Before You Read!! Just to let you all know, I know my last chapter was short and boring, but it was kinda important. My new Carpathian friend will come into play this chapter, so you all get to meet him. He is my own creation; I could not find a Carpathian that was created by Christine Feehan to use. So I'll give this whole thing a try. R&R! Let me know what you think!
Damian rose from his deep slumber. The area around his chamber was ash. His home had burnt to the ground while he had slept. He looked around, his wolf friends emerged from their temporary dens. They nosed through the piles of charred timber and howled their sympathy for their friend's lost home. He rested their sorrows. There was no need for grief of his home. He had other places to stay. Damian called out to know one but his beloved prince. Once done he walked around the forest. Everything was black and burnt. He scanned; there was no one other than the animals. The village at the bottom of the mountain was empty of all human life. The night was young and Damian desperately needed to feed.
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Natalie woke in the middle of the night. She was in a cold sweat. Her body was soaked. She looked over at Kodiac. He was still asleep. In the same spot she had tied him in. Nothing out of the ordinary. Yet her stomach churned with uncomfort. She wanted to be rid of the place that she was in. Her skin crawled with something. There was no word to put to the feeling it made. Just the fact that she was itching to get away from whatever was watching her. She looked around the dark store frantically. Trying to find what it was that was makeing her so quesy. When she didn't find it she rested her head back down and curled back into her makeshift sleeping bag.
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The pain flooded Damian before he could even figure out what it was that had attacked him. He looked around and to his suprise, nothing had attacked him...physically, because the pain still lingured. His head throbbed like it was about to explode. Suddenly it dissappeared. He had no idea what had just happened. He tried to track what had caused the pain through a mental path, but found nothing. It was literally the strangest thing he had ever encountered.
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No matter what in the world she tried Natalie could not get back to sleep. She heard light footsteps and froze. Something cold touched the exposed part of her arm and she jumped. The blanket fell and a not so little puppy. Natalie smiled and rolled her eyes at her own paranoia. She pet the puppy. It was a borzoi which infact weren't small dogs. They were quite big and it had been Natalie's dream to own one since she had learned about them. Maybe she would have the chance to own one now that this one had found her. She hugged it. Something felt off, yet the puppy's fur was so warm and comforting that she couldn't let go. She felt it's muscles work and heard little popping noises, but ignored them all the same. Seconds later her neck burned. Pain consumed her like none other that she had ever felt. Her whole body felt like one raging fire. Then she was out. Like a light. Her body was limp in his arms. He smiled, step one of his plan finished. Now all he needed was the male and some terrible fiasco and then he would be set.
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Mikhail called to Damian. The Carpathians were planning on meeting in a very well known cave. Damian told Mikhail there was no need for him to be there.
I understand your uncomfort Damian but there is great need of your presence. I cannot assess the situation without your help. Daminan sighed inwardly and reluctantly agreed to be at the meeting. Hours later Damian arrived at the cavern. He was one of the last. He knew nearly none of the Carpathians. He normaly stayed far away from his race or any other, besides the wolves. He like his life of solitude, though he was becoming close to turning, yet unaware of it.
He entered, women and children alike shrunk away from him. The males' eyes held a fire, he had known for many, many centuries. He was old, ancient even, yet not reconized for it because of his solitary nature. He continued on, ignoring the looks he recieved from the others. He stopped when he arrived at a circle, consisting of about six couples. He knew the males, but all of the females were unfamiliar to him. The red-haired one startled him the most. The women of Carpathians generally had long black hair. He shook the though off for the moment being. He walked up behind Mikhail and tapped him on the back. His woman jumped at Damian's sudden presence. She clutched at her chest as if to slow her racing pulse. Mikhail turned and grinned,
"Damian! I glad you showed up!" He shook Damin's hand then introduced him to the couples of the circle. He pointed to the blonds first, "The Savage brothers and their lifemates, Desari and Alexandria." Mikhail went through each of the couples. Damian spoke not word of a hello. He simply nodded his acknowledgement. Once introductions had ended, Mikhail got down to the reason that they were all there. He cleared his throat loudly to get the full attention of the whole cave.
"As you all are aware fire has struck all over. Anything that did not take cover in soil or water is dead. As you can tell this is a delima to our race. The humas have all been wiped out." Damian slowly moved into the very back blanding in with the darkest shadows. Hunger hit his stomach and he knew something had to happen otherwise they would all starve to death. His mind raced with the possibilities of why such a fire had struck and on such a wide scale. He got so caught up in his thoughts that he hadn't noticed that everyone was talking amongst themselves. Damian searched out Mikhail and asked what it was that they were doing.
"We're trying to figure out just what it is we want to do about our unique situation. Weren't you paying attention?" Damian eyes were flat as he looked at Mikhail. Almost as if he wasn't looking at Mikhail but throuh him. Mikhail raised one brow, "Are you ok?"
Mikhail's question snapped Damian back to the problem at hand. "Yeah." He said. Pain consumed him once more. The firey rage that ate at his insides. His face revealed none of the pain he suffered. "Please excuse me." He walked off before Mikhail could actually reply.
The outside air was cool and crisp. It provided a good escape from the crouded cave. He dragged in deep breaths. The pain didn't go away it continued at a steady rate. Damian finally sat down when he felt that he wouldn't be able to stand any longer.
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Natalie woke in a basement. It smelled like burnt...everything. There was blood all over the walls. Handsprints of blood, streaks and little messages of help everywhere. Her left hand was chained to the wall. Her eyes grew wide and adraniline pumped into her system. She pulled at her chain. A light chuckle came from behind her. She spun around to see a tall handsome man standing there. He smiled at her,
"How did you sleep?" Natalie just glared at the man, not speaking a word. He smiled,
"Fine. Don't talk to me. You will eventually give in to me." Natalie curled up against the wall, her knees pulled up to her chest. The man pulled a pair of keys from his pocket, unchained Natalie and pulled her to her feet. Natalie's legs felt like rubber. She fell into the man because she felt as if her legs wouldn't hold her up. He smiled,
"See that wasn't so hard, now was it?" Natalie raised her hand to hit him, but was too slow and he grabbed it. His grin revealed pearly white teeth. She tried to jerk her hand free, but he didn't let go. Instead he jerked her hand back and ran his tounge over the top of it. Natalie could help but show her disgust. Her nose crinkled up and she back as far away as was possibly able. The man scowled,
"Since you feel that way. You can just come this way." He pulled her roughly along with him. "By the way since you asked my name is Caleb." Caleb drug her through a dark hall an into another room. Caleb pulled her close and when she retracted, he grabbed her by the hair and exposed her neck to him. The mark from his last taste was there. He could see and hear the blood rushing through her veins. It called to him. Beconed him to drink it. Drink it all in. Natalie was shaking uncontrolably. Her eyes were as big as silver dollors.
"Wha-wha-what are you doing?" She stuttered. Caleb kissed the wounded spot,
"Don't worry. Just hold still for me and it will all be over soon." Natalie had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. She pulled lightly against him. He growled a warning and puled back, nice and hard. Natalie whimpered at the pain. Caleb sank his insicors deep in the flesh of her neck and drank deeply. Natalie felt the pain, it ran deep. The fire flowed through her veins. Soon it was gone and she passed out again.
A/N: Ok so that's it for this chapter, sorry it was so short. I will write more next Chap. I promise! Tell me what you think of my handywork. If you don't that's fine. Plus for all you flamers I accept those too! So just put in your review in that itty bitty box down there and write something ridduclous. HUMOR ME PEOPLE!