Ch.1 Feedings and Greetings
Just outside Chatanooga, Tennessee
2008
I had been driving for three days straight and was hungry, no scratch that. I was ravenous. 'Well there's the good old option of finding a human and feeding but that's too much work for such a big, hardly populated place. Hmmm maybe there are grizzlies in this poor mountain range town.' I parked the car in some trees, not taking a chance of getting my baby stolen. I crouched low and studied the tracks on the forest ground. Sure enough my prey had walked right through there not even 15 minutes before. Her mouth spread open in a menacing grin; animals were not exactly what she liked to eat. At least it was better than slaughtering the unsuspecting townsfolk and, it was a much quicker kill for her. I sniffed and found exactly what I needed.
My feet deftly moved across the ground at speeds far surpassing humans. I pounced on the grizzly and swiftly snapped its neck on sight. I had to drink quickly ignoring the flashes of the grizzlies' dull life. When I was done I dropped the corpse and cleaned my mouth with a handkerchief wiping some of the vile tasting blood onto it. 'Just because I drink animal's blood does not mean I like animal's blood. YUCK!' I ran back to the car and drove finding a seedy bar on the side of the road. I got out of the car and calmly walked in scanning the faces for one that looked mildly like mine. Aunt Erika had always said it was Selene's curse to have a daughter that looked so much like Michael.
I sat at one of the empty bar stools contemplating how stupid this "adventure" was. I had no idea what my father looked like, didn't have a picture, an address, or a phone number. All I had was the name Michael Corvin and a description that said he looks like me. 'Maybe I should just go home and beg mom's forgiveness. This was a stupid thing to do very, very stupid.' I paused from my musings when a man came up to me and asked what I was running from.
"I beg your pardon; I am not running form anything." I replied hotly and looked down at his tag to see what the idiot's name was. The man chuckled and moved his arm into her line of vision.
"Look I don't know what a pretty ,young girl like you is doing here ,but people like you only come in here looking for someone or to get away from something. You look too much like a loner to need someone, so what are you trying to forget?" I became furious with the stranger and replied with a grating reluctance.
"As a matter of fact, even though it's none of your business I did come here looking for someone." I moved his arm out of my way "So Michael if it's all the same to you, I think you should go-" I stopped myself. "Wait Michael, as in Michael Corvin?" The man smiled at me warmly.
"Yeah, that's me, was I what you were looking for?"
