Chapter 2

“There you are!” Mellissa screams from at least 30 feet away. I can hear her running towards me. “I’ve been looking for you all day!” she says kicking my leg.

“Napping.” I mumble turning over on my side. I was in the quad of my university trying to get a nap in before my next class.

“You have been avoiding me for the last 3 days.” She sounds hurt but I think she is more amused.

“Nope. Just been out of town.” I mumble. I hear her shift closer to me bending down. She pulls me on my back and takes off my sun glasses. I sigh and gaze at her. “It’s nothing, I just needed to think.”

“You went to go see that were didn’t you?” Mellissa said sitting down.

I nodded. “He is from a small tribe outside of the city. He was badly bitten…” A vampire bite to a were weakens us to such a degree that blinking seems like work. He was drained so he is touch and go as of right now. “I prayed with the family. It seemed to give them comfort.”

Mellissa nodded in approval. “I’m glad you are staying in contact with the were’s.” I roll my eyes. I always feel like Mellissa is My PR in the community. She always tries to steer me in the right direction to keep up my appearances.

I snorted softly as I thought of the day I told her that I was going to mingle with the humans.

I watch as Mellissa rolls her eyes at me. “You know—“

“Hi, I’m Kristen.” We both stare up at her. She was pretty in her own right. She was blonde with blueish brown eyes.  With her hair pulled back and boy clothes.

Mellissa tilts her head slightly in curiosity as I just blink.

“I’m with the Women’s Rugby team on campus.” She says shifting uncomfortably under my stare.  She holds out a flyer and I sit up and take it. The flyer was red with a picture of a girl tackling someone. “You guys look like you might have fun kicking some people’s ass.” She smiled. Mellissa black eyes connect with hers. Kristen looks down.

I nudge Mellissa in the shoulder. She has personal space issues when it comes to humans. I swear I wonder what would happen if I lock her in a crowded room filled with humans.