Part 11
It was as if all her nerves inside her brain had been lit up at once, like fireworks sparking. The result was a fizzling white light that started out small, but was slowly growing inside.
She could feel herself being pulled towards Chase, into his arms, pressing herself against him. Part of her was screaming silently in protest, but another part of her couldn't resist the light.
The next thing she felt was his lips on hers, a feeling of heat and fire running along her nerves.
But the feeling was deepening, intensifying. She could see images swirling around in her mind, see things that she had never seen before, she feel feelings that didn't belong to her.
Then she realised...they were Chase's feelings, his memories. And she knew as she was being drawn into his mind, he was being pulled into her.
It was a sensation she could never describe in words no matter how hard she could describe, what it was like to be drawn into another person's *mind*, to almost see through their eyes...
~What *is* this?~ she thought.
~It's called the Soulmate Principle.~
It was Chase's voice, but it wasn't out loud, it was inside her head. She hadn't been thinking for him to read, but when you were trapped in a world inside another person's mind, it kind of just made sense that your thoughts were available to the other person.
Shauna frowned a little. She had heard of the Soulmate Principle, all Daybreakers had, but as far as she had been concerned, it was just soppy nonsense.
But considering the idea of a vampire and a vampire hunter being destined for each other...it was laughable really.
"How do we stop this?" she asked, using her real voice, and just like that, the illusion was shattered, and they were thrown back onto a deserted street in the pouring rain.
They just stood there staring at each other. Shauna felt embarrassed and almost awkward. So. The vampire in front of her was the one person meant for her for all eternity.
"So now what?" he asked.
"I don't know," she admitted in a small voice. Did she love him? She wasn't sure. Ten minutes ago she would have almost laughed until she'd died if someone had asked her that.
But now...everything seemed different, yet it was the same as well.
Chase sighed, irritated if anything. "I really don't see what the fuss about this soulmate thing is," he said moodily.
Shauna stared at him, remembering why she hated the guy. What an arrogant stuck up jerk! She hoped that Leila with the red eyes would come back and get him.
"Why don't we just go home and pretend this never happened?" he said finally.
"Fine by me," she snapped. "Go."
He went. Just like that, in the blink of an eye, she was gone, left alone in the rain. She sighed and decided to head home. There was nothing else to do, really.
Men, she thought sourly. The most absurd species created yet.
* * *
The red-eyed girl paced up and down, trying to contain her seething fury. She was angry enough that even the rain didn't sooth her. She threw a glass at the wall and watched it shattering.
Damn. This was the second time her victims had gotten away from her. She sighed heavily, slumping down in a chair. Everything was going wrong.
She sighed, wondering if she should just say the hell with it and end it now...
No. She stood up, shaking her head abruptly. What was she thinking? She would never give up. She was going to try again.
An idea for the final act was already blooming in her twisted little mind.
* * *
Part 12
Chase sighed with irritation. Everything seemed to irritate him lately. If this psychotic killer wasn't bad enough, and being forced to work with stupid annoying Daybreakers, and to top it all off, the vampire hunter was his soulmate.
Being soulmated with a vampire hunter. What vampire in their right mind would want *that?*
He shook his head, wondering why everything had to always go wrong. He had never believed in soulmates before now. He had always hoped for a nice, sexy vampire girl.
But instead, he got a snotty hunter who was a pain in the ass. He groaned inwardly, heading up the steps to his apartment. He felt like killing someone. That would cheer him up, but whenever he started contemplating the hard - or maybe not-so-hard - task of who, his thoughts started returned to Shauna, and he realised, with horror, he was worried that she would be mad at him.
He shook his head, taking out his keys. Maybe he'd settle for a night of getting nicely drunk instead. He decided to settle on that, wondering if he should head to the local 7-11 and stock up his alcohol supply.
He opened the door to his apartment, and immediately realised he wasn't alone. There was a very distinct *presence* in the room that didn't belong there.
He scowled, his night hunter eyes glaring through the darkness. Senses about him, he moved slowly around the apartment, trying to locate the source of the sense...
No one seemed to be there.
What the...?
A sound behind him made him whirl around but before he could do anything a blast of power hit him along with something hard slamming against his head.
The last thing he saw before he blacked out was a flash of red eyes.
* * *
It was as if all her nerves inside her brain had been lit up at once, like fireworks sparking. The result was a fizzling white light that started out small, but was slowly growing inside.
She could feel herself being pulled towards Chase, into his arms, pressing herself against him. Part of her was screaming silently in protest, but another part of her couldn't resist the light.
The next thing she felt was his lips on hers, a feeling of heat and fire running along her nerves.
But the feeling was deepening, intensifying. She could see images swirling around in her mind, see things that she had never seen before, she feel feelings that didn't belong to her.
Then she realised...they were Chase's feelings, his memories. And she knew as she was being drawn into his mind, he was being pulled into her.
It was a sensation she could never describe in words no matter how hard she could describe, what it was like to be drawn into another person's *mind*, to almost see through their eyes...
~What *is* this?~ she thought.
~It's called the Soulmate Principle.~
It was Chase's voice, but it wasn't out loud, it was inside her head. She hadn't been thinking for him to read, but when you were trapped in a world inside another person's mind, it kind of just made sense that your thoughts were available to the other person.
Shauna frowned a little. She had heard of the Soulmate Principle, all Daybreakers had, but as far as she had been concerned, it was just soppy nonsense.
But considering the idea of a vampire and a vampire hunter being destined for each other...it was laughable really.
"How do we stop this?" she asked, using her real voice, and just like that, the illusion was shattered, and they were thrown back onto a deserted street in the pouring rain.
They just stood there staring at each other. Shauna felt embarrassed and almost awkward. So. The vampire in front of her was the one person meant for her for all eternity.
"So now what?" he asked.
"I don't know," she admitted in a small voice. Did she love him? She wasn't sure. Ten minutes ago she would have almost laughed until she'd died if someone had asked her that.
But now...everything seemed different, yet it was the same as well.
Chase sighed, irritated if anything. "I really don't see what the fuss about this soulmate thing is," he said moodily.
Shauna stared at him, remembering why she hated the guy. What an arrogant stuck up jerk! She hoped that Leila with the red eyes would come back and get him.
"Why don't we just go home and pretend this never happened?" he said finally.
"Fine by me," she snapped. "Go."
He went. Just like that, in the blink of an eye, she was gone, left alone in the rain. She sighed and decided to head home. There was nothing else to do, really.
Men, she thought sourly. The most absurd species created yet.
* * *
The red-eyed girl paced up and down, trying to contain her seething fury. She was angry enough that even the rain didn't sooth her. She threw a glass at the wall and watched it shattering.
Damn. This was the second time her victims had gotten away from her. She sighed heavily, slumping down in a chair. Everything was going wrong.
She sighed, wondering if she should just say the hell with it and end it now...
No. She stood up, shaking her head abruptly. What was she thinking? She would never give up. She was going to try again.
An idea for the final act was already blooming in her twisted little mind.
* * *
Part 12
Chase sighed with irritation. Everything seemed to irritate him lately. If this psychotic killer wasn't bad enough, and being forced to work with stupid annoying Daybreakers, and to top it all off, the vampire hunter was his soulmate.
Being soulmated with a vampire hunter. What vampire in their right mind would want *that?*
He shook his head, wondering why everything had to always go wrong. He had never believed in soulmates before now. He had always hoped for a nice, sexy vampire girl.
But instead, he got a snotty hunter who was a pain in the ass. He groaned inwardly, heading up the steps to his apartment. He felt like killing someone. That would cheer him up, but whenever he started contemplating the hard - or maybe not-so-hard - task of who, his thoughts started returned to Shauna, and he realised, with horror, he was worried that she would be mad at him.
He shook his head, taking out his keys. Maybe he'd settle for a night of getting nicely drunk instead. He decided to settle on that, wondering if he should head to the local 7-11 and stock up his alcohol supply.
He opened the door to his apartment, and immediately realised he wasn't alone. There was a very distinct *presence* in the room that didn't belong there.
He scowled, his night hunter eyes glaring through the darkness. Senses about him, he moved slowly around the apartment, trying to locate the source of the sense...
No one seemed to be there.
What the...?
A sound behind him made him whirl around but before he could do anything a blast of power hit him along with something hard slamming against his head.
The last thing he saw before he blacked out was a flash of red eyes.
* * *