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6 days later (Sunday)

It's Sunday night and my mom still isn't back yet, but the first week of school has been going good, nothing really big going on though. I haven't talked to Nathan alone since Monday and Tuesday but I forgot to give him his jacket on Monday so that's why I gave it to him on Tuesday. Ian and Chris haven't found out anything new about their family but the things I have just experienced alone with Nathan have made me suspicious of him, I mean no one is that perfect.

I was lying on my bed with Duke at my feet looking up at the ceiling. I was about to go to sleep.

"I bet you would know if Nathans okay if you met him wouldn't you Duke?" I asked, his ears perked up when I spoke. "You're a good choice of character aren't you? You even knew Scott was a jerk the first time you met him." I smiled as his tail wagged.

Someone knocked at my bedroom door, Duke propped himself up and waited to see who it was.

"Come in." I said turning my eyes back to the ceiling.

I heard the door open, and Chris say "Hey Macey –" I looked to the door and his face was bright red. He cleared his throat. He turned to go and as he did he said "Oh, shit sorry." And closed the door behind him.

Oh no. I thought. I forgot I only had a tank top and my underwear on. It was hot in my room so I was lying on top of the covers. Yeah that won't be awkward with Chris. I thought sarcastically. I have situations with Chris and Nathan. Ugh!

I grabbed some shorts and put them on to go downstairs. I went over to my window and pushed it open. My window doesn't just slide up and have a screen. It has two panels that open out, but the best part is I can get on the roof from there. At least my room would be a little cooler when I came back.

I went down stairs, there was no sight of Ian or Chris, so I went into our basement but it's not even really a basement it's a "weaponry room" obviously where we keep emergency hunting weapons and equipment. Sure enough they were down there with Conner too.

If you walk into the weapon room on the right there are drawers of sheaths, arrow holders that the archers use, protective padding, etc. Straight ahead of you there are all types of knifes, swords, daggers, guns, etc, that are hung on the wall. On your left there is ammo for the guns and arrows for the archers, and different cleaning supplies to clean your weapons.

"What did you need to talk to me about?" I asked them.

"Chris and I haven't found out if the new family is dangerous or not but there is definitely something inhuman about them." Ian informed me.

"We want you both to stay away from the family at all times just to be safe." Chris warned us. "Just try to avoid them as best as you can."

Conner and I both nodded. Chris wouldn't look me in the eyes and I blushed. Oh this is gonna be so awkward. I thought as I went back upstairs to my room.

Opening my window worked because it was a lot cooler. I grabbed my notebook, a pen and climbed out my window. Right outside my window the roof indents on each side so I can sit there or use it as a platform to climb further up on the roof so no one can find me. I sat in one of the indentions.

After awhile of thinking I couldn't think of anything to write for a song. I laid my head back against the roof in frustration. I slowly closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Surprisingly it wasn't the nightmare I usually had I was in the sky there were beautiful clouds all around me. I was just lifting into the sky, and for once I was completely happy. There wasn't sorrow, or pain or loss just peace. A gust of wind ruffled my hair all over. I turned around and there was a vampire ready to lunge at me. I tried to back up abut I ran into something.

I looked up my eyes meeting the most beautiful golden amber eyes that glowed like fire. Nathan put his hands on my forearms keeping me turned towards the vampire. He stepped even closer to me and his whole body was pressed up against the back of mine.

"Don't be afraid." He whispered in my ear.

"How can I not be after all that its kind has done to me?" I found myself whispering. "How can I not be when they can take away everyone I love and care about?"

"Don't be afraid." He whispered again as the vampire slowly disappeared. "I'll protect you." He let go of me and I turned to face him.

"How can I expect you to protect me when I don't even know if I can trust you?"

"Just trust me." He whispered lifting his hand to cup my face, his thumb slowly stroked my cheek.

I woke up startled by the new dream. I looked around realizing I was still on the roof but it didn't feel right, someone else was up here or had been at sometime. I quickly got up, went back to my room, locked my window, and got in bed. Duke was already lying on my bed again.

I relaxed and laid back down. Eventually I drifted off to a happy dreamless sleep.

Monday mornings are always so groggy and very tiring for me. I don't really like them. I took a shower, left my hair normal, so it had big curls in it. I wore a white-tee that is designed with all sorts of different colored paint splatters, it wasn't too big on me but not too tight. I wore black jeans that were faded with white and that had rips all over them. I chose converse to go with them.

When I got to school I saw Kyle parked by Nathan's and Erik's cars so I parked a few spaces away instead of the one that Kyle always saves for me that's right next to him. I'm taking any opportunity I can to avoid Nathan.

Kyle realized I was there, he waved over to me, and Nathan smiled. I pointed to the school indicating that I had to get in there so I couldn't talk. I half-ran half-walked to the front doors and into the school.

I got through 1st hour just fine, I just have to get through 2nd with Nathan.

Nathan was sitting in his usual seat near the window. He had on black jeans that were faded to white in the front, a black zip up hoodie, a white t-shirt that had a black cryptic design that went from the bottom right to the left of his shoulder and down his back. His hoodie was zipped up a little, he had his hood up and was leaning back in his seat. Some of his hair was in his eyes. I didn't sit in the seat next to him though I sat on the other side of the room. The bell rang, and he noticed I wasn't in the seat next to him, he sat up a little and looked around the room. I dint want to meet his gaze so I pretended to look in my backpack for something. The rest of the hour was like that.

By lunchtime I was in the library instead of the lunchroom. I had successfully avoided Nathan and his family, unfortunately I also had to avoid Kyle. But anyway I was doing some research in the library because Ms. Jones gave us two days to find out as much about mythology as we can and write a report on it. It was assigned today and I was getting a "head start" on it.

I was turning around to put back a book when BAM there's Nathan.

"I like your hair today. It looks more natural." He said in a soft voice.

"I really don't like it when you do that." I said turning away from him and setting my book back on the shelf.

He grinned at me. "Sorry." I sat down at a table with my papers I had been taking notes on. He pulled out the chair next to me and sat down. "Why are you avoiding me?"

"I'm not, I just have a lot going on." I lied smoothly. I think what tipped him off is that I wouldn't meet his gaze.

He leaned in a little. "You're lying."

"No I'm not. How would you even know if I was?"

He just shrugged. "Maybe I just know you really well."

"You've only known me for about a week." I said getting up to get another book. Nathan was in front of me before I took a step. Whoa that's not normal. I thought. One hand was on the edge of the table, and the other was on the back of the chair. He leaned his head down to where we were only an inch apart. My throat went dry and my heart sped up. I don't know if it was fear I was feeling or something else.

"How well I know you isn't the problem," he stated "so what is?"

"Mace." I heard my nickname being called. Nathan and I both turned to see Conner. "I need to talk to you." I grabbed my stuff and went over to Conner. We walked out of the library and down the hall.

"What the hell? I thought you were avoiding them." Conner said as soon as we stopped. "Ian and Chris told us to say away."

"I know." I said through clenched teeth. "He just showed up, I can't just walk away and be rude."

"Just be careful."

"It's not like I'm going around spilling our secrets in every direction. I'm fine and quit treating me like I'm helpless." With that I stormed off down the hall.

How can I just let my guard down like that when Nathan came around? It's like I totally forgot what Ian and Chris told me. I just slipped up so easily. He makes me so comfortable, there's just something about him.

I did end up staying clear of Nathan and his family and Kyle through the whole week. But there were some unexplainable moments. Monday there was the whole sneaking up on me without me knowing it, and him getting in front of me before I even took a step. Wednesday he just left in the middle of the day. And today (Friday) I tripped over my own two feet, but before I fell Nathan caught me, the weird part about it is that he want even in the hallway, he was in a classroom near me, there is now way he could have known I was falling. Something just isn't right or I'm really paranoid.

During the week Kyle asked me if I wanted to go to the movies Friday night and just hangout. I really did feel bad about avoiding him so I agreed.

It's Friday night and right now I'm getting ready to meet Kyle at the movies. I had my hair curly again, but I straightened my side sweep bangs. I was wearing a deep blue tank top with a black long sleeve shirt over it, it was a low cut shirt so you could see the tank top, it fit to me really nice and the sleeves had long cuffs. I had on a skirt, it went a few inches above my knee, it was blue and black, black at the top, blue plaid outlined by black at the bottom where it also kind of fanned out. The skirt also had three chains in the front that went from one side, drooped down and to the other side. I wore my favorite converse with it. It was a pretty cute outfit.

I was getting my purse/messenger bag when there was a knock on my door.

"Come in." I called grabbing my cell phone and ipod.

Chris came in wide eyed. "You look great." I blushed.

"Thanks." I said awkwardly.

"I have something for you." He said as he went to sit on my bed, before he did he pulled something out of his back pocket. It was a knife. I came and sat down next to him. Okay so technically it was a dagger which is just a shorter knife used for stabbing. "I want you to have this, so I know you're safe if anything happens when no one's around to protect you." He put it in my hands.

It was a beautiful dagger. The design was really unique I had never seen anything like it in the weaponry room before. On each side of the blade the material that was made out of the handle came up and almost made stakes, so I could hold it from just eh handle or I could put my pointer finger and middle finger in between the stakes and blade and hold it that way. At the base of the blade in old cryptic writing it was initialed with an "M".

"Can it kill a vampire?" I asked in a small voice.

"Yes."

Apparently hunters found out a long time ago that pure native silver can kill a vampire. The down fall of it is that its very rare, so our "scientists" or whatever they are found a way to copy how its made. Something in the silver whether because its pure or what it reacts to the venom in the vampire. Since they eject their venom from their fangs if you plunge the sliver knife or dagger or what into their throats where the venom is stored, you will kill it. We have different ways to kill a vampire other than with a knife like for instant Chris is an archer. All you have to do is replace the arrowhead with a blade or make it yourself the way you want it to be (which is what Chris and most archers nowadays do).

"Thank you Chris its very beautiful."

"Your welcome."

I went to the weaponry room before I left and grabbed a thigh sheath. I fixed it on so it wouldn't show from underneath my skirt, then I put the dagger in it.

Kyle and I had a great time just hanging out at the local movie theater. It was like old times.

"Bye see ya." I said with a smile when the movie was over and we were going our separate ways to our cars.

"Bye." He smiled. I watched as he got in his car and drove off.

It was pretty dark out, too. I parked my car up the street and around the corner because the theater was so packed. I began walking up the long sidewalk. On both sides of the streets there were concrete walls that followed outline of the land, it also made the sidewalk more dark because you couldn't see the house lights. When I was about halfway there I saw two guys come around the corner at the top of the street on the opposite side from me. They looked about my age. I just kept on walking.

"Hey!" One of them said, he had a baseball hat on backwards.

"Come here girly." The other one said.

I just rolled my eyes and kept on walking.

"Come on, your too pretty to be alone tonight." The one with the hat said. They were both crossing the street. This is just great! I thought. Now they were blocking the sidewalk in front of me.

"Excuse me." I said standing in front of them. When they didn't move I tried going around them but one of them grabbed my shoulders and slammed me up against the wall. I hit my head pretty hard.

"Shit!" I yelled, holding my head. "What the hell? Can't you just move?"

"You're kinda feisty. I like that." The ball cap guy said.

I made a disgusted face along with a "Uck!" I took a step forward only to be slammed back against the wall. I punched the other one in the face. He fell to the ground unconscious.

"Okay, listen," Cap guy said, coming in front of me. "We can do this the easy way," he pulled out a knife. "or the hard way." I looked at the knife then at him. He took it as me being scared because he had a menacing smile. The next moment his body was pressed up against mine. One hand held the knife the other was going up my skirt. I pushed him away. Before I knew it he stabbed me in my lower stomach.

I gasped from the pain. I looked at the wound it was pretty bloody. "You son of a bitch!" I yelled at him. He smacked me across the face. I fell on my stomach on the sidewalk. It made the wound of the stab hurt worse. I sucked in air the moment I tried to move. Cap guy was now hovering over me.

"Are you ready to be a good girl now?" he asked in a mocking voice.

"Get the hell away from me!" I spat.

"Too bad. You'll learn." With that he stabbed me in my lower back.

I have never felt so much physical pain in my life. After he did that the pain was too much I couldn't move. Everything seemed to hurt. I couldn't even move my head.

"Too bad you won't be conscious for this." He sneered down at me.

"Too bad you won't either." I heard a voice that I knew anywhere. Nathan came into my line of sight, let me tell you he looked pissed off. He picked up cap guy and threw him 50 feet down the road, he was over there next to the guy in a second beating the crap out of him. My eyes widened. Nathan threw him over closer to me. When Nathan came back over to him with inhuman speed I saw the most horrifying sight I have seen. It was like I was eight again. Coming out of Nathan's mouth were fangs.

Everything went black.

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