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Jogging on the wide expanse of road that lay out in front of me, I listened to the unsteady beat my feet softly whispered to the ground, the rough thump-thump, thump-thump, thump-thump; that was a mirror image of the empty beating of my heart. I stopped and gazed at the sky weighing my options between staying at St. Vlads or continuing on to find the one man that made sense of the world; sense of me being in this world.
As I breathed the cool, crisp, pine air deep into my lungs, I noticed the sun slowly fading out into the West, sinking into the blood soaked ocean sky. I heard the soft padding of feet about 50 feet away and the steady inhalation of air traveling in and out of a large corps.
My stomach knotted, flipped, and turn all at once inside my body. Light-headed and nauseous, I scanned the area in front of me seeing nothing but long stretch of ebony asphalt. Turning abruptly on my right heel, only to see nothing but my elongated shadow stretching into what was nothing but the long dark shadow that was of pine tree birth.
"Shake it off Rose. Your added paranoia is not helping the already grim situation. Just hope there aren't too many out there." Great now talking to yourself was the way to go. The Strigoi inhabited the forest around St. Vlads like flies on shit. So much for false hope, I thought.
I ran at an Olympic speed to get closer to a main street at which I would hitch my way to that of a more populated town. Gazing to the left I noticed the sun fighting a losing battle with the ever increasing darkness, Seems as though the dark was winning out now-a-days, The padding I heard earlier was there again, scraping its ugly invisible nails deep into my ears. It kept pace with me as I stretched my legs as long and fast as I could.
I could feel the two slick cold stakes against my thighs as I ran to the ever-growing street that ran perpendicular to me. The stake holsters rubbed against my skin as I moved swiftly between air molecules.
The sun was completely dead; no trace of the rays that put the crystal sky to shame peaked out in the distance. The padding grew closer, 30, 28, 15, 4.
"Shit!" I panted.
I grabbed the stake to my left and threw down the small bag of belongings just in enough time as the large figure reached out and shoved me with more force than that of a bull charging the red flag.
I stumbled regaining my balance just in enough time to catch a blow to the face that would knock an ordinary human into unconsciousness. Seeing stars was not an option at this time.
I shook my head, erasing the double image of my attacker. I noticed he was a tall man around the age of 23. His long slender frame grazed the world at an astonishing 6'5". He had deep crimson eyes, a tight jaw, the type you broke hands on, and thin lips. His skin was a smooth rich ivory, the type that would look beautiful if he were to blush, his skin was stretched tight across the quivering muscles that rippled all over his body. His hair was a shaggy auburn that fell just beneath his ears.
I briskly raised my left hand to stab at any portion of his body I could come in contact with. He was much too fast. I was sent flying to the ground due to a power kick to the chest, stake almost flying out of my slight fingers. The Strigoi stomped on my hand forcing me to cry out in a deep grunting moan.
He dropped over my tight body, lowering his head to my neck. Not caring enough to restrain my left hand that once held the silver extension of my body that was my stake; his fangs grazed the side of my neck causing my hair to rise along my spine. Jamming a sore thumb into his eye, I forced him to relinquish his hold on my thin right wrist. I quickly snatched my only stake and plunged it deep into his back.
Rolling over him, I kneed him hard and crammed my well developed forearm hard against his jugular.
"Who the hell are you?" I said in a loud voice.
Spitting in my face he laughed and hissed out a snide remark. With this I balled my right fist around the stake and punched him 6 times with a bone crunching force. Dark blood oozed from between his lips, coating his teeth.
"Your name!" I screamed.
"Why is this important? You'll die by my hand; I need not tell you my name. However I am a very generous man and I pity you. Chasing after a man who no longer loves you is a very sad thing to watch. My name is Ari my darling child."
Upon hearing those words, Chasing after a man who no longer loves you… sent me in a blind rage. I used the very tip of the stake you dig deep into his socket. Slowly digging out his eye I let his screams fill the ever silent night.
"Where is he? Tell me and I'll spare your good for nothing life."
Panting hard he rattled off a very shaky answer, "I saw him but a few days ago. He spoke not of where he was traveling."
"That I don't believe you sad sack of shit." I said in my most menacing voice.
He gave a little chuckle and replied, "He mentioned you were very bright. However, he spoke not of your foul mouth. He is traveling back to Spokane with the coven. He asked that I stay behind to watch you. I could not help getting but a taste of your sweet Dhampir blood."
"What is he watching me for?" I breathed in one swift breath.
"I can not reveal my entire list of secrets child." He laughed his menacing laugh.
And with that he snuffed out my last bit of patience. I drove the stake between his ribs, slowly piercing his lifeless cold heart. His gurgling scream ceased once I heard the clank of pure silver coming in contact with the dirt ridden ground that is strategically placed along the hardly ever used road.
Dusting off, I stood placed both stakes back in each holster, snatched up my bag and sprinted the rest of the way to the main road. Panting hard I watched the cars zoom past as I poorly flagged them down. Finally after what seemed like an hour a car pulled off the road and came to a stop in front of me.