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Chapter 16

Fang POV

She tasted so good. I knew she loved it when I kissed her neck, not to mention how much I liked it. Her scent overwhelmed and dazed me making me completely unaware of all my other senses.

"Get off of her!" I heard Ms. Martinez yell. The yell startled me and I pulled away from Max. I looked at Max and I noticed she had tears running down her cheeks and then realized how bad it probably looked from her mom's point of view. I felt Max's arms push hard against my chest and next thing I knew I was pushed onto the floor. I was too distracted so it wasn't one of my most elegant landings.

"Ms. Martinez, really it's not what it looks like." I said trying to defend myself. What was I thinking doing that in here where anyone could walk in?

"Well than why does Max have tears running down her face?" Why was she crying? I asked myself. I looked over at her asking her with my eyes. Everyone directed their attention towards her. She looked around like a frightened doe trapped and a shooting of pain went to my heart at seeing her like that.

She suddenly stood up and bolted out through the back door. I stood there stunned for like a second when I finally reacted and hurried after her.

I spotted her not too far away and took off into the air. I flapped my wings as hard and fast as they would go and I was finally catching up to her.

"Max stop!" I yelled. Her flying was becoming dangerous; she was veering in different directions and making sudden dips in the air. She could loose control at any moment and fall out of the sky.

As I processed this I heard a scream erupt out of Max and it had happened. She was falling and had no control over her wings. They were being twisted to and fro and I could only imagine the pain going through her.

"Max!" I plunged down after her and I felt the air burning my eyes and my hair whipped back. I reached down to her and caught her in my arms trying hard not to hurt her wings any further.

The ground was still coming at us and I didn't know how I was going to manage to land. I screamed as I opened my wings and the wind all but tore my wings off. I fought back the pain and used the last of my strength to open my wings a bit and slow down our fall. By no means was I going to be able to completely stop the fall so at the last minute I flipped us over so that I was on the bottom.

With a loud thump we landed on the hard, cold earth and I felt the air get knocked out of my lungs. I gasped for air and had to push Max off getting on all fours and coughing violently. I felt pain shoot throughout my entire body at every cough and finally collapsed taking shaky breaths.

I looked over at Max lying on the floor next to me. She was unconscious but I could see the pain etched across her face. I slowly and carefully got up and looked Max over.

Her wings were made a mess of and I was pretty sure she had pulled some muscles.

"Max……." I stroked her face and collapsed on the ground next to her completely beat.

About ten minutes later I heard her moving making the leaves on the ground rustle. Sounds of pain came from her and I hesitantly sat up.

Max POV

Pains in my back woke me up slowly. I regained consciousness and as I moved I couldn't help but groan in pain. Everything came flooding back to me and I felt a lump rise in my throat. I looked at my surroundings and Fang was next to me lying on his back. He turned and looked at me and we looked at each other for a moment.

"You scared me." He said looking directly into my eyes. He got up and I noticed he did so very slowly.

"Fang are you ok?" He nodded slowly and sat closer to me. He put a hand to my cheek and his warm hand felt wonderful on my face.

"What happened?" I whispered. He looked at me and I could see that he was worried and in pain.

"I followed after you, you lost control, started falling and I tried to stop us from doing so, but I guess that didn't work out." He said grinning trying to ease the mood but it didn't reach his eyes. He was in pain, I could tell from the way he moved and it was my fault. It was my fault that he was hurt.

I couldn't look at him I felt so guilty.

"I'm sorry." I heard him say. "I shouldn't have done that."

"Yeah that wasn't the smartest thing to do, with my mom right in the next room." I said a small grin on my lips. He laughed and then sucked in a breath. I looked over at him and his face was contorted in pain.

"Fang, what's wrong?" I asked him. I got up and leaned over him.

"Max," He said weakly. "My wings."

"We need to get back to the house." I said trying to sound calm although on the inside I felt like falling apart. His breathing was coming out a little ragged from the pain.

"Can you walk, the house is about twenty minutes away walking?" He nodded and I helped him up.

He was able to walk for most of the way but when we were a block or so away from the house I had to carry him, holding him up by wrapping one his arms around my shoulders. I was exhausted and my wings were searing with pain at this point. When we finally reached the house I called out to Iggy, knowing he would be able to hear us with his hearing expertise.

I couldn't keep myself up a second longer and my legs collapsed under me, bringing Fang and I falling down to the ground. I felt everything tune out and I lost consciousness again.

A/N: Hope you liked it. I'll update again sometime this weekend.