CHAPTER 2

Scared Of The Light

Aly walked over to her bed and held the rose up to her nose. She took in its wonderful yet deadly fragrance. Looking the envelope over she noticed what appeared to be a blood stain on the front of it. Slowly she turned to envelope over and started to open it.

"Aly! Come down here now, you're going to be late for school!" Quickly she stuffed the letter in her pocket and ran downstairs. Running out to her mother's car she stopped to grab her book bag.

Pulling up to the school Aly knew all to well, she wasn't paying any attention to her mother's comments about her attire, but instead thinking about all that happened yesterday night.

Aly walked the hallways, not paying any attention to where she was going, but some how managing not to run into anyone in the process. Managing to get through all her morning classes with out zooming out, Aly walked to lunch.

"Aly, over here!" Quickly snapping her head in the direction of the voice, all met the eyes of her friend Hallie.

"HALLIE?" She yelled. "WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT? WHERE DID YOU GUYS GO?"

"Aly, we were scared about you. We thought something happened, and then we just went home, thinking you went home too."

"Well you scared me. Why did you leave me?" Aly questioned sitting next to Hallie.

"Aly, you left us." Hallie answered. Aly stared at her friend. Something was different about her, but Aly didn't know what.

Aly ran to her house after school. Running upstairs she locked herself in her room, finally alone, able to read the letter. Tearing it open she threw the envelope on the floor and read the note aloud to herself.
Aly

You are not safe. I will try to protect you all I can, but they are getting stronger everyday. They are watching you. While you sleep and while you are awake. They are the wind through your hair, and your shadow on the ground. Pleases believe me; you can't trust anyone, but me. Not your friends not your family. You have to trust me. They will stop it nothing so that you do not expose the existence of our kind, even if it means killing you. You will most likely not ever see me, but I will watch over you.

Forever and always yours

Gerard

Aly stopped and looked around her room, wondering if all the things Gerard said were true. Just then she heard the door downstairs slam shut.