Aeneas

At first her vision was blurry and her head hurt but after a minute or so it began to clear. "Hey Chris, she's waking up."

Chris looked over and grinned. He turned to a third guy. "Hey Gordan, can I play with her a little?"

Gordan rolled his eyes. "Yes. Just don't touch her too much."

Chris groaned a little in disappointment but approached Bride. Bride sat up weakly. She was in an empty room of what looked like an abandoned building of some kind with three men. Apparently the leader was Gordan. He was the largest. Probably about as big as Vane with dark gray hair and a nasty scar down the right side of his neck. The one who had attacked her earlier was Chris. He had buzzed light brown hair and an evil smirk. And the third still did not have a name. Nameless had shaggy light brown hair and didn't seem to talk much. As the memories of what had happened the night before formed back in her head, she started to panic.

Chris grabbed her by the arms and hauled her up to her feet. "Hey sweetheart." He pushed her back up against the wall. "I'm sure your precious wolf is finding the little note we left him in his locker right about now. I wish I could see the look on his face."

Her eyes widened in anger as she realized who they were talking about. They were going to hurt Vane. She wiggled one of her hands free easily and slapped him hard across the face. Chris's head turned with the force of the blow. He glared hard at her. Bride swallowed. Maybe she shouldn't have done that.

Chris raised his hand to back hand her but suddenly Gordan had a hold on his wrist. Bride didn't remember seeing Gordan move but her attention had been on Chris. Gordan gave Chris a stern look. "Don't." Chris yanked his wrist out of Gordan's grip and nodded hesitantly. Gordan disappeared and then reappeared across the room.

Bride backed against the wall more, breathing hard. "Oh my God. What are you? What's going on?" Chris grabbed her wrists and held them up above her head. His face was close enough to kiss her as his chest pressed against hers lightly. "Has he claimed you for himself yet princess? Did he already make you his mate?"

Her eyes widened. She had to get out of here. "Let go!!" She yelled as she tried to wiggle her wrists free. This couldn't be happening. Chris chuckled and pulled her wrists in front of her. "Hey Evan, come tie her up for me." Evan, Mr. Nameless, came over with some rope and bound Bride's wrists while Chris held them in place. She struggled harder. "Let go! Let go!!" She screamed. Chris shoved her back against the wall hard. "Shut your trap woman!"

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Vane dropped his backpack and shoved note he found in his locker in his pocket as he ran through the crowded hallway. He pushed and shoved through the crowd until he was outside. He moved faster than any human could dream of as he ran to his car. All he could think about was Bride and what he was going to do to those damn Hunters when he got to them.

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Bride tried to bite him but Christ shoved her back against the wall again. Gordan sighed as if he were thinking 'Amateur'.

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Vane sped to the address they had left in his locker. He knew he should have left! If he had left before she came she wouldn't be in danger right now! Now he would have to explain everything to her and probably lose the woman he loved in the process. Dammit he was so stupid! But he couldn't concentrate on how dumb he was right now. First he needed to get Bride safe.

"Let me go!" Bride screamed at no one in particular. If she didn't stop screaming soon she was going to lose her voice. But she'd rather give them hell and lose her voice than do nothing at all.

Vane leapt out of his car and into the building. He ran to the second floor. "Bride!" He yelled as he burst into the room ready to kill anyone who got in his way.

Chris put her in front of him with a knife at her throat. "Not so fast Aeneas" Gordan said as he took a few steps forward. Evan circled around to the opposite side of Chris to put Vane in a loose circle.

Aeneas? Bride was in complete shock and confusion. But she had enough of her wits left to not make a sound. She wasn't even sure she could. The moment Vane rushed into the room her heart skipped a beat. She didn't know if it was relief, shock, fear or a mixture of all three.

Vane turned to Gordan. "Let her go Gordan. She has nothing to do with this."

Gordan chuckled. "Don't try that with me Aeneas. It's pretty obvious that she has something to do with it by the way you reacted."

Vane glared. "You know what I mean. She's not my mate. So just let her go."

Gordan sighed. "Now Aeneas you know better then that. You know I can't tell whether you're lying to me or not when it comes to things like that. And I think I'd rather stay on the safe side." He waved his pointer finger at Chris. In response, Chris pushed the knife more into Bride's throat.

Bride's breathing became more labored. Her eyes burned with tears that threatened to fall. Why was this happening to her? She just wish this all would stop.

Vane bared teeth that were now sharp fangs and growled. It sounded more like an animal than a human. "You got me here. Now let her go. You don't need her anymore. Besides, if she were my mate she would know what we are. As you can tell by her reaction, she doesn't know anything about us."

Gordan considered this for a moment and then nodded towards Chris. Chris let her go and shoved her towards the door. Bride lost her footing and stumbled. She fell on her hands and knees next to Vane.

Vane would have helped her up but he knew from personal experience that letting his guard down for one second with these guys was a bad idea. "Bride get in my car and get away from here. Now."

Don't worry the cuter stuff starts to happen in the next few chapters. =) Please lemme know what you think. Oh and Aeneas is pronounced Uh-nay-us.