Blood Crave - Chapter 14-16

Chapter Fourteen The Unexpected 

Chapter Fifteen Road Trip 

Chapter sixteen Pressure

Chapter Fourteen The Unexpected

Several hours later, Peyton and Christian were up and feeling like themselves. We were all in the tiny kitchen and boy there were no room to walk in there, not with eight vampires and two kids all cramped in together at once. Peyton was sipping slowly at the protein shake and watching all of us curiously. Christian was drinking hot chocolate and poking at the marshmallows with a spoon. He jerked his head up and I spun around, not to look at him but to look towards the door. I wasn't the only one. A few seconds of silence hung in the air then Kallie came around the corner. "Julie is here. Shall I let her in?"

"Yeah, let her in," I said. "Make sure she doesn't have any weapon on her."

She nodded. "I'll so make sure of that," she said as she made her way back to the door.

I turned and frowned down at Christian. A cool hand on my arm made me jump. "He sense vibrations," said Tristan. Oh yeah duh. I mentally smacked myself. Tristan narrowed his eyes. "Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay."

He nodded and removed his hand. He leaned in and whispered in my ear low enough for only me to hear. "You're such a liar." I frowned. His fangs grazed my neck and I jerked involuntarily. "You need to feed, sweetheart. It will drive you insane if you go another day without it." I blushed so hard. I was surprise that flames didn't erupt from my body right here and now. He straightened up and leaned against the counter. He was still looking at me, smiling wickedly. A squawk came over all the radio. It was Kallie informing us that Julie was armed, and she wasn't giving up the weapon until she saw her kids. What the fuck? The whole kitchen went extremely cold and I felt Adalyn pressed herself behind me. I couldn't tell who was projecting powers and who was not. Peyton gave a small scream and tried to rise up from her chair, but I slap a hand on her shoulder, keeping her from moving. Christian looked scared and completely confused.

"Motherfucker," Adalyn hissed behind me.

"What should I do?" asked Kallie. We all looked at one another. "She is insisting that she be let in."

"How did she get this way again?" I asked. "Somebody refresh my memory." I cursed.

"Escort her in," growled Trynnadon. James, Callan, Eric, and Adalyn led Christian and Peyton out of the room. The rest of us stood there a moment longer and then we walked into the living room. If there was going to be another fight? We prefer it to be away from things that can blow the house down and set it on fire. I plop myself on the couch, almost knocking it backward. The cold gradually died down as we waited for our visitor. "Tristan, don't think about eating her yet."

He glared at Trynnadon. "Who says I was going to eat her?"

Trynnadon just stared at him. "Man, your pupils are dilated."

"That doesn't mean I'm thinking about draining her."

Trynnadon laughed. "Dude, we all know exactly what you're thinking about and your eye says it all." He tossed Tristan a pair of sunglasses. "Hold it together. She's not food yet," he said, slipping on his own. Everybody else did the same. Yeah, yeah, wearing sunglasses inside of the house is just weird, but what the hell.

"She's food when I want her to be," Tristan muttered under his breath.

"Pathetic," muttered Trynnadon.

I glared at both of them. "Lighten up, would ya?" Kallie finally entered the living room followed by Julia and then Jessica. Kallie gestured to an empty chair in the corner. All eyes followed her as she move to sit down. She looked weary as she looked from one vampire to another. I glanced at Kallie and Jessica who were still standing. "You can leave if you like," I said to them. "Good morning Julie," I said, trying not to sound irritated. She nodded to me but didn't say anything. Wow, did she all of a sudden lost all her sense of... sanity? "So... if you have any weapon, I like you to slowly, very slowly take it out where we can see it." She shifted nervously.

"I like to see my kids first."

Beside me, Avery stiffened. I frowned. "It would be better that there's no weapon on you first. You don't want to hurt anybody, do you?" She shook her head. Tristan sniffed the air. I gave him a questioning look. He flicked his finger at Julie, more like at her pockets which looked like a knife or something was in there. "Listen, slowly reach into your right pocket and very slowly pull out that knife for me, please?" I watched as she slowly pulled out a huge pocketknife or a switchblade. I stiffened as she opened it. I cleared my throat. "You don't want to do that. Please close it."