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Chapter 10

Eva kicked a Nourasion guard in his leg, hearing it snap. She wondered why she didn't just shoot them. But after just one second clear thinking she knew exactly why and it made her groan in frustration while breaking another one's arm.

It's that one sentence Princey said.

No matter how stupid the actions of my people will be, I'll always try to find a solution instead of killing them.

And she had absolutely no idea why she was doing this. She must've been out of her mind to get attacked by Nourasions, and all she's doing here is breaking a few bones.

She didn't even pulled out her gun once since she was here fighting with these morons.

Fortunately, two of the six decided to crash on the ground and stay there, clutching the few bones she had broken. Unfortunately, four were still on their feet and Eva yelped in surprise when one grabbed her fist (she had been trying to hit him) and snapped it around, breaking it. Of course she felt the pain, even though she has had many bones being broken to get used to it. Blinking the tears back, Eva pulled her wrist from his hand and kicked him in his crotch, quickly snapping her wrist back into place.

However, she would need someone to look that over.

She cared way to much for that prince. If it wasn't for him she wouldn't even be here! Than she would probably still be by her group since she didn't had nothing else to rely on. She wouldn't walk straight into a lion's cave and fight without using a gun.

And now she was again proven that Aikka was no good for her mind – especially in battle – as she pulled out an arrow that dug itself in her upper leg. Dodging the one that came a little to close to her stomach, she rolled over and hit one so hard on the head that Eva thought she might've killed him.

Ignoring him Eva pulled out yet another arrow that was stuck in her shoulder and she groaned of stress. She could've just run, but that's just as low as the way of the Croggs.

Instead, she threw the arrow back to the Nourasion, only to find that he dodged it with magic and Eva paled.

Not all Nourasions had magic, and the one that did were almost never guards.

Maybe she could use her gun without guilt now.

Pulling it out and aiming at the two remaining Nourasions next to the magician, and shot one of them before dodging another blast of energy whooshing past her.

She hated it when they looked at her with black eyes. However, she couldn't really blame her since blood was dripping from her leg and shoulder.

She aimed for the leg of the non-magician left and had him crumpling down on the floor, so that she was face-to-face with the magician.

He grinned at her, his fangs bare and Eva snorted when he pushed her gun out of her hand with magic. Eva went to her hand-to-hand combat position. She was lucky she had her bonnet on, since she didn't went to killing with the first three.

He muttered something – Nourasion – and Eva looked behind her, sadly not in time since the next thing she saw was only a shield.

That roof seemed awfully familiar.

So did that window over there.

Eva rubbed her eyes a little bit and looked around in the room. Or more specific, her room.

She wondered, just exactly how she ended up in her own room, and Eva sat up, immediately staring at the back of the one who caused her all that trouble.

And, he was rummaging through her stuff.

"Morning." The back said and he turned around, his blue eyes glazed with a little worry.

Eva dropped herself back in her pillow. "Morning?"

"You were out for the rest of the night." He said, as he sat down on the foot of her bed. "Are you okay?"

She shook her head, feeling an immense pain in her head. "Not really."

Her hands travelled up to her shoulder and down to her upper leg, to feel a bandage.

.. Which would mean ..

She shouted in surprise when she found out she was only in her underwear. With her not so big underwear. She pulled her sheets up to her neck and glared menacingly at him while he had that little pervy grin on his face she so badly wanted to smack of.

"Well thanks for saving me, but you didn't had to undress me!"

Aikka ignored the comment. "I didn't save you."

Eva blinked and dropped the sheets to her shoulders. ".. I don't get that."

"My swordmaster Canaan found you." He said plainly.

Eva opened her mouth to say something, and closed it again because she was sure nothing normal would come out.

He chuckled. "He recognized you when he pulled your bonnet off."

Eva huffed. "He recognized me?"

"I told him about you."

Oh.

"He's under oath of secrecy."

Aah..

"You thought I wouldn't tell anyone about you?"

She shrugged. "Well, no. I mean, it's not like it's a common thing for you to hang out with a human."

"Yes, indeed. But I had to tell someone about my love for a human. That, and the reason why I refuse to drink human blood any longer."

She spun her head to him and suck in a deep breath. Aha, love for a human. Wait.. he didn't drink human blood any longer? Did they do that then? Oh well… it was sweet anyways.

He smiled at her and touched the leg under the sheets briefly. "Please be more careful Eva. I cant lose you."

She released her breath a little nervously. "Uhm.. okay."

He grinned a little at her behaviour. "I want to protect you, and I cant do that when you do reckless fighting. Okay?" Eva nodded helplessly.

"It's kind off fun when you don't argue with me."

"Okay.. HEY!" She shouted suddenly, complementing what he said. He grinned at her and stood up.

"No wait.." She said, her hand reaching for him and when he got a little closer she pulled him down on the bed, and he looked at her a little confused. "Something wrong?"

She smiled at him. "You're really sweet, even though you're annoying sometimes."

"I take that is a compliment?"

"Yes, but I wont say it again." He grinned and kissed her fore head sweetly. "I have to go." She nodded. "Of course."

"That's a nasty spot there!" Jordan said, pointing to her head which was probably still all colours from the hard hit with the shield.

"Shut up, it's not funny."

He laughed. "That's one of the reasons I didn't join your group."

She muttered something at him and sat down on the couch with a blanket. "I don't care, I'm the sick one now. You have to be sweet for me and give me everything I want."

"You're not sick. You're just a little bit in pain." She pouted at him. "I feel mentally sick."

"Then you should go see a psychiatrist."

"Jordan.."

"Okay, you want some tea?" He said, hurrying of to the kitchen, still chuckling. Eva couldn't help a smile and lied down, turning on the television.

After a while, Jordan pushed her feet of the couch and sat down too, placing two cups on the table. "So, what exactly happened?"

Eva explained her last situation – even though she told she had just forgot the gun – and managed to lie that she got away with a tiny bit of luck.

He didn't completely buy it however, but stayed quiet. "So," he eventually started. "You still hang out with that Nathan guy?"

Oh for Christ's sake.

"Yes, as a matter of fact I do." He snorted. "I know you don't like him."

He nodded and turned to her. "But, as we both know, I cant judge who you hang out with. Sucks pretty bad." Eva smiled at him. "For you yes. But if people had such an influence on me I would stop seeing you too. Stan said that a lot."

"He did WHAT?"

Eva grinned. "You're a bad example for me Jordie."

"I am not!"

"You are too."

"Am not!"

Eva raised her eyebrows at him and threw a pillow in his face. "I'm sick, I get right. And now we're moving on to another conversation."

He grinned and threw the pillow back in her face. The signal for a pillow fight.

Which Jordan lost.

"I think you're still surprised I told someone about you." Aikka reasoned while eyeing her. Eva shrugged. "Yes.. a little bit."

"What's really bothering you?" He said, leaning forward to her. Eva shifted her arms from the grass to her knees. G'dar was eating some grass a few miles from where they sat. She smiled at him. "Did you say to.. Canaan?" Aikka nodded. "That you love me?"

It probably sounded so innocent that everyone would've known Eva already knew the answer.

Despite that, the reaction was still amusing. Aikka blinked and opened his mouth wordlessly, staring at her in disbelief.

Eva silently cheered when she found him dumbfounded for once, and not the other way around.

But as always, he recovered more quickly then Eva ever did. "Not in those precise words." She pouted. "So what did you say?"

"Err.." He said, trying to come up with something logical enough so he could shut Eva up about this subject.

And the fact she was smiling oh so innocently at him didn't help a lot.

"I just .. said I cared for you. But couldn't you figure out that much?"

She blinked. Of course she figured that out. "A lot or just a bit?"

"In between." He said calmly.

She replaced herself a bit before crawling closer. Though she had absolutely no idea what she was expecting from him – or herself for that matter – she couldn't resist the idea to get him at a loss for words once.

Even though it could turn out pretty dangerous.

He followed her movements until she stopped right in front of him, sitting on her knees and smiling playfully.

"Too bad." She said, shrugging lightly and Aikka fixed his eyes on hers intensely.

Eva stared right back, blinking her eyes playfully once in a while.

Eventually, he sighed. "What is it that you want me to say, Eva?"

She raised her eyebrows and looked away. "Nothing.. I just.. I don't know."

He closed in on her and pressed his face into her neck, and Eva shivered of the cold touch.

"Do I smell good to more vampires? Or just to you?" She asked simply. He was silent for a while before answering. "I don't know. I'm not the others. I do know you smell incredibly intoxicating for me.. like I'm in a desert for decades without anything to drink, and then I find you.."

Nice example.

"Uhm.. why exactly.. do I smell that way for you?" Eva said slowly.

"I don't really know." He said. "I'm not sure if it is just your blood calling for me, your way of doing everything.. your body." He said, his breath hot – weirdly enough – on her neck.

"What I am sure of, is that I'm the only one who can do this." He said, sounding somewhat possessive, but Eva didn't notice.

"I'll rip anyone who comes this close to you in pieces."

Okay.

"You're mine Eva."

She closed her eyes and released a breath. Any other time she would've argued that nobody owns her. It didn't really matter with him though..

He pressed his face lightly onto her shoulder, resting his head there as he was breathing harder then before.

Eva let him, she trusted him to not bite her. Awkwardly, Eva lifted her hands up to his back and let them stay there, her head leaning against his. She felt the energy he was radiating from his vamping, and it made her completely dizzy and out of this world, but she couldn't faint. Like he was somehow controlling her. She didn't even flinch when she felt his fangs scrape over her skin. If she would've ever been bitten by a Nourasion, then she rather had Aikka do the job then one of those idiots.

"I.." She tried when he kissed her collarbone and he pulled back, his hands on her shoulders to push her on a little distance from him.

He didn't even cared to hide his fangs anymore. She smiled and lifted her hand to his face, tracing his cheek.

He closed his eyes a little bit, so she could see small bits of black still gazing at her when she moved her fingers to his mouth, touching his fangs.

They felt incredibly sharp.. yet they didn't torn up her skin the moment he touched her with them. She wondered that if she'd touch their sharp points, if she would bleed. She could try it.

But then again, if she bled, her blood wound would be right at his mouth and nose.

Yet, he didn't move away from her.

Before she could try the idea she had built op in her mind, he grabbed her free hand with one of his and put it against his cheek, his eyes closing. Meanwhile, Eva decided she shouldn't try it – she'd only hurt herself. He opened his eyes slowly. They were still black, but the blue was returning. Eva smiled at him.

"No one can care so much for you as I do, Eva." He whispered, closing his eyes again.

Eva nodded and placed both her hands on his cheek, examining him slowly, before he took both of her hands and stared her right in her eyes. "You have no idea, how badly I want to taste your blood." He pulled her hands to his heart – well, she couldn't feel it since it wasn't pumping any blood.

Eva averted her eyes from him and looked at his chest.

Sure she's been kissed before.. but she's never felt anything so intense, so real, then now with him.

And she was probably still so inexperienced..

"I.." He stopped and Eva looked up.

"Eva?"

With a sour expression she thought of the word 'Timing', but it turned into shock when her head spun around to see Nathan standing there, dumbfounded.

And the position she and the prince were probably in right now.

Her mouth hung open from surprise while she was trying to make some words that would come out as an excuse, but eventually she knew that no matter what she said, the situation could be two things.

Number one: She'd be under attack from a Nourasion vampire.

Number two: She was having some soap drama romance with a Nourasion vampire.

And judging from how she probably looked at Nathan – not scared – he probably thought the last.

Darn it.

Aikka hissed at him, his fangs bare and he stood up quickly, ready to attack.

Oh right, Aikka didn't like Nathan.

"No!" Eva said, hoisting herself up. "Err, don't do that okay? I mean, he's a friend, we've talked about that."

He stood up straight again, but there was still a sound coming from his throat which made it seem like Aikka was some sort of animal, but Eva didn't laughed at herself for that comment.

"Umm.. hey Nathan!" She tried, waving and faking happiness. "Remember we talked about that Nourasion girl you've met? Well-er, here you go! This is my Nourasion friend, Aikka.."

Nathan turned his glare from Aikka to a softer gaze to Eva. "The Prince?"

"Umm well.. yeah!"

She hated this.

Absolutely hated this.

Eva mentally cried out in self-pity as she watched the two boys – of different species – glaring at each other. In her house. That was one of the more reasonable actions Eva had done, taking them both to her house. She wouldn't want to have a blood bad in the valley were everyone could see and hear them.

"Well.." Eva tried. "It's getting late. Maybe you should go home." She told Nathan. No way she was going to tell vampy-boy in his vampy state to get los.

"No." Nathan said harshly and Aikka hissed at him.

"Eheh, it's okay, really. He wont hurt me or anything."

"It's a vampire."

She scratched her head nervously. "Well, yes.. but we've been friends for a long time already! He hasn't bit me one time!"

"He was vamping at you when I spotted you together."

She laughed nervously and Nathan looked at her hard. "Yes, he was, but he wasn't trying to bite me, right?" She asked Aikka, turning her head to him.

His eyes weren't black anymore, but he was showing his fangs in a signal to attack if he felt like it. She wondered if Nathan felt threatened.

"I wouldn't hurt you Eva, you know that."

"See! It's okay, you can go home! I'll see you in the morning!"

Nathan didn't budge, and Eva sighed in desperation. She was not going to stay here all night with two jealous and angry boys.

"You could both leave to. See each other of somewhere?"

She cringed when they both glared at her now, but Aikka's gaze softened slightly. "Sorry." He said to her and turned to the boy left of her. "I suggest you leave."

"Is that a threat?"

"It is."

Eva examined Nathan. He didn't look scared. But he has to be! I mean, Aikka was threatening him like that and with his fangs and all.. Hell, even Eva got a little scared, and Aikka wasn't threatening her at all!

Suddenly, Nathan stood up.

"I'll see you in the morning."

Eva thanked the Gods that Nathan left. Now there was only one more problem left. Aikka, who was still sitting on the right of her.

"Okay then." She said carefully. "I guess you don't want any tea huh?"

He growled and turned his eyes to her when he had been sure Nathan shut the door behind himself.

Eva smiled helplessly at him. "So, em.."

He stood up quickly – darn speed – and walked over to the hallway.

Eva walked after him, she expected he was going to leave as well.

Instead of that, he grabbed her hand and pulled her through the living room and right into the little garden, smashing the glass door so hard Eva wondered if it got a burst, and he pulled her through the forest.

"Where are we going?" she asked curiously. He didn't answer, and after a few minutes they were with G'dar, and he jumped on him carrying Eva with him with no trouble at all.

He positioned himself behind Eva and kicked G'dar's shell softly, so he flew up. Eva couldn't help it, she smiled her biggest smile that day. She loved to fly on G'dar..

Though, Aikka never let her fly in the front. He leaned in on her neck. "When I'm angry I always take a little ride on G'dar." He whispered casually in her neck.

Eva nodded and tried to enjoy the flight. It didn't really bother her that he just took her with him without asking, it wasn't like she had anything better to do.

Unconsciously, she leaned into his chest and closed her eyes.

She loved to fly.

As said, Eva opened the door for Nathan the next morning, only to see him leaving again. He was probably angry at her, but he wanted to check if she was okay anyway. She smiled, though sad. I think he wanted me to have told him. Eva reasoned as she closed the door.

But then again, had he really expected her to just throw it out? Like: Oh hey, Nathan, guess what, I've got a Nourasion boyfriend! Oh, yes, it's the Prince too!

She dropped the cloth she was holding and frowned at her thoughts.

Eva warmed her hands on a cup of tea – she'd been drinking that a lot. – and stared outside the kitchen window to the street.

That is, until someone came barging into her house with such noise and speed that Eva threw her cup up in reflex, and it shattered on the floor. "Don't DO that!" she breathed out to Aikka, standing right next to her. She raised her eyebrows at his worried expression. "Is something wrong?"

"You have to go." He said, pulling her to her room. "Pack anything important to you. Not too much." He said quickly, pushing her into her room.

Eva watched him confused while he grabbed a bag out of her closet – how did he know it was in there??

"What are you looking at? Come on, we don't have much time!" He said, throwing the bag at her.

Eva carefully began to pack the stuff she would never want to lose, and some other important things. "I don't see where this is going at.." She said, zipping it closed. "Could you at least explain?"

When he saw she was done, he pulled her and ran down – darn speed – the stairs to the back door.

"Aikka, I-" Eva muttered, her eyes watering from the speed. Just when Aikka opened the door, Eva heard a loud banging on the door.

"OPEN UP OR WE'LL BARGE IN."

She widened her eyes nervously. Why were the Croggs here? Aikka smashed the door closed – pretty loudly – and she could hear the Croggs giving one last warning.. and smashing down the door.

"Why are they.." Eva blinked from the speed. "Hey!" She said, trying to yank her arm loser. "What do they want?"

"Get on. Now." He said, gesturing to G'dar and holding up his hand to the small little entrance from the forest to the valleys. G'dar squatted down as low as he could for her and Eva scrabbled up him.

She heard some soft sounds and felt Aikka sitting behind her. He used his magic to bend the trees a little, so the opening wasn't visible much.

When they flew into the air, she felt Aikka loosen up a little behind her, so she decided to relax too.

"If you don't want to tell me the things I just asked, could you then please tell me where we are going too?"

"I was hoping you could tell me. Unless – you want to come with me to the palace. I'm sure my bed is big enough for the two of us."

Eva raised her eyebrow. Then, she blushed. "Aikka! I'm not discussing that right now." She decided, huffing. "What do you mean, you were hoping I could tell you?"

"Didn't you had a rebellious group or something you hung out with?" He asked nonchalantly, leaning on the side of her head with his own. "Oh, okay." She said. Then she understood it. "WHAT!" She yelped, trying to look back at him. "My group? You want me to lead you there? No, wait. You want to bring me there? I don't und-." He silenced her with an impatient glare and grinned when she, indeed, shut up. "Yes, I was planning on taking you there. It does seems the safest place to me.." He said, trailing of in thought. "Because I supposed you didn't have any family here right?"

Eva frowned. No, she indeed didn't have any family here – left.

Else, when her father was taken by the Croggs, she would've moved there. Of course he would reason that, and of course he was right.

"And I would love to take you with me to my palace Eva, but you know that we can only do that if you have a death wish. The Croggs may not notice, but the servants and other Nourasions will."

Yup, they'll smell human.

"I get your point." She said softly. "But if you bring me there it's also a death wish for you."

He snorted. "Honestly, I'm not a first-year guard." He said, leaning on Eva again. "I could wipe out your entire base with just a snap of my fingers."

"Show-off. You shouldn't be so easy about it, we're actually pretty strong together. You might get your royal ass hurt."

"Well, that stung me." He chuckled. "I could just drop you of here then, if you like."

Eva looked down, suddenly a little frightened by the dark words. She didn't had any weapons with her either. "Err.." She said, complementing her options. She could go down there, and risk the fact she could get killed – Crogg or animal. But, she could also arrive there safely without anyone knowing about the Prince. Then, if he would drop her off she was sure she would make it alive – but they could kill her then for betrayal, even though that was a little overreacted. They could kill Aikka though..

"What are you doing?"

Eva snapped out of her thoughts and frowned. Then she blushed. She'd been weighing her options – literally – with her hands like a scale. She quickly dropped them on her lap and shook her head. "Nothing."

"So, I'll drop you of here?" He said, motioning G'dar a little lower. Eva blinked. "No, don't. Please?" She quickly said, already seeing a big animal slash Crogg running at her. She was strong in hand-to-hand combat – with a Nourasion.

Aikka grinned and heightened G'dar again. "Sorry Princess, didn't want to scare you. So where too?" He asked.

Eva sighed. "The base is close to the river. We have to descend G'dar in the open valley.. over there," Eva said, already seeing the open space. "Cause else we wont get in. And then I'll have to get you in.."

"I'm coming in with you then?"

"Do you want to?" She asked silently. Aikka toyed with her hair. "Would it get me hurt or killed?"

"Most likely." She said. He kissed her neck lightly, grinning his fangs bare. "I'd love too."

Eva rubbed her neck nervously. She really hoped that Stan would think before he acts. Koji would. She didn't knew about Stan. Or if Stan wasn't there, Jordan or Jessica.

She grimaced and Aikka made a remark about it, but she didn't pay attention and glanced at him steadying G'dar.

He looked back at her and raised his eyebrows in question. Eva shook her head. "Nothing."

Walking into the wood randomly, knowing.. well, she thought she knew, where the base was. She was so nervous! Eva didn't really knew why though. Sure, Aikka could get killed. If they did that though she'd murder them.

However.. this feeling was more like bringing your first boyfriend with you for a dinner at home. With your dad. Oh god, it's Stan and Koji. She knew it. They always caused her trouble on private matters.

"You're troubled. Should I wait for you at G'dar?" Aikka suddenly asked, glancing towards her.

Eva sighed relieved and nodded. "Yes.." She said. He smiled at her and left for G'dar.

After some rummaging around, Eva found the camera that was hid, and motioned at it for the opening to appear. The opening – which was in the ground – appeared slowly and Eva whistled and the nice technology while running down underground quickly, wrinkling her nose.

Eva hugged Koji tightly while getting ready to leave again. She explained her situation to them, and everyone seemed to be the same as when she left them, except for Stan who seemed pretty nervous. Nonetheless he got a hug too. Eva agreed to stay at the base at night, since most of the members were doing that. The Croggs had found a lot of the rebels of her group, and now the majority of them had no where to stay. They thought it to be best if they would just stay at the base.

Breathing in some cool night air, Eva walked back to the open space where they left G'dar, wondering if Aikka would be there. He said he would wait for her.. but she's been there for nearly three hours.

As she expected, the open space was empty when she arrived. She shrugged and mumbled to herself she shouldn't have such stupid thoughts anyway.

Sitting down to stare at the moon, Eva thought about her father. She wondered how he would be doing at the moment.. maybe he heard about the traitor, and the list that's been send to the Croggs about her group.

She hoped not, he would be worried sick. But still, it would mean he was still alive. Closing her eyes, she listened to the complete silence. Here, in the middle of the woods, there was no war.. no Croggs. Strange they didn't took this down yet.

She smiled, memorizing the feeling. Eventually, she opened her eyes, and touched the body that lied next to her lightly.

"You're so silent." She murmured softly. He smiled at her. Nourasions were known for their speed and silence. As well as their hospitality.

"How did it go?" He asked her, touching her hair. "Good, I think. Stan's a bit jumpy. I'm staying there for shelter the following weeks." She said, playing with some grass between them.

Aikka frowned. "That's unhealthy. It must stink badly there." Eva chuckled and nodded. "Yes, it does. Hurts my nose. But I don't really got any other option." She said. He nodded. "I suppose under the stars would be to cold. And my chambers wont be an option.." He thought aloud. "Still, you don't have to spend every night there." He finished with a smirk. Eva glanced at him. "Your point is?"

He placed his cold hands on her waist and pulled her on top of him with ease. She smiled when he kissed her.

That's such a sucky ending. Oh well, I love to do that sometimes. ^^ R&R and sorry for mistakes -.-