Chapter 2

Lina didn't know what to do. She had finally found her new apartment, but she didn't feel at peace. She had found Olivier and she knew, somehow, he was much more dangerous than he seemed. She could feel the darkness spread inside of him yet he had aactually let her go. She knew she could not escape him again. What is wrong amour? Olivier's vioce brushed gently against her temples. She damned herself for taking his blood, yet more so for letting him take hers. She realized she would never get away from him now, nor ever would she be able to.

She decided she would not answer as she quickly shielded her mind from his insistant probe. She quickly noted she could feel his presence close by, her body burned for him and her mind was in chaos. She rubbed her temples rather ruthlessly trying to persuade her head to comfort, but her attempts were useless. She tried to think through the situation. Her father once told her that she may one day meet a carpathian male that would try to make her his lifemate. She knew that her father would have never realized that she would never want to take a carpathian male as a lifemate. She was truely afriad for her survival if she became a lifemate to the same creature that was once her father's downfall. A male carpathian too close to becoming the thing that seeked only to kill and her father had known she would one day meet the other half of her soul. He knew he could not save her from this tragedy and her heart shuddered in realization her mother was not her father's lifemate. Her head pounded in frustration realizing her family was nothing more than a hoax her father needed to feel alive, and her own birth was a mistake to her father. She could have been important to the carpathian people had he told them of her, yet her own father refused to let her be known to her own family. what is bothering you? i can feel your distress and i desire to help you. Olivier was finding her location rather quickly even through her barriers and deciets. She cursed quietly and very unlady-likely as she strode to the closet to get her things. She quickly found her backpack from her last year of highschool and packed it with all of her money and a few days worth of clothing. She dressed in a deep red corset and a small blood red pair of shorts and skirt. She found her long black cloak and strung it around her body ready to leave within the next few minutes. She forced her mind away from the thought of leaving Olivier. For some unknown reason to her, he made her want to jump on top of him and rip off every last piece of clothing he had on. She was disgusted with herself for thinking about him now. He was approaching at a rapid rate and she needed to find a way to get away from him.

"I've got it!" Lina mused out loud as she grabbed her cellphone and charger. She was very accustomed to tracking people through her phone and needed her daily chat with her friend. Darcy was psychic and was a dear friend to Lina. She had lived through many deaths of loved ones as she grew older and was "reborn" several times. She could actually share her past and gifts with someone and that made her feel at ease. Darcy needed to be warned she was leaving France and decided to go to the Carpathian Mountains which was once her beloved home. She dialed Darcy's number rapidly.

"Hello?" Darcy answered her phone with her usual carefree tone and happiness swept through Lina. "Darcy! It's me. I told you one day they would find me and i think one has. So I've decided to go home." She emphasized the word to let her know she was returning to the mountains. "Darcy, I want you to meet me there and stay there with me till i find a way to keep us both safe from these hunters. If he probed my memories at all he can easily find you and use you against me. I couldn't live with myself if iI was the reason you got hurt." Lina cautioned as she packed two well-used handguns in her bra hulsters.

"Alright. I'll pack my things now and will get on the next plane there." Darcy agreed knowing Lina was being completely serious. "Darcy, pack light. I'll meet you at the closest airport there and we'll travel together frm there. I'll see you soon my beloved friend." Lina hung up abruptly not giving anyone time to track where either cell was calling from. She headed toward her usual route from town and realized he would be able to track her scent well there. She rounded the next corner then and ran as fast as she could to the closest airport in France.

Olivier was scoping the city around Lina's location trying to find her. He could feel her presence and her increasing distress. His body was protesting he find her, yet he couldn't locate her exact location. He marveled at how powerful she really was being only half carpathian. He had pondered the fact that Vlad had a human partner when he was still young and someone under the protection of carpathian people, yet she had no idea they were carpathians. He was very distressed by Vlad's determination to keep that woman and her child safe yet Olivier never thought that child to be Vlad's. He had been sent away after accusing Vlad of protecting someone undeserving of the carpathian protection. He never realized he had hit a soft spot that Vlad couldn't have forgiven. He now realized he had wrongfully accused Vlad of being a traitor to the carpathians by accusing him he had no right to protect his daughter. Once Vlad died, Olivier remembered seeing Lina through the eyes of Vlad as he told the carpathians his life was over. He could remember seeing an undying love to protect what was his, yet Olivier had not understood what he was talking about yet. His recognition to those memories frightened him. He had long forgotten those painful memories, his feelings were no longer with him then. He realized they were actually painful memories and he repressed them suddenly as he scanned for his beloved lifemate.