Chapter 26

Leah began chewing on her bottom lip when her mom's silence stretched from seconds to minutes. She had just finished telling her about Felix and the women had lapsed into a state of shock, staring at her with empty eye's and clenching the small bunch of white flowers in her hands.

"He kills people to live Leah." She said in a strangled voice.

Leah sighed. "He killed people for a living mom. Felix is willing to go vegetarian for me."

"He's a murdered Leah!" Her mom snapped. "He cruelly took the lives of countless human's for his own heartless needs."

"I said he's going to stop." Leah said in a clam tone.

Her mother put a hand to her head. "Leah how could you choose someone like him?"

Anger spiked inside of Leah. "I didn't choose him mother fate did, we were destined to be together even before I was born."

"Can't you resist or something?"

"You know very well that I can't and I don't want to even if I could! I love him mom. He loves me. I'm sorry if it upsets you but I'm done sacrificing my happiness to please others."

Leah didn't regret the harsh words. Instead a sense of empowerment filled her. Her mother on the other hand looked even more shocked, her mouth gaping open and shut.

"Leah," She said after a minute. "I don't approve of Felix."

She held up a hand when Leah went to protest. "But I can see that you really love him and if he loves you I wont stand in your way."

It was Leah's turn to be shocked. Tears brimmed in her eyes and she flung her arms around the women.

"Thank you mom."

"I love you so much Leah."

"Where the hell is she!" Demetri demanded, smashing his fist into the wall next to him. The pixie of a vampiress didn't even flinch.

"I told you," She said dusting the particles of plaster of her blouse. "I went out to get her something to eat and when I came back Sasha was gone."

"How could she be gone?"

Alice shrugged. "I'd already packed her bags to stay with me including her credit cards. My guess is she hopped on a bus and is miles from here."

Demetri began pacing back and forth furiously. Since he'd been so shocked when He first saw Sasha he hadn't got a sense of her brain waves and thus couldn't track her.

"Do you have a bit of her sent? L-like an article of clothing or something?" He asked.

Alice crossed her arms over her chest. "And what are you planning to do with said scent?"

"Hunt her down." Demetri said through gritted teeth.

"For the love of God Demetri she's not an animal."

"But she is a human with knowledge of our race!" He snapped.

Alice pursed her lips and stormed over to the hotels small trash can and pulled out a crinkled hospital gown.

"Here." She said thrusting it into Demetri's arms. "But I'm warning you Demetri you better not hurt that girl."

Demetri smirked. "Oh you'll do what."

A smile graced Alice lips. "Dear Demetri it's not me you'll have to worry about. After all you did hear what Sasha did to those fledglings didn't you?"

"Come on boy it's not that embarrassing." Felix said.

Lupo snorted and shuffled further under the bed. The hotel room had been transformed into a romance wonderland complete with roses, sweet food, and candles that gave the room an intimate glow. A perfect setting to purpose to Leah. Well, it would be if Lupo would just corporate. You see Felix plan was to tie the ring box to the dogs head and call him in at the right moment. But the hound had took one look at the pink ribbon and went running.

"Now Lupo work with me, you'll only be wearing it for a few minutes." He pleaded. Lupo just growled.

"Alright, what if I changed it to a blue ribbon?"

The dog yipped and bobbed his head. Felix rolled his eyes and went to the closet where he'd stored the shopping bags. He was pretty sure one of the lingerie boxes was tied with a ribbon. As he was riffling through them a knock came at the door. Felix got up and went to it.

"What-" His words stopped in his throat as did the rest of him.

"Evening Felix." The vampiress from the factory said, a Grinch-like smile curling her lips.

"I think I've gain weight." Leah sighed, frowning at her reflection in the mirror.

"What? Leah you're a flag pole." Emily chuckled.

"Thanks for the compliment cousin." Leah said rolling her eyes. "But I swear this brides maids dress feels really snug, especially in the stomach." She added rubbing her midsection but froze. For a second she thought she felt something-

"Someone call nine, one, one!" A girl cried rushing in the room, bundle of fur in her arms.

"What happened?" Emily asked going to the girl.

"Somebody must've hit this puppy with a car or something." The girl said on choked tears. "His legs messed up real bad."

Just then the dog turned his head.

"Lupo!" Leah said shocked snatching him from the girl.

The dog whimpered and looked up at her, revealing the piece of paper tied around his neck with a pink ribbon. Hands shacking Leah took the paper and opened it. The letter said: Follow the scent or pick your mate up in pieces.

Sorry for the wait