I sat there with her for a few more minutes. She explained that the demon's 

blood could force my dormant powers to all awaken at once. It was a very

 scary thought but it was worth trying. Samuel wouldn't leave me alone and I

 knew that already. Standing up I lean down giving Josaline a hug. 

"Thank you grandma."

 Walking from the room I see my father Henry at the bottom of the stairs. He

 stood there just staring at me. Rolling my eyes I walk past him only to have 

my arm grabbed.

 "Katerina you need to come back. You know you can't live without us." 

Pulling my arm hard, I got away from him as my laughter could be heard. 

"Your an asshole. You made everyone in that home feel like it was hell. I 

pity my mother for being married to you. She hates herself, her kids, and

 most of all you. Does this make you happy Henry?"

 Hearing his own child speak to him in this manner shocked him slightly.

Henry stood there just staring at me with a blank expression. Not once in all

 the years had I raised my voice or defended myself to him. Henry clenched

 his fist in anger but let it go quickly thinking about his daughter.

 "Do you really feel like this? You think it is easy to be part of our families?

 We all make sacrifices for this family. Happiness is just one of them."

I laughed harder as I looked up to him wiping a tear from my eye.

 "I know what we are. Your sacrifices can be shoved up your ass. As for

 living without you both, I can do that very easily. Neither of you have given

 a damn since the day I was born. You both neglected Abel as well. 

Thankfully I was born first otherwise he would've been abused too. Now 

enjoy your pathetic life father."

 With those words I walked from my grandmother's home. The taxi driver 

was waiting for me at the end of the gated driveway. He looked to the house 

as I got into the back seat. I must have looked like hell since he just gave a 

smile.

 "Back home now young one?"

 I nodded in the back just letting myself sink into the seat.

Henry stood there utterly dumbfounded. Behind him he could hear his

 mother giggling. She had heard everything that her grandchild spoke. Henry

 turned to his mother walking over. Josaline smiled, placing a hand on his

 shoulder. 

"Even without you or Tonya caring for that child she has grown up.

 Katerina is stronger then the both of you." 

Henry glanced back to the door thinking about what his mother had just said.

 "Katerina is stronger, you are right. Tonya and I have done nothing but

 show that kid hate. Yet she is so caring to her brother. Hopefully she

 doesn't turn out anything like us."

 Josaline looks at her son stunned at his words. Never in a million years did 

she expect him to agree. He left her estate going back to his own home.

 During the same time I'd made it back home myself. The house felt so empty

 without Abel. I take the bottle from my pant pocket, just staring at it.

This had better do something at least. Drinking demon blood was not on my

 list of things to do before I die. Taking a deep breath I calm myself, then walk

 to my room. If I was sitting on my bed at least falling to the floor wasn't an 

option. There was a mental list I was making of what would happen after 

drinking the blood. One I'd be totally normal, two it would kill me, three

 maybe I would have wings like an angel, and four it would awaken something

 very deep inside me. Looking down to the bottle it felt so weird to know this 

was once inside a living creature. Shaking my head I try to stop myself from

 being psyched out from my own thoughts. I scoot back onto the bed just in 

case I might fall off then grab the bottle tightly. 

"Okay, Katerina Rangi this is no time to second guess yourself."

 Like saying this out loud would do me any good. It kind of made me feel like 

an idiot but oh well.

No more putting this off I kept telling myself. I take the bottle pulling the 

cork out. It actually smelled awful. Although what did I expect ancient demon

 blood to smell like roses? Holding my breath I pour the two drops into the 

back of my throat, swallowing them quickly. Instantly my body felt like it was

 on fire. I fell back onto the bed clenching my chest screaming out. It felt like 

every inch of my body was trying to rid itself of this fire. My screams got 

louder as I thrashed around the bed. The fire felt like it was getting worse 

throughout my body. Tears fell from my eyes as I cling into the blanket trying

 to focus on something, literally anything. Slowly my body was feeling cooler

 as if the fire was fading away. Forcing myself to sit up I see that my body has 

a light glow to it. The light was fading with the fire feeling in my body. Sitting

 there I tried to calm myself down as the light faded away more with every 

second. When it had faded all the way my body felt so heavy. A loud bang on

 the door got me to jump even in this state. 

"Miss are you alright in there? This is the police. Your neighbor called 

because of your screaming."

 Shit that thought never crossed my mind. Too much going on to have taken

 the neighbor into consideration.

Taking a deep breath I force myself up. Stumbling my way to the front door 

to open it. The police officer looked worried as I gave him a slight smile. 

"Sorry Sir. I had a bad back spasm. It caused me to scream out in pain. It is

 from all the exercising I've done lately. Can you please tell my neighbor

 sorry for me. While you are there please tell them thank you for their 

concern as well." 

The officer looked relieved that I was safe. He looked over to his partner 

seeing him back away from us. That is when I noticed his eyes went black for 

a split second.

 "I'm okay man. I'll go tell the neighbor not to worry."

 Oh my god it actually worked! Not only did it work but now I could tell who

 was a demon from the change in their eyes, even though it was only for a 

split moment. The remaining officer made double sure I was alright. After 

speaking with me for a few minutes longer he left. Closing the door I peek

 through the window at the neighbors, the demon officer was looking at my

 house.

 "This is interesting...you can't seem to stand even getting close to me right 

now."

 The officer glared at me without anyone else seeing him. A smile came to my

 lips seeing his discomfort. It was about time the demons suffered as well.

The human officer looked to my house once more as they left the neighbors.

 Considering that I tried to keep a clean record they shouldn't have anything

 on me. I should say at least as an adult they wouldn't. Thinking back I 

remembered a time in school the police got called. Three upperclassmen 

started fighting with me. When the fighting started I had no idea what it was 

even about. Leaning against the wall I laugh a little thinking about it all. To

 think I would miss getting into a fight like that instead of this drama. It 

turned out the older girls thought I wanted one of their boyfriends. They 

learned the hard way he was the one bothering me not the other way. 

Reminiscing made me feel a little better, I'd slid down the wall to the floor. 

My body felt like a boulder as I closed my eyes. A bright light shone down 

onto my face as I opened my eyes. It was the morning light waking me up. I'd 

fallen asleep there on the floor leaning against the wall. This was sad I'd not 

even noticed falling asleep.

Stretching some I let out a big yawn realizing how stiff my body was this 

morning. Sleeping on the floor really wasn't the best thing. Although it wasn't

 like my body gave me much of a choice in the matter. When I was finally able

 to get off the floor my body felt a little better. Today was the day I needed to

 test out this deterrent against Samuel. If it worked on him then thank 

goodness, if not what is the worst he could do rape me? I laughed to myself 

while crying some. It wasn't like he hadn't already done that to me. Walking 

through the living room I felt a little at ease seeing one of Abel's toys on the 

floor. He always left small toys like this in random places. It should be put 

away in the toy box but it felt like he was still here if I just left it. Gabe would 

keep him safe. I knew this but I still missed him more than anything. Getting 

to the bedroom I glance to the empty bottle still on the bed. Wondering what

 might have happened if I drank more than two drops of the demon blood. 

Letting out a sigh I strip out of the dirty clothes letting them fall to the floor. 

Walking into the bathroom, I turn on the hot water waiting for it to heat up.

 Glancing over to the mirror I noticed a small there was a shadow on my back

 like Samuel's but different. There was a faint image of wings that were pitch 

black at top with the lower half looking like blood had been dripping down 

from the top. The wings looked to have scales at top then feathers at the 

bottom. I stood there staring into the mirror dumbfounded.

Rubbing my eyes I took another look to see the image had disappeared. 

Turning my head I looked to my back to see nothing was there. I wasn't going

 crazy now from drinking that blood...at least I hoped so. Shaking my head I 

get rid of those thoughts. There was no reason to make myself more 

paranoid. Walking into the shower the hot water felt like heaven against my 

skin. The water was washing away any anxiety it felt like it was letting me 

have a moment of peace. I stayed in the shower for a good hour after getting 

clean, just letting the water run over my body. Once out I go to my room 

getting into the closet. In the back of the closet was a pair of leather pants I 

really loved wearing along with an off the shoulder shirt. I get out my bra and

 panties to match my outfit for the day since I'm weird like that. Whatever I 

wore the under garments had to match in some way or another. After getting

 dressed I sat down on the bed trying to think of where to go. I only knew a 

few places I'd ever met Samuel. Yet he seemed to always know where I'm at. 

So in my mind did it really matter where I went? He was going to find me 

since not wanting to let me go so badly. If this deterrent worked on him then

 he would have no choice but to leave me alone at least for a while.

Standing up I glance down to the bottle once more. Hopefully it would work

 since Josaline was the one who advised this idea. It didn't take me long to get

 dressed then brush my hair putting it into a loose fitting ponytail. Walking 

from my room I decided to just go to the park where Samuel raped me, as 

much as that place scared me now. They say people always return to the 

scene of the crime. Hopefully they weren't just talking shit. At the front door I

 sit down on the chair to put my boots on my boots. Nice thing about them is

 they had some spikes, which could be used as a weapon. A weapon for 

normal people but demons not too sure. Leaving the house it felt a little 

easier to breath today. Maybe it was due to my anger but right now the fear I

 felt towards him was gone. On the walk to the park nothing seemed out of 

the ordinary which was nice. Stopping at the entrance I noticed two teen 

looking boys glaring at me. Their eyes shifted for a moment then they walked

 off. So this must be a park that demons frequent often. Serves them right if 

this thing bothers them, they need to be bothered like the rest of us.

I walk into the park sitting down on the same bench. Trying not to tremble

 thinking of what happened here last time. Taking in a deep breath I calm my 

nerves, just letting the cool breeze cool me down. Sitting there I watch as 

people come and go. One mother was having trouble getting her child to 

leave. It wanted to stay to play longer. The mother agreed to come again

 tomorrow then the child agreed to leave. An older couple came sitting down

 on the bench down further feeding the birds for a while. As sitting there it 

was a relief in the back of my mind that Samuel didn't show up. I was a very 

conflicting person right now. Running a hand through the loose strands of 

hair it feels odd all of a sudden. There was heaviness in the air as I turned my 

body to see behind me. There was Samuel with his full demonic eyes out. 

How no one could see the blood red eyes with a silver cat like slit was beyond

 me. He stopped about four feet from the bench. The glare was enough to

 scare the shit out of someone.

I stood up with a smile to my face. Doing this made Samuel even more upset.

 "Where did you get that blood?"

 His tone was demanding. Even though I was still scared of him right now it

 felt good to have someone over him.

"Does it really matter? It seems what I was told is correct. This is a good

 deterrent even for a demon like yourself." 

Samuel went to take a step but it was like something hit him hard in the 

chest. He gripped his chest looking up to me baring his fangs.

 "Don't think this will keep you safe forever Katerina. You belong to me!"

 I stepped closer to him seeing as the pain was getting worse. Samuel 

coughed up some blood as back away a few steps.

 "Don't think I will give into you. You are a monster who just takes what

 they want. I will never allow you to have me. I hope this lasts for a long

 time so you will suffer whenever you even come near me you bastard."

 Stepping closer I could see he moved back once more. This was tempting my

 fate but damn did it feel good to see him suffer. Samuel stands back up 

correctly wiping the blood from his mouth.

 "This isn't forever remember that. You will not always be protected. I will

 make you mine again sooner or later. Like I said last time you will one day 

willingly come to me. When that day comes it will be very sweet."

 No way in hell am I going to willingly let you touch me.

Samuel turned around then walked off. As watching him leave my knee's gave

 out on me. The hard concrete of the sidewalk hurt like the dickens. Sitting

 there it felt like if I moved a muscle he would have turned back. A woman 

walking through the park walked over leaning down to me.

 "Are you alright?" 

Turning my head I give a faint smile realizing I was crying.

 "I will be alright."

 The woman wrapped her arm around me, helping to pull me off the ground.

 She helps me back over to the bench leaning down to check my knee's.

 "They are bleeding slightly but not deep. it should stop in a moment Miss."

 To be honest I couldn't even fake a smile while sitting there. Tears just kept 

falling as the woman sat down next to me. She wrapped her arms to comfort

 me. It was nice to feel comforted.