Standing Before Monsters (Vorans and Vampires) Read Online Free PDF

their former home in Kentucky being close enough to the woods for animals to be nearby.
    Whether it would stop him from being able to get work in a hospital or not, the last reason the man wouldn’t take the job if offered was his fears that he would lose control with the high stress work of being a doctor. Turning into a wolf, even partially, during such work; would put the rest of society, both that of the night and humanity, into complete disarray. He wouldn’t risk exposing the werewolves including his sister.
    The fairly regular escapes from the apartment had them all wondering what he had been up to lately, but no one would confront him about his personal life. Even Charlotte would sigh and give him his space.
    Taking the keys, the blonde haired man thanked Nick again before heading out the door. Geni noted, “He forgot to brush his teeth.”
    “He brushed them before breakfast. I think he likes the fresh mint before he starts eating,” Nick said absently looking in the direction of the closed door the wolf had used.
    Lena stood up a moment switching sides to sit on the other side of Nick giving him askance with her big brown eyes.
    “Ok, what?” he asked drawing out the two words with a sigh.
    “Can we go to the gym today, Nick?” she asked with a hopeful smile. “You promised that you’d give me pointers, you know.”
    Nodding even as he looked at Geni listening as she began pushing around some of the dishes quietly enough to hear most of their conversation. The voran knew that he was stuck when it came to helping the girl. As the one who found her, it was his responsibility to be her mentor to make sure that she wouldn’t end up getting killed by some vampire or werewolf. Just as his mentor, Vivian, had taken him in and taught him some of what he was; Nick took the responsibility to take care of Lena similarly. The only problem was that the world had changed a lot in a hundred plus years.
    Lena was enrolled in college and was only a little over halfway through it. While her experiences a couple months ago may have changed the way she saw the world, as her mentor he had forbade her giving up college just to study to become a voran. Besides, what did becoming a voran mean? He hadn’t killed his first his vampire until he was around fifty. His martial arts training had started a bit earlier as he and Vivian had travelled around the world for a few years to avoid being noticed for their unchanging looks. He still looked nearly as young as he did when his powers first triggered. Vivian was a couple centuries older than he was at the very least, since she would never tell him just how old she was and still looked young. As a gentleman, he had only asked once out of curiosity and never again after her indignant refusal to be specific.
    Still with extended lives and youth, he believed that Lena needed to try and live the first part of her life as normally as she could. When her family continued to age and she did not, the world would change for the girl irrevocably and he hated to think of how that would affect her; but that was the future and he hoped to help her avoid that dark future for awhile at least.
    “Have you been going to Vince’s gym?” Nick asked as he closed up his laptop and prepared to get his gym bag.
    The dark haired girl looked away looking a bit guiltily a moment before returning to meet his gaze. Her brown eyes appeared apologetic as she said, “A few times, I even tried taking Geni with me, but she didn’t like the gym or the neighborhood, so I couldn’t convince her to come back to that one again. I also have classes for a few more weeks, so that gets in the way.”
    He knew the excuses, but Nick let her slide. This wasn’t his requirement for her as his student. In fact, she could put off training in martial arts for as long as she wanted in his opinion. Having Lena become a monster hunter wasn’t something he would ever push her into, even as he had grown into it without having