Kady's POV
"Great. Just great," Brandyn says, pacing back and forth. We were currently at the Werewolves' territory, blaming each other for Tori's kidnapping by the Vampires.
"Brandyn, you should've gone after her!" Olivia shouts, her black hair with fading red highlights falling in her face, covering her bright violet coloured eyes.
"I'm sorry, but why didn't you?!" Brandyn screams back.
Olivia scoffs, "I was in the library with Kady! Remember?"
"Guys just stop!" Lea shouts at them, only to receive a "shut up!!" from both of them.
I rubbed my temples, completely annoyed at them. "Please shut up. Both of you. Tori's gone and none of us did anything to stop that. So deal with it," I snapped, causing Olivia and Brandyn to freeze.
"Jeez Kady. Didn't have to be so rude," Brandyn mutters. I roll my eyes at him, scoffing.
"Fine. At least I am gonna look for Tori. Anyone else who wants to join can follow," I say, then turn and walk away. I hear footsteps behind me and see Brandyn and Kaitlyn catching up to me.
"Hey! Wouldn't leave your pack behind now would ya?" Kaitlyn says, smirking. The three of us are in a pack called the Midnight Sun Pack. Brandyn's the Alpha, while Kaitlyn is his second-in-command. I'm the leftover.
I can't help but smile back. "You're right Kitty I wouldn't. Now let's go find Tori."
We then phase into our Werewolf forms. Basically, you imagine yourself transforming into the animal and what you would look like. That's how you phase. It's the same for Shapeshifters but they call it "transforming". My senses escalated, along with my speed and agility. Brandyn, Kaitlyn, and I sprinted away from the Werewolves’ territory and into the woods.
Up ahead, Brandyn changes course and I know that he’s caught Tori’s scent. Suddenly, I sensed something strange, yet familiar, and slowed down. “Guys stop. I think the Vampires are near,” I tell Brandyn and Kaitlyn telepathically (Werewolves can do that), and they turn around and trot back.
“I can sense them too,” Kaitlyn says, then phases back into her human form. I do also, followed by Brandyn. We take a look at our surroundings to find that we are in a large field with grass that’s a dull yellow colour surrounded in a forest and leaves scattered all around, blowing through the air with the wind. I look straight ahead and see faint silhouettes in the trees, walking towards us. As they got closer, it became clear that it was three figures that we know all too well. The Vampires; Izzy, Sarah, and Emily.
They approached us with their Vampire speed, stopping just a few feet away. “Well, well. If it isn’t the Midnight Sun Pack. I bet you’re looking for Tori?” Izzy drawled, smirking.
Brandyn growled from beside me. “Stop smiling like you’ve beat us. There’s still six of us and only three of you. You’re at a disadvantage.”
Izzy laughs, giving us a crooked, cruel smile. “Are you now? Have you forgotten who Tori is?” Her gaze shifts to me.
Brandyn and Kaitlyn glance in my direction also. “What is she talking about, Kady?” Brandyn asks, not in a friendly tone.
I had overheard the Vampires talking once, and they were saying that Tori was more important than the rest because of what she is. That’s why the Vampires took her. But I never told the other Werewolves because I thought it didn’t matter. Now I realise, it does.
I clear my throat and say, “Tori is kinda…..well, not really but….she’s the Head Wolf.”
I couldn’t describe what emotion was on Brandyn’s face. Anger? Betrayal? Hurt? All three? It was hard to tell. “AND YOU DIDN’T TELL US?!! YOU DIDN’T EVEN TELL ME, YOU’RE OWN ALPHA!!” He didn’t give me a chance to explain before he phased and sprinted off into the woods.
Kaitlyn looked at me with sad eyes. “You shouldn’t have kept that kind of information from us, Kady. If we knew, we could’ve protected her. But it’s too late, now.” She also phases and runs in the direction where Brandyn had gone. It was just me and the Vampires now.
Izzy laughs and turns around, leaving in the same way she came. Sarah and Emily give me cold stares before following. Tears pricked the back of my eyes. Brandyn hates me, Kaitlyn pities me, I can’t go back to the den…
I suddenly take off towards the trees ahead of me hoping they didn’t leave. I slow down to a stop, leaning up against a tree to catch my breath. I heard snickering coming from above, and the three Vampires drop down to the ground.
“What do you want, Half-Wolf?” She demands, and I wince at the name. Half-Wolf means half human, half Werewolf. My mother was a human, my father a Vampire.
“I-I wanted t-to find you b-b-because I want to be like y-you,” I say, nervousness filling my voice.
Izzy’s face filled with surprise. “Wow. I didn’t think you would say that. But, I kinda did, knowing that you would have to go somewhere after betraying the others.”
I didn’t say anything, I only nodded once. Izzy glances at Emily, who suddenly appears at my side. I jump instinctively. “This will only hurt a bit,” She says, then reveals her fangs. Fear is the only thing I felt at the moment. Emily places her palm on the side of my head, tilting it sideways so my neck was exposed. I took two deeps breaths and counted to ten. I only made it to three when my vision darkened.
. . . . .
I awoke what seemed like days later, surrounded in black. I sensed someone watching me and I turned to see a figure crouching in the corner of the “room”. I noticed that I could see clearly in the dark, but I couldn’t identify who it was. They reached up and brushed the hair out of their face, revealing their identity to me. I stifled a gasp. Tori.
I then realised that I was in the Vampires’ lair, where they were keeping her. I put my hand up to my teeth, where I felt two that were larger and more sharp than the others. I had fangs, I told myself mentally. My dark hair was longer, falling past my shoulders. Before, it was a little above. I stood up and walked over to Tori, seeing that she was shackled to the stone wall she was sitting against.
Her face was masked with pain, terror, and shock. “K-Kady?” she asked, her voice barely audible. I reached out and gripped the chain on her right hand, about to break it when I hand was laid on my shoulder. Izzy.
“Don’t. She needs to stay here, where the Werewolves can’t find her. Besides, to show us your loyalty, you have to prove yourself.”
I didn’t like the sound of that. “How would I do that exactly?”
Izzy just smiles at me. “Think about it.” A terrible thought popped into my head and I stare at her, open-mouthed. She nods slightly and motions for me to lead the way.
I walk past her, towards the entrance, where Emily and Sarah were waiting. “Let’s go kill ourselves a Werewolf,” I tell them and their faces light up. I hated saying it, but my mind has gotten colder since the Changing.
I sprinted into the forest ahead, knowing for the first time what it’s like to run with Vampire speed. The world is blurred all around me, the wind blowing my hair back, my senses were sharper than ever. When I caught his scent, I immediately ran in that direction, the others close behind me.
I stopped suddenly, seeing him ahead of me. Izzy, Sarah, and Emily were on either side of me, staring at the Werewolf five feet away. “Split up and surround him,” I whisper to them and they nod, running off in different directions. When they were in place, I stepped into the clearing, watching as his head perks up and looks at me.
“Hello Brandyn,” I say. I watched as he phased back into human form. His face told me that he was still angry, but apparently he couldn’t see the change.
“Kady? Why are you here? I told you to leave me alone!” He practically shouts.
I tilt my head in confusion. “No you didn’t.”
“Yeah I did! I said it to everyone telepathically after I ran off! You can still hear me while you’re in human form!” Then he realised why I was acting this way. “Kady…….did you…?” Terror was evident in his voice.
I smiled, exposing my fangs. Brandyn recoiled and phased back into his Werewolf form, growling viciously at me. “See what you did to me?! You made me feel as though I didn’t mean anything to you guys and now look at me!! I’m a Vampire and Izzy is now my leader! Not you or anyone else! NOW!” I screamed, Izzy and the other Vampires stepping out.
“You’ve been a real pain, Brandyn. Izzy’s been waiting for this moment. Let’s not ruin it,” I say in a deep tone. Brandyn runs for an opening, but Sarah grabs him and throws him into a tree, and he whimpers in pain. He gets back up and goes to run again, but Izzy wraps her arms around him and squeezes tightly. I could hear the bones breaking inside him.
Brandyn breaks out of her grasp and takes a step forward, but was blocked by me. “Where do you think you’re going?” I shoved him backwards, and he falls to the ground. Izzy grabs him again and gives him one last bone-breaking squeeze. Literally. Brandyn howls in agony and Izzy drops him. I watch as the light leaves his eyes, not feeling terrible for what I did at all.
Sarah pulls out a lighter and hands it to me. I stare at it questioningly. “It’s just best to burn the corpse rather than just let it sit there and rot.” She tells me.
I nod and step closer to Brandyn, noticing how he automatically turns back to normal. “Goodbye Brandyn.” I say, igniting the lighter and dropping it on his body. It immediately catches fire and in five seconds, the whole corpse was burning.
“Looks like you’re one of us now, Kady. You’ve proved yourself to us,” Izzy smiles at me appreciatively and the four of us head back to our territory. I didn’t look back.
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