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Chapter 15- Giving into temptation

I watched as the Cullens' practiced. I noticed how fluid Yuzria was with his movements; he made fighting appear to be a dance. I smiled and moved my gaze, landing on Edward and Alice. Alice was doing good, using her small frame to her advantage.

" Keep your posture Edward!" I cried out. " Being sloppy gets you killed." He immediately straightened. I smirked and walked over to Lanina and Travis. We watched our tiny yet powerful army practice. " They're good." I said after a few moments. They nodded their heads and Lanina patted my back.

" Good enough to stay alive. Good job Nol, you did it." She told me.

" With your guys' help." I pointed out.

" It's no problem. Your fight is our fight." Travis spoke up. I laughed and gave him a quick hug; thanking the Lord I had such good friends. I glanced at my watch, they'd been practicing for well on three hours.

" Alright guys! That's enough for today!" I yelled. Everyone stopped and broke apart. We left the Cullens', who were heading out to hunt, and walked home. I laid down on the couch and sighed, running a hand through my hair. Making an army was harder than it looked. Laurent, Lisa, Lanina, Travis and Yuzria walked into the living room after me and sat down in various places. Laurent and Lisa on the floor, Travis on the chair with Lanina on his lap and Yuzria next to me.

" I haven't seen you looking into anyone's mind lately." Laurent mused to me aloud. I furrowed my eyebrows; I'd forgotten all about that. Yuzria looked at me in confusion.

" I can look into people's minds and see what they've done wrong in their life. Also, other vampires can't affect me with their powers. Like Edward can't read my mind and Alice can't see into my future. I had those two gifts before all this guardian stuff happened." I told him, making everything clear.

" Oh. Well. . . Let me see, try it on me." I shifted in my seat and grimaced.

" Umm, I don't think that's a good idea." I replied.

" Why ever not?" He asked.

" Because I'm going into battle with you. I don't want to know what you've done wrong." Laurent chuckled, causing me to whip my head towards him and growl. " What's so funny Laurent?"

" That's bullshit. You don't want to know what Yuzria's done because you like-" Lisa slapped him, her eyes glaring into his. He looked back at me. " You like mystery in life." He finished, a scowl on his face. He knew that sounded bad just as much as I did. I sighed and put my fingers on my head, rubbing my temple.

" Laurent, go do something before I make you my practice dummy." He and Lisa stood, then walked up the steps. He gave me an apologetic look before reaching the top. Lanina and Travis smiled weakly, while Yuzria laughed from beside me. I stood up and grabbed my jacket off the hook, then opened the door.

" Where are you going?" Lanina questioned me, looking a little worried.

" I need to feed." I stated simply. She nodded her head and turned to Travis. I went to walk out the door when all of a sudden I felt someone behind me. I turned around slowly and saw Yuzria pulling on his jacket also. " Um. . . Where do you think you're going?" I asked him.

" With you." He answered.

" I don't think so."

" I need more supplies."

" Then I'll drop you off at the store first." He shrugged his shoulders and we stepped outside. Once in my car, he pulled his jacket from his wrist and put it in front of me. I looked at it in surprise. " You've been bitten." I breathed, how had I not seen that before? He smiled and nodded his head.

" My old vampire lover got a tad carried away one night. It felt unbelievable though."

" What? Are you kidding me? It hurts like hell!"

" It's different for those with magic in their blood."

" Oh, really?" He shook his head as I touched the scar lightly. A tiny surge of energy flowed into my fingertips and I pulled my hand away. "How did she find it in her to stop? I mean. . . You smell good. I can only imagine how you taste."

" Thank you, I think." We both laughed and I started the car. " I pushed her back." He answered softly and tapped his head. Magic worked all sorts of wonders.

" How were you not turned?" He leaned back against the seat, getting comfortable.

" Not enough venom got into my system. You see, witch blood is able to battle the venom of a vampire. But only to an extent. Then the venom overtakes the blood and we turn."

" Oh, didn't know that. So what? The venom is out of your system? Or is it just lingering there?"

" It was a brutal procedure, but the venom is out."

" What did you have to do?" Yuzria looked out the window and chuckled upon seeing we were already in front of the magic store.

" I told you I wasn't bringing you with me." He smirked and looked at me with those green eyes.

" There's not much you know of me." He said softly and touched my chin with a finger. I couldn't help it. . . I peeked. I closed my eyes and concentrated, I hadn't done it for a while. Memories flowed from his mind to mine. I saw him fighting, making love with who I assumed was the vampire who bit him, and using magic. But for all the wrong reasons. I opened my eyes and started when I saw he was directly in front of me.

" What did you see?" He asked.

" You fighting and using magic for the. . . Well, the wrong people." He smiled bitterly.

" Yes, Galie got me to do quite a lot of things I regret." He said.

" The vampire." I stated.

" Yes." I could feel his breath on my face and felt it. The pull. I was hungry and he smelled really good. I put my hand on his chest and felt his heart beat underneath my fingertips. " You're hungry, I recognize that look." I looked back into his eyes and nodded.

" You need to go." I managed to say. I cleared my throat and pulled away from him. He stepped outside the car.

" When will you be back?"

" Thirty minutes, tops." I answered, looking straight ahead. He shut the door and walked inside the store. I let out a shaky breath and leaned against the seat. Laurent was right. . . I did like him. More than I should. But seeing him bad didn't make me like him less. It made me like him more. " Get a grip Nol." I muttered and started the car. I needed food, there was a mugger out there who was going to have a really rough night tonight.

I honked the horn for the third time. He waved his hand from inside the store; I couldn't believe there was a line in a magic store. For God's sake. I groaned and slammed my hand on the steering wheel, I did not have the patience for waiting. Besides, the man I'd drunk tasted kind of rank. I couldn't finish him. I'd have to go to the club after all. There were no other evil doers out, what was the world coming to? Finally I got out of the car and stormed inside the store. The clerk looked up at me and her face dropped. " You're going to check him out-" I pointed at Yuzria who was holding back his laughter. " Right now or I'm going to eat you." I said to her. She nodded her head and pushed the other people out of the way. I sat and watched as she quickly checked him out and wished him a nice night. I smiled sweetly as soon as she was finished and we walked outside.

" There's a tiny drop of blood on the corner of your mouth." He laughed as soon as we were in the car. I chuckled and wiped at my lips. " Wait, here." He swept a finger across the corner of my lips and held up the blood on his finger.

" Thanks." I said and started the car. He wiped the blood on his pants and put his bag on his lap.

" Were you unable to feed well?"

" No, there wasn't a big variety out tonight. I'm going to have to go to this club Lanina found. No biggie." Out of the corner of my eye I saw him pull out a knife and hold it to his arm. I stopped the car and grabbed the knife. " Whoa!" I exclaimed. " What the hell do you think you're doing!" I all but shrieked.

" Helping you." He replied and went to grab the knife back. I threw it out the window and he looked at me like I was crazy. " What did you do that for!" He yelled.

" You're crazy if you think I'm going to drink from you Yuzria."

" A little bit of my blood will fill you better than three humans could." He pointed out to me.

" I don't really care."

" Bella-"

" No Yuzria. End of story." He grabbed my arm and pulled me close to him. His heartbeat echoed in my head, I could practically feel his blood running down my throat. He reached for the knife across my thigh but I stopped him. " You're nuts." I whispered. He nodded his head and smiled.

" I tend to be." He breathed. " I'm sick of this Bella." He said after a few moments. I cleared out of the fog I was in and looked at him.

" Sick of what?" I asked.

" Pretending there's nothing between us when there clearly is. You need to either go me the go or tell me it'll never happen."

" Yuzria-" He put a finger to my lips and shook his head; I could see his green eyes were growing dark with lust.

" No Bella, it's a simple yes or no question." I moved his finger and could still smell the blood on it. Everything cleared from my mind, nothing else was there but now; this moment.

" Yes. God yes." I managed to say before pressing my lips against his. I could feel his heart quicken. He ran his fingers through my hair and let out a soft moan. I smiled into the kiss and deepened it. It felt good, warm. He pulled back a little and swallowed.

" You're going to need to feed, or else. . . " He trailed off. I knew as well as him what would happen if I didn't get blood into me. I glanced at his throat.

" I won't hurt you?" I checked with him. He nodded his head and I lowered mine to his neck. I grazed the skin with my teeth and felt him shiver beneath me. Then I slowly sank them in and heard him groan. His blood was great. I felt it flow down my throat, but I also knew I needed to pull away. How I managed to remember, I have no clue. I pulled back and kissed him deeply. " You taste good." I whispered. He smiled and kissed me back.

" I've heard that before." He whispered. I shifted so I had my knees on either sides of him. " You are very talented aren't you?" He breathed. I smirked and nodded my head.

" You bet." I replied before lowering my lips to his once more.

Ooo, they both gave in. Tee hee. Lol. I liked this chapter, hopefully you guys did too! Sorry for the late update, I had a wee writers block. But it's all better! haha. Review review review! lol, and again I hope you liked the chapter.

Until next time,

Faith