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never that
interested in much of anything. The poor boy was very depressed. However, when
he saw her face and then looked away, he immediately did a double take. His
eyes became riveted to her face, to her mouth. She ignored the look and the
answering twist in her heart as she saw the horror in his eyes.
               
She had made it to the entryway of the kitchen. She could see Terrence in the
kitchen, fork midway to his mouth. He was just gaping at her, as was everyone,
it would seem. Immediately, when Manny saw her face as he was petting their
huge Great Dane, Gargantor, he burst into tears, terrified. Was he terrified of
her or of what may have happened to her? The question ripped her heart. Manny
was adorable, and when he cried those tears, you just wanted to hold him to
your chest and comfort him. Considering the circumstances, she knew that was a
bad idea. She just looked at him solemnly. She looked at everybody solemnly.
               
Lastly, there was Janette. The water was still running in the sink as she held
one now cleaned dish in the air, waiting to be dried. Maybe she was trying a
new air-dry method. Seph felt truly hurt. She was still Seph. Sure, she was a
bloody Seph, but Seph all the same.
               
Flashes of Nate ’ s staring face ran through her mind.
It hurt her to think about him, to think about how she had hurt him. He had
liked it though… until he was knocked unconscious. What had she really done to
him? She had really drank his blood? She had kind of realized that reality the
whole time, but she didn ’ t want to admit it. She had drank
his blood. He might die. She might have killed him… Her best friend …
               
Suddenly, a dish flew over her shoulder, narrowly missing her head. She ducked
instinctively and hissed in the direction of her foster mother. She hissed?
Everything was glazing over with a red tint. She was angry. She was hungry. She
was furious. She was ravenous. These people have no idea what they ’ re dealing with , a feral part of her mind thought
viciously. She could kill every last member of her unconventional family and be
ready for more. She glowered up at Janette and could only imagine what her
narrow slits of eyes must look like to these normal people.
               
“Get out of my house, vampire!” Janette shrieked, hurling another dish at Seph.
    She avoided it by simply catching it
and holding it up in speculation. She had some fast reflexes, inhuman reflexes.
She dropped it, allowing the thick shards to shatter on the floor. They rattled
across the cheap hardwood. She glared up at her foster mother but decided
against her baser nature. She did not attack her but turned her back to her instead.
Another dish flew her way, and she caught that one as well. She couldn ’ t help but keep marveling at the
speed and agility of her arms as well as the acuity of her hearing. She had
literally heard the dish whistling through the air before her arm had snapped
up to catch it.
               
Then a shot rang out, and everybody jumped. There were several screams. The
dish fell from her hand as though it were falling in slow motion, and then it
shattered just like the first one. Seph reacted after a pause and clutched her
injured arm. She glowered up at Bill ferociously as he nervously cocked the gun
again. He had shot her like an animal! Like she was a danger! Like she was a
monster… Before another shot rang out, she was out the door, disappearing into
the darkness of the night and leaving a trail of blood behind her.
     

CHAPTER
TWO
     
    She lost herself in the surrounding
woods. She didn ’ t dare look back for fear of
pursuit. He had shot her! Actually shot her! They had lived there at least a
couple of years now, and she had thought they had a relatively good
relationship! Not a relationship that warranted in shooting her! Her foster
mother too! She had thrown dishes at her! Dishes! She could have