She was surrounded by warmth and not the kind she felt when she stumbled into the cave. She knew when she fell into the cave that she was still exposed to the sun and should be ashes by now. The whole thing didn't make sense.
She also felt well fed too. That was probably the most unusual part of it all. She knew that if she was fed then her wounds were just about healed. She didn't know why anyone would want to save her. She didn't have friends but she had a long list of enemies.
She looked toward the entrance to see that it was just about dark. She lay there for a few moments before getting up to start her hunt again. That's when she noticed it. She was covered in a man's cloak. As she looked at it closer and got a better smell of the air she realized exactly whom her savior was.
The notion that the very same demon she tried to kill saved her life was so confusing it almost made her head hurt. Something inside of her, that wasn't there before told her to look for him. This time though, not to kill him.
Something magical happened when her blood mixed with his. She had shed her blood and had it come in contact with a demons many times, to many to count anymore. Never did it have that reaction. The funny thing was even though she was biting him and he had his hand through her stomach, she wanted something from him but didn't know what.
These thoughts were not good. The major rule of anything was to never get any feelings for your target. It didn't feel wrong though. Her heart started to pound in her chest and she got up and headed out to hunt. Tonight she would not hunt for his death, but for answers.
It was going slowly to find this guy. He was her priority right now. She'd caught a few minor demons along the way but nothing that would make a mark on how many of them she had to capture, or kill.
She never really wanted this job. When she was a little girl, her father was the guardian and then it passed to her after his death. It was more like a curse. Yes she was a vampire and she would probably live forever if one of her targets didn't kill her. Honestly this was the first time in over two hundred years that one didn't try to take her out when she was that weak.
She knew the tall guy was going to be tough but she had no idea he would stab her like he did. Something physically slowed her down to take the blow and she didn't understand. She would have been a mile away by the time he connected but it was like someone grabbed her and held her there.
This is why she needed to find him now. She couldn't smell him because more then likely he wasn't bleeding anymore. She headed where the next town was suppose to be, because all demons went after humans. They were easy prey and they always lived close together.
She reached the village around midnight and all seemed quiet. For some reason she could feel him. He had come through here. She could feel almost an invisible line connecting them. It was faint but it was there. She went down to the river by the village where she could feel his presence the strongest.
He jumped her from behind startling her at how silent he was.
"Why are you following me? I saved your life." Lava said grabbing her throat while she was slightly distracted.
He started to dig his claws into her neck making her bleed a little to get his point across.
"I came because I needed to see you. I needed to know what happened. I wanted to know why you saved my life. Why can I feel your presence, your very life flowing through me?"
She didn't want to fight him so she stayed limp in his grip. Her eyes were gentle and not threatening so he released her throat.
"You should not have come. When you came after me others were after me as well. They will find you with me and kill us both. I want you to leave right now." His eyes bore into hers as he spoke.
He was scared for her and fierce in his determination to make her leave. He didn't want her to be killed in front of him, as he was sure they would do.
"The crew that was on my ship is going to come after me. I stole something very precious from them and they want it back. They will kill whoever is in their way to get it. They are clo….!"
He was stopped mid sentence by a cold voice that sent chills down his spine. They were trapped and now they were going to die.