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We entered a large underground room It was circular and the stone wall and torches continued in here It was e on the opposite side of the roo ofpartly from the cold and partly from fear

I knew it didn’t make sense to be afraid of a human Or part human Or whatever they were Especially when I was surrounded by vampires but if these humans could kill a vampire, lord only knehat they could do to roup spoke We stood in a huddle, Jonathon and me in the middle I was the object they had to protect at all costs Their bodies acted asto hi under into the cold water

I could hear voices and footsteps co closer My breathing increased to the point of hyperventilation and I thought for a ernails dug into Jonathon granite skin

The first figure appeared in a bright red cloak, the others that folloere in charcoal black, they all wore hoods that covered their faces, the person in red, whom I assumed was the leader, stood in the middle a little in front of the others I counted howthe leader It seemed a small number to me but I was sure that this was not the only Coven of vampire hunters There were bound to be others Like Jonathon had said, as long as vampires exist so do vampire hunters It was a vicious cycle But as Selena had proven it was necessary

The leader, the one in red, threw back his hood He was around fifty years old, with salt and peppered colored hair and beard His eyes were a searching yellow color They reminded me of a hawk His mouth was set in a hard line He didn’t appear to be a pleasant person and he scared ry red scar that ran down his face It started at his scalp and went down the right side of face and continued down his neck and maybe went farther because his cloak covered his body frorotesque shape It was an old scar, healed by ed to look awful

My grip tightened on Jonathon’s arm

He said so in quick Italian that I did not understand Maybe I should of listened to my mother the summer before we moved here and learned Italian But no, I had been a stubborn teenager intent on speaking only English After all, the school here catered to not only Italian students but students froht it was necessary to learn it But I hadn’t planned on falling in love with an Italian vampire either Noished I had bothered to at least buy a dictionary

The others threw back their hoods

I gasped

“Isaac?” I whispered

“Ky?” he asked his face full of complete and utter shock

I thought I was going to fall down onto the dirt floor fro, sure, arms held me up He was my safe harbor

“What are you doing here Isaac?” I asked in a shocked voice

“The better question is what are you doing here with him?” He said rudely Suddenly the man in red turned to Isaac

“Did I give you per?” The man in red spoke in a harsh accent that was not Italian It sounded vaguely Russian