Chapter 5
The days came and went, and before I knew it, a week had passed. I also realized as I read the paper one day, that we were in Seattle, the site of several murders. It took me a minute to figure out that we were the cause. What could we do really? There wasn't another option. We tried to keep it inconspicuous, but the two others added to our group made that harder. Riley often had to get after Tessa and John, usually resulting in a limb lost. They were stupid, cocky, always goofing off. It seemed like they wanted to get killed. Maybe they did.
Kayla and I became closer, talking all day and hunting together at night. We were favorites of Victoria, so Riley didn't come with us to hunt anymore. Kayla talked a lot about her past. She'd lived in Portland with her mom, dad, sister Ashley and brother James. It was just two days after her 17th birthday that she was changed. She asked about my past. My answer was simple.
"I don't remember anything."
Sometimes, Kayla and I would listen to Riley and Victoria's conversations. It seemed that Victoria wanted to destroy the golden eyes that lived west of here, in a small town. Riley apparently spied on them and they were going to come back to check on something or someone in about one month. We had to be ready.
Today, two more humans were bitten, Megan and Daniel. I didn't really want to talk to anybody, so I went into my room. Paramore and Pride and Prejudice, I'd figured out, were good ways to drown out screaming.
"Bella?" Victoria poked her head in my door.
"Hmm." I muttered, uninterested. She came and sat on the end of my bed.
"You seem upset." I pulled my headphones out of my ears.
"Kinda. Life is getting repetitive. Talk to Kayla, read, wait until nightfall, eat some humans, listen to the newly bitten scream. It's boring." She laughed.
"It won't be boring for long sweetie. I'm thinking that we'll attack the yellow eyes soon. I can't plan anything though."
"Why not?"
"It's hard to explain." And just like that, the subject was dropped.