Ch. 51..55: The Werewolf's Vampire Mate Chapter 51-55

Chapter 51: Mystery man

Maddie.

A year ago.

"I seem to bump into you everywhere."

There is a smile on his face. Unlike the beginning, he seems happy to see me. I have tried everything to get him to notice me but Alanis is always on his own. He doesn’t like to mix with us as mere humans. I see the look in his eyes, there is attraction.

He wants me but he wants to deny it.

"Guess we were meant to meet," I blush crimson. We are in the hallways of school. He leans forward until he is so close to me, I take a deep breath and he smells so good-a mixture of some macho cologne and coffee. Suddenly I am not just thinking of how he would be able to give me everything I want, but how I can get love from this too.

"You seem to be interested in me; I hear you asking around about me. Is there a reason why?" his brow is raised; he is still standing so close to me. We are supposed to be in class right now as the halls are empty except us. I don’t mind skipping class for a moment with him. This is what I have wanted since I was twelve.

"I see you around school, you are beautiful." I breathe out those words and they are not lies. I actually think he is beautiful, his pale skin and hazel eyes. The dimple on his left cheek. Perfect bone structure and body—this man in front of me must have been carved by the gods. I guess it is a trait that comes with vampires. The first vampire I saw was almost as beautiful as Alanis.

"Ha, are you complimenting me right now?" his eyes sparkle under the dim lights in the hallway. There is a hungry look in his eyes, almost like he wants to eat me.

I don’t mind if he does, it doesn’t bother me. That’s all I have been able to think about ever since I found out he was one of them. If this doesn’t work between us, I am going to have to find someone else but he is already perfect. He is the perfect target.

"What do you think about me?" my question has a hint of curiosity. I want him to tell me that I am beautiful too. I want him to want me as much as I want him.

"I haven’t actually thought about you." he looks up and away from me, like he is deep in thought "You’re pretty, I guess."

That doesn’t feel like the compliment I was expecting but I have no choice but to take it. The fact that we are having this conversation is making me giddy. This is so much progress and I like it. "Are you interested in dating?"

He laughs "Lemme guess, you?"

I blush "Yes."

He reaches for me and brushes a strand of hair from my face. I feel the shivers crawl up my skin from just a mere touch. I know this is because of how much I have craved him. The connection is forced, from all the longing. You have to understand that I have been craving this attention from this man for a while, I have thought of different scenarios, different conversations in my head of the moment where he will finally notice me.

You can call me crazy; I am crazy for this craving this and I will not give up until it can finally become a reality. I will make it happen no matter what.

"I don’t date." his words feel like a knife piercing deep into my soul. I have never felt more hurt than in this moment. I cover it up with a smile, it is not over until it is over. I still have an opportunity; I am not going to ruin it.

"What do you do?" I lean forward until my lips are pressed to his in a kiss and he smiles into my mouth. Step one complete, get him hooked.

After the breakup.

My back hits the cold wall roughly and a smile crawls up to my face. The roughness at which he is handling me is titillating. He takes off his clothes in a hurry and then focuses on mine. I hear a rip as he tries to get my bra off "I will never get the hang of Bras," he smiles deeply and I forget all about the fact that he just ruined my favorite bra.

I am completely naked as he expresses a satisfied growl, his lips bite into mine again and i feel a sharp sting. He is not being gentle; I don’t think he has it in him to be gentle. He grinds into my body roughly and I feel all of him, completely engrossed in what is happening. i know what is going to happen, we are going to have sex and at this moment, this is all I want. Mystery man pushes me to the bed and I fall with a loud thud. He brought me to the closest hotel after our meeting, I don’t even remember saying goodbye to Caitlin. i am too drunk too even remember all this tomorrow. This is exactly what I need. I need a meaningless fuck.

With his knees in-between mine, he climbs on top of me and I put my arms around his neck "How bad do you want this?" he asks with a devious smile.

I take a deep breath because I am having doubts about all this, this is a strange man that I just met. Is this really a good idea?

He is watching me, waiting for my answer.

"Very bad," I I’ve him my answer with a soft release. He smiles almost too content with my answer and his next question confuses me.

"You said you wanted something from your boyfriend, i think I can give you what you want."

I furrow my brows with him still on top of me, i feel chills all over my body from the sound of his voice. It is enticing—makes me want to say fuck it to everything and just completely give in.

"You can’t give me what I want."

The fact that he thinks he has the abilities to turn me into the person I want to be is laughable. I mean what are the odds that I will meet another vampire. I don’t even know who this man is, I have never seen him around town. So, who is he really?

"You can’t be so sure," he leans forward again and presses his lips to mine. I feel his teeth grab unto my tongue and he bites it so hard that I taste the metallic taste that comes with blood. I feel it drop out of my mouth as he pulls away. His eyes are fixed to my lips, they look even hungrier than earlier "I know what you want Maddie and I can give it to you if you let me," he smiles.

I reach for my lips in an attempt to wipe the blood dripping from it but he grabs my hand stopping me "Don’t you want this anymore?" he licks the blood slowly and seductively. It is a major turn on. At this point I am confused; I don’t know what is happening. Maybe it’s all the alcohol, I am imagining all this and when I wake up, he will disappear and so will my dreams.

I think I should just play along with it. I

"What do you think I want?" I ask him.

He smiles "Power."

I furrow my brows, he continues "Power beyond comprehending. You want the world at your feet, I am going to give it all to you."

"How?"

I look at him waiting patiently for his answer. He teeth shine under the fluorescent light. I notice it as his fangs slowly start to come out. My eyes widen as he deepens his smile, revealing his true form. His eyes turn to a bright gold, they shine so bright that I can’t help but smile too. This is real, he is a real vampire and he is going to make all my dreams come true.

"You’re a vampire," I stutter.

"Yes, I am." he admits, proud of himself.

I can’t believe I am finally this close to seeing one, I can’t believe this is actually happening. It feels so surreal. If this is a dream, I don’t ever want to wake up. I take this over the life i have right now. I take this over everything and everyone I know.

"Are you going to turn me?" I have to ask because I have to know. he must be here because he knows. He knows and he is here to help me.

"Only if you promise to help me."

I nod because i will do anything.

I will do anything to get this.

To make my dreams come true.

It is finally here.

 

Chapter 52: Finally

Maddie.

One year ago.

"Don’ stop," he goes deeper and I cry from the pure bliss of the feeling. Alanis grinds into me faster than he ever has and my eyes roll to the back of my head from the pleasure. Naked and sweating, he takes my breast into his mouth and sucks on it like a child that is given candy for the first time.

I moan, groan and exclaim because sex with Alanis is unlike any I have ever had. He keeps moving until he releases with a loud groan. He slides off me slowly and I run my hands through my hair trying to catch my breath. His eyes are closed and his breath is heavy. We have been having sex for two weeks now, he hasn’t officially asked me out but I can’t blame him because I said I was okay with this.

I don’t want to scare him off yet, I want him to feel comfortable with me. he needs to trust me to want to be with me and If i pressure him into being with me he will just run away. "That was amazing," he exclaims slowly catching his breath. I can’t lie, sex with him is always intense and this makes me want to stay with him more.

After Alanis finally turns me, I will become his family. .i can already picture it. I can already see the life I will get once everything I am working hard for falls to play.

"Yes, it was," I reach for him and he welcomes me into his arms. We do this every time we meet up. Fuck, complement each other and then say our goodbyes. i wish I could have more from him, maybe this time he can spend the night.

After a couple of seconds of comfort, he starts to disentangle from me "You can stay the night," I suggest nonchalantly. I don’t want to seem too desperate, if I do, he will just withdraw. I can’t have him pulling back from me when I have worked so hard.

"I’m fine," he stands up from the bed and I watch him search for his clothes. I know they are in the bathroom because we started this from my bathroom. He seems to have forgotten and I watch him quietly as he continues looking for them.

"My clothes," he mutters in defeat.

I stand up from the bed and his eyes follow me hungrily. I walk into the bathroom and grab his clothes from the floor. He is in front of the door when I walk out and there is a smile on his face "I had a nice time."

I manage a smile "It would be a nicer night if we continue this," I stand on my tip toe to measure to his height "Picture this, all night long, pressed together with no one stopping us," I am tempting him and it seems to be working.

He bends his head backwards almost like my offer is too painful not to accept. With a groan "Why do you have to be so sexy," he pulls me even closer and drops his clothes on the floor. Wrapping my legs around his waist he grabs my butt cheeks with a squeeze "Don’t you dare get tired on me," he warns me with a mischievous smile.

"I wouldn’t dream of it."

I let out a sigh of relief, content that I got him to let go of his fears. It will start with a night and then I will have all of him completely.

After the break up.

"You will have to die."

I open my eyes wide from the shock of his words. This still feels like a dream but the more we talk about this, the more realistic it feels. I am still naked and he is still on top of me. He is a vampire; I have confirmed that much but what is he talking about right now?

"What?" I stutter confused at his words.

He replies me calmly "I will have to kill you," he pauses and then continues "But only for a second," he says it like it is not a big deal but I am here freaking the fuck out. I didn’t know how this was going to work, I have done my research on vampires, there have been so many theories on how a vampire turns a human but I never got the real answer. This is not a movie or some novel, it is real life and his words are terrifying me.

Yeah, I am scared but I will not give this up. I will rather lose my life than let this go.

"How do I know I can trust you?"

I need to know; you might say there is no way to trust him and you might be right but there is no harm in asking. This is a stranger that i just met but he seems to know me more than Alanis ever did. Alanis never suspected anything, i knew about him all through our relationship and he never knew. Do you know how hard it is to hide your thoughts from the man you basically spent a whole year with? I couldn’t think when I was around him, I couldn’t be myself but this man that I just met makes me want to be completely honest.

"You will never know; you just have to."

"How did you know?" I suddenly seem to have so many questions. When he saw me at the bar did, he know who I was?

"You will never know," he repeats his previous statement and I roll my eyes.

"Will you let me go if I turn down your offer?" I just have to know, even though I am not letting go of this for anything. It is a done deal and all these questions I am asking are pointless, I have already made up my mind.

"I will not force you into this, you are special." he smiles and slowly moves closer to me until he is kissing me. This kiss is different, all the aggression that he had has vanished. I slide my tongue into his mouth completely getting lost in the kiss. My heart races to the beat of his and all my worries fade away. I am not scared of anything, even death.

After a couple of seconds, he pulls back and looks at me "So, do you want this?"

I nod my head incessantly, deep down he knew the answer to that question. He must’ve known how much I wanted this. He must have known to some extent. This cannot just be a coincidence. There must be a reason for this.

"How is this going to work?"

"I will kill you; it’ll be quick. I will feed you my blood before for it to take effect. It doesn’t hurt, you just have to trust me." he stands up and moves away from me. For the first time tonight, I look at the room, there is a bed—which we have already gotten accustomed too. Except for the bed, there is no other furniture in here, which I find very weird.

The whole situation is weird and I like it.

I sit up on the bed and he stands next to it, still naked. "Do you want to do this?" he asks me again. This is his way to get consent.

I should give it to him.

"Yes, I do."

He smiles and climbs the bed, I watch him, waiting for his next move. There is so much excitement within me. Everything that is happening is making me giddy. I just want to remember this moment for the rest of my life. When I think about this moment, there has to be a smile on my face.

He kneels on the cotton mattress "I will feed you my blood now," his fangs are still out making this even more real. This seemed like it was all in my head, I used to think I was crazy, Alanis breaking up with me was like a wake-up call. He places his wrist to his lips and I watch him, I watch as his fangs dig deep into his skin, and I watch as blood drips down his fingers and to the white sheets on the bed. He lets of his lips and stretches his hand to my face. I freeze for a second because I don’t know what to do—okay I know I have to drink his blood but I have never done this before.

"Come on," he urges me calmly. I watch the blood drip out of the two holes he created with his teeth. Slowly I move closer until my lips are close enough to have a taste of him. I don’t know how to explain the taste, it’s the weirdest thing I have ever tasted and as he watches me and pushes his wrist deeper into my mouth, I take more gulps of it. This is the weirdest thing I have ever had to do but I know that once this is done, I will finally have everything I have always wanted.

I will finally be complete.

Chapter 53: Death with a smile

Maddie.

One year ago.

"What do you even like about me?" he asks me as he plays with the loose strands of my hair. His eyes bore into me and it feels like he is staring into my soul. The question is abrupt and came from nowhere. This moment is a defining factor in our relationship. We have been steady for a month—well by steady I mean, steady fucking. There hasn’t been any progress in our relationship, the fact that he thinks that I am okay with this is the only reason why he hasn’t run away from me.

The slow pace we are going is pissing me off.

I thought at this point he would’ve been mine by now. i have done everything right. Do you know how hard it is to pretend to be so interested in someone when you really didn’t give a shit about the person, I have pretended to like being with him, pretended like he was the most interesting person I had ever met, all because I want what only him can give me right now. It is sickening that he actually believes that I am genuinely interested in him. He is supposed to be a supernatural being and he hasn’t figured that out.

I planned for this to go faster than it is and I know it has something to do with his family. He told me they don’t want him dating anyone, like somehow, they can choose what he does with his life. I might not have the details but eventually he will see me and he will be mine.

"That’s a weird question," I manage a laugh to lighten the mood.

His expression is serious, his eyes are deep in thought. He wants to know what I think about him. I can’t even think right now, he will see right through me. I can’t let that happen.

"You’re great," I smile.

He sighs

"Just great?" he sounds disappointed.

"You know I think you’re special, i have always thought you were special." I blurt out.

Furrowing his brows he asks "What makes me special?"

The answer i have to his question is one I cannot say out loud. I cannot be honest with him because once I do I will lose everything I have worked so hard for "You are the most caring person I have ever met and I just met you. No one has ever made me feel the way you do."

All needed lies.

i see the look in his eyes, he believes me completely. He is trusting my words even though they are all lies. I don’t know shit about him, I only know that he is great with sex. We haven’t done anything personal for me to know that he is kinds, or caring. I am just saying all that to get him hooked. One night when we got drunk, he told me about his family and how they don’t want him dating, they want him to wait till he finds her. I don’t know what he meant by that but I assumed it was a vampire thing. He said he didn’t believe in soul mates, that he was going to make his own magic. That is where i got the idea from, make him think that this thing between us could get better within time. Make him think that I could end up begin the soulmate he desperately craves.

i know I am the worst person that ever existed but you would understand if you wanted something so bad, you cant blame me for doing this. I need him to want to be with me, I need him to love me enough to want to be with me.

"How would you feel about being my soulmate?" he asks and my heart stops for a millisecond.

it is finally happening, the moment I have been waiting for.

"Soulmate?" I ask like I am oblivious to what he is talking about.

he nods as he plays with strands of my hair "Be mine," he leans forward until we are just an inch apart. My heart is racing at a ridiculously scary speed. This is all happening too fast. I am at a loss of words, i don’t know how to react. I don’t want to think. i don’t want him to read my mind. I can’t blow this right now.

This is it guys.

Finally.

"Just say yes and leave the rest to me," he urges. I don’t know what he means but I accept. I one hundred percent accept whatever he is offering.

"Yes."

He presses his lips to mine softly and I feel satisfied. Finally, finally my mission is almost complete.

After the breakup.

Death.

Death is supposed to be the end of life but mine brought the beginning. I felt the pain. As he snapped my neck, i heard the sound and for a second before my heart stopped, I saw the smile on his face.

This is not the first time he has done this before. He is a natural to this and it should’ve scared me but it only makes this more exciting. All I see is darkness, there is no light, there is no out of body experience for me. Just a moment of darkness and as my eyes open, I don’t see him again. There is a banging in my head, as i try to sit up on the bed. My stomach growls and I clutch it from the pain that suddenly appears. I get up from the bed in search of something. Everything that happened last night suddenly feels like a dream, the sun hitting the windows tells me it is a new day and whoever brought me here is gone. He wouldn’t have just left me...would he?

I am still naked from last night, the funny thing about this is that I thought I was coming here to have sex and now all that has happened in baffling. My dreams are finally coming true. The sound in my stomach grumbles again and i clutch onto it from the intense hunger I am feeling. i need something to quench this hunger. I don’t know how to handle it. the door to the room opens and he walks in.

My knight in shining armor but he is not alone "Oh, you are awake." he leads the man into the room and I am confused. I don’t even know what is happening but his smile is reassuring. "I am thirsty and hungry," I whine because all I am feeling is confusing to me.

The smile remains plastered to his face "Have a seat wont you," he tells the man. i watch as the man obeys him completely. It seems like he doesn’t even have a mind of his own, like he is being controlled. It think this is something vampire related. the excitement kicks in.

He walks over to me by the window and pulls my chin upwards so I can look at him "How are you feeling," the night I had rushes into my memory and a smile crawls up to my face.

"Hungry," i repeat. It is instinctual, the urge to eat and I am not craving food.

"I brought you breakfast," he points to the man who has a lost expression on his face. His eyes are open but it almost seems like he isn’t really looking. He leads me to the chair and I watch him as he pulls him closer "It’ll come easy to you. All you need to do is eat."

He moves so close to his neck and I watch as his fangs shoot out and pierce into his skin. Blood drips as he sucks it in and the hunger in me intensifies. i can feel something in my body change. I want what he is having and my body can sense it. I watch him until he lets go "Come on, your turn."

this is the moment I have been waiting for. It is finally happening.

I am finally complete.

My first taste of human blood is exciting. You know how it feels to eat your favorite food, and also have a surplus amount. That is how it felt, as I dived into his flesh and the blood poured into my mouth. i felt like I was in heaven; I felt stronger, happy, on top of the fucking world. i didn’t care that he was in pain, i held him down until the color on his skin whitened, until he stopped moving. That is how intense it was, I wasn’t thinking about anything but satisfying my hunger. i could see the look on mystery man’s face. He liked what he saw, there was satisfaction in his eyes. I drained all the blood from the human and watched him fall to his feet, without an ounce of guilt in me.

i had suddenly become a killer and I liked it more than I have ever liked anything in my life. The fact that I did that to someone so easily, is pleasurable.

I wanted to kill again.

Chapter 54: Ultimatum

Maddie.

A year ago.

"Are you guys really dating?" Caitlin asks.

It’s still a shock to me. The night he asked me to be his girlfriend was the best night of my ever so dry life. I knew I was going to get him to be mine but I didn’t think it would happen as fast as it did. This was all part of the plan but I didn’t think I would succeed so easily.

Alanis is such a gullible person; I still can’t believe he hasn’t seen right through me. He thinks this thing between us is real—yeah, I think he is a great guy and I genuinely want to get to know him more than I do now, it is nothing personal, I am sure we would have hit it off either way.

"Yes,"

Caitlin screams and I place both hands on my ears in an attempt to cover her loud cry "How did that happen? You’ve been obsessed with him for a while now."

Yeah, I have been obsessed.

She got that right.

"We’ve kinda been seeing each other for a while now. I guess I wore him out and he just said fuck it."

Caitlin chuckles "So is being with him everything everyone says it is?"

I smile, memories of all our times together flooding in "Yes, it is." Alanis is a very passionate person, so being with him is very intense.

"I am so jealous," she hits me playfully.

We are in the cafeteria and I notice when he comes in, he is with his sister, I can’t really remember her name. His eyes roam around and my heart beats within the confinement of my chest. I am wondering if he will come over to me or sit with his family. He smiles when he sets his eyes on me. I can see it in his eyes, things are different between us. Before it was just sex, now that we have established more, he is different. It’s in his eyes, the wanting, the excitement and I am loving every minute of it.

He moves closer and whispers into her ears, she frowns and walks over to her seat. Alanis walks over in my direction with his tray gripped tightly. He is still smiling as he stops in front of me "Is this seat taken?" he points to an empty seat next to me.

Caitlin squeals and I roll my eyes at her reaction. "No," I answer him.

He sits down on the empty chair and my heart beats like crazy. He is taking a step further with me. Ever since we started this, we have been doing everything in secret. Now he is open about everything with me. I like it; I like it so much.

"Hi." he leans forward and kisses me softly.

Is this what it feels like to have a significant other, someone you can rely on? I don’t want to ever give this up. This will be my new normal. I want things between us to work.

I dive into the kiss and he welcomes me by wrapping his arms around my waist. "Do you want to come over after school?" I ask him.

Somehow it has become a ritual, him coming over but now the only thing different is him spending the night. My parents know about him, they have met him a couple of times and they have made their opinion open—they hate him. I am not even thinking about them in my decision to be with him. It is not about them; this is bigger than what they think.

This is my chance.

After the breakup.

Power.

I suddenly know what it feels like to have the power that I have desperately craved all my life. Lying down next to my saviour, I reach for him and plant a kiss on his right temple. He grabs me by my waist and pulls me closer. We are both naked, from earlier. I haven’t bothered with clothes; I feel more comfortable with this man than I ever have with anyone and I don’t even know his name. He is being very secretive but it just makes this all the more exciting.

I haven’t explored my abilities. I don’t know what suddenly makes me special but I have a feeling he will show me everything I need to know. It feels like he has made a claim on me.

"How do you feel?" he grabs me and places me on top of his roughly. There is nothing gentle about this man and it is exhilarating.

"I feel like I am on top of the world," I grab him by his neck and he welcomes me by slipping his tongue into my mouth for a wet kiss. I moan out from the pleasure that I get from just a kiss. Everything with him is a hundred times more intense than with Alanis. Suddenly I am not thinking about him and the heartbreak he smashed me with. I am glad he left me; I doubt he would have ever turned me if I stayed with him. The fact that I waited for a whole year and didn’t get anything from him is what hurts the most.

Mystery man’s tongue swirls in the depth of my mouth and I smile excitedly for what is to come. There is so much energy within me and I want it to burst out already "You will feel a lot better after we’re done," he smirks in between kisses.

A smile plays out because this is a challenge and challenge accepted.

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"You said I had to do something for you," I remind him of his ultimatum.

A smile crawls on his face, he is glad that I remembered. "I need Alanis." he goes straight to the point and this confuses me. I didn’t even know he knew Alanis. I mean I figured all the vampires in town would know each other. I didn’t expect him to though.

Frankly, I have never seen him around town before, so my assumption was he is just a passer-by.

"How do you know Alanis?"

"I don’t know him but I know that he is mixing with the wolves," he says it so casually.

Wolves?

"What do you mean by wolves?" I ask because things are getting a lot more unbelievable.

"Werewolves."

"You can’t be serious."

He laughs "You believed in vampires, what’s the difference?"

I sit up on the bed to process all this in, it is a lot. Finding out vampires aren’t the only mystical creatures.

"What does Alanis have to do with werewolves," I remember the starter of our conversation. Alanis mentioned there was someone else, that is why he broke it off with me. Could that someone else actually be a werewolf?

"He is the doorway to the wolves. I need him to get to them?"

I furrow my brows in confusion "What do you need from the wolves?" I have so many questions for him. Suddenly werewolves are real and he wants something from them. This all seems like a lot to handle.

"You don’t have to concern yourself with that. I just need to get Alanis and you are going to help me," it is not a request, the demand in his tone is firm and authoritative. He is not asking me; he is telling me and I don’t think I have a choice in this matter.

"How do I get him?"

He pulls me closer "He just needs to think you are hurt."

I laugh "I don’t think he cares anymore."

"He still cares about you; Alanis would’ve never called things off with you if not for the mutt. He had no choice."

I am still confused but I still hate Alanis and I am indebted to, shit. I realize I still don’t know his name. What do I even call him?

"What’s your name?"

He smiles warmly and I am still in his arms "Thought you’d never ask. You can call me Cass, short for Cassius."

Cassius.

Even his name is sexy.

"So, what do I have to do?" I ask him because the moment I agreed to drink his blood, I knew I would do anything for him. This man in front of me is my hero. I forever want to be by his side, no matter what he wants me to do. He lets go of me and stands up from the bed, his butt cheeks are bare—even his butt cheeks are sexy. I stand up and he grins as I walk into his arms. In just a day I have formed a bond with this man that the whole year I spent with Alanis. The fact that he wasted my time makes me so angry and I don’t even feel remorse for anything Cass will have me do.

"Do you explore your strengths?" he asks me with a smirk.

I nod eagerly and he chuckles "Get dressed."

I run to my clothes already excited.

Things just got so fun.

Chapter 55: If only you chose me.

Alanis.

I leave Beau with so much anxiety and fear. I don’t know what is going to happen inside, I don’t know what Cassius could possibly want from me but I guess I will find out. The building is dark and cold, almost seems like just the place he would choose for his abduction. I don’t want to be here; I wish I could be wrapped around Beau in bed watching old movies. I hate that Maddie got involved in this.

I take a deep breath searching for her scent, somehow, I should be able to hear them, their breathing, hushed voices but the place is quiet. Too quiet. I check all the rooms; they are all unpainted and still in the brick and block stages. finally coming across a door in a hidden area, I open it revealing steps to what looks like a basement. I hear her cries immediately, which makes me run down the stairs and into the darkroom. I see her tied to a chair with rusty chains. Her mouth is covered with some kind of dirty clothes and she looks to have been crying all day. The room is empty except her but I know they are still in the building. I can smell them, they are not doing a good enough job of hiding.

"Maddie," I run over to her and she cries even louder. The sounds coming from her are muffled until I remover the cloth out of her mouth.

"Alanis," she calls my name and my heart aches deeper.

"Don’t worry, I will get you out of here," I assure her as I pull at the chains with all the strength I can muster. the chains fall to the ground and she continues crying. I have never seen Maddie look this terrified in all of the year I have known her. she always had this courage that made me choose her. I knew she could handle everything about me—the fact that I am a vampire, I knew eventually she would accept me. That is why I chose her, but looking at her at this moment, in this situation, I am glad I don’t have to put her through all this. I regret that she is in this right now but I will get her out of this and set her free completely, I will make sure nothing like this happens again.

"He took me, he said he was going to kill me," she stutters as I pull the chains off her wrists and try to lift her off the chair.

Apart from her tears, she doesn’t look too hurt. That is good, I don’t know what I would’ve done if he had hurt her. I don’t hear the sounds of footsteps until they are too close to me and I can’t do anything to defend myself. I hear the snap of my neck before I blackout.

*********

I open my eyes to pain.

The pain that my heart feels is even more intense. I wished and I prayed that this wouldn’t happen. That I wouldn’t need Beau to come rescue me. I knew there was a possibility that I wouldn’t succeed but I at least thought I would be able to save her. Things like this never turn out okay. The whole trade by barter scenario. I knew I was going to have to stay behind to get Maddie safe, but I don’t think I was able to do that.

I am tied up. The chains that were once holding unto Maddie are now around my wrist. I try to get the chains off but the more I pull at them the more they burn. They must’ve put something on them because I am suddenly getting weaker. My eyes roam around in search of Maddie but she is not in the room anymore. No one is in the room. My legs shake and tremble as I try to muster up the strength to stay up, but the more I try the harder it is. I know Beau is outside and once he doesn’t hear or see me, he is going to come in. I don’t want him to come in because this was their plan all along.

Sounds come from the door and my eyes shift to the direction. The shock I get is more than anything I ever expected. Maddie takes slow strides till she gets to me. Her hips sway from side to side and there is a smile plastered on her face. I don’t want to believe this, there is no way she was in on this. I risked everything to come and get her. I fought with Beau, I hurt him. I did everything to make sure she was okay.

I don’t want to believe that this was her plan all along.

"Hi Alanis," her smile is evil. she is enjoying every moment of this. How does she even know Cassius? Who am I kidding, he must have been the one to initiate whatever this is.

What is this?

"Maddie, what are you doing?" I manage to speak even though my words are mumbled due to the difficulty of speaking.

With the smile on her face, "I told you, you were going to pay."

It’s so easy, those words are so easy to come out of her lips. I broke up with her and somehow, I deserve this?

"I didn’t mean to hurt you."

She laughs "I was with you for a whole fucking year and you decided to end things like they didn’t mean anything."

She doesn’t understand anything, she has carried her anger this far. So far that she could end up being the one responsible for my demise. "I broke up with you because I cared about you. I couldn’t lie to you. You meant too much to me."

"You never cared about me."

I pull at the chains holding me "I did, you were very important to me. You still are. Don’t do this, please."

She shakes her head and for the first time, I look at her. I mean really look at her. Something feels different about her. Suddenly realizing that her scent is even different.

"What did you?" I ask. The smile on her face reveals her teeth and I don’t need an answer anymore. She is not the Maddie I knew; she is now a vampire. Cassius did this to her.

"Everything I have always wanted."

I furrow my brows, confused "What are you talking about?"

"Enough," another voice speaks up and I look up to see Cassius with a grim expression plastered on his face. He looks the same as the last time I saw him. The smile on his face is sickening, this is all fun and games for him. Playing with people and their lives is all fun and games.

"What do you want from me?" I shout so loud from all the anger within me.

This is not even funny anymore. Maddie is with him, somehow, he has done the one thing that I never wanted for her. She is now a vampire and it seems like she likes it.

I am so confused at this moment.

"You are just a tiny fraction to the end game. This is not about you. You have to understand that I don’t want to do this to you. You are my kind, I don’t hurt my kind."

I don’t know what he is expecting, maybe remorse, or understanding. His actions are nothing I would ever try to understand. He thinks he is doing something for the greater good. He is a monster and I will never understand him. "Fuck you," I spit out blood to his face and he smiles almost like he was expecting that reaction.

"It’s fine. You will never understand." he walks away from me and stops in front of the door "Your boyfriend should be here any minute from now."

The fact that he knows that Beau and his people are here just proves that the plan was stupid. Cassius leaves me and Maddie in the room once again and I can’t even stand the sight of her. I hate that she is someone I was once intimate with, someone I cared about. This is someone I wanted to link with. I settled for her and I didn’t even know her; all along she was pretending to be someone else.

"Why?" I manage to mutter already weak from all the thoughts rummaging through my head.

She takes steps towards me with her shoulders raised. The look on her face shows pride, she likes that this is happening. She is enjoying every moment of this "You have no right asking that, did you answer my why when I asked you?"

She is talking about the break-up. I don’t blame her for hating me, I hate me for hurting her but I can’t take it back. It was out of my control and I did my best to end things without lying. I never thought she would be this wicked. I never thought she would hate me to the point to want to see me dead.

"I am sorry,"

She laughs "It is a little too late for apologies," her eyes shine a bright red as she raises her hands up. "I really wish things didn’t end up the way they did. If only you chose me."

My knees feel weak suddenly as she walks away from me. I am slowly losing consciousness. Regret floods as my eyes close slowly, silently praying Beau doesn’t come in.