"No!" I snapped and took a step toward the door. "I won't be a part of this." Mother stood up and came to stand in front of me. "Venice Jaymes you'll do as your told. What is making you fight your true destiny?" "I love him Mother," I whispered as Jared's face came to the front of my mind. I missed his smile and the look in his eyes when we locked gazes. "He is the one I want to be with," tears formed in my eyes and rolled down my face. "I love him so much that it hurts! I DON'T WANT TO BE A HUNTER!" "You will do as your told Venice," Father told me as he glared at me. "This is what you were born to be, born to do." I crossed my arms over my chest and stared back at them. How I could have been the product of these two is a mystery. "Those beasts are the bane of the world and it would be

