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There is about one more hour till the day I said I would post it and it's Ruby Red's one year!, but I can't wait that long. I have school tomorrow. HA. But This chapter is, 6,539 words, just a little bit longer than I said it would be. :D

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"You don't have to be in anymore pain Victoria. I'm here for you now." The familiar voice said.

A shadow casted across my face, causing me to stretch my neck so I could see what it was that was doing that.

"Aidan" I barely whispered, as I noticed the face that was towering over me.

"You guessed right, my love." He smiled. "I'm back."

I couldn't believe what I was seeing, or what was happening. I jumped up from the ground and crouched in an attack stance. Aidan's back was to me as he examined a leaf on a tree, but I knew and could picture the exact smirk that was planted on his face right now.

"You are doing extremely well." He turned around, causing me to faintly gasp. He was more gorgeous than ever.

I couldn't look away. His pale skin was soft looking, almost as if he was made of silk, and his muscles were even more defined under his tight black shirt than before. His eyes were almost a bright pink, which was covered by his usual black, side swiped hair. He still held the leaf in his hand, but then crushed it by clenching his fist.

"It seems to me that you are doing pretty well. Minus the fact that you're a girlfriend to a filthy dog." He gritted his teeth together. "Which we will change, soon." My stomach dropped, but I knew Aidan couldn't do anything to Collin.

Step by step he walked towards me, with his head cocked to the side. He slowly reached up and gently held my chin. "Your eyes," He moved closer, examining them. "—they aren't like mine." As if on cue, a piece of hair fell in front of my eyes; blocking them. But no more than a second later, he softly brushed it behind my ear. "You're drinking animals' blood." Before letting go of my chin, he squeezed it and pushed my head to the side. "I guess I should have expected that from werewolves." He spat the word, as if it was poison in his mouth.

I could feel the tension from Aidan as he clenched and unclenched his fists repeatedly. He paced back and forth, glaring at me every once in a while.

"Animals blood, Ha!" He muttered to himself; still pacing, which was making me nervous. Then he stopped in his tracks and turned with a soft look, causing me to hold my breath.

"Don't worry Victoria, we will change everything. We are together again, which I will make everything right. Everything will be back to normal." He smiled wide enough to reveal the vampire teeth that he used to kill the real me. Rage boiled inside of me, tearing apart my insides, screaming to get out. The pain that made me want to cry before was worse than it has ever been, and my body couldn't take it anymore.

I ran vampire speed and slammed him against a thick tree a few feet behind him; causing bark to fly and leaves to fall. I dug my fingernails into his shoulders as I held onto him tight.

"Nothing will be normal ever again." I snarled. I bared my teeth and a deep growl erupted from my chest, practically shaking me and Aidan. "You caused everything in my life that was normal to disappear. So don't expect me to think that you're my hero now and you're here to save the day." I pushed his shoulders deeper into the tree, which made a cracking noise from behind him. "You ruined my life. When are you going to understand?" My voice softened and my grip loosened. I hung my head in shame and released Aidan, turned and walked away, not caring if he was going to attack me or not.

My legs started to buckle but amazingly, Aidan grabbed a hold of me before I touched the ground. Holding me up, he whispered in my ear, "When are you going to understand the fact that you're a vampire now and that you can't change that? You need to face the facts and forget the past." I took an unnecessary deep breath and stood up straight; not needing his support anymore.

I turned to face him, which was when I could tell that I had hurt him with my words. But I didn't care. I had a wonderful life ahead of me, and he took that all away.

"Victoria," He gently wrapped both hands around my face. "—you and I can have a life together. For the past couple of weeks I have been planning the rest of our life. You need to trust me." I shuddered from the last two words, the words that Collin would always say to me when I was unsure about something. I knew, I was starting to miss Collin.

When I didn't say anything, he sighed softly and his arms fell to his side in defeat. He silently stared at the ground, not a sound. Aidan not saying anything was deafening, making the crickets and frogs to sound louder and closer than they were.

Without looking at me he spoke after clearing his throat. "I need to go." He looked up, not bothering to move his hair out of his face, and produced a weak smile. "I will be back soon, don't worry."

In seconds, he lightly kissed my cheek and ran off into the woods before I could say anything. If I wasn't a vampire, I wouldn't have been able to see any of that.

I released the deep breath that I was holding in, and my legs once again buckled from under me; but no one was here to catch me. I rolled onto my back and slipped my hands under my head; acting as a pillow. Everything started to run through my head at amazing speeds, causing it to seem unreal.

I-I don't know what to do. Should I run and tell Caden, or talk to Daniel and Kyle?

I ran through the possibilities and options that I had, which nothing seemed right.

Maybe I should sleep on it and decide tomorrow.

With a flashlight I brought, I turned it on and rested it next to me, lighting everything perfectly. So when I was comfortably settled, I started to close my eyes, but quickly opened them when I heard some unusual rustling of leaves and sticks being snapped in half around me. I wasn't going to let this thing surprise me like Aidan did, so I jumped up from the ground and got in my usual attack stance.

"Wh-Who's there?" I stuttered. I gulped before hearing a light growl and being jumped on, which then, I was all of a sudden, pinned to the ground.

"Let—" I struggled under their grip; trying to wiggle free. "Let me go!" The scent hit me like a ton of bricks, causing my body to be frozen.

"Collin." I whispered. He shifted his weight so less weight was off of my legs. "What are you doing!?" I yelled; hoping to get the message across that I was upset.

"I don't want you to run." He said breathlessly. "I want you to give me a chance and hear my side of the story." He cleared his throat, obviously uncomfortable before rising off of me. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. I just laid there; still in shock.

"I'm sorry." He muttered under his breath, while turning so his back was to me. I quickly jumped to my feet, wondering what he was going to do next.

He turned with a pleading look on his face. "I didn't kiss her Tori, she came onto me. She asked if I could help her with her test but she kept getting closer and closer, then she just kissed me." All of his words came out rushed, sounding as if it was all one word. "I'm sorry for everything." He paused, taking a deep breath. "I'm sorry I can't give you what you want, and I'm sorry for the fact that your life was ruined and I couldn't have saved you. I'm sorry for everything." Once again, he ran his fingers through his brown hair, looking more exhausted than he ever has.

I wanted to rush over to him and wrap my arms around him and tell him that everything was okay, but everything wasn't okay.

"Collin." I said breathlessly, you had nothing to do with me becoming a vampire. You didn't know me then, so please don't blame yourself." My voice sounded desperate; wanting him to understand, but Collin didn't say anything back, making things a little worse. He stood there, staring at the ground as if he was in another world.

Once again that urge to wrap my arms around him and tell him everything was okay came creeping up again. "Collin." I whispered. His trance broke and he stared at me with his hurt hazel eyes.

"Can I ask you something?" He sounded like he forced the words to come out of his mouth; making me nervous. My throat seemed to get tighter and tighter so all that managed to come out of my mouth was a "Mmhm."

He slid both hands in his pockets, acting nervous, as if he was going to ask me out on a first date or something. "What does Caden do that I don't?" I froze; taken by surprise.

"What do you mean?" I croaked stupidly. His hands flew out of his pockets and flew in the air, making me flinch a little.

"I saw you two in the cabin, so I'm asking you, what does Caden do that I don't?" His voice rose in frustration, but quickly died down into a whisper. "What did I do wrong?"

If my heart was working, what he said would have stopped it, and broken it in half. I frowned, wishing he knew everything and wishing that he would just understand it all and not get upset, but I knew he would.

"I need to tell you something." I rushed and babbled without thinking.

What am I doing? I thought to myself.

"Well actually I need to tell you a lot of things." His dark eyebrows rose, almost in excitement but his eyes stayed the same; hurt.

"You know Caden is a vampire right?" I wanted to start everything off slow, and tell him the easy stuff first. He looked towards the ground and shook his head 'yes'.

I took a deep breath, which he seemed to notice and started to pace back and forth, creating a path in the tall grass.

"Caden is well—"He paused in his tracks and his voice faintly appeared in my head. Your boyfriend. He thought. I started to shake my head vigorously. "No, No. Caden is defiantly not my boyfriend. Aidan, the one who claimed me, Caden is his twin brother." My eyes were half closed and my body tensed; waiting for a reaction. Still half closed, and in the partial darkness of night, I could still see the blood run from his tan face, as his expression changed from shock to anger.

"You mean to tell me, Caden is his twin brother and you have been hanging out with him?" His voice rose, causing a bird to fly out of nearby trees.

"Well yeah, but he's not evil Collin." I quickly muttered, trying to save myself and hoping he would understand. A deep growl started to form in his chest and he gave me an evil glare.

"How do you know that?" The growl intensified. "You could have been killed Victoria!" I flinched as he reached for me, but before he touched me he grabbed the air, knowing he shouldn't hurt me. He took two giant steps and cradled my face in his large hands.

"All this time, I thought you were his girlfriend or something. But actually you were hanging out with a killer." He laughed a booming laugh after seeing my frightened expression. "To tell you the truth I would have rather you be his girlfriend than his play toy." He laughed once again, but quickly stopped when I moved my head from his hands and started to walk away.

"Collin, he's not like that. He's a vampire hunter." I paused in front of my book bag and turned to face him. "He's against everything Aidan has done. He hunts people who go around claiming people for fun, or killing humans as a hobby. He's helping me with everything that has been going on with me."

Oopps, said too much. I turned back around; wide eyed.

"And what has been going on with you that I don't know about?" He asked. I lightly smacked myself in the head for making this stupid mistake. But I guess it's better now than never.

"Well—" How do I start this off? I thought to myself. "—it started the first day I got back to the house. I found a letter from Alaric, Aidan's 'leader', telling me that all of us need to leave and move somewhere else. He was warning me that Aidan would be back for me, and that he will kill anybody that gets in his way, no matter if it's family." I shuttered at the thought of Andrew and Abigail seeing the eyes of Aidan as he killed them. "I selfishly kept the letter from everyone because I didn't want to move. It would have meant that I had to move away from you. I was starting to have somewhat a normal life, and I didn't want that taken away from me. Anyways, I had already put my family through so much; I didn't want to have them move." I bent down and opened my book bag in which I grabbed a copy of Alaric's letter from a long time ago. Handing it over to Collin, I continued my story.

"Yesterday, when I left class to go and get something from the office, it was a rose." He paused from reading the letter and glared at me. I didn't need him in my head to know what he was thinking, which I knew he was wondering why I haven't told him this before. "It was a rose from Aidan, telling me that he was back from Italy and that I will see him soon. And then that same day—" I bent down to my book bag again and pulled out Aidan's letter, handing it to him, plus the flashlight, even though I knew he didn't need it. "—I got a letter from Aidan telling me that he has our life planned out for us, and that he will be here soon enough so we can spend all eternity together." I wrapped my arms around my body, feeling a little shaken up from all the events that had taken place in such a short time.

When he finished the letters, he folded them neatly and placed them on my bag; not saying a word. I gulped, loud enough for the whole world to hear, and held my breath. When he spoke, a weight was lifted off of my shoulders, even if he was going to yell or scream.

"I don't understand why you never told me this." He folded his arms as well, but I know it wasn't from being shaken up, he was angry. "You put your family lives I dange—" I held my hands up. "I know, I know. I got the same speech from Caden. You—" It was his turn to interrupt me.

"I don't care if you have already heard it, or who you heard it from. Think of Abigail, or Andrew. You could have killed them from not telling anybody anything. Heck, you should be living all the way across the world by now." My opened mouth closed abruptly. My knees failed me once again and gave out, causing me to fall to the ground. I didn't brace myself for impact, I just fell. I didn't seem to care anymore. Reality hit me in the face, and it hit hard.

As I knelt beside my book bag, Collin did the same and began brushing my hair out of my face. He started to kiss my forehead over and over again before whispering, "I didn't want to say that, but you needed to hear it." He gently kissed me once again. "Don't worry we can fix this."

He stood up and reached in his pocket to grab his cell phone; it caught me by surprise. "What are you doing?" I asked in horror. He paused in mid-dialing and stared at me wide eyed.

"What do you mean, 'what am I doing?'" He repeated in question. I reached out vampire speed and grabbed his phone, closing it quickly. "You can't call Daniel and Kyle—" I tossed the phone on my book bag. "—at least not yet." I finished. He still stared at me wide eyed, as if I was some strange creature from another planet. His hands fell to his sides in defeat.

"You need to let me take control now. You have already screwed up, Tori. We need to tell them everything." He said softly, almost making it seem like he didn't want to hurt my feelings. I really wanted to stomp off and run away from him and never talk to him again, but everything he was telling me was true.

"Well—" I paused and pretended to be thinking about whether or not I should let him, but I already made up my mind. "—fine, but I think we should get a meeting together with everyone and I'll explain everything." I negotiated. He shook his head in agreement and held out his hand; wanting the phone. So I reached down, swiped it up and placed it slowly and gently in his hands, which he grinned in triumphant.

He dialed a few numbers and waited for someone to pick up, which in seconds I heard Daniel pick up and greeted Collin with a 'hello?'

"Hey Daniel, It's me Collin." He waited for a response.

"Yeah, I'm actually with Tori—" He was interrupted in mid-sentence, which Daniel's voice raised and I could hear his voice from where I was standing. "Where is she? Kelly and Chris are worried sick about her!"

"I know, we will explain later. We just need to get everyone together,--"Interrupted once more. "—yes, everyone, including Kelly and Chris, I think they need to hear this too." He shook his head; agreeing to something.

"We will be there in about ten minutes." Then he clicked the phone shut. He turned towards me, still looking exhausted, and with the same hurt eyes as before.

"Tori, I know this will be hard for you. But know that I'm here for you." He walked closer, reaching out a hand; ready for me to take. But my mind seemed to have wanted to go a different route, which involved the image of Collin kissing Katie running through my head. Which I knew, Collin saw it too. His hand fell to his side, and his eyes lowered to the ground as he picked up my book bag. He stuffed the flashlight, and closed it up without a word.

I felt bad, but he should know that I won't get over it and forget it that quickly. He was already breaking out into a jog when I finally started to walk in his direction. I was defiantly not ready for what was ahead.

When we made it to the edge of my lawn, we started to walk. Collin kept to himself the whole run, and so did I. We hopped over the railing of the porch and he held the door open for me like a gentlemen that he is.

I took a deep breath as I stepped into the brightly lit house; hearing murmurs from the family room. There was a slight pause as I stepped into the view of Kelly and Chris and five intensely staring werewolves. Kelly was the first to make a move as she hopped off the couch with her arms spread wide and a bright smile spread across her face.

She hugged me tightly, with Chris followed right behind her. "Oh Victoria, we were terrified. Where have you been? Are you hurt?" Her motherly instincts kicked in as she started to examine my arms and face to check for any wounds, but then she remembered that I was a vampire. Chris stepped in front of her with his arms crossed. "You had your mother worried sick about you."

I shrugged. "I told you guys in the letter not to worry about me, and that I was fine." I argued.

Daniel rose from the couch, stopping the conversation which I know would soon turn into a lecture. "Collin told me that you had something important to talk about." He stood in place, which I knew he wanted me to go into the living room where everyone was and talk to them. I slowly walked into the living room, and I could hear Collin's big steps follow right behind.

When I stood in front of all the werewolves, which I haven't seen in a while, my throat started to close up, making it hard to talk. But I cleared my throat and started to tell them everything.

Nobody interrupted me while I told them the whole story. There were only a few gasps from Kelly and a few growls from one or two werewolves, which was a good thing.

When I was finished, they all stared, probably having a million questions going through their head, wondering which one to ask.

Kyle was the first. "So you have been hanging out with Aidan's 'twin brother'?" He asked, almost in a rude way. But I sucked it up and shook my head. Collin started to defend me and described how Caden has been helping me and how he's a vampire hunter himself. Few liked the fact that he was helping me, but the others didn't trust him as much.

"Why didn't you tell us all this before?" Kelly whispered from across the room. "You put all of us in danger." She added with her eyes wide. Before I could answer, Chris wrapped his arm around her shoulders; walking her out of the living room.

I hung my head in shame while images of the family and the first day I arrived here, at the Blaine family's house, played through my head. Part of the night with Collin also played, followed by the smiling faces that surrounded me and sang to me on my birthday.

"I didn't want to lose that. I didn't want to ruin everyone's lives." I turned to Collin. "I didn't want to lose you." I whispered. "I should have told everyone, I'm sorry." It became too quiet. Only the rustling of dishes in the kitchen echoed through the house.

I wanted to run non-stop and never come back, the silence was becoming unbearable.

"Well, I don't think we should be upset about what she hasn't told us. I think we should start looking for the son-of-a-bitch and wipe him off of the planet!" Daniel's voice rose, causing me to flinch a little. But everyone else seemed to be on the same page as Daniel. They rose from their seats and started to high five each other; except Collin.

He was leaning up against the wall, one foot propped up and with his arms across his chest. Hurt was still present in his hazel eyes, with a worried expression spread across his tan face. Collin. I thought.

His head slowly turned towards me and his eyes began to smile a bit, but when interrupted by Daniel, it went back to the thing that I hated, hurt.

"You got the letter yesterday, so that means he must be around here." Daniel started to pace as he thought of the possibilities of where Aidan could be.

Should I tell them that I saw Aidan? I thought to myself. I shouldn't be keeping anything from them.

A piercing pain started to form by my neck, where Aidan had bit me. I wrapped my hand around it and pretended that nothing was happening. "Guys," I paused, taking a deep breath and trying to ease the pain. "When I was out in the woods, Collin knows where I'm talking about, Aidan found me." Daniel stopped pacing and stared, while everyone started to take their seats again.

"I was just laying there in the grass and he crept up on me. He started to tell me that everything will change and that we will be back together soon." The pain started to get worse. It felt like a million needles were pinning the same place, and fire was burning them into my neck. I grabbed harder, trying to ignore it so no one would ask questions. But Collin caught me off guard.

He bounced off the wall and pointed a finger in my face. "Aidan was there right before I came and you never told me!?" He voice was higher than it has ever been, and anger took over the hurt and worry I saw before. "Why didn't you tell me?" He was less than an arm length away, which I could feel the anger pouring off of him.

When I opened my mouth the answer he stopped me. "If you had told me, I could have stopped him." His voice wasn't as loud but his teeth grinded together and a growl started to form in his chest; still telling me he was angry.

Mike stood up from the couch and put a hand on his shoulder and brought him back to the couch next to him.

"Collin's right, why didn't you tell him?" Kyle asked.

I bit my tongue slightly from the pain. "Aidan talked about Collin, saying he didn't like the fact that I'm a girlfriend to a werewolf, and that was going to change soon." I bit my tongue once again. "I didn't want Collin to get hurt, okay!" A huge shooting pain shot up my neck and in my head causing me to raise my voice at the end of the sentence.

Collin was glaring at me, but his eyes softened and he shook his head.

"Collin you know you wouldn't have been able to take Aidan on yourself." Mike quickly stated. Collin just crossed his arms and took his eyes off of me; staring at the wall.

The pain started to increase, the burning started to spread through my neck and down my body. The prickling of needles returned also, spreading into my head and burning my eyes. I wrapped my arms around my head, which the burning made my knees give out so I fell to the floor. I didn't notice anyone else around me; it was as if everything was muted. Then a familiar voice appeared loud and clear.

You shouldn't have told anyone anything. Growled Aidan. Now you have put everyone in more danger than they already were. You screwed up again Victoria, and now you're going to have to fix it. Meet me upstairs in your room, and don't tell anyone unless you want precious Abigail to be killed.

Everything went away; the fire, the piercing needles, and the frantic voices of the werewolves surrounding me came back.

"Tori, are you alright?" Cried Collin. He was brushing my hair out of my face and held onto my hand. "Tori, please say something!" He pleaded.

I looked around at the seven pairs of eyes staring at me, wondering what was going on.

"I'm—" I let go of Collin's tight grip around my hand and started to get up. "—I'm fine." I claimed. They all moved to give me my space as I stood; all had the same curious expression.

"I had a shooting pain in my head." I wrapped my arms around my body. "It's nothing, I'm fine." Collin had the expression he always had on when he knew I was lying. "I just think I need to go to bed early tonight." I stepped around Daniel and Caleb; heading towards the stairs.

"That's probably a good idea. We all need to get to bed early so were fresh for the early morning." Daniel declared to everyone. I continued my way up the stairs; trying to ignore my shaking knees. When I walked through the hallway, I paused at Abigail and Andrew's door; listening closely. I started to hear Kelly's voice as she read Peter Pan, and Abigail's high pitched laughter, joined by Andrew's laughter. Relief seemed to have washed over me. He didn't get to her. I thought. But if he did, he would have had to kill Kelly to get to Abigail, maybe even Andrew too. I shook the thoughts and images out of my head as I walked to my door.

I paused, hoping I would be able to hear something; but it sounded as if no one was there. A faint smell of my perfume crept through the doors cracks. So I opened the door slowly and walked into the pitch black room. The only source of light was the moon, which didn't even bright up half the room. I closed the door and stood with my back against my door; waiting for my eyes to adjust and for him to appear. The light on my desk brightened up the room, which revealed him sitting in my desk chair with his feet propped up; looking comfortable. He stood with grace, taking steps towards me with such flow.

"Glad you came." He said sarcastically. He stopped two feet in front of me with his usual smirk. "I was hoping you would. I didn't want to interrupt the reading of Peter Pan. The smile on Abigail's face was too adorable to interrupt the story."

I clenched my fists, wanting so badly to rip him to shreds. But deep down, I knew I wouldn't be able to get in one punch without him killing me instantly.

He turned his back to me, walking towards the bed, and sat down. "I hope you don't mind. I used your perfume so the dogs wouldn't smell my scent." He kicked his shoes off and fell back on the bed.

"Why are you here Aidan?" I hissed. Aidan sat up, with his head cocked to the side.

"Because you decide to tell your little 'buddies' of everything that has been going on." He rose from the bed; walking towards me and stopping inches from my face. "When you should have just kept it all to yourself and dealt with it." He spat before growling. "Now you have put everyone in more danger than they would have been. How do you feel about that?" He asked angrily.

But I didn't have an answer to that. I didn't really know what I was feeling. I had too many emotions running through me like a continuous river. Confusion, defeat, hurt, sad, depressed, worried; all of them jumbled up together, running uncontrollably.

"I'm sorry." I whispered. He reached up and brushed a piece of my hair out of my eyes, and in return, his eyes softened behind his black, side swiped hair.

"Tori, I get upset because I want to have a wonderful life together. I claimed you for a reason; I just don't understand why you can't accept the facts that were together now." His voice was gentle, back to the way it was after he claimed me; making me feel more like I was actually something and not nothing.

"I know, I shouldn't have told them anything. It's just going to take me a while to adjust." I lied. Aidan wasn't as good at picking up on my lying like Collin is; which I'm happy about.

"As long as you can accept it, I'm okay with however long it takes you to adjust." He lightly grabs a hold of my left hand and reaches into his pocket. I wanted to swipe my hand away, but I just wanted him out of here, so I did whatever he wanted. When he got what he needed, he slipped the 'claiming ring' on my ring finger; followed by a bright smile spreading across his face. He released my hand and softly cradled his hands around my face. He moved in closer with his eyes closed, and he tenderly kissed me on the lips and nothing more.

"I'm going to leave, you need your sleep." He released my face and started walking towards the window-doors.

"Wait." I said a little too loud. He stopped in his tracks and turned around. "What happened to me when you were in my head?" I had to ask, I was too curious.

His head cocked to the side and shook his head. "When I'm mad at you, I can put you through pain. But I can only put you through pain where I bit you, but if you get me too angry, it will spread through your whole body." He explained it as if it was some cool, interesting game he got; which made me a little agitated.

He shrugged and turned back around, then paused after opening the window-door. "I will be back to see you tomorrow afternoon." A bright smile appeared across his face. "Goodnight my love." And in seconds he was up and over my balcony.

I slowly and weakly walked over and closed my window-doors. But soon after I just fell onto my bed and turned off the light, not caring about my pajamas.

I'm so mentally exhausted. I thought to myself. I can't take this anymore. I can't put their lives in danger anymore either. I sat in the dark for a while, wondering about my options. Maybe I should just go with Aidan and just leave the family. They wouldn't be in any danger, and they wouldn't have to worry about me. I loved the idea of them not being in anymore danger, but I couldn't think of me living without them. But I love them too much. I crawled under the covers, and snuggled more into my pillow, wishing I would fall asleep quickly.

Granting my wish, my mind and everything else started to slowly shut down, causing me to fall into a deep sleep.

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My eyes slowly opened, which revealed my alarm clocks bright red colors, telling me that it was way too early to be awake. 2:43 am? Ugh. Trying to fall back asleep, I started to close my eyes and roll on my side, but something caught my attention. It wasn't a smell I was used to.

My eyes flashed open and I quickly sat up in bed, trying to catch whoever was here, off guard. I pulled the covers off of me and let my feet rest against the soft carpet. When I got some confidence I stood up slowly and started to walk towards the door. When I made it halfway, I heard something.

A breath.

I swiftly turned around, revealing a dark figure which punched me right in the gut. I bent down; clutching my stomach and wishing the pain would stop so I could hurt whoever it was. But before I could stand back up, the dark figure punched me in the face, causing me to fall to floor. One arm was wrapped around my stomach and the other, holding the spot where he punched me. The pain was excruciating and I wondered when it would go away, but it seemed it would never disappear.

The dark figure stood over me and took a shot at my face again, hitting me once more. As I was fading in and out of unconsciousness, for some odd reason all I could think about was my mother. You're the one who causes all this. I directed towards her. My body went limp, and my mind disappeared into complete darkness.

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Before opening my eyes, I made sure I had all my limbs. I would rather find out before seeing it. I tried moving my arms, but they seemed to be bound together behind me. Not again. I thought. I checked my feet, they weren't tied and it seemed that I still had both of them. Thank god.

Part of me was curious to see where I was. But the other half didn't want to reveal what hellish place I was in this time.

Listening to the bad side, I slowly opened my eyes. A bright light was shining from above, causing me to squint a little, but I was still able to see my surroundings. I was sitting next to a middle sized metal table with one other chair on the other side; in the middle of a small grey room. One door was toward the far corner of the room, and a small mirror window you see in law type shows was right in front of me, on the other side of the table.

I can't be at a police station. They wouldn't just sneak into my room and knock me out. Would they? I wondered to myself.

The door jiggled as I stared wide-eyed at it; unsure of who it could be on the other side of the door. The door opened, revealing a gorgeous man in a dark business type suit. He had pale skin and dark black eyes; clashing with his bright, short blond hair. He wasn't muscular, or as tall as the werewolves, and he had to be in his mid-twenties.

"Hello Victoria. I'm Jack." He stated politely. He sat in the other seat with a friendly smile. "Don't worry, were the good guys."I guess he could tell from the horrified expression that I was afraid he was going to hurt or kill me. "What am I doing here?" I wondered aloud.

He smiled even bigger, making him seem a little creepier. "We will get to that later. I would like for you to meet someone." He turned around and nodded toward the mirror.

I looked towards the door immediately, wondering who it could be. The door started to jiggle, and as it opened, my breath caught and a light growl started to form in my chest.

"Mother." I whispered.


Haha, yeahh. Another cliffy. But yes, it's her mother. And you will just have to find out why she's at that place with Victoria in the next chapter.

I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. It was a long one. This chapter showed you how everything is getting tense between everyone, and how crazy Tori is getting with everything that's happening.

But there is only two more chapters left, and they are both EXCITING chapters. I am really excited to write them and post them. :D

Well until next time... See ya!

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