“If you are asking if I am a murderous bitch like the rest of them then, no, I’m not. Only blood bags. Only reason I had the urge to kill you and still do is because we ran out.” She told him, waking down the front steps of the library. She remained quiet as she walked and it was only when he said his name that Lucy paused and turned back around to face him. “You’re a Crane.” She confirmed, beginning to connect the dots. “Then you should know how dangerous it is if Risley finds out you are in town. All I’m trying to do is help you but if you want an ancient, pissed off vampire on your hands along with the rest of our nest than by all means, be my guest.”

The girl just stood there and listened to his words. Rolling her eyes at him. Lucy was paranoid, yes, but this was a very good reason to be paranoid. Risley wouldn’t understand that this hunter wouldn’t hurt them. He was a paranoid person as well and if the safety of his nest was being challenged, he would fix it.·“I never said you were a liar but I can’t let you walk away knowing.” If she let him walk away and Risley questioned her, he would get it out of her that someone knew. She was never a good liar to begin with. When he finally finished she just looked back at him with a smirk on her face.·“Fine. I’ll be sure to tell Risley Morana that you said hello.” With that she shoved passed him, heading out of the building.

They would have to leave town. Right when Risley was planning on settling in as well. No, Risley would just kill this one before he was able to chase them out of town. Risley and the others have already started killing the locals. Lucy thought after all the years they had been alive, they would be much smarter than that. “We already seem to have a problem. You know we are in town now. So that means either you die or we die. Can you guess which one it will be?” Lucy wasn’t cruel or harsh like the others. She respected human lives but she also had to look out for her own. She kept her voice low. “I think we are going to need to get whatever it is that is preventing me from using my compulsion. Then we can both go about our day.”

She listened to his heart beat as he spoke. It seemed to pick up slightly as he said he never saw her. But she just wanted him gone. She couldn’t think straight with the thought of ripping his throat open and sucking him dry. It took a few moments after he left before she ran through the conversation once more. His heart picked up. He lied to her. It took her only moments to speed through the front door of the library and stop him from going into public view.·“Hunter.”

It had been a while since Lucy had fed. Jon and Xavier said they would go to the hospital and get blood bags so that Lucy wouldn’t have to feed on the locals, however they had failed to do so and now she was starving. Her vision started to go red and veins slowly creep under her eyes. She had to compel him. “Walk away. You never saw me and we won’t have a problem.”

“N-No stay back!” Lucy said in a harsh tone, taking a small step back. The girl could feel her throat growing dry, the sound of the others heart beat ringing in her ears. “I don’t want to hurt you.”

the boy caught the rag in his hand, rolling his eyes as he began to wipe his mouth and chin. “Nobody died. Since when did Risley put you in charge? Oh wait, he didn’t.” Xavier said, throwing the towel back at her before moving to the stairs. “I’ll take them back out to the streets when they wake up, erase their memories and it’s like it never happened.” If it were Keeley yelling at him about this, then he would apologize but considering he didn’t care for her opinions, he wasn’t about to do that. “Now unless you would like to be my desert, I suggest you run along.”

“Do you plan on letting me out of here anytime soon? I mean, once I get my strength back, I can snap these bars like they are twigs so I suggest you get on my good side.”

“Ah yes. One of your son’s little pet witches helped me cast a spell. Though I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Salem, he seems like a charming lad.” With that, he took the wrist of the girl beside him, sinking his fangs into the soft flesh as he listened to Demetrius. After a few seconds, he pulled away and wiped his lips clean of the blood. “You may leave to go and bandage that up love.” He addressed the girl before turning back to his friend. “It is growing, slowly. You know how particular Keeley can be with who I turn and what not. I just don’t want to tick her off.”

Risley nodded his head at the boys words, holding the child in place on the counter as Mattie drew the markings. “Quite adorable. Her teeth are sharper than most children, that seems to be the only downfall of it all.” The vampire stated sarcastically. Risley continued to watch the witch work, curiosity covering his features. He knew that different coven’s had different techniques for different spells, so over the years it was quite interesting to see what witch belonged to what coven. At Mattie’s words, Risley released the child, gesturing for Mattie to continue his work. “By all means.”