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the picture of the ocean above the fireplace instead. Lena, a predator ? Would her aunt use her like that? She closed her eyes and felt lonely and cold. She wouldn’t put it past her.

Chapter 4 - Shadows
    Sarah had Zane drop her off a block away from her house. He was visibly irritated by her insistence, but she held firm. She didn’t want to answer questions about him just yet. Her aunt wouldn’t like it that’s for sure. She hated Sarah being connected to anyone but her.
    She walked up to the older red brick rambler with black shutters and opened the door. The blast of darkness that hit her as soon as she stepped over the threshold had her putting her arms across her stomach protectively. She swallowed nervously as Gretchen’s words ran through her mind for the hundredth time. Her aunt’s friends were here to use her and change her. And she didn’t want anything to do with it.
    She heard low murmurs coming from the kitchen as she walked softly down the hallway towards her room. She shut the door quickly and grabbed a book, her favorite blanket and some clean jeans and a sweater. She shoved it all in her back pack and slowly opened her door. She saw movement down the hallway and held her breath.
    “I think I heard the front door Lena. I hope Sarah’s ready tonight because I don’t want to wait any longer,” a man’s voice said, carrying down the hallway on a stream of excitement.
    Sarah eased away from the door and turned her bedroom light off. She quickly moved to her window and slid it open. She jumped the three feet to the flower bed below and turned to stare up at the window. She closed her eyes, concentrating on the feel of metal in her mind and heard the window shut itself. She smiled in satisfaction. Her smile turned into a grimace of annoyance though as someone turned the light on in her room. She sprinted quickly away and into the shadows.
    She had been brutally honest with her aunt about not being a part of her group of friends or joining in any of their activities. Before when Lena demanded to know where she went at night, Sarah had told her she went to Jill Cavanaugh’s to do homework. On nights she stayed out all night, she told her she was sleeping over. But really, she escaped to the woods. Most kids her age wouldn’t understand wanting to be in a dark and spooky forest rather than in a nice home. But most kids didn’t understand what evil really felt like. She did. She knew and she hated it.
    She jogged lightly down the street and towards the woods. She felt a soft buzzing in her ears and glanced around slowing to a walk. The buzzing turned into a light flutter that settled in her chest. All of her senses went on high alert and she could feel the adrenaline being released into her blood stream. Her breath started coming fast as she walked towards the last home on the street. She blended into the shadows and calmed her breathing as she scanned the street over and over wondering what had tripped her senses. She eased back even further and hunched down over her feet and waited.
    A shadow pulled away from a house halfway down the street. She watched it curiously as it moved slowly down the sidewalk. It paused looking down the road and towards the woods but then changed course and moved quickly in the opposite direction towards town. She closed her eyes and sent her energy out towards this entity. Her energy reached the shadow and she felt a deep, dark blackness. Her energy scattered instinctively so she brought it back. She watched until she couldn’t see the shadow move at all. When her heart rate slowed and her energy was calm she pulled away from the house and ran for the trees. She would be safe now.

Chapter 5 - Just Friends
    Sarah walked into first period just as the tardy bell sounded. She smiled at Zane who was already sitting down and collapsed in her chair as she tried to hide her yawn.
    “Late night huh?” Zane said softly as Mr. Terrence started handing out papers.
    Sarah winced and