Author's Notes: Posting up another chapter but don't expect me to be posting this often all of the time, it's only because I'm ill and have nothing else to do. I'll try to post at least once a week but sometimes I may not be able to even post that.

A vampire stood in front of me, smirking. He was rather large, with thin graying hair and even grayer eyes. "I paid for a taste," he told me, though that was obvious considering he was here. That was the only reason they came to see me. What else would they want?

I pulled at the chains that secured my hands to the wall. My long, brown hair hung in my face as I looked at the monster. My head was fuzzy from the drugs they had used to sedate me anyway. This was the fourth 'customer' today, there'd been more the day before, and more the day before that.

His extra layer of teeth dropped down from his gums and he grinned sadistically before moving closer to me, head bending low to my neck. I shook my head- trying to pull away from him, giving a small moan of pain as I felt his fangs sink into my neck- even though it was barely there due to the drugs. After a few moments, he pulled back. "Just as good as they said," he muttered in my ear. "But I wonder what else you'd be good for..." His hand brushed my shirt and I shuddered.

To my relief, the door opened- one of the vampires who ran this feeding business standing there. His form shadowed by the lack of light. "Time's up," he told the guy in an emotionless voice.

Though he looked disappointed, the fat vampire blew me a small kiss before turning and leaving. When he was gone, I hung my head- trying to catch some sleep before the next one arrived.

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My eyes opened slowly, the dream fading from my mind. It was a memory, and not one that I wished to see over and over. Vampires had used and abused me in the past, only because of what I am. No, I am not human, but I am a hunter.

I'm not something many hunters know of. We aren't 'monsters' as most would put it. For all I know, Toby and I are the only ones left in the world. The other monsters hunted us to the edge of extinction. We don't need to kill to live, we don't kill for fun either. I am an Elite

We're somewhat related to humans, more so than anything else. Except we are faster, stronger and longer-living. We heal at about double the speed, meaning a broken bone will heal in only a couple of weeks, rather than over a month. A scratch would heal in a few days.

There are some downsides, however. Only a few humans can become one of us. There is a certain gene in the blood, something that allows the transformation to take hold. This is why Toby took an interest in me at first. He sensed the gene and decided to investigate. Another downside is the interest we get from vampires. They all know the stories of the ones with the blood that's like nectar.

I was changed because I wanted to be. I thought I was never going to get excitement in my life, was just going to be another sheep- following along in society with all of the regular people. I did stay with my family afterwards though, which was a mistake.

Coming home one day, I found the front door open. My parents and sister were due home any minute but the car wasn't on the driveway so I knew they weren't there yet.

There were intruders. Vampires. I fought and was winning until the family Mercedes pulled up. They used my family against me and I allowed myself to be taken.

They drugged me, with more than it would take to drug a human because it always wore off too quickly. Everyday I was visited by strings of vampires wanting a taste. They paid for it from the ringmaster, of course. I saw him once every couple of days. He always offered me the same thing.

"Stop resisting, stop fighting, and I'll stop the drugs. I'll let you have a proper bed."

At one point, I said yes and I let things happen as they did, plotting my own plan when I regained my head. I stole a lighter from one of the vampires but didn't bother with the pack of cigarettes that he also kept on him.

My plan did work and soon the whole building was ablaze, me running away from the flames and towards the only person I could think of to help me. Toby.

To protect my family, I left with Toby and Rick the next day. Sometimes I wish I had never became an Elite. But then my life would have been boring. I would have been in my late twenties by now, perhaps married- maybe there would have been a child in the picture, maybe more than one. I would have had a job. I had once aspired to be an astronaut but I know that I probably would have ended up with an office job, something boring. I was never good enough to become famous.

Now I was sleeping in a skanky motel in a whole other country, just to deliver a letter to a monster hunter.