The Hybrid Curse

~ New Orleans ~

~ LENORA'S POV ~

" No" I yell at the top of my voice, " please stay away from me!!"

I ran through the thick forest blindly, not knowing where I am heading. All I know is I need to run away. Everything about the people pursuing me screams danger.

" Lenora.... Don't push us more than this..." One of them said in a deep chilly voice.

The voice egged me to run faster, away from them..

How do they know me?? How did they know my name?? Have they been stalking me for a while??

The thought alone sent goosebumps to my skin.

Even with my vampiric speeds, they still caught up with me.

My left foot caught a log I didn't see and sent me sprawling to the floor.

Within seconds, about twenty of them surrounded me.

" We have a message for you..." They all chorused together, " and one for the leader of your Clan, Sabian!!"

Whoa..... All these for a message??

I pushed myself up with my elbow and moved on the floor with my butts, thinking of ways to escape this predicament I found myself in.

" Oh... Okay??" I stuttered, I know vampires don't cry but right now, my tears are over flowing like a river.

This is my first mission out. I know they said expect a lot of adversaries but they didn't warn us, at least, not me, about monsters like this in the forest.

I am scared shitless, I just became a vampire and just graduated from being a fledgling to a neonate last week where I was given my first mission instantly.

Everything has been going on smoothy except today, the last day..

They moved in closer on me in unison..

" Wha.... What else do you want??" I asked, tried but failed to mask my fear.. " Why are you coming close?"

" You have to be purified first."

" Purified??" I repeat.

" Yes, purified before you are eligible to get the message."

The tone made me understand it is something I'll hate, something that seems far more than they call it.

I screamed for help as they overpowered me. All my team mates are no where in sight.

I kept screaming as they dragged me on the floor by my hands..

" Help!! Help!!!" I continued screaming, my voice going deep into the night.

Apparently, my voice was become a nuisance to them. The next minute, a syringe connected to a vein in my neck..

What ever is in the syringe is powerful as heck..

"Help.." I said one last time, my voice coming out as a whisper.

Just before my eyes couldn't stay awake anymore and I blacked out, I saw the golden yellowest of eyes staring back at me.

He or she lifted its snout towards the moon and howled, followed by the loudest of growls I've ever heard.

A werewolf!!

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"Lenora!!!" I heard someone calling out my name, it seemed really distant and echoing everywhere.

"Lenora!!!" The voice came again.

I felt a string pull me back to the real world, once again, I have nightmares of that night or should I refer it as Daymare?? Since we are in the day..

"Lenora!!!"

I recognize the voice instantly. It was none other than my best friend, Raven.

"Keep it down!!" I yell back in response.

She was so lucky to get an apartment here and finally be on her own unlike her, I stay with an abusive step father.

"Lenora!!" She shouts again.

"Stop yelling, I can hear you.." I replied from her room, drowsily.

She enters the room and jumps on me on the bed, "I was just making a call to you."

" Did you miss me that much??" I tease.

"Shush... Don't think too high of yourself, I....." She trails off, as if remembering something, "How was your trip by the way?"

" Yeahh.... the trip." I repeat in a bored tone. The trip, the Clan Elder, Sabian had sent me on few months ago, to save a human, yeah, surprised?? Me too, I don't know his relationship with the human but it seemed really weird especially since he forbade any relationship with humans.

" It went well I guess. I did what he asked me to."

" You just got back??"

" Yeah... I dropped my bag at Atticus' and came here immediately.

" Great!!" She clapped her hands excitedly, " Let's go celebrate your return."