Charlotte

{Holly's POV}

{Author's note: this is a crossover with a few characters from my story, "Vampire Newborn"}

Holly turns to look at the sound of the footsteps. Those were so deliberate sounding, like the person wanted to be heard she thinks suspiciously. Holly wipes her mouth with the back of her hand. With Theresa and Holly no longer pinning her, the human slides to the ground, still alive but just barely, as blood trickles from her bites.

The person at the entrance to the alley steps forward. As they get closer, it becomes clear that it's a female form, tall and slim. Theresa hisses again.

"Holly let's kill this bitch" Theresa snarls, looking like she's about to break into a sprint. The mysterious figure just chuckles.

"You'd be dead before you even saw me move" the stranger says confidently. Her voice is seductive and beautiful, deep in a sexy way. She takes a few more steps forward until the she's partially illuminated by a lone, dim lightbulb over a door leading into the alley. She has long straight black hair, deathly pale skin, piercing deep brown eyes, and incredible bone structure. She wears a tight fitting black outfit and heels.

I can't smell her blood... Holly thinks, confused and a little frightened. The woman takes a few more steps forward, and Holly backs away, her fangs bared. Theresa's bravado of a few moments earlier seems to have left her Holly notes.

"You didn't think you were the only ones with the gift, did you" the woman says tauntingly, as the pieces start to click into place for Holly. "Surely you didn't think you could do that pedestrian little spell without someone...more adept...noticing, did you?" Every word drips with menace.

"Who the fuck are you?" Theresa snarls. Yep, she's back Holly thinks.

"My name is Charlotte. My family and I feed on this city. That woman" Charlotte says, nodding at the **** woman slumped against the building, "her blood... It belongs to us" she says matter of factly, looking at her nails. She looks back up at Theresa and Holly. "And you are...?"

"Theresa" Theresa answers, sounding more uncertain than she's ever sounded to Holly before.

"Lovely. And you?" Charlotte says, turning to Holly, her smile both friendly and menacing.

"Holly" Holly says softly.

"I knew another Holly once" Charlotte says, shaking her head. "But that was a long time ago."

"We didn't know this was your city" Holly blurts out, intensely intimidated by Charlotte.

"Oh it's not our city... We are just feeding on it... Until it's time to move on" Charlotte says.

"There's plenty of them to go around" Theresa says, an annoyed tone in her words. Theresa, be careful, we have no idea who we are dealing with.

"Indeed" Charlotte chuckles. "Now why doesn't one of you finish off that wretch, and we can talk more over drinks at my mansion?" Holly doesn't get the sense they are being offered an actual choice.

"Kill her" Charlotte says impatiently, "we wouldn't want her rising". For the first time, Holly senses some uncertainty in their new friend. There's something she's worried about Holly thinks, making a note to watch closely.