@Ojo chan 42
Vladimir felt pure bliss when she kissed him. He deepened it along with her until it ended all too soon. He had a rather conflicted look on his face but ended up giving her space to get up by staying in the doorway. He looked down at her and blinked. He tilted her head up and gave a small kiss before pulling away and watching her leave. He leaned in the doorway for a moment before retreating into the room. He closed the door quietly and pulled open that trap door. He dropped down and looked around the rows and rows of glittering treasure. He crossed his arms. "Do I pick out something for her or do I let her pick." he navigated the maze with expertise and stopped in front of a collection of necklaces. One caught his eye and he chuckled.

He held up a lace necklace with droplet rubies on it. The deep red contrasting the black lace. It was a bit gothic, but he thought she would like the authenticity. He paused and looked at another necklace with a simple chain and a rather large emerald. He gently picked that up as well and started to make his way back into his room. Once back up he carefully closed the trap door and placed the necklaces on the nightstand. He inhaled before opening a drawer, inside was a small painting of a woman. She had fiery red hair and eyes as blue as the sea. He had a wave of emotions and shook his head. "You did want me to be happy Anastasia....and I am trying now" his hands shook before he looked through the window. He inhaled before putting the painting back and holding his head with his hands. Conflict rolling through him like a storm.

Calis Everglad and Sasha O'Neill
Music

He nodded. “I certainly am.” He studied the women, as she sat down before him, and opened a notebook. Now was a good time to see how she was. “Well then Mr. Sanders. We will begin with some basics. I will ask all kinds of questions. If you do not wish to answer them I am alright with that, though I would prefer an answer.” The usual stuff an interviewer said before an interview He nodded again. “I understand completely.” Not that he really cared. It was all fiction anyway. “Alright, so your full name is Alexander Sanders and you are a vampire.” No shit Sherlock. That he already knew. Still it was quite funny hearing him being named different. “How old were you when your time got stopped and how old are you now?” He chuckled. Well here was nothing to lie really. “Getting real personal of the bat? I think my time got stopped somewhere in the 19th century, if I remember correctly. My age then was 27, however I think I'm now roughly 200 years old.” That wasn’t a lie. Like that information was going to hurt him. “Personal, well yes of course. I am interviewing you Mr Sanders. I will dig everything up I can find.” Sure, sure whatever. Let’s get this over with. “Where have you lived until recently?” “I don't mind. It's just that I'm used to such questions being asked immediately.” Let’s first of all do as if really interviewed for the first time. Since that could help getting up his innocent act a little bit. “I lived in Quincy. A small town near Boston.” He knew that because he lived for a few months there in the past. “So how was the mood in Quincy after the blood compact was broken?” Oh now he could really begin his act. “At first it remained complacent, because the mayor didn't want chaos to be happening. However, that remained for just a few hours since after that, the hunts began, after it came out that the mayor himself was a vampire. That's where the chaos began...they chased out my fellow vampires out of their homes..some were dragged away. Other were killed right up the spot.” He sighed and looked away. Adding more drama to his act. “Miss O'Neill, do you know what it feels like? To be hunted down? To see some of your dearest friends turn into your greatest enemies? To see your wife killed before your eyes?!” With each questions he asked, he added more drama to his voice. He then sighed again. “Sorry... it just came all back to me. Please continue.” He laughed out loud in thoughts. The things he did. For an act. “Just a bit Mr Sanders. how was the town before the compact broke? Did humans and vampires got along well?” Boy, she really was getting into details no was she? “Oh they sure did. Sure, there were some minor racial disputes between humans and vampires, but all along. It was nice.” He just told her what he had seen in general on this world. Before that Compact thingie broke. “Previous you mention the mayor being a vampire. Do you know why he had chosen to keep that a secret for the towns people?” Crap. Forget about the major part. He couldn’t really think of something right now so he had to improvise really quick. “That is a mystery for me as well, as he knew that the people didn't really hated Vampires. My speculation is that he wanted to make the people feel safer, since you humans seem to trust each other faster than our kind.” He decided that he added some of his own views in it as well, since that fitted the story. Another reason he hated humans. They were so jumpy to his kind. Made it really hard for him sometimes as well. “I do not disagree on that point with you Mr Sanders. Humans and vampires alike have a lot to learn if we wish to co-exist. So how do you think we should start to re-make the blood compact?” Now this was a question he didn’t knew the answer too because he simply didn’t care about that. Blood compact or not, humans remained the same. He decided to click it together with his story from just now. “Well, I think that trusting each other is a starting point. Since with the blood compact broken, much trust between humans and the other species had shattered. But still. That is not an easy thing to do, since that Compact was a pretty big one, and I think it will never be the same as it was, even if we managed to make a new one.” Was this interview going to last any longer? His lies were starting to dry. "Yes indeed” She closed her notebook. Like she could read his thoughts. “Thank you for the interview, it will be an interesting piece to publish.” Calis smiled. “It was nice to be of service of your newspaper.” Hmn. It was quite entertaining to see how naïve she seemed. Especially if she was a reporter. He would have joy in killing her. Whipping of yet another pathetic naïve soul of this planet. He chuckled, then stood up, and walked outside. After that Belair fellow. He wanted to have at least some sort of conversation with him.

He saw Belair sitting outside in the sun. He walked as close as he could to him. Avoiding the sun from the shadows. Another reason he preferred the night. “Hello Mr. Belair.” He said calmly. “I believe we still had a conversation going?” He asked with a smile.

@MrZerkon @BlackPanther

Sasha O'Neill & Jean Belair

Jean sat outside, his gloves laid besides him as he enjoyed the sun. There was a peacefull silence that only seemed to be desturbed by the sound of a helicopter. Shocked Jean looked around him and up in the sky, but he saw nothing.

Again the sound was heard and Jean realized it was from a distant memorie he tried to block.

---

''Sniper 13 this is squat leader 1, your position, OVER" The mechanic voice coming from his earpiece said. Jean laid ontop of a roof, his black suit was a bit tatterd and a pair of sunglasses laid besides him. His finger was on a trigger as he looked through the scoope.
''Sniper 13 is in position. Point A was a negative so I moved to point B,OVER''
''Target should come in sight within 5 minutes, the hunt is going well, OVER'' The commander spoke and after that is was silent. Jean laid, a sigaret in his mouth, waiting for his prey to come by. Soon he saw him running down the street. It was ayoung kidd this time, a vampire who had caused to much noise for SOLDIER. And now the young hunter got hunted himself. The target was marked with white paint that got splatterd on him with a paintball.

Jean aimed, the target was moving and looking around himself, searching for SOLDIER people.
''Bang'' Jean wispered as he pulled the trigger. A single bullet flew from his sniper rifle and drilled itslef straight through the head of the vampire. The blessed water withing the bullet exploded, marking the final end of the vampire. He saw one of his squat mates running through the corps and soon the mechanic voice could be heard again.
''Target neutralized, all units return to the locker'' With a sigh Jean stood up, the thrill of the hunt was over. Taking a finla breath of his sigaret Jean looked down at the corps that was slowly smoldering away. Then Jean walked away, letting his sigaret fall down the building.

---

Jean dealed with the memorie when a sudden voice pulled him back to reality. Quickly Jean tried to rush into his gloves, but he was sure that Alexander had seen the tattoos on his index fingers.
''Did we now, I thought that Sasha was bothering you with her questions?'' Jean said as he grabbed a small box of sigarets. He did not smoke often, only at the times his memories came to plague them.
''Mind if I light one?'''Jean asked and raised the box ''or do you want one as well?''

---

Sasha was sitting in the living room with a laptop on her lap. The thing had some stickers on the backside of it, there was a dragon, a Sakura flower and even a jolly roger sticked to the laptop. She was bussy typing down the interview she had just done. Sasha looked outside, her head not being with her compleatly. Many thing were going on rigth now in her once so normal life. There was a murderous vampire coming after her, thanks to her old master. And then there was Vladimir.

Sasha was not sure what it was the Hybrid felt for her. He had not said a thing, given ,she had not said a thing either. A heavy sigh escaped her lips as she leaned backwards, stretching her body.

''There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.” Sasha spoke out loud. It was a quote she heard some time ago and it had stuck with her until now. With another sigh Sasha continued to write her piece while soflty singing an old pirate love song.

''Met the love of mine, aye a lad so fine. Oh somewhere on the souther carribeen~'' Her singing was more humming actually as she hit the keys of her laptop as fast as she could. A smile decorated her lips as she felt Oh so foolishly in love. Ready to fall yet hesitant to open her heart to him.

@Ojo chan 42
A deep chuckle left him when he heard Sasha singing the first lyrics to a song he knew all too well. He looked outside again and sighed. "I don't know what I did to gain happiness once more...but I'm not going to complain." he ran a hand through his hair and listened to Sasha him for a bit longer before opening the door. He tilted his head and began singing the rest of the tune. His voice making it sound more beautiful then what is expected of a pirate tune.
I was tied down below on an old ship of the line.
You and me Donny, and the Devil makes three,
On the cold and billowing sea.

Oh colony made, from the Dutch slave trade,
Oh somewhere in the Southern Carribean.
Volouptous and great be her rack of grenades.
You and me Bonnie, and the Devil makes three,
On the cold and billowing sea.

Not a single fleck, on her smooth curved neck,
Oh somewhere in the Southern Carribean.
I had her released to the cannon deck.
You and me Bonnie, and the Devil makes three,
On the cold and billowing sea.

Oh, without compare, was our love affair,
Oh somewhere in the Southern Carribean.
All learned to beware of me deadly stare.
You and me Donny, and the Devil makes three,
On the cold and billowing sea

Oh her cold round lips, they would hiss and spit,
Oh somewhere in the Southern Carribean.
Unmatched be the weight of her iron hips.
You and me Bonnie, and the Devil makes three,
On the cold and billowing sea.

And me deadly bite, It struck terror and fright
Oh somewhere in the Southern Carribean.
He snuck from 'is watch to me bed at night
You and me Donny, and the Devil makes three,
On the cold and billowing sea.

Then our ship ran aground, we for shipwreck were bound.
Oh somewhere in the Southern Carribean.
I clasped round his waist as the keel spun around.
You and me Donny, and the Devil makes three,
On the cold and billowing sea.

With me old fine luck, oh me belt got stuck,
Oh somewhere in the Southern Carribean.
As we fell over board, down the deep we were sucked.
You and me Bonnie, and the Devil makes three,
On the cold and billowing sea.

Now so dark be the scene, in this deep sea ravine
Oh somewhere in the Southern Carribean.
Oh, be it the locker or fidd(e)lers green.
You and me Bonnie, and the Devil makes three,
On the cold and billowing sea.

Aye here we be, on the bottom of the sea,
Oh somewhere in the Southern Carribean.
Together with each other for eternity.
You and me Donny, and the Devil makes three,
On the cold and billowing sea.

Aye here we be, on the bottom of the sea,
Oh somewhere in the Southern Carribean.
Together with each other for eternity.
You and me Bonnie, and the Devil makes three, oh,
You and me Donny, and the Devil makes three,
In the cold and billowing sea.

He leaned in the doorway as he continued. Once the song was finished he chuckled. "That one was one of my favorites." he went inside his room and came back out with the necklaces. "Which would you prefer" he spoke as he walked forward and gently held them out for her to pick.

Piper couldn't get the look on his face out of her mind. She was torn. She knew he played along with her suggestion that he was following them. She knew it wasn't true. If anything he had hoped to do whatever he was doing there without her and Nora finding out. She wondered what it was and desperately hope she was wrong. She was attracted to the vampire. He was the first one that she had been with. She usually stayed away from them. She seemed to fit in better with the wolves most of the time.

She looked at Nora who was looking at the lessening darkness and Piper put her foot on the floor and the car was pushing the red line but she wasn't going to put Nora in jeopardy from something as predictable as the sun. "Put your gloves on grab the blanket back there and cover yourself. We'll be there in ten minutes."

"We're not going to make it." "Wanna bet?" Piper could see the house she just had to get her there fast enough. The car was pushing 110 already. Piper turned the car and prayed it would not flip as she took the corner onto the road on two wheels. She started hitting the horn. She knew Rick would get her inside with cover the second the car stopped. Piper slid the car in sideways maybe three feet from the steps. The door opened and Nora was yanked out and inside the house. Piper started laughing in relief. She dragged herself out of the car and stood up and stretched in the rising sunlight.

Piper looked at the car. It was smoking, there was burnt rubber in the driveway and right where she slid around the corners. "There better be another car around here." Piper said chuckling to herself as she entered the house.

@Ojo chan 42@MrZerkon@blackpanther@dabombjk

@BlackPanther
Sasha O'Neil

Sasha smiled as the honest for goodness real ex-pirate joned her in her sea salted love song. She stood up, putting her laptop away and made her way to vlad. Sasha put her hand on his hip and slowly walked around him, letting her hand slide to his back. Her other hand held her skirt as she twirled it around. She danced for a bit while singing, almost feeling like she and Vlad stood on a ship themselfs, the waves beneath them. She felt challenged by him like this, dancing and singing. She loved it.

after their duet Sasha laughed, stil feeling the happiness rush through her veins.
''I love that one as well, its so romantic''

Then Vladimir presented her the necklaces, was she really allowed to pick one of the precious necklaces?
''I am afraid to ask how old they are. Vlad, they are so beautifull, time has done them well'' Sasha said having a hard time to choose. Her hand eventually reached for the black lace necklace with ruby droplets. She simply loved the choker like necklace. She untied the red ribbon around her neck and smiled. She reached her hand that held the ribbon towards his hand and tied the ribbon around his wrist.''You can have this one'' Sasha said her cheeks a bit rosey. She pressed a soft kiss agaisnt his lips before she turned around, lifting her hair away from her neck.
''Can you help me put it on?''

@Wick

Rick Hoover

It was an early morning for Rick. He found himself unable to sleep and awoke before Sunrise. The nature man inside of him longed for a good morning walk, wich he did. He made his way outside while it was still dark, thoug the dirst rays of the sun could already be seen coloring the horizon red.

''A red Sunrise, blood has been spilled tonigth'' Rick spoke as he made his way through the forest. He stumbled upon some wild deers and a bald eagle let out his proud scream as he passed its nest. With a laughter Rick walked back, being within the forest had done his head and heart good.

He was still angry at Nora for spiking his drink, but he could not stay mad at her to long. She was his wife now and they ahd to talk through things. Rick knew that she had done it to protect him, a frail human being, from the cruel elder vampires. They were probably still stuck in another era, one in wich humans were nothing more than prey for vampire's. Even then, even if Nora had only seen him as a prey he would have still stayed at her side.

Just as Rick wanted to enter the mansiona again a noise caught his attention. It sounded like a care approached the mansion with full speed. Rick had guessed right as a car, Nora's car, came almost crashing around the corner. A being covered withinn blankets jumped outside. All to soon Rick realized it was his wife who had jumped out. With a concerned look at the sky he ran towards Nora. The first rays of the sun hit the ground as he lifted her up and ran into the house. Once inside Rick stumbld and fell to the ground, still holding Nora. He dove ontop of her, as if he wished to protect her from the burning light.
''You silly fool. That could have killed you!'' He yelled panicked as he looked into the clear eye's ''Are you alright my love?''

@Ojo chan 42
Vladimir let her put the ribbon on him and nodded. He tilted his head. "Thank you" he carefully tied the ribbon and chuckled again. "Let's just say it's worth a lot and the museum I give some things to will be very sad....they might try to buy it off of you" he then opened her hand and put the other in her palm. "The choice was mostly too see which you proffered" he lightly took her free hand and paused. "Would you like to see how I make money?"

Before she could respond he lightly lead her to his room and opened the closet. He pulled open the trap door and assisted her down. The room was dark as he pulled the door shut. However, when he pulled the light on the rows of treasure seemed to take on a life of their own. Each piece glittered and seemed to demand attention. From the loose gems to the ornate cheats on the bottom rows. Each had a history and all were gathered here. He leaned against the wall and took in her reaction with a small smile. He hadn't shown anyone even part of his collection since it was much smaller.

@BlackPanther

Sasha O'neill

Sasha was curious as to where Vlad was leading her towards. She was suprised as he opened a secret trap door that was hidden within his bedroom. Softly she grasped his hand as he leaded her in the closet and down the stairs. Sasha had to laugh silently, where the hell was he taking her to. I t was rather strange and unexpected to see a secret basement area here. But then again it was Vlad she was dealing with. The hybrid had lived alsmost a 100 times longer than she had, and would ever live. The word unexpected should not be linked to vlad, you could expect anything with him.

So even a basement filled with treasure it seemed. Sasha gasped suprised as the ligths got turned on, revealing glittering gold, Jewels and other thing. Bang, a switch got triggered in her mind and Sasha felt the chidish urge to just look at everthing. Old stuff, Jewels.

''This is amazing, you gathered all this thoughout your life?'' Sasha asked of him as she looked at some old coins. She put them back where they belonged and walked back to Vladimir.
''I love old objects, they hold so much history'' Sasha smiled wrapping her amrs around his neck. ''Well it must have been Obvious that I like old things, seeing as I have taken a great liking to you as well. That reminds me Vladmir, how old are you exactly? and will you tell me some tales. I want to get to know you better''

@Ojo chan 42
Vladimir watched her handle the old coins and how her face was lit up amongst them. "Well...it's a small part of my collection. Occasionally I pick a piece and sell it to a museum." he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead. "I'm around 1,500" he shrugged. [color]"Though I did stop keeping count around 1,400 so that's a rough estimate....though I stopped aging at 21"[/color] he chuckled. "I would love to tell you some tales...though some parts are more painful then others"

He lightly lead her to a small ornate box and opened it. Inside was a rather large pink pearl. "Anything you wish to have you may have." he studied her and lightly put the box with the pearl back. "Now...what would you like to do next?" he tilted his head as he waited for the response.

Ben Winters
Music
It was quiet. As was every forest when it was night. Only the sound of crickets and sometimes an owl were heard. Another reason why Ben prefered the forest over cities. It was quiet, no noisy people. Just tranquility and peace. He jumped from tree to tree, as if he was a giant, humanoid squirrel. Sometimes, his one red eye lightened up in the darkness. That was a pro from being a Vampire. His speed and agility. He remembered from a long long time ago, when he was a kid, he always loved to climb trees. He always did a contest with his younger brother who could climb faster to the top. He was mostly the winner. That feeling he had. That feeling of going wherever you could. He had that always when he was like this. However, his journey wasn't without purpose for a change.

He could faintly smell his old friend as well. Ever since he heard that the blood compact was broken, he wanted to make sure she was alright. Not that he was worried. It just was a shame when she was died, purely because humans were so selfish. That's why humans were so interesting. They were willing to risk such chaos, pure for their own sake.

It couldn't be far now. He reconised some of the trees. He stopped, and sniffed. "I'm close.." He said, as he sniffed the air again. Then he continued to jump from branch to branch. He then saw a manor through the trees. When the treeline stopped, he jumped out of the trees, and began to run to the manor. He prefered running over walking, since it was faster. When he got by the manor, he wondered. Did the humans got her? No..her smell was still fresh..Then he smelled another smell. He saw a car coming. He quickly blended in the little darkness that was left, as if he was invisible, and got to the back of the manor, watching from behind a corner. He smelled a peculair smell, that he only could reconise as a hybrid smell. The smell was accompied by another smell. A smell he surely reconised. She was here. He smiled. This was good. It didn't suprise him either. She was a Dracula after all. The car made quite the entrance, as it honked. Then he saw a human coming out from the manor. Dragging in somebody. Ben figured that that had to be Nora, since she avoided the sun at all costs. Now was his chamce He came from behind the manor. He reconised one very good. Then walked to the three persons. "Yo Nora. Remember me?" he looked at the sky. "Suppose you can spare a bed for the night?" he smirked, however, he was careful, not to get in the sunlight, and stayed in the shadow of the manor. Even if Nora didn't have any room, he knew that she knew that he would come in anyway. He didn't put that much attention to the persons who were with her. He decided to focus on the person he knew.

@Wick@Ojo chan 42

Nora pulled the blanket further away from her face. "I love you too and Yes I am fine. Just as I told you I would be. If you had been reasonable I would not have had to resort to sleeping pills to knock you out with. So don't yell at me it was your own fault." Nora said putting her reaction to his stubbornness on him from the start.

Piper looked at this new vampire and was instantly on edge. Nora smiled "Ben come in here. Of course I have a place you can stay tonight. How have you been these many years since last we met? Piper caught Rick's somewhat jealous glances and kicked her shoe into the bottom stair.

Nora made introductions "Ben Winters this is my friend Piper Lance. Yes she is hybrid and she has the best of both worlds it seems." Piper waved slightly, watching his eyes. Nora continued, "this is Rick Hoover, my husband." To Piper Rick smirked and tried not to laugh at the vampire's expression. Piper smiled. "It's my pleasure no doubt but I'm going to go and hunt." She went out back and told Barkley to interrupt and offer drinks.

She went out to the stable and kicked the stable boy out and disrobed. A moment later she exited the stable and ran off into the woods.

@Dabombjk@BlackPanther@Ojo chan 42@MrZerkon

@BlackPanther

Sasha O'neill

1500 years. Sasha coudn't even start imagening how that must have been like. She had barely lived 20 years on this planet.
''21, so you were but a year older than me when you got turned'' Sasha said a bit saddend. He spoke of some painfull things, it came as no suprise to the young reporter. She had alwas felt like he was hiding somehting, a old wound of his. The question was, did sasha dared to aks about those wounds, without ripping them open, making it painfull for him.

''I will listen to them with all my attention. You can tell me all your tales, every one of them''

Sasha nodded her head as he said she could take anything she wanted. ''I do not need so many treasures, I am happy witht he necklace's you have given me. I will keep those two Jewels close to my heart'' She spoke as her fingers touched the greem emerald of her new necklace.

when he asked of her what she wished to do, she hesitated. She had been curious as to what whould have happened had she not left the room earlier today. She had seen his reaction and she had a rough guess what it was what he wanted to do.

''Well...Earlier today....when I straddled you for a moment.... I was curios, what whould you have done had I not left or stopped you from doing...what you wanted to do'' Slowly she leaned forwards kissing him, her hand sliding through his hair and trailing up and down against his chest.

@Ojo chan 42
Vladimir felt a smile at her not wishing for more of the treasures. Not because he didn't really want to give it to her, but because that showed him her character. He tilted his head at her hesitation wondering if he had said something wrong. He blinked at her question and then recieved a kiss and a hand on his chest. He kissed her back, a hand caressing her face. He lightly pulled back and put his forehead to hers.

"I will only ever go as far as you wish to." he gently have her a light kiss before pulling back again. "That being said....would you like me to show you" he held her close, one hand on her face, a look of lust in his eyes. He wanted her...he wanted her badly, but he was not one to push too far. Which did not seem like his character, but he is much like a two sided coin in that aspect.

@BlackPanther

Sasha O'neill

Gentle..

Sasha whould have never guessed when she first met Vladimir that he could be so gentle. She remembered how he had looked at her in his bloodlust, and that very daring yet foolish and embarrising offer she made him in exchange for information on the bombing of NY.

With his forehead against her's Sasha closed her eye's and basked in the moment. Enjoying the fact that Vlad was so close to her, and that he wanted her.
''You are so gentle'' Sasha wispered as he spoke of going only as far as she dared to. ''Please show me, Vladimir''Her body started to tremble slightly. Not because she was scared or didn't wanted to, no it was because she was nervous. Sasha hid her face in the nape of his neck and embraced him. She was nervous and yet excited for this new step in life and she felt blessed that Vladimir was the one to share that moment with.
''I love you''

@Ojo chan 42
Vladimir felt his eyes close when she put her head in the nape of his neck. He wrapped his arms around her. He felt her tremble and chuckled. Then he heard those three words that can make his already slow heart skip a beat. He nuzzled her neck. "I love you also" he suddenly scooped her up and went up the stairs. He managed to open the door with no difficulty and lightly put her back on her feet. The trap door closed and blended once more into the floor.

He placed his forehead on hers once more for a moment before gently tilting her head up and kissing her deeply. He trailed his hand down her arm and almost expertly was able to undo her dress without breaking the kiss. He pulled her close to him and deepened the kiss more. He continued the kiss but slowly guided her to the bed. After quickly pulling off his own garments he showed her just how gentle yet passionate he could be.

@BlackPanther

Sasha O'neill

''Wha!'' Sasha shouted suprised as Vladimir scooped her up and carried her up the stairs. Her heart got warmed after hearing him say he loved her to. That such little words can mean so much to one. After they went through the trap door Vladimir put Sasha back on her feet. This gave Sasha some time to try and control her nerves, She took a few deep breaths before Vlad pushed his forehead again against hers.

Sasha's mind got whiped clean and ended up going blank when Vladimir kissed her. Her hand laid on both his shoulders but soon went down, allowing him to slide down her dress. Slowly she found herself on the bed, his intense gaze on her body. Sasha was absolutly sure she would never forget this moment. She was ready to show him how much she had come to love him.

Just when he was hovering above her a thought struck her mind.

''W..Wait a moment. Don't we need...you know...protection, birthcontrol or something. What if I get pregant?''

@Ojo chan 42
He paused as soon as she spoke and lightly kissed her neck. "I can assure you I will never be able to get you pregnant" he kissed her lips gently. "I am sterile." he kissed her again. "Nor can I ever get you sick" which both were good now, but should she ever want children from him he can't give her that. That was future thinking though, and his mind was very much focused on the woman he loved. He lightly nipped her neck not moving anything else....he was teasing her now.

(Now we may move into the pg 13 realm and fade to after)

collaboration with @dabombjk

Grant was driven to another shanty bar, looking no more extraordinary than any other place. He was driven to the street the bar was on, but at the other end. When Grant stepped out of the vehicle, the driver rolled down his window and spoke to Grant.

"Ask for Mat."

The driver rolled up his window and took off. Grant closed his eyes, taking in every sensation he could. While Grant preferred solitude, he sure did enjoy nature at times. Grant walked down the street into the bar. Same as before, this bar had the amount of clientel and same atmosphere. Grant walked over and took a seat at the counter.

"Good evening bartender," Grant said,"I wish to order nothing, for I am meeting my friend Mat at this establishment. Might you know of him?"

The bartender eplied."For sure he is a regular. What buisness do you have with him to meet him here?"

"I wish to inform him of the dread that sleeps within."

The bartender nodded and pressed a concealed button under his counter top. A door to the side of the bar opened. Grant, same as last time, went through the door and sat in the chair surrounded by a single spot light. A mysterious voice spoke out.

"What is flavour of fear?"

Grant responded."Sublime my brother."

The voice spoke up again."How did you fair Grant?"

"I completed my mission with ease. I believe I killed half the council, the other half horribly disfigured. Even though they are not all dead, they are in a complete dissaray. There will not be anything to stop you while you complete your plans."

The voice laughed."Very good. But you have something to hide from me, dont you? Do not think you can hide ANYTHING FROM ME YOU HALF BREED VERMIN!"

Grant was suddenly flung from his seat and across the room, hitting the wall very hard. Grant picked himself up and dusted himself off.

"I have nothing to hide. If I have not mentioned something it is because I felt it was unne-." Grant was cut short by the same force that flung him, this time choking him by his throat and lifting him in the air.

The voice spoke and was not happy."I know of your little hybrid. And you know what I am going to tell you. You must.....delete her. Also, there is a journalist that has information. She doesnt realize it but this information could be my downfall. You will delete her as well. You shall know her as......Sasha."

Grant was let go and fell to the ground, massaging his throat. Grant responded hoarsly."Y-yes.......Creator."

(Hours later)

Grant was in the woods, tracking down his Hybrid lover. He could smell her miles away, and even from this distance she made him nervous. Could he do it? He had several ways to kill her without using his strength, but could he? He did not even understand what she was to him yet.

Piper had just finished off a mid sized doe and she was in the lake washing off in her human form. She was swimming and floating in the water. She sat up suddenly hearing a noise. She looked around and she heard it running quickly. "Grant? Is that you?" She looked hard into the brush and her senses picked up his scent and she smiled. She walked out of the water in the direction he was in. Like most wolves her nudity didn't bother her at all. She knew it would make a difference with Grant though.

"Grant come here." She caught sight of him in the trees. "Okay love hide and seek it is."

It was bothering her that he was not responding to her calls. "I know what you were doing?"

Grant moved swiftly through the trees, quietly and unseen.
"What do you think I was doing?"

Piper turned around and she looked at him and frowned. "Who is over there? And why do they smell like you? What's going on Grant?" She pointed to where the other person had been not a moment before.

Grant spoke softly.

"What do you think I was doing?"

"I still think you are messing with me and I do-" A gunshot is heard and Piper falls to the ground. Her breathing is labored and she is looking at him with accusation in her eyes.

Grant moved without thinking. He knew that His master had sent a backup team, and he knew what his backups strategy was. As soon as They were in position, Grant chose to save Piper. He knocked her to the ground before the bullet hit her, and when he landed he scratched his finger, drawing blood. He sent a small sharp blood spike at one fo the trees near him, snapping a near invisble line. When it snapped, two heads rolled out from the shadows. They were the heads of his backup. As Grant moved silently a few moments ago he had been setting up traps, designed to kill Piper or save her deending on which action he chose. Grant looked at Piper in her eyes.

"I am sorry Piper, but you are in danger. It is my fault."

She got to her feet never taking her eyes off of him. "Who is trying to kill me and why? It's because of last night isn't it? What were you really doing there? I know it wasn't worry about me either.I want the truth."

Piper looked at him and said "I trusted you."

Grant stood up slowly. He could not meet Pipers gaze.

"Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break."

Grant sighed softly.

"I wish I could tell you, I truly do, but right now is not the time. I.....am not who I say I am not entirely. I can answer three simple questions then we must move. More than likely back to Miss Nora's manor."

"Did you kill members of the council last night?"
"Are you responsible for the bombs in New York?"

"What am I to you?"

Grant sighed, and spoke quickly.

"You ask not simple questions but so be it. Yes I murdered council members, No I was not responsible for the bombing, although the bombs used were of my design, and you are a bright light in my otherwise dark and lonely world. I dont know, I dont know how. I could say soul mates but I have never believed in such a thing."

Piper had no words for the turmoil that was going through her heart and mind. She transformed and ran to Nora's barn and changed into clothes and ran inside the house into her room. She was unsure what to do and she had no excuse for running through the house with her hair wet and she grabbed her bag and out the door she ran.

Nora stood up worried. "Rick go after her." By the time he had gotten to the door Piper was gone.

Piper ran and when she got deep enough into the woods she stopped to change to wolf again. I would be easier getting to the pack in wolf form.

Grant followed in haste. Grant suprised himself and would later write of his actions as man who was completley foolish. He stopped by the manor, tracking her by her scent, and stopped in front of Nora.

"Where did Piper go did she say?"

Nora grabbed him by the throat and hoisted him in the air. "What did you do to her? She was a mess and crying! No she didn't say. She was too busy grabbing her bag and running as fast as she could." Nora threw him against the door. "Get out of my house! You better hope she is ok!"

After Grant picked himself up from being thrown he sped towards the scent of Piper. He ran as fast as he could, and when he could not run a second longer he ran harder. He had to catch up to her, to make her understand........she had to. When Grant finally did catch up to her, he stood facing her back trying to catch his breath silently.

Piper was shaking and leaning against a tree about three miles down the road. Once again she had great judgement of people. This time she gave her heart to a murderous vampire who was going to get her killed. She looked through her bag and she stopped. Not turning around she asked him.

"Are you here to kill me?" Piper asked.

Grant walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. He kissed her neck, then slightly bit her earlobe, taking in all of her scent that he could handle.

"I......was suppose to. I was sent back to kill you but I realize now that I could never do that. Or maybe I knew all along, and I was fooling myself into thinking I could."

Grant turned Piper around and kept himself wrapped around Piper. He then kissed her softly.

"Piper......I cannot say that I am in love, for I have never known love. What I do know, is that being with you feels more right than anything else in my entire life. I need you Piper in more ways than one. If I were to lose you....it would be as painful as the day I turned."

Piper looked into his eyes and she could see the truth there. If nothing else he was telling her the truth about his feelings. She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. She knew that she should go into hiding and disappear and part of her wanted to but she didn't want to leave him. She hadnt realized how important he had become to her already.

"I'm not sure that Nora will let you back into her home. So where do we go now?" She leaned forwards and kissed him tenderly at first then passionately. She kissed him frantically as if he would be taken from her at any moment.

Grant kissed Piper back, then hungered for her. Grant picked Piper up and held her against the tree, not being able to hold himself back.

"I say we go.....into a land of flesh and pleasure. For we should feel happiness before talking of sour notions."

Grant began unclothing Piper.

Piper nearly ripped his clothes off in her frenzy to have him. Most of his clothing was still useable and hers went into the pile along with his.

A power struggle took place until she let him take the dominant role. This was telling for their future roles in their relationship.

Piper was gentle with him even when he was a little rough with her and she kissed him deeply and she understood his words. Soul mates, she was wondering about that as he pleasured her til she couldn't think any longer.

Grant knew he could be slightly timid at times, and he knew that he had hurt Piper in such a way that required him to be more than he was. Grant decided to be risky, and be more aggressive with Piper. Grant was still slightly gentle but he tried to do what he could to make Piper lose herself, and lose any train of thought she had. He knew he still had a mission, and that his master would forgive him for not killing Piper as long as she was with him. Grant realized that what he was doing was more than just necessarry. He wanted this. He wanted her. Grant set Piper on the ground, and lost himself in her flesh.

Piper lay in his arms and she knew she would do anything for him. She couldn't leave him, he had established his dominance over her. As part of a pack she had no choice but to obey him in most things.The problem was that he wasn't part of a pack but he was too important to her to walk away from. She buried her face into his chest and worried about what their future held."You may not know what love is but I do. I love you but please don't take advantage of that and hurt me." Piper kissed his neck and let her teeth graze it lightly.

“Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, Did my heart fly at your service”

Grant spoke softly, slightly dazed.

"I have to kill a women named Sasha."

"Who is making you do this? Why do they want her dead?" Piper continued kissing his neck and jawline to his lips.

Grant breathed hard, and growled somewhere deep within his throat. He returned her kiss once.

"He is one who is shrouded in darkness, to speak his name is a curse upon thy self. Trust me when I say you do not wish to know of him. And he is not making me do anything. I do not prefer my line of work, but I can do nothing else."

Grant sighed again.

"As to why her? She needs to die, that is all you need to know."
Piper didn't like this answer but her ears picked up running vampires. The sun had gone and Nora was looking for her. They quickly got dressed or at least mostly dressed. "Nora, over here." She called. Nora looked at them in the state they were in and she smirked.

"You two are not permitted to fight like teenagers. I won't have it. Now come inside before all of the crazy vamp killers get out." Nora turned to go back and stopped and looked at Grant and Piper. "I got a call...6 of the 9 members of the council died last night within minutes of our leaving. They wanted to know if we saw anything."

Piper kept her cool and said "They were fine when we last saw them so how could we know anything? " Piper grabbed her bag off of the ground. Nora was still suspicious. She would let it slide for now.

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Rick Hoover

Rick spent the entire day in the garden, lying in the sun. Nora's words danced around his head and stung him like a knife.

Was he really such a worrywrat for her, yes he was. But he wanted to help Nora. But right now he felt that all he could hel her with was love and blood. He wanted to be of use to her so much more. He knew that he would be able to be much more of use to her once he became a vampire, but Nora would never agree. She loved his humainty after all.

Then there was this strange new elder vampire that came out of nowhere. Rick had no idea how to react to him.

A tear welled up in his eye and soon it trailed down his cheek, as the sun set in the sky.
''Nora'' Rick wispered, his voice saddened.
'' I love you'' He spoke, even though no one was near him to hear his words. Why was it that they seemed to slide past one another the last few days.