You touch her again and I will kill you. Do you understand me?’ Gabriel spat the words with such venom that Desiree didn’t doubt he would do it. G...briel didn’t wait for an answer and he marched back to Desiree. ‘Are you okay?’ he asked in the tenderest voice she had ever heard him use with her. She could only nod still amazed that Gabe was strong enough to pick up another grown man almost his own size. ‘What the fuck were you doin’ with that asshole?’ his tone immediately changing to one of. And I also noticed that the smell was in their blood somehow….they didnt smell like a junkie oozing the stuff from the pores of their skin…. Stealth sat back in his seat and looked thoughtfully into the distance. They smelled of vampire blood when I spilt their blood. And their hearts… Stealth suddenly sat up straight in his seat and looked at the other vampire excitedly, Their heartbeats were slow, just like a vampires, but they smelled perfectly human until I ripped them open. Requiem could. At first I just took off at my regular pace and she tried to keep up but couldn’t quite manage too. When I slowed down slightly she thanked me and we ran the ten miles as if it were nothing.That Saturday we agreed to meet at the track early and go for the full twenty-six, just as a practice run. When I got there I had on a blue school T-shirt and my blue shorts while she had on a white school T-shirt and white shorts. Normally she wore a sports bra but not on that day.The weather was fine when. I hadn’t heard anything from Kate. After the first several weeks mom and dad stopped asking about her. They could see how much it hurt me. The beauty of the view was starting to return to me. I was spending more time on the porch. Saturday morning the phone rang and I assumed it was mom, she had been keeping a watchful eye on me lately. A voice said. ‘Kyle open the gate, let me in.’ I automatically said. ‘Okay.’ And hung up. I knew it was her, after hanging up. It would do no good to ignore.