a better man than he was, Bo. It doesn’t matter what he’s done. What matters is what you do, and I think you have already proven that you’re a far better man. You fight for the innocent. How many have you met that’s done that?”
“Just you and I’ll die fighting for them.”
“Let’s hope that never happens. And on that note, don’t you think you need to show me how to use this thing?” I asked smiling up at him.
“I think we all better start learning how to use our weapons.”
I leaned back on the dresser and watched as Bo started pulling the kids out of the bed. I knew as well as Bo, that everyone was awake. The youth in them showed when they resisted getting up. Derek actually cried, ‘ten more minutes’ as if the night hadn’t already pulled him from his slumber. Ashley was just as bad, complaining that she had a headache and wasn’t ready to wake up. Brandon just slid off the bed with his hair sticking out in every direction and rubbed his eyes. I listened to the moaning and complaining for a few minutes, before I asked if anyone wanted to go and look for our much needed meal.
“Oh, let’s hunt down a wild animal,” Derek added holding up his hand.
“Are you brain dead? We want to eat this year,” Ashley rudely commented.
“I was told that pig’s blood is the best thing for our kind,” I said. I just failed to mention the fact that it was also the closest thing to human blood, or so I was told. “It may give us more energy than goat’s blood.”
“Why don’t we find some really bad guy and take him out?” Bo asked, looking right at me.
“I don’t ever want to hear you say something like that again…do I make myself clear?” I demanded, feeling the heat fill me face.
“Yeah, but…”
“No buts, Bo. I didn’t turn you so you could wipe out bad men. I changed you so you could help me…” I paused looking at him.
“Wipe out bad bloodbreeders ,” he added.
“I just want to get Garvin and Tanda out. Then we can all start over, making our own world without all the madness.”
“What about making the ones pay that hurt your family?” Derek asked.
“Starting over means just that. If we can sneak in the way that I got out, get them safely, then why not look to our future. You’re all my family now and that’s what’s important.”
“Someone’s coming, Renee,” Ashley said grabbing my arm.
The boys started moving our little barricade as soon as Ashley spoke. Once everything was out of our way, I made sure that they stayed behind me and I went up the basement stairs first. I could feel them at my back. Each one ready to pounce on whoever or whatever was standing on the other side of the front door.
“It’s a man,” Ashley whispered. “He’s a normal that’s been marked.”
“Just because we don’t see them in our heads don’t mean we can’t smell ’em,” Derek sarcastically remarked.
“Shut up,” Bo whispered, slapping Derek on the back of the head.
“Boys,” I said, fixing to tell them who it was.
The knock echoed about the time Derek leaped at Bo. That’s when Brandon grabbed Ashley by the elbow, stepped to the side to keep from being in the middle of the two. I simply went and opened the front door. Our guest, Sydney, stood there smiling for about two seconds. Once he saw Bo, flipping Derek over his shoulder that smile slowly turned into a frown. I looked back shaking my head and couldn’t contain the laughter from spilling out. Derek was hanging upside down from Bo’s back, looking up at Sydney with a silly grin on his face, with Bo, holding his legs like he was some kind of a lumber jack.
“Sydney, welcome to our crazy home,” I said, nodding my head once.
“Thank ya, ma’am.”
Chapter Six
He walked in looking a bit pale around the gills. Here was this tall blonde, tanned young man standing in a room with five strange creatures with fading tans to very pale skin. I wanted to keep as much about our kind from him as
“Just you and I’ll die fighting for them.”
“Let’s hope that never happens. And on that note, don’t you think you need to show me how to use this thing?” I asked smiling up at him.
“I think we all better start learning how to use our weapons.”
I leaned back on the dresser and watched as Bo started pulling the kids out of the bed. I knew as well as Bo, that everyone was awake. The youth in them showed when they resisted getting up. Derek actually cried, ‘ten more minutes’ as if the night hadn’t already pulled him from his slumber. Ashley was just as bad, complaining that she had a headache and wasn’t ready to wake up. Brandon just slid off the bed with his hair sticking out in every direction and rubbed his eyes. I listened to the moaning and complaining for a few minutes, before I asked if anyone wanted to go and look for our much needed meal.
“Oh, let’s hunt down a wild animal,” Derek added holding up his hand.
“Are you brain dead? We want to eat this year,” Ashley rudely commented.
“I was told that pig’s blood is the best thing for our kind,” I said. I just failed to mention the fact that it was also the closest thing to human blood, or so I was told. “It may give us more energy than goat’s blood.”
“Why don’t we find some really bad guy and take him out?” Bo asked, looking right at me.
“I don’t ever want to hear you say something like that again…do I make myself clear?” I demanded, feeling the heat fill me face.
“Yeah, but…”
“No buts, Bo. I didn’t turn you so you could wipe out bad men. I changed you so you could help me…” I paused looking at him.
“Wipe out bad bloodbreeders ,” he added.
“I just want to get Garvin and Tanda out. Then we can all start over, making our own world without all the madness.”
“What about making the ones pay that hurt your family?” Derek asked.
“Starting over means just that. If we can sneak in the way that I got out, get them safely, then why not look to our future. You’re all my family now and that’s what’s important.”
“Someone’s coming, Renee,” Ashley said grabbing my arm.
The boys started moving our little barricade as soon as Ashley spoke. Once everything was out of our way, I made sure that they stayed behind me and I went up the basement stairs first. I could feel them at my back. Each one ready to pounce on whoever or whatever was standing on the other side of the front door.
“It’s a man,” Ashley whispered. “He’s a normal that’s been marked.”
“Just because we don’t see them in our heads don’t mean we can’t smell ’em,” Derek sarcastically remarked.
“Shut up,” Bo whispered, slapping Derek on the back of the head.
“Boys,” I said, fixing to tell them who it was.
The knock echoed about the time Derek leaped at Bo. That’s when Brandon grabbed Ashley by the elbow, stepped to the side to keep from being in the middle of the two. I simply went and opened the front door. Our guest, Sydney, stood there smiling for about two seconds. Once he saw Bo, flipping Derek over his shoulder that smile slowly turned into a frown. I looked back shaking my head and couldn’t contain the laughter from spilling out. Derek was hanging upside down from Bo’s back, looking up at Sydney with a silly grin on his face, with Bo, holding his legs like he was some kind of a lumber jack.
“Sydney, welcome to our crazy home,” I said, nodding my head once.
“Thank ya, ma’am.”
Chapter Six
He walked in looking a bit pale around the gills. Here was this tall blonde, tanned young man standing in a room with five strange creatures with fading tans to very pale skin. I wanted to keep as much about our kind from him as
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