Yeah, I know...it's been ages since I've updated and you all are probably thinking about forming a mob right about now. Sorry about the wait, school is almost over so I'll have a lot more time to write :) This chapter is my shortest chapter but it's an update so I don't think you'll really mind or at least I hope you don't mind.

Enjoy!

Her heart fell into her stomach the second Tarrant said it…my father…d-did this to him? He's the reason that Tarrant's insane? Somehow, deep inside herself, Alice knew….she knew that her father wasn't a good man. He was an excellent father, yes but he wasn't a good man.

Alice felt tears run down her cheeks. "Oh God, Tarrant…" She sobbed, "I'm so sorry!"

Tarrant gathered her up into his arms and rocked her back and forth, whispering into her ear that it was all right and that he loved so much. "You have nothing to be sorry for, Alice." He said into her hair, "It's not your fault, cricket. You weren't even thought of when all that happened. I don't blame you for your father's crimes." He lifted her chin up and kissed her lips, sweetly.

She broke away abruptly. "How can you stand the sight of me?" She cried, "I'm the daughter of the man who killed your entire family. His accursed blood runs through my veins, Tarrant."

"You are nothing like your father, Alice. You're just like your sweet mother." He smiled, his eyes returning to that greenish-yellow color she loved so much, "You have absolutely no evil in you, cricket, except for a wee bit of a naughty streak." He winked, which made Alice smile slightly.

She quickly sobered up again. "I can't believe he did this to you."

"I can. Your father and I have hated each other since we were children." Tarrant replied.

"You knew my father when he was a child?"

"Of course, he and I are about the same age. I think I'm a bit older though." He said, brushing her hair with his fingers.

"How old are you, Tarrant?" Alice asked.

"Well, I don't really have a certain age. It changes with how I feel." He explained, "Like today I feel about 23 years old."

"How old did you feel when we met for the first time?"

He chuckled. "I felt about 101 years old until I saw the most beautiful creature on Earth then I felt about 16 years old."

Alice smiled. "I make you feel young, do I?"

"You do, my love, you do." He leaned forward and kissed the tip of her nose.

She giggled. "I wonder how old you really are though."

"I am very old, cricket." He replied, nuzzling her neck.

Alice stroked his mop of electric orange hair. "Well, you look very good for your age."

She shivered in delight when he licked her neck and blew on it. "Down here, nobody ages."

"I noticed." She whimpered slightly when Tarrant gently bit her shoulder. He sucked lightly on her warm flesh until he left a rather large purple mark on her shoulder. The madness inside him stirred, begging him to mark her all over so that no man would ever be allowed to touch her beautiful body but him.

"I was rather shocked when I saw your mother and father for the first time." He said, kissing her cheek, "Your poor mother looked like death."

"Father said that she was very sick when she was pregnant with me." Alice replied, kissing his shoulder.

"Yes, well, I'm sure being married to that kind of man would make someone extremely sick." He growled slightly when Alice bit his shoulder as he did to her, "No more talking, bite harder, Alice."

She did as he asked and bit harder. He moaned, threading his pale fingers in her hair. He pushed her head into his shoulder so that she could sink her teeth all the way into his flesh. "Harder, Alice." He growled in his Scottish brogue. She bit as hard as she could until she tasted blood. Her lover moaned above her when she released his shoulder then he let out a loud groan when she latched onto the column where his neck met his shoulder.

Tarrant shuddered when she lightly blew on that spot. She arched her back, slamming her hips into his, clawing his back, sucking and biting his neck and shoulders until his voice was almost hoarse from shouting and moaning.

Their shouting and moaning carried on well through out the night, moving together in a dance as old as time.

Well, very short chapter but hey, it's an important part of the story :) Anyway, review and I will update faster! :D AND you will all recieve cookies and kittens...no the kittens aren't for eating! lol