This story was not completly written by Littlemissjalee. I helped in the writing process, and have been woking on the editing process for at least a year. Some chapters have not been touched by me, excet for editing purposes.

The feeling was back. The sensation of need, not necessarily want, was burning through his throat and his teeth were aching to bite into soft warm flesh. Derek raced through the forest, faster than any human could comprehend. Human blood can satisfy this need, but Derek could not stand the thought of taking blood from something that looked like him, only lived.

Up ahead of him, he saw a deer, and right now it would have to do. Derek felt his long sharp white fangs start to grow and tingle in his mouth. He crouched down in a bush ready to pounce. Then he paused... and waited for the deer to turn away so he could make a surprise attack.

Derek has been a vampire for 276 years now. He was changed after his 17th birthday by a vampire who had bloodlust; he had changed his whole family.

The deer turned around and now was his chance. He got ready... then... SNAP! A rather loud sound scared it away, and Derek gave a low growl. With all of his inhuman strength he could have easily caught it but he was mad and he wanted to find out what made his dinner run away.

Derek moved towards the sound. He hid behind a tree then peered around it but instead of seeing another animal he saw a girl. He was shocked and confused, what would a girl be doing in the middle of a huge dangerous forest in the dead of night. Derek looked at her again, she didn't look overly scared, she looked more frustrated than anything else.

This girl had long straight blonde hair with black underneath. She was very pretty even for a human. The girl sat down on a tree stump and looked around her. When she looked in Derek's direction, he noticed that she had beautiful light blue eyes but she didn't see him.

Derek debated for a long time if he should reveal himself to her or not. He decided to wait for his brother Kaden who would be hunting somewhere near by.

As if by cue, Kaden appeared beside him and stared intently at the girl.

"Hello young brother," Kaden said in a whisper that would never have been heard by human ears.

"Hello Kaden," Derek hated it when he called him that; he was only one year younger than him.

"She's a mortal," Kaden stated.

"Yes, I realized that. That's why I waited for you so we could decide whether or not we should kill her or not."

Kaden continued to stare at the blonde girl for a long time, then he sighed and looked over to his brother, "Leave her be."

"Alright, but are we just going to leave her here?" Derek asked.

Kaden shrugged, "Sure. I do not care what happens to her. I just don't want to see her get killed by you."

"Fine," Derek agreed.