Chapter 3

Ash was steaming. Crying. Sobbing. Weeping. He heard a yelp of pain coming from inside his M'lin's house. His M'lin. He ran to the house. His heart was pounding. What if she's dead?! Oh. God, I never should have left her. Not the first time, over two years ago. Not the last time, a minute ago. He was on the padio now. The door was locked. He didn't care. He broke it off it's hinges. He tugged on the silver cord. Mare? The other end was barely there. He sprinted to the kitchen. Oh God. Oh God. Oh God. There was blood everywhere. He rushed over to Mary-Lynette. There was a sharp dagger in her chest.

"Come on, Mare! Wake up! Don't do this!" Oh. My. God. Blood. Everywhere. Did. Not. Feed. This. Morning. It took all of his energy and strength to resist the urge to feed on her. Ash ran to the phone and dialed 9-1-1. The ambulance was on it's way.

One hour later

Mary-Lynette was falling. Slipping. She was hanging onto a thread. The thread of her life. Beneath her was darkness. Complete and utter darkness. Forgive me, Ash.

Ash was beside Mary-Lynette's bed. He heard the sound of the beeping get fainter and fainter and fainter...... Until the beeping stopped all together. He knew what he had to do. "Forgive me, Mary-Lynette." He spoke both in his mind and out loud. He lowered his mouth to her neck. The taste of her blood. It was overpowering. At first, no one was on the other side. But, just like the soulmate principle, a miracle happened.

Ash?

Angel.

Where am I?

I'm turning you into a vampire.

NO! ASH! WHY?! GET OFF OF ME! NOW! DO YOU HEAR ME? THE MOMENT I WAKE UP I WILL PERSONALLY KILL MYSELF!

Mary-Lynette..... I'm sorry.

YOU BASTARD! I HATE YOU!

Mare....

DON'T CALL ME THAT!!!

Will you give me a chance to explain?

Why should I?!

Ash saw she was beginning to calm down and he used that to his advantage. He continued.

You were going to die. I love you. Is that such a crime?!

Everything you do is a crime! You even had the nerve to lie to me! You said you would come back after a year!!! If you really loved me you would have come back!

But I couldn't. I wasn't ready yet.

But I WAS! Do you have any idea what its like?! To count down the days for your soulmate to come to you, only for them to stand you up?! WELL?! DO YOU?!

Mare, I'm here now.

But there was no longer anyone on the other side.

"Mare? Oh, God, I took too much blood! Here Mare this should help." Ash took a pencil and cut his wrist with it. He brought his wrist to Mary-Lynette's mouth and thankfully she began to drink.

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