Victor didn't even blink. He simply stuck his foot out and tripped him.
Dylan gave a small yelp before falling flat on his face. Victor looked down
at him "Man, what do you think you're doing?"
When he didn't respond they all surrounded him. Victor nudged his ribs with his foot. "Dylan?"
Maya gently raised his head by his soft, brown hair. A large red bruise was forming on his forehead. "Jesus Christ Victor! You killed him!"
He squatted down and grabbed Dylan by an arm. "Shut up Maya. He simply fainted. Come on help me take him inside."
Kisha and Kage followed them.
"Why do you think he attacked you Vic?" Kage asked him.
"Because he's demented." He answered as they took Dylan to the one room in the cabin. They gently laid him down on the bed.
"Actually Victor," Maya smiled sweetly at him, making him think she was about to say something he'd find uncomfortable. "It was because Ella is his cousin."
He let out a held breath. "Is everybody related in this stupid town?"
"Hey, I hate to be the voice of reason but we need fire if we're going stay here."
Victor looked at Kage like he was out of his mind." Well, I'm not. See you losers later."
Maya's words stopped him on his way out of the door. "They saw you with me. So if they are after me they can use you to get here. You are not leaving anywhere."
"She's right. We're in this together." Kisha turned to Kage. "Even you. You owe me for dirtying my place. So you and I are going to go get some wood for a fire.
Maya found herself acquiring a whole new respect for her. It doubled when Kage meekly accepted her orders. She soon found herself alone with Victor.
She looked at him until he frowned. "What?"
"Nothing, you know you could be a little bit nicer." She answered
"I could but where is the fun in that?" He made his way out of the room into the living room and threw himself on a couch.
She followed him. "When are you going to grow up?"
"I have no idea what you are talking about." He closed his eyes and proceeded to ignore her.
"You wouldn't." She left to go check on Dylan. Victor raised himself up and watched her go.
With a curse he went after her. He found her gently caressing Dylan's hair. He leaned against the door and glowered at her. "Why do you care?"
She met his now dark eyes evenly. "He's a person you know. Just because he's not like us it doesn't mean you should treat him with disrespect. He's not like them either. You could have stopped him instead of tripping him."
"He went after me with a stake!"
She showed no sympathy towards him. "You were doing God knows what to his cousin! How would you have felt if I was your cousin and you found out Dylan was doing the same thing to me you were doing to Ella."
He took two steps and he stood above her. "I would have killed him."
She looked up at him and her mouth went dry. His handsome features were set in rage and his eyes blazed black.
* * * * * * * * * *
They head towards the back of the house where Kisha kept a pile of wood.
"What was that back there?" She asked Kage
He feigned dismay. "What was what?"
"The little seduction scene in front of My and Victor."
He threw his head back and laughed. "Honey that wasn't seduction. When I make up my mind to seduce you, you wont have time to think about it."
"Whatever Kage. It still was stupid. Maya and Victor could have found out we are soulmates.
He eyes her curiously. "I wasn't the one getting jealous over Megan."
She tripped over a twig. His arms instantly shot out to steady her. "Who?"
"Mrs. Trina"
"Oh, " Her eyes narrowed and suddenly tears began to stream. "That hurt Kage."
To her surprise he gently rocked her in his arms. "I know baby but I hadn't meant that to happen. I was feeding and it went overboard. I was."
He stopped. He didn't want to tell her that he had been mad at her because she had refused him. Kage didn't want to tell her that it had become some sort of payback, coming to her cherish place and doing that. Because now it seemed really sick and it weighted him down with guilt.
He pushed her aside. "Its better this way. Not all soulmates are meant to be together."
She wiped away the tears and brought him into focus. "Yes, you are right. Its better this way."
When he didn't respond they all surrounded him. Victor nudged his ribs with his foot. "Dylan?"
Maya gently raised his head by his soft, brown hair. A large red bruise was forming on his forehead. "Jesus Christ Victor! You killed him!"
He squatted down and grabbed Dylan by an arm. "Shut up Maya. He simply fainted. Come on help me take him inside."
Kisha and Kage followed them.
"Why do you think he attacked you Vic?" Kage asked him.
"Because he's demented." He answered as they took Dylan to the one room in the cabin. They gently laid him down on the bed.
"Actually Victor," Maya smiled sweetly at him, making him think she was about to say something he'd find uncomfortable. "It was because Ella is his cousin."
He let out a held breath. "Is everybody related in this stupid town?"
"Hey, I hate to be the voice of reason but we need fire if we're going stay here."
Victor looked at Kage like he was out of his mind." Well, I'm not. See you losers later."
Maya's words stopped him on his way out of the door. "They saw you with me. So if they are after me they can use you to get here. You are not leaving anywhere."
"She's right. We're in this together." Kisha turned to Kage. "Even you. You owe me for dirtying my place. So you and I are going to go get some wood for a fire.
Maya found herself acquiring a whole new respect for her. It doubled when Kage meekly accepted her orders. She soon found herself alone with Victor.
She looked at him until he frowned. "What?"
"Nothing, you know you could be a little bit nicer." She answered
"I could but where is the fun in that?" He made his way out of the room into the living room and threw himself on a couch.
She followed him. "When are you going to grow up?"
"I have no idea what you are talking about." He closed his eyes and proceeded to ignore her.
"You wouldn't." She left to go check on Dylan. Victor raised himself up and watched her go.
With a curse he went after her. He found her gently caressing Dylan's hair. He leaned against the door and glowered at her. "Why do you care?"
She met his now dark eyes evenly. "He's a person you know. Just because he's not like us it doesn't mean you should treat him with disrespect. He's not like them either. You could have stopped him instead of tripping him."
"He went after me with a stake!"
She showed no sympathy towards him. "You were doing God knows what to his cousin! How would you have felt if I was your cousin and you found out Dylan was doing the same thing to me you were doing to Ella."
He took two steps and he stood above her. "I would have killed him."
She looked up at him and her mouth went dry. His handsome features were set in rage and his eyes blazed black.
* * * * * * * * * *
They head towards the back of the house where Kisha kept a pile of wood.
"What was that back there?" She asked Kage
He feigned dismay. "What was what?"
"The little seduction scene in front of My and Victor."
He threw his head back and laughed. "Honey that wasn't seduction. When I make up my mind to seduce you, you wont have time to think about it."
"Whatever Kage. It still was stupid. Maya and Victor could have found out we are soulmates.
He eyes her curiously. "I wasn't the one getting jealous over Megan."
She tripped over a twig. His arms instantly shot out to steady her. "Who?"
"Mrs. Trina"
"Oh, " Her eyes narrowed and suddenly tears began to stream. "That hurt Kage."
To her surprise he gently rocked her in his arms. "I know baby but I hadn't meant that to happen. I was feeding and it went overboard. I was."
He stopped. He didn't want to tell her that he had been mad at her because she had refused him. Kage didn't want to tell her that it had become some sort of payback, coming to her cherish place and doing that. Because now it seemed really sick and it weighted him down with guilt.
He pushed her aside. "Its better this way. Not all soulmates are meant to be together."
She wiped away the tears and brought him into focus. "Yes, you are right. Its better this way."