Chapter 12: The Return of Vince

I got back home to see Zoey waiting for me. I sat my bag down and went over to the couch. She sat down beside with her head cocked to the side like a lost puppy.

"I'm guessing something went down today huh?" she asked.

"How could ya tell?"

"Well, you came in here, dropped your bag, and sat down looking disgruntled. So yeah, wasn't that hard." She chuckled. "So what's up?"

"He knows Zoey." I whispered.

"He knows what?" she asked.

"About everything. Vampires, Riley and his family. The works." I said.

"Damn." She rubbed her fingers through her hair. "That's tough bro. What next?"

"He pretty much told me off. Broke the promise that he made to me. I just knew that everything was gonna be okay. But now it's gone to hell." I said.

"Who would have thought that moving here would do this to us? I mean seriously, we're thrown into the world of the supernatural and all this crap happens." Zoey said shaking her head.

"Yeah. Who knew?" I said. "And something else he said is still bugging me."

"What?"

"He said to stay away from these new students, Kyle and Blake. I mean I have my suspicious about them, but what does Owen know? Could they be dangerous?"

"Hmm, do they seem dangerous to you?" Zoey asked.

"No and that's the weird part. But in the beginning I did kind of think that they were vampires." I said.

"Really? Are they the ones that you were talking about that day?"

"I don't know. I mean, they have some of the characteristics. Pale skin… and that's it." I said.

"So just because they have pale skin, they have to be vampires. That's a very wild accusation Zane." Zoey said.

"Yeah I know. I tried finding out, but to no avail."

"So what do we do now?" she asked. I honestly had no idea. I mean sure I could go full on Sherlock Holmes and find out what Owen was hiding. But I was in too much pain. The two guys that meant a lot to me are gone. Now what do I do?

"I don't know about you but, I'm gonna go for a walk." I said getting up. Maybe if I go back to the place that Riley and I shared a few memories, maybe I'll see him again. It was worth a try.

"Great, I'll come with you." She said.

"No! I mean, I can handle it." I said giving her my most dazzling smile. But obviously she wasn't going for it.

"Uh-uh you can't go out alone when those bears or whatever the hell is out there, is still on the loose."

"I'm pretty sure I can handle myself." I said.

"What about those other vampires? How do we know they're not dangerous?" she asked.

"How do we know that they're even vampires?" I retorted.

"Mmm, good point. But I'm still coming with you. Case closed." She said as she went to go get her purse. Once again I hate having an over-protective sister.

"Alright fine. You win this battle. But don't expect to win anymore." I mumbled.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah whatever. So where are we going?" she asked.

"To a place where I can just sit and think." I said. She didn't need to know the real reason why I was going to Riley and I's forest.

"Oh cool. I bet the forest is crawling with beautiful flowers!" she squealed.

"H-how did you know I was going there?"

"It's simple really. It's a place where you feel most sane. I can understand. Riley will be in our hearts forever." She said. Of course he was he's gonna live forever so… ugh forget it.

"Alright let's go." I said.

We walked through the woods for what seemed like an eternity. But we finally found the place. The flowers weren't really in bloom, so it just left the area a barren wasteland.

"Great, he's not here." I said as I grabbed my chest. I could feel the anxious twists of my scabs be scraped. And trust me it wasn't a healthy feeling.

"What do you mean?" Zoey asked. I had completely forgotten that I had said that out loud.

"Nothing. Just forget it. Might as well head back home. I'll check this place some other time." I said as I went to turn around. But when I did, I did not expect to see a guest.

"Well, well, well what do we have here?" Vince said with a smile. Zoey looked at me with a confused expression.

"Who's he?" she asked.

"A friend of the vampire that tried to kill me." I said.

"What?! He's a vampire?" she exclaimed. I just nodded my head.

"Yes I sure am. Oh and Zane? Jay is very angry with you. He wants revenge." Vince said. It was as if time stood still in that very moment.

"J-Jay?" I stuttered.

"Yep, he asked me to do him a favor. And that was to make sure you weren't being protected by anyone. I see that the Stavros' have left. But I thought that Riley was like your owner or something." He said.

"I guess you could say that." I said. I didn't really like the pet reference.

"I was wondering if they might, huh, I don't know, visit?" he asked. I didn't know how to answer that question. But I did see Riley appear.

"You're gonna have to lie. I know you aren't the best liar but you have to try for you and you sister." He said.

"Of course!" I said.

"Suuureee, that was almost believable. Come on Zane!" He practically yelled.

"As a matter of fact he should be here tonight." I said.

"For some reason I don't believe you." Vince said.

"You need to leave my brother alone. I have garlic in my purse!" Zoey screamed.

"Oh how sweet, you brought your sister along. This should be fun." I grabbed Zoey's arm.

"That doesn't really work, Zo." I said.

"Worth a shot." She muttered.

"So is that all?" I asked. Vince just circled around us. It was like a cat playing with his prey. This was not good.

"No, actually. Jay felt that this whole situation could be easily resolved. If you die. He says it's a compromise for killing Alex." Zoey's eyes couldn't have gotten any wider.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Is she really this dull? Ugh, it means that Zaney boy has to die. Jay is going to kill him. You too probably. I'm not sure. But I've decided that since I am quite hungry, maybe I'll just do it for him. I'm sure he won't be happy that he didn't get to do it himself, but he'll survive."

"Wait! I thought we had an understanding. I mean after all you helped me." I said. Suddenly Vince was inches away from me.

"Look I'm gonna be reasonable about this. Jay wants blood, pain, and suffering. I just want to feed. With me it'll be very fast. You won't feel a thing." He said before continuing. "Well actually you will feel something."

"Try to scare him!" Riley shouted. I quickly backed away from him, bringing Zoey with me.

"You can't do this! They'll find out you had something to do with it. And trust me they will come for you." I said as threatening as I could.

"That's it. Stand your ground!" Riley said.

"I honestly don't believe that." He said coming closer. "My god, you two smell so riveting." He said. Riley just growled.

"Zoey get out of here!" I yelled.

"Oh no, she's not going anywhere. I could kill two birds with one stone." He said as he started to approach us.

"Oh my god. This not how I imagined my death. I never even got to tell Wes that I loved him." Zoey said sadly.

"Seriously?!" I shouted. Just when Vince was centimeters away from us, I heard a noise. It was sort of a growling sound. I looked towards Riley and he just shrugged.

"What the hell?" Vince said. We both looked towards the bushes and stared in awe as a big pure grey wolf with ice blue eyes started to saunter towards us. So that's what was going after all those people.

"OH MY GOD!" Zoey screamed. I watched as it growled at Vince. He took a step back and flew towards the end of the field; the wolves right on his tail.

"Great there's more of them?" Zoey asked. I couldn't answer. It was as if my feet were rooted to the ground. "Zane come on!" Zoey tugged my arm. When we turned around two wolves were staring at us. One was chocolate brown, with white around the face and had ice blue eyes too. While the other was brown with specks of black on its fur and had brown eyes. I looked closely at the one with ice blue eyes. I knew those eyes from somewhere. It shook its head and followed the other wolves after Vince. I finally snapped out of my daze and ran with Zoey back to her car.

"What the hell was that?" she asked as she floored it.

"Those were huge wolves. It was fascinating." I said still in awe.

"Dude, seriously? They could've killed us!"

"I know that, but they didn't. And I wonder why?" I said.

"I don't care we have to tell mom. Those things could've been the creatures killing those hikers, along with that vampire." Zoey said. I just stayed quiet until we arrived at the police station. We quickly got out and ran into the building. Luckily for us mom was there helping out with the murder investigation.

"Mom, you're never gonna believe this!" Zoey shouted. Mom turned around and stared at us.

"Well hello mom, you look busy, but I hope everything's okay. Gee thanks honey." She said sarcasm dripping from her voice as she pushed her glasses back up on her face.

"This is serious. We know who's been doing the killings." Zoey said. Mom was instantly alert.

"Really who?"

"There were these wolves out in the woods." I said. The look on our mom's face was priceless. I think I even saw a grey streak appear in her shiny, black hair.
"First, I'm gonna be a judge for a moment and say good job for giving me this information. And second, I'm gonna be a mom and say 'WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU TWO THINKING!' You could've been killed." She said as she removed her glasses.

"We know. But I just needed to go for a walk and I ended up there. I called for Zoey to come get me. It was all my fault." I said. Zoey just gave me a concerned look.

"Okay, I'll tell Trevor. Oh better yet you can tell him, he just walked in." she said gesturing for Trevor to come over.

"Hey guys, what's up?" he asked.

"They saw some wolves out in the woods not too long ago." Kim said. I don't know if anyone else caught it, but I saw what looked like a look of fear cross Trevor's face.

"Wolves? Oh wow, I'll tell the kids to stay away from the woods for a while. Maybe like set up some type of curfew." He said.

"That would be amazing. So tomorrow we coordinate and start doing some hunting." Kim said. Trevor gave her a fake smile.

"Yeah, I'll get a group together and we'll get everything situated." He said and turned to leave. There seems to be a lot of damn secrets around here.

That night Zoey and I relaxed in my room. We were to giddy to do any actual sleeping. The fact that wolves about seven feet tall were out running around the woods wasn't exactly reassuring. And with Vince and Jay on the loose. All hell could break loose at any moment.

"So, what do you thinks gonna happen now?" Zoey asked. I just shrugged.

"I have no clue. There's so many things that just don't add up right." I said.

"Yeah, those wolves were huge." Zoey said completely changing the topic. But she did have a very good point.

"They sure were. I don't know what I'm gonna do. Jay's still there and I have absolutely no protection." I said.

"Damn if only there were some good vampires around. Or maybe Riley would come back. That way he could kill those wolves and those vampires." Zoey said.

"Yeah, but that's just wishful thinking." I said. "Besides those wolves are probably dead now anyway. There's no way in hell that those wolves could take down a vampire." Just as I finished that sentence something hit my window. Zoey and I both jumped at the sound.

"Oh my god what was that?" she asked.

"Jay." Was all I could say.

"No, this can't be happening. Mom's right across the hall. He could kill us all!" she whispered. I got up and slowly walked over to my window. I jumped again when something bounced off the window again.

"Zane be careful." Zoey said. I peered out my window and was shocked at who I saw.

A/N: OMG what an intense chapter. Well at least I hope it was. S/O to my new fan GingersHaveSouls. Thanks so much for reviewing. I really appreciate it. You were the reason why I updated two days in a row. Thanks for the kind reviews. Everyone please keep up the reviews. I'd like to know how I'm doing. XOXO ShadowBeauty.