Chapter 9
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Mac was moping, again. It had become a very familiar occurrence over the last four days but there really wasn't much else for her to do. Usually she would have just wondered over to the Clearwater's house and blobbed on the couch, where, if Sue was home, she would have fed her up on chocolate chip cookies and muffins until Leah or Seth arrived to further entertain her. But that wasn't possible now because she didn't want to risk bumping into Seth and having to make some lame excuses for having to leave, even though they both knew it was because he was here.
The hurt looks he'd been giving her were starting to make her feel a little mean, she really didn't see why he cared though, he was the one who left her. If he had cared then he wouldn't have done it. She thought next time he should think things through before he did them, he wouldn't have to worry about all this regret.
"I brought you some skittles", a gruff voice said as the front door slammed shut, causing Mac to leap about three feet in the air and curse loudly.
"Holy shit Ollie", she growled, her hand resting over her chest where her heart was slamming against her rib cage. "You scared the shit outta me!"
He gave her an amused look before wondering over to her, pulling her down with him as he slumped onto the couch. "What's on TV?" He asked, handing her the bag of skittles and stealing the controls out of her hand, normally she would have protested but she was easily distracted by the colourful pieces of candy that were contained in the plastic bag. Now all she had to do was get the stupid thing open, which was easier said done.
"Nothing much", she stated as she struggled with her bag of sweets, flashing Ollie an easy smile when he leant over and opened the bag for her, reaching in and stealing himself a handful of candy, she let that slide because he had brought them for her after all. "How was school, fun I bet?" She asked as she started sorting the candy into little coloured coded piles.
"Oh yeah, tonnes of fun", he replied sarcastically, raising his eyebrow at her questioningly as she carefully swept all the green skittles into a container. A container that was already half full with green skittles.
Mac blushed and shrugged her shoulders at his look; resealing the container and placing it carefully back on the coffee table.
"Have you talked to Seth yet?" he asked her as he slowly flicked through the channels, finally settling on a nature documentary about bears.
Mac glared at him, shifting uncomfortably as she answered, "No, I told you I'm never talking to him again..."
Mac wasn't prepared for the angry growl that escaped his lips. She flinched as the TV remote exploded in his hand, little pieces of black plastic scattering across the floor.
"You can't not talk to him Mac", he growled, as he stood and took several steps away from the very shocked looking imprint. "I don't know what he did to piss you off so much, but the poor guy has been completely miserable since you've been ignoring him. For fucks sake, he's been sleeping in the forest behind your house ever since because he's terrified you're going to try run away again. He's crazy about you Mac, so don't try and tell me he doesn't care what you think, what you do, because he does. He cares way too much, but that's just Seth, he always cares too much. So stop fucking with him and give the poor guy a break", he finished angrily, his hands shaking slightly as he headed towards the door. "You should probably thank him for the skittles, he told me to give them to you", he yelled back as he slammed the door behind him.
Mac stared after him in shock, before returning her attention to her skittles. Leah had told Mac to stay away from anyone in the pack when they were angry, especially if they were shaking, and right now Ollie was pissed, his hands practically vibrating as he stormed off into the forest. Now she could see what everyone else was saying when they said he kid had anger problems.
So instead of going after him like she wanted to, she settled back further into the couch and started on the yellow pile. She thought over his angry words as she munched on her candy, Seth wasn't miserable... Was he? The few times she had seen him since he didn't look that bad, he was quieter than usual and he looked a little bit tired but that didn't mean he was miserable, because of her, did it?
Mac was sure Ollie was talking crap, trying to make her loose her resolve and talk to Seth again. Seth was certainly not crazy about her, Mac was sure about that. If he was crazy about her he wouldn't have left her like that... Would have he?
Ah crap, now she was confused. Maybe she was being a little harsh on Seth but he had yet to try talk to her, to try explaining himself to her and maybe if he did that she would think about forgiving him. Maybe, she wasn't sure. Was she fucking with Seth?
Her rambling thoughts were interrupted but a hesitant knock at the door, and Mac assumed that Ollie had calmed down enough to resume inhaling her candy and watching the bear documentary, but when she opened the door it was not Ollie who was standing on her front door step, but a very awkward, tired looking Seth Clearwater.
Mac thought about slamming the door in his face but the sad look in his usually happy eyes made her freeze where she was, unsure what to do or say.
"I need to talk to you Mac", Seth said, his eyes pleading with her to listen, to not shut the door on him. "Can I come in?" he asked carefully.
She nodded, steeping aside and allowing him access to her house, he gave her a surprised look and stepped hesitantly inside, closing the door behind him and following Mac back into the living room, where she started on the pile of orange candy as she waited for him to talk.
"Look, Mac, I'm sorry ok?" he said quietly, his eyes evaluating her carefully. "I knew I should have told you, I wanted to tell you, but I didn't know how..." he trailed off as her eyes met his for the first time in four days.
"That's not why you're mad at me though, is it?" He said as he watched her pop another piece of orange candy into her mouth. He shook his head in frustration, "Well what the hell did I do then? Because I've been trying to figure it out and I have no fucking idea what I did to piss you off so much. Was it because I kissed you?" He asked, his voice rising as some of the anger from the last four days began to escape. "Because I-".
"It's not because you kissed me Seth", Mac interrupted angrily, her face flushing slightly as she remembered there heated kiss before she had tried to leave the rez. "It's not because you explode into an angry fucking wolf either. It's what happened after you kissed me, you left. You left me standing there like an absolute idiot Seth and it hurt. If you were going to regret it that much then you shouldn't have done it in the first place", she growled to a very shocked looking Seth, as she stood angrily from the couch.
"You think I regret kissing you?" Seth growled. "Fucking hell Mac, I do not regret kissing you. You have no idea how much I do not regret kissing you", he snarled, his eyes burning with anger.
Mac had never seen Seth this angry before, well apart from when he was growling at Oscar, but what worried her the most was that she could feel it. She could feel his anger burning in her gut, she didn't have to hear the tone of his voice, or see the look in his eye to know that he was furious because she could feel it. And to be honest it was freaking her out a little.
Seth's hands were shaking and as he felt Mac's fear seep through the imprint bond he realised he needed to calm the hell down. He did not come here to yell at his imprint, no matter how ridiculous her reason for not talking to him was. There was no way he was going to risk phasing in front of her, he had seen the result of that, had seen what it had done to Emily, and to Sam. If there was the slightest chance he would phase, he always made sure to get as far away from Mac as possible, and right now that meant getting his badly shaking ass into the forest.
"I have to go", he growled, as he stormed angrily out of the house. When he reached the forest he didn't phase, but instead took his anger out on several nearby trees, leaving multiple fist shaped chunks missing from there aged trunks.
Mac stared after Seth in shock, he may be gone but she could still feel his burning anger in the pit of her stomach, now mixed with a tinge of guilt and shame. Today was the day that Mac learnt that she absolutely hated the feeling of Seth's shame. She still wasn't sure why she could feel Seth, she thought maybe she was going crazy.
She fidgeted nervously, thinking of going after him, but remembering Leah's warning, choosing instead to go get ready for bed. She threw on an over sized t-shirt and snuggled into her bed, glaring once at the pink walls as she turned the lights out. She tried not to think of Seth, outside in the freezing cold, all by himself... She hoped Ollie was making that bit up but she knew in her gut that it was right, that he wasn't far away. That thought made Mac frown a little, she knew the cold wouldn't affect him but she couldn't help but feel a little bad, and so with a sigh she pushed back the covers and picked up the container from beside the bed.
She opened her window as quietly as she could shivering as the cold night air touched her exposed skin. She could have used the door but the window seemed like more fun. She paused on the damp grass before the forest, closing her eyes as she felt for the subtle pull that was becoming stronger every day, it had taken her this long to realise what it was pulling her towards. It was pulling her towards Seth.
Mac clutched her container tighter to her chest as she walked into the eerie darkness of the trees, where the moonlight of this unusually calm night could not reach. She followed the pull in her stomach as it got stronger and stronger as she advanced deeper into the forest.
She almost dropped her container at the low whimper that came from her left, regaining her calm when a familiar giant sandy wolf appeared from the shadows, it's head lowered in an attempt to make himself look less threatening, he didn't want her to be scared of him.
He had nearly been asleep, lulled closer to dreams by her steady heart beat as she had lay in her bed. He had realised she was trying to leave as soon as he heard the noise of her bedroom window opening. Words couldn't describe the panic and hurt Seth felt at that moment. She was trying to leave him, she was trying to run away again, but he couldn't let her do that because off the reservation she was in even more danger. And Seth did not want his imprint in any danger at all.
He whimpered as he approached her, still in his wolf form, not thinking to phase back in his panic to stop her from leaving. He didn't want to frighten her but she needed to know that he wasn't going to let her go anywhere.
He wasn't prepared for the small smile she gave him, it was the first time he had seen that smile in days and it made his stomach flutter a little. She stepped closer to him, looking very unsure of herself.
"So Ollie was telling the truth, huh?" she asked him carefully. "Your stupid ass really did sleep outside my house. Have you been doing this every night since?"
He whined quietly, slightly embarrassed at being caught sleeping outside her house, and nodded his huge head once. He'd been caught red handed... Well red pawed, and he didn't see the point in lying to her. He was going to kill the pup later by the way.
"You're such a dork Seth", Mac sighed settling down on the damp ground near the base of the closest tree. "I'm not going anywhere", she added, noticing the careful way he was watching her. "I just came to tell you that you should go home, get some sleep".
He looked at the shorts that were tied around his leg with a dark rubber strap, and then off into the forest, attempting to communicate to her that he wanted to phase back. He retreated quickly back into the forest when she nodded hesitantly and it was only a matter of seconds and he was approaching her again, this time on two legs instead of four.
He made sure to walk as loudly as possible. Not wanting to startle her, which was very easily done, but it still took several seconds and a small cough before she turned her head to face him, her face an impassive mask as she took in his shirtless form.
"What are you doing out here Mac?" He asked her carefully, walking closer and plopping down on the cool earth of the forest floor a few feet away.
She shrugged dismissively, unsure of her answer. Why was she here? "Because I was bored", she said quietly.
He frowned a little at that, only now noticing how little she was wearing, the over sized t-shirt that was her pyjamas barely reaching mid thigh. "It's freezing out here Mac", he stated as his careful eyes noticed the goose bumps that covered her exposed skin. "You should be inside in bed, where it's warm", he added.
She rolled her eyes sarcastically, "thanks for the advice mom... So, wanna tell me why you've been sleeping outside my house, in this freezing cold, for four nights straight?" She asked him, looking far less interested by the answer than she actually was.
He blushed lightly, mumbling something about her needing extra protection.
She sighed, throwing a small pebble she'd been idly rolling around in her palm at his head, Seth, who was focusing on the ground in front of him didn't notice it coming and shot the innocent looking Mac a surprised look as it connected with his cheek. "I'm not going anywhere, ok Seth?" she said tenderly, her eyes soft as she evaluated him. "I promise I'm not going to run away again", she said, her hand over her heart.
"How do I know you aren't just saying that?" He asked her quietly, watching her cautiously.
"I'm not ok... Just believe me... If he's out there", she said nodding her head in the direction of the border, "then that is not a place where I want to be", she added with a shudder.
Seth growled lowly, not liking the fear that was obvious in Macs eyes as she looked off into the forest. He was going to ask her about him when she interrupted.
"I'm sorry Seth", she said quietly, this time it was her turn to blush as she focused on the damp earth beneath them. "I'm sorry I was such a bitch, and ignored you for four days straight. I'm sorry I didn't listen to you and left the house when you told me not to. And I'm sorry I said I hated you... I don't, I'm actually quite partial to you", she added quietly.
She coughed uncomfortably as he stared at her, the intensity in his eyes making her shiver and shift awkwardly, a move that his sharp eyes didn't miss. "Sooooo... anyway", she started standing quickly and taking several steps away from the wolf in front of her, who's dark eyes were watching her every move very carefully. "I just came out her to tell you to stop being a dork and get your ass home to bed... But since I know that isn't going to happen, you can come inside and sleep on the couch or something. That's gotta be better than sleeping out here right?" She asked him nervously, taking a step backwards as he stood slowly. "I mean only if you want to, you can stay out here and freeze your ass off for all I care... Oh... here" she said, advancing towards him and shoving the container he hadn't noticed into his hands before she blushed and flashed him a sweet smile, then turned on her heels and sprinted off into the darkness toward her house.
He walked quickly, making sure she didn't get too far ahead of him as she ran. He paused at her door, carefully opening the container she had handed him and he couldn't help the huge smile that engulfed his features as he looked at its contents. The whole container was full of green skittles, every green skittle from every packet she had consumed in the four days she had been ignoring him. He took a few from the container, popping them into his mouth as he entered her house, idly wondering if the amount of candy Mac had consumed in the last four days was at all healthy, if she had managed to collect this many green skittles then she must have eaten a hell of a lot of candy in the last several days.
He placed the container down on the kitchen counter and walked down the short hall toward her room, he hesitated outside of her door, knocking gently before he entered, she wasn't the only one who had stuff to apologise for.
A small smile graced his lips as he noticed the way she was wrapped up in her blanket, making her appear a lot smaller and more vulnerable than she was. More than she would like everyone to think she was.
He lent lazily against the wall by her door, taking a deep breath and inhaling the calming scent of his imprint before continuing. "I'm sorry to Mac", he stated, wearily running a hand through his short, messy hair, "I shouldn't have yelled at you, I was a dick, but I just couldn't believe you thought I regretted kissing you, that that's why you weren't talking to me. I thought you weren't talking to me because you regretted kissing me... Do you?" He asked her, sounding as vulnerable as she looked.
Mac blushed slightly, her teeth teasing her bottom lip gently, before she shook her head softly. "Then why'd you leave so fast? I thought you'd realised what a mistake you'd made, you know... Kissing your sisters severely fucked up best friend... I thought you'd realised how much better you could do..." She trailed off quietly, her eyes focused on the spot beneath Seth's feet.
"Are you kidding me Mac?" He asked her softly, closing the gap between them and kneeling in front of her, his hand gently cupping her chin and making her dark brown eyes meet his own. "I left because Jake needed me, the pack needed me, a leech had crossed the border again and we needed to stop it. I didn't want to leave... I really didn't want to leave, but I had a job to do. I had to keep the rez safe, keep you and my Mom safe. And you're not fucked up Mac", he growled softly. "A little odd sure, but not fucked up. You really have to stop putting yourself down like that, I hate it. You're not perfect, you're stubborn as hell and the curse words you use would make a pirate blush, but I don't care... I like you Mac, sever candy addiction or not".
"I told you I was partial to you right?" She asked her voice shaky as she tried to hold back the tears that were threatening to flow.
"Yeah... Yeah you did honey", he said softly, his thumb stroking gently over the skin of her jaw. "I'm quite partial to you too, you know..." he added quietly, smiling at her softly.
She smiled sadly, before she shocked him, moving quickly and wrapping her arms around his neck, burying her face in his chest. Seth made a soft calming noise in his throat, pulling Mac into his arms and cradling her against his chest. "Don't worry honey, its ok..." he said, his hand rubbing small circles on her back as he pressed his lips to her fore head. She couldn't explain how much better she felt now she was talking to him, touching him, the nagging sense of guilt and the dull, empty, ache she had felt in her gut all week vanishing as he held her carefully in his arms.
She didn't respond, simply burying her face into the crook of his neck and breathing deeply as she tried to calm herself. It smelled of Seth, forest and sweat, and his scent, along with the rumbling of his voice as he whispered to her, had her breathing slowing and her eyes drifting shut as she yawned hugely.
"You need to sleep Mac", he told her, lifting her easily and placing her back in her bed as she yawned loudly.
"ButIlmnottiredSeth", she mumbled, her words blurring together as he pulled the covers around her.
He chuckled lightly, placing a soft kiss on her forehead as he slowly walked towards the door, planning on spending the night on her couch like she had suggested.
"Where are you going?" she asked tiredly rubbing her eyes sleepily as she sat up in her bed.
He could feel her panic as she watched him walk toward the door, "to sleep on the couch", he said, chuckling softly.
She blushed, her fingers fidgeting with the edge of her duvet cover, "Can you stay with me please?" She asked softly, and he couldn't help but smile at how cute she looked.
"You sure you want me to stay, Mac?" He asked her gently, taking a slow step back towards her. Seth would much rather sleep in her bed with his imprint; he'd only been fantasizing about holding her to his chest while she slept since he'd first seen her... Ok, so Seth was sure that sounded more creepy than it actually was, but being this close to his imprint, being able to smell her intoxicating scent and touch her soft skin as he held her in his arms, well, that was much better than being out there, where he couldn't even see her.
She nodded gently, smiling softly at him as he walked back towards her and settled beside her on the bed, which was a double and thankfully long enough that his feet didn't stick out the end. "Now go to sleep Mac", he ordered her softly as his hand found hers, she smiled at him nodding and lacing their fingers together, causing him to smile in return.
She shifted closer to him, shivering lightly as he rumbled his approval deep in his chest, snagging a warm arm around her waist and pulling her so her back was flush against his bare chest. H loved how she felt wrapped up in his arms, it felt right "Sleep", he whispered, kissing the soft skin of her cheek gently as she tightened her grip on his hand, which was still firmly in her own and resting against her stomach.
She yawned loudly and it wasn't long until his exhausted imprint drifted into a deep sleep. Seth was tired too, but he didn't follow her into sleep right away, instead, he lay awake listening to her breathing and her occasional mumbling about red skittles, and Leah stealing her chocolate muffins, his girl even cursed in her sleep.
For the first time in a long time, when the little clock beside Macs bed struck two, her room stayed silent. There was no screaming, no crying and no smashing of dinnerware, just Mac mumbling for for Leah to "drop her mother fucking muffin" as she rolled over, resting her head on the chest of a softly smiling Seth, who after seeing that his imprint was ok and wasn't going to jump out of bed screaming, allowed himself to sink into the best sleep he had had in weeks.
Annabeth sighed heavily as she flew silently around the border, searching for any signs of Deimos's imminent return. She knew that there would be trouble when he did, he'd already crossed the border once, gathering information and evaluating his opponents, next time he would be more prepared, he would have a plan. Annabeth knew that although Deimos without a plan was trouble, Deimos with a plan was so much worse.
She stopped her run in a clearing, it was time for a break, unlike the wolves these patrols weren't a constant for the two vampires. There were only two of them and if anything did happen then the wolves howling would alert them. These trips were more for her piece of mind, she liked to check the area for any fresh scents the wolves may have missed, they were awfully young after all.
Oscar, although he moaned and grumbled about it constantly, also took regular trips around the border, although right now he was lying lazily in the grass of the clearing, no doubt waiting for her to finish her round.
"Same old, same old?" he asked turning his head to face her as he chewed lazily in a piece of long grass. Well, he pretended to chew it, the flimsy piece of grass wouldn't last long faced with his impossibly sharp vampire teeth.
She nodded tiredly as she approached him, settling cross legged in the grass next to her companion.
"Have you hunted since the other day?" he questioned her, noticing the dark colour of her usually butter light eyes.
She gave him a pretentious look, "of course I have", she said shortly, "I'm not an idiot, Oscar".
He raised his eyebrows at her before flashing her a cheeky grin, "bullshit".
She gave him an irritated look for his language, he knew she hated it when people swore. "It's not bull-... I did to", she hissed quietly.
He grinned easily, ignoring her dangerous glare, "did not".
"Did to", she hissed narrowing her eyes dangerously at him.
"Did noooot", he sung, rolling quickly to the side to avoid her right hook.
"Oscar, I did to", she growled, standing and stomping her foot angrily, only causing the smile on the dark headed man's face to widen, he thought she looked adorable when she was angry.
"Liar liar, pants on fire", he sung, making sure to stay out of her reach as he danced around the clearing. "You did not, your eyes are as black as coal Annabeth. Yourrr lyyyyyyinngg to me".
Her dark look faltered, "I was busy, ok", she admitted grouchily, "I didn't have time".
His cheerful look faded quickly, a frown replacing it. "I knew it", he said angrily, "You need to take better care of yourself, I don't care if you're busy, eat, rest, then work", he said lowly, beside her in the blink of an eye and taking her hand firmly in his.
Usually she would have fought him, objected the contact with him, but she was thirsty, she was tired and she was rather fond of him, even if he was the most annoying being on this planet a lot of the time.
After they had feed, Annabeth finishing off several deer by herself, only then realising her thirst, grudgingly admitted that Oscar was right.
They sat high up in one of the many trees in the area, Annabeth nervously holding her cell phone in her hand as she stared at the screen.
"Call her", Oscar said quietly, bumping his shoulder gently into hers and breaking the silence between them, "she doesn't hate you", he added softly, his hand trailing delicately down her arm. "She's mad, sure, but Mac's always mad. She'll be happy to hear from you, even if she doesn't show it".
"She must think I am a monster", she whispered sadly, "Are you sure she would want to talk to me?"
"I'm sure Annabeth", he said, giving her a comforting smile as he covered her hands with his own, pressing her thumb down on the call button with his larger one.
She gave him a panicked look as the ring tone started, "She loves you Anna, she won't stay mad at her forever, and whether she likes it or not, she's stuck with us", he reassured her, smiling as she slowly raised the phone to her ear.
"Hello", Mac answered shortly, the tone in her voice making Annabeth wince and Oscar smile fondly.
"Hello McKenna", Annabeth said quietly, sounding more scared than Oscar had ever heard her. "... How are you?" She asked after a short silence.
"I'm ok, I guess, ya know all things considered", she answered drolly.
Annabeth sighed sadly, "I didn't know how to tell you sweet heart... I didn't know how you'd react..." She trailed of weakly.
"You know, that seems to be a very common excuse round here", Mac said sarcastically, as Annabeth noticed the breathing and steady heart beat of someone else enter the room with Mac.
"Do you hate me?" she asked softly, watching as Oscar played gently with the fingers of her spare hand.
She could hear Mac sigh heavily before she answered grudgingly, "no... I get why you didn't tell me Annabeth, I probably would have freaked the fuck out".
Annabeth smiled softly, squeezing Oscars hand in her own as she looked at him, as he mouthed "I told you so" at her.
"I want to talk to you, in person", Mac said carefully, sighing at the guttural growl coming from her companion.
"You are with the Beta?" Annabeth questioned.
"The Beta?... Oh Seth" Mac said, the smile evident in her voice, "yeah, he's helping me finish my skittles", she told her happily.
"Tell the Beta to arrange our meeting with the La Push Alpha, and call me when you are done, ok McKenna", she asked, thinking that if the Beta's growling was anything to go by then Mac was going to have a hard time getting the pack to consent to her meeting with them.
"Tell Oscar he's a dork", she chirped happily. "I'll see you then".
"It's a date", Oscar called into the phone, smiling at the combined noise of Macs laughter and the Betas growling, teasing him was just too much fun.
"Was that really necessary?" Annabeth asked, her tone amused and her eyebrow raised.
"It really was", he sighed happily, noticing that Annabeth was still idly twisting his fingers between her own.
"You are unbelievable", she stated, shaking her head slowly.
He grinned at her, wiggling his eyebrows at her seductively, "well thank you", he told her happily, loving the way her lips curved up in the softest smile at his comment.
"That wasn't meant as a complement Oscar", she said, trying to hide the amusement in her voice.
"Annabeth you hurt me", he said, his free hand over his heart, his face plastered in fake hurt. That expression was completely wiped from his face and replaced with a gentle smile as a small giggle escape her lips. It was a rare occurrence, hearing the bell like noise of her laughter, and Oscar had made it his goal to hear that beautiful noise escape her perfect lips at least once a day over the last fifteen years. It wasn't something that he could always achieve, and it was his personal opinion that she was far to serious and need to lighten up occasionally.
"Nawwww, I'm sorry Oscar", she pouted, patting his cheek gently. "I didn't realise you were so sensitive".
He growled at her lightly, pulling her hand to his lips and kissing her soft skin gently, "There's a lot of things you don't know about me", he said tenderly.
Oscar smiled at her before pretend yawning tiredly, "I think you need a sleep Annabeth".
She gave him a blank look, "I'm a vampire Oscar, like you, we don't sleep".
He sighed happily, his eyes closed and his feet kicked up on a fallen branch lazily, "sometimes it's good to rest Annabeth, pretending to sleep is very relaxing", he told her sagely, "and it's good practice for if you need to pretend sleep for real..."
She sighed in defeat, allowing him to pull her closer to his side so she was able to rest her head on his firm chest. "You really are an idiot, Oscar", she told him, closing her eyes as he absently twirled a piece of her golden hair around his finger. She knew she shouldn't be doing this, she should be running another lap of the reservation but Oscar wouldn't be happy until she sat still for more than an hour.
She gave a fake yawn as she snuggled into his side, causing him to smile hugely, "Atta' girl".
And so the two vampires spent the next hour and six minutes reclining in the damp grass. It was the best hour and six minutes of Oscars week, and if it was the best hour and six minutes Annabeths week too she didn't say, but he knew she enjoyed it, even if she didn't say anything, because although she was good at hiding things from him, he had become very good at finding them out over the last fifteen years. He liked to think of it as a special talent.
Oscar smiled gently as he followed Annabeth around the reservation, deciding that her being faster than him definitely had its benefits. He grinned as she turned around slanting him an evil look. She could feel his eyes on her and maybe she added a little extra sway to her hips as she ran, maybe she didn't, either way Oscar enjoyed the rest of his patrol immensely.
Today had been a very good day.
If you had asked him a week ago to describe the worst pain imaginable then he wouldn't have thought anything could be this painful. To him this much pain would have simply been incomprehensible, but now it was his reality.
He was burning, but he wasn't on fire. This fire was inside him, spreading slowly through his body and consuming everything, getting more and more intense by the minute. He had begged for death more times than he could count, but still he burned.
Why would they not kill him? he'd begged him to kill him, to please kill him.
He knew he wasn't alone, there were others, talking in muffled voices as he screamed, he couldn't focus on what they were saying. He couldn't focus on anything but the pain. All he knew was that there were others here and they wouldn't help him. Would somebody please kill him?
They didn't listen, they never listened. And so he continued to burn.
As Deimos watched the young man scream he hoped this one would last longer than the last newborn he had created.
He was careful when selecting humans to join his new coven; after all he a weak human became a weak vampire more often than not. And for what he wanted them to do a weak vampire just wouldn't be good enough.
The woman beside him seemed to be enjoying watching the new member burn nearly as much as he was and if wasn't for the fact that she was annoying as hell, then he may have actually liked her. She had been with him a week and once appetite had been satisfied she had shown a little too much interest in him, he found her advances immature and irritating. She didn't seem to get his very unsubtle hints about him being not at all interested in her, if she didn't pay attention soon he was going to have to get rid of her. That was a shame; he really hated it when people wasted his time.
He knew it wouldn't be long now until the man stopped screaming, the pain over as the change was completed, and he knew he would be hungry when he awoke. But he was a very smart vampire and had done this many times before, when it came to planning these sorts of things he was nothing but meticulous and so he already had several humans, unconscious and bound, in the basement beneath the room they were now in. There would have been more but the female had poor self control and he'd had to go fetch a whole other batch of snacks after she'd been through with them. He couldn't help the feeling of pride as he had watched his creation mercilessly devour all three of the humans. What he liked most about her was the way she liked to play with her food, drawing out their deaths until they begged for her to kill them.
She was almost as cruel and twisted as him and that was saying something.
He sat back in his chair happily as he continued to wait, his plan was coming along very nicely. Those wolves wouldn't know what had hit them once he was through.
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