I couldn't sleep at night. A branch kept tapping the window to the point I was nervous that it was a demon. I sat up from bed, turning to watch Evan turn in his sleep. I smile seeing how calm and restful he is. I push the covers off me and I put on a pair of leggings and a tee. I exit the bedroom and I look around the hallway. It's dark and quiet. The vampires are scattered in each room, resting until the demons come for war. I make my way to the kitchen, entering the empty room. I pause before making my way to the refrigerator. I forgot that I'm not human. I'm so used to making my way to the fridge in the middle of the night for a snack. Now there's a repulse in my body telling me no. I sit at the counter and I enjoy the silence. Something I missed dearly as a human. Not being able to hear everything even a pin drop. Being able to encounter your own thoughts. I slide off the stool and walk towards the door. Before shutting the door someone grabs me from behind. A hand smothers my mouth and I grab it in alarm. I try to pull away at the arm wrapped around my waist. I'm pulled up against their body that's up on the wall. They turn off the light in the kitchen, shushing me from trying to yell. "Adeline, it's Peyton." The voice says to me and I close my eyes, my body relaxing. "They're here." He adds before we hear rustling in the hallway. A body runs past the door that's visible with a window. "Don't move." I smell them, blood and death on the breeze running past them. It's sickening. My uncle pulls his hand off my mouth and I huff out a sigh. Suddenly the door busts open and we run towards the island, slouching down. The demon growls, searching the dark room we are in. I'm trying not to make noise from kneeling down on to my knees. We hear him get closer and Peyton nudges me from behind to crawl. I cut the corner of the island, hiding away from the demon. Peyton and I lean our backs up against the wall of the island. The demon cuts the other way, snarling and sniffing the air. I cock my head to the left and my uncle pulls out a gun. He quickly gets up and turns towards the demon. He pulls the trigger but there's nothing there. The bullet hits the wall. Once I turn the demon is standing right behind us. His eyes pitch black and his teeth sharp and covered in blood. I yelp when he reaches for Peyton. Peyton pushes me away and the demon picks him up. He throws him onto the island, his body sliding across the granite top. I hit the wall, opening my eyes to see my uncle hitting the ground and the gun sliding across the other side of the kitchen. The demon turns to me and makes his way. No way he's taking me out. I clench my fists at my side, running to him with my quick speed. He hisses at me, baring his teeth in protection. I try to remind myself, don't get bitten. I go in with a punch, my hand swinging down at his face. His head cocks to the side from the hit, taking aback from my strength. Wow, that didn't even hurt. He grabs me by the neck and I'm lifted up in the air. I start to gasp for air until I'm thrown into the counter. My head hits the top of the cabinets, wood cracking from the force. Plates crash onto the ground and when he rushes to me, I'm picked up again. I hold onto a plate, slamming it down onto his face. It shatters into a million pieces aside from the part I'm holding. I'm dropped and I land in front of him, plunging the shard into his neck. Blood spews out but he doesn't go down without a fight. My uncle returns with the gun, blowing the trigger right into his back. The demon yelps, clenching onto his neck and now, his back. He stumbles away from us before ripping a cabinet door off. He throws it towards us, the sharp corner coming right at me. I duck and it goes through the wall behind us. My uncle runs towards him, tackling him to the ground. They start to fight while he is on top. I look around to see what I can use then it hits me. I run to the fridge that's besides them. I grab the top of it and put my foot below. "Peyton move!" I scream while pulling the fridge. It start to tip over them both. "Move!" Peyton looks up and rolls off him. The demon brings his arm off to stop it from crashing over him. However, the large, heavy fridge collapses on his upper body. I step back and his head gets crushed, blood spewing from under the fridge. I stop my deep breathing, looking at my uncle. He stands up while laughing, retreating for his gun that's on the floor. "I think the best place to fight in is the kitchen." He says and I can't help but laugh as well. We stop when we hear crashes and noises throughout the place. "We have to go. He wasn't the only one." I reply and he nods his head. "Not only a few but more like a pack." We bust out of the kitchen and make out way into the hallway. A vampire runs past us, tackling a demon. We turn the other way but come across another. Peyton shoots her down and we run once she collapses onto the ground. The entire place as been infested with demons. It has begun. I think about Chandler and Evan because they must be somewhere upstairs. We run past the front door that's broken open and the entire yard is crowded with both species. I stop when I see my mother, Christine-Marie cutting up the hill. There's a row of demons aligned with her. My body freezes when I see her holding a head. It's my father's decapitated head, her hand gripping it by his hair. ~~~~~