I became a vampire by accident. M supposed "boy friend" went to far, and to save me he had to turn me. He told my parents that I had died in car accident. I never got to say goodbye. As soon as I woke up I left him.

I traveled to L.A. in search of others who were like me, when I heard about circle Daybreak, I jumped at the chance. It was perfect. There was only one problem, I didn't have a soul mate. Sure they let me in, they needed all the help they could get, but I was never part of the "in" crowd. And that's where my story starts.

"Yo, Jo." I turned to find Kelly in my doorway. She was half shifted between her human and cheetah forms.

"what's up?" I ask.

"poppy and the others need to see you, say its urgent, probably about cleaning up the city pests."

"tell them I'll be there in a second." She nods and bounds off.

Shrugging into my sweats and a tight black long-sleeve, I head out to the main sitting room of the safe house.

Entering the room I can tell something is wrong. Faces are drawn tight and the tension in the air is almost palpable.

They nod to an empty chair.

Plopping down into the offered chair I ask, "what can I do for you now?"

"Jo, we've been having some problems with Redferns people sneaking around the city, they're looking for us. So far the wards have kept us covered, but we need someone to go and wipe them out. you understand, Joann?"

I nod, they only use my full name when it's serious.

"good, we've got a few werewolves you can use to help you, and your friend Kelly if you want. Start right away and report back to us when you are done."

Standing up carefully I speed out of the room. My throat is starting to ache, a sure sigh that I am hungry. " not now" I tell my body, but the burning only gets more intense. I need to stop by they library and grab some maps of the area, but before that I'll stop at the kitchen.

"Kelly!" I call into her room. It takes a moment for her furry head to peak through. "I need you now, we have a job to do."

"Kay, be right there.

"you'll have to shift to human, you know how the werewolves go nuts around you."

she sighs, 'I hate working with werewolves, they're such a bother, and they stink!" her fur rippled and she stood in front of me, twisting a stray piece of blonde hair out of her face.

I ignore her complaints. "I'll grab the wolves and you grab some maps of the area, meet me at the gates in fifteen minutes."