My Werewolf Mate and My Vampire Best Friend

Stay Away

Chapter 4

Stay Away

December 8, 2012

I looked at the kid standing in front of me. He was angry with me, and he bore his anger with no discipline. The boy had no manners and couldn't control his emotions, which was an ugly flaw. I could already tell that if I said the wrong words he wouldn't hesitate to lung at my throat, not that he would be able to, so I would have to be careful with my words.

Then a faint smile found its way to my lips when I saw him sizing me up. His hands were clenched, and I could tell by the look on his face that he thought he could take me. Little did he know I was way beyond his years, especially in experience on the battle field. Also, I was literally decades older than him. And, just like Addy I figured he hadn't come of age.

Usually vampires held a certain aurora. To me it stunk like rotten fish, but to the mundane people of the world they held a heavenly scent. They were also known to be quite beautiful, every single one of them. It was part of their nature to have that sort of trait. I wouldn't say they were gorgeous, but they were something else entirely.

I would have described them as pretty.

There abnormal white skin and dark hair gave them an angelic look, though not all of them followed the stereo type, most did. Even Addy followed it in some way, but her difference was something that I have never seen on a vampire before. Her hair was partially red, which has never been heard of-at least not naturally. The only red headed vampires I've seen were ones that died there hair, and Addy's eyes didn't glow. They were dull and seemed exhausted of life.

The dullness in her eyes just gave me more of a reason to love her. It made her different. It made her seem less of a monster than some of her kind that I have met in the early years of my life. And thankfully, she didn't possess the angelic trait like other vampires. To me it was ugly, and it also meant that she couldn't draw in prey. It gave me a sense of comfort that she could be herself around me; also she seemed to kind to be a vampire that when I first met her I almost didn't believe it, and to top it all off she didn't smell. She didn't smell like a normal vampire. Addy was heavenly and everything I ever wanted.

A vampire's angelic trait is something that draws a human towards them. Their beauty and elegance is something that they can't resist, drawing them to their death. Addy didn't have this. It's not that she isn't beautiful, because she is. She's just different and she doesn't unsettle me.

For the first time I feel as if I felt comfort in a vampire's presence.

As I was getting deeper in thought about Addy the boy growled at me, pulling me abruptly out of my thoughts.

His gray eyes glared at me, contrasting with his black hair and dark, green shirt.

"Who the hell are you?" He demanded more than asked, sneering at me with his fangs extended.

Oh boy, here we go. He already wanted to get in a fight with me. I let out a sigh of annoyance, and with my hands still in my pocket I glanced up at him, finally giving him my full attention.

By the looks of Addy I didn't think I would have met someone that would be so possessive over her. She didn't look like the type of girl who's ever gone out with someone. Maybe my assumption about her was wrong, and it angered me. It made me mad that she could have possibly loved someone else. But, somewhere inside of me I couldn't see her being with someone else. She always blushed, a deep red, when I talked about her possessively or even just touched her hand. It almost seemed irrational that she would or could have ever been with this boy.

I extended my hand out to the boy. "The names Lucius," I said, with pure authority. I was letting him know that I was a threat, but not one he could take lightly.

He quickly slapped my hand away just as soon as I had put it out there. He was really starting to tick me off. I could feel my body heating up with anger, and I could see red and all the other ways I could squeeze the life out of him.

"Look, kid. You best not talk or act in such an impolite manner towards me." I commanded, gripping him by the collar of his green shirt, hoisting him up to my height.

"Let me go. Or you'll regret it. You don't know who you're messing with." But I did know who and what I was messing with. I was messing with a vampire in the middle of his change.

His senses were being suffocated by his new abilities, causing him not to know what to do with them. I wasn't naïve about his species, but he was very naïve about mine. I wouldn't be surprised if he thought that my kind didn't even exist. And he'll pay a high price for his parent's mistakes. They didn't tell him, keeping him ignorant and innocent. If he kept it up it may be what I kill him for, but I can't kill him. He's Addy's friend and it would just make things more complicated between us.

I let go of the front of his shirt, pushing him back a few steps.

"Stay away from Addy," he yelled at me.

"No!"

"You better listen to me or I'll...I'll..." He was trying to threaten me with his words. Too bad for him, I have dealt with many people just like him.

"You'll do what?" I asked, annoyed. "You'll hurt me."

He barred his teeth at me and charged. He came at me with his fist reared back and struck me in the center of my chest. I didn't move or even try to block him. I wanted to see what he was capable of, and when he hit me I could feel pain shoot through my body. Though it hurt he was a weakling. He was nowhere near the status of an elder.

He had fractured my sternum. I sucked in a breath with my eyes closed, and in the next second my sternum was completely healed.

I open my eyes and looked into his anger filled eyes. Then I smirked at him, and watched his face turn from anger to shock.

His gray eyes widened at me as he took a few steps back. He was trying to process everything that was happening, and sadly he wasn't coming up with a logical answer.

"What the hell are you?" At least he could tell that I wasn't human anymore, but I doubted that he would be able to guess what I was, since he didn't know of my kind's existence, if my assumption was correct.

"Obviously I'm not human," I said, as a matter of fact.

"What? Are you some hybrid-vampire?" He asked, peering at me. "Cause you sure as hell don't act, look, or smell like one." He then sniffed the air and cringed. "You smell like trash."

"Well, I should to you and your kind at least, well, with the exception of Addy." I thought about her for a second and then realized the first question he asked me. I glared at him in anger. "And to answer your first question I'm not a vampire of any sort."

"Then what are you, and why does Addy have anything to do with this," he asked?

"I am way older and more experienced than you, and Addy has everything to do with it. She's entitled to me and me alone. Like I said I'm stronger, so keep your nasty little hands away from her." I really wanted this fight to be over with.

He glared at me, trying to think of a way to probably get rid of me. He stood there for who knows how long, and when I realized he wasn't going to speak I decided to end this.

"What's your name?" I needed to know the people that Addy surrounded herself with. Even if I didn't like them, but one thing I could tell was that he would protect her if I wasn't around. And for now that was good enough in my books as long as he didn't cross me.

"Carter," he said, submissively.

"Well, Carter do we have an understanding of each other?"

"Yes, sir." It was all he said. I could tell by how simple his answer was that this wasn't over. The boy just had to get in over his head and think that he actually had a chance.

"Well then, see you around Carter."

"Yeah, will do."

With that I walked out of the school building to my car, since I didn't actually go to school here.