PREFACE- THE RETURN
I could feel the growl building in my chest. I could feel it vibrating and throwing my rapid heart beat into an angry monotone. My head was spinning so rapidly I felt like nothing made since to me, almost nothing. My throat burned with thirst and my mouth ran thick with venom. I felt my body go into a crouching position as readied myself to lunge. Part of me, my human half, said to think this through. To relax. The vampire within me thrashed relentlessly wanting to release it's fury on the person in front of me. Tasha, my cousin, stood there unmoving. Fear in her tearing eyes. She looked like she wanted to run for her life but was too scared shitless to move. I could feel the evil grin turn up at the corners of my mouth. Ha. Just a second ago her face was smug, no she scared to death. I scolded my self internally for enjoying my cousins apparent fear.
I inhaled deeply, taking in the sweet, tangy scent of her blood. I was going to kill her. Not because I was thirsty, but because the bitch provoked me. She laughed in my face. Degraded my kind, Just because the evil wench was jealous. I had took the liberty of coming back home after two and half years away to apologize to my family. To tell them why I had left them. To say sorry, even though they were the ones that lied to me. They had lied about where I had come from, not telling me I was adopted. They lied to me for my short lived childhood and now they would pay the price.
I threw myself at Tasha, mouth open ready to drain the disgusting bitch of every ounce of life she had. I was thrown back into the concrete by cold, strong hands. My breath was knocked out of me and my animalistic instincts kicked into overdrive, snarls ripping from my chest. I stood up in a flash and attacked him.
"NO! DAWN, STOP RIGHT NOW!" The low strong voice shattered my concentration as I realized I was about to attack my husband. I stopped dead. I stared into his topaz eyes as they darkened slowly. I could still hear the growl in my chest as my predatory instincts reared its ugly head.
"Dawn Jillian Hale, Stop it RIGHT NOW!" Jasper's alluring voice ring in my mind. The wave calm brought me to my knees. The shame took me in torrent of regret. I could feel the tears coming hard and fast, feeling them run down my scorching hot cheek.
"I-I'm-I'm s-sorry Jazzy, I c-couldn't help myself. They lied to me Jasper! All these years, I have been being lied to! And now she has the nerve to- to- UGH!" I tried to make myself angry again but Jasper had me firmly in his arms manipulating my anger into calming waves.
"I know your upset, honey. But killing your cousin isn't the answer to your problem." He said soothingly. I relaxed because I knew internally that it wasn't. I would just have to bear the fact that she hates me as much as I hate myself.