Cherry Ann

Chapter 8.1 Dukes

The doorbell rang again as we walked down the stairs. I opened door to see a tall man with shoulder length dark hair and brown eyes and woman with long, long light hair it was passed her waist and light green eyes were standing there. Behind them was a tall muscular man with light hair and brown eyes a perfect mix of the man and woman.

"You must be Serena, Henry and Jock."

"You are correct." Henry said with a smile.

"How are you Cherry?" The woman said giving me a big hug.

"Cuz long time no see eh?" Jock gave me a big lift you off the ground bear hug. "Let's see we were about one and a half I think." he laughed.

"Come in." I stepped aside and they walked through my door.

I shut the door and locked it as they walked into the living room.

"I am glad you have made it. Have you been updated on the situation." Tack said.

"Yes." Jock said. "Mrs. Resort explained everything. Your house is being watched like a hawk." He looked at me. I shifted nervously on my feet. "You are safe, even if they find evidence we are here to fight for you. I will take you to the Vampire world at the first sign of danger."

"Try not to worry Miss Cherry." Serena said.

"But what if the Killers find out you are a vampire too. They found out about Tack." I asked Jock.

"Yes but my parents are Human there is no evidence to go off of."

"Now..."Serena Started. "Let's get settled in and get our game plan together I want to make sure our stories are the same. I will start dinner while the boys unpack."

I didn't know why but I felt at ease with the Dukes, like an evening like this was a normal thing. I went to the laundry room and got my sheets out of the wash and put them in the dryer. When I walked back into the kitchen Serena was cutting tomatoes and putting them into a pot.

"Do you like Italian food?" she asked opening a can of tomato paste.

"Yes I do."

"I thought so, most Vampires do."

"But I'm not a vampire yet."

"I know dear when I say Vampire I mean all who have the vampire gene."

"Oh I guess that makes sense...Why is that, do you think? I mean most vampires liking Italian food."

"I'm not sure. It might just be the fact you can disguise blood in it extremely well." She pointed to a pitcher of dark red liquid.

"Where do you get the blood?"

"Blood banks mostly. We order it the blood type doesn't matter much to Jock but we don't mix types. Some Vampires are very particular most like the same blood type they have."

"Huh."

"In the vampire world it is delivered like milk was here." She explained.

"Just on your doorstep?"

"Yep you have to remember that blood to a vampire is like milk or water to a human."

"Yeah I know it still seems weird to think about at first but I get it."

She smiled at me and put the noodles in the pot of boiling water.

"I want you to know that I am here for you. I may be a human Vampire child, but we are protectors of the vampire world, we let Jock choose whether or not to change. We were thrilled he chose to be changed. He wanted to be a protector and we were able to do our part from the human world. But I want you to know you can ask me anything, anything you might be embarrassed to ask Tack. You are a woman and I know there are things you won't be able to ask him and you may not want to ask his mother." She winked at me.