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Chapter 12. Kate and Dallon?

Leaving Dallon to sleep in peace, I hear Kate's footsteps heading to his room. I grin slightly to myself. I make a loud noise and hear her scared little heartbeat pick up pace and the steps freeze. I keep on walking toward the living room and leave myself to wonder what she's up to.

Kate's points of view
Evil bitch. She lured him here promising safety, then captured him and forced him into life long slavery. Why did I ever want to travel with her?!? She's evil and vindictive, and I'll bet she probably did the same thing to the other boy. I come close to the boy here, the one smart enough to fear her, to try and get away, to love his brother enough to attempt to save them both. I get close to his bed and tuck a strand of his golden blond hair behind his ear. I put my hand on his cheek. He starts to move and I duck out of sight. I go back to his bedside and he stirs. I run out of there as quickly and quietly as possible.

Dallon's point of view
As I wake up, there's this weird girl in the room touching my face. She gets scared and runs away before I can talk to her, her long, unkept, chestnut brown hair flowing in the wind with her mint greenish blueish skirt down past the back of her shins. I sit up in an unfamiliar bed with a crick in my neck. I feel somewhat lightheaded. I get up and walk around. I don't recognize this place. It's a series of twisting shadowed hallways. I come out to see the strange pretty girl sitting on a couch, my brother and Cheyenne on the other couch. My memories come flooding back to me.

"Dude, get away from her! She's a vampire!"
"You knew this whole time and you still hang out with her?! What is wrong with you?!?"
"I wouldn't trade being by her side for the world."

She bit me. She drank my blood and violated me. Why am I still here? I look over to the strange girl again and back to my brother. Where'd the girl go?
"He's finally awake."
I about jump out of my skin. She's right behind me!!! Her eyes turn red, and she faces the other direction as if to shield them from view. My brother shoots weird girl a dirty look. God I need to learn her name. What was it?... I stare off into space and sit on a couch with weird girl for a while, just thinking.

Cheyenne's point of view
Dallon is just sitting there. I think I broke him. Oops. Kate just keeps looking over at him smiling. She puts her hand on his and he doesn't even flinch. She curls into his chest like a cat and goes to sleep without his knowing. I go over and lightly smack his cheek. He breaks his trance and looks up at me with the ugliest look and I can't help but silently giggle.
"Don't move. It's been almost 2 days since she's gotten any sleep. You're the only one who seems to comfort her. Her name is Kate."
He looks down at her with a look of curiosity and concern.
"Since traveling with us, she's been a little out of touch with her human side, and gone to more of a scared, cave child mental state. Some people do that if she was already mentally damaged. It sort of enhanced the damage."

He grew up in a pretty nice home, lots of true friends, decent parents, name-brand clothing, food on his plate... He had it pretty good compared to some people. He probably can't imagine what she went through that this would cause her to turn into some kind of scared wild animal thing. He looks down at her in pity and soft admiration. He moves a stray strand of hair from her eyes and lays his arm around her. I think there maybe a second romance brewing in our new home.