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Chapter 2
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Rulers of Darkness
Hunting. The best word in a vampire's vocabulary. “Ready?” Abby asked me expectantly. “Ready.” Our eyes dilated and all of our senses were down. I crouched low,listening, the world no longer had any secrets. Wind rustled leaves, a storm was coming in a couple of days. A deer grazed peacefully, not what I wanted. Abby attacked a grizzly. Nope. Finally, I heard it. A pack of gray wolves. Wolves were my favorite drink. They always hunted in a pack, a canine family. Something that I wasn't likely to ever have. Wolves were beautiful and strong, graceful and powerful, like me. They also indicated my worst enemy and best friend. Most of all though, they were delicious. I attacked. My hunger increasing as my throat burned in longing for that meal. In the hunt, speed, stealth, and strength, the three S's, are your only allies. I never went for the head wolf. That would hurt the whole pack and I didn't want to do that. The other ones were better anyway, full of taste, but not too high on authority, you could taste that even in the blood. I sank my teeth into one of the females. Blood slid down and dulled my aching throat. My senses were sharpening and my hunger quieted. Hunting, what a beautiful thing. ~ ~ ~ Some people say there's never a dull moment in life. I can disagree. After living for two-hundred fifty-three years, life does get pretty dull. School made me wish I could sleep. The cafeteria was full of smell, mainly food from every person, including me, but it was just my high school prop. I blocked most of the smell off and took in the individual people's smells, just a little game I started when I was bored. July Summers had the flu, she wouldn't be able to hide it for long. She coughed and Jessica Short, a popular girl sixteen years of age, gave her Kleenex and a squirt of hand sanitizer. I smiled, Jess was in for a big surprise, but she wouldn't hear it from me. I could still think it: pregnant. By the fourth quarter she'd either have quit school or had a bump the size of a watermelon. Gregor Lark stared at me, his sky blue eyes captivating. I forced myself to look away towards someone else. I looked to the table to the right and caught Lucas Grant also looking at me. The girls in Coral Glades High called him gorgeous. He was just plain. Lucas was sitting with the jocks, poor excuses for sports players. For humans they were okay, but they'd never be able to beat me. I looked closer at him, letting my senses really look at him. He had a light scar on his left eye. I think he said he got it in a skiing accident. Then of course there were the normal thing that made most the girls go crazy about him. Sexy dimples, dark brown hair, a fit, tan body that needed only small amounts of toning. Blue eyes as deep as the ocean, yet as soft as the sky. He also had almost perfectly white teeth that were straightened by braces at a young age. Lucas could also kiss really well. I was surrounded by kids I really didn't care about. Doing something I wasn't to fond of. Life was boring. Until I saw Jordan, with the new kids, well, vampires. I didn't really like Jordan, but it wouldn't hurt to say hi to the new vamps, welcome them to Coral Glades. I stood up, paying more attention to Jordan. He looked outgoing, not shy,the way he held himself made him look too cocky though. Jordan looked at me, showing his emerald green eyes, my favorite color. I didn't know what made me stare, if it was his personality or the way that he looked down at everyone, even me. I knew he wasn't like Gregor or Lucas, but he was... better. People stared at me, but it was no different, only they weren't looking at me, they were looking at Tsuki, the new girl. Of course, they also saw her “adopted” brother, Cloud. It didn't take much to know that they had more than “sibling” love. I felt a stab of envy because of them, and I hated it. Jordan pushed his tray away while Cloud and Tsuki were having a chat that only I could hear. “When can we stop this charade? I don't want to be in Florida... I want to be in Alaska.” Cloud had asked. “Right now we just need to lay low and just quit talking about Alaska, I miss it too.” Damn! I'd forgotten my tray! Oh well, someone else would get it. Tsuki and Cloud hooked fingers and looked at me, not showing emotion. “Hi, I'm Liz Doley. I just wanted to welcome you to Coral Glades.” Did I see anger in her eyes? Couldn't be towards me could it? If anything I should be angry at them,taking my status along with my title as school vampire! Gregor didn't matter, he was more like a human himself. “Are you going to sit or are you going to stand there looking like a retard?” Tsuki asked me. I took my time sitting, knowing I was pissing her off, she couldn't hide it very well. I sat next to Jordan, smiling at the way he was uncomfortable around me, that was how it was supposed to be. It was Cloud who spoke to me, his voice deep, “We've already been welcome here, but we don't plan on staying here too soon. Sorry.” He told me without compassion. “Thats okay, just wanted you to know.” If I could cry, I would've. Jeez I was shallow! Only I didn't let it show, I made my face a hard mask and threw the feeling in my gut into the pit of my stomach. Everybody was staring. I cared now, if I lost it, nobody would care. I couldn't risk that, not now. I shrugged, acting as if it wasn't a big deal, it shouldn't be. Then I walked out of the cafeteria. I went to the office, told Mrs. Penn that I didn't feel good and was going home for the day. As soon as I was away from wandering eyes, I ran as fast as I could to my Jaguar. Nobody could touch me, nothing could hurt. Running was my escape, I was unstoppable. Greg tried to catch me, but I was too fast. I jumped into my car and hit the intersection before he could reach me. I turned on a classic station and I felt free. Abby would hold me and say that everything was okay and Tina comfort me trying to get my attention with the craziest things. Just imagining it made me form a small smile on my lips. I looked at the speedometer, 198, perfect. I would be home in no time. I twisted through the light traffic absently. I had never been rejected before, not even by vampires, and it hurt I didn't know why I was so shallow. I was mostly shocked, most vampires didn't come to Florida, period. I was one out of a very small group of vampires that actually acted human. The only difference was that I date for fun, they had something. I was still one of less than fifty vampires in the world that actively dated. What kind of vampire would decide to live in Florida? I wasn't exactly the sanest vampire in the world. I also never thought I'd be able to. I turned into my driveway and parked next to Abby's in the garage. Nobody could get me here. Nobody. My smile turned into a frown quickly as I noticed that Abby wasn't home. Tina rubbed against my legs and I nearly called for Bobby, my brother that I had found already as a vampire about sixty years ago, until I remembered that he was in Dartmouth. I picked Tina up off the floor and, even though I knew it was useless, looked for Abby. I darted into her room but, just as I thought she wasn't there. She also wasn't in the laundry room, kitchen, bathroom, dining room, or outside. I sat back down on her bed when I was done trying to find Abigail. I didn't understand, she was almost always home and when she did leave, she told me ahead of time. Her car was here, but she could've ran. ~ ~ ~ I waited three hours before calling. It didn't ring once before I hung up. “I'm unbelievable!” I stood up forgetting that Tina had laid on my legs to stop me from tapping my feet. She tumbled to the ground and ran to my room. I couldn't believe what I was doing! It was just some stupid va- Somebody was coming down the driveway. It wasn't Abby, she would've ran in, not walked. I listened harder and heard rasping breaths. Usually, I could just tell, but my mind was so clouded that I couldn't think straight. It was human, and male. I didn't know what to do, people hid their fear from me at school, but they never freely went to my house. “Bobby, why aren't you here?” I whispered silently to my brother. I was now officially going crazy. He knocked and my breath caught. Why hadn't I smelled it before. Too much of that cologne, the only person that wore that type. I walked slowly to the door and those startling green eyes looked at me. I glared. Knew it. “You might as well leave now. My mom will be home any minute.” Why was he here? He couldn't possibly know how dangerous I was. If he did, he wouldn't be standing in front of me with no witnesses. Jordan smirked and handed me a to-go box. From where I'll never know, but what it held I did “You forgot this.” My glare deepened and my voice became a low, menacing growl. “You better not piss me off. Might just be the last thing you ever do.” “You think you scare me?” his tone was mocking, “Girls can't scare, and they also can't fight, they will never be able to. I bet I scare you.” “You're kidding, right?” I laughed involuntarily and wheezed, “My cat isn't even afraid of you!” “I can scare some dumb old cat! Bring it here, I'll show you!” I took him into the kitchen where Tina was playing with her toy. Leaning against the wall, I watched as Jordan tried to sneak up on my vampire-cat. She heard him, but she didn't let it show. He quietly crept up on Tina, but it sounded like he were keeping beat on a drum. She still didn't look up. I knew this trick, he didn't. Jordan got down on his hands and knees, chin almost touching the floor. He smiled, believing that he was in reach of his goal. Tina walked away. He grimaced and I stifled a giggle. Thats when Abby came home. I smiled a “welcome home” and put my index finger to my lips, she knew. Jordan was back to his face in Tina's butt when Abby said, “Do we have a pest problem?” Jordan jumped as I laughed. Tina walked to me and I picked her up. “So much for girls can never scare.” I told him. “She snuck up on me.” He whispered under his breath. I snickered. “Mom, Jordan, Jordan, Mom.” Abby started a silent conversation with me. “Friend?” “Not of mine.” “Then what's he doing here?” I looked at the full to-go box that I had slipped on the counter. Tina jumped out of my arms. Restless cat! “I see.” “Decided to piss me off, I knew there was a reason for me not to like him.” “What did you do?” “I didn't throw my food away.” I kept the irritation off my face but it showed in my voice. “Oh, did you know that there are new vampires in town? A girl named Tsuki and her dumb-ass clingy boyfriend Cloud.” “Really?” “They made me mad so I decided to go home. Don't worry, I told Mrs. Penn.” “What did Greg say?” “Ummm... I didn't let him get close to me, so nothing.” “Really?” Abby didn't bother to hide the unbelief in her voice, I always spoke my mind. “Abby, I will tomorrow. Promise.” “Liz, where's your glasses?” “In the living room. I took them off when I called you.” “You c- never mind. Just put your glasses on. The sun is on your face and your eyes are shining.” when the sun hit a vampire anywhere, their eyes took an unnatural shade and started sparkling like sequins. When the sun was aimed at their face, their eyes sparkled and turned shades of gold, based on their hunger. A beautiful sight, but people didn't think it was normal, and it really wasn't. Thank God for sunglasses! I walked through my large home and into the kitchen and grabbed my dark- tinted shades. Abigail started conversation with Jordan, I laughed, there really wasn't a dull moment to day! “So, how long are you planning to be in Coral Glades now?” “Long enough to get my dignity back.” “So a while, huh?” Jordan sniffed, “It won't be hard.” I walked back in, sunglasses on. “What won't be hard?” Jordan jumped again, “Are you ghosts?” I rolled my eyes behind my shades, “Thanks for the food. You can go now.” He stopped at the door and I shoved him out before he could piss me off even more. Shutting the door, I took off my glasses. “So that's Jordan.” “The only person that I couldn't stand once upon a vampire. But it's no big deal, just a clumsy rejection. I can stand it.” I tossed my glasses on the counter and threw the food in the trash. “I've gotta go write a report.” I had to leave before I broke down. Every time I turned around I saw Cloud and Tsuki, the happy couple. Too heartbreaking, the only person I loved even close to that was now in college. Hundreds of miles away from where he belonged. Abby grabbed my arm, “Liz, what's wrong?” Her mom senses were kicking in. “Nothing, I just miss Bobby. I might just need some time alone. Maby I could go to Alaska or Greenland. Somewhere cold and unpopulated.” I could see the hurt in Abby's eyes as I ran up to my room, but how could I fix it? I was a vain, emotional vampire, I needed time, who knew how much? “Maby I'll call Bobby.” Bobby was as much of a brother as I'd ever have. I didn't know how he turned, I just found him one day and took him in. Abby and Tina got along with him great and I, well, I loved him. He was what I thought Johnny would become if he had lived, if I was a better parent. Bobby turned when he was eighteen, but he would always call me his big sister. God I missed him. “Hurry up and come home Bobby, your sister needs you.” I found Bobby about sixty years after Abby. The hardest impact was always leaving him. Sometimes we would act like a married couple just to stay together, but it was only an act. I loved him, but not like that. I laid on my back and listened. I listened to everything, but nothing. My mind was blank. I was hollow. Unable to hear, unable to think. Unable to even feel. There was one other time I felt like this, when Johnny died. |
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