hey there peoples! the story will be drawing to a close soon, and i need some names for a sequel! so send me your thoughts, and hopefully, it won't take too long after the end to start writing the sequel.and there IS some language in this chapter folks, its rated T for a reason. and it is now OFFICIALY SUMMER!!! which means faster updates!thanx for reading
As I breathed in the fresh air, I felt for the first time in a long time, relief. I was going home.
But that relief was shortlived, and was quickly replaced by fear as I glimpsed the pale rising of the sun.
"Adrian!" I tried to cry out, but it was barely audible over the sound of the wind rushing past us.
"I know." he said through his clenched jaw, and he through a furtive glance behind him at the threatening red orb, and put out another burst of speed.
My mind was reeling, we're not gonna make it! The rays gently touched the ground behind his flying feet, coming dangerously closer. I felt the warmth on my face as it's pale morning light finally reached us.
Adrian let out a hiss of pain and stumbled once but then pushed on even harder. I looked at him and saw with horror that the sun had burnt away the flesh that was exposed from the fight on his shoulders, leaving behind scorched red and black marks. As I examined him, I grew ever more terrified as I realized that his torso was almot completely exposed, his shirt reduced to rags from his efforts to protect me.
"Adrian!" I rasped out, panicked and concerned, and then my voice became a little stronger as I weakly beat my fist against his chest."Adrian, leave, go. Put me down, I'll be fine.The sun will kill you if you don't, I'm slowing you down. Go!" I demanded, still beating futilely against his cold skin.
Still running he looked down at me in his arms, and smiled weakly, only it was more of a grimace. "Not a chance." he said, and turned his eyes back to the path before us.
I opened my mouth to protest, but a fresh wave of pain racked my body, and I could make no sound. Black spots clouded my vision and the feeling of fire scorching my veins was nearly unbearable. Adrian looked more concerned, but his lips stayed clamped together in a tight line, and I saw the sun delicately touching his face, illuminating his ghastly pale skin, and etching into it burnt black scars.
No... I thought weakly. This shouldn't be happening, he shouldn't be doing this. If it weren't for me, he would have lived his life out as a human, he wouldn't be risking his life for me now.
I raised my hand to touch his burned cheek, and saw that my fingertips had turned a dark blue, and my veins now stood out darkly, and my skin had a light blue-gray cast to it. I felt a chill that had nothing to do with Adrian's skin. I had now broken out into the cold sweat that usually accompanied my nightmares.The poison had reached my heart and was now supplying a flow of contaminated blood to the rest of my body.I was dying.
I stroked his face with my freezing, trembling fingers, and dropped my hand back down to hang limply. I couldn't say anything now, even if I wanted to, my teeth had started to chatter. The fire working through my veins was a poor reprieve from the cold, for it's fire seemed to multiply as it stole my body heat.
I saw Adrian grimace and bare his teeth, hissing in pain as the light now streaming through the trees at his back scorched through his flesh. I could now vaguely recognize the area, and I knew we were getting close, but I didn't know how much time we had left to us.
I clutched him, the veins straining visibly in my hands, their intricate blue pattern shining through brilliantly, and I gritted my teeth. I could feel the poison moving now, traveling up my back, causing me to arch it and thrash in his arms, towards my throat, nearly choking me.
"Hold on Iris!" he shouted, giving another great burst of speed, and as he was so much faster as a vampire than a human, we were nearing my house, which , thankfully, was still part in shadow as we had outrun the rising sun.
He rushed me to the door, and I was occupying his hands, he swiftly kicked down the door and barged in. Nobody was home yet, that much I could tell, and I felt him relax as our situation improved and he no longer had to fight the un-forgiving glare of the sun. He lay me on the couch, and ran to the cupboards in the green kitchen, searching through everything for our medical supplies. He finally found a small box made of a light wood with carvings of wolves singing in the night. He opened it with a relieved gasp and found a clear vile of faintly glowing, blue antiserum and a needle nestled in dark blue velvet.
He immediately came to my side, kneeling by me on the couch. He ripped of a length of fabric from his tattered shirt and tied it tightly around my arm to form a turniquet. Then he quickly filled the needle, briefly checking for air bubbles, and injected me, sticking the needle into one of my exposed veins. I was in such agony that I didn't even notice the feeling of the antiserum working against the silver.
He wiped the sweat soaked hair from my face and stroked my forehead, and kissed me lightly on the lips. "I was so worried." he nearly cried out in relief.
I smiled weakly at him, and I began to feel the silver slowly retreating from my system. I felt fatigue wash over me, the silver had been in much greater amount this time, and it took nearly all of my strength. I could barely even flinch as my family came crashing through the door to find Adrian kneeling over me on the couch.
I heard many growls and I felt somebody, and it felt like a few, of my family members pull Adrian from me roughly. I heard one voice shout over all of the others.
"What the HELL are you doing?!What have you done to her?!" my mother yelled over the sound of Caleb, Julian and Chris fighting Adrian back, cornering him against a wall, even though he refused to fight back. I saw Alex look at me, my black dress soaked in blood, scars showing vividly against my skin, and she pinned him to a wall with her hands at his throat."You fucking bastard!" she screamed at him, punching him on his scarred cheek.
"Wait!I-"he started to explain, but was cut off as Alex dealt a prompt blow to his abdomen, causing him to double over in pain.
"You think I give a fuck what a monster like you has to say?!" she screamed, kicking him to the ground."You will get no forgiveness for what you have done, and you deserve no mercy."
"No!" I tried to say in a commanding tone, but my voice could hardly be heard, even to me, let alone over the uproar in front of me.
My mother came quickly to my side, her horrified eyes taking in the scars crossing my chest, the bruises on my face, my half-starved body in a bload soaked black dress."Oh my god..." she whispered, carressing my un-bruised cheek gently, teras falling silently down her face. Everyone turned to me, and Adrian used the momentary distraction to his advantage. With the speed fitting of a vampire he ran past all of us and back into the glare of the sun.
They cursed and went to follow him, but my aunt Helena, who I hadn't even noticed come into the room, held up a finger and shook her head, black curls bouncing.
"Let him go." she said in a cool voice, and everyone turned to her, shocked." Let the demon burn under the torturous gaze of the sun, and he will suffer a death befitting of a monster." Everyone smiled grimly, and I sobbed. No,no,no! I thought, Adrian, no! They misinterpretted my tears and shushed me, trying to comfort me."Shh, he's gone, it's allright. He's gone."
I continued to sob, tears now flowing freely.
He's gone.
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yup, its kinda short, i know. but hey, you got a long chapter last time, and i need a break:)
like it? yeah, i know i'm so cruel, leaving another cliff hanger, but review, and you won't have to wait much longer to know what happens, cause reviews always encourage me to write faster:)
i'll be gone this weekend though, takin a trip to my aunts for a few days, ugh! i am lucky enough to get to spend the first days of summer with a bunch of seniors(note the heavy sarcasm). and i mean seniors in the literal sense, as in 60+...ugh...
the end is coming my friends, but will it be a happy one?
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as always, thanx for reading,
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