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only showed her that she really didn’t know him in the first place.
    “I don’t know how to prove it to you, but take my word for it.” It didn’t surprise Tanner that she was unwilling to wrap her mind around something that was mostly told in folklore or legend. He didn’t have time to convince her, because he had to get back to the others and make sure that they knew that Lucas was alive. He had no idea what to do with what could possibly be a half breed, and Julia was now seen as an imminent threat to his own life and that of his Clan. He knew that he should kill her right now, but he just couldn’t bring himself to do it.
    “I don’t like the look in your eye, Tanner, and you are making me a little nervous to be around you.” Julia was trying to get him to tell her, but could see he was either unwilling to or wasn’t sure himself.
    “We have to go, and this time I’m taking no chances.’ This was way too important and he wasn’t even sure if they could do anything about it. Lucas was the last of the vampires, sent into eternal damnation by a fire that burned his house down to the ground. Tanner and his clan stood there watching as they heard Lucas’s screams of agony, and then saw him as he came out of the house engulfed in flames. How he could possibly survive such a thing was beyond his understanding, but the recovery time alone would probably be years or even decades. Lucas would have all that time to concoct his ultimate revenge, and somehow he was now using Julia as his own personal slave to do his bidding.
    “I don’t know how to tell you this, Tanner, but I feel that something is very close.” The window in front of the house blew inwards showering everybody in the room with shards of glass. Julia watched as Tanner was embedded with several pieces of jagged glass, essentially knocking him down onto the ground with his own blood splattering the floor. At the last second, Calley had moved behind the couch as a makeshift shield, only managing to get hit with one shard of glass that was now protruding obscenely from her shoulder.
    Julia on the other hand was unscathed, almost as if what ever happened was not meant for her. Through the wind, coming through the window, a figure emerged and landed softly on the floor in front of Julia. “You have been a very hard person to find, but you and I have work to do.” Lucas found the idea of revenge titillating, and it was the only thing that fed his need to survive all these years. The fire had burned away most of his skin, leaving him a shell of his former self and having to depend on others. His loyal servant Jagger was the only reason why he was still alive, as he had dragged whatever was left of his body into the woods and away from the presence of the wolves. He had allowed Lucas to feed on him, and every day he supplied him with new blood. Even with that, it had taken him several years to even begin to speak again, and even a few more years to begin to walk.
    “Stay…away…from her Lucas. I should’ve known that a cockroach like you wouldn’t stay dead for long.” Tanner was standing on shaky legs, the pieces of glass still firmly implanted into his body, and he had no way of bringing on the transformation to make this fight a fair one.
    “Tanner, you and Chance were the main reason for what happened to me, but at least he will never have a chance to raise his hand again. I should kill you with my own bare hands, but I have far better plans for your demise.” Lucas went up to Julia, looked her into the eyes and told her without saying a word that her job was to destroy Tanner by any means necessary.
    Julia found herself holding onto tanner’s neck, lifting him up in the air in the same way that she had done with Chance. This time was not the same, and Julia was quite aware what was going on, with her hand shaking and her face showing a resilient fight to pull back from what she was doing. She could see herself in the mirror, which made her