Dawn of the Vampires

out of her face, she squinted to see where she was heading. The torrential downpour had made it difficult to even keep her eyes open without them stinging from rain water. Despite the la

rsty they were, the less cont

e she could take another step, she found herself almost flying through the air as her feet barely touched the ground and someone's arms firmly around her. Knowing instantly that it was a vampire, she reached for her gun but the speed they were travelling made it imposs

hoed as though it had

ft there was a small wooden writing desk piled high with unused papers, in the middle of the room there was a medium sized love seat coloured in a bold red and a few feet away, built in was marble stone mantle with a fireplace

od from her body. Her sickly sweet scent had clung to him like leeches, making him fight harder to resist the temptation. Getting closer and closer to reaching his breaking point, he fled to the second floor of the house and into the room that he'

rved to avoid hitting him. Waiting up high on the ladder of a fire exit wedged between two apartment blocks, he waited until the man staggered into the slim alleyway before sliding down the lad

til the man had gotten back to his feet and then captured him in a strong grip from behind, sinking his fangs deep into his neck. Guzzling down the warm, sticky blood, he couldn't stop himself even as the bitter taste caused by alcohol hit the back of his throat. Initially, he'd intended to s

wipe the blood away from his mouth but only smeared it. In a state of panic and disbelief he frantically dragged the body over to a nearby dumpster and threw it inside, covering it up with trash bags that h

peered from an angle into the room where he'd left Harley and sighed in relief when he saw that she hadn't ye

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empting anything else. As she settled back down, she heard the front door click into place and froze, pretending to still be asleep. She waited until they had reached the top of the stairs and then tiptoed through the hall, searching for the weapons that were m

kitchen, grabbing the nearest weapon she could find; a solid silver serving platter and spun around

do that for?" Mason cried,

him, but trailed off as her eyes widened at his bl

sudden tone of voice. "Oh, right… the

up a plate off of the counte

as it hit the wall and smashed to the floor, he r

g another item; this time a cheese grater and ba

r still soaked to the bone from the downpour, it was getting increasingly hard for him not to make a move,

me! I didn't trick

ory just so you could catch me off guard, bring me here and then go out on a killing spre

in frustration as he dodged the mug and caught

od! I don't need this! Please… I just… I wa

t though, was her eyes; wide with shock and fear, but also hiding a river of pain beyond the surfac

ou have to believe me, I

hat happened?" She asked, her

me horrendous ways. As you already know, the

do you

here, your scent clung to me and I was itching for blood. I didn't want to risk your life, so I went out on a hunt. Unfortunately

all she could do was stare at him. She tried her hardest to remember the

appened? Why can't I rememb

ound you outside in the middle of a storm, soaked right through as you are now. You're human, you'd have gotten sick being out, there's still a good chance that you might. So I whisked you away here, but un

le from earlier events finally slid into place. She was able to remember being out in the storm, b

ybe change out of those clothes s

m a hunter, we don't really c

leaving her hanging as he vanished up the stairs

rself from laughing as she eyed the materials in his hands; a strapless silky, midn

It's not go

wrong wi

w, only everythi

ed, I don't get many female visitors and certainly not hig

! High mai

to. What I'd meant to say was that I don't get many fema

ave? Street slob? Hooker? Oo

you catch a cold, will this do or not?" He

se. What's my

become a nudi

. "Fine. The dress will have to do." She agreed, giv

what I t

unimpressed, and gave him a questioning look. Knowing what the

e stalked off, opening the door

sh, w

his hands. A few seconds later he lifted it again as he heard a faint sound coming from

Are you

hear what was going on inside the room. He could hear the pounding of her heart, the od

s he tapped the door

that she felt uncomfortable in the dress, it wasn't her usual attire after all, but that's not what she was upset about. Combing through her hair with her hands and wiping away any signs that she'd been crying

, watching his cheeks puff out the way

s… And, I'm sorry about what I

. Honestly it di

o ask, but trailed off as he though

. I'm fine. Eve

torm isn't going to ease up anytime

ing her away. Outside, the storm was raging, which gave him the perfect opportunity to spend time trying

I really wanted to return anyway, I was confused when I said that."

hat dep

wh

ask you a quest

re doing. Alrigh

ce she did, he gestured to the little red loveseat for her to sit down. She sat down and then he sat down on the opposi

one tonight?" She asked,

e storm, I wasn't able to stop

er killed an

wo questions. It

n't be that bad. Fire away." She said, the u

which of the piled up questions he would ask her. Finally, he settled

our deal with

hanged from neutral to one of discomfort. She hadn't wanted this su

my family there." S

learn more about her, but instead all he'd learned was that she ha

's a brief non-answer. You've gotta

le wasn't something that she was used to doing and most of the time, she preferred to keep every trouble to herself because there was only one person that

amily, I me

sorry." He muttere

It was a w

d it ha

tion if I answer this?" She

way. I'm an

open book?

one to

ago. Her and my dad were on a hunt, my dad was busy fighting and they were s

that it wasn't just any vampire who'd killed her mother. Demitri had been seeking his revenge on that family for

is?" He aske

's my tu

h. Go o

killed someone?" She asked, bri

was a long time ago, during my first week as

t killed anyone in li

n a vampire for five hundred years. Even the dinosaurs

been hunting, she had never expected that there could be vampires who are still, to some de

I ask my

es

ng ago

s what?" She que

r mu

. It'll be thr

ush back to the den and tear Demitri's head off. But he forced himself to stay put. Killing his leader wouldn't do any good right now because not only would he have a mob of angry vampires on his tail, but he was afraid that they mig