the vampire and the werehog 2: chapter 4
Shadow's POV
As dusk fell i woke up and stretched my stiff muscles. I sighed and looked at my right on the floor to see the muscled, big furry form of my mate. I petted his head softly and smiled in content. I laid back down and closed my eyes to allow my body to wake up fully. Unfortunatly, not everyone had agreed with my slow wake up.
"wake up, mom! it's dusk already!" I could hear a young female voice yell. I sighed before talking. "honey, what did i tell you about yelling? you could wake up your father." I said and sat up. The young girl, my little daughter Constance, pouted. "sorry, mom." She said and wrapped her arms around my neck in apology. "apology accepted." I said and rubbed my nose against her. "mom, i'm not a little child anymore." She said and giggled. It was true that she wasn't a little child anymore. She was a bit older then that. She had turned 10-years-old not to long ago.
"mom, are you gonna learn me how to hunt today?" Constance asked as we walked out on the streets. "not yet, you're still a little to young for that." I said. "aw, i'm not that young." She said. "i know you're not, but you're not old enough to hunt on your own either. that's why i'm going with you." I explained. Constance sighed, but didn't agrue with me.
I stopped in my tracks and looked behind us. "mom? what's wrong?" She asked. I didn't answer. Instead i scanned the area for any disturbences in the enviremont, but found nothing other then a stray dog or cat. I was about to say something to my daughter when i heard it again. I couldn't be going mad. I was certain that i heard something. Maybe it could be a possible prey? "stay here. I'll be right back." I said and smirked. Constance knew what that meant for she had seen that smirk time and time again when we were on the hunt.
I followed the sound while Constance stayed put and waited for me to come and get her. I didn't want her to get hurt. She wasn't hunt material yet. As i got to the source of the sound i discovered that my assumptions about it being a prey were correct. In front of me was a middle aged and healthy looking woman. "it's a shame really, but even vampires need to eat." I sighed and muttered to myself with a pitying smirk. I launched myself forward towards the woman. She turned around in shock. All that was heard throughout these empty streets was a terrified yell before it became completely quiet.
The now lifeless body of the middle aged woman slumped down to the floor completely limp. I growled in annoyence and rubbed my cheek from the hard slap she gave me. I could've sworn that her hand and finger prints were clearly imprinted on my cheek. She was even able to scratch me quite a bit in a feeble attempt to escape. Some of those scratches even managed to draw a thin lines of blood. "i guess i could admit that she was able to put up quite a fight." I muttered and smiled. Now i had to go and get contance. I hadn't drained all of the blood from the body. I still left more then half of it for her. Unfortunatly, it meant that i hadn't gotten the amount of blood i needed. So i had to keep hunting untill i my thrist was quenched. Constance's, however, was still a young child and so she didn't need as much blood as i did.
I walked out of the alley and turned to look in the direction i came from. I made my way over to her and hoped that she stayed where i had left her. She could be a good girl if she wanted to, but she was also the type to explore things when her curiosity got the best of her.
I arrived and looked around, but there was no sign of her. "Constance?" I muttered and scanned the streets in search of my daughter. But there was no sign of her. 'where could she be?' I asked myself mentally. I was growing a bit worried. If she had wondered of on her own out of curiosity again and disobeyed my order for her to stay put and wait for me, she would normally atleast try to cover it up, but that wasn't the deal here. I was about to call for her again when i heard a loud scream that belonged no doubt to my daughter. "Constance!" I yelled in shock and ran over to where the scream came from.