Chapter 5: The Beginning of the End

Saturday- 9:33am

Shaun was not as nauseous as she had been the week prior. As gross as it sounded, blood made her feel better. It had been over a week since Shaun found out that she was pregnant. Her stomach had swollen to twenty-five centimetres in the past seven days and that worried her. It was unlike normal pregnancies, and she had read online that it took two weeks for the pregnancy test to show positive for pregnancy. Shaun told Bria to cancel the medical appointment, telling her she felt okay when in truth, she was afraid to tell her best friend that the pregnancy test was positive.

"Aren't you just glowing!" Shaun's aunt Andrene smiled as she gave her niece a bear hug. She was going to spend the weekend with the family and though she was Shaun's favourite aunt, Shaun was not looking forward to having her aunt there. Mainly because her aunt was a certified midwife, and it would be difficult to hide her pregnancy from her.

Shaun was already prepared. She was wearing Liam's sweater with shorts and a leather jacket. She also bought clothes that were three sizes big with her allowance, but she couldn't hide her "glowing face."

"Nice to see you too, aunty." Shaun said, "I missed you."

"I missed you more." Andrene said, moving her red hair from her face, "Are you okay, though?" She asked, glancing at Shaun. She was gazing at Shaun when Lauren quickly came outside and hugged her baby sister.

"I thought we agreed to pick you up at the airport," Lauren stated.

"Oh, you know me, sis, I don't like to depend on anyone." She replied, snickering. She then pulled her sister to one side.

"Is everything okay with Shaun?" Andrene asked. Lauren stared at her sister in confusion. "She seems sick." She continued.

"She just had something that did not agree with her stomach at a party." Lauren retorted quickly. Andrene nodded. She questioned the matter no further and went inside.

1:12pm

Back at the Royal Court, William Novak, Jared's uncle, was hosting the monthly court meeting. "Thanks for coming, gentlemen." William Novak said, flashing his pearly white fangs. Some wives winked at him and he winked back when the husbands were not looking. Just like the other Novak male generations, he was ridiculously handsome with perfect hair and charming ways. Ways that were so charming it would tempt the most faithful wife to come away with him, but being an unborn vampire, he was not always as benign or sweet. His anger, most times, got the best of him.

When the meeting was through, William approached Jared. "Jared," William said, clearing his throat, "May I see you for a moment, please." Jared nodded as his uncle led him downstairs to his office.

"I picked up a scent..." William started.

Jared gesticulated, prompting his uncle. Perhaps he was going to tell him about someone moving into the town with his favourite type of blood. Lately, there has been a shortage of AB-positive blood types.

"Human..." William continued as his forehead puckered.

Jared folded his arm patiently waiting for his uncle to finish.

"I picked up the scent yesterday, so I know the others have already picked it up, so we need to be careful about this."

Jared squinted his eyes at him. "Uncle, now you're talking in riddles. I have places I need to be. Can we hurry this up?" He demanded.

William looked up at him. "I smell your blood in a human."