14 days had passed since the disappearance of my mate. My soul, my reason for existence. And evil had taken her from me so soon after I got her. I had 3 days left to find her and make her my wife before it was all over. There weren't words for what I felt but I'll try to put this into perspective.

While vampires barely sleep, I hadn't slept in 14 days; I'd spent every minute sprinting to new places and feeding. But barely feeding. I wasn't the priority here. Thorn was. I got into battles trying to get leads as to where Crowe had taken my one, my poor vulnerable sweetheart. I had acquired a few fresh scars, from battles with vampires I thought had knowledge of where my Thorn was. Clearly sent by Crowe to throw me off the scent. But that wasn't happening. Every moment was spent thinking about my love, trying to connect with her through our link. The worst part was, I was getting the electric from her which meant she was trying to find me, which meant she was alive. Breathing. That was more than enough to keep me going.. To be perfectly honest I would never stop, even if realistically there was no hope in finding her. I would spend every last breath searching for her. It was a vow I made to myself and I knew I would die before giving this up. I knew she was my purpose in existing and if she wasn't here with me all my life's purpose would be to find her and keep her safe and protect her for the rest of our lives.. together. That's how it's supposed to be.

At 3:30AM on the 15th day of search, I picked up scent. One scent that I knew better than any other. Thorn. I mind linked my coven to get to my location immediately. After the overwhelming scent of my mate, another pungent smell filled my senses with dread. Blood, lots of blood. I felt bile rise in my throat as I fell to my knees, praying with all of my heart that the blood I smelt wasn't from my little one. I barely noticed my coven arrive as support as I sat in a snivelling heap on the floor, I was numb. I felt like my existence was pointless because of the sickening fear that I'd lost her. Shade picked me up silently and looked me in the eye as he spoke into my mind.

"Snap out of this Violet. You know this is her. This is the closest we've come to finding her on this search and you're going to abandon hope here? Look at me. You have all of us here. We will get her back and this is all going to be okay, just clear your mind and we can do this."

I could see how much he meant this, he was saying it all with his eyes. Thorn had to be okay, our love was too strong for her to give up and leave me alone like this. My brain and heart were going at 100 miles an hour now, and the electrical feeling in my head was getting more and more intense with every second. I knew she was here. Looking around at my coven, I informed them on the plan.

There was a small shack buried deep into a forest around 7 miles from our feeding place at Bleakshadow woods. It was concealed deep into this forest, too far in for our tracking skills to pick up at first, but now we'd found it. We had it surrounded, and I silently gave my signal to invade.

There was my Thorn, in a battered heap on the floor, her face was tear stained and blood stained and her eyes were red and deprived of rest. The rest of her wasn't any better. She had bruises and cuts on her body and she looked so frail and helpless. She flinched, afraid as we launched into the somewhat deserted shack, and our eyes met. Those beautiful eyes were tainted with fear. She was too weak to move, so I lifted her into my arms gently and cried into her as I held her close into my arms after what may as well have been eternity. I would never, ever forgive myself for letting this happen to her. Her eyes were also filled with tears as she gripped onto me; I also saw the love she had in her eyes as she never averted her gaze away from me. Oblivious to what was going on around us, we held eachother and sobbed until everything was silent. I looked up to see a different scene to before in front of me. Crowe had been killed by my coven. And judging by the various lifeless bodies scattered around, the scum that helped her with this had got what they deserved too. Actually, this is far from what they deserve. I knew from that moment what I had to do.

My coven sprinted back to their home, to clean themselves up and sort out casualties, and I took my poor mate back to my house. I laid her down onto my bed softly, and never let my eyes leave her. I got a sponge and some warm water and cleaned her and dressed her wounds gently, and spent every moment telling her how sorry I was that I wasn't there and that I'd spend my life making this up to her and that I loved her more than she could ever imagine. I held her tight in my arms and savoured her scent and her warmth in my arms, making me feel complete again, even if there was the constant ebbing pain in my heart that harm had come to someone as perfect and angelic as this tiny beautiful woman laying with me right there.

"My Thorn" I whispered softly, scared that I would damage her somehow.

"Yes angel?" she answered, sadness to her voice.

"I need to change you.. now. The sooner I can get you strong and powerful the better. I know I will be defending and protecting you for the rest of our lives together but you need this.. for our sake."

She nodded, a glint in her eyes I hadn't seen before. She seemed.. happy.. excited.. determined. My strong brave little one had made it through this and I couldn't possibly be more proud of her. I slowly held my fingers to her jaw line, tipping her head back so the beautifully inviting skin of her neck was exposed. I gently caressed it and started to kiss. My gums were on fire now, the vicious teeth were fighting their way out. My vampire was taking over. I sank my fangs tenderly into the space between her neck and collarbone, earning small whimpers and sighs from my mate as I felt her change beneath me. I pulled away and licked and kissed the wound to heal it, and made a small cut just below my collarbone, pressing her lips to my blood to complete the change. She lapped at me appreciatively, getting stronger with every second. I slowly retracted her lips from my chest, and didn't bother doing up my shirt again. I sat there staring at the sight that had been put before me.

My little one was now my little vampire. Her eyes were a brighter turquoise than ever, bright flecks of green dancing like flames. Her skin was opalescent, shining slightly in the moonlight. Her injuries were completely healed and honestly.. she looked like more of an angel than ever.. just slightly more.. dangerous.

I stared at her for a little while before plucking up the courage to break the newfound silence. "Thorn I've spent every minute searching for you, I've been so lost without you my angel. I've missed you more than anything. Don't ever leave my side I'm so so sorry that this has happened to you and I will spend every last breath making this up to you and making your life as perfect as I possibly can. We're gonna have the most beautiful wedding this earth has ever seen and we are going to have the most powerful and loyal coven anyone has ever seen. You are going to make the best damn coven leader with me, and most importantly the best wife. I will devote my life to you. I've already devoted all of me, my heart, my soul, my mind to you. When we exchange those vows we will mean every word we say and we will feel the most beautiful feeling when we realise we've just married. It will be one of, if not the most beautiful day of our lives and I will cherish every moment of this life I will spend with you because someone decided to give me the most perfect mate anyone could ever ask for and that's all I'll ever need. My life is set with you, there is no way on earth it won't be perfect. I love you with all my heart, Thorn. And I always, always will." By this point I was already crying, and I could see tears welling up in my little vampire's eyes. "I love you I love you I love you!" she choked out, and out of nowhere, I felt her lips press to mine hungrily as her new vampire was taking control. I let her take control of me, hell, I'd let her do anything if it made her happy. Our lips and tongues danced in hungry unison, missing each others' touch unbearably. The gap between us closed, and our bodies and hearts and souls were united with one another again as we held eachother and felt eachother through the night. The sound of her moan was electric on my skin and made me crave her more with every breath we took, needing eachother more than the air we were breathing.

Several hours later, as the black skies were ebbing away into hues of lighter blue, we were left in the middle of my bed, drenched in sweat, and love, clinging onto eachother in eachothers arms and staring into eachothers eyes tenderly and lovingly until we drifted off into our now peaceful sleep. We were complete again.

I'm so sorry I haven't written in so long guys D: I hope you've liked this and I would really appreciate it if you took the time to review please, I'd love to know what you all thought. Thank you for reading this, and I should hopefully be posting more regularly now.. :s love you all.

My beautiful angel, I will spend my life making up for others' mistakes, and I will make the rest of our lives the best I can, together. I love you with all my heart, always.

SORRY I'M SO CHEESY EVERYONE (:

Beth xxx