Sheesh, last chapter must have sucked. I got no reviews… I've changed my pen name, and I'm really really sorry I didn't get a chapter up earlier. Horse died, got bit by a really big dog (took a nice chunk out of my leg…) and school will be starting very shortly. So, here's a chapter until I can get another one down.

But yeah… last chapter must have bombed big time. First time I've gotten no reviews… ::whines::

Damon will be in this chapter, and naturally, so will Raevin and Ally. Raevin and Ally have had enough bonding time for a while; it's time for this story to pick up its pace.

Disclaimer: I do not own Eidos or Soul Reaver or anything LoK. Damon, Ally, Raevin, Vogel/Kirstunoh, Ectoplasm, and the Aiermunarck-Uyilnarkiah forest tribe are mine. Sareptiah and Wraith (the wolf) belongs to HealerAriel (Erin).

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Raevin stirred slightly as she woke up. She slowly opened her eyes, and found herself looking at the sleeping form next to her. Smiling, Raevin studied Ally's peaceful face. After a moment, she closed her eyes, planning on going back to sleep.

She was almost asleep when she felt Ally moving. Raevin opened her eyes and saw Ally had moved closer to her and had nestled her head in the crook of Raevin's neck. Her breathing was still slow, and her face was still peaceful. Raevin carefully put an arm around Ally's shoulder, and was soon fast asleep.

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Damon sat in the library, working on translating the scrolls he had been given. He could read it easily, and was transferring the content of the ancient scrolls to fresh parchment, using a language that could easily be read. "People don't know how to read anymore…" he muttered, transferring some more text as his mind began to wander.

I wonder how I can get Ally… he thought. Such a fair girl… very easy on the eyes. Her voice is nice, too. He continued to transfer and think, pondering ways to get Ally for himself.

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Raevin was the first to wake up again. There was a breeze coming through an open window that made the curtains move slightly. She carefully stretched her winds and spines, making sure they weren't stiff. "Sleep well?" A voice asked.

Raevin blinked then looked to find Ally had woken up. "Actually, I did." Raevin said, grinning. "Did you?"

Ally smiled, then pressed her forehead against Raevin's. "Better than I have in a long, long time." She said, wrapping her arms around Raevin's waist and snuggling close.

"Ally we can't." Raevin said, getting a whine for a response. "We need to get up."

Ally groaned, then sat up and stretched. "You're right, we can't. We need to check on Damon's progress." Raevin growled at this. "Raevin, don't let him get to you. Just stay with me this time."

"Alright." Raevin said, sitting up and giving Ally a kiss on the head. "But only because you asked."

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Damon was busy reading the scrolls when the library doors suddenly opened. He looked up to see Ally walking into the room. "Hello, Ally!" He said quickly putting the scroll down. "It's you!....and your, eh, 'friend'." He said darkly, noticing Raevin.

"Yes, Raevin and I have come to see how your translating is coming." Ally said. Raevin stood close to her, but a step behind.

"It's coming along very nicely." Damon replied, completely ignoring Raevin.

Ally nodded. "How far have you gotten?"

"I've translated three of the scrolls so far. I've still got a ways to go though."

"Thank you." Ally said. "We'll let you continue with your work."

Damon looked disappointed, then suddenly perked up. "Wait. Before you go, I have a favor to ask of your... friend." He said. "There's a book at the very top of the shelves. I need it, but I can't reach it. Even with a table."

Why don't I believe him? Raevin thought. Oh yeah.. he's a weasel. Snake seems more appropriate.

"I was wondering if… your friend… would be willing to get the book for me. It's in the very back far corner, at the very top of the shelf." Damon truly looked like he was telling the truth.

"Why don't you ask her?" Ally asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, doesn't she speak some ancient, unknown, demon tongue?" Damon asked.

"No, but if I did, I would have said every curse in that language." Raevin said through gritted teeth, getting a jab in the ribs from Ally.

Damon blinked in surprise, actually shocked. "You… you can speak."

"And you thought otherwise?" The demon raised an eyebrow.

"I.."

Raevin just grunted, then glanced at Ally, who shook her head and frowned. "Will you see if you can find the book?" Ally asked. Raevin frowned, nodded slowly, gave Damon a cold glare, then went into the very back of the library to find whatever book the man wanted.

"It's really big and thick, with a leather binding and silver lettering on the cover." Damon called. Stupid half-human, there is no book like that back there… He thought, turning back to Ally.

"Care to sit while it looks for the book?" Damon asked, offering Ally a seat in a chair. She accepted, watching Damon closely out of the corner of her eye.

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Muttering to herself, Raevin made her way to the back wall and to the corner Damon had pointed out. "Don't know why he didn't get it himself. It's not too high up there." She grumbled. She glanced up at the top of the bookcase. "Maybe I'm just saying that because I can reach it easily." Using her wings, she reached up and grabbed the top of the case and pulled herself up, and began looking along the rows of books.

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"How did one such as yourself come to be friends with that… friend… of yours?" Damon asked, studying Ally carefully.

"It's hard not to fall for her charm…" Ally muttered under her breath. When Damon raised an eyebrow, not catching what she had said, she coughed. "She was human when I met her. We were close friends when she was changed."

"How do you know 'she' wasn't a demon to begin with?"

"I trust her." Ally said simply. "She is the closest thing to a family that I have. She's been there for me since we started traveling together."

"Why not trust someone who's human?" Damon asked, taking Ally's hand in his.

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I'm beginning to think that snake wasn't telling the truth… Raevin thought. She still hadn't found a book that matched Damon's description, and it was getting on her nerves. "How hard is it to find a thick, leather bound book with silver lettering? These vampires should have all sorts of books…" She asked herself.

Then a thought hit her.

Vampires can't touch silver…*

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Ally jerked her hand away from Damon, staring at him in shock as he stood. "What are you doing?" She asked, getting ready to yell for Raevin, or run, or both.

"I want to take you away from here." Damon said, not taking his eyes of the girl in front of him. "I want to bring you back with me, to take you away from these vampires and that… thing!"

"That 'thing' is the only family I have now!" Ally shot, then jumped up from her chair to try to dart around Damon and deeper into the library to find Raevin, only to be stopped by Damon. He grabbed her neck tightly with one hand and covered her mouth with the other.

"You will come with me, and I will make you mine. You will live a proper life, away from these monsters. You will live as my wife, and bear my children!"

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Raevin's spines stood up slightly as a growl escaped her. She tensed her wings muscles, getting ready to lower herself and return to vent on Damon, when she heard a sudden commotion at the other end of the library. Turning in mid-air, still clinging to the wall and bookshelf, Raevin saw what was happening.

Snarling, she stopped from lowering herself and instead launched herself through the air, over the bookshelves, and at Damon. Raevin did all this with an inhuman grace, never once touching the ceiling or the shelves.

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Damon had opened his mouth to torment Ally more when something extremely hard and heavy plowed into him from above, from his left. He fell to the side, and would have taken Ally with him had strong claws not latched themselves onto his wrists, freeing her. In one motion, Raevin hefted the man off the ground, then threw him forcefully into the nearby wood-covered stone wall. The wood buckled and splintered under the impact from the shocked Damon, and the stunned man slid to the floor. He regained his senses in time to see Raevin's wing claws closing around his face to crush him.

"Raevin, stop!" The claws stopped trying to crush Damon's head as the half-demon turned and looked at Ally. Raevin dropped him unceremoniously on the ground, then turned herself completely to face her companion. "Please, don't." Ally pleaded. Raevin's eyes went from a red rage color to their normal blue-green color, and this time looked concerned. She stepped up to Ally and pulled her into a protective hug, wrapping her wings around her as best as she could.

"What did he do to you?" Raevin whispered her question into Ally's ear.

"Nothing." Ally whispered back, lifting her head to look her friend in the eyes. "He just… said some things. About you… then me." Raevin's human pupils turned to slits at that. "No, not that. About you not being human at all and about me…" She faultered.

"You what?" Raevin asked, worried.

"He said he would take me away from here… from you. And make me…" Ally's eyes seemed to cloud over as she stopped speaking. It didn't take long for Raevin to figure it out, because her hold on her partner tightened as she held her close.

"I won't let him." Raevin hissed into Ally's ear. "I'll kill him if I have to."

"No." Ally said sternly. "You can't to that."

"What do you do to a wounded or sick animal that cannot be cured?" Raevin pressed. "You kill them. If he does not leave you alone, that's what I'll do." Ally gazed at her, fully understanding but reluctant to believe that she would let Raevin do that.

Raevin turned, wings still around Ally, and glared at Damon, who was now staring at them. "If you ever, EVER lay a hand on Ally again, I'll rip it off and shove it down your throat." She threatened. Ally frowned and dug her fingernails into Raevin's shoulder as a warning. Raevin just grunted, then led Ally out of the library, slamming the door behind her.

"I will make her mine, demon." Damon growled. "And there is nothing you can do to stop me."

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Footnotes

*In this, vampires cannot come into contact with any silver substance at all. It will burn them and make them extremely uncomfortable and irritable. Nobody wants an irritable vampire….