As always thank you so much for your reviews. I'm on a role lately and the story seems to be coming naturally to me, although I am sorry if they are a bit shorter than normal as I am supposed to be on 'study leave' yet I find myself writing more and more chapters of thicker than blood. It is my birthday this weekend but I will try and update later today or another time during the weekend. Anyways here we go with another chapter….
Ava's POV
"Let her go," I sobbed scratching at his arm. He only laughed coldly dragging Dee's limp body across the ground. The wind sent a shiver down my spine and my eyes automatically scanned the surrounding trees for any sign of Embry. How the hell was he ever going to find us in this place?
Dee whimpered a little as Blake kicked open the front door of the lone cottage. Biting down hard on my lip I stumbled forwards blinded by my tears.
"Please," I begged, "just let her go. She hasn't done anything wrong."
"If you insist," he smirked before flinging her roughly to the ground. Kneeling down beside her I wiped her hair from her paling face feeling almost naked in my tiny dress. Glancing around I took note of the single worn armchair situated in the middle of the room and the clear plastic bottles filled with red liquid. Pressing my hand over my mouth I fought the urge to be sick as my head spun. I had to be strong. I had to be. For Delilah.
"The pack will be on their way," my steady voice wavered as Blake turned his eyes on me. I tried unsuccessfully not to back away or squirm under his gaze.
"I'm counting on that," Blake was calm as he lounged casually against the wall his liquid red eyes lingering on my exposed legs.
"What?" I whispered.
"Did you really think I would have let you call that pathetic puppy of yours unless I wanted you too?"
"But why?" Even I could hear the horror in my voice. I had unintentionally lured Embry into a trap. If he got hurt because of me or if Quil never got to go see Claire again or Jared-
"I'd rather die than let you hurt them," I spat, "their my family."
As the words left my mouth I realised how true they were. A world without Embry had been a world hardly worth living in. Paul was my biological big brother however much of an ass he was. But then there were also my new big brothers-Seth, Colin, Brady, Jared and Quil. I could hardly remember a time when they hadn't laughed with me and had stupid conversations with me at least once a day. My heart ached emphasising how much I missed them, how stupid I'd been for rejecting the imprint and my new family.
Hugging Dee to my chest I pulled us both against the furthest wall away from Blake my eyes never leaving his, they were almost hypnotizing.
"That's the whole point darling," I shivered as he walked towards me and used one solitary finger to trace the outline of my face, "they are going to watch you die and while their all delirious with pain we will finish them off."
"We?" I whimpered as his finger traced the outline of my lips. I hugged Dee tighter against me. Blake let out another airy laugh as if he didn't have a care in the world.
"I'm not suicidal Ava," he whispered leaning in close, "plenty of my friends were happy to join my little wolf hunt. You can probably imagine your wolfs aren't exactly popular within my kind."
Breathing heavily I listened to the quiet hiss of the wind from outside and the whistle of a bird.
"You don't want to do this," I insisted, "there must be some good left in you. Somewhere."
"Darling," his hand moved to rest of my bare thigh, "I have lived three hundred and two years I have done worse things than you could even dream of. But right now you are tempting me, its as if you dressed up just for me. I have been lonely these past few days."
"Bite me," I snarled leaning far away from him. His lips curled up into a mocking smile.
"I think we'll leave that part of the show for later," he grinned flashing his teeth again. His skin felt slippery and cold on my exposed skin, almost as if he was a living corpse which in some ways I suppose he was. Around us the air was deadly silent, I wondered how long he would be able to last without killing one of us.
"I-I'm sure you mate wouldn't have wanted you to do this," I whispered carefully, "she would have wanted you to move on."
"Don't talk about Stephenia like that," he roared pinning me easily against the wall, "she lived for revenge. I have to get even. You don't understand the immense pain I'm going through. Maybe I should show you?" his eyes flitted quickly to Dee.
"No," I gasped, "No. Don't touch her!"
I screamed out as he threw me casually against the wall my arm bending sideways and my head hitting the wall behind it. Blake moved carefully, like a predator, as he walked towards Dee. I hated being useless but there was nothing I could do except watch. He lifted her arm carefully in the air as if scared of damaging it before turning his eyes back to me.
"Kill me," I hissed, "kill me. Please not her. Please."
"What do you hate more than anything in the world?" he asked slowly as if expecting me to think carefully about my answer. Shivering I wrapped my arms tighter around my body willing the wolfs to hurry up.
"You," I spat, "I hate you."
"Such a shame," he murmured as he peered down at Dee, "I was looking forward o having come fun with you but none the less you little friend needs to know what its like to feel pain. Real pain."
I scrambled quickly to my feet looking for something, anything that I could hit him over the head with. But I was too late. My knees buckled underneath me as Dee's hysterical scream filled the cottage. Blake sunk his teeth into her neck.
"Stop," I sobbed, "oh God. No."
Blake's eyes were becoming a deeper red with every drop of blood he drunk, Dee wriggled around on the floor underneath him.
A wolf howled nearby. Jumping to my feet I ran towards the door but Blake was faster than me. He pinned me against the door his mouth covered in Dee's blood. I whimpered as she screamed out on the floor thrashing her hands and legs in the air. Something wasn't right. He had stooped, she should have been fine.
"What's happening to her?" I flinched as she screamed out again, her voice ragged.
More wolfs howled outside and Blake's eyes flitted almost nervously around the cottage. They had found us.
"She's becoming like me," he smiled maliciously twisting a strand of my hair around his finger, " she's turning into a vampire."
"Your lying," I screeched ducking under his arm to take Dee's hand in mine. She was so cold. A sharp pain shot through my heart as she screamed out again. Dee couldn't become a vampire. She couldn't.
"Too many," Blake was muttering as he paced up and down the cottage, "too soon."
"Fire," Dee whimpered hitting her hand repeatedly off the floor, "make it stop. Make it go away!"
"Ssshh," I sobbed grabbing her icy hand in mine, "it's going to be okay. Everything is going to be okay. I promise." I had always been a terrible liar.
Blake's icy arms were around my body before I realised what was happening.
"Let me go," I tried to reach around and scratch his face but his hold was so tight that I almost couldn't breath. Gasping for breath I kicked out at the air my heart hammering against my chest. Was he finally going to kill me?
"Here's the plan," Blake whispered in my ear, "you are not going to move. You are my hostage and until my friends arrive you are going to do as I say."
"Your outnumbered," I realised laughing loudly. I whimpered as he squeezed my stomach tighter. He could have broken my ribs with the flick of his wrist.
"I am the one in control here," he spat, "it would do you good to remember that." Dee let out another heartbreaking scream as Blake dragged me outside into the woods, the cold air seemed to slap me on the face.
Growls engulfed me and I blinked in surprise at the wolfs circling us. My eyes quickly sought out Embry's chocolate brown ones, his pain was open for the whole world to see, his whole body stiff with anger. I whimpered quietly as Blake tightened his hold on me again. The growls got louder.
"I suggest you all stay where you are," Blake's tongue trailed along the base of my neck, "or I will snap her neck before you can even blink."
Dee's screams got louder from inside as the wolfs all growled together.
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