Changed (The Hunters #1) Read Free Page B

understand. Shane was an idiot.
    She let go of his arm.
    “ Shane, you are an idiot,”
she said as she walked past him.
    “ Yes, an idiot that finds
you hot!” he shouted after her.
    Rosa felt happier as she emerged into
the fresh air, leaving the jerk and everyone else behind her. The
academy was far from any town, in the middle of a forest. Unlike
some of the others, Rosa no longer lived in the academy. Her
apartment was in the middle of the city, a little over a half an
hour away.
    She looked at her watch and saw that
it was already eleven at night. She had to hurry if she wanted to
be able to get home, take a quick shower, and go to bed. Tomorrow,
Rosa had to go to school like any other teenager in order for her
to integrate into society, and not to draw attention to
herself.
    Rosa jumped in her car and drove off.
There was little traffic in the usually busy streets of Boston, so
she was able to arrive home quickly. She parked her car outside of
her apartment and got out. She jogged up the stairs to the second
floor and opened her apartment door.
    Rosa lived in a three-bedroom
apartment. The hunter clan funded the apartment, so she was
equipped with all technological innovations, like a modern kitchen
and television.
    Rosa kept the apartment in black and
white. The walls were white and the curtains were black. Colin and
Valerie found her apartment naked, but she felt at home here. She
did not need colorful furnishings.
    In her apartment, there were no
flowers or photographs, only self-painted images. Rosa loved to
paint pictures and was very good at it.
    She’d discovered her
artistic talent in kindergarten. She’d always painted better
pictures than her peers had; and when Rosa got older, the pictures
became more beautiful, and more realistic. At school, she was the
best in her art class. Her art teacher, Mrs. Doran, had offered a
scholarship to her to attend a high art school, but Rosa graciously
refused. Rosa knew her future had already been planned, and it did
not include art studies.
    Rosa headed straight to the bathroom.
After she had showered thoroughly, she slipped into her pajamas
that Colin had once bought her. It was made of cotton and there
were little princesses on it. Rosa loved the pajamas.
    She
stepped in her large bedroom and lay on her bed. She snuggled into
her warm blanket, and before her head touched the pillow, she was
already asleep .

 
    “ Where is my
sister?”
    “ I-I don’t know.” The
young hunter trembled with fear. He had given up defending himself
against Jason. He quickly understood that he had no chance against
a Nephilim.
    “ Don’t lie!” Jason
grumbled as he tightened his grip around the throat of the
hunter.
    The young hunter choked and whimpered
under his grasp, tugging at his hand. “I really do not know!” he
said, barely able to speak.
    Jason gritted his teeth as he leaned
forward. His patience was running thin. In the dim glow of the
lantern, he could see the anxious face of the young
hunter.
    “ Your friend told me you
know where my sister is.” Jason released his grip a
little.
    The hunter was breathing deeply. “Who
said that?” he asked.
    Jason reinforced his hold. “Answer
me!”
    “ Okay, okay!” said the
young hunter. “I just know that she was brought to Boston. Nothing
more.”
    Jason’s heart beat faster. Finally, he
had received useful information.
    “ Where exactly in Boston?”
he asked.
    “ I don’t know. They didn’t
tell me.” The young hunter looked at him pleadingly. “Please, let
me go.”
    Anger welled up within
Jason.
    “ Shit,” he swore. He was
glad to get this information, but the hunter’s statement destroyed
all hopes of finding his sister’s whereabouts.
    He slammed the hunter against the wall
and smiled sadistically as he heard bones break. The hunter did not
have a chance to scream before Jason snapped his neck with one fast
movement.
    He let his victim fall to the ground
and stepped back. He could still feel the