Sired

Sired Prologue: Stranger's Bite

{PROLOGUE}

Stranger's Bite

"You be back home by midnight, you hear me?"

"Yes, ma, I heard you the first time."

"Your skirt's too short. You should change."

"Ma, it's fine."

"Rosalia, I don't like that boy."

"Okay, ma, I get it. But Brendan's a really good guy."

"That's what they make you think. But I'm your momma, I know the truth." she said pointedly.

I love my mom. I really do, but she can be...overprotective. Her thick Italian accent made her speech more intense. Her words would be emphasized more and she'd get all spirited on me.

Brendan really was a good guy though. He was always a gentleman and he never once rushed me into anything. I like him. But my mom on the other hand...

"As long as lover boy doesn't get touchy, I'm fine with him. When are you going to bring him home so I can give him a good ass whooping?" Leo joked.

My mom promptly smacked him aside the head with a dish rag when she heard him curse. Leo rubbed his head and smiled sheepishly at her. I could see the twitch of a smile on my moms lips. I held in my laughter at the two.

"I'll bring him over to meet Ma soon."

Leo rolled his eyes. "C'mon, Rosa, the guy's a piece of dry toast. Absolutely no flavor to him."

I smacked Leo on the arm. "Don't talk about him like that. He's very sweet."

"Right, whatever you say little sis."

"Whatever, I'm heading out."

I gave my mom a kiss on the cheek and put on my black coat.

"Be careful, yes?" she said as she patted my hair.

"Yes, ma. I'll be back before you know it."

***

I was only going to a house party. Brendan said only a couple twenty or so people would be there. A small get together, he said. I drove slowly as I saw the street name of the address he had given me. It was completely dark out. The streetlight barely gave any light. But i didn't need any light to know that the neighborhood was almost completely abandoned. One thing i didn't mention to Ma was the neighborhood the party was in. She would've never let me go if she knew. I heard the loud music before I saw the house.

Well, the only house that had light and any sign of civilization. People didn't move to this area because of the low security and high crime rate. I was no rich kid, but even my neighborhood wasn't this scary.

When I got a closer look I realized that this was no small get together. I parked my car a couple houses away because there wasn't any other place to park. Guess I'm walking. I took a deep breath and made my way over.

I could hear the clicking of my ankle boots on the pavement. I pulled my coat closer as a gust of wind hit me. My light brown hair was in loose curls. I should've tied it up because the wind had my hair whipping all over the place. I got to the door and knocked but no one answered. I tried again. Nothing.

I twisted the knob to find the door open. The inside was so very different from the outside. There were strobe lights, making the house look like a club. Other teenagers were dancing and getting wasted. I looked around for Brendan. Once I found the kitchen, I recognized his light blonde hair.

"Brendan!" I called out.

He turned around and spotted me. He waved and motioned me over. I made my way through the thick crowd of sweaty bodies. I stood right before him and he slung his arm over my shoulder.