So here is the next chapter! I have no idea how many of you actually read this but if you do please R&R. I need to know if anyone wants me to continue. this is longer than the first and ive started working on the third chapter already. I may have it posted around Sunday? at the latest. ill try to have it up later on today but i know tomorrow and saturday will be completely packed.

I walked aimlessly around the now dark village. I passed several vampires out and about, some partying some shopping. This place was intended to be my new home. Human village by day and vampire village by night. Truth is, I don't want to fight. Not for this side or for the other. I want to go back to the small village I'm from, to see my family, my friends. I saw a small pond a little ways from the village and went and sat on a rock to think.

Ivan and I walked down the street, looking but not really looking at the shops as we passed. We were meeting my sister Karolina. Ivan was her mate and even if I didn't like it to begin with, I knew he would treat her great. We walked into the small cafe and looked around. I spotted her and Natasha in a corner waiting on us. I bonded Natasha for the simple purpose of needing blood, but after getting to know her she turned into my best friend and sometimes more.

We all lived together on the edge of town in a very large house, not a mansion. The house was cozy and more often than not Tasha stayed with me in my room. We knew we were risking our necks, what with the fighting being this close, but we wanted some coffee. Yes vampires could eat if we wanted. Really we were just tired of staying in the house. You could hear the firing of guns and cannons in the distance but I didn't think much of it. Snow had begun to fall around and the girls wanted out to get some christmas shopping done. I mentally eye rolled. I slid in beside Tash in the booth and nuzzled her cheek affectionately, inhaling her scent that was mingled with mine.

Suddenly screams pierced the air, making my over sensitive skin crawl. Guns fired and we all leaped into action. I pushed Tasha onto the floor and laid on top of her. I looked into her terror filled eyes, willing her to trust me. My adrenaline spiked and I felt the monster within me break. I looked at Ivan and Karolina and saw them snarling. My fangs elongated and I turned to the door, waiting.

I sat crouched over Tasha for what seemed like a millennium, waiting, snarling. I willed the soldiers not to come into this shop. Just this one.

I spoke to soon. The door caved in and Adrian Ivashkov, the leader of one of the clans at war, came walking through, inspecting. He seemed to be looking for something. He glanced around and saw Ivan in front of snarling Lina. He snorted and with the flip of a wrist Ivan was being attacked from every angle, my best friend.

The animal within me snapped. I lunged at the men and took them out soon, not before they had done their work on Ivan, he lay looking blankly a Lina, who had tears running down her face. I motioned for her to cover Tash and she jumped into action. These guys weren't playing around. They had white ash, which killed any vampire.

I had white ash cuffs around my wrist before long, burning the flesh. Lina and Tasha looked at me with teary eyes and pale faces. Surely they would leave them alone. Adrian bent down as if to whisper something in my ear, but grabbed the side of my neck and tore. I let out a cry I wasn't to proud of and tried to keep the tears out of my eyes.

"You understand your place boy?" His eyes gleamed wicked and for a second I thought of spitting in his face. One of his bitches tore a stake across my skin and once again I cried out, I felt myself hunching over, I was already on my knees. I nodded, I would do anything to get them to stop.

"Leave the girlies." And with that I was hauled to my feet and forced to walk. I glanced at my crying bond mate and sister and to my dead best friend. I trudged through the snowy streets. It was getting dark now and the snow came down faster.

I walked for I don't know how long. When I would get tired and stop, they pushed. If that didn't work they had a stick that they beat me and the few others they had captured with.

I was brought from my thoughts when I heard my new captain laughing loudly. I honestly wanted to just die. But I knew I either fought with them till this war was over our I was tortured. If I fought I had a chance of dying.

Then there was sweet Rose. I had been surprised at how she could read me. And it shocked me more when she willingly offered me her neck. Not even Tasha had done that. She liked to think she was more independent. Rose had been here for a while. That was obvious. And even more obvious that she was bonded with Adrian.

There was something about her that calmed me. I couldn't place it. Adrian had told me she was mine. He didn't need her to "fulfill" his needs anymore now that he was mated. He said since I was going to be second in command , until I was mated, I was going to have the best.

I was shocked when I saw her scars. I knew Adrian was a rough leader, but seeing that made me sick. Speaking of, I needed to get home. The sun was coming up and Roza would be awake. For some reason I couldn't place, I didn't want her by herself.

Tasha was alone, my subconscious yelled. I closed my eyes as I walked, trying to squash the pain ebbing up. She would be unbound before long. With me not around, she would be freed. Thats how things worked.

I opened the door to see Rose with her back to me, doing pull ups in the door way. I cocked my head sideways. She was in nothing but gym shorts and a hot pink sports bra. I smelt some form of breakfast in the kitchen and looked at the clock. 5:30? Good lord she was an early riser. I made my way noiselessly to the kitchen to see what was there. Omelets, pancakes, and fruit. Hmmmm, Adrian wasn't kidding. I started eating and heard the shower start around a half hour later.

I sat and starred into space, waiting on her to finish. She emerged from her room sometime later in a sweater dress and leggings. I felt my fangs elongate and tried to hide the things she did to my body. After regaining control she asked what she needed to do before work and I just shrugged. I wasn't used to this servant thing. She decided on getting things from the market and then she would go to work.

The thought of Rose seeing other men naked made me want to rip someones head of. Interesting, I didn't care if Tasha had other lovers. Not to mention I wasn't even bonded to Roza.

I gave her money to get things with and left behind her, on my way to find Adrian. It didn't take long, and after he questioned me about my night, hinting to things that didn't happen, we got to business. We would leave soon. It turns out we were in a remote place somewhere around 150 miles from my hometown. We would be heading back there and I seriously didn't know if I could handle that.

My opinion didn't matter though, I wasn't the leader. We would leave tomorrow morning. I nodded and turned to leave before Adrian grabbed my wrist. "Bond her." It wasn't an option at that point. He was ordering me. "Before we leave." And with that he turned and began fussing about something else. I sighed.

I went home and changed into some workout clothes that were left for me and went for a run. Just letting my thoughts drift. How was I going to do this. When? I sighed . Did it even really matter? Damn, I had no nerve. be the second in command you are supposed to be. Bite her, drink, and stick it in. I stopped and pinched the bridge of my nose.

I made my way home and by the time I was back Rose was off work. She sat on the couch, rigid. Adrian told her. She must have sensed me because she stood and made her way to her bedroom. I sighed. I flashed in front of her before she could go in the door and led her to the bedroom I used to change in.

She wouldn't look up and my icy heart cracked. I wish I wasn't ordered to do this. Not now. She looked scarred. No matter what I did I couldn't replace the things Adrian had done to her. She sat on the bed and kicked her boots off. Next came the leggings, then the panties. I muffled the groan that rumbled in my throat. She slide the dress from her shoulders and then down till it puddled in the floor, the bra not long after.

There she stood in all of her beauty, looking at the ground. I moved slowly to her. I grabbed her hands and put the on the hem of my shirt, giving her the option. I felt her hands tremble and knew that if she didn't do it I wasn't going to force her, not this beautiful creature. Her hands slid under my shirt and up my stomach and over my chest. I tried to keep my muscles from trembling but I knew I was doing a very bad job. She stood on her tip toes to pull it over my head. While she was up there she took the leather tie from my hair and let it fall down to frame my face.

I walked her back until her knees hit the bed and I was still wary. I couldn't hurt her. She slid my shorts down, freeing me from my shorts. I heard her inhale sharply before looking away shyly. I pulled her to me, kissing her gently. When our lips met, I don't have any clue what happened. Electricity shot through me and suddenly we were all over one another. She pulled me down on the bed on top of her.

She felt familiar, as if I was meant to be here. I positioned myself at her entrance, asking permission. I knew if I went this far there was no turning back. She curled her legs around my waist and lunged her hips upward, connecting us. I groaned and she threw her head back.

All thoughts of taking it slow were gone. I began pounding hard into her like there was no tomorrow. She turned her head to the side as I felt her getting close. I bent my head down and slid my fangs, already elongated from the act, into her neck and groaned. I felt her tighten around me and soon I followed pulsing into her. I stilled on top of her and retracted my fangs. I licked at the spot to close it up without leaving another scar on her beautiful, exotic neck. I slide out of her and rolled the the side still panting.

She timidly slid over and rested her head on my arm before closing her eyes and her breathing evened out. Her scent washed over my senses, surrounding me. She smelled sweet with a mix of huskiness I knew came from me. I smiled lightly and kissed her head. What have I gotten myself into?

The next morning I lay looking at the beautiful girl beside me, not knowing how I was going to go back home, leave my Roza, and face what was my life two days ago. I sighed, kissed her forehead, left a note as to why I wasn't here when she woke up, and left to find Adrian.

I walked into the barracks and the crowd parted until I finally came to Adrian. He had his back to me but as he raised his head and looked around I knew he was smelling. He turned with a huge face splitting grin on his face. He shook my head. "You don't disappoint!" I sighed, whiled he boasted around. "Brilliant!"

I sat down after changing into the black cargo pants, military boots, and leather jacket. A little over the top personally but whatever. Adrian began to explain what would happen when we made camp over the mountains, and about going to town to recruit. I winced.

We walked for what seemed forever and finally reached a cozy looking camp. There were cabins all over, some seemed occupied while others didn't. Upon arrival distant gunfire could be heard. I was showed to a cabin that had smoke rolling from the chimney, which made me curious. I walked in and saw Roza cooking something.

I cocked my head to the side. What was she doing here? "Nurse remember" Roza said from the kitchen. Hmm. Must have said that out loud on an accident. That made sense. God, there was no telling what she had to do.

At that point I took in her black dress, well well. I believe Adrian's nurse outfit is inappropriate. I didn't like the feeling that thinking about her in the midst of all this stuff did to me. In fact I was having a difficult time thinking of her as a blood source.

xDx

The next morning rang early and I sighed as we all lined up together, ready to charge the other sides line. Adrian yelled and everyone ran. Except for me and him of course. We were valuable. I mentally rolled my eyes.

The soldiers went at it for what seemed like ages. Some so beaten up they were taken back behind the lines to the medical station. It was dark by now so Roza was back at camp. That was when I heard the worst sound in the distance. The screeching of humans, terrified for their lives. Adrian's scared gaze caught mine and with a yell of withdraw we ran as fast as we could back towards camp.

We ran into the clearing and just about everyone froze. Vampires and humans alike, women and men, scattered everywhere, starring blankly. White ash killed everyone. Humans. Vampires. No one survived unless they took hostages. I fell to my knees.

I looked up and met the eyes of a very shocked Mikhail. I snarled. He had left my family when the war started long ago and I had thought him dead for a while. He was my fathers illegitimate child, but my mother took him in all the same. In his arms was a bleeding Roza. I jumped to my feet and took after him. I chased for hours. I lost him and stopped, looking around. Suddenly his arm was around my neck.

"Why do you want her so bad?!" I yelled, struggling to get free. He chuckled. "I thought you had your own girlie brother? And as to why her, can't you feel the power radiating off of her? She is going to make a marvelous healer, brother, something that is dear in a war." And like that he was gone. Like a puff of smoke.

I whipped around, searching but couldn't hear anything. I snarled. Now I had a reason to be in this war.

The next morning we went to the city, my hometown, to find recruits, human and vampire. The breach had left us devastated. I kept all emotions from my face as I walked flank to Adrian through the streets. People fled from every direction. I could imagine what we looked like. Many had lost mates, others bonds, friends, etc. We were all bloodied and beaten to the core.

I smelt the familiar scent of Tash and did nothing but look ahead. I heard my family's collected gasps. My muscles coiled in anticipation. My emotions locked behind a steal no longer mattered. Everyone began to snarl as we neared the point of attack. Adrian lifted a hand stopping everyone.

"Who wants to willingly join me? To help keep the peace? I will get my soldiers one way or another, if you volunteer or not." The town was silent for a moment before everyone began to scatter. His hand dropped and that was the undoing of our humanities. Like a pack of wild animals we all took of after someone. No one was to touch my family, that was a condition. However, one of Tasha's lovers made to strike a soldiers and suddenly I was on top of him, holding him while Jackson forced his own blood in the human's mouth.

Soon we had enough to finish the battle started here. I looked around and saw my family huddled together on the sidewalk. I walked over to the soldier keeping them there and elongated my fangs, a defensive posture. He shrunk away from me and I turned to face my family. Tash was the first to speak.

"You smell different Dimka." She said, shakily. What she didn't know was that it was because I was recently bonded with Roza. My mother decided to take the opportune moment and hug me around my neck. Her being a vampire knew why I smelt different. "Come back to me Dimka. You hear me? You have to come back." After that everyone hugged me, hoping it wouldn't be the last and for most it wouldn't be. Tash was the only mortal one. I would probably be gone longer than she would live. I looked her in the eyes. "Goodbye Natasha." I kissed her forehead and made my way back to Adrian's flank. We exited the town from the opposite side we entered, leaving devastation in our path.

Again, please R&R so i know if this is worth writing!:D