Black looked at Steve, but did not see him: everything was covered with an invisible veil. His eyes were blazing blue now. Somewhere inside, an animal rage, hatred, ferocity, unknown to him, was born before the village. All this tried to splash out, but the strongest desire turned out to be a thirst - a thirst for blood. "What happened with me?" - flashed through his mind."J...John," Steve said in a hoarse and trembling voice. - You... you... it... me... me...A guttural growl and a step towards Cole."John... wait... don't... don't... you... you're... uh... my friend," Steve stuttered at every word, stepping away from his partially converted friend.“Rrrrr,” came the reply.- Black! Enough is enough, stop it! Cole exclaimed nervously, leaning back against the wall. There was nowhere else to go.John advanced menacingly on his partner. Panic and hopelessness - that's what Steve was now experiencing, because such rage raged in his friend's eyes, from which Cole began to tremble all ov

- Something happened? Amy asked worriedly, holding a glass of warm drink in her hands.- Yes, it's okay. And you better drink, and everything was already frozen, it wasn’t enough for you to get sick, ”he said with a smile.Emily lifted the glass to her lips and took one long sip... to feel the sweetish metallic taste in her mouth. The girl looked in horror at the man who looked at her from the height of his height with red eyes - the eyes of the leader of the Western clan. The glass fell from Emily's suddenly weakened hands and fell to the floor with a loud sound. From it poured a viscous liquid maroon, almost black. "Blood!" - the girl realized in horror.- I'm sorry, but otherwise you would not have agreed to the ceremony, so I had to resort to tricks, - the leader said in a completely calm voice. - You just drank the blood taken from the heart vein of the person whom the head of the Security Service found for this rite.Emily looked at Jack in horror, refusing to believe what she w

- Are you completely crazy? - the girl exclaimed in surprise, looking indignantly at the man who, innocently clapping his blue eyes, looked at her as if he were not involved at all. - Yes, I'll break everything!- Well, it's okay. You are a she-wolf, which means that everything will grow together very quickly, - he found an answer.Are you completely out of your mind? - looking at Black incredulously and not understanding whether he was joking or just mocking, she asked.- Amy, my fiery girl, we urgently need to get over to the other side, and the sooner the better. After all, they will soon start looking for you, and meeting with the whole flock does not smile at me at all.- Well, let's say... just let's say that I agree, and you will throw me over this terrible fence. I, having grouped myself, will land there quite successfully and won’t even break anything. The question remains: how will you get out of the territory? Will you jump like a grasshopper until you're lucky? Do you even

John stopped the car at one of the skyscrapers, similar to a huge beehive, in which many people lived. The light in most of the windows had long been extinguished, but there were still those who were awake.The man behind the wheel sighed heavily and looked at the girl sleeping peacefully in the next seat: her head turned to one side, her breathing was calm, her heartbeat was even, and her small pink lips were slightly parted. John still remembered their taste - sweet, intoxicating. He, for the first time in so long, experienced incomparable pleasure when he kissed Amy. There was a feeling that she became air for him, the meaning of life, the whole universe, the one for whom it is worth living and fighting.The man smiled as he watched the girl. Beautiful, yes, very beautiful: only her hair is worth something - almost red. A living fire that does not burn, a fire that can give warmth, a fire that caresses and warms. Yes, Amy, you are fire. My fire, the man thought, smiling again.How

- I don’t know how, but I have to think of something, because he has in his hands the one that is now dearer to me than my own life.- Have you found your Layara? - Redward even leaned forward a little to look into the eyes of John, who slightly covered them.- Yes, Red, I found my true one, - the man smiled, imagining the face of a girl with incredible emerald eyes.- I have no words, because for the Hunter to find Liara... well, I don't even know... It's almost impossible to survive the explosion of an atomic bomb, while being at the very epicenter of the explosion. After all, Liara can give birth to a true Hunter, who does not need to go through a rite to receive the Gift, he will already be born with him. Such a Hunter will be different from all those who, unlike him, have passed this very rite. Strength, dexterity, hearing, sight and even magic, which the Elders who have lived for many centuries use to learn how to use it and completely subjugate the rest. It is a huge rarity whe