Book 2
Fighting for your life is completely different than fighting for your love. What happens when something threatens everything Lauren has ever cared for and loved.
In the process of protecting everything she loves, Lauren discovers a secret th...
"Ruban, you're going out with mama to hunt. Cmon let's go!" Camila shouted as she came into the front room. I heard my son audibly groan and I chuckled as I finished tying up my shoes. "Ready Ru?" I ask as he puts his hoodie on. He looks up at me with his doe eyes that remind me of his mother every time I look at them. "Yeah, I'm good. Bye mom!" He shouts as he leaves and I wait patiently for my wife to come and say goodbye.
As she emerges from the kitchen with our youngest son Oscar in arms I smile sweetly. "I'll see you soon. Please be careful, there's more Cleansers than normal." Camila warned as she kissed my cheek. I heard Ruben shout for me and I sighed. "I love you mi amor. See you soon." I kiss her then Oscars head and I heard him giggle. He has my laugh.
"Love you too." She responds quickly. "Bye Noa!" I shout and I hear the sixteen year old shout a farewell back.
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"Mama?" Ruben asked in the silence and I looked down at him curiously. "Yeah Ru?" I asked back and carried on observing our surroundings. We were currently stood in a market place which was packed with dancers and civilians enjoying themselves. "How do you know if someone's bad? We always feed on the bad guys but how do we actually tell?" He asked with the same amount of curiosity as Camila. The similarities between the two was astounding. "Their smells. If you focus enough you can smell their emotions. When someone is bad, they carry this smell that I can only describe as sinister. Trust me Ruben, when you smell it you'll know." I answer back and he nods and I watch as he takes a deep breath and his eyes widen at the new senses filling his nose.
"Everyone's happy. I can smell it." I smile with pride at my son as he learns, I do it with all my kids. Especially when Oscar spoke his first word with was 'mommies'. "What else can you smell?" I ask as I eye a certain human who I could easily tell was a criminal but I wanted Ruben to spot it. "Uh, it smells like...rot...just bad." He describes with a shiver and I watch as his eyes dart toward the guy I've been keeping an eye on since we arrived.
"Him." Ruben points and I rub his hooded head with a smile and together we walk toward the guy.
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"Is that the last bag Ru?" I ask as I screw the blood bag shut. Camila and I came up with a way to keep the Cleansers off our backs a little. Instead of drinking from them straight away, a team of two goes out and drains the human of all their blood and empty the blood into blood bags so if there's leftovers we can put it into storage and it keeps Cleansers away for a while. "Yeah, I'm done." He says as he throws the body into the fire we created on the shore. I threw the duffel bag over my shoulders and together we walked back to the house.
"Auntie Dinah is coming tomorrow with Auntie Ally, Auntie Normani and Uncle Shawn and Uncle Troye." I said with a smile and I watched as a wide smile spread across his face. "Really?! Oh my god I haven't seen them in so long!" He exclaims in excitement and I laugh as he rambles about how excited he was. Suddenly, I heard the scruff of a shoe on pavement.
I looked over my shoulder and there was a group of four Cleansers tailing us. I looked down at Ruben and he seemed to notice it too. I taught him to never let his guard down and luckily he listens, Camila and I definitely raised him right as we did Selena who we've had since she was seven.
"We can't let them call for backup. So, we have to fight them." I alert Ruben of the plan and he smiles before his eyes turn into a beautiful purple. I let my eyes change to their green and pink and we both stop in our tracks. "You know, it's rude to follow people." I say as I put the duffel bag down and face the Cleansers. "Shut up beast." One shouts and charges at us but before he reaches us Ruben sprints forward and snaps his neck. "Don't speak to my mom like that." He says and together we charge forward and snap each of their necks effortlessly.
"Let's get home aye? Mom is probably worried sick." I say as I pick the duffel bag back up and we race back to the house.
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"You're late." Camila said as she opened the door for us, she kissed Ruban on the head and told him to get Noa for dinner and then she turned her attention to me. "It's was a group of Cleansers. They were railing us but it's okay. It's taken care of." I explain and Camila looks deep in thought. "What is it babe?" I ask cupping her cheeks after putting down the duffel. "Why has there been a raise in Cleansers? They aren't just targeting anyone, but just us. It's almost as though we have a bounty on our heads." Camila said almost to herself. I smiled at her before taking her lips in a quick but passionate kiss. "Babe, we probably do. Remember we didn't exactly leave Kleinwood on good terms. Plus, I've pissed off a lot of people in my lifetime." I say in reassurance, then Camila slapped my arm. Hard.
"Why did you have to be such a troublemaker in your lifetime?" She said in fake scolding and I motioned her to the kitchen where the kids were probably waiting. "Oh shut up Camz. You love me for it." I say as I grab a blood bag out the duffel and passed it to her.
"You're right." She mumbled as she drinks her fill. I look towards Noa as she feeds Oscar through a baby bottle as she ducks a blood bag using no hands. "Noa, I've got him. Drink properly." I say as I approach them. "Sure mom. Oh, just a heads up, some Cleanser teachers were at school today. They were paying attention to Ruben and I." Noa warned and Ruben furrowed his brow and looked toward his sister. "Why didn't you tell me?" He asked and Noa just snickered openly. "Ruben, let's be honest, you would've tried to kill them as soon as you saw them." I looked towards Camila to see her concern.
"Noa, Ruben. I'm begging you, if anything feels off you run and find us. These Cleansers can get very nasty. Trust me, your mom and I have had to deal with them for years. Especially me since I'm the oldest in the house. Just be safe okay?" I say, interrupting their little siblings quarrel.
"Yes mom." They say in unison.
"Seems like we've gotta call in some favours Camz." I say looking toward my wife who has a small grin on her face.
"They'll be here by sunrise."
Ahhh the Cabello-Jauregui family!!! This family is just full of badasses and can we please talk about little Oscar like ugh, I found the best baby ever to play him.
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