chapter one

I sigh softly looking at the haul my dog brought a few decrepit hearts and only one that was full of love with kept it intact. I pat her head and sigh taking one of the less complete ones and bring it to my mouth. I watch Vincent walk to a bush and take the berries from it. he is skinny and has nothing to feed the vampire side of him. I lean over cautiously and my dog whines drawing his attention to me but i quickly move out of the light.

"Not now Kara. Soon i will fill that heart till it is brimming with love and then, i will devour it." i giggle. The dog whines again and runs down the stairs and to him. I growl and stand up gathering the hearts and eating them whole. I didn't like being forced to take my meal quickly rather than savor it like i wished. i lay on the ground and cut my arms and legs up tearing my dress and throwing dirt on my body and make my breath come in quick short gasps as i feign being attacked. I can hear his footsteps climbing up the stairs and to where i lay.

"Another?" he groans striding to me. He gather me into his arms and holds me as he walks. the dog barks and sniffs my hand as he takes me back to the Shinra Manor. He lays me on the floor and lays a blanket over me turning on the still working security system. I feel a cool rag placed on my forehead. I moan softly and open my eyes. His blood red meet my sky blue and i sigh softly.

"Who are you?" I ask meagerly. He grunts in reply and lays a hand on my mouth. Outside the sounds of screaming can be heard. I can hear scratching on the door and he pulls me to me tightly pulling out his gun. Coming here was a mistake at least in my watch tower i could see them coming. I laid my head against him and cowered pathetically. He sighs softly and aims at the doors and a shadow falls over the window.

"Chaos, where are you?" i moan softly, not really meaning to. Finally i can feel myself drifting off to sleep in his arms.

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I wake as mornings light floods in and i sit up. I look around and find that i am all alone, even Kara is gone. I stand up and walk to the door and open it smiling softly as the light floods into the dark place. i see the beasts tracks and smile softly. Memories of last night flood to my mind and i laugh at how pathetic i seemed.

"What a waste of time. Even if the creature got in it won't harm me. I haven't a heart for it to devour." I laugh and look around. A sad feeling creeps into my chest and i sigh softly. "Why did he leave me there?" i don't bother to linger on that question i just walk over to the small garden and watch the flowers sway.

"How did you survive an attack?" I hear a voice ask from behind me. I smile softly and turn to see Vincent. I put on an innocent face and bow low.

"How am i supposed to know. The creature never came after me before last night." I say looking up at him. He sighs, defeated.

"Last night, in your sleep, you said the name of a creature. How did you come to know it?" he asks. A blush spread acroos my face and i sigh softly.

"Well you see, he used to protect me." I say starting to reveal to much but i catch myself before i go on. "In my dreams that it." i try to recover the situation and he seems to buy the excuse.

"Well i used to know the creature quite well, but he disappeared long ago." he lies. I sigh and look at him.