It's been nearly a year since I was turned and Leo is going off the deep end. It's heartbreaking that I can only watch him from a tree across the street. To him, I was taken from my room while he was out drinking, and I was. But there's more to the story. The only positive, anything, is the fact he quit drinking. Leo had been struggling with that ever since our parents were killed. He hasn't visited my room since so there's a good layer of dust covering it.

From my spot of the tree I could look through Leo's window and down the hall to the living room of the apartment. I watched as he brought home another girl. I guess it was a twisted way to cope. She was this overly flirtatious blonde that had a hop in her step. I watched as she came down the hall and stopped by my room. She went to open it but Leo stopped her. I don't have to imagine the pain in his voice because it's in his eyes. The girl jerks away from the door and tries to smooth the situation over by gently tugging him into the room.

Everything thing seems like it's going to be another late night fling but the girl grabs him and chucks him across the room. He collides with the wall so hard the class vibrates a tad. Panic rises up and I brace myself to bust into the room but the fact I know she isn't a vampire confuses me and causes me to hesitate for just a second. But that second was all she needed. It was the key to that entire night.

In that terrifying moment she had a ball of magma in her hand and it was hurled at my poor defenseless brother. The fear and regret in his eyes will always leave an imprint I never want to see again. I could only watch as my world stopped and began to come crumbling down. I launched off the branch, shattering it from the force, and was flying through the air towards the window. So many emotions surfaced because I wouldn't make it there in time. The street seemed like an ocean. But, the most miraculous thing happened. A figure of light that, I would have sworn on my life, looking like my mom stopped the concentrated magic and, essentially threw right back at the blonde bitch.

The scream could be heard for miles.

I came up short and fell down. I snatched the window sill of the second floor and managed to throw myself up two more stories of the apartment building. Once I was there I took a quick glance of the room and tried to block out the horrible stench of burnt flesh. Leo was gone and my bedroom door was open. I launched myself up to the roof and looked over the side with fire escape that was connected to my bedroom window. To my shock Leo was already sprinting down the street. I've never seen a human run so fast in my life. It was almost unnatural. Worry again set in because the sweet smell of his blood assaulted my nose. I could almost hear the pound of his heart, and if that could attract my from over 200 ft. then this was bad news. For some reason Leo's blood was strangely the most desirable smelling I've ever encountered. The bad thing is that I won't be the only one who'll be interested in his blood and Leo is completely oblivious.

Yet again I shadow my brother to make sure he's safe. I can hear his ragged breathing and watch as he stumbles against a wall. I've never seen a human run so fast so far, not even hunters that are trained their entire lives to hunt the supernatural.

I silently jump to the other roof so I can see Leo's face. There's a look of utter shock as he tries to control his breathing. Leo continues to walk into an alleyway as the sounds of siren's erupt. I follow him above and peek over the side. I hold back the urge to go to him and instead hug myself and sigh. The fear of his reaction to what I've become and what I've done has stopped me every single time. One of these days I'm going to approach him because of the pain of not being able to help my brother. But, Alexander has warned me against it for my own good and for now I will abide by it. Leo shakes from the incident, attempting to comprehend what just happened, and probably the fact that there's a dead girl in the apartment now. As my mind replays the scene I sense the presence of another vampire flying towards me from the South. I whip around to see a black figure on the rooftops come at me with a speed close to a 50 year old vampire. Not good. The older vampire the more powerful they are and I'm not even 1 year old. The odds aren't in my favor especially when I see who it is. One rooftop from me the stranger slows and gracefully lands on the one I occupy.

"Hello Valant." He says in cruel voice. My back stiffened. He laughs, a gravelly tone. "Scared?" He asks in a mocking voice. Just as it was when he turned me.