Chapter Eight

Quinn POV

Hunter was here. She was really here. Or at least I think she was. I must have looked terrible. I had passed out right in front of her. So I was guessing I was blushing, if that were possible. She looked even more gorgeous than the last time I saw her. Her hair was black, she was tall and slim. All my brothers seemed to be drooling too. The light hit her perfectly when she came out of the dark.

"Sure you can keep up?" The guy with the rebel look joked. The wolf whacked him in the back with his paw.

"What the hell is wrong with you people?" Lucy asked puffing between every breath.

"Well, for a start we are half vampire, half werewolf-" The rebel guy started but was cut off by the girl whacking him on the head. "Ow!"

"Stop flirting, she has got a boyfriend." She whispered, knowing that that we all could hear.

"Can we walk?" Duncan puffed out, attempting to change the subject. Nicholas looked relived.

"We're not even half way there." The rebel guy said under breath. He ducked just missing the werewolf and girl's hand.

"Good idea. I will explain on the way there." Hunter said.

"Hell yeah!" Lucy said still panting for air. Hunter turned around and began to walk. As she spun around her hair fell over her shoulder revealing a tattoo. It was a crest with a black rose, that was on fire and red ribbon fell around it. Most likely a family crest.

"This is Ryder," Hunter said pointing to the rebel guy. "Blake," She pointed towards the werewolf. "And Scarlett." She directed us to the girl. I took a better look at them. They all had the Drake cheek bone... Scarlett, Blake and Ryder stayed close to Hunter as if to protect her or something. They didn't let anyone near her.

"Care to explain Hunter?" Dad asked in a serious tone. Hunter didn't stop she just kept walking and we all followed.

"We have been requested by Lady Veronique..." She trailed off. We all practically chocked and it wasn't because we had to run our asses off to catch up with them.

"What? Why?" Solange spat. Mum looked like she could stake one of us.

"She wants to meet Ryder, Blake and Scarlett and all family members must attend..." Hunter trailed off again still not stopping. So she was pregnant. I felt all my brothers eyes go on me. I looked at Blake and Ryder, they both had the unnatural blue eyes and the cheek bone. Mum whacked me on the head. Ouch!

"So female's are becoming more common in the Drake family?" Dad asked, trying to avoid mum beating me up.

"No, Scarlett happens to be the last." Hunter said. Mum chocked.

"How do you know?" Geoffrey asked.

"Fortune tellers." Ryder said flatly. He had lost his cockiness as soon as Hunter mentioned Veronique.

"Like gypsies?" Logan asked.

"We prefer Physics." A voice said that came from Scarlett? Mum and Dad went paler. Scarlett took off her glasses. Her eyes were blood red. "They play up when I drink and have a vision at the same time..." She trailed off. Uncle Geoffrey had a sudden interest. He pushed right passed me and started examining her. Scarlett didn't pull away. I suppose she was used to it.

"Fascinating. The colour of your eyes show that you have had a vision. I will have to run tests." He said still examining her. Marcus seemed to have gotten passed and was doing the same. Scarlett didn't seem the least bit creeped out or scared. She just kept walking with Geoffrey and Marcus circling her like bloody crows.

"How do you know that what she see's is true?" Mum asked.

"Have you ever met a physic that is wrong?" Hunter asked.

"Never met a physic." Mum answered.

"Even more reason to believe her." Hunter replied. Mum was silent. She was good. No one ever beats Mum in an argument.

"Hunter where are we going?" Dad asked, preventing further argument.

"To the Wild manor." Ryder said. The tree's began to lose more and more of their leaves as we walked further.

"You live in your own manor?" Lucy asked. Nicholas closed his eyes in embarrassment. Lucy hadn't matured much in the last decade and a half.

"It was my great-great-great-grandmothers and was passed down through the centuries. After my parents died it was given to me. It hasn't been lived because apparently the ghost of Penelope Syded haunts the house." Hunter said. Isabeau froze. I don't think she was joking.

"Penelope Syded? As in..." Isabeau trailed off.

"One of William Drake's mistresses?" Duncan asked. How was it that they knew this and I didn't? Maybe I am related to William after all.

"William gave her the house after he had his children with Veronique. Penelope got mad and jumped off the tower block. The house was given to her step-mother, Mary Wild." Hunter finished. "Wait. You actually think it's true?" Hunter asked.

"Don't you?" Isabeau asked.

"I don't believe in ghost's." She said as she began to pick up her walking pace.

"But yet you can believe in physics and vampires?" Mum asked.

"You can actually see them, Can't you?" Hunter was getting faster and faster. And getting better come backs. Mum was silent again. By now we were running through the forest.

"Why are we running again?" Connor puffed. The boy had worst stamina I had ever seen. All though he seems to spend a lot of time on his laptop. So it kind of adds up.

"We need to get you on to the property." Hunter whispered. She was barley even trying and was in miles of us.

"They're close." Scarlett hissed. She, Blake and Ryder weren't even trying either. They seemed quite relaxed. I swear Solange was snoring on Blake's back.

"Who is?" Lucy asked.

"Run?" Ryder suggested.

"Too late."

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