Chloe lifted a shaking hand up to her throat and gently massaged it. It was burning, and she knew she needed to do something about it and soon. However, she didn't want to. She didn't want to feed off some random stranger.

She didn't want to possibly kill someone. She wanted a full belly, but she didn't want the regret that came with it. It had been days. She couldn't remember the last time she had fed and she knew that was why her mind was starting to clear.

She feared that hallow feeling that always consumed her when she fed off anyone that wasn't who she was meant to be with.

The same feeling she knew Beca was trapped in constantly. Because of her selfish decisions. It was this clarity she was hiding from. The truth of what she was doing to the one person she should have never left.

She never wanted to hurt her. She never wanted to become what she was. But, she did and now she wasn't sure how she was ever going to fix it.

She dropped her hand and cleared her throat. Her eyes roaming over the quad. The dozens upon dozens of students that were making their way to classes, doing homework on the grass, throwing footballs, living their lives.

She was perched on top of the clock tower that overlooked campus. She climbed up there, hoping to clear her mind and get away from the people, just far enough that their scent wasn't so overpowering. She knew Aubrey used to do this, when they lived there and she needed space, but didn't want to completely isolate herself.

It had worked for the most part. Her thoughts had cleared enough, to open her eyes to how badly she had screwed up.

Beca didn't ask for this life, and whether or not she might have decided she wanted it, it was forced on her in the end. It was an instant painful death, or this. And Chloe had ultimately chosen for her.

She had given her the gift of eternal life, shown her the beauty of it, then ripped it all away from her, leaving her in the care of her best friend. Who also didn't deserve what Chloe was putting her through.

She felt the familiar sting of tears gathering in her eyes and quickly closed them, letting them fall as she bowed her head.

After a few seconds, she took a breath and lifted her head, wiping the tears away and looking out over the quad once more.

It was then her eyes landed on a familiar face. She locked her eyes on the girl, and watched as she stood in a circle of people, talking and laughing as she adjusted her bag on her shoulder.

She closed her eyes once more. Her throat burned badly and she was losing the control she thought she had. She didn't even realize she had dropped from the tower, until she was walking across the quad toward her.

The girl named Kyla, that she bumped into two days before.

Stacie's eyes were tired as she watched the trees outside the passenger window.

They hadn't caught up to Beca and Stacie couldn't deny that she was impressed. She had made it across the California state line the first day. They hadn't slept, only stopped long enough to fill the gas tank or feed. They made it through Nevada, Arizona and were nearly to Texas by the time they realized exactly where Beca was going.

"Do you think she can sense Chloe or something?" Stacie asked as she sat up stretching her arms out in front of her.

Aubrey sighed and looked in the rear view mirror. "I don't know, maybe."

"Could you ever sense me that far away?"

Aubrey's lips quirked slightly and Stacie smiled. "In the beginning, I could sense you from miles away. I think because our connection was so strong, I'm your sire so it was stronger than if I were to try and find Chloe. But it wasn't a constant thing, I didn't always know where you were. In fact, I never did, I could just feel you." She said and looked over to see Stacie was listening intently.

She smiled again. "Like a feeling in my stomach, but only sometimes. I guess, maybe when you were in distress? Or something big was happening, I'd get this feeling in my stomach, and sometimes it hurt." She said and Stacie looked down for a moment. "After a while, when we had been apart for so long, it went away. I didn't feel you and I-" she stopped for a moment.

"Go on." Stacie encouraged.

"I stopped trying to feel you. It hurt too much, and there was only so much Chloe could do to comfort me."

Stacie looked down and Aubrey let out a breath. "I'm sorry-"

"No, I'm the one who should be sorry. I'll never be able to take back the things I did. But I'll never stop trying."

Aubrey reached over and took her hand squeezing it. "I know, love." She said lifting her hand to kiss her knuckles.

"Maybe," Stacie started after a moment, "Maybe Beca is able to sense her like that. Maybe something is wrong with Chloe, and that's why she left so suddenly."

Aubrey nodded and she let go of Stacie's hand to brush her hair out of her eyes, though Stacie knew she was subtly brushing away tears she was trying to hide.

"That could be."

Stacie looked out the window as they crossed into Alabama.

"Whatever is happening, I hope Beca doesn't end up like she did last time."

Aubrey tensed slightly. She didn't like the thought of Chloe following through with the threats she gave the last time they saw her. But she knew she would if she had too.

"What is it about human blood Stacie?" Aubrey asked and the girl bit her cheek in thought.

"I don't know. Because our blood tastes better, and is better for us. I don't know what it is that has her addicted. That had me addicted. Maybe it's something in how he made us. Or maybe he did something to her this last time he had her. I'd hate to think she's just giving into what she thinks she is. What she is portrayed as."

Aubrey nodded. "Chloe is smart, she knows better. If I could just talk to her, find out what he did to her, maybe that would give us the answer."

Stacie nodded. "Beca is slowing down." She said sitting up a bit straighter.

Aubrey shifted, opening up her senses, tapping into it through Stacie.

"She is nearly to Georgia, and she is slowing down?" Aubrey asked. "That doesn't make any sense."

Stacie sighed, her eyes shifting back and forth as is she was seeing something Aubrey couldn't.

She sat back. "She is giving us time to catch up to her. She knows for sure that Chloe is there, she wants us close by."

Aubrey looked over at her, her face scrunched in worry as she pressed the gas harder.

"She is afraid to find her, alone."

Beca let out a breath as she stopped the bike, kicking the kick stand down and getting off of it.

She was at a scenic overlook and she needed to stop. She walked to the edge and looked over the vast expansion of forest and tree covered mountains.

She was closer to Chloe than she realized. She didn't know where she was going for the first forty-eight hours. She just knew something was wrong, something was calling her and she didn't have time to question it. She was lucky riding the motorcycle wasn't too different from a dirt bike. She cared for it, knowing Stacie was likely to try and kill her when they caught up for taking it.

She didn't even know if Chloe was aware of how close she was, or if she even knew that anything was wrong. She wondered if she was purposely making herself known, or not.

Aubrey and Stacie were still a good distance away and it would be at least a day until they reached her if she stayed put. She was thirsty, having not eaten since the day she left.

She pushed her wind whipped hair back and sighed, looking out over the mountains and tried to relax. They'd be there soon, and hopefully if and when they found Chloe, it wouldn't end like it had the last time.

"I'm surprised you remembered me. It was such an odd meeting."

Chloe smiled at the girl across from her. "Well, I saw you in the quad and thought it wouldn't hurt to maybe make a friend." She shrugged.

Kyla smiled at her. "So do you go here?"

Chloe nodded. "I do, I'm a senior."

"I've never seen you around. I'm a sophomore though, so different classes probably."

Chloe nodded. "I'm in grad school," she lied. "Mostly on the far side of campus."

Kyla nodded. "That makes sense." She said and looked down at her cup of coffee.

They had gone to a small coffee shop, Chloe offering to buy her coffee as an apology for knocking her over the day they met.

She had questioned why Chloe didn't get one for herself and she told her she wasn't a coffee person. Kyla didn't seem to believe her but accepted the invite anyway.

"Well, it's getting late and I have a single dorm. Would you wanna come back and hang out? Watch a movie or something?"

Chloe smiled and nodded. "That sounds great." She said standing up. "Lead the way."

It was nearly an hour later Chloe was seated on Kyla's bed, facing the girl.

"Are you okay?" She asked and Kyla nodded almost numbly, her eyes locked on Chloe's.

"Good. I have something to tell you."

It was pitch black out when Aubrey pulled the car off the side of the road, her headlights illuminating Stacie's Bike.

They both got out of the car quickly and hurried over to the figure sitting against the guard rail of the overlook.

"Beca?" Aubrey asked dropping down beside her and taking her face into her hands.

Stacie was beside her in a second. Her eyes were white and clouded with tears.

"Beca, talk to me." Aubrey asked as Stacie pushed her brown hair back out of her face. She seemed to be in some sort of daze.

"Chloe, she-" she started and Aubrey looked at Stacie. Were they too late? Had she found Chloe already? Was she the reason she was like this?

"What happened?" Aubrey asked softly.

Beca looked up at her slowly. Tears falling down her eyes. "Something felt wrong. I could sense her and it came out of no where. The closer I got to her, the more I could feel it. She hadn't had human blood in days and her mind was clearing. Like a drug addict, coming out of a high. But, something was wrong. She was looking for someone."

Aubrey tucked her tangled brown curls behind her ears to get a better look at her face.

"I thought it was me." She said, her voice cracking. "She was looking for someone, and she found them. That when the feeling in my stomach started to hurt," She said placing her hand over her stomach. "Like I was feeling her emotions and she was hurting, but she was doing it to herself."

Aubrey looked at Stacie in confusion. "Beca I don't understand."

Beca looked down for a second. "She found someone, and she told them what she is. They willingly gave her their blood. She compelled them to do it."

Aubrey's hands dropped from Becas face.

Stacie looked at the younger girl in shock and anger. That's what Beca had been feeling. Chloe's mind had cleared after days of not eating and something within their bond was calling out for Beca. Some part of Chloe was calling for her. Though the older vampire might not have known it. Beca wasn't wrong when she thought Chloe was looking for her. But it wasn't really Chloe, it was her sire. The pet of Chloe she was desperately trying to forget.

"I thought she needed me, that's why I felt her. But, it's not me she wanted, she found someone else. And they are feeding her now. She is shutting me out of the bond. She's trying to forget me, by compelling another to give her their blood."

Stacie stood up and walked a few feet from them.

Her fists balling up before she relaxed them. She knew what was happening. Chloe had no idea that the moment her mind started to clear that her side of the bond would call out for Beca. She had no idea Beca would come looking for her.

She found someone to drink from, someone to compel and use as a life source. So many times, she had felt Aubrey calling for her, though the blonde wasn't doing it willingly.

She knew exactly what Beca was feeling, she knew what Chloe was doing. And she knew they needed to find her before she made another mistake.

A/N: please no hateful reviews. But PLEASE REVIEW. Last chapter didn't get much love at all and the writer feels it. Bechloe reunion coming up. What are your thoughts? What do you want to see happen?