Sam was on her knees screaming in terror as Cassandra laughed at her…mocked her and tormented her while she was stuck in the vampires dream and she saw no escape. Cassandra reached down and ran her hands seductively through Sam's long blonde hair and Sam wanted to run…she wanted to stand up and run from this girl who she now knew owned her soul, but she could not escape her; she could never escape her. Sam screamed again but this time in pain as Cassandra grabbed her hair and pulled her head back hard.
"Would you like to see some of my other dreams, Samantha? Would you like to know what else I dream?" Cassandra asked with an evil smile.
Sam shook her head as best she could with Cassandra holding it…hurting her, "N…no…please no. I…I…saw them last night…please don't do this to…to me anymore…please." Sam begged as tears ran down her cheeks.
Cassandra leaned down and whispered in Sam's ear, "Why, Samantha, I think you are being rude. It makes me sad you do not want to know what else I dream…makes me very sad." She said as a child who did not get what she wanted for her birthday.
"Oh…God…please no…I…I can't…I can't…please leave me alone…I'll do anything for you…anything…please…I'll give you anything you want! I…I can't take it anymore!" Sam pleaded in her terror.
Cassandra let go of Sam's hair and laughed, "Of course you will give me anything I want, Samantha, I am your Mistress…you owner…you will give me all I want. You will give me all I desire from you for all eternity, Samantha!" Her laugh once again turned evil and her face became evil and terrifying and so beautiful…always so beautiful even in her horror.
Sam suddenly woke up in a cold sweat and screamed. Her heart was beating fast and her breathing was coming in short deep breaths. She looked around and saw herself in her mother's room and looked at the clock and saw she had been asleep for almost two hours. Just two hours and she came to me…oh God…I'll never sleep again…I can never go to sleep again! Sam screamed in her head. She looked up as her bedroom door flew open and Freddie walked in.
"Sam, you ok? I heard you screaming." He asked in a panicked voice.
Sam nodded her head, "Yeah…just…just a bad dream. Is Henry here? I…I need to talk to him." Sam asked. She needed to understand what Cassandra meant by marking her and how she can fix it. She glanced around the room and saw her gun and holster hanging on the bed post, Henry must have put it there she thought, and her cross laying on the night stand and wondered why she was not wearing it. She needed to wear it…to put it on. Sam shook her head, I'll get it later…need to talk to Freddie first…need Henry.
Freddie shook his head, "No he went to meet someone and said he would be back later and Miriam said she had to do something as well but wouldn't say what it was. The girl…Mei…is still asleep and Carly is as well for course."
Sam nodded, she did not want Carly…Carly was one of them…Carly was like Cassandra. Cassandra had shown her last night what Carly was…she had shown Sam what Carly truly was and the terrible horrible things the vampire she loved had committed and they frightened Sam and right now she did not want to see Carly. She was glad Carly was asleep. She looked at Freddie and smiled.
"Freddie…come…sit next to me." Sam told the boy.
Freddie nodded and walked over to Sam and sat down next to her. Sam looked at him and smiled somewhat shyly and even…seductively? Freddie thought.
"Freddie…I…hold me, please…I had a terrible dream." Sam whispered in a girl like voice. Freddie thought it was very un-Sam like. It held two things Freddie never heard from Sam before. It held fear and it held a hint of lust.
Freddie put his arm around Sam and pulled her close to him. Not to tight but in a brotherly fashion, "Sure, Sam, I…I will hold you. Are you sure you're ok?"
Sam nodded and snuggled closer, "Yes I am fine." Sam looked up at Freddie's face and smiled, "I never realized how cute you are, Freddie." Sam lifted her hand and caressed the boys face. "So cute…kiss me, Freddie." Sam whispered with desire.
Freddie pulled back, "Sam…what…what are you doing? This…you are just upset. I'll…I'll go get you some water or something."
Sam laughed and Freddie thought the laugh did not sound like Sam. It was different and full of dark promises and desires. "No…look at me Freddie…am I not pretty? I know you want me, Freddie…I can tell." Sam whispered again and it sent chills over Freddie's body.
Freddie looked into Sam's eye, "Yes…you are pretty. I…I always thought you were…but this is not right, Sam…Sam…your eyes…they…they are green. You don't have green eyes."
"Hush, Freddie, and kiss me. I want you…I want to fell your body pressed to mine. I want to feel your kiss. I want to give you pleasure. I want to fell you inside me." Sam whispered and smiled when she saw the pupils of Freddie's eyes grow wide and she knew she had him…she knew he was trapped and he would do whatever she asked of him.
Freddie leaned in, "Yes…I want you! I want you so bad!" Freddie's lips crashed into Sam's and as they kissed she opened her mouth and allowed his tongue to enter her parted lips and he pushed to down to the bed and roughly and climbed on top of her. Sam laid back on the bed and spread her legs as they kissed to allow the boys body to press against her. Sam broke the kiss and started kissing Freddie's neck and the boy moaned in pleasure as Sam found the hard beating pulse of his neck. She kissed it and sucked and at wanted to bite it. She wanted to feel the blood rush over her mouth and to drink the sweet copper tasting blood and let it flow into her and nourish her. She bit him and he let out a gasp on pain and pleasure as her teeth broke his skin just a little and she licked the wonderful blood and felt Freddie shudder in pleasure. Sam laughed and rolled Freddie over on his back and continued to lick the sweet blood from his neck.
"Oh…God…Sam…please…please fuck me!" Freddie begged and Sam looked up into his eyes and smiled.
"Yesss…but I will give you such pleasure first." Sam hissed in an unearthly voice as she pulled Freddie's shirt over his head and ran her lips down his body and kissed and sucked his hardening nipples. He squirmed and groaned in pleasure as Sam kissed down his body and paused at his waist. She looked up into his eyes and smiled as she unbuckled his pants and pulled them down along with his underwear. The boy's already erect penis seemed to pop out and Sam took it in her hand and gently caressed it and smiled as Freddie moaned and thrust his hips forward. Sam teased it with her hand for a moment and then lowered her parted lips and took the boy in her mouth. Freddie gasped in pleasure as his hand reached down and he tangled it in Sam's long hair.
"Yes…oh yes…that…that feels great…don't stop…please…" Freddie begged in his desire.
Sam worked the boy with her mouth and hands as she felt the desire build in her. She wanted to feel him in her mouth more and more and then between her legs. She felt herself get wet between her legs and her clit started to throb as she worked the boy and gave him pleasure.
"Sam! I heard that…oh shit! I…sorry…" Sam looked up and saw Mei standing at the door wearing an old tee shirt and nothing else. Her face was flushed with embarrassment at walking in on the scene. She started to back out of the room when she suddenly stopped.
"Waaait!" Sam hissed as she looked at Mei. Mei looked into Sam's eyes and froze. Sam got off the bed and walked over to Mei and ran her hand through the girl's long straight silky black hair. As with Freddie her pupils we wide as she was caught in Sam's gaze and she could not move or resist Sam.
"So lovely…so beautiful." Sam whispered and pulled Mei's shirt over her head. Sam bent down and kissed Mei as her hands ran over the girl's small perky breasts and started to tease her almost black nipples. Mei moaned and pushed herself tight against Sam body. Sam pulled back and laughed as she grabbed the girl's hand and led her to the bed.
"Help me…help me please him and you will also please me." Sam whispered in her ear and Mei let out a moan of pleasure. Sam lay the girl on the bed between Freddie's legs and guided Mei's mouth to Freddie's penis. Mei took the boy in her mouth as Sam placed a hand on the back of her head and pushed her down harder. Mei gasped and choked as Sam laughed and just kept pushing Mei up and down hard on Freddie's erect manhood. Freddie started moaning and thrusting his hips to meet Mei's rhythm. Sam stood and removed her shirt and panties and positioned her body next to Freddie's and kissed him deep and passionate as she took one of his hands and guided him inside her. She gasped at the pleasure and her hips thrust to meet his fingers and Sam threw her head back and moaned.
A long time later Sam lay on the bed her body spent with Mei curled up next to her and Freddie on the other side of Mei snuggling the Asian girl tight. Both were asleep and Sam tried to scream as she heard laughter in her head…Cassandra's laughter but no sound came out of her mouth. Things Sam did came rushing back to her…everything she did…they did. Her having sex with Freddie, Freddie having sex with Mei, Sam having sex with Mei…the details and even the pleasures rushed in her head like a dream…no a nightmare…as Cassandra's laugh filled her mind.
"See, Samantha, I own you. I can control you while I sleep and while I am awake. Do you think my powers are weak when I rest…do you think you can ever escape me? Come back to me, Samantha, come back to me or I will control you again and make you do this and more…oh so much more…come home, Samantha." Cassandra laughed again and this time Sam was able to scream and she did. One long drawn out scream of fear and despair and lost hope.
Sam felt Mei and Freddie wake suddenly and she could not face them after what she was made to do when Cassandra took over her mind and body. She jumped from the bed and ran into the bathroom, locked the door, and turned on the shower. She wanted clean…she wanted to wash everything off her body. Sam scrubbed and washed and then sat in the corner of the shower and cried as the water ran over her. Sam curled up in the shower and sobbed and did not move even when the hot water ran out and her naked body was pelted with the cold. She was shivering from the cold and had her knees drawn up to her chin and had her head buried against her knees and she finally looked up when she felt the water stop hitting her body. She saw Mei standing kneeling on the outside of the tub still naked also.
"Sam…Sam…please, baby, you need to get out. You are freezing." Mei tried to grab Sam but the blonde jerked away.
"No…please…leave me alone…I…just leave me alone and let…let me die!" Sam screamed and Mei got up and crawled in the tub and wrapped her hands around Sam. At first Sam resisted and struggled but Mei's wereleopard strength was too much and she finally collapsed into the Asian girl's small delicate but strong arms and started sobbing.
"It…it wasn't me…Oh God, Mei, I swear it wasn't me…please…please believe that!" Sam cried out and Mei rocked her.
"I know, baby, I know…it wasn't any of us…she…she controlled you and made you control us…shhh…it's ok, Sam…we'll help you…we will all help you like you helped us last night." Mei soothed Sam with words as she hugged the girl tight. After a while she wrapped Sam in a towel and walked her back into the bedroom.
"Where…where is Freddie…oh God…Freddie…what have I done…what have I do to him and you…to all of you." Sam cried out as Mei lay her on the bed. Sam did notice someone…most likely Mei…did change the sheets and thought that was kind and tactful of her.
"He…well…he left. He got scared and well…ashamed if what he did. He was very embarrassed and left."
Sam nodded and was glad. She did not know how she was ever going to face Freddie again after this and she was also glad he left to get out of danger. She hoped he ran far away to get away from her. Sam lay under the sheets naked and felt Mei press her naked body against her and she welcomed the warmth of her skin.
"Why…why aren't you…well…ashamed?" Sam asked
Mei giggled as she spooned Sam and ran her hands over Sam's body not in a sexual gesture but to warm the girl's cold skin. "Well…let's just say that was not the first time I have been in that situation…through normally it is me and two other girls. I have not had a man on a while…now I realized I missed it."
Sam shook her head, "How…how can you joke, Mei…after what I did…after what I made you…both of you do?"
"Yes…I am sorry…I…was just trying to make it easier for you. It was not you, Sam…I know it and Freddie knows it. He even said before he left that he knew it was not you by the color of your eyes but he could not resist."
Sam pressed her back tighter against Mei, "I…I want it all to end, Mei…I…I wish Henry would have killed me last night. She…she did things to me and made me enjoy it. She…she showed me things…terrible awful…painful things and it was like I was doing them or…or feeling them…oh God why can't I just die!"
"Shhh…no, Sam, please don't say that…please. I…I felt the same way after my attack. When I found out what I had become. I know it is not the same but I also know what it is like to have something control you. I…I tried to kill myself over and over. I would slit my wrists but they kept healing. I took pills but our metabolisms are faster and they would make me sleep but not kill me. I wanted to die after what I became. I thought how could I tell my family…what would they do and how would they react. Would they think I was crazy and lock me up in a mental hospital and then what? I would change and kill people. They still…they still don't know. Then Drake came to me and introduced me to the pard and I felt at home…so at home and they helped me, Sam. They helped me as my friends. Just like we will help you…we are your friends. Please know that and trust us. Even Henry through her won't admit it. He will kill for you and for what was done to you. At first it was revenge for himself he wanted, but after last night I saw him…I can remember things when I change and I saw the look in his eyes and he wanted to kill…to kill for revenge for you. And even Carly…she…I saw a side of her that was…well…she was heartbroken for what happened to you. We will help you, Sam. Please trust us."
Sam wiped her eyes, "There…there is no hope for me, Mei…I…I saw it. And…and Carly is one of them. Cassandra showed me what she did and how evil she is."
Mei hugged Sam tight, "Shhh…just rest, Sam, just rest and get some sleep."
Sam's body tightened, "No…no…I…I can't sleep…she…she will come to me again and…I…I can't take it again…please don't let me sleep, Mei…please keep me awake." Sam begged.
Mei smiled sadly, "Ok, Sam, I will keep you awake."
Mei talked to Sam about school her home and family in North Carolina and about boy friends and girl friends and her life in high school as she tried to keep Sam awake. Sam would even giggle or chuckle at some of Mei' stories but sleep eventually took her and she dreamed but it was not a nightmare of Cassandra. Sam had a pleasant dream of her and Melanie and her mom and how things used to be. It was a nice dream that made Sam happy and she slept peacefully as Mei held her.
Sam awoke suddenly when the bedroom door flew open and she looked up and saw Carly standing in the doorway looking so beautiful in a simple plaid skirt and black tee shirt. She was grinning as she looked at Sam and had such a happy look on her face Sam did not understand how this girl who showed her so much love could ever be evil.
"Sam! Oh thank the heavens you are ok! Ohhh Sam, I was so worried! I was so frightened for you and I…." Carly's grin suddenly vanished as she saw Mei stir and unwrap her arms from Sam and look at Carly. Carly saw both girls were naked. Carly's face changed from happy to angry and evil.
"You…you, bitch! I warned you, cat! I warned you what I would do to you if you persisted on this matter! I warned you, whore!" Carly screamed at Mei and her voice held so much hate it sent a chill up Sam's spine.
"Carly…no! Please…you don't understand!" Sam yelled out.
Carly ignored her and as Mei tried to get out of the bed she was suddenly thrown across the room and smashed into the large chest of drawers and the mirror on top shattered and fell on top of her. Carly made no dramatic hand gestures of magic or other such nonsense she just looked at Mei and used her mind to throw the girl across the room. Mei looked at Carly in fear.
"Please, Carly…please it is not what you think…please…" Mei's words were cut short as she let out an awful scream.
"I warned you, whore! I warned you what would happen. I told you I knew your worst nightmare and now you will live it over and over until it drives you mad! Until you beg for your death!"
Mei screamed again, "No…please not that…please noooo! Help me, Sam…oh God please don't let her do this to me! You…you are my protector, Sam…please help meeee…" Mei screamed and curled up on the floor as her mind relived her most terrible nightmare. It was not when she was attacked and infected it was much worse. It was when she lost her family…her pard.
It was the night of the full moon and her pard gathered in its meeting place as it did every month. The pard was small with only twelve wereleopards but they were a proud and noble pard and they were a family. There was no bickering for strength or the constant struggle for power like there was in other larger lycanthrope groups like the wolves. They were a family and their Nimir-Raj was their father and he protected them. Mei was the newest member of the pard and they took her in with kindness and love. She never felt such love as she did with them. Even her human family who did love her and her them could not compare to the feeling she got when she was around the pard…her people. She was as submissive and needed a dominant to protect her and also to teach her because she was new. The Nimir-Raj bound her to Drake. Drake was the second strongest behind their king and he was kind and caring and treated Mei like a daughter and she looked at him like a father and they were closer still since they were bound. She loved Drake above all others in her family of wereleopards.
Their king told them he rejected the wolves' Ulfric's demands to form a single alliance of lycanthropes with him as the leader. He told them to be cautious. Their king told them he heard the wererat's king also rejected Mathew's attempts at an alliance but the rats were strong and their king Maurice was not afraid of the wolves. Maurice was a good king and ran his Rodre (the pack) like a military group and he could handle the wolves. Mei's king told them he was working on an alliance with the rats and it would soon become complete and soon they would be safe from the wolves but in the meantime they had to be careful. So they kept in groups in their everyday lives and Mei stayed with Drake so he would protect her. Then the full moon came and they would all change and their Nimir-Raj would lead them on a great hunt in the woods far from the city and he would feed his people on the delicious sweet meat and blood of deer and other prey.
The gathering was a special occasion filled with ceremony and laughs and closeness of family. They would change at midnight and then hunt. It was going well until the wolves attacked. There were so many and Mei saw her king…her Nimir-raj murdered after he killed three wolves but there were just too many and they overpowered him. Mei stood there in shock and fear as Drake grabbed her and half dragged her and half carried her through the woods. Mei was screaming in fear as her protector…her "father" carried her. Then she heard the howls of the wolves and knew they were close and following them. After they ran for a period of time Drake set her down and hugged her tight.
"I love you, Mei…as much as I would a daughter." He whispered as he hugged her and let her go. "You must change…release the beast Mei. You cannot out run them in human form. Change and run…run and go to the witch Miriam…you know where she lives. Hurry!"
Mei stared at him with tears in her eyes and grabbed him again, "Nooo…I…I won't leave you…please Drake…please nooo!" She screamed and he pushed her away again. Mei saw he now had changed. He changed into his half human and half leopard form and she knew he was going to fight. He was going to protect her as he was bound to do and he was going to die so she could live. Mei screamed and pleaded with Drake as he turned and ran back to the wolves. Mei snuck close and saw him fight and he fought well and with strength as the wolves attacked. She felt pride…oh such pride when she saw him fight. He was strong and brave and terrible to behold in his power. He killed five wolves even as he was wounded and could barely stand but still he fought to save her. Mei stifled a scream when she saw the killing blow. A giant of a half man half wolf with blood already on his mouth and his claws stalked forward and pushed the lesser wolves aside. He walked to Drake who was on his knees and Mei saw Drake lash out with his claws but he was too wounded…to hurt to have much power behind his strike. The giant half wolf grabbed that arm and bent it up and Mei could hear the bones crack but still Drake did not cry out. The wolf picked Drake up by his neck with one hand and brought him to eye level. Drake spit in the wolf's face and then the wolf buried his jaws into Drake's neck. Mei knew her protector and the man she loved as a father was dead at the hands of the wolves' Ulfric. She cried as she ran and then changed into her leopard form and ran and ran to the witch Miriam her heart broken as she lost her family.
As Mei lay curled up on the floor whimpering with tears running down her eyes Sam looked at Carly. "Stop it! Leave her alone!" She yelled at Carly and ran over and pulled her gun from it's holster and pointed it at Carly.
"Carly, leave her alone. Stop it or…or…I swear I will shoot you!" Sam screamed.
Carly turned to Sam and for the first time since she met Carly Sam felt the vampire's power unleashed. Carly's eyes seemed to burn like a black soulless fire and her hair was whipping around her face with unfelt wind. Sam felt more than saw Carly's power as her skin tingled and her bones seemed to ache with the shear weight of the vampire's unleashed force and she became cold…so very cold as if she was laying naked in the snow. Carly did not look like the beautiful seventeen year old girl Sam had fell in love with instead she looked terrible and haunting and so lovely in her evil.
"You…you chose her over me? You dare to choose that…that thing over me!?" Carly hissed in her anger and the sound of her voice made Sam feel sick and her skin crawl with tiny insects biting her.
"I…I am not choosing anyone! You…you don't understand…you…you always assume the worst but that…that is who you are. She showed me! Cassandra showed me who you are last night in her fucking coffin, Carly. She showed and made me feel so many things and…and made me do things to her and she did things to me…and…and God help me I loved it…I loved her…but of all the pain she showed me and made me feel what hurt worse was what she showed me about you, Carly. She showed me you are just like her! You are evil and…and just like her! Now let her go or I will shoot you!"
Carly laughed and she rose off the ground as her hair whipped around her harder, "You gun cannot kill me, Sam, not before I kill you and your whore!" Her laugh made Sam stagger back from its power and evil.
Sam shook her head, "Maybe not…but it is loaded with silver bullets and…but it damn sure will hurt and…and if I shoot you in the head a couple of time it will kill you also. Now let her go!"
Carly threw her hand up and Sam went flying in the air and her back slammed into the wall and she fell to the ground on her knees and her gun fell from her hands. She looked up at Carly and knew the vampire would kill her now.
"Take your pathetic whore then…I should have known better than to love you…a stupid human!" Carly yelled and quickly ran from the room and from the house.
Sam crawled to Mei who was still on the floor whimpering and Sam held her in her arms. "Mei…Mei…are you ok?" She asked in a gentle voice.
Mei looked up, "Sam…oh Sam, it…it…oh God…it was awful…it was like…like it was happening over and over again…" Mei placed her head against Sam's chest and started sobbing and then Sam started crying.
"Oh God…what have I done…why…why…what have I done!" She cried out. She was crying because Carly left her. She was terrified of Carly at that moment but she loved her…she still loved Carly and now she was gone and never coming back and it was all her fault. She did not regret protecting Mei…she would have done that over again…but she knew everything was her fault because Cassandra had her…Cassandra owned her body and soul.
Henry and Miriam ran into the room as Sam held the crying Mei. Sam looked up and saw Henry had his gun drawn as Miriam fell to her knees next to Mei and tried to pull her away from Sam but the Asian girl shook her off and clutched her blonde haired protector harder. Behind Henry stood another man Sam knew must be the "backup" Henry mentioned. He was very tall and large. She stood about six five and his muscles showed tight against his shirt but Sam gave him just a glance as she made eyes contact with Henry.
"Why…why didn't you kill me? Why didn't you kill me last night, Henry…oh God why!?" You promised you would kill me! You promised the monsters would not get me, Henry! You promised SHE would not get me and she did…she still has me! Oh God…please…please kill me!" Sam screamed in a voice strained and cracking with emotion and Henry heard the pleading and begging in the girl's voice. Sam would rather die than let Cassandra have her again.
"I tried, Sam. I am sorry I failed you but I did try." He said in his cold professional voice. "Tell me, Sam…you need to tell me how she has you. You forgot the first part of rule number one is 'if you cannot save the humans from the monsters' I am going to save you from her but I need to know what she did to you. You have to tell me." Henry dropped next to Sam and wrapped her naked body in a sheet from the bed.
Sam looked up with tears running down her cheeks, "She…she told me she marked me. Gave me…the…the first mark…what ever that means. I…I can see her in her dreams and…and she can control my mind and make me do things…so…so you have to kill me before I…I get all of you killed…before she comes to me again…please, Henry…please…don't let her get me again."
"We need to kill the vampire, Henry, if we are to save the girl here. Either that or we kill the girl." The large man said in a deep voice. Sam looked at him and saw his eyes. They were black and emotionless. They reminded Sam of the eyes of a shark when she would watch Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. Black, cold, lifeless…like a doll's eyes. Sam did not like him and was scared of him.
Henry turned his head, "Leave us, Victor, go into the kitchen and wait. We go after the vampire first and then if we don't get her we do Sam. But first we try the vampire."
"It's is your party, Reaper." The man Victor said as he left the room. Sam could hear scorn in his voice as he said Henry's nickname but also fear. The large man feared Henry. Sam briefly thought why not? Even the monsters feared Henry.
Henry grabbed Sam and shook her gently, "Listen to me, Sam; with the first mark she had more control on you when she sleeps. Awake she does not have that much control over you…and wear your cross. If you wear the cross the first mark becomes weak and she can't enter your dreams or your mind. We will go get her tomorrow…tomorrow we will kill the bitch, Sam. You and I."
Sam shook her head as she let go of Mei and hugged Henry tight, "No…please don't make me go. I…I can't go back there…I can't face her again…please don't make me." Sam begged in a quite voice. Mei crawled wrapped her arms around Sam and for a moment the Sam hated her. Hated her because it was her fault Carly left.
"Sam…remember we will help you. You friends…we will be with you. I…I will go back with you." Mei whispered in her ear and Sam nodded as Miriam got Sam's cross and placed it around the blonde girl's neck.