The King, The Enemy, and the Wars[Sequel to The Slayer]

Chapter 13

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Did I do the right thing? Just sitting back watching Trace and Josh fight? Should I have intervened? I thought to myself as I sat at home finishing my homework while Alex watched TV in the other room. Luke was at his house because his parents wanted to talk to him about something. I started to put my books back in my bag when my cell rang.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Greg."

"Greg! Hey, how have you been doing? I heard you graduated!" I said.

"Yeah, I couldn’t stand being in that hellhole any longer. How are you doing?"

"I'm alright, just you know, school, stress, vampire drama, the normal." I said jokingly.

"Yeah, I heard about there being a war. Vince said he wanted to join."

"Yeah he told me, and he also told me that you were planning to come for a visit? Please tell me that's true!" I said excitedly.

"Yeah, it's true. I literally bought the tickets today, and I'll be on a flight to Connecticut on Thursday." Greg said.

'Yay! That is great! I can't wait for you to meet Alex!"

"Alex?"

"He is a half vampire, the only one in existence. He will love you, trust me." I said excitedly.

"Okay, well, I'll be in around four, so Vince gave me your address, and hopefully I'll be at your house at five, that okay?" Greg asked.

"Of course! I can't wait!" I said.

"Good, alright well, I'll talk to you later okay?"

"Yeah, okay, bye!" I said before I hung up.

                Alex came in and asked about who Greg was. I told him it was Andy's half brother. Alex looked so happy. He asked if he could see Andy soon, and I told him that he couldn’t and he frowned.

"I invited Emily to come over on Thursday, is that okay? She's the girl I met at the playground while you were gone, and she goes to my school." Alex said.

"Oh, yeah that is fine. She can always come over." I said ruffling his hair.

                The next day at school was awkward, since first period was IR with Trace. Trace sat far away from me, and I didn’t blame him. The morning sped by, and at lunch Trace came in the café with full confidence and sat on the couch and ate. I caught people staring and whispering. They weren’t saying mean things; I could hear most of it. They were actually curious about him.

"Hey, I heard that you punched Josh in the face the other day, congrats! The guy deserved it, he is a complete jerk." A girl said as she passed him.

"Oh, thanks I guess. Yeah he is a jerk." Trace said then started to eat again.

"Hey Violet." Luke said.

"Hey, what's up?" I said.

"Nothing, so why were you staring at Trace over there?" Luke asked curiously.

"No reason, someone besides me actually talked to him, that's all." I whispered.

"Oh, and I heard that Alex found those…utensils did you call them? Please tell me he didn’t hurt himself on them, and where did he find them? I hope you put those in a safer place." Luke said.

"Alex didn’t hurt himself, trust me. And I put them in a better hiding space okay."

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                Luke walked in and started talking to violet. I stayed quiet and tried to focus on their conversation.  They were talking about Alex and utensils… oh shit! Luke found them and so did Alex, I hope Violet didn’t rat me out… but he is like her best friend or maybe even more, why would she keep my secret from him. I immediately began to feel uncomfortable and got up to leave.

"Trace, where are you going?" Luke asked.

"To put my food away." I responded flatly.

"Oh, here I want to talk to you for a moment." Luke said and Violet looked confused.

                Luke and I put our dishes and food away and he took me to the theatre wing. Gosh this place is popular for secrets isn’t it? Luke looked at me for a moment. I couldn’t tell what he was thinking, or what he thought about me. All I knew was he was a vampire, and I was supposed to be a hunter…

"So, I have heard some rumors." Luke started.

"Oh, what about?" I said playing it casual.

"I heard that you and Josh haven’t been getting along. I heard you punched him." Luke said eyeing me.

"Okay…and?"

"So it's true? I also heard that he vandalized your car, is that also true?"

"No." I lied.

"Really? Why does your car have a new coat of paint on it?" Luke countered.

"Because I wanted to paint it." I replied.

"Okay, if you don't want to tell me you don't have to. I have just one more thing I want to ask." Luke said.

"Okay, go on."

"I know you and Violet have been talking with each other. Has she told you anything about a friend of hers that is cutting? I found the utensils, as she calls them, and immediately thought she was and freaked. Then she told me it was a friend and she was helping them. Do you know anything about that?" Luke asked.

"No, I just got here; I don't really know anyone here. And if she didn’t tell you about whom the friend is, why on earth would she tell me?"

"I don't know… but one thing I am telling you right now is, don't mess with her, got it? You are a hunter, and he isn’t one, you are on opposite sides, don't fraternize with the enemy as they say." Luke said then walked off.

                Was that a threat? Whatever, all I know is that Violet stayed true to me, she didn’t reveal my secret and that I was thankful for.

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"Luke, wait up!" I called.

"Het Violet, what's up?" Luke said.

"Don't 'hey what's up' me! What did you talk to Trace about?"

"The rumors about him hitting Josh, and Josh vandalizing his car."

"Josh did what?"

"Yeah, but Trace wouldn’t admit it."

"Oh, so anything else?" I pushed.

"Um, not really." Luke said casually, and walked away.

                Something else happened. First off, why isn’t Luke telling me…? Second, I hope Trace is okay… I looked down the hall and spotted Trace walking to his locker. I ran through the crowds of people and stopped at his locker. He looked up then back down.

"Trace." I said trying to catch his attention.

"Trace, talk to me." I said.

"What's there to talk about? I got to go anyways." Trace said then started to walk away. I grabbed his arm and he cringed.

"Trace! What did you do?" I asked trying to pull his sleeve up.

"Get away from me Violet!" Trace said jerking his arm back and running down the hall away from me.