again. "I wasn't very different before I was changed. At least, I don't think so, personality wise. Most of the changes came with changes in society. For example, women were considered inferior up till very recently. Obviously, I don't think that way anymore.""Better not," I grumbled."You were the one who wanted to know," he said. "Would you like me to stop?""No, keep going," I said."It was 1605 when I was changed, two days after my eighteenth birthday. My father was a baron, so we were fairly wealthy. He died when I was fourteen. My mother died three years after, and my uncle took in my brothers and me. My uncle loved money; he was much richer than my parents had been. I think he got a lot of his money ille
I was disappointed that I had to leave Anthony so soon. However, I never dismissed any of my family's messages as unimportant or second on my list of priorities. I was first and foremost a hunter – even though I'd been slacking on that lately – and when my family told me they needed me, ninety percent of the time, it was for something life or death related.I concentrated on Nicole. Teleportation usually entailed focusing on the place that you wanted to go to, but if you were powerful enough, you could train yourself to focus on teleporting to specific people, even though it was harder.I found myself in a park. It wasn't very far from home. I saw Nicole about ten feet away from me; she was crouched over a body. I realized she was trying to heal the person.I felt uneasy as I walked closer to her. Closer inspection told me that it was a man. I couldn't sense anyone else around, human or vampire."Nicky?" I called uncertainly."Shhh," she quieted me.I was finally standing next to her.
Anthony wasn't there when I woke up. I'd slept peacefully and easily at his house. When I woke up I felt much better. I rolled onto my back and looked at my watch. I flew off the bed when I saw it was noon. I never slept that late.I stretched and tried to decide on my next move. I had the whole day to myself. I could spend my time looking for Emily or I could spend my time with Anthony. Spending the day with Anthony instantly appealed to me, and I had an excuse for not using my time to look for Emily – several members of the hunting population were looking for her and I might get caught. However, I knew that excuse was just a way to justify it to myself. I preferred the idea of being with Anthony.I figured that he would be downstairs so I walked out of the room with the intention of finding him. Once in the hallway, I stopped short. My senses flickered. Vampire. It wasn't Anthony or his brothers; this one was weaker.I saw her. She was thin. Long, messy black hair fell down her back