The Secrets We Keep.(5SOS Love/Vampire Fanfic)

Chapter 10 : Prey

Alyssa and I ran for hours trying to find a place to take shelter in the streets of New York.

We ended up staying at an old library, where many homeless people stayed.

We kept our heads down and didn't speak....we couldn't trust anyone.

Alyssa couldn't stop thanking me over and over for saving her.....she said she owed me her life.

"Really....really thank you so so much....I had been stuck in there for months....I was terrified that I might die there..."

"It's ok Alyssa.....I won't let any of them hurt you again......for now we need to find a way of getting you home to your family"

"I'm gonna see my parents again.....it's been so long"

"I know......but I'm gonna get you back to them I promise you that"

Alyssa smiled at this hugging me.

"Get some rest....we'll have to figure out what to do in the morning"I told her.

She lay down her head on my lap and closed her eyes.

I looked around at the other people.They all looked hungry....tired and some even looked as though they had survived attacks.My attention was drawn to an old man who squeezed in through the window carrying a box of beer cans.He sat down in the corner away from everyone else opening a beer and gulping it down quickly.

When he leaned his head back trying to get the last drops from the can to his mouth I noticed fang marks in his neck.

"Hey mister mind if I have one"I asked him.

He nodded and passes a can to me.I caught it and opened it....I took a quick sip of it before speaking again.

"Thanks I appreciate it"

"Ain't a problem"

"Would you mind me asking how you got those scars on your neck"?

He flinched at this and covered them with his hand.

"We're easy prey for them.......the homeless to them aren't important.....we are like dust we're always there but...only when you truly look do you believe that we are.....those demons from hell.....like to take our blood.....cause we can't fight back"

I shook my head in disgust.

"I'm sorry for that......"

"Well it ain't your fault.....on the bright side I was let go in mid transformation....so I did not die nor turn...."

"Thank god for that"

"Amen"he said raising another can.

"The sooner Alyssa and I got off the streets the better....I'll have to steal a car....I have to its my only choice....the cities not safe"I thought in my head as I continued to drink the beer.

I couldn't help feeling guilty.....feeling like I failed the other prisoners back at the house....I had left them there....how could i leave them there!!!!!!!!!