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“How have they been eating?” Zyion asks with a grimace.

“They hunt deer at night,” I tell Zyion what I’ve witnessed. “Plus, Miko told Chayton they’ve had groceries the two weeks he’s gone by. One of the vamps even had the audacity to offer him something to eat.”

Zyion growls, and Phaedra turns her nose up.

“Disgusting,” Phaedra sneers. “I hope Luna isn’t eating her food. She came in for her twelve-week checkup yesterday. I checked her thoroughly for bite marks.”

“You think she’s feeding off our Luna?” I can feel Zyion’s anger and his wolf. Like me, the thought of our Luna being fed on by that parasite makes me want to kill.

“I wouldn’t put it past them.”

“No,” I say. “Chayton asked Luna if she believed the leech had ever fed off her, and she vehemently denied it. He too searched her body for puncture marks.”

“Damn, I kind of wish it had. That would be a significant reason to kick them out.”

I agreed with Zyion on that.

“Anyway,” I say, getting to the point of why I came. “I need to give you guys a heads up. Luna offered…” before I could finish, a hush falls over the room.

Phaedra gasps in front of me. I turn around to see what’s going on and a growl slips pass my lips. Standing at the entrance of the room are the two vampires. The youngest is smiling as she scans the area. Her straight black hair is in a high ponytail that brushes over her shoulders. She’s wearing a belly shirt and leggings. The oldest is wearing a long sleeve thermal shirt and jogging pants.

The first day we met, I couldn’t see anything past the stench of their vampire blood. However, over the past two weeks, I’venoticed a little more about them. Especially the oldest one. For instance, her eyes, though light brown, are colder than the sisters’. It isn’t uncommon for vampires to have cold dead stares, but hers seems darker.

Whispers go around. Things like, why are they here, and they need to leave, circle the room.

“I’m starving,” the youngest vampire says.

Immediately, the tension in the room increases. Growls fill the space. The youngest walks through the room as if she doesn’t sense the animosity surrounding her. For as carefree as the youngest is, the oldest seems to watch everyone and everything all at once.

She slowly follows behind the sister.

“Ohhh they have corn too,” the youngest one says as she stops in front of the dinner table. She scans over the corn, rolls, salad, and lasagna. She then grabs a serving tray and cutlery before coming back over to us.

“Lasagna, please,” she says with a smile, holding out the tray for Phaedra to place her food on.

This is what I wanted to give them a heads up on. I didn’t want the pack to be caught off guard by their appearance.

“I don’t serve your kind,” Phaedra nearly growls. She tosses the serving spoon back in the pan and folds her arms over her chest.

I watch the young vampire closely, waiting to see her reaction. Her smile falls slightly but never disappears.

“Ooookkkkay,” she says, spreading the word out into three syllables. “I’ll serve myself.” She reaches for the spoon handle, holding the tray with one hand.

Once again, the room gasps. Phaedra’s face turns bright red. She then snatches the spoon out of the vampire’s hand and shoves the girl’s tray to the floor.

Before the tray hits the ground, the older one has the youngest behind her protectively. She moved so fast, I didn’t even notice. The tray hits the floor with a loud thud.

Phaedra takes a cautious step back as she comes face to face with a stone-faced vampire. I quickly step in front of Phaedra.

“Kill,”my wolf growls. My eyes glow with my need to transform and let my beast out.

The vampire watches me closely, her eyes giving nothing away. The more I watch her, the more I can read her expression. Her eyes soften slightly, right before turning angry again.

She thinks we lied to her. Admittedly, Chayton told her it would be okay for her to come in here. I just didn’t have time to warn the others. But honestly, she should’ve known she wasn’t welcome here. I don’t fault Phaedra for her reaction.

“Marley,” she finally says, not taking her eyes off mine. “We will go somewhere else for food.

The younger vampire’s face falls as she takes in the quiet wolves around her.