Another time lapse I'm too lazy to fill in. Sean's been living with them for a while… eh, a few weeks? Cora's been keeping her distance, as you can guess. And lets say Sean assists her on her hunts every now and then. But today, after her assigned hunt, Sean smells another one…
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"How can you be so sure of where he is?" Cora asked as she tried to keep up with Sean as he ran through the town streets. He'd been leading the way for some time now, but only when they turned into the alley did Cora see why.
A teenage girl sat slumped against the side of the alley, bleeding heavily from the wound in her neck. Sean rushed forward to help her, but Cora stopped in her tracks from the strength of the bloody aroma in the air. The thirst had been less lately, but now it returned at full strength and seized her ability to breathe. Sean looked at her questioningly, but kept his hand pressed to the girl's neck to stop the flowing blood.
"I think she'll be okay." He said.
Cora put one hand on one of the brick walls beside her with her other hand on her throat. She gasped for a breath and struggled not to give into her instinct to take what little blood the girl had left.
"Are you alright?" Sean called. "What's-" he stopped when he saw the vampire jump down from the roof of the buildings and jump for Cora. She tried to back away, but only fell back and continued her coughing fit.
Sean landed a hard kick to the vampire's back just as he reached Cora. The vampire turned and slashed out as Sean, who punched him hard on the chest. He staggered backward, giving Sean the chance to pull the gun out of Cora's jeans and shoot. (I mentioned this before, she tucks the gun in her jeans, leaving the handle of the gun sticking out instead of wearing a gun holster)
The vampire disintegrated in seconds. Sean turned back to Cora, but she couldn't tell him what was wrong with her. She couldn't speak. He glanced at the human girl across the alley once more, then lifted Cora into his arms and sprinted off.
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"I don't know what's wrong with her, she just collapsed once we got to the victim-" Sean tried to explain. Mr. White nodded and gestured for Sean to bring her to the living room to lay her on the couch. She was still gasping and coughing for a breath of the smothering air.
"Sean, I need you to go get a towel-" Sean sped off and returned in seconds. "Now go clean yourself up. You're covered in blood."
"But-" Mr. White shook his head.
"She'll be just fine, just leave it to me." Sean went back downstairs and quickly changed clothes and washed his hands. When he walked back to the door, he sped up. He could smell fresh blood.
When Sean arrived in the living room, he stopped in the doorway. Mr. White was pressing his now-injured arm to Cora's lips. Cora's eyes were tightly closed, but her hands were gripping the arm in her mouth.
Sean didn't say anything. He didn't need to. Cora was a vampire. And he hadn't even noticed.
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"You must understand why she wouldn't want anyone to know." Sean nodded and closed the dishwasher.
"How long has it been?" Sean asked as he put the unused silverware up. Mr. White shook his head.
"I'm not the one you should be asking. She's the only one who knows the whole story." Sean nodded again. He would rather hear it from her anyway. He didn't want to pry into her past. "It's late Sean, you should go to bed."
So he did.
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