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chapter 2 Regret.
Regan cleansed his hands of blood in the fizzing bubbles of the waterfall. A small smile slipped across his chiseled features, he splashed the water across his smooth jaw line and raked his fingers through his long sleek coffee hair. The water beaded on his pale skin and clung to the fresh wounds marring his skin with dark black smudges. He sighed to himself constantly trying to battle the hunger beating at him relentlessly, he needed to find sustenance but couldn't tear himself away from Dimitri in his weakened state. Slowly Regan made his way back to the chamber further in the cavern where Dimitri was secluded. He could feel Dimitri sending out his senses to try and locate where he was, he felt the tentative probes in his mind as Dimitri attempted to shield his presence. Quietly he opened the chamber door and circled the room slowly changing over burning bowls and disposing of the ashes. Dimitri was sleeping feverishly his perfect eyebrows furrowing now and then. His dark ebony hair was splayed out on the pillows like a ragged halo. It desperately needed to be brushed and washed. Regan watched as Dimitri flinched and jumped in his sleep. He carefully smoothed the hair from Dimitri's battered face, his fingers lingering in the mass of dark tangled hair. Dimitri's brow was coated with a light sheen of perspiration, the bullets had torn their way through his body and the rose thorn poison was reeking havoc with his blood stream. Regan felt a lump in his throat as he looked at the seemingly once powerful vampire have the life literally sapped out of him by the putrid sunlight.
He sat at the foot of the bed lazily drawing a cigarette from his back pocket the end blazed alight instantly. Regan was thankful for being able to control the elements at will. He leaned against the foot board of the bed, the wooden curves hugging the arch of his back. Taking a long drag of the cigarette he looked at Dimitri laying there so helpless. An odd sensation swamped him. He couldn't quite put his finger on it but there was a strange sort of attraction to this Neanderthal of a male in his bed. The silver streams of smoke flew from his lips and curled exotically in the air around them. Regan scratched his head thoughtfully and flicked his head to rid his eyes of the sloppy fringe which automatically fell back into place. He stared up at the ceiling, the cigarette slack in his slender hands. " I knew this wouldn't be easy" he said to himself. Dimitri's foot nudged at Regan's thigh which immediately brought back his attention it smoothed down the length of his leg as Dimitri pulled his dead body into the foetal position. Regan smirked slightly as he took another drag. He laid himself down next to Dimitri and moulded his body to the shape of Dimitri's. A sigh escaped from his lips as he hugged the man tighter to himself. "when were you turned?" the voice took Regan by surprise as he subbed out the cigarette on the headboard, quickly let go of Dimitri and acted like the embrace never happened. " I was nineteen, ya'know the stupid cliché guy goes to bar gets trashed and when I came round I had the fangs of a freakin' wolf and looked like I'd been buried for four years." Dimitri took in a deep breath and rolled to look the man in the eyes a small smile had crept its way across his face. "Same, well almost. Apart from the bar bit and the getting trashed. I was "mugged" being a vampire has its perks though you have to admit." Regan snorted indignantly "Yea if you call being alone for centuries a perk" Regan instantly moved off the bed away from Dimitri "you're ok to look out for yourself now yea?" Dimitri eyed him " um.. Yea" "you can use this place till you can get back on your feet kay?" Dimitri sat himself up painfully to face him. "why where are you going?" he asked nervously. Regan fought back the tears gathering in his eyes "I just can't let them find you with me, they'll kill you." Dimitri attempted to stand up but failed. "They want to kill me anyway." "No you don't understand Dimitri I am a threat to you. I'm an outsider for a good reason." Dimitri stared at him with his vivid green eyes, their brightness showed a sign that he was healing. "I do understand Regan" Regan started pacing back and forth across the room pulling another cigarette from his back pocket and lighting it with a lighter instead of with his mind. His mahogany hair dishevelled and knotted making him look like he'd been dragged through the undergrowth. "you don't, I need to go." Regan snapped as he pulled on his shirt painfully and slung his wealth of hair over his shoulder. "be safe." he whispered as he left the room. Dimitri just sat there completely dumbstruck with what just happened. He tried to call out after Regan but his voice failed him, he was annoyed with himself usually he would be able to heal within an instant but the poison had literally ripped him of his power.
Regan sprinted through the forest his feet flying over the rotting leaves across the floor. He fought back the tears threatening to spill down his face unchecked. Leaving Dimitri was such exquisite agony, his heart was ripping apart at the seams with every step he took away from him. He bit down hard on his hand to subside the heartache for only a few seconds. His fangs tore deep into his hand and the familiar coppery taste filled his mouth. "Why do you have to make this so fucking hard!" Regan screamed out to everyone and anyone who was listening, he fell down to the earth and planted his fist firmly in the soft soil his face a distorted mess of raw emotion.
Dimitri brushed his shaggy raven hair and pulled on the clothes Regan had left for him. His jaw was shadowed with stubble as he stared down at his reflection in the pool of clean water Regan had left for him. His heart jumped and the hunger gnawed at his insides relentlessly. He stepped out into the moonlight which made him look paler than usual and gave him an eerie blue hue. He listened to the haunting shrieks of the foxes and the owls off in the distance as he scanned the area for easy prey. He walked purposefully through the woods as he homed in on a couple walking in the night. He stood in full view, the light shining off his unworldly face. The woman was small and classically featured with large brown eyes and flowing brown hair. The man a typical human male inflated on his own ego stared Dimitri straight in the eye "what do you want?" Dimitri returned the stare with his glistening vivid eyes "just sustenance" the woman withdrew slightly behind her boyfriend in a small feminine retreat. Dimitri ignored her. He was focused fully on the male. "you're a bloody freak mate look at you all painted up like its flaming Halloween, HA! Gettit' Chastity? He's a goth and I said he's like in Halloween shit ha!" the male jeered " could be worse." Dimitri's eyes flashed with malice "yea? Like what freak?" "I could be a bloody mess like yourself" Dimitri's fist plummeted into the males chest and snapped open the rib cage like it was made of straw. The woman shrieked in horror as she watched Dimitri claw his way through her knight in shining armour. "MURDERER!" the words echoed through the forest and all fell silent.
