Part 7

"You guys got anything good to tell me?" Leandra asked as Miria and Deanna joined her at lunch period.

She hadn't seen the new girl since that first class, but that didn't mean the problem of her was going to go away, She didn't expect it to.

"So far all we've managed to get is her name," Miria said with a sigh.

"And her class schedule," Deanna said proudly.

"Her name's Sephra Redfern," Miria told her.

"She's on the same schedule as the freak," Deanna added.

Leandra drummed her nails on the table top. A Redfern? That only made things worse.

"So she's one of us," Deanna went on. "Do we rescue her from the freak?"

"Redferns and freaks are a dangerous combination," Miria pointed out.

Leandra wasn't sure. She didn't like the idea of a Redfern in the group. Just because they were the top class vampire family they all thought they were God's gift to vampirism.

Unless the new girl was a damned Daybreaker. It didn't seem likely, but you never could tell.

"We need to se what she's like," she said finally. "Talk to her, check her out before we made any decisions." She stopped, noticing the looks on her friends' faces. "What?"

"You're not going to like this," Miria said, pointing across the cafeteria to where Rylan was sitting with Sephra and Caprice.

"What the hell does he think he's doing?" Leandra demanded, outraged.

Rylan could blow everything. He was going to spoil all their fun.

"Maybe we should just kill him," Deanna suggested lazily. "We can call some friends who can make it look like a vampire hunter attack..."

"No," Leandra snapped. This was so unfair. Some new girl came and thought she could just *take* over? If they killed a Redfern, they could risk starting a war with the other vampire families.

"So you're just going to *sit* back and let this girl walk all over Rylan?" Miria asked, her disgust apparent.
Leandra scowled, shaking her head. "I'll think of something," she hissed with determination. "She won't get away with this."

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