let him have his pet, “me” and ignored doing anything about it. I know he could be very volatile so I think they wanted to avoid setting him off.” He sighed.
“Oh I haven’t forgotten that!” I groaned as I snuggled up closer to Will. “How long did you stay with Vincent and the Dark coven?”
“Less than a year, the brutality and sense less talking of human lives made my sick, it was just too much for me. He and all the coven tortured their victims, when they could have just taken enough blood from them to survive and let them live. It was and still is possible, as you know for a human to survive a vampire attack. That is if the bite is not deep, the venom will not go into the humans system, but provide the vamp with the needed blood to survive. The Dark coven made the taking of blood a sport and the taking of human lives the big reward.”
He looked down at his hands sadly. I got a cold chill, just thinking how evil that coven was. “I was expected to do the same, and since Vincent was considered my “father” or mentor vampire. I had no choice. I don’t want to go into detail’s Corrine, but he made me kill and he watched as I did it.” He took a staggered breath clearly upset now.
“But why did he watch you?” I gasped in shock.
“He found out from his little spy’s that I was not killing my victims, not long after he changed me. I was letting them live, and Vincent was in a rage over it. He told me I was a disgrace to the Dark coven, and I would behave as the others or he would kill me with his own hands. I would not disgrace him. He denounced the Follower coven, and he told me of his time with them. I could tell he had only hate for them all, and thought them weak for not killing humans.”
“Was he angry when you left?” I knew it was a stupid question as soon as I said it. I already knew the answer.
“Yes, to say the least. He cooled off later and told me he would allow me time to find myself and meet my mother. He said after that I must return to the dark coven, or he would destroy me and all who were important to me.
“That’s why Doc sent you and your mom away a lot?”
“Yes.” He frowned. “When Vincent got to curious or threatened to come and take me back to the Dark coven, Doc sent us to Europe or Asia so we could not be located. We would stay away until he cooled off and got preoccupied with something else. My mother and I had been gone nearly seven years this last time, we had only been in Cambridge a month before you, and I met.”
I understood it all now, recalling Beth and Kara gushing about the new guy in town, begging me to go over and meet my new neighbor. Will and his mom could never have real peace with Vincent looming around.
“Did you like Europe very much?”
“It’s ok. I picked up this accent, from living there on and off for so long.” He grinned. “I missed the states though and Doc and the entire coven, we are a family it’s hard to be away. I was ready to come home this time, we were away so long. I’m so glad we got back when we did, or I wouldn’t have met you.” He winked playfully at me, his blue eyes sparkling.
“I’m glad too!” He leaned in and kissed me softly, he always made my mind go blank when his soft lips touched mine. I was Glad Will felt secure enough to tell me his very dramatic and painful story. We both drifted off to sleep, in the morning we would leave for Cambridge.
Chapter 10
Home Again
It was the morning of our day to head back to Cambridge. I felt remarkably good, better than I had in months. I had even been up walking around the huge house, looking around at all the antiques the vamp’s had from their past human lives. I got to meet the coven members that had come up to see Doc and Lydia also, on my house tour. I was really beginning to feel all was going to be well. Libby helped me pack the night before, and all I had to do was,