Note : Short little filler chapter, dealing with the major contendors for the big conflict. I know the nomadic thing has been done a lot, but I'm going to be doing it a little differently. I just need to figure out how... LOL


(Normal POV)

"What is that smell?"

"Smells like werewolf and vampire to me."

"Wait, what's that? It smells so delicious!"

Three people wandered down the path. They were lean, beautiful people with incredibly pale skin and blood red eyes. One was a female with long, flaming red hair dressed in ragged jeans and a t-shirt. The second was a caucasian male with long blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail and torn jeans, and the last was an african american male with long, black dreadlocks, a tan leather vest and tanned leather pants as well.

They stopped at one point, sniffing the air casually.

"You're right. It smells wonderful, but it's mixed in with the vampires and werewolves." The red headed female smirked, but it faded as she sneezed, her sensitive nose burning from the smell of wet dog.

The african american male nodded. "You're right, Victoria. But...aren't vampires and werewolves enemies? How come I smell no blood, and see no remains from a fire?" His ruby eyes scanned the ground closely, stopping on the half degraded remainds of freesia petals. Picking one up, he sniffed cautiously. "The vampire and human scents are intermingled."

"It's coming from this direction." The blonde male took off on the lead, running up to the back of a small house. There was a red truck in the driveway, but no heartbeats singalled the presence of anyone in the home. "It's empty." He jumped up and scaled the walls, stopping at a closed window. Tugging on it, he growled when he found it was locked, and tugged harder, destroying the window frame and crawling inside.

His two companions were right behind him, and they quickly scouted the room, small growls of immense thirst echoing through the small space.

"Truly delicious." The black male picked up a picture. "In multiple senses of the word." He showed the picture to the others, of a teenage girl with an older man and woman.

"It's the girl's room, James." Victoria muttered, pulling out a long blue gown. Her frown grew as she carefully sniffed it. "And the vampire's been around for a while." She held out the gown to the blonde male, James, who sniffed it with a confused look.

"And he didn't just drink her? Intriguing."

"To you, Laurent. I'll admit I'm curious, but considering all the animal carcasses we've come across, I'm certain they were animal drinkers." James stalked through the room, breathing the scent deeply, as if it was precious to him. "A human and a vampire." He sneered in disgust. "They're only good for one thing, and that's food."

"Why don't we find her?"

"Her scent's old. I doubt she's around anymore." Laurent looked around and then quickly left the room via the window. He was back moments later. "I followed the scent through the woods to an old mansion, and it's empty. I smelled several vampires there. There's still no scent of blood, but the scent of the girl was there, too. Where ever they went, I believe she's with them."

James smirked. This could be fun. Vampires with a human, and they didn't drink her? She must be important to them for some reason. He'd been around for a while, and was bored with the constant feed and run. I want that girl, but how to get to her...? He looked at the picture and smirked. Maybe...those other people can help. If nothing else, this could prove to be an interesting game.

With a final sniff of the room, he turned and fled into the woods, with his companions on his heels. The entire time, his mind was hatching a plot to find that girl.


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