hello people well im back here is another chapter finally we are introduced to Darien Sneer.!

well hoep you enjoy! pretty short chapter here

The dreams still haunted her sleep as they did for her sister. The screams of the innocent. The brutal force behind the killings and the blinding excruciating pain. Vintage did not know how many times over the last four years she had relived those few minutes. Her parents had stood there the pain so obvious in their eyes. Even with their dying breath they had whispered a prayer for their twin children for protection from whatever harm would befall them. Vintage remembered what her mother had said moments before the attack. "My baby girl, you will always be special to me, I will always be here with you, and I will never leave you." The last statement had brought tears to her eyes. She whipped them away and attempted to get back to sleep just like her sister was doing across the hall way.

Vanity sat on her bed she felt exhausted but for some reason she still couldn't fall asleep. She yawned for what seemed the one hundredth time that evening. She gathered it was probably somewhere near midnight but what more could she do than just sit here. Lying back on her pillow she stared at the ceiling and wasn't aware of the tiny pebbles that were tapping against the window outside but the noise finally reached her she looked up and saw a face in the window. Frightened she pulled the quilt over her head and hid shivering.

"Vanity it's me." A voice said. It calmed her down and stopped her shivering. Slowly she lifted the cover and saw the face in the window a hand waved. She squinted her eyes and the face became clearer. Darien she thought he's finally back. She scrambled off the bed and went to move to the window but tripped rather Ungracefully falling bam smack on the floor. She moaned and then got up again Untangled him self from the quilt and staggered over to the window. She lifted it and a gush of wind swept in bringing the rain and sweet scent of the night. Darien scrambled over the ledge and fell into the room. Shutting the window Vanity bent down and helped him up.

"Are you okay?" she asked

"Yes, yes, I'm …fine" he looked into her eyes for a moment and smiled the same piercing green that he remembered.

"Oh Vanity it's so good to see you again." She smiled and then he pulled her into an embrace. They stood there for what seemed like an eternity. Vanity could have stayed there forever in his arms how she had missed him while he was gone. She stood there drinking in his warmth. She felt something slide down her cheek and reached up to wipe it away. Darien felt her movement and he drew her back to see her face.

"Vanity… your crying… what's the matter?"

"Darien it's …. Well… it haunts me all the time and it's just too much. And well now your back they'll find you and hunt you down … they'll kill you please you have to stay away no one must know your back please…." He placed a finger on her lips and whispered

"shh, it's okay" hugging her again his hand stroked her hair. She began sobbing into his shoulder. He could smell a scent a sweet fruity scent that drove him crazy. He loved both of them as much as the other but that could become a problem in the future.

"When Amelia helped us she knew what was in store we tried to tell her not to but she didn't listen said we were being stupid. Please Darien I don't want that to happen to you. I keep regretting it… I should have died not her."

"What Vanity, no that's being absurd you shouldn't have died instead. Can't you see that?" He said in exasperation

"But I wish I was dead. These people they will never stop hunting us down. Never let us forget. Do you know how many times the memory plague my dreams? I can't fall asleep most of time… I… can't…. it was so bad one time ….. Vintage had to help me I tried to….. Well… I…tried to… rope….pole…neck..." she didn't finished the sobs and shudders had taken hold again but Darien guessed as much she had tried to commit suicide.

"Oh vanity." He held her close as the sobs died down and then led her over to her bed they sat down and he cradled her head to his chest. After a while she spoke again

"The skeleton and the girl have offered to help us I don't want to cause any one harm." He lifted her face and looked into her eyes once more.

"You won't I promise." he leant down and lightly touched her lips with his. "Now time for bed "he said. He tucked her in and went to go but she took his hand.

"Please stay with me, I can't fall asleep otherwise."

He sighed "all right then" and he clambered in next to her. Soon they were both fast asleep.

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