A/N: Thanks to Megan Sleevewillow and Jace Quin (sp) for giving me great reviews. Here have some wine and cheese. And still I do not own Aubry. (I am in the process of doing that.) Sorry for not posting...I am having a little writters block. This may be cut short.
Shawna sprang up when she heard her door squeek open. He eyes shot to every corner of the room and nobody was there. The door closed, but nobody came in.
Somebody must have left.
Shawna rolled to her side and covered her head with her blanket. The thoughts about Ackr-rin, and about how Jankyn could say such a thing as that. How she could never fall in love with the one who orderd her family to be murdered. How Aubry and her would never be the same after this, and how much she was atracted to Jankyn.
She rolled to her other side, trying to get comfortable. He legs suddenly sank in the bed. Somebody had sat on the edge of it. She slowly rolled over and as an instinct she reached to her leg where normally her knife would be. She quickly remembered that she didn't have any of her weapons on her. She rolled over acting as if she was still asleep.
"Shawna." a males voice rang in her ears. He grabed her by the shoulders and pulled the blanket off her face. "Shawna, I know ye are awake. Donnae even bother acting like ye are." He said. She opend her eyes, from knowing the voice. Jankyn.
"What?"Shawna tried to pull away, but he kept his hands on her shoulders. She couldn't get but five inches from Jankyn's face. She can hear him breath, but didn't feel any breath. His hands were warm and sent a rush of excitment through Shawna body. She became relaxed. Her breathing became shallow, and could berly notice that she was breathing.
"Why did ye run from us yesterday, why did ye fall back in such a manner, where ye can't stand the name of Ack-rin. It was like he harmed ye in such a way, ye can't describe."Jankyn's eyes began to water. He knew what happened to the Maroon family. Shawna broke her stare with him and pushed herself away from him. She pulled the blankets from her legs and dropped off the opposite side of the bed.
She walked toward the window and opened the doors to the balcony. The sun shone on her hair and the golden highlights of her brown hair. A brezze blew her hair to her right shoulder. The cross of her arms shown that she was a bit chilly. Jankyn opened his mouth to say something,but was quickly cut off.
"Ack-rin...he commanded that my family to be killed. After all he couldn't kill me. Why I don't know. He tried to kill me every year on my birthday. Right after the other vampires killed my family, I ran into the forest, unarmed. I figured that I would be safe, but I never am safe. He told me that he wanted me to be his wife. That is when I let him take me. Do you know how that makes one feel when you are defeated? When you have nobody to live for? When you do not have anybody to care for you anymore?" Shawna turned to look at Jankyn. Her eyes full of worry and fright.
Jankyn took a step toward her. She took a step back, not wanting to be touched. She turned her back to him again and put her hands on the railing. Her hair fell to her face. The night gown that she had on waved in the slight breeze. She crossed to the flower vine that was growing up the side of the castle. Picked off a rose and put it in her hair. She turned to face Jankyn.
"They say when you prick your self, your family is around you." A drop of blood fell from her thumb. "I do believe that my family is around. Just not with me. They look out for me. To make sure nothing happens. They love me, and I love them. I hope they know that. Ack-rin made me watch my family be murdered. My mom...." She was cut off by Jankyn.
"Please, donnea tell me, I understand that ye may not want to talk about it. And yes ye'r family is here. I can sense them. They watch over you all the time. They tell me that ye were brought here for a reason. I think it is to slaughter Ack-r...." Shawna walked forward.
"Please leave. Please, just go. I don't want to talk about it. Please go."Shawna shuffled him out the door and locked it. She stood there with her back leaning up against the door. "Shawna, please, just let me talk to ye." Jankyn knocked on the door. "GO! AWAY!"She yelled at the door. She heard him stomp off like a little kid not getting his way. She stayed in her room for three days and three nights. Eating nothing and drinking nothing. Just thinking about what is going to happen next.
A/N: I lied this is prolly the longest chapter yet...I had a burst of thoughts. lol.
