Caylee's Confessions (Caylee's Confessions Series) by Candice Burnett Page B

town, no humans would get involved.  I
still was unsure of why Lyal’s cousin was still with them.  She should have run
off long ago.  Her running off was my key to attack.  I picked up a rock and
threw it as far to the right of me as possible, hoping she would take the
opportunity.
    “I
think I heard something,” she said finally, and I sighed.  “I’m going to go
check it out,” she told the rest of her gang.
    I
watched as she took off, and after a few moments, I figured she had to be far
enough away.  I waited, trying to think of the best way to approach this, when
her gang started talking.
    “You
know, she’s been acting funny all night,” one of the vampires said.
    “I
thought the same thing but didn’t want to say anything.  And I didn’t hear
anything, besides maybe a stupid stone fall, and since we are surrounded by old
buildings, I’ve been hearing that all night,” the other vampire said.
    “Maybe
one of us should follow her then,” the werewolf spoke up.
    “Definitely,”
the two vampires said together.
    “I’ll
go then.  My wolf can catch up to her panther any day,” the werewolf said
confidently with a smile.
    “I
don’t think that’ll be necessary,” I said, finally stepping out and revealing
myself.  I couldn’t let one of them leave and come back with Lyal’s cousin. 
Knowing she would then be forced to fight as well, four versus one didn’t sound
as good as three versus one.
    “Is
this a joke?” asked the amused werewolf.
    “I’m
not laughing,” I said boldly, trying to hide the fear in my voice.
    “So,
Lyal lied then.  There are vitans here.  But I’ve never seen a female
one before.  I wonder if they taste better,” the werewolf said with a laugh.
    “No,
vitans are too proud to allow females to fight. She must be a rogue hunger,” one
of the vampires said, and they all laughed.
    “Alone,
are we?” the werewolf asked me.  Why did they always harp on the fact of me
being alone?  It was becoming annoying.
    “Well,
I call shotgun!” the werewolf shouted to the rest of them.  “I haven’t fed in a
week.” He flashed his sharp canines at me.
    “Fine,”
the vampires hissed.  “At least leave us a scrap.  We’ve never tried a female
hunter before.”
    I
then watched as the werewolf started to transform.  My body stood dumbfounded for
a minute, because it really was fascinating to watch the man turn into a beast,
but I knew I needed to strike him before he fully transformed.  I waited until
the vampires stepped back, not wanting to be thrashed by it when I attacked the
werewolf.  He was almost full were and had just dropped to all fours as I ran up
to him in a full sprint, and drop-kicked him in the head with my steel-toe
boots.  I watched as he collapsed to the ground, with a wounded dog squeal.  He
hadn’t expected me to strike before he was transitioned.  His fault. 
    One
down.  I pulled out my trusted baby from my belt, holding it, waiting for the
moment to let it out in full-force. 
    “Surround
her!”  The vampire on the left said.
    “You’re
dead now,” they said as they separated and walked towards me.  One coming in
from the right, and the other from the left.  I waited until I could feel them
trying to push into my mind.  Tricky how vampires could do that, but if you
knew it was coming, you could guard yourself against it.  I could pretend to act
according to them though.  I slowly began to drop my stake, like they were
pursuing me to do.  When they were each about a foot away, on my left and my right,
I stepped back.  Then I held out my stake horizontally, so when I pushed the
magic button, it entered into both of their hearts perfectly. 
    Good
thing they were around the same height.  They fell to the ground, still
connected by my stake.  They were now paralyzed and their eyes widened as they
realized death was coming to them.  A death I was happy to deliver.
    “Fuck!”
I screamed as I felt knives run down my back