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Night Vengeance

Chapter Eight

"That was amazing," she whispered just before falling asleep.

Justin stared at her, felt her even breathing and wondered what the hell had just happened. The surge of energy he'd felt just has they'd found completion, baffled him completely. Where had it come from? And Rae's childhood memories? He looked at her thoughtfully and experimented. He closed his eyes and scanned her mind; the barriers were gone!

In her sleep, she let down her guard and like a shadow, he entered and walked around her mind. He saw the child Rae again, crying, then a beautiful Japanese woman with the same color hair as Rae came and scooped the child up in her arms. Rae pointed to her scraped knee and the woman covered it with her hand. A white light emanated and when the woman removed her hand the scrape was gone, leaving not even a tiny trace of blood.

Justin remembered meeting another woman, a long time ago, capable of doing thus, and she had called herself a witch. Could Rae's mother be a witch as well? He recalled the white light he'd seen from under the door at his lab and wondered if Rae was a witch too. Could she have inherited the gift from her mother?

Suddenly his internal clock reluctantly pulled him from her mind; the sun would be rising in a few minutes, he needed to go to ground. Justin gazed at Rae and knew in that instant he could never let her go, so he tore open his wrist and brought her mouth to it.

"My love," he whispered in her mind, "you must drink, become one with me."

Rae sluggishly opened her eyes and looked at him. "What?" she asked sleepily.

"Drink Rae, become as I am, become one with me," he said.

Rae knew what he wanted. He wanted her to become a vampire like him. She looked into his eyes and her heart melted at the love she saw there. No one but her parents had ever loved her like that. Taking his blood would mean she could never put up her barriers against him again. He'd know everything that was in her mind, even that she was a witch.

She stared at him and slowly flicked her tongue out, licking the sweet blood trickling from his wrist. Then she closed her eyes and put her mouth over it and began drinking in earnest. She drank so deeply that Justin had to stop her and close the wound himself. He held her face in between his hands and kissed her deeply, licking all traces of blood from inside her mouth.

"It's time to sleep my love," he said, "close your eyes and rest."

Rae nodded, closed her eyes, sleep overtaking her instantly.

Just as the sun was descending, Rae awoke deep in the earth and screamed in terror. She was frantically clawing her way to the surface when strong arms wrapped around her, pinning her arms to her sides.

"Stay calm my love, everything's alright," said the voice. "I will get us out."

Rae turned anguished eyes on Justin as he opened the earth and floated them up to her backyard. She fought him and he immediately released her.

She scrambled away from him, her arms around her stomach, shaking like a leaf. Fear turned to anger as she watched him wave a hand and fill the hole removing all signs it had ever been there.

"What the hell did you think you were doing burying me alive like that? I could've suffocated to death!" she exclaimed.

Justin raised an eyebrow, "Suffocated? I would never let that happen. You're now a part of me, killing you would be like killing myself. Besides, you're a vampire now and as we sleep in the earth during daylight hours, the soil rejuvenates and heals our wounds," he said.

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The plane touched down and taxied to a stopped. Three men unloaded the coffin and rolled it into a hanger where Mr. George Leeds, a tall gaunt man dressed in black, waited to take delivery of it.

Two of the men left to continue unloading the luggage while the third stood waiting for the Mr. Leeds to sign the release form, accepting delivery.

Antonio Alvarez made the sign of the cross as he watched the gaunt man open the coffin. He quickly took off his cap and averted his eyes, giving Mr. Leeds privacy to view the body.

Inside the coffin, Salazar opened his eyes and stared at George, his servant. A silent question was asked and George nodded, they were in Columbus, South Carolina and food was on hand. Salazar silently floated out of the coffin and landed on the ground. On silent feet he walked to Antonio and touched his shoulder.

Thinking it was Mr. Leeds, ready to sign the release form, Antonio turned and gasped in horror at the pale man standing before him. His eyes were red and sunken, his skin was stretched tight over his face and what made Antonio silently scream in terror, was the creature's fangs just before they sunk into his jugular, draining him dry.

 

©2006 Romance at Heart Magazine.

©2000 Angel Young.

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