The Imprint: Night Shift (Complete & Editing)

Chapter 24: Attacked

This is the final Chapter of "Night Shift". I know I still have some editing to do. But there's is a sequel called "Hunted", it'll be up as soon as I finish the first couple chapters. So please vote and comment and let me know what you think. - Cherise <3

It’s the final day of high school. I’m so excited to start college. Of course there’s the worry in the back of my mind of the hunters and Kate. I got my acceptance letter from the UWI and I can’t wait for orientation.

Danielle and the others were able to complete their final year too, and were also accepted into the UWI. Danielle will be studying Psychology with Shane. Jade, Christina and I are studying Sociology; and Dylan, River and Liam all seemed to get in for Computer Science or Economics. Xavier and Seth however were the youngest so they’re still stuck at Lexington for a year.

We get back to the pack house and settle down in the living room. Shane and Jade wanted to host a party but it wasn’t a good idea since I was trying to stay away from them until this whole war was over. I didn’t want to risk anyone getting hurt because of me.

Dylan suggested we go to the beach and have a bonfire. We agreed to go. My father warned us not to go too far from the house because we know Kate can track me, and we needed to be within 100km of Maree’s abilities.

We decided to use the beach behind the pack mansion. The space wasn’t much but in order to be safe we made do.

Dylan and Seth started the fire as we sat around it making Smores. Anthony and Nicholas patroled the area and then joined us.

“Are you guys ready for College life?” Nicolas asks as he takes his seat.

“Totally.” Danielle says eating a marshmellow, “I get to check out hot guys, and get a degree at the same.”

Shauna and Melissa laugh. “Typical Dani.” Shauna says shaking her head.

“What?” Danielle retorts, “If you didn’t have Gunnar you’d be saying the same thing.” Danielle looks at me, “Am I right, Cher?”

“Definitely!” I laugh, “If Brian wasn’t there I’d check them out with you all day.” I wink at her.

“Very funny, Cee.” Brian says. “As long as you’re just looking I don’t mind.”

“Dang!” Shauna says looking at him, “If Gunnar was like you I probably wouldn’t come home some days.”

“Oh I’ll come home every day.” I kiss Brian’s cheek, “Even if I have free reign to boy watch with Dani.”

Shauna laughs, “You guys are too cute. Gunnar and I would trip if we looked at other people.”

Gunnar nods, “I have to get a rope for this one.” He hugs Shauna around her waist.

I smiled at them.

Anthony stands up. “Did you hear that?”

“No.” Nicholas says standing, “Let’s go and check it out." He turns to me, "We’ll be back.”

They walk off and disappear into a bunch of coconut trees. As the rest of us sit talking around the fire.

“Run!” Nicholas shouts running back towards us.

We look around to see him holding onto his side. There’s blood and scratches all over him.

“They killed Anthony.” He says before collapsing to the sand.

I run up to him. He's alive but badly wounded, he's barely breathing and it doesn’t look good.

I hear laughing and I look up to see Kate with some muscular men behind her.

“I thought I warned you princess?” she says looking at me, “Maree is weak her spells can’t protect you.” She grabs onto my neck and holds me up to her intense gaze as she starts whispering an incantation making me feel pain all over.

Brian is transformed and knocks her over, sending me crashing into the ground. I cough uncontrollably before I see that everyone is transformed with their marks on them.

They jump at the men attacking and killing them instantly. Kate screams at us making us freeze.

She grabs me again as I struggle to get away from her grip. “Where is your dog?” she demands.

I look around to see the others struggling to move. Hachi flies from behind in his Perussi form. He bites her arm making her let me go as the others get free and attack her.

Brian runs to me, “Are you okay, Cee?”

“I’m fine.” I manage to say as I shiver. “I couldn’t do anything.”

He holds me as I look around to see Kate dead. She’s torn apart like some jointed doll.

My father and John run onto the beach with Maree. They’re shocked at the scene.

Maree checks Kate’s body, “The battle is over now.” she says sighing, “But the war has just begun. They’ll be more, coming after her and the hunters will awaken.

“What does that mean?” I ask her.

“She wanted you to kill her.” She looks to my father, “She had to die for the hunters to awake.”

I look around realizing that this was only the beginning and a whole lot more of my friends will die.