Crack. Ow.
I regained consciousness to a slap in the face. I forced my heavy eyelids open to see a familiar face - how unfortunate. "Jeremy, I should have known you'd be behind a cowardly attack on a woman."
My former compound brother, who during his incarceration with me had acted as a sort of leader to the rest of the inmates, grinned at me with pointed teeth. "Beth, how nice to see you again."
"I wish I could say the same. How'd you find me?" Of all my ex-brothers, Jeremy frightened me the most. As the strongest of the lab-created vamps, he was the one who'd received a sample of my blood, given to him by scientists who wanted to see what effect my blood would have on him. Jeremy had greatly enjoyed my blood because it not only gave him the ability to walk in sunlight, but it was appa
