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"Jesus, Nikki, why didn't you tell me before?" Edgar asked as he sat beside me on the sofa I was officially staying on for the second time since I met him. He rang my house and told Michael what had happened and said he was taking me back to his in case Adam might try something when I was on my way to my own house. Edgar handed me a glass of water which I took with shaking fingers, I was still a little freaked out by the whole thing.

"I don't know." I confessed after I took a sip, my voice was rough from crying and no doubt I looked a mess, but I didn't care.

"Well at least now we know, and we can do something about it." He said and I turned to him in confusion.

"What are you gonna do?"

"For now, you're not going anywhere by yourself. That's for sure, even if I hadn't suggested it Michael and Sam definitely would have. We're also keeping an eye out for him, if you see him anywhere you have to come and find one of us immediately and we'll sort it out." he said and I set the glass down before turning and taking his hands in mine.

"Edgar, this isn't a game. Adam's far worse than David, I know that already, and he won't stop until he finds out where his brother is. What if he finds out Michael killed him? I don't give a shit what happens to me, but what if he finds out that you guys killed the vampires? He might have ten or twenty friends that could be on their way here right now to-" I was broken off in the middle of my hysterical rant by Edgar wrapping his arms around me, I buried my head in his chest for what seemed like the tenth time tonight and took a few deep breaths, this whole thing was making me crazy.

"Listen to me." he said when he pulled back and brushed away yet another stupid tear that had fallen, "we'll be fine. We've done this before and we can do it again. This asshole isn't getting anywhere near you or your family. I promise." he said and I nodded before pressing my lips to his, he kissed me back softly and for a few seconds I could forget. When he pulled back I wanted nothing more than to continue, but no matter how much I wanted to ignore everything going on around us, this was just another thing we had to deal with. Most couples never have to deal with the prospect of vengeful vampires trying to kill them or their families, but we're the exception. Lucky us.

"Do you want me to stay down here with you for a while?" he asked but I shook my head, he needed sleep and so did I.

"No, I'll be fine. I'll see you in the morning." I said and he nodded before kissing my forehead and reluctantly left me on the couch.

"Night." he said and I smiled as he shut the door, remembering the first night I stayed here and how I really had no idea what was going on. I rolled my eyes with a sigh before unfolding the spare duvet and laying the pillows Edgar had left down on the couch before settling down and falling into a sleep I hoped would bring me some release from this nightmare.

The boardwalk was completely empty, fog filling the walkway down through the centre of the boardwalk. It was eerily quiet; I couldn't hear anything except my frenzied heartbeat and panicked breathing. I had the familiar feeling that I was being watched, but it looked like I was the only one here. Every so often I'd catch a glimpse of something moving out of the corner of my eye, but I'd turn and nothing would be there. eventually I increased my pace to a jog as I made my way around the boardwalk, I always seemed to come back to the main street, nothing changed the first few times, but the last time there was something very different.

A figure stood at the end of the boardwalk, their silhouette outlined by the lights of the boardwalk, but since the shop lights were all off it was hard for me to tell who it was, but I had a felling. just as I took a step to try and close the fifty-foot distance between us he turned and walked away, I tried to follow but he had all but disappeared.

"NIKKI!" a voice screamed desperately from somewhere and I froze as the voice registered with my memory: Sam.

"Sam!" I called and took off running, but I had already forgotten where the voice had come from.

"Nikki!" another voice called, this time it was Michael's. I skidded to a stop before taking off in the direction of his voice, again finding nothing.

"Mike? Mike!" I called and a voice answered with my name, this time it was Mom's. Again when I started running it was as if her voice had come from five different directions at once. I stood rooted to the spot as call after call of my name sounded through the air, each time it was a different member of my family calling for me. Then it was Star, and then Alan, but one voice had me running in pure panic.

"Nikki, help!" Edgar's voice was filled with fear, it sounded so unnatural for him to be this scared that I lost it, calling for him as I ran to where I had heard his voice, his had been the only I could pin-point to one certain area. I skidded to a stop as I walked to the entrance of the alleyway where his voice had calling from, staring in horror at what I was seeing.

Adam dropped Edgar's limp body at his feet, his eyes wild and excited as he smiled at me, his fangs and lips glimmering in the moonlight with fresh blood. Edgar lay motionless at his feet, a small trickle of blood was flowing from his neck, it seemed like Adam had gotten fairly close to draining him dry. Adam emitted a low chuckle almost identical to his brother's, a deep one filled with cruelty. Faster than I could blink he closed the distance between us and had me by the throat against the alley wall, the bricks digging into my back painfully as I stood trapped against them. Adam's yellow eyes bore into mine and his lip curled up in a smirk. That was the last thing I saw before he lunged for my throat and everything went black.

I woke with a scream which cut off as I realised where I was, and that I had been dreaming. I panted as I tried to calm myself down; it was all just a freaking dream. My heart jumped slightly as I heard a clatter on the stairs before the door to the living room burst open and Edgar and Alan stood at the door in their pyjamas armed with stakes, they held them in the air as they scanned the room before they stared at me in bewilderment.

"What happened?" Alan demanded, still searching the room for some unseen threat.

"False alarm, it was a bad dream. Sorry to wake everyone up." I said sheepishly and they lowered their stakes with a sigh of relief.

"I'm away back to bed. Night, Nikki." Alan said with a yawn as he headed back upstairs and I winced as Edgar yawned as well.

"Sorry about that. I probably woke your parent too."

"Nah, a train wreck couldn't wake them." Edgar assured me as he sat on the couch beside me, I leaned into his side and he wrapped an arm around me.

"So what happened in this bad dream?" he asked and I shrugged.

"It was nothing, just a bit freaky."

"Was it the bloodsucker?" He asked and I smiled slightly, Edgar's hate for vampires would probably increase ten-fold now thanks to Adam.

"Yeah, I know I have nothing to worry about with you guys, still, it was a little scary." I confessed sheepishly.

"Well you're fine now. And you will be fine. No leech gets to mess with my girlfriend." He said and I chuckled before leaning my head on his shoulder.

"Do you mind if I take you up on your offer for staying here with me for a while?" I asked hesitantly and he nodded.

"Sure." he answered, I grabbed the duvet that had fallen off the couch when I woke up and sort it across Edgar and I before leaning my head on his chest and sighing in content.

"Thanks." I breathed and barely registered the feel of his lips kissing my hair before I floated into a dreamless sleep.

"I take it Mom doesn't know about this little situation?" I asked Michael the next night as we walked through the boardwalk. We had headed down with Mom for a while after dinner and she had been cheerful as always, now we were heading back from the comic book store to where we agreed to meet her to go home, Sam and Michael hadn't left my side for a second.

"Yeah we thought it would be best if she didn't know." he answered and I snorted.

"Yeah or else she'd have knitted me a garlic t-shirt or something."

"Garlic doesn't work." Sam chimed in from beside us as he closed the comic he had been managing to read whilst walking.

"You think that would stop her?" I asked sarcastically and he grinned before scanning the length of the boardwalk, I rolled my eyes when I looked to see Michael doing the same thing.

"He's probably not even here gu-" I began but was cut off when a girl rudely pushed through Sam and I, almost knocking me over. I rubbed my shoulder which throbbed slightly and Sam called after the girl.

"Watch where you're going!" she turned to flip him off before continuing walking, she didn't even look like she was in a hurry, she just had one hell of an attitude problem.

"Hey!" Michael called as he sped up to follow her, Sam and I followed his lead and we rounded the corner after her only to be met with an unexpected surprise.

"Well, well." Adam said politely with a smile, I froze and took a step back only to bump into someone standing directly behind me. I turned to see a guy about six feet tall with black hair, his blue eyes hauntingly sinister, I looked back to see Adam had a girl and a guy on either side of him, they were both smirking at us and looked like they were brother and sister, their blonde hair was nearly the same length. The girl that had banged into me was tucked under Adam's arm and glared at me, her teeth exposed slightly like a dog about to snarl at someone.

"Shit." I muttered and Michael glanced around in confusion, he had yet to connect the dots and recognised the menacing air surrounding the group that could only mean one thing. vampires.

"What the hell is this?" Sam asked as he glared at the tall guy behind us.

"Guys, meet Adam." I said as I stared at Adam and he grinned before Michael lunged for him. the guy behind us caught Michael by the back of the jacket and hauled him back before he could get near Adam and the girl under Adam's arm laughed wickedly, I shot her a glare which she returned, her green eyes cutting into mine before I looked back to Adam as he chuckled, a shudder ran through me as I remembered my dream the previous night.

"Not exactly the welcome I was expecting, I take it your Nikki's brothers." he said and I nodded.

"So you're the bloodsucker who keeps bothering my sister." Sam demanded and I held his arm tightly.

"I wouldn't say bothering; I just want to find out what happened to my brother. I know she has something to do with it, and I won't be leaving her until I find out." he said and I gulped as the rest of the vampires glared at me, shit this is the worst day ever, I can't just have gotten a truck-load of homework from English, I had to get cornered by a group of vampires too.

"Well I think you should leave her alone." Michael growled and Adam tore his gaze away from me to glance at Michael in amusement.

"Or what?" Adam taunted and I sent Michael a look of pleading, don't say anything stupid, don't say anything stupid.

"Or you'll be sorry you ever looked at her." Alright, so it's not that bad.

Suddenly I was yanked to Adam's side and he had me in a headlock as he laughed at Michael who was trying to get to me.

"I think you know what I am; do you really think that I have any reason to be afraid of you?" Adam asked and I shook my head slightly at Michael whose eyes were blazing with anger.

"Yeah, I do." he spit through clenched teeth.

"And what might those reasons be?" Adam asked and Sam looked between Michael and I in panic, I knew this was going to end badly.

"I can kill you just like I killed your brother and the rest of his leeches." Michael said and I hung my head in defeat as Adam's grip tightened ever so slightly, this was it. We're all dead.

"What?" Adam demanded his voice low and dangerous.

"You heard me. I killed him because he and Max were trying to turn my family into a bunch of bloodsuckers. Your brother made me into a half vampire against my will and tried to make it out like I should be thanking him. He tried to kill Nikki, so I killed him. I watched the life drain from him and then we killed Max. so maybe you should let my sister go." he said and Adam's grip on me went slack, I stood up and rubbed my throat, rooted to the spot as he turned his blue eyes on me. They were filled with malice and hatred; I shied away from him and stepped back to where Michael and Sam stood. The group of vampires were all looking at Adam and I could tell it would only take one word from him for them to rip out our throats while he sat back and watched. Adam's eyes burned like a blue flame and his jaw was clenched to the point it looked painful. I grasped Michael's hand tight in mine as I prepared myself for either dying myself first or having to watch my brothers die.

Suddenly, too suddenly, Adam's face relaxed and he smiled. That smile disturbed me so much, the guy just found out we killed his brother and he's grinning like the cat that ate the canary.

"You just made the biggest mistake of your miserable life." Adam said and with that, he and the other vampires turned and left, the tall one slipping between Sam and I like smoke to walk away with the rest of them. They didn't even look back, we watched until they were out of sight before Sam crossed in front of me and shoved at Michael's chest.

"What the hell was that?!" Sam demanded and Michael shoved him back.

"I had to say something; he was going to hurt Nikki!" He defended.

"He's going to hurt me anyway. You've just managed to get everyone else on the list." I said and Michael's face drained of colour as he realised what he had done.

"We're dead." he said, damn straight.