Chapter 4

Sam woke when she heard footsteps outside her room. Her body stiffened, causing the naked ghost beside her to shift and tighten his hold on her. Panic welled in her chest as she realized three things; first, they were naked, second, they were both in ghost form and third, her parents were home. Moving as little as she could, Sam looked out of the window to judge the time of day. The sun had not yet risen over the horizon, so her parents must have been able to come back early. She pried Danny's hand off of her midsection and got out of bed quietly. Both she and Danny's clothes were scattered around the bed, they had been tossed there last night in their lust.

Gathering the clothes and sorting them was an easy task, waking Danny on the other hand, was not. "Danny!" She hissed quietly. She reached out and shook his shoulder. When he rolled over and away from her hand, a growl rumbled through her chest. She needed to get him out of her room NOW before her parents came in and asked why she was naked and why there was a boy they had never seen before in her bed. She tried again. "Danny!" Her voice was now just below normal volume.

He stirred, his glowing green eyes blinking open. "Sam?" He questioned curiously. When her golden eyes flashed to the door in response, he understood. In moments, he was dressed and at her window sill casting an unhappy glance in her direction. "You'll put the necklace on?" He murmured to her. Sam had also gotten dressed and was now in human form standing beside him. She reached over and caressed his face gently.

"Later," she responded quietly, "I have to wait for my parents to settle down. I'm sure they'll harass me pretty soon." A grin split across his face at this information. "Now go, the last thing I need is my parents wondering why the infamous Danny Phantom is in my room." They shared a small kiss before he flew off into the brightening sky.

Her door flew open suddenly. "Oh Sammy-kins! Look what I bought you!" Sam turned around and had to stop herself from dying. Her mother stood in the doorway with two handfuls of frilly, lacy, PINK and boisterous gowns. For a brief moment, Sam prayed to whatever gods were out there. She would need a miracle to get away from her mother.

Tucker was very surprised when Danny called him at four thirty seven in the morning. What surprised him wasn't the fact that Danny called him; he was used to him calling him whenever he needed backup while dealing with the ghost. What surprised him was the fact that Danny sounded so elated first thing in the morning.

When a bunch of unintelligible words tumbled from the speaker, he was forced to stop his friend. "What the hell Danny? What are you even saying? You're speaking too fast man." A heavy sigh escaped his friend

"I mated with Sam." His voice was relatively calm now, but excitement was still detectable.

"You did WHAT with Sam?" Tucker was confused. The word 'mate' usually refers to having sex and from what he could tell; his best friend disliked the girl.

"I had sex with her Tuck." Danny responded bluntly.

"Whoa!" Tucker exclaimed in surprise. "I did not see that one coming. What made you change your mind about her all of a sudden?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Dude, it was pretty obvious that you hated her guts."

A groan came from the other end of the line. "Damn, no I don't dislike her. Look it's hard to explain; it's a ghost thing."

"Now I'm curious." Another groan and a minute of silence followed.

"There's a specific species of ghost classified as lust demons. You've heard of succubae and incubi?" Tucker hummed in acknowledgement. "Well every succubus has a predetermined mate, their life partner, or afterlife partner I guess. A succubus can only take a ghost as its mate; humans don't have the spectral energy for the soul binding. The mating is permanent." Danny inhaled noisily and was about to say something else when Tucker blurted out.

"So in a nutshell, you're permanently bonded to Sam, who you're implying is a succubus. That is some kinky shit."

"She's half succubus Tucker."

"…"

Somehow she was able to get rid of her mother before she had to try on the horrendous things her mother dared to call clothing. She was pretty sure she had told her mother that she was feeling ill, but she could quite remember. Her mind was too preoccupied with thoughts of her mate and their weak empathic link. It would solidify once she donned the necklace he had given her. Now that she had the chance to put it on, she opened the lid to the small black bow and took out the accessory. The leather had been carefully handled and was soft to touch. The pendant thrummed with her mate's energy; he had obviously created it using his own energy. Her empathic link with Danny strengthened, she could feel him clearly now, almost as if he was right beside her.

Feeling much more content now that she could feel Danny clearly, the energy thrumming from his ghost half and the steady pulsing of his human emotions, she settled down at her computer. Quickly booting up the machine and typing in the password, Sam opened a tab to browse through her neglected email inbox. The few friends she had made in London had sent her emails and pictures of themselves and what they were doing. A bunch of spam mail had come in as well, but before she deleted them, one of the subjects caught her eye. Curiosity caused her to open the email.

To:

From:

Subject: Warning- You are being hunted

Succubus,

For committing the unforgivable crime of killing a human, you have been placed on our most wanted ghost list. We will give you a week to turn yourself in. If by Sunday at 11:59 PM you are not in our custody, we will begin our hunt for you. You have been warned.

Agent O

Dear citizen (or previous citizen) of London,

If you are not the succubus we are looking for, we apologize. Four months ago, a succubus attacked and killed an innocent man on the streets. We are looking for her in order to make the streets safer for everyone. If you have any information about the whereabouts of this vile ghost please contact us via email or phone call.

Have a nice day,

Agent O

Panic filled her entire being as she finished reading the email. The man she had attacked had been very much alive when she had left him on the street, but he must have died soon after from another cause. How they had figured out that she had taken energy from him she wasn't sure, but she was scared. Not for herself, but for her mate. If they hunted her and found her, they would find him. Their ecto-signatures were now intertwined along with their emotions.

Her breathing was beginning to come in heavy gasps, she was scared. She was petrified about what could happen to Danny. She pulled her knees up to her chest and did something very unusual. She cried.

Sensing Sam's turmoil, Danny had come rushing to her immediately. When he had felt their link coagulate not too long before, he had been relieved, but the second that she had become upset, he was set on edge. Something was drastically wrong with his mate, not physically, but emotionally and he had needed to know what was wrong. He flew through her window and into her room where he found her curled up in a ball on her office chair, sobbing. Moving swiftly, he gathered the young woman into his arms and murmured sweet nothings into her hair. Before he moved them to the bed, he took a quick glance at the open internet window. His green eyes glowed dangerously as he scanned the email quickly. The man who was daring to hunt his mate was signing his own death warrant.

Je n'ai pas beaucoup à dire… Seulement un autre chapitre!

Au revoir mes lecteurs!

~Serai

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