There Will Be Blood by Brieanna Boyce (bookstand for reading txt) 📕

"Kale I..."

Derek knocked, I looked at Meg, "Can this wait?"

Meg sighed and nodded, "sure."

Derek pulled him out of the room, "Why are we moving?"

I whispered, "Did you see how they were kicking our asses? Did you want me to wait 'til you were all dead?"

Derek frowned, "Perhaps Kale you should take a break I mean first Gerard than this..."

"No. I'm fine. Get packed we're leaving shortly."

I went back to the room and Meg looked at me. "Kale... do you love me?"

I ran a hand through my hair, "Where is this coming from? I thought you said you just wanted to keep things simple?"

Meg's eyes watered up, "You're right I'm sorry, I just I... and you still love..."

"No," Kale snapped, "Look I just. get out."

Meg gasped and kissed me passionatly, "I'm sorry please Kale... I love you."

I looked at her, Meg didn't know me as well as she thought she did, she clung to an idea one she had in her head but it wasn't me.

"Meg," I took her hands, "No you just think you love me."

Meg slapped me, "What do you know about me?!"

"That there's someone in this house that you really love and you just don't know it... but it's not me Meg. We're not doing this anymore. When we move into the other hotel I want you to bunk with someone else or by yourself."

I grabbed my packed things and walked out of the room as Meg collapsed to the ground.

Skylar

I ran for a long time, well into the night. I stopped in a forest clearing just in time for sunrise. There was tall grass and wildflowers that glowed with the touch of the suns first rays. I had no clue where I was or which direction I had run, but what did it matter? I was sure that I had ran fast enough that I could relax for a few before continuing on my journey.

I looked at the hues of gold that somehow reminded me of Kale. I felt tears trail down my cheeks, why couldn't we have met while I was human? Why did I drag him into this? I had impacted his life for the worse but I still wanted him here. I closed my eyes and recounted every moment I'd been with him and the pack, every moment he held me close or made me smile.

"Goodbye," I whispered.

The she wolf growled, "I won't let you get rid of him that easily."

I laughed sadly, "As if I could get rid of him that easily."

I fell asleep on the grass and had my first full nights sleep. I woke up grabbing Fang's (now my) backpack, getting up and throwing it over my shoulder.

I walked into a small nearby town and quickly walked around making a map in my head. What did I need? Clothes, but stealing wasn't hard, I needed a shower, and oh, I absolutly needed to work on changing my appearance.

I looked way too much like the picture that was currently in the stolen file that was in my stolen back pack. So I would need to change my eyes and my hair. After a few minutes I found a walmart, I took a box of cheap hair dye and some bleach than shoved it in my backpack. I continued through the aisles casually than saw something out of the corner of my eye. A mirror. I looked at my reflection, my hair and eyes were obvious but my freckles might give me away too. I looked around and stole a bunch of the fairest concealer they had and a lot of make up.

"Ma'am drop that right now."

I looked up, shit an employee.

"Afraid I can't do that."

He went to grab me but I punched him in the face easily knocking him out than I ran out of the store.

I didn't stop running until I crossed the other side of town which at this point was in a matter of a minute. This side of town was much wealthier, the buildings were larger, and there were large iron gates in front of their homes.

I looked carefully and noticed that the house I was standing in front of had cameras. Somehow this all seemed odd, here were these collections of rich large homes in this little quaint town. These homes too seemed more like manors. There was no doubt in my mind these homes belonged to vampires. I tried to surpres my grin and looked around and pressed a little red button.

"Madame I'm sure whatever your selling I don't need any as you see from my home I am quite content."

The voice was clear and rude sounding through an intercom.

"As long as you have desire you will never be content, and by your home I can tell your desires are great."

I heard a chuckle sound over the intercom and something started to creak I looked over to the gates opening.

I smiled triumphantly and walked up to the front doors which of course were perfect. The house seemed though not just to be pretty but to have character, the house was a deep burgundy with accents of brown and black. Ivy plants were creeping up the sides engulfing the house and to my immense horror I found myself relaxing.


This was bad, lowering my guard was the last thing I should be doing. Yet I could feel my shoulders hanging limply. The door swung open in front of me an older balding man in a suit.

"Hello miss, please come in."

I walked into the home everything was hues of brown, green, and blue, there was no marble, glass, or mirrors. Just wood.

Somehow the look reminded me of a forest. The older man looked at me, "Please make yourself comfortable come follow me to the living room the master will meet with you momentarily."

I followed looking around, the room didn't have half the granduer of the manor I had previously been in. It had two love seats in front of a fire place with a carpet underneath. The fireplace was made of stone and a pile of chopped wood.

I sat on the carpet in front of the fireplace, feeling the warmth spread across my back. "So what should I call you? Alfred like in batman? Alfred was so cool."

"My name is Louis."

"Well that's not very interesting."

A lower smoother voice broke the conversation, "I like this girl... Your name is boring Alfred would be a nice name."

The older butler shrugged.

The man smiled, he had a very large muscular build and a scruffy small beard with dark eyes and dark skin. There was a strong accent but from where I couldn't place, suddenly my werewolf or yellow vision kicked on and next to this man I saw a gold wolf. He was a werewolf!

I tried to fight off the smile growing on my face.

"Is there something with which you would like to drink?"

I thought about it when was the last time I had a normal drink? "A water will be fine."

The man in front of me shook his head, "no no no, Alfred please 2 glasses of Savatiano."

Poor old Louis the Butler shuffled off to get the drinks at which time I looked at my host. He had a white open shirt and black dress pants his skin and hair looked to be still wet from a shower. He looked like a better looking version of those guys on those cheap adult romance novels.

"What pretty eyes you have..." He leaned extremly close to me which in reaction made me lean back.

"Thank you...uhm what's your name?"

The man gave an exasperated sigh shaking his head "But of course, pardon my manners, my name is Adelino, what is yours?"

"Raven." I had no reason to lie and still I couldn't help it. The name Raven was on my tongue before the name Skylar was.

Louis a.k.a Alfred came back in the room with two glasses of white wine.

"Ahhh excellent Alfred," than Adelino looked at me passing me the wine, "The eyes are said to be the key to the soul, and your eyes are quite interesting, for what reason are you matched with such a gloomy name?"

For a moment I thought of my mother, she told me one day why she named us Skylar and Adoni. My name more or less means sky and my brother's means sunrise, she said that the sky and the sunrise are constantly looked at for guidance and that she thought when she looked at us that we would be limitless and admired like the sun and the sky. I chuckled darkly, "Believe me the name Raven fits me perfectly," I swigged the champagne and handed the glass to Louis. "I'm gonna need somethin' a little stronger Loui."

Louis looked from me to Adelino, Adelino nodded and Louis left the room. I looked up at him looking closer at my host than my vision flashed and everything was bathed in a hue of gold and there I saw it, the large gold wolf by his side. Adelino wasn't a vampire, he was a werewolf.

I gaped smiling temporarily, than quickly I regained composure,"your like me."

Adelino raised an eyebrow, "I'm not sure I know what you mean little one."

Without hesitating I changed in front of him, the she wolf was elated at the presence of another werewolf and leapt on him, knocking Adelino over.

Adelino smiled and pet my head, "quickly change back before poor old Louis sees you and had a heart attack."

I changed back getting up from Adelino my clothes torn severely.

Louis walked in with a bottle of Scotch.

I grinned, "That'a boy!" I took the bottle and swigged it.

"Adelino, Raven will be our guest for a little while, would you do me a favor and prepare a bath for her."

Louis nodded and headed upstairs.

I looked to Adelino and smiled, "I didn't think there were any werewolves in Europe."

"There are but there are few like us. Some are scoundrels living in cities, in gutters, in hiding. Few are like us, a successful werewolf pack."

I suppose it shows how ignorant I am but I never knew a "succesful werewolf pack" could exist.

"So..." I looked around, "Where's the rest of your pack?"

Adelino smiled, "I do not need to have them live in my home they are the houses that reside by mine I feel no need to keep a constant eye on them."

I grinned, So these werewolves had more freedom too, I started to wonder about my old pack and couldn't help but feeling they were primitive compared to things under Adelino's pack.

"Why don't you go upstairs and take a nice bath?"

I nodded, clinging to my backpack, Adelino may be a werewolf but I still didn't know him well enough to trust him. I than nodded, "thanks," than I proceeded upstairs looking around for the bathroom. It took me a little while but when I got there I gaped.

The bathroom was bigger than my old room at the apartment with the pack, in fact it was at least twice as big. It was