The Legacy of Kilkenny (17 page)

I’ve been really tired lately.
 
We’ve worked day and night trying to get everything ready.
 
I am going to be so happy when we can have Abel chipped.
 
We won’t do it until he confirms that he will stay with our Pack.
 
I know he isn’t just any shifter, I knew from my visions he is TGW, no doubt on my part.
 
Either way, we can’t just place chips in a human.
 
Oakley came up with the idea to chip his cell and the car and just to be safe we chipped his parents cars too.

I can’t believe it’s already spring, prom is just around the corner.
 
I don’t have any girlfriends to go dress shopping with; it really isn’t my style to hang out with human girls but I think it would be a good thing to take Allie with me.
 
She went back to school but she looked tired all of the time.
 
I have an insatiable appetite, she has a nonexistent one, and lunch is going to be interesting.
 
We went to downtown Oklahoma City and hit some of the dress shops, finding a cute little boutique that specialized in vintage designer labels.
 
I found a beautiful Oscar De La
Renta
, deep red, with romantic ruffled chiffon overlay. It was simply fabulous!
 
Some girls with red hair can’t pull off a red dress, but the color of my skin didn’t have the red freckles, I had an ivory tone but I was slightly addicted to spray tanning so I never looked pale.
 
Allie came to life inside the store, trying on gown after gown, twirling around like a little ballerina.
 
I loved that side of her, the carefree happy girl that loved fashion.
 
We found a beautiful Matthew Williamson sun dress that wasn’t vintage but the store was the only one that carried his line.
 
I couldn’t help but buy the beautiful dress for her.
 
The way her face brightened with a smile, I knew I did the right thing.
 

She told me she liked Tex-Mex, she didn’t have to tell me twice, I’m all about some Mexican food.
 
We hit the taco truck that was located near the parking garage where I parked my car.
 
I didn’t want to look like a total grub so I only ordered six tacos, to her one.
 
She was obsessed with a perfect figure.

“I have no idea where you hide your food but you can eat and never gain a pound.
 
If I eat, you see a muffin top when I wear my
skinnies
.”
 
Allie said as she finished off her diet soda.

“Really?
 
Allie, you’re really skinny, I could never imagine you with a muffin top.
 
Even if you did gain a couple of pounds, it’s okay.
 
Women are beautiful no matter how much they weigh as long as they are comfortable in their skin.
 
Trust me, every guy’s head turns when they see you.
 
You have nothing to worry about.”
 
I couldn’t believe she was concerned about her body image. I think women are attractive at all different sizes.
 
My mother was a little round but she was still what I considered the most beautiful women on earth.

“That’s easy for you to say, look at you, all gorgeous with your super muscular body.”

“Allie, seriously, I work out all of the time.
 
I’m on the track team this year and trust me the coach has it out for me, he runs me more than any of the other girls and Oakley and I’ve been working out together for years. I have a fast metabolism, just lucky I guess.
 
You must be working out too.
 
I saw you the other day when you were at my house.
 
You’re lightening fast.”
  
I was trying to find out if there was something she wanted to tell me but if she has a secret, she isn’t sharing it with me.
 
I can’t quite figure her out.
 
She is fast.
 
She is agile.
 
She is super strong.
 
But she can walk in the sun, and she eats human food, not a lot of food but she does eat.
 
She doesn’t seem repulsed by me or my family so we have pretty much ruled out the vampire virus.
 
Yeah, we are leaning heavily on the theory she had been bitten by a vampire, but one main characteristic vampires have is their allergy to
weres.
 
Vampires are allergic to werewolves, everyone knows that.

I had only met one vampire in my life and it was while I was in Ireland, I was just a kid and I’d never heard of them before.
 
I went to a party and this really cute guy had come over to talk to me.
 
I was young but I remember him looking perfect.
 
He had honey-colored eyes and brown hair with flawless skin.
 
I don’t remember his name but I know his eyes watered and he started sneezing after a couple of minutes of us talking.
 
Josie came to check on me to find out why some 20 year old guy was so close to me, always the protector she is. Josie took my hand, apologizing to him saying we had to get back to our hotel.
 
I looked over my shoulder and gave him a little wave and he winked at me.
 
I don’t remember his name, but his honey eyes, I’ll always remember them.

“Prudence, don’t you know better than to talk to strangers by now?” She held my hand, practically running to the car.

“He came over and said hello to me, I had been standing there alone watching you flirt with all of those guys.” I did a dramatic hand sweep referring to the entire room.
 
“Everyone was ignoring me so I didn’t mind the company.
 
I don’t know why you’re in such a mood, I didn’t do anything wrong!”
 
Tears welled up in my eyes but I wasn’t going to let her see me cry.
 
That is one of the first things we have to learn to control, never let them see you cry, it is a sign of weakness, and a werewolf isn’t weak, ever.

“You don’t know what he is, do you?
 
Of course you don’t.” Her tone lightened a little but I could still tell she was rattled by the experience.
 
“Pru, he is your mortal enemy.
 
You need to remember everything you said to him and everything about him, because you want to remember him if you ever see him again.”

I remember thinking to myself,
I have a mortal enemy?

 
“What is he?”
 
That was all I could think of to say.
 
I didn’t feel threatened by him, just the opposite.

 
“He is a vampire, Pru.
 
An honest to goodness vampire.
 
Your father is going to be really upset to know you were talking to one alone.
 
We need to keep that our little secret okay or we’ll both be in trouble.”

We got in the back of the limo and rode in silence to the hotel.
 
I wanted to ask her more questions about him, but I knew we would jeopardize our identity by discussing in the limo.
 
It was hard, not having someone my age to share things with, Josie was cool and a great friend, but she was business and I wanted a friend.

I had so many questions about this vampire man, and how did I not sense he was a supernatural.
 
Over the years I made it my mission to learn as much about vampires, what was truth, what was myth? One fact that was not debunked was the fact
weres
hate vampires, and vice versa.
 
Very few in history had gotten along but they don’t set out to hunt
weres
and we don’t set out to hunt them.
 
Our secret is of utmost importance and we serve a purpose amongst ourselves.
 
The one thing that is true, vampires are from Transylvania.
 
Silly sounding, especially when you’re a kid and you think The Count on Sesame Street is the only vampire around.
 
The biggest clans in the United States lived in Louisiana. I’ve never understood their draw to the state but it was definitely the most popular.
 
Werewolves lived in Packs and vamp’s lived in clans, at least some of the movies got it right, just another attempt of finding something positive to say.
 
I wasn’t aware of any contact with the clans, if my dad did have contact, he never mentioned it to me.
 
The vampire in Ireland with the haunting eyes, those clear, mesmerizing eyes, he is the only one I’ve met.
 
I wonder if it is really meeting someone if you never got their name.

Allie and I had a great time together, we laughed and she told me stories about her and Abe growing up.
 
She told me how they would sit up at night waiting for their dad to get home and jump out from behind furniture to scare him.
 
I keep thinking about how these two little kids where sneaking around and obviously weren’t any good at it if they never scared their dad.
 
It was fun just being human girls, taking pictures with her cell.
 
We tried on silly hats and posted them on
Facebook
.
  
There is one of us together wearing cowboy hats as we stood back to back, that was my favorite.
 
We got to giggling so hard I actually had tears streaming down my face when we went up to pay for our stuff.

“Allie, I’m going to go on the record and tell you I haven’t had this much fun with another girl in I don’t know how long.” I reached over and hugged her.
 
At first she was a little stiff but she relaxed and put her arms around me too.
 
In that three second hug, I got a whiff of her and my inner alarm went off.
 
Dammit
.
 
“Hey, I guess we should head home.
 
I’ll drop you off and will see you prom night.
 
You’re
fixin
’ my hair for me right?”

“Pru!
 
You think I’m mental or something?
 
Of course I’m
fixin
’ your hair dork.
 
I had a lot of fun with you today; I hope we can hang out even when you’re not getting ready for a big date with my brother.”
 
She flopped inside the Camero and flipped out her phone texting someone at lightning speed.

When I had to get back to the farm later that night I shifted and went out for a run alone to try and clear my head.
 
I couldn’t put my finger on it, but I could sense something was up with Allie.
 
My thoughts were on Abel and how we have another obstacle to overcome. None of my dreams were about her and I never sensed she was going to betray us.
 
I had no idea what to do.

I’d been running for about 30 minutes when Oakley ran up next to me. He was as beautiful in wolf form as he was when he was human.
 
I loved seeing the way his fur sways with his body, his stride was mesmerizing.
 
I always feel at ease with him when we are wolves, just a natural order, like it was meant to be.
 
We got to one of the clearings he hunkered down, baring his teeth at me and growling.
 
I came to a halt and mimicked him by hunkering down until we circled each other with our teeth bared.
 
He made the first move, leaping at me with his mouth open, ready to grab me by the back of the neck.
 
I rolled over on my back to get his teeth out of my neck and was able to flip him over. We rolled around for a good ten minutes, just playing.
 
Finally, exhaustion took me over so I lay down with my front legs stretched out in front of me, everything relaxed but my ears.
 
A
wolve’s
ears are like radars, listening to everything.
 
Oakley came over and lay down next to me, licking the side of my head.
 
I love when he does that.
 
My heart picked up speed as he cleaned my face, his
slurppy
tongue just flopping all over my face.
 
I don’t think I’d like to be kissed like that in particular, that would be slightly creepy but as two wolves it was pretty hot for me.
 
He quit licking me, he laid his head on his forelegs and we just soaked up the spring air watching the sun set.
 
It was pretty perfect. He was pretty perfect… damn, if only the situation would be perfect.
 
I still had a job to do, kill Abel…. so right now wasn’t the best of times to let hormones get in the way of my duty.
 

After dinner that night I talked with Oakley about Allie, and what I smelled on her when I hugged her.
 
We agreed we had to protect Abe, even from his sister if needed, so we worked it out with my dad to station one of the Omega’s at Abe’s house to keep an eye on things when we weren’t able to.
 
I am sure his parents will be okay with the idea, they are easy going when it comes to him and his friends.
 
If they had any clue what was really going on, they just might not be so easy going..