Chapter 10 - "The Lurking Shadows"

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Ethan's POV

Two weeks.

It's been two weeks since I last saw her.

After that night at my house I haven't seen her.

It's like she vanished.

She hasn't been coming to school.

She doesn't answer the phone.

She isn't home.

Where is she?

I can't even ask Amelia about her.

She also disappeared.

This is so strange.

"Ethan" Matt says across from me.

"Yes?" I say I come back to reality.

"What's up with you" he asks.

"Nothing" I say quickly.

"Are you like this because of Viola-Vianey-V-"

"Violet"I say with gritted teeth.

"Someone seems to care too much about her" he says in a cocky tone.

"Matt sto-"Grayson says.

"What I'm just saying" he says rasing his hands in defense.

"She isn't even that special honestly" he says leaning his back on the chair and folding his hands behind his head.

I stare at him with utter disgust and decide to ignore him.

"She probably already left you for a vampire she picked up at the cemetery" he says with a devilish chuckle.

"Shut up Matt" I say angrily.

"I mean she is nice too look at sometimes but god she is a-" he says before I cut him off as I reach over the table as grab a fist of his shirt.

"I told you to shut up" I say through my gritted teeth.

Every inch of my body feels that rush of adrenaline as I face him.

He can't talk about her when he doesn't even know her.

I swear I hate it when he talks about her.

He is seriously a jerk.

"Ethan let him go" Grayson says pulling me back.

I let go off him and sit back down in my spot.

I look over to him and see his hands up in surrender.

Him and the others make conversation while I try to cool off.

"Grayson have you heard anything from Amelia?" I ask in a low voice.

"Nothing. The last thing she told me was that she was going to take care of somethings and that she didn't know when she would be back" he says.

I nod in response and sit there quietly.

"So you guys want to go out to the cabin this week" Matt says randomly.

"We probably shouldn't " Brady says.

"Why not" Matt asks confused.

"Haven't you guys heard about the recent animal attacks"

"Animal attacks?" I asks furrowing my eyebrows.

"Yeah I saw it somewhere about the recent animal attacks."

"There's at least 15 people found dead in the last couple of weeks"

"Your scared of an animal Brady" Matt says.

"I prefer staying. I'm not trying to get myself killed"he says.

"Yeah me neither" Grayson says.

"Yeah" I say dragging on the last part.

Animal Attacks?

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Its late at night and I can't sleep.

Everytime I close my eyes I see her.

I see her bloodshot eyes and swelled veins on her face.

She looked different. Scary even.

I just need to find her.  I think.

Since I can go out late at night I decide to do some research on these animal attacks.

I pick up my laptop and begin to look up the recent news articles.

My eyes roam around the extended articles in seach for certain similarities and things that might  seem odd.

The animal attacks stared a couple weeks after Violet got here.

People that managed to survive said the animal had red eyes and sharp teeth and were strong in power.

What animal could this be?

I keep looking through some pages and come upon a blood bank break in.

Its a news segment so I decide to listen to it.

I grab a pair of earbuds and connect them. I put them on and press play.

"We are here today in the hospitals blood center to get some inside information about last nights break in"

"The window was found broken this morning and the security film showed a moving shadow shown around the area where the blood was kept"

"It was found that half of the supply was lost due to this but nobody seems to know what really happened"

"So nobody knows about this correct" the interviewer asked a security guard.

"Nobody saw anything. The camera shows a quick movement but that's about it. We aren't sure why they needed so much blood but seems to me that it was-"

The door opens and I quickly close my laptop shut.

I look over and see a sleepy Grayson standing by the door.

"Ethan what are you doing up" he says tiredly.

"I wasn't tired" I say.

"Please be a little bit quieter"

"Sure thing" I say as he walks back to his room.

Something strange is going on here and I'm willing to find out what it is.

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