AN: I own Samantha and all the vamps.
Okay, when I was originally writing this, I couldn't decide how I should have ended it. This is the second ending:
Mars caught Samantha's eye. They betrayed you. They'd be over here with your princess. Mars realized what was happening.
She looked over at Serena, and the two of them knew where they stood their ground.
"You wish," Samantha said, and then whirled around. "Nice try, Tieron. But you're not going to be such the ladies' man anymore." She pulled out her knife. "Tell Rhianna that I said hi. That is, it you run into her."
A second before the blade found its target, Venus pushed Hunter out of the way. The edge sliced her shoulder.
Hunter caught her as she fell. "Oh, God."
"I'll be fine," she answered.
He wished he could tell her so. But it wasn't true. Had it sliced him, he would be very sick, if it was in the heart, he could be dead. But the poison magic in the Rugen knife was so strong, if a human touched it, they could get sick.
"Her fault," Samantha said. The next thing she knew, she heard Raye say "," and her back felt like it was on fire.
Raissa took the opportunity to pounce on her, and they disappeared. Raissa reappeared almost immediately, while the others were retransforming and Amy was arriving on the scene.
Hunter held Mina close. "Don't give in." Her breathing was becoming more shallow with each second.
"Is she going to…" Raye couldn't finish the sentence.
"I would count on it," Raissa said, "Not many people can survive that." She finally noticed what her ex was doing. "Hunter Monqueri, don't even think about it."
"I have to." He cut open his wrist with a jagged bottle.
* * *
About a week later…
Alison and Raissa were playing cards in their hotel suite, and Hunter was watching TV. "You think she's going be okay?" Alison asked.
"She'll be fine."
About five minutes later, Mina came into the room. "How'd it go?" Raissa was considerably warmer to her now (although she was still jealous of the two of them).
"I was a little uneasy, but I got it over it."
"It takes a while, but you'll get used to it," Alison offered.
Mina stepped out onto the balcony and looked up at the stars. "You okay?"
She saw Hunter standing in the doorframe. "I'm fine."
"You miss your friends, don't you?" She nodded, and he reached over for her hand. "It's going to be okay. You'll see them again."
"I don't know…a thousand years is a long time."
"It won't seem that way."
"I hope."