Shadow and Light Book 01

"No. You'll be going." Jim said

"Yes." Kyle said as he picked up Tess and kissed her before spinning around

"Yeah..." Jim said as he looked at his son and girlfriend, "I may regret this."

"Dad, believe me, that wont happen." Kyle said as he let Tess down

"Oh well I better do this." Jim said as he started to go through the doors, "Oh Maria, say hello to your mum for me." He smiled

"My mom?" Maria asked

"Yes, we spent some time talking this morning. She really hasn't changed much." He said as he headed to the principle's office.

"Uhmm?" Maria said

"He was smiling." Kyle said, "He doesn't smile...at least not like that."

Tess smiled, "I think someone's potentially back on the dating scene."

"Ewweee..." Maria and Kyle both said

"Besides, lycanthropes have a thing about dating humans." Maria said

"Uh...technically he's a Narada. I think that makes it different." Liz said

"Bummer." Kyle said as he looked down the hall to where his father was walking

"No. Wait. This is out there...just because he's smiling..." Maria said

"Yeah. You're right." Kyle said, "This isn't bad. I mean, honestly what are the odds of it happening?"

"None...zero...negative 150." Maria said

"Okay you two, come on we've got work to do." Max said as he pushed them in through the doors

Meeting Room, Vampire House, 21:00 (GMT)

One addition feature to the room was a long conference table before the four chairs. Although it wasn't a typical table, it was low, the surface was no more than half a foot from the ground and around it were large plush cushions. At one end was Will and Stacey, both kneeling in their new clothes ¬ if they could be described as that. The three vampires were around the room, pacing back and forth.

Throughout the night, Stephan had practiced more and more with his powers. Specifically he liked the idea of toying with the morals of his two pets, twisting little bits here and there. The more he practiced the more detailed he could get, then he took Stacey out for a ride...in bed. He loved seducing the girl and making her new lover watch as she screamed in passion. However, just now they were discussing their needs.

"We still need food." Tanya said

"Local disappearing will cause problems." Stephan said, "As much as I would like to feed on them, their numbers are too few. The amount we must feed on will draw attention."

"London is close." Katrina said, "Their numbers are large enough to pick off a few here or there."

"But there is one problem. Our numbers are few. If humans discover us, even a handful of them, we cannot withstand them." Tanya said

"We would need to find a way of luring our food. Make it seem somewhat normal...hidden in plain sight." Stephan said

"Sir if I may." Will said as he stood up

Stephan sharply turned his head; his eyes were bat as he stared at the boy. "Speak only when spoken to."

"Yes sir. I'm sorry." Will said

"This is none of your concern." Stephan said

"Aiding you is our concern." Will said

Stephan growled.

"Let him speak Stephan. At the very least he might have a possibility." Tanya said

"A human?" Stephan mocked, "Very well boy...speak."

"Well sir...I do have an idea." Will said as he looked at Stacey

Streets of London, Much Later

That night the vampires took their pets into the city. Stacey took to her new role eagerly and stood on a street corner. She was dressed in black. Her very, very short skirt only went down to just below her ass; her legs were covered in fishnet stockings that were held up by a suspender belt. Her top was tight; at the very least it was one size to small and the top few buttons were undone. It exposed the tops of her breasts and a good portion of cleavage.

All in all, Stacey looked like a prostitute. Exactly what Will intended for her to appear as. She stood there by a street lamp, smiling seductively at the passing cars. It didn't take long for her wares to draw in one passer by whose car crawled along the curb. Stacey smiled at the driver as she walked along side until the car stopped. The car window rolled down and Stacey moved closer. "You looking for some fun?"

"How old are you? Are you even old enough?"

Stacey chuckled, "Your willing to give me money to screw me and your worried about my age. Relax. I'm sixteen, I'm legal but the money thing isn't. So are you interested?" Stacey said as she undid one more button on her top

He looked over her; he couldn't deny that the young woman made his mouth water. "Yeah...get in." He said as he reached over to the opposite door and opened the lock.

Stacey smiled as she moved around the vehicle and opened the door. She got inside and reached over, she kissed him hard while her hand massaged his dick through his pants. "There's an alley, two buildings up on the left. It's nice and private." She said. He nodded and pulled out onto the road. He drove the car into the alley and shut off the engine. After unclipping his seatbelt, he looked to Stacey and leaned over but Stacey stopped him. She smiled wickedly and opened her door; she got out but leaned back in showing cleavage as she did so. "I just love doing it outside, don't you?" Stacey said

He couldn't open the door fast enough but soon he was outside and moving toward her slowly while she moved backwards until she was against a brick wall.

"You want me?" Stacey asked as she undid another button, this time she pulled back some of the fabric and showed a nipple. "I just get so turned on when a guy fucks me against a wall."

He moved more quickly until he was completely clear of his car. That was the moment that they were waiting for, the vampires were hanging above the alley in their animan forms while Will hide behind a dumpster. In seconds the vampires dived down and carried him into the air. While Stephan and Tanya sank their teeth into him, Katrina kissed him...sort of. It was only intended to muffle his screams, but they soon stopped as he fell unconscious and Katrina started to feed. Will came out of his hiding place, Stacey and he watched intently as the vampires had their meal.

Soon he died and the vampires let him fall to the ground leaving a battered body on the ground. The height of fall would at least damage the body to delay the coroner's assessment; the lack of blood would be very unmistakable. The vampires landed and changed back into their human forms, they looked at the teens and saw Stacey breathing heavily.

"How was that my pet?" Katrina asked

"I liked it, I liked it a lot." Stacey said. Thanks to the manipulations of the vampires, Stacey not only liked luring the man in she liked watching her new patrons snack.

"You were great." Will said as he pressed his body against hers.

He reached under her skirt and lifted her up, her legs wrapped around his body as they kissed. The vampires sat back and enjoyed the teenagers as their hormones got out of control. However, they were only able to watch for a minute. Katrina and Tanya pulled the pair apart as they returned to their animan bodies. They carried them up to the roofs, staying in the darkness and away from light as they moved away from the scene. Stephan joined them a few minutes later; he lingered only to remove the man's wallet.

Once they were far enough away to where they parked their own car across the city, they stopped. Stephan smiled at his pets. "You have both done well. Yes, this can work out very well for us. My pets, I will give you a reward for this. And my dear Stacey, I suspect you will look forward to tomorrow night. Now that we know this works, I think one or two a night with suffice to our needs. We'll keep it small to avoid attention. But you're reward...yes, I think another pet...another female for you both to enjoy. Choose one and I will bring her to you." Stephan said, rewarding loyalty and excellent service was one of his very few virtues. He would always do good to his word in that respect when it came to dealing with humans.

They got back into the car and were driving off back to their home. Once there Will and Stacey were all over each other. They spent the night going over their fellow female classmates, eager to choose one to join them while their vampire master's moans filled the house.

Max's Bedroom, Evans Residence, 16:00 (Roswell Local Time)

School had finished and Diane new that her son would be home soon, that is if he wasn't getting too tied up with his girlfriend. She had seen how Max and Liz were with each other and knew that their relationship had progressed far more than she was comfortable with, hell the sheer speed of it made her feel dizzy. At the very least she liked Liz, she had gotten to know the girl quite well and knew that it would be a cold day in hell before things ended between her and Max.

Something inside her told her that she'd already met her future daughter in-law and was concerned not only that they were tying themselves down so early but that they may end up teenage parents. She did her best to push those thoughts from her head. She didn't want to cause problems for what was obviously a rewarding relationship for them both. Right now Diane was putting her son's laundry in his room for him to put away when he came home. She had just placed the clean pile on Max's bed, Diane turned her head as she caught movement in the corner of her eye. She looked across the gaps between the houses and saw Liz and Isabel enter the blonde's bedroom.

Diane was about to turn away but then what she saw shocked her. Instead of pulling out books to collaborate on homework as she assumed, Liz and Isabel were all over each other. They were involved in a serious lip lock; their mouths were practically fused together as they pressed their bodies tightly together. Liz's hands stroked up Isabel's body and cupped her breasts.

Then they started to take off each other's clothes and Diane's mouth hit the floor. It was bad enough that this was Liz she was seeing, but also Max's best and oldest friend. Then Michael came into the room and Diane's heart almost stopped as he saw the smile on his face before he pulled off his sweater. Michael started to kiss Liz's shoulder before she broke the kiss with Isabel and kissed him while the blonde ran her hands over his chest before kissing his skin and scraping her teeth over him.

That was when Max came into his room and threw his bag down. She spotted his mother frozen in place and moved over, he saw what she was seeing and wanted to die right there and then. There was no cover-up for this. He wouldn't even know where to begin. "Mom... listen..." he said

"Max...I...eh...my god, your girlfriend is having an affair with your best friend...both of them." Diane said. She wanted to scream but her voice was stunned into a whisper.

"Mom, I know..." Max said

"What?" Diane asked as she looked at him and into his eyes. She saw something that told her that Max did a lot more than know about what was going on, he was probably apart of it. "I'm getting your father. We are going to sit down and talk about this and then you break up with that girl."

"MOM...listen, I'm not breaking up with Liz."

"Oh believe me, that will be the least of what your father will want." Diane said angrily as she started to storm out of the room

"MOM!" Max said as he reached out and grabbed her hand. All of a sudden there was a bright flash at the point of contact and light rippled over her hand and up her body. Both mother and son were sent flying away from each other like two magnets repelling each other. Then, in the space of a few seconds that he took to look at Diane, Max saw a glow from her eyes before they closed and she passed out. She was in a crumpled mass on the floor and the resounding ringing in Max's head made him dizzy to the point where he could barely crawl let alone walk to her side.

"DAD!" Max cried out before he collapsed onto the floor as the room kept spinning, {Liz...please...} he called out in his mind

Isabel's Bedroom, Davidson Residence, Same Time

Michael was in sheer bliss as Isabel and Liz kissed all over the skin of his chest while their hands caressed him. He moved his hands to their heads and his fingers ran through their soft hair. Soon he brought Liz up from his chest and kissed her hard but Liz quickly broke the kiss. She felt a pain in her head and turned to face the window sharply.

"What?" Michael asked, "My kisses aren't that bad...are they?"

"Liz?" Isabel asked as she looked up

"Something's...Max!" Liz said as she ran to the window and opened it.

She looked out of the window and saw Max crawling on the floor before he collapsed. In seconds she dived out of the window, using her strength and agility to land safely on the ground before she ran straight for the backdoor to the Evans home. Michael and Isabel just looked out the window where Liz had landed, then they looked at each other.

"Back door?" Isabel said

"Yeah." Michael said

No way were they going to follow Liz through her chosen means of exit. They grabbed their clothes and dressed on the way as they ran for the backdoor. Once they were outside, they hopped the garden fence.

Max's Bedroom, Evans Residence, Immediately Following

On the floor of his bedroom, Max was out cold on the floor near his mother. When Liz entered the bedroom she saw Diane propped up against the corner of the doorframe but every instinct was telling her to go straight to Max's side. Liz turned him over onto his back and cradled his head in her lap. Soon Michael and Isabel came up the stairs and saw everything, Michael stayed with Diane and eased her down onto her back.

Isabel looked back and forth between the two people knelt by Max. "What happened?"

"I have no idea." Liz said, {Max...Max, please wake up.} she thought

{Liz.} Max thought

{That's it Max, wake up.}

Max's eyes then fluttered open and looked up at Liz, "What hap...MOM!" Max said as he span around and moved to his mother. "Oh god...what'd I do?"

Max placed his hand on his mother's head and tried to heal her. He closed his eyes and focused but he couldn't. No matter how much he tried and concentrated, Max could heal, he couldn't find what was wrong and as such he couldn't correct it. Just then they heard the front door open.

"MAX? DIANE?" Philip called out

"Dad." Max said

Philip rushed up the stairs and saw his wife on the floor. Without even thinking, max told his father what happened. He told her what she saw and the results when he took hold of her hand. Michael, Isabel and Liz all felt guilty, they were the triggering event after all. They wanted nothing more than to have taken even one second to close the curtains but all they could think about was getting to bed.

"It's okay Max, let me see." Philip said

Philip put his hand on Diane's forehead and closed his eyes.

"What are you doing?" Max asked, "You don't have powers, do you?"

"Not like the ones you have. We Chimera have a kind of empathic sense. It helps us blend in with other animals when we're hiding out, and for picking out lycanthropes from humans. Our senses aren't as heightened as the other tribes." Philip said, "Ah...there. That's the problem."

"What?" Max asked

"You didn't hurt her Max. You just caused a little...overload." Philip said

"I don't understand."

"When she saw what she saw you didn't want her to be angry, especially since you wouldn't be breaking up with Liz. Max, there has always been apart of you that wanted your mother to know...to understand." Philip said

"Oh no. No way." Max said as he began to piece it together.

"Some how you formed a connection and flooded her mind with your memories, most if not all of them. She knows everything now." Philip said

Max backed off and moved around, his anger at his own stupidity built and built until he punched the wall with his fist.

"Max, it was bound to come out at some point." Liz said

"She's right Max. Sooner or later...it was just a matter of time." Philip said

"But now she knows about us, what we've done...what you are." Max said

"It may not be ideal Max...but it's what we're left with." Philip said, "Let's take her down stairs."

Philip picked up his wife and carried her downstairs. He placed her on the sofa and covered her with a blanket, letting her rest while her mind adjusted to what was inside it. Max and Philip stayed by her side while Isabel left to go to the kitchen and make some coffee for them. Liz and Michael stayed close to Max, both doing their best to reassure him. Unfortunately, they just needed to wait and see what the outcome of this would be.

Flanagan's Apartment, Moon Peak, 19:00

While many of the Students who lived in Moon Peak were getting ready for the move to the school, none of the rooms were ready yet. All students lived in the school except during the holidays but they were free to return to their homes for visits at the end of the school day. That was the way it was for David Flanagan, he stayed with his mother in a rented apartment in the town. They had been there ever since his father sent them just prior to his fight with Max.

Soon David entered the room and saw his mother standing at the window. She had been waiting for his arrival.

"Well?" she asked

"They say they're only interested in sex with her." David said

"Snakes, they are nothing but a pestilence. They are not remotely worthy of the chosen of our gods. But, she will you your mate my son."

"I know." David said as he moved to a cabinet

He opened it up and inside was a shrine to Liz. The inside of the doors, the back panel, the sides, they were all covered with photographs of Liz. Most were of her doing everyday things, some were of her sleeping and some were a little more risqué. Some dated back to when Patrick first showed up in Roswell but most were recent. Prior to his banishment, Patrick had managed to arrange for other Wild Packs to breeze through town at night and take a few snap shots. David touched one photo, a blown up copy of one taken for high school, and he trailed his fingers along the side of her face.

In the middle of the cabinet was the device used by his father to commune with their god at Stonehenge. David took it out and placed it on the coffee table as his mother came closer with a sharp knife. He took the blade and sliced his palm open; in seconds blood covered his hand and he pressed it firmly against the surface of the device. The machine soaked up his bloody handprint and light flowed out of the top of it. The light pooled above them and both knelt on the ground.

"Great lord." David said

"Greetings child." Quatral Anu'bis said from the light

"My lord, I am in position. Students will arrive at the end of the month and so will she." David said

"Yes, I see you are already quite taken with her. Your young will spread a wave of destruction throughout those who do not carry the noble blood of the lycanthrope."

"Yes lord."

"But you are not enough. Your father failed." Anu'bis said

David looked up, "I am not my father. I will kill her mate and take her for my own."

"Perhaps, perhaps not. Either way, an unexpected event as occurred. Previous chosen of myself like you...just very different in nature. Their purpose was simply to feed on all those who are not lycanthropes, unfortunately they were wiped out...mostly."

"I don't understand." David said

"Nor should you...except this. They require the girl to mate with them to reproduce and save their race. I do not care which of you succeed, either way I win and your cousins throughout the universe will never have to worry about being persecuted or exterminated."

"But my lord..."

A blast of light flowed down and engulfed David, his limbs flayed around wildly like he was being electrocuted. Pain flowed through every nerve in his body before it stopped, "You do not question me."