Chapter 8- the pack

Stephanie was in shock as she shook all the way to Chris' house, she came in through the doors with Chris holding her up as the rest of the family went off to the stairs to change. Edge remained with her as she sat on the couch, their Uncle Bret was in the Kitchen with Droz. "You heard anything more out there Chris? Those damn vampires are trying to screw with us again" he called.

"Uncle Bret, now isn't a good time" Chris announced.

"Hell it is boy! You know damn well those vampires have been coming in droves since the McCallaways left! They think it's all fair game, we were here first!"

"Uncle Bret, really, it's not a good…"

"Edge? You mastered changing yet? You know I think I understand your problem…." Just then their Uncle Bret turned to peer into the living room, there he finally took notice of Stephanie sitting on the couch. He paused for a moment as he turned to the boys. "Damn it, why didn't anyone say we had… company?"

"We tried" muttered Chris and Edge. "And yes, I mastered it Uncle… at the least likely moment"

Bret looked to Stephanie before taking a seat. "What did you see today missy?"

Stephanie finally found her words as she told him she saw Chris transform in an instant the moment the vampires Shelton and Vicky tried to attack her. He nodded to her as David took over the conversation. "Uncle, they are the one killing the people in the forest, it's the same scent. I know it is!" he announced.

"We figured, the problem is, they are making it look like a wolf did it. You know what that means too, don't you?"

David looked to the ground with a sigh. "We can't turn at random," he whispered. "Damn, but how am I going to get to school now?"

Bret however turned his attention to Stephanie. "Well, now you know the truth about us, as you do about the McCallaways."

Stephanie nodded but also clued into a reason why they didn't like the McCallaways. "Is that the reason why there's a truce between the families? They feed off of animal blood, and could have fed off of some of your people by accident?"

Bret sneered. "Partly" he muttered lowly. "We just don't like blood suckers"

The room fell into an awkward silence, stranger for Stephanie since half of the men were almost naked. Their clothing had tore all about their bodies, strangely enough. Natalya was the most dressed of them all. She knew what Stephanie was thinking. "I like my clothing just so you know. But I make sure I am still decent when I change back, last thing I need are YouTube videos of me on the net" she growled lowly.

"All of you, get dressed. I need to talk with Stephanie" Uncle Bret ordered.

The group went up the stairs. Chris was reluctant to leave her side as he turned back half way from the steps. Bret glared at him to keep going. When he vanished from sight, his attention turned to Stephanie. "Now, I think you and your daddy need to have a little talk, before they start hunting wolves…."

Author's note.

Again, I am sorry for the delay, I have just been really absorbed into my vampire novel!