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Jasper's little warning never left my mind for the next couple of days. For a while now I've been noticing the change in my personality. Especially from how Michael and Damien described me right after the change. But Maria couldn't just… you know, dispose of me. I think after all this time she's taken a liking to me. I am the only other girl after all.

But nothing helped any of the other vampires. Maria and Jasper slowly took them out, one at a time. No one knew when their time was. No one was safe.

We all know the secret that the pair put no effort into keeping concealed. We doubt whether Maria knew that we knew, but no one said anything.

It was something that no one talked about.

Even though we were newborns, we weren't completely hell-bent on drinking blood every minute of the day. We did have thoughts and opinions. We were alert to the world around us.

So every time Jasper took a newborn out by himself, we share 'the glance'. We know that the end has come for that vampire, and our thoughts are suddenly on whose gonna be the replacement.

Crude, but it brings our thoughts away from the reality of our situation.

We shared one of those glances now.

Michael nudged my elbow. I tore my gaze away from Kenny's receding form to glance at him, and noticed that he was biting his lip nervously. Damien moved over to my other side, touching my hand lightly, before he spoke in a quiet whisper.

"He wasn't even here long."

I nodded, breathing deeply. When will it be our turns? When will be the last time I see Damien? Or Michael?

A loud crash ensued behind us. In the darkness of the barn, I could make out a pile of three newborns, each wrestling the other, each growling threateningly with muscles tensed.

I saw Johnny in the mix. He was larger than the two, trying the break up the fight. When one of the newborns landed a cracking blow to his thigh, he let out a feral growl and joined in without a second thought.

Jasper was gone with Kenny, no doubt into the woods so he could easily clean up after his 'job' was done. And Maria, well frankly no one knew where Maria was when she wasn't here.

So no one was here to break up the fight.

"You pushed me!"

So that's what the fight was about.

Bloody hormones.

"No I didn't!"

The three separated, each crouching low and letting out another growl here or there. Stepping closer, I narrowed my eyes, taking in the familiar features behind the contorted mask of rage on one of the boys.

"Drew?"

His eyes glanced in my direction, but he crouched even lower as the other boy moved forward. The other was Will, I now realized.

"Yes, you did." Drew confirmed. Feet crunching on the hay and dirt, he lunged at the latter, both of them toppling to the ground.

Without my mind's consent, I was jumping forward, tackling Drew and knocking him sideways before he did any serious damage to Will. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Will roll away, and with Johnny's help, he stood up. Looking between me and the struggling vampire under my weight, I noticed that Johnny's eyes were still flaring blood-red as his mind decided whether or not he wanted to attack Drew.

I shook my head, reading his thoughts, and with hesitation, Johnny nodded in response, turning his attention to Will's quickly repairing body.

"Drew, you need to calm down." Speaking quietly, I shifted my position, straddling his torso as I held down his wrists at either side of his head. His dark hair fell into his eyes as he thrashed, and I felt my grip on him loosening.

I felt someone touch my shoulder, then realized that whoever it was was trying to hold Drew still as I talked to him. His feet stopped kicking, and I was able to shift my knees on the hard floor.

"Ok Drew, you've thrown a couple of punches, can you relax now?"

"Get off me!"

"No! You need to calm down!"

I glanced up at Michael and Damien, who moved to stand in front of us. Switching my eyes between them and Drew, they both kneeled down and took one of the boy's hands from my grasp. Flexing my fingers from the stiffness of trying to hold him still, I then pressed my fingertips to Drew's temples and closed my eyes.

Focusing only on Drew, I used his panicked thoughts as a guide through his mind. I sorted through his memories, pulling out more happier ones to calm him down. I hadn't quite gotten this technique down pat, but I was able to at least keep him distracted.

Jasper had tried to teach me how to control peoples thoughts. But the only problem was that I needed to maintain the contact in order shift through their mind. The purpose was to learn how to plant false images, but I didn't have enough of a realistic imagination to do so.

But I had learned how to shift through memories. I could change little things, minute things, but nothing big, in order to throw someone off. With Drew though, I just pulled at them, searching for one that would hopefully cheer him up.

I was surprised to find that some of these happier memories were about me. I pushed them away quickly, and found some older ones.

I found one from when he was human. He was in a field, the reins of a bay horse in hand as he looked up into the face of a little girl sitting on it's back.

I let the memory play through, and I felt Drew relax below me. Opening my eyes, I realized he was staring at me. His pupil's had reduced to their normal size, and his face was relaxed as he patiently watched me above him.

"Are you okay now?" I asked gently. I leaned back, taking my hands away from his temples.

He nodded. Michael and Damien let go of his hands, then back away. The person behind me let go of his legs, and I felt Drew shakily bend them at the knee.

"You sure?" I whispered, searching his eyes. I felt his mind sway in different directions as he decided on an answer. At last, and with hesitation, he nodded again, then said quietly. "Yeah, I'm fine."

He propped himself on his elbows, then quirked an eyebrow at me.

"Are you gonna get off me now?"

"What? Oh, right."

Standing up, I heard someone wolf-whistle behind me, and I suddenly realized how quiet it had gotten. If I could have blushed, I would've, especially at some of the thoughts in the minds of the vampires around me. One was particularly perverted, and my head snapped around, eyeing down each person individually.

"Jackie?" Damien asked, once I made eye contact with him.

Michael smirked next to him. He knew that his thoughts were shared with everyone else's. It took every ounce of my strength to resist attacking him right then and there to wipe that hideous smirk off his face.

"Don't you guys have something better to do?" I snapped indignantly. I put my hands on my hips and scowled. Some snickered to my left, and I turned to face them instead. They cringed away, but a small smile still played at their lips.

"What's going on?" I heard Drew say behind me.

"Nothing." I said, apparently more harshly than I intended because he took a cautious step back. "It- It's nothing," I said more softly, giving him an I'll-explain-later look. He nodded, his eyes drifting back to the watching vampires.

"Well that was educational."

The crowd suddenly parted in two, and Jasper moved to the front of the crowd, arms crossed over his chest. He was wearing a smug smile, and I dropped my eyes, resisting the urge to attack him too. I felt his eyes on me, and it felt like he was standing there a millennia.

Finally, Jasper waved his hand, and the vampires dispersed. He moved closer to me, not even bothering to cover up his smile to my embarrassment.

"It's been a while since you last did that." He eyes glanced pointedly at the spot Drew and I were just a few minutes previously. "I thought you never wanted to do that again."

He had a point. A couple months ago, Jasper had me try to tamper with the mind of a vampire from another army. He wanted coordinates and names, but all I could gather was the vampire's horrific past. I'd seen his life flash before my eyes, and the after effect was horrible. I was jittery and nervous and paranoid for almost two weeks. I swore that I would never do that again.

But this time was different. I acted almost on instinct to try and help him.

"Tempting, isn't it?" Jasper asked.

"No." I said automatically. Having the chance to be in someone else's mind was not at all tempting. I mean, I guess I was a little curious about Drew's old life, but I never would have done what I did in any other circumstance.

"Sure." Jasper replied.

This whole exchange was made under the quizzical gaze of Drew. My eyes flickered over to him, and when I caught his eye, he quickly looked away and cleared his throat.

"I just going to… go over there." He nodded his head in the direction behind me, and made off just a second later.

Jasper's smile widened. "I can feel your emotions, Jacquelyn. Remember that."

I glared at him, crossing my arms over my chest and huffing.

He chuckled, then walked away from me, but not before patting my shoulder.

Gosh, guys can be so immature.

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