Chapter 7

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Finally, Elizabeth and Victor were heading back to Somerset. The four hour drive seemed to go faster this time than when heading to London. Quickly, Elizabeth had slept through the midnight drive and was awoken by Victor when they made it back to the house. She lazily made her way to the master bedroom, with Victor close behind to help if he needed. But once she was in bed, she slept through the night.

She woke again early to get ready for work. After a short time, she carpooled with Tori to the clinic. After driving into the parking lot, they entered the building, saying little. Elizabeth was keeping an eye out for anything out of the ordinary. The last time she was at work she had been attacked by some rogue Hunters.

Through the day, nothing happened. In fact, through the week, nothing happened. It was as if the Hunters that saw her as a traitor had suddenly forgotten about her. This just made Elizabeth more anxious, she had to be careful where ever she went, never trusting anyone.

Friday night, she had gone to a farmers market close to work. Picking out some fresh vegetables and other homemade elegances, she readied herself to go home. She placed the brown paper bag filled with the food in the passenger seat shortly before she entered the driver's side door. Buckling herself in, she started the car and pulled it into reverse. Things were normal on the way home…that is until shortly after she entered the highway.

After indicating a lane change, she had a larger dark truck pull up on her right side. She glanced at the driver and immediately felt the danger she was in. A small movement to the side indicated that he was about to ram her. She braked, causing her car to skid to a slower speed. He barely missed her and began to weave, trying to gain back control.

This time he braked suddenly, but she was able to swerve to the side, narrowly missing the truck. It didn't help though. Another large truck pulled up in front and caused her to hit the side door. She jerked at the sudden impact, but didn't stop driving. There were no cars on the rode other than Elizabeth's and the ones trying to run her off it.

A third quickly showed up and hit the rear of the car, causing it to speed forward. She floored the breaks to try to slow it down, but she could smell the burnt rubber. A hard hit to her side caused the car's front to swerve and flip to its side.

Her arm hurt. She had no control. Anything she did would cause her death. She noticed one thing through the shattered glass of her windshield, she was getting closer to the side of the rode. One final shove from the trucks caused her car to go flying off the pavement and rolling down the small hill, landing upside down.

The trucks left after that, believing she was dead. She should have been, but the airbags finally deployed and took most the impact, keeping her alive, but not unscathed. Elizabeth ached all over. She was hanging by the seatbelt and couldn't move her arm it hurt too much.

Finally, she saw the headlights of a passing car, but it didn't continue. It pulled to the side of the road and stopped just ahead of hers.

"Hey! Are you alright!?" A gentleman called to the car. When he heard no response, he ran over and looked through the shattered window. Seeing her physical state, he quickly turned to his wife still in the car. "Martha! Call an Ambulance!"

Elizabeth's vision was fading. All she could see were shadows, but she could still hear the man in front of her.

"Listen, we're going to get you out. I promise." He said carefully placing his hand on her back. She didn't hear the rest.

All she could remember after that was sudden fade ins and outs of consciousness where she saw the inside of an ambulance, her entering the hospital, but the rest was fuzzy. All she knew was that she was almost killed again, and she felt more helpless than ever.

"How's she doing?" She heard his voice before opening her eyes.

"A broken wrist, several lacerations from the glass, a concussion, it's a miracle she's alive." The doctor said to Victor. "We're going to have to keep her here at least over night before we can let you take her home."

He nodded. "Thank you Doctor."

He turned to look at her through the door way. Worry filled his eyes as he cautiously entered the room. He took a seat next to her bed and leaned forward on his knees.

"How you feeling, Elizabeth?" He asked with a small smile.

"Like Hell."

"I wouldn't be surprised, that was a nasty accident you went through."

"It wasn't an accident."

Victor froze.

"Some hunters tried to kill me by causing my car to roll. Let's just say that I'm lucky that the air bags took the majority of the impact."

"That's the second time they've tried to kill you." He said through gritted teeth. "Why on earth do they want you dead?"

Elizabeth let out a painful sigh. "They see me as a traitor for marrying you. Ungrateful morons."

"This was a bad idea."

"The marriage or you coming to the hospital?" She asked sarcastically. "Shouldn't you be in London, helping Mr. Alucard with the industry?"

"I came here as soon as the hospital called me." He reached for her uninjured hand, which she quickly moved away. "You're more important to me than the company."

"How are you able to stand the smell?" She asked, trying to change the subject.

"Smell?"

"You're in a hospital, how are you not cringing at the smell of blood, mostly mine?"

"I made sure to have a drink before entering. I didn't want to cause trouble." He paused. "Elizabeth…"

"You should leave," she stated before he could continue. "Before you start to lose control."

Victor opened his mouth, but quickly shut it. He didn't want to argue with her. Standing, he bent over her bed and pressed a small kiss to her temple before turning to leave. He hesitated at the door, looking back for only a second to see she didn't turn around. Finally, he walked out. He had a small inkling of other reasons to why she wanted him to leave. She didn't want him there because she hated him, she didn't want him to attack anyone, but it would also be dawn soon, and he would be trapped in a very bad place if he stayed.

I'll return tonight to check on her, and to take her home if she's allowed to. Victor thought, worry still taking course through his body. I will protect her. I promised. I have to protect her. It was then he realized something. I love her.