Leen looks to Damien and smiles, "You like her don't you?"

Damien continues to gaze in the direction I left. Leen gently pats his shoulder as he looks in the same direction.

"Her friend is quite attractive." Leen glances over at his newfound friend, Damien.

As Selena and I walk towards our home, I stop, scenting a strange; fowl smell moving in the wind. Selena looks back at me with a confused look on her face.

"What is it?"

"Shh!" I say. "Something fowl is near us."

"Vampires? Lycans? What is it?"

I turn to her my eyes becoming solid black. "Run.."

Before she even takes one step, a bullet flies past her. Jumping, she jolts through the wood, not even looking back.

I rest on my knees as my skin bubbles blue, ears stretching out pointy, and fingernails becoming sharp like claws. In the open, strangers clad in black with pistols and other handguns, stride cautiously.

My fangs slide out as I let out a piercing roar. In minutes they are shooting at me and I speed through the open area twisting and turning, dodging the bullets.

"Come on!" One man screams as he chases after me.

Panting hard, I come to a hollow tree with a huge opening at the bottom. I crawl in squatting on my knees as I become alert to my surroundings. I wait for them to pass by.

Leaves crunch under the men's feet as they come closer to where I am hiding. One man comes in sight, pointing his m-16 up in the air and then out as if he was on alert. Another man follows him, his rifle out as well.

"She couldn't have gotten far," the first man says.

"Yeah…but remember, she's half and half. She's gonna be pretty fast."

"Be on alert!"

As they pass the tree, I lean my head on the bark letting out a small sigh of relief. After a few minutes pass, I peek around to see if everything is okay. I see that it is clear and I slowly walk into the open cautiously. I try to calm my breathing as my eyes dart in every direction.

Soon I hear the sound of a twig breaking and I jerk my head. But right as I turn, a Lycan pounces on me snarling and snapping. I push trying to get him off me while my eyes glare wt him with the pitch-blackness. A deep growl seeps from my throat and my fangs slowly slide out from my gums. My lips drawl back as I let out a loud piercing roar. As quick as lightning, I sink my fangs deep into his jugular, ripping it wide open. Rolling him off me I pounce on him sucking his blood and ripping his neck wider. The warm blood trickles down my chin as my thirst becomes satisfied. Letting out a deep roar, I lift my head up towards the sky.

Bullets come flying past me and I growl snarling. Before I know it, more gun shots come, but killing the Darklighter. My eyes grow wide seeing Damien holding the gun that killed the hunter. Leen comes up behind him carrying an unconscious Selena. Damien sprints up to me dropping his gun. He takes my face in his hands as my form changes and pulls my face towards his resulting in a passionate kiss. My body calms down as we kiss.

There in the shadows is hiding another Darklighter watching. His eyes grow wide as he watches the Captain of the Darklighters be intimate and friendly to the enemy.

"Damien…you traitor." He whispers to himself.

Damien licks the blood from my chin and smiles. "Are you alright?"

I smile, "Yes…now that you have come. Though I think I could have taken them."

"Oh really?"

"Hey? You two love birds?" Leen says looking around. "Lets go back to my place."

Damien nods and takes my hand as we walk on the pathway through the wood. The Darklighter runs off through the wood and towards the castle.

Lord Lucious stands in a library finding interest in a book. As he reads, the door of the library swings open.

"My lord!" The Darklighter that had spied on Damien, walks in.

"My lord…I have news!" He bows.

"What is the news, Malcolm?" Lord Lucious says looking up from his study.

"Joshian and I were out in the forest my lord and we found the heir….but there was another person."

"Who?"

"Damien but…he was different. He killed Joshian. Then he went to the heir, which I might add is a girl-"

"Get to the point!"

"He..I think…is having some kind of intimate relationship with her. I noticed he kissed her and she had blood on her face so he licked her face."

"Bastard…"

"He has betrayed the covenant, my lord."

"Are you sure it was him?"

"Yes, my lord. I saw it with my own eyes."

"He has betrayed everything he was raised to believe."

"Maybe it is love?"

Lucious snarls at him showing his teeth, "I never taught him to love his enemies! He let her seduce him and take him in."

"What should we do?"

"We must do what we must do….execute him for betraying the covenant."

"Yes, my lord. Shall I go with my troops to receive him?"

"Yes…bring him to me. And…if you find him with..her..bring her back as well."

"Yes Lord Lucious." The man stands to his feet and turns walking out of the room. He then goes down some steps leading to the first floor. He walks down the hallway and to the last door on the left. Opening the door, wooden stairs lead to an armor area. Sitting there is a group of men loading guns.

"Lock'em and load'em boys. We have a hunt." Malcolm remarks grabbing a gun off a nearby shelf.

"What are we to hunt?" One of the guys asks.

"What we've always been hunting all those years…the heir, but…there is another."

"Who?"

"Damien."

"What? You have to be kidding me!"

"I kid you not brother. Just an hour or two ago I saw him with the heir. Damien…is in love with her."

"What? That's not possible!" One of the guys says jumping to his feet."

"I saw him with my own eyes. He kissed her! He was practically all over her. Lord Lucious wants us to bring him back as well as the heir."

"What Lord Lucious says we will do!"

"Lets go then!" He cocks his gun and walks out with all the rest.

Leen holds Selena scurrying down the street in the darkness as Damien and I follow him. On this street are abandoned houses that look like they are nearly going to fall to pieces. We reach one that is two floors high with vines growing up the sides and the roof sinking in with a few holes here and there. Its walls are colored gray and the shutters green.

We sneak in through the back door and walk to the run down living room. He places Selena on the couch and then walks back into the kitchen grabbing a washrag and a lemon. He strolls over to her and gently squeezes lemon juice on the rag. Placing it over her nose, Selena moans as a disgusted look comes upon her face.

"Come on Selena." He says. "Wake up."

"mmm…" Selena moans.

Her eyes slowly open as she looks around, "Where…am I?"

"You are in my house." Leen answers her, dabbing her face gently with a cold rag.

"What happened to her?" I ask.

"Well.." Leen begins. "She was fighting off Vampires when I found her. So..to be the curtious one I pounced right on in, literally. A vampire came up behind her and hit her in the head. She's doing fine."