Chapter 11

Thank you. She thought she had heard it in her head but when she opened her eyes the teenage boy was stood in the doorway. She smiled slightly then stared at the floor.

"Why did you do that?" he asked sitting on the sofa opposite.

"Do what?" she said lifting her eyes to his knee.

"Why did you risk your life to help me when I was in the house and when them people were shooting at us."

"To be perfectly honest I don't know." Lexi said standing. She headed towards the doorway.

"Wait." As Lexi turned she saw the boy was stood in front of her. He then leant forwards and kissed her on the cheek. It was as if a large electric current passed through her. She felt the boy shaking slightly. She suddenly realised what it was and pushed him back.

"No…" Lexi said shaking her head, "no it can't…. I…." The boy in front of her looked pale and weak. She turned and ran straight through the kitchen into the back garden. She stepped onto the wooden decking and leaned on the wooden beam. She started breathing fast and found she was shaking.

Soul mate

The words kept repeating in her head. She heard a voice coming back from the house.

"Lexi?" It was Quinn looking for her. She panicked and ran into the woods at the end of the garden. She stopped when she got to the largest tree she could see and hid behind it. She heard footsteps on the decking. She froze and held her breath for several moments then sighed when they went back into the house. Lexi looked up and saw the moon. She decided to climb to get a better view. She was careful as she lifted herself up onto the large wooden branch. She knew that any cut would stay. She managed to get to the top of the large tree so she could see the moon.

A few minutes later she heard a noise on the floor. She looked down to see what it was but she couldn't see anything. Lexi stood quickly on the large branch. She kept silent as she tried to hear any sounds. She jumped down onto the ground and landed on her feet. She suddenly heard a sound from behind her. She turned to see what is was and as she did a large wooden stick was rammed into her abdomen. She cried in pain but then a hand covered her mouth. Lexi's vision cleared and she saw that in front of her stood Jez.

"Jez?" Lexi asked behind her hand.

"What are you really doing here?"

"Jez, what are-" Jez twisted the piece of wood. Lexi let out another cry of pain. She heard a crash in the kitchen. She then lifted one of her legs and kicked at Jez. Jez went flying backwards as Lexi pulled the wood out. She took a large gasp of air then fell to the floor next to the tree. She sat with her back against the wood and her feet outstretched in front of her. She saw Jez standing up as the teenage boy joined them. He took one look at Lexi then froze.

He turned to Jez. "What are you doing?" he yelled. Suddenly Quinn and Ash were there as well. Ash put himself between Lexi and Jez as Quinn helped Lexi stand up.

"It's fine. Forget it guys. We were joking and I took it a little bit too far." The teenage boy frown at Lexi.

"You're terrible at lying you know." Quinn and Ash exchanged a look.

"She was lying?" Ash asked. The teenager suddenly looked at her stomach that was now starting to heal.

"What the hell?" he said stepping away from them all. Lexi coughed and then tried to catch her breath.

"What were you thinking?" Ash asked Jez.

"I was thinking that a certain relative of ours sent her to spy." The others looked at Lexi who shook her head.

"You really think I would do that old guy's dirty work. Especially how he treated me before you-" Lexi said. She stopped as she looked at Jez. Not long ago she had murdered Lexi younger sister Lily. Jez glared at her.

"Before I what Lexi? Killed her. Yes I did but you know I had a perfectly good reason." Lexi snarled at her then walked further into the woods. The teenage boy ran after her with Jez and Quinn. Ash ran back into the house. "What would you rather I did? Let her kill me Morgead, Claire and Hugh."

"Well maybe if you'd stayed out of things that weren't your business you wouldn't have gotten hurt."

"Well maybe if you had been there to help your sister she would still be alive!" Jez yelled at her.

"Don't you dare blame me! Why the hell would I want to help the girl that ruined my life?" Lexi yelled back. As she did a large green flame formed behind her. She felt the heat growing. She made sure it grew larger and larger knowing that it would panic the others. "Hunter thought she was the best vampire he'd ever met. Even though the only reason she was feared was because of him! He never thought I was good enough to be his daughter! Why do you think I changed my name? I wanted to be feared by myself and not because of that stupid name even you hide behind!" Suddenly the flame behind her exploded. Lexi stood breathing heavily in a large circle of fire.

"Did you just say Vampire?" said the boy.

"Yes. I'm a vampire and the most deadly one there is," Lexi said quickly, "and you'll do well to stay out of my way." She then stepped through the flames and stormed back to the house.

"If your so deadly, why did you save me?" Lexi froze and faced him.

"Because I had no choice," she murmured. She then went back to the house. She sat in the small bedroom that had been given to her. She stared out of the window for most of the night. The room's walls were a pale blue with white borders. The carpet was white and soft between her toes. The bed had a large white metal frame with a thick comfortable mattress. Lexi was staring out of the window when she heard a tiny knock on her door. "Yeah?" she said without looking. The door opened and Lexi saw the reflection of Luke in the window.

"Have you and Stephen had an argument?" he asked from the doorway.

"Stephen?"

"My brother." Lexi nodded then patted the bed next to her. The young boy stepped slowly over to it and jumped up next to her.

"You're a very brave boy you know. I haven't seen you cry once and you've been through a lot."

"I was never scared though. Even when that wolf was chasing us and the fire and the people shooting. I was never scared." Lexi looked at the boy's eyes and saw that they were extremely deep. The boy smiled as if he was proud of himself. As he did Lexi saw a glistening fang. Lexi jumped up off her bed and pulled the top of his collar down. On his neck were two perfectly circular bite marks. She grabbed the boy's wrist and stormed down the stairs into the living room where everyone was huddled up with their sole mate. Stephen was leaning against the window. Lexi noticed he was sat in the same place as her but one floor below. She ignored the fact and stormed into the room.

"Who did it?" she demanded. Everyone turned to look at her confused. Stephen jumped up and rushed over to them. He tried to pull him away from Lexi but she kept hold of his wrist.

"Did what Lexi?" Hannah asked leaning away from Thierry. Lexi looked down at the boy who was frowning at her.

"Show everyone your smile Luke." she shook his hand as she said it. He kept looking directly at her still frowning. "Do it," she said sternly. She used her influence on him so he obeyed straight away. Stephen stepped away from him the glared at Lexi.

"What did you do to him?" he yelled.

"I didn't do anything! That's why I'm asking."

"Of course. Do you think I'm a freaking idiot?"

"I didn't but now I'm starting to wonder." She showed him the bite marks on Luke's neck. "Mine are a lot bigger." she said. She then looked at everyone else. They all shrugged.

"What if they did it before?" Quinn asked.

"Why would they make him a vampire?" James asked. He had barely said two words around Lexi but now he was in front of her looking at the marks.

"To stop him dying again… so they wouldn't have to find him." Thierry said looking at Luke.

"What do you mean dying… and again?" Stephen asked. Lexi looked back at his eyes and realised why his eyes were so deep.

"He's an old soul," Lexi gasped.