Chapter 4
I stopped when I reached the veranda. Right in front of the entrance, a blue Mustang convertible was parked. It seemed he had given up on his old Chevy somewhen, but it was still obvious that this was Damon's car. A few years younger than the one I knew, but nevertheless a classic. I basically felt his grin in my back as he watched me staring. "I'll gladly take you for a drive, but something tells me you have some needs to be attended to first." I simply nodded, determined to ignore his taunting. "Not here though. I already decimated the population by two. I'm sure we'll find a few stray hikers in the woods further west." I felt his mood change, concern radiated from him. "What happened to…" I didn't wait until he finished his sentence. I had already checked our surroundings; not a single person was to be seen, hence it was safe when I simply dashed away.
He was running beside me within the blink of an eye. As I looked at him, the words "older and stronger" touched my mind, but I shoved the thought away. I grinned over at him and increased my speed as we hit the woods, chuckling as I jumped over roots and dodged the trees and bushes. He was nothing but a dark shadow flying through the undergrowth a few feet to my left, but with my superhuman seeing abilities I still could have counted each and every stubble on his face if I had wanted to. "You're enjoying this, huh?!" he shouted over at me. "Ohhh yes!" I yelled back, still grinning from ear to ear. I was really enjoying this. I always relished running in full speed. It made me feel free, alive… happy. It made my eyes shine like a four year old's who had just been offered a candy bar, and he saw it. He tugged the side of his mouth up in one of his lopsided half-smirks and shook his head. Just then, I stopped abruptly, causing him to do the same. I raised my hand to cut him off as he opened his mouth to speak. "Did you smell this?" I instinctively crouched down and turned into the direction from where a small breeze had carried a faint, yet mouth-wateringly delicious scent into my nose. I was the hunter. There was the prey. I threw Damon a fanged smile. "Dinner is ready…"
