Chapter 5-Control

Reid opened the door as soon as we got to the front porch. "Dude what the hell is going on…your sister has fangs!"

I hissed at him and barred mine, as I walked passed him into the house. "And apparently so do you…seriously what the fu…!"

"Reid! Shut up for once!" Tyler yelled and he came up behind me. Once we were all inside Callie locked the door behind us then stood next to me, her fangs out as well.

"Ok you guys need to stay behind Callie, if Demi gets past me she's your first line of defense. And try to not to be so fearful, we can smell it, and it just makes it worse."

"Ok are you girls' vampires or something…" Reid huffed.

"Kind of, now shut it…" I turned around and started towards the living room. I couldn't sense exactly where she was but I knew she was hiding. "Demi…" Suddenly I was slammed into a wall, Callie and the guys came running in when they heard. I opened my eyes to see Demi completely vamped-out, her eyes were blood red except for her constricted pupils. Her fangs looked longer than usual even. She clawed at my neck, like a wild animal, growling and huffing. Luckily for me being the oldest meant I was the strongest. I kicked her hard in the stomach sending her flying across the room, I went at her in a second and pinned her against the wall by the neck. She tried to fight back by clawing at my wrists…she got a few good scratches in. "Demetria look at me! You need to control it!" She continued to fight and growl. "Demi you are still half human…find that half…the lust doesn't control you! Remember Reid…remember how you felt this morning…that's emotion…human emotion… find it!"

She stopped fighting and looked me right in the eyes. I saw as the red began to bleed away and her beautiful grey eyes came back. "Sawyer…" She went limp in my arms and began to sob, I tried to keep her up but I ended falling on my knees rocking her back and forth like a child.

"Shoo it's ok…it's ok…" We all just let her sob like that for a few hours, she finally passed out and Callie carried her up and put her in bed. Then we all gathered in the living, after Pogue and Kate rejoined us.

"No to be rude guys but I think you owe us an explanation." Caleb took a set on the couch next to Callie, she smiled at him.

"No it's not rude at all Caleb we do owe you guys an explanation…" It took three hours for each side to get everything out. They learned about what we were, the hunters, everything. We learned that the guys were witches, warlocks, and had powers. They get a taste of them at 13 but get their full powers at 18, it's called ascending, and Caleb was the only one who had already. They told us about the Book of Damnation passed down through their bloodlines and the whole Chase thing was just plain scary. The scariest part being they never found a body or anything.

"Sooo you guys are half-vampires…that's hot…you guys must be amazing in bed." Reid joked.

I laughed, "Well I'm glad you're taking it well, and it will make Demi happy to know you aren't scared of her." I could hear her moving around upstairs, "You can go see her if you want, she heard everything I'm sure she'd like to see you."

He jumped up and ran upstairs like a little boy with a shiny new toy. Pogue and Kate hugged us and agreed to meet up with us tomorrow for the move into the dorms. As I turned from the door Tyler was standing there.

"Hey…we need to bandage those up." He touched the scratches on my wrists, they were still bleeding pretty bad but the adrenaline must have masked the pain for a while.

"Yeah, there is a first aid kit under the sink in the kitchen." We both walked in to kitchen, I grabbed the kit and headed to the dining room table. I opened it up and started pulling stuff out but Tyler stopped me.

"Here sit down, let me do it." I did as I was told. He gently wrapped up each of my wrists, the placed a kiss on the bandages.

I pulled his face up towards mine, "thank you for being so…understanding." I kiss him gently and he kissed me back.

"Thank you Sawyer for being truly amazing in every way." He smiled and led me back to the living room, where Caleb and Callie were cuddling watching a movie.

"Hey guys what are we watching…?"

Callie smiled, "Blade…"

"Oh goodness Callie…"

"Hey I thought they should see just how badass Damphyr's can be and Blade is one so…"

"Alright fine…"

I sat on the loveseat and was joined by Tyler; I laid my head on his shoulder as we wrapped his arm around me.

"Oh by the way Tyler have you found Sawyers tattoo yet?"

"Callie!" I chucked the pillow next to me at her. She just laughed at batted it away; a human wouldn't have even seen it in time.

Tyler looked at me grinning, "You have a tattoo…where?"

I opened my mouth, but Callie interrupted. "Someplace you will only see it if you can get her naked…"

Her raised one eyebrow at me, "it's on the front of my hip just below the panty line…"

"You'll have to show me sometime…" He winked and turned back to the movie. I felt myself blush, but I still kind of wanted to show him. He was the first guy, let alone any person, that I told my secret too and it didn't scare him away or change his feelings about me.

I whispered in his ear, "You can count on it."