Click Here to Read Immortal Part 1Vampires run like lightning. We are capable of running so fast that the friction of the air can burn us alive. The elders think it is because our muscles never decay nor degenerate. They weren't able to tell me why Jennifer ran through the night as well, every bit as fast as Jory. It is a subject upon which they choose not to both of them were streaks in the darkness following the North Star with the elders in pursuit. They crossed the border of Canada, black hair flowing out behind as they left tracks in the earth and snow that would some amount of to puzzlement by those who happened to observe the trails. When no rational explanation came to mind, it was forgotten; people don't want to believe in the super-human, even when the existence of such is readily were fast enough that they could run across water, most of which was near-frozen or ice altogether. The lovers were not aware of the pursuit until they stopped in the middle of a glacier floating on the Arctic Ocean. Jory's head turned slowly around as if he feared what he might he and the elders looked each other in the eyes, Jory said, "So, we fight.""It is regrettable, but we cannot allow you to endanger us all, even in this place," one of the elders said."I do not wish a battle either. The loss of any of us is a loss to us all," Jory said. "If I may, I would try to persuade you.""You may speak what words you wish," another elder declared. "Be warned that we will not change our minds, no matter how eloquent you prove to be.""Nonetheless, I will make the attempt," Jory said. "I have lived,- or existed,- for over more than a hundred years. To me, this is a long time. For those of you who can remember the days of the Romans, it may not be so long a time. For me, though, the time has been spent playing by the rules, doing what you think is best. I, who am of a new age, find the rules to be restrictive. I understand why they were initiated, yet I think perhaps we have grown beyond the need of some of them. I, in my way, have grown- or evolved."With this, a silvery wing appeared from Jory's left side and spread itself out. Of the observers there, only Jennifer did not appear surprised."This is the secret I have hid from you, the wing I grew a week ago. She was with me when it happened; it was then we decided we could no longer live with other vampires. That was when I decided to turn her to the blood."One of the elders understood the significance of Jory's statement at once. "She will have the wing as well.""I believe she will, and I have come to this place to start a new clan- a clan of two. Perhaps in time, I will grow another wing or perhaps not. Either way, I wish to depart from your way of doing things. This is the only solution I can see.""Were we to leave you alone," the response sounded bitter, "She would find you. In her madness, she would not understand why you did not seek permission to start a new clan, nor why you have disobeyed all of us, dishonored all of us with this rash decision. Then we would face her fury for not dealing with you. Our clan would be dissolved in an instant. You do not think of us when you do this, Pickett.""So truly, there is no other way," Jory said as he took a fighting stance."No, there is not."They did not tell me what the fight was like, and I did not ask them. I was told what happened at the end of the struggle- Jennifer's body torn asunder and Jory, overcome with grief, pulled his heart form his chest and threw it into the sea. Both of them were left on the glacier until the sun peeked over the horizon and incinerated their remains.Click Here to Read Immortal Part 3