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Chapter 16

Sara

I was just about as surprised at the revelation as she seemed to be. "I thought you were dead," Sara said.

"Not dead," I replied. "Just a vampire." Sara gave me a hug. It hurt due to her newborn strength.

"Sorry," Sara replied, when she saw me grimace.

"Just your newborn strength. It only lasts a year. I just recommend you being careful with it."

"I'll try to remember."

"Hello, other vampire here," said Nick. "Will you mind filling me in?"

"Nick, this is my cousin, Sara. Sara, this is my mate Nick."

"Cousin?" asked Nick.

"Our mothers are sisters," I replied.

"I thought we were 11 years apart. Now you look only two years older than me."

"That's the thing about vampires, we don't age."

"Wait until everyone learns you are," started Sara but then she saw the expression on my face. "I don't get to see my family again, do I?"

"I'm afraid not," Nick replied.

"So what now?"

"Well, I'm assuming you want to do something about that burning in your throat?" I asked.

"What is that?"

"It means you are thirsty," said Nick.

"So does this mean I have to kill a human?"

"No," I replied with a smile. "Nick and I and several others only feed on the blood of animals. We call ourselves vegetarians. I'm assuming you don't want to kill humans?"

"You assumed correctly," Sara replied. "So how do we hunt?"

"Well, first we have to find something to eat. We'll find some deer, as they'll be a good starter for you." We ran a short distance to find a herd of deer. Sara had been hesitant at first of the idea of running, but once she got started she loved every minute of it.

I stayed with Sara as Nick demonstrated. "Just let your instincts do the work for you." Before I knew it, Sara pounced and took down a deer. When she was done, her appearance reminded me of how Nick looked his first time. Her already beat up clothes looked, if it was possible, even more beat up. In my opinion, she looked like she came out on the wrong end of a fight with a lion.

"I'm still thirsty," she said.

"You're still young." This time, I joined her in hunting, and brought down the biggest buck of the herd.

"How are your clothes still neat?"

"Practice. Sara, I've been a vampire for almost a decade."

"What about Nick?"

"I changed him last year." We continued hunting until Sara said she was full.

"So what now?"

"Well, we have a permanent residence down in South Dakota. We live with two other vampires who are vegetarians. You are welcome to come with us."

"I'd like that. Besides, I have some catching up to do with my favorite cousin."

"Nice to see that hasn't changed." Even with our age difference, we had been real close. We made our way south. At the border, Nick went ahead to prepare Tom and Karen, while Sara and I caught up. I was interested in learning how my family was doing. Apparently, my dad had died of a heart attack a year ago. I had to stop for a bit when she shared this news. I also found out that I had 7 more nieces and nephews, which brought my total to 12. I also learned that Caitlyn had named her oldest daughter after me.

We reached the house and found Tom, Karen and Nick waiting on the front porch for us. "Tom, Karen, this is my cousin, Sara. Sara this is Tom and Karen, my parents for all human intents and purposes."

"It is a pleasure to meet you," said Karen.

"Likewise," said Tom.

"It is a pleasure meeting you as well," Sara replied. We led her inside and gave her a quick tour of the house. We gave her a small bedroom right next to the one I shared with Nick.

"We'll let you get adjusted," I said.

"Can we talk?" she asked as I started to leave.

"Yeah." I turned around and shut the door. I sat down on the bed, it was a guest room, right next to her. "What do you want to talk about?"

"Why did you save me?"

"I will say this, I honestly did not recognize you."

"I guess eleven years can do that to you."

"Yeah. I just wanted to help you."

"Well, thank you."

"Out of curiosity, what happened to you?"

"I don't remember a lot. I was out riding my bike around town when I got jumped. I was knocked from my bike, gagged, blindfold, tied up and thrown in the trunk of a car. I spare you the details, but I was beaten and raped. I don't remember anything after that. That is until the burning started."

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"One thing that went through my mind was the fact that I could get pregnant."

"Well, you don't have to worry about that."

"Why?"

"Vampire women can't get pregnant."

"Why not?"

"Our bodies are frozen in time. Since our bodies need to change to get pregnant, and our bodies can't, we cannot get pregnant."

"Well that stinks.

"You get used to it after awhile. I would have loved more than anything to have a child, but I have learned to live without the possibility."

"Thanks for the talk. I'd like some alone time." I gave my cousin a hug and then left her room.

As I walked into my room to find Nick reading, I couldn't help but smile. I was truly glad that someone I had someone from my human family.

A/N. Please R&R. Hope you are enjoying. So Chloe and Sara are cousins. Since I began writing Chapter 14, I began thinking about the future of this story and possibilities for the Floyd Coven. I will say this, it will expand some more. I'm not saying how much or who (right now I have a tentative decision on that). Don't know when they'll join. This story is moving a little faster than I expected. 3 posts in one day is not a first for me, but I knew what I was doing.

Preview: I'm going to jump ahead a year and a half. Reason being, is one, there is not much to Sara's first year, and two, I have more ideas for further in the in-story timeline.