Chapter One
Gracie awoke again screaming in terror. Sweat beaded down her pale face as she began to cry. That man was after her again. Or should I say thing. The same one that tried killing her in the alley way last year. She had never gotten over the fact that he was still out there.
She went to her mirror and sat down at a desk. "I'm okay. It was just a dream." She told herself.
Gracie had been a different person since then. She looked at the scar on her neck in the mirror, then glanced down at the one by her waist.
She was disgusted by the creature that attacked her. In the end that only made her stronger. She opened the drawer in her desk and pulled out the wooden cavity that hid a box.
"Damn that thing!" She said coldly holding out the last word. She grabbed the box and jumped out the window.
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The sun had shown brightly through Saeim's window. He smiled again knowing that it was a new school year. He looked through his closet to find something to change into. He grabbed a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt.
As he went down the stairs Jade, his cousin, caught him by the wrists. "Be careful this year." She warned. "I'm not going to be here anymore to protect you and erase what happened in every girls mind that you toy with. From now on be good." Saeim loved his cousin. She had been there for him since they were little kids. She always knew the right thing to do but for some reason he kept on bringing himself back into what he liked best. Trouble.
Jade hugged Saeim and let a few tears shed. "I'll miss you." She told him.
"I hope to see you soon." He said. And with that, she step through the door way giving him one last smile as she closed the door.
As she left. Saeim grabbed his car keys and headed for the doors.
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School looked no different then it had the past seventeen years. The hallways were still crowded, the lockers still smelled like feet, the only thing different was the transfers. The new students at this school seemed to fit in easily, especially the girls. They became popular so fast that it was hard for any guy, even Saeim to keep his eyes off of them.
He was lustful. He had been through so many girls at this school that it was hard for even him to count. "Fresh blood." He murmured to himself. He wouldn't dare say that out loud, even to a friend. Though being a chick magnet at a large school like this didn't make him popular to any of the guys. They all despised him.
Any guy who had a right to be as cocky and rude as him, and still get the girl was no friend of theirs.
He walked down the hall to his locker and opened the door. When he closed it shut. Danielle was standing right there, perky as ever. Can she ever get a clue? She had liked him since the eighth grade and even after he dumped her she was still as persistent as ever. "Hey Danni. You know you kind of scared me." He smirked. But all she did was smile back.
"Oh, sorry Saeim I was just so happy to see you were here at school." She giggled. " Why didn't you call me. I mean its been so long since we've talked. I mean a whole summer? Come on! Your better than that." She retorted.
He was trying to find a nice way to say. "Sorry Danni I'm a vampire and if you want to live another day with out me sucking your blood dry so you'll leave me alone for five minutes then you'll leave now!"
"Danni , we've been over this. It's been three years can't you get a new guy to drool over." He said.
"Well," She said obviously hurt, "I'll just see you later. Once you're a little less cranky come and talk to me." but it needed to be done. He sighed with relief. Then suddenly he was slammed up against a locker.
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Gracie reached the gates of the new school. She was happy to be out of the last town. The school she had went to before was a complete wreck. Even the school before that one had a better look to it, even though it was surrounded by rusty metal gates.
She sighed as she looked at the school. "A fresh start." She smiled. But as she walked into the school, she suddenly wished she were somewhere else.
"Bitch. If you touch Catalina one more time I swear, your dead meat." Said a guy she didn't know.
She looked over to the guy being pinned up against the locker and was shocked that he just stood there smiling. "Who I'm with is none of your business Jake. Now why don't you run along before I bust that pretty little face of yours." He smirked.
Jake turned furious. "It's me who's got you pinned up against the wall Redfern." He raised his arm and was ready to hit the other man in the face.
"Stop it!" Gracie yelled. She pulled the boy named Jake off of the Redfern boy. "Both of you get over yourselves." She let go of Jake and walked away.
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Saeim was stunned that such a petite girl could pull a jock off of him. Was she a vampire? Well obviously not. She was not as beautiful as one though many would disagree, but she also wouldn't have looked that scared either. She was too cautious to be one of us.
This girl was different from the others in this school and he was willing to try something different. Towns like this got boring easily, and she would be fun to mess around with.
He smiled and went over to the main office. "Excuse me ma'am? May I have some assistance?" She smiled and nodded at him. "Could you switch my classes over to what the new girl has?" The woman looked surprised.
"Well young man, we do not call Gracie the new girl and may I ask why?" She said obviously catching onto his game.
"Well truthfully ma'am she helped me out this morning and I think it would be easier for her to get around the school with someone who has the same classes as her. Plus she looked a little shy. I think it would be nice if she got to know some people." He sounded so sincere, though almost every word out of his mouth had been a lie.
The woman's face softened into a smile. "Well if you insist. It does say that she has been to many schools and it must be hard moving around a lot and losing touch with any friends she may have made."
With that she handed him the list. He walked out of the door as the school bell rang. He smirked as he was off to her first class.
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When she sat down in class she did not expect to see the next person to walk in. It was that Redfern boy. The one she had literally saved ten minutes ago. As he looked around the class room he smiles and walked over to her desk as he sat down next to her.
"Hey, um thanks for earlier. But you know I really would have been fine, he was the only one who was in any real danger." He said truthfully. The guy had it coming to him for a long time. And he would have loved to see the look on his face as he started whimpering on the ground.
"Okay just thought I'd try and help. Didn't seem like anybody was coming to your rescue." She laughed.
"Your Gracie, right?" He held out his hand. Nobody had called her by name yet so how would he of all people know anything about her.
"Um yeah," She said uneasily, rejecting his hand shake. "I think it's best you just stay away from me." She said quickly realizing what he was. His walk gave her the hint but his eyes told her everything she needed to know. He looked shocked, since when had any girl wanted to stay away from the great Saeim Redfern?
He was quick to retain his calm composure. "And why would that be?" He spoke softly.
"Because for I'm a heartbreaker. Literally" She smiled and turned towards the teacher as class began.
