Crying Blood -Terms to know:

Witch: Mortals with magical powers. Most witches are good and help protect people

Witelighters: Guardian angels with magic power. Also help protect people.

Drain demon: Demon who takes the powers of witches and witelighters. Powers normally include blinking and fireballs. Described as having purple skin and red eyes.

Chaos demon: Ghost like demon that takes the form of anyone. A shapeshifter. Can't touch anything and can't be touched.

Kiled demon: Demon with the power of turning into those closest to you. A shapeshifter. Unlike the Chaos demon it can touch and be touched. Also bleeds yellow blood.

Gith demon: Has the power to set things on fire with its mind only if it concentrates hard enough. Looks human except has red eyes.

Vampire: Drinks blood with fangs. Can be good or evil. Half alive half dead. Has the power to dematerialize, erase memories, and others.

Slayers: Desouled dead humans that slay vampires, witches, and witelighters. Look human, but have no heart beat.

Dragon: A dragon. Can be a variety of colors or shapes. Meaning it can have wings or it might not depending on what kind of species it is.

Werewolf: Large wolf like creature. Walks on hind legs and can not control itself after it changes during a full moon.

Definitions:

Blinking: A demon blinks to change its location.

Fireball: A ball of fire demons use to throw at enemies

Shapeshifter: A name given to a mortal, witch, or demon that can take the shape of another person or animal.

Dematerialize: The ability to disappear from one place and appear in another.

Desouled: No longer containing a soul.

Old Language: A language among vampires of their religion.

Crying Blood

Chapter 1

"Lilly! Lilly!" Patrick screamed over and over holding his sister in his arms. Zane glanced over at Lilly and Patrick then back at the Kiled demon disguised as his sister Samara. With a quick kick to the stomach the demon stumbled back into a dumpster. Zane ripped the sword from its holster around his waist, and plunged it into the demons chest. A spray of yellow splattered on his face as the demon released one last yell and disappeared.

"She gonna be ok?"

"I don't know"

"I'll be back. I gotta find Mara"

"Hurry up! We need to get her back to the house!"

Zane ran out of the dark ally hearing the last words Patrick yelled after him. Out of the ally the rain hit his face harder and more swiftly. He looked left then right, but couldn't see her. He sniffed the air, and picked up her scent almost instantly. Along with the smell of night, roses, and a bit of vanilla rain ran up his nose causing a burning sensation that spread to his forehead. With that he took off at a dead run to the right. The run was so fast a mortal would hardly see him. He stopped just as he came to the rusty steel gates of the San Francisco cemetery. He walked in slowly hearing the pain staking screams. Her brutality wasn't really something he wanted to witness right now. When the screams subsided he walked faster. There she was sitting on top of an unburied coffin staring at the sky. The rain water dripping onto her face, her closed eye lids, and down her long black hair.

Zane ran his hand through his own equally dark hair as he surveyed the scene. Not only the screaming he heard before he came in, but also the crimson liquid dripping off of gravestones and into the dark green grass told him everything he needed to know. The chaos demon was as dead as Mara was inside. She obviously wasn't getting better like he had thought. He should know. He lived through every tortures day with her, but that was a long time ago. His sapphire blue eyes fixed on her. Looking her over, and checking for wounds. She wasn't the type to say anything. Not after what happened. She was used to pain. She craved pain on occasion. If she was hurt it was because she wanted to be. She was too quick, too smart, and too well trained to be hurt by a demon as unskilled as the those they fought tonight. He steadied himself and took a few steps closer to her. As soon as he got to a certain point her eyes opened and her icy blue gaze fixed on him. His eyes. His movements. His hands. He dared not to go farther, or even try to touch and comfort her. He knew better.

His eyes stayed locked on hers. He inhaled deep and steadied his voice before speaking. "Lilly got hurt pretty badly. We should help Pat get her home."

Mara slid off the coffin and walked to the gate Zane following close behind. When she got out of the cemetery she dematerialized. Zane watched her disappear and then followed. When he materialized in the ally Mara was already there. Patrick had already put Lilly in the back of the black Grand Cherokee Jeep. Mara was standing by the back door looking down at a semiconscious Lilly. Mara moved into the backseat with her. Zane jumped into the passenger seat as Patrick started the car.

"Keep an eye on her. If something happens tell me." Patrick put the Jeep in gear just as Mara replied ok and the drove off toward the house.

Chapter 2

Lilly woke to something wet hitting her in the face. It was like rain except warm. She opened her eyes and saw Patrick's green irises staring down at her. A washcloth clutched in his hand dripping wet with water, and a red liquid. Blood. My blood.

"Hey. It's about time you woke up. I was starting to worry."

"How long have I been out of it?"

"About four hours."

"Where is everyone else?"

"Zane, Matt, and Nick are downstairs watching TV, Shane is getting take out, and Mara is making you some tea."

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