Beautiful Monsters

Chapter One

Imogene ran down the street, looking over her shoulder every now and then. She couldn't believe what she was doing. She couldn't believe she was being such a coward! She was a vampire, for God's sake! Vampires didn't run away from things, things ran away from vampires! She stopped and spun around, facing the thing that was chasing her. All she saw was its two yellow eyes and started running again. If this made her a coward, so be it, she really didn't care. She turned a corner, only to find it was a dead end. A stream of obscenities flew from her mouth as she looked back at the thing chasing her. A low snarl rippled from the creature's mouth, its eyes narrowing at her.

"Come on then!" Imogene snapped at it, her fangs bared and her back against the wall, "Attack me then, if that's what you want so bad!"

The creature snarled again, slinking closer to her. She could only see its eyes, which were naturally yellow and glowing, filled with hatred. As it stepped even closer to her, she could begin to make out more of its features: A long, canine snout, pointy ears that were flattened against its scull, reddish brown fur that was tangled and matted with blood in some areas, four powerful legs with paw that had long and lethal claws.

Imogene hissed, "A werewolf. How am I not surprised?" She glared at the beast with narrowed eyes that were darkened with hate, "Just get it over with, you filthy dog."

The werewolf stepped forward and shifted into a human in front of Imogene, so that there was now a man towering over her. His hair was the same reddish brown as his fur, and his eyes stayed the same glowing yellow. He growled and wrapped a strong, clawed hand around Elizabeth's neck, holding her against the wall, "Oh, I plan to. You disgusting leech."

Imogene saw his other hand raise and it rushing towards her. She heard a loud crack and everything wet black as she collapsed.