Warning: Beginning of story might be misleading.

Preface

He wasn't about to let her go. He couldn't.

She kissed his cheek and was about to turn away. He grabbed the back of her head and kissed her fiercely. Everything that happened in so little time spilled out in that moment as he tasted more of her than ever before.

Breaking apart they were both breathing heavily neither one wanting to leave, or back up one step. Taking a deep breath she looked up at him, at his dark green eyes and knew she had to do this. It wasn't her he needed it was never her. "Don't do this."

"Don't do what?" he asked, puzzled. "Love you," he added as an afterthought. He never once said those words out loud outside of family, of course. His heart was racing a million times a beat. He didn't think he could feel this way. He didn't know he could really mean those words this much, but he. He loved her with all his heart there was no doubt about that. Was this what it was like when you found your mate?

A tear sprang into her eye. She didn't want to leave him and after he said those three words that everyone wants to hear she didn't she could make her legs move. Her mouth opened so she could speak again but no words came out.

His mouth had covered over hers again. The second kiss a lot more gentle than before. There was no dying need to put more into it he already said the words this was only an add-on to how he felt. When they broke apart, he said barely above a whisper, "Don't leave me."

She rested her hand upon his cheek and looked into those dark, meaningful eyes. This was the hardest thing she had ever done. It wasn't a simple as she thought and she almost wished she never had met him. Maybe I can make myself be his mate. Maybe I can manipulate…

She closed her eyes tight. No, it wouldn't be fair for him if she did that. He belonged to another even if he didn't realize that yet. With one long intake of breath she let it all out and opened her eyes. "Goodbye." She saw the wounded look in his eyes and before he could stop her she dashed out of the room.

Leaving him alone, broken, and vulnerable. It was her. It was her and she just left. That was all that ran through his mind as he watched the door his love had fleeted out from.

I'll find her.

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It was strange. One moment she was blissfully happy the next she's in this terrible pain. A biting pain something was biting her. There was a grayish cloud fogging her thoughts, keeping her from piecing anything together as if her thoughts were a puzzle being shaken repeatedly in a box.

With all her mental strength she broke free and regretted it. She really felt the pain now before it was dull now it was red hot. Now she knew it was on her neck and something had sunk in there. She struggled and she felt a grasp around her wrists and a hand on the other side of her neck keeping her in place. She tried to kick but a leg had already moved there and weighed more than iron. She was in a literal choke hole.

If that wasn't scary enough she realized she was slowly losing her vision. She wasn't going to last long she knew that and until she was dead she would never know what was happening. She heard someone telling her to hang on but they sounded so distant. All the noises around her sounded so distant.

Even when the body and teeth that been holding her were gone she knew it wasn't soon enough. She collapsed onto the hard floor looking across from her and seeing nothing. Her eyes closed and then she felt peace something she hadn't felt in a long time.