I was awoken by a loud banging on my door. I opened my eyes and jumped out of bed like I was a freaking ninja. I was disoriented for a moment before I realized someone was knocking on my bedroom door.

"Alright, alright," I yelled. I wasn't worried about waking James, he was a heavy sleeper. I was sure that a tornado could blow through right now and he would sleep right through it. I grabbed my robe and pulled it on, tying the string around my waist before opening the door. Kaige was standing there in his boxers and loose t-shirt.

"This had better be good. You know I don't like waking up before ten A.M. on a Saturday," I grumbled.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," he said. "Some Jayde girl is downstairs. She said you invited her over yesterday."

I pushed past him and threw myself down the stairs. I'd completely forgotten that I'd asked her to come over so I could give her a proper apology when really I wanted my brothers to check her out. Hey, I wanted to win that ten dollars from Kaige. She was Raidyn's human familiar. I was sure of it.

Jayde was sitting on the sofa, back ram rod straight. The girl definitely didn't want to be here. "Jayde?"

She stood up as I entered the room. "I came by yesterday but nobody answered."

I ran my fingers through my tangled hair. "Yeah, sorry about that. There was an emergency." I walked toward her and held my hand out. She reluctantly took it and gave a shy smile. "Sleep," I commanded, pushing a little bit of magic from my arm into hers. Her eyes closed and I caught her just before she fell to the ground. I gently laid her on the sofa and went to find my Kaige and Shayne.

"Who is she?" Kaige said when I walked into the kitchen.

"Jayde," I said.

"The vampire's familiar?" Shayne asked.

I nodded. "She's sound asleep on the couch."

"What do you want us to do?" he said.

"I want Kaige to do his mind walk thing."

"Oh, no. I'm not going there again," Kaige said.

I sighed. "Look, it's just a small favor I need."

"Seph," Shayne breathed, "we all want to find Blane. You're not the only one who wants revenge. But this isn't the way to do it."

"Do you have any better ideas? She is our only lead right now. She could lead us to Raidyn and we could force Raidyn to Blane. We could put a stop to all this once and for all."

My brothers glance at each other and then back at me. "Fine," Kaige said. "But you owe me." He walked past me into the living room, Shayne on his heels. I stayed behind and put a pop tart in the toaster. I felt arms wrap around my waist a moment later and reacted instantly. I elbowed him in the gut then in the face. He fell back and lost his balance.

"Damn, Seph!" James exclaimed as his hand came away from his nose covered with blood.

I shrugged. It wasn't like I'd hurt him that badly. "You know better than to sneak up on me," I replied dryly.

"But did you have to give me a blood nose?" He stood, grabbed a paper towel and held his head back.

"Stop being such a baby. You've had worse," I said taking a bite of my pop tart. He took a step toward me and I stepped back.

"What's wrong? I thought that after last night…" his voice trailed off.

I shook my head. "Last night was a mistake. It shouldn't have happened." I turned away from him. Before he had a chance to argue, Shayne and Kaige walked back into the room. "Well?"

"She's definitely one of Raidyn's," Kaige said and glanced at Shayne. I knew that when he looked at my brother like that, he wasn't telling me everything.

"What else was there?" I asked.

Kaige shook his head. "Nothing."

"Don't pull that shit on me. I know you're keeping something from me and I demand to know what it is."

Shayne sighed before answering. "She was there…the night Alana was murdered."

I was storming out of the kitchen before he'd even finished speaking. I sauntered right up to Jayde and barely touched her arm. "Wake," I commanded and a moment later her sapphire eyes opened. She looked up at me, fear plain on her face.

"What…What happened?" she asked, confused. "How did I get on the couch? What did you do to me?" she was starting to panic.

"Three nights ago you were with Raidyn, correct?"

She glanced between the four of us standing in front of her before her eyes finally settled on me. "Yeah."

"There was a girl with him, a human girl?" I had a hold of her shoulders now and I was trying to fight the urge to shake the answers out of her.

"Yes, she was very pretty. Hazel eyes, long, red hair…that's all I remember. I swear!"

I let her go and turned back to the three guys standing behind me. "It sounds like Alana. But what was she doing with Raidyn? Where's Gregory?"

They all shook their heads.

"Well, we need to find him! He deserves to know what happened to her." When nobody moved I went to the front door. I snapped my fingers and a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt replaced my bathrobe. I threw the door open and was greeted by a dead body on our front porch. I took a closer look and my heart stopped.

"I think I just found him," I said. James and Kaige pushed past me. James checked for a pulse. He looked up at me and shook his head. "NO!" I screamed. "NO, NO, NO!"

"What is it?" Jayde asked, coming to stand in the door way. Her face paled when she saw Gregory's body.

What the hell was going on? First, Alana, and now Gregory. What was it the vampires wanted? That was the question we'd all be asking since the night our parents were murdered. But then again, it wasn't what the vampires wanted; it was what Blane wanted. And everyone knew what he wanted. He wanted the one thing he couldn't have.

He wanted me. And he was going to go after everyone that I cared about until he got me.