Chapter One

The granite felt smooth and cold underneath my hand as I dragged it along the top of the tombstone in front of me. The wind made all of the leaves that were on the ground blow around, the colors all blending together as they danced all around. Fall was upon us, bringing the whispering wind along with it. And like the wind, thoughts whispered in my mind.

I could still remember the terror on his face when he realized what I was doing to him. But I just couldn't stop; I just kept drinking it, not even thinking about that if I kept going I would never see him again.

The blood.

The blood was just too hard to let go of. Every sip came with more bliss and excitement. But then, it was all over, and the color quickly drained from his face and he collapsed to the floor. I remember screaming his name and shaking his body but already knowing that what was done was done. He was gone.

Forever.

Because of me.

From that day on I just didn't know how I would live with myself from killing Cameron, the only man I ever let myself love. But I was human when I first met him, now… now I'm just a monster living in a humans body, the same monster who took Cameron's life from him. And yet, here I was, two months later, staring at his tombstone trying to think of ways to bring him back. I went over possible ways to bring him back involving the supernatural world. But, it's not ever going to happen, not involving that same world that took his life, I just wouldn't do it. And the only way for me to accept that is for me to leave and never come back to this place as long as I live, which would be forever. If I was still human, tears would be spilling down my cheeks at the moment, but I was human no more. I felt a hand rest on my shoulder.

"Come on Ara, it's time to go." Jackie said. I got up and met her eyes. She was one of my best friends in the entire world. And the pain in her eyes was the same as the pain in mine. We started to walk towards the end of the cemetery.

"Ara, I'm so sorry." She must think that every time she says it will make me feel a tiny bit better. But it won't, it won't take away the guilt I constantly feel. The guilt from having to lie to his family, telling them that he committed suicide like some stupid teenager. He was only eighteen years old, and I knew him well enough. He would never do anything like that. But his parents knew him the same way I did, but yet they believed every word that came out of my mouth. Compulsion comes in handy at times like this.

We reached the end of the cemetery where our car was parked. I mean, we could get around without a car, if we wanted exposure.

"Is everything packed? The sooner we can get out of here, the faster things will just disappear from my mind." I said.

"Yes, everything is taken care of." She replied. I breathed a sigh of relief and got into the car. I shut the door, and closed my eyes.

"No matter how hard you try, you're not going to fall asleep." Serena said in the seat next to mine.

"Leave her alone Serena, she's been through too much. " Jade said defensively from the back seat. I opened my eyes.

"No its okay." I said meeting Serena's eyes. "I just have to come to terms with what happened." I turned and looked out the window, as Jackie started to drive away. The loud silence that filled the car was expected. Everyone knew how it would be, how we would have to pack up and move away because of my mistake of loving someone. Love was really dangerous after all. "You will Ara." Serena said, resting her hand on mine. She offered me a faint smile and then turned her head to look out the window.

"I just hope AJ doesn't find us anytime soon." Jade said. "Who knows what else he's going to do to us."

"Whatever, AJ can go to hell. He's such a bastard."

"Umm AJ is already in hell, Serena." Jade chimed in with a giggle. I turned around and gave her I high five. Jade's straight blond hair was left down and just reached past her shoulders, and made her face look even smaller than it already was. Her hair appeared almost ghostly white in the sunlight, utterly captivating. She was a striking vampire if I do say so myself. At least I wouldn't have to worry about killing my three best friends, they were all like me.

"I just have one request for all of you: No boys what so ever." I said.

"Yes please no boys anybody. That's the last thing anyone needs right now okay?" Jackie said.

"Agreed." Jade and Serena said in unison. We reached the highway; it was only about a ten minute drive from the cemetery.

"Alright we should be in Shadow Creek in about twelve hours." Jackie said turning the car into the next lane. I couldn't help myself from thinking about what the Coven must still be saying about me.

The Coven is the head of supernatural power, the core group who has the power over all the supernatural figures that exist in the world. Yes, it's not just vampires. Every supernatural being has to follow their laws or else they face the ultimate penalty. Death, but for real. I broke one of the biggest rules the Coven has, falling in love with a mortal. I mean it wouldn't have been so bad if they didn't find out. But they did, and then they made me kill him. I thought if I just weakened Cam and let him go they would think he was dead. But I just couldn't stop, and once they found out that I actually did kill Cam, they honored me and relieved the death penalty on me. But AJ was still uneasy about me. As a part of the Council of the Coven, he has a right to be, but he goes to extreme to make sure we are all out of trouble. The Council is the part of the coven that makes the laws. There are eight Council men, but I have only encountered one. The Coven sends out Council men to do dirty work, like, enforcing the death penalty on another supernatural creature that has broken the law. The leader of the Coven no supernatural creature has ever laid eyes on. It goes by Zon. No one knows if it's women or a man, or what kind of supernatural creature it is. All we n=knoe about Zon is that we should fear it.

I leaned back in my seat. Serena's words still lingered in my head no matter how hard you try you're never going to fall asleep. I wish that was just an untrue statement and I wished I could just close my eyes and sleep through the rest of my life. Sometimes I just wish I did die the day I became a vampire so I wouldn't have to live on like this. The car was completely silent now, and all you could hear was the beginning of rain drops starting to hit the car rooftop. Well of course, if you're a vampire, you could hear a lot more than that, like the car stereo in the car right in front of you blaring some kind of bubble-gum rap crap. I tried my best to tune it out so I could just hear my own thoughts.