Jaydon found himself on his back once again Skylar straddling him. This was the ninth time and he was getting tired of her kicking his ass every time. To keep herself entertained Skylar had offered to teach him some more fighting moves. He had at first declined but she had insisted so he relented. Now he was regretting it as she kept winning. Not once had he overpowered her neither had he managed to connect a hit. She was too fast and agile, not to mention strong. Now red in the face he stared at her angrily, but she just laughed and rolled off him. She could barely stand she was laughing so hard. He stood and got in a ready stance. Skylar calmed a bit and raised an eyebrow
"care to try again Princeling". Without prompting he swung a kick but she ducked and spun kicking his legs from under him. Using years of experience he managed to flip over and land on his feet. Not giving her a break he attacked again and again she managed to dodge. This went on for another five minutes till something changed. She was tiring! The vampire was getting tired. The weakness worked quickly and she could barely stand let alone hit him properly. He stopped and helped her stay upright. Without a sound against this movement he led her to a stump and helped her sit.
"What is it now?" he asked worriedly, she shook he head and tried to stand but swayed and sat back down again.
"It is the lack of 'food' and the hunger" she could barely speak
"it weakens me more and more everyday". He knew exactly what kind of food and ignored the queasy feeling in his stomach.
"I told you, you could hunt" he was now keeping her upright. Skylar shook her head
"vampires put a tonic in the… 'food' that stops the hunger for awhile otherwise we are never satisfied" she explained
"if I was to eat now without the tonic I would have to eat and eat and I can't bring myself to do it".
"You have to Skylar otherwise you will die, you have gone without blood for two weeks" he was angry
"don't starve yourself because of me!" She looked him square in the eye
"if I do I could catch 'blood lust'" she whispered wincing. Jayden looked at her questioningly,
"when a vampire drinks untainted blood they could go into 'blood lust' and then they would drink any blood, they would need it, they would kill even their best friend for it". Jaydon was shocked but he knew she needed blood
"do you know how to make the tonic? She shook her head.
"I'm taking you to the castle" he went to pick her up she dodged him and fell to the ground.
"No, no, no castle" she groaned. The prince sighed and squatted next to her
"there I can take better care for you". She shook her head clutching her stomach she winced in pain and yelled out. Her scooped her up and carried her back to the cottage. Lighting a candle after he placed her on the bed he stared out the open curtain into the night sky judging it would be dawn soon. He looked back at Skylar who was sitting up blinking and shaking her head.
"You can stay here but as soon as you get really bad I'm taking you to the palace" he warned she merely nodded and laid back down. Jaydon sat on the edge of the bed
"why are you trying so hard to help me?" she whispered almost laughing. He thought about that, he had believed that he was doing this to repay for saving his life but now he wasn't sure why he was doing all this.
Skylar watched as he went into his deep thoughts she'd watched him do this a couple of times and it always interested her how he kept such focus. She had always thought he was quite handsome and funny and anything else you could think of. Her stomach gave a sharp pain which made her cringe. This she saw broke Jaydon from his thoughts as he reached out placed a hand on her arm
"you ok?" "I'm fine" she waved him off but he did not believe her, she could tell. The vampire princess was so hungry, it felt like she was eating herself. Without thinking she sat up and stared at a surprised Jaydon but then another searing pain came from her stomach it was much worse than the others. Her scream ripped through the air and Jaydon leapt over and held her as the pain increased. For once in her life she started to cry as the pain engulfed her. She felt him kiss the top of her head, which only lessoned the pain a fraction. Soon it finished and the vampiress knew she would not last much longer she needed to return to her people. But with Baltor fast approaching the guard had been doubled and it was nigh impossible to get OUT of the castle. She then remembered Jaydon's muscled arms around her and how protected she felt which of course was a shock to her.
"You okay?" he asked, concern actually shook his voice. She merely nodded, Jaydon was not convinced
"how much longer?" Skylar knew what he was asking, how much longer will she live?
"Won't last the day.." she panted she was basically floating. Jaydon was frantic, he couldn't let her die.
"Is there any sort of blood that you can drink without getting 'blood lust'?" he watch her closely as she just looked at him but in her eyes she was hiding something
"tell me Skylar!" he ordered. She closed her blue eyes
"human…." She said barely above a whisper, she knew what he was going to do next. He lifted the sleeve of his shirt and offered his wrist to her
"drink go on!". She turned away
"I can't, I can't" she said close to pleading he turned her face to look at his wrist. "It could save your life!" he said she simply shook her head
"come on!". She opened her eyes fierce
"don't tempt me!" she almost shouted he was taken aback
"if I start I probably won't be able to stop!". She was crying now it was breaking his heart.
"You can I know you can please just do it!" he said softly. Her eyes suddenly showed the hunger she was feeling and it was almost a force that knocked him back. Her long slender fingers wrapped themselves around his upper arm and hand then hesitantly she lowered her head to his wrist. She gave him a look as hoping him to tell her to stop. Getting nothing she closed her eyes as her lips connected with his flesh. He felt her pointed teeth glided over the soft spot which made him shudder with pleasure. That's when she bit. He almost jerked his hand back but he soon calmed and felt his precious blood be sucked out.
Skylar couldn't believe how good he tasted. She couldn't bring herself to stop the taste was so delicious. Jaydon wobbled but managed to stay upright, he was losing strength with every drop of blood that left his body. She had to stop otherwise she would kill him. A battle waged in her between her vampire half and her human half. Soon the human part won and Skylar ripped herself from him. The two both cried out in pain and fell back. Silence crept in, the only sound was their haggard breathing. Skylar sat up and crawled over to him. She lightly shook him
"Jaydon please wake up!" she whispered. The colour had gone from his cheeks and she feared she had drunk too much. Slowly and laboriously he opened his honey eyes which stared, unfocused at her.
"Are you ok?" she asked quietly which he merely nodded. The princess helped him sit up shaking his head he turned to her
"feel any better?". She sat for a moment and thought. Most of her former strength had returned but it would not last but one thought made her smile.
"Let it be a comfort for you to know you taste so much better than cow's blood!" she laughed at his shocked expression. Regaining her composure she helped him up and led him to the door she opened the door to see that the sun was just about to rise from the treetops. He looked at her but there was something different in his eyes.
"I think I just figured out why I want to help you" he whispered staring at her, she couldn't but blush. The candle light flickered across her face illuminating her elegant but soft face and giving her fair hair the color of a deep gold.
"What's that?" she asked innocently stepping closer her blue orbs never leaving his own. With another step he closed the covered the space between them and crashed his lips to hers. She seemed shocked at first but then seemed to melt into him her arms wrapped around his neck. Soon the top of the sun started to rise and Skylar backed away from his loving embrace and behind the cover of the door.
"Go" she whispered, he reached out and touched her face which she grabbed and kissed his palm. He smiled and left. Sitting on his leva bike he sped back to the palace.
Jaydon spent the day wandering about the castle humming happily to himself. He greeted everyone he passed and they gave him odd looks. His odd behavior even reached his mother who knew exactly what had happened. Her boy had found a lady friend. But who?. Most of the girls his age had left for Erakylion but then again he was always out at night in those woods. She wanted to find out who so she went in search for her son but him conked out on his bed snoring. She laughed quietly to herself before leaving him to sleep.
Jaydon woke feeling ecstatic, the sun would be down soon and he would see Skylar. He got dressed super fast and headed towards the entrance of the palace. On his way down he saw his mother standing on her favorite balcony. Ignoring his want of seeing Skylar he walked towards his mom. She knew he was coming she always did
"going out again tonight?" she asked sweetly, she used this tone whenever she wanted to know something.
"Yes" he answered standing beside her. He shared his mom's love for this balcony, it had a wonderful view of Solaria's capital Solara. The sun was halfway gone and his mother loved this time of day.
"So who is she?" she asked out of the blue. He was unsettled by the question who the hell did she know!.
"There isn't anybody ma!" he said defiantly which caught her attention
"my we are defensive" she laughed and Jaydon mentally kicked himself. Knowing she wouldn't get anything out of him she remained quiet but soon the had a wonderful conversation. Soon the sun was gone and the cities lights were on.
"Its so quiet" Jaydon whispered, you wouldn't think that they were right in the middle of war.
"It the quiet before the storm" she whispered. Something caught Jaydon's eye, it looked like a comet wreathed in flame.
"That's odd!" Stella said beside him, she walked closer to the edge staring at it intently he was close behind her. It did not stop and it was heading towards the forest. But it would rebound from the shield and they would be safe. He watched as the flame came closer to the shield. It hit it but it did not stop but it broke the shield. He watched as it lowered and now he was panicked. Stella ran back inside and hit a button. An alarm blared, it rebounded over the city and he knew that it did reach the other cities too.
"We're under attack, Baltors broken through!" The queen shouted as the men appeared below her underneath the balcony
"get the civilians and yourselves to the evacuation ships!". They ran to follow her orders. He watched in horror as the flame landed in the forest and the trees were now ablaze.
"It's enchanted fire! There's no stopping it!" Stella screamed and she turned to find Sonja running towards them
"Come mama we must flee!" she cried and grabbed her mothers hand. Jaydon looked back to the forest and he remembered. SKYLAR!.
Authors note: I am so so sorry about the wait and there another chapter on the way please forgive me. And sorry about the wait for Spark of life's next chapter but I'm struggling for ideas and to FloraxHelia, your puppy eyes worked and now I'm working really hard on it! Peace out!.