Hi, SORRY! SORRY! SORRY! I haven't updated in ages I actually forgot that I had this story so I am now back writing it and trying to complete it. Thank you to all of those people who are still reading this even through my long break and any ideas would be really appreciated. I promise that I will now finish it ASAP and to kick-start it off I have written a longer chapter than usual. I feel as though I am babbling now and making excuses so on with the story!!!

APOV

My sweet Mary-Lynette's heart was beating with enormous speed and silent, salty tears dripped down her beautiful, tender face. Telepathically, I heard the words that I never would of guessed I would have heard a year ago, but even though they were unspoken, I could feel the passion of each word pronounced with such passion, my undead heart made me leap. I Have loved you ever since the moment I saw you and although I kicked you in the shins, I still loved you and was afraid to let anyone in my life incase it was filled with yet another disappointment. Please don't blame this on yourself this is not anyone's fault and as soon as I break free from this idiotic and freaky guy, I will promise you that I give your father the real shin kicking he deserves!!

Hunter was scrutinizing our every move, making sure that there was no chance of escaping, and I figured that he would soon be listening to our telepathy conversation if he wasn't already doing so, so I decided just what the heck? It can't hurt talking to her since our fate was clearly written so I simply said. Mare, please listen to me, I want you to know that even though I went away for a year, I always thought about you everyday and tried with the bond to open up to it so I just feel what you are feeling and to see how you were. I know I messed up big time, but just the thought of you forgiving me made the whole trip away from you worthwhile and bearable.

"ENOUGH!!!" Hunter shouted both telepathy and out loud. I knew it!! Within seconds of me thinking this Hunter, ran up to my mare with vampire speed, grabbed her roughly by her perfect hair, and dragged her out of my house and into their limo. She fought with all of her remaining energy, but this seemed to get him aggravated and annoyed so he smacked her roughly across the cheek and delivered a heavy telepathy blow which instantly knocked her out. The majority of my body began to tremble with anger no-one harm my family and my beloved!!! With all of the superhuman strength I could manifest, I fought and fought until the limo was within my reach, and almost made it before one of the guards knocked me over the head with a wooden bat and darkness consumed me.

MLPOV

After the darkness had consumed me, hours must have passed because when I finally had woken up, a girl was doing my make-up and hair. I appeared to be in medieval-style dressing room and I wasn't alone. There were several girls there, all lined up in rows and one in particular I recognised was my blood sister Rowan. Unfortunately, she looked beaten up quite badly, enough at least to be still unconscious, but I could vaguely see the bruises vanishing rapidly across her pale face every minute. Once the bruises were almost gone, I could see her begin to stir. Because she was two chairs down from me, I could see that she would be okay, well okay enough considering the circumstances.

Her eyes grew wide as she looked in my direction. I could see the confusion and fear across her face as she then began to look over the room before returning her gaze back to me. She opened her mouth as if to speak to me but someone opened the doors and began to dismiss the girls doing our make-up and accessories. The man was clearly a born vampire by his attire and the fact that he was about middle age. He was wearing a black tailor suit with a pastel pink shirt and cufflinks. His brown, greasy hair looked messy and didn't compliment the outfit at all. His booming voice said whilst maintaining a sickening smile "hello ladies, may I first say that you all look beautiful and presentable.(uggh what a creep!) I would also like to say that tonight's events will take place shortly so if you may follow me and form a single line, if you do not co-operate I will kill you now or get a guard to forcefully have his way with you first then leave you left for dead, so come on ladies chop chop!"

After he said this I was immediately standing ready to go face whatever we had to do and I figured I would co-operate seeing as it would be unfair to Mark, Claudine, Dad and most of all Ash, if I died on the spot. Rowan was standing too now and she motioned me to follow her. Once I reached her, I gripped and lock my arm tightly to hers and whispered in her ear "Rowan! What is this place? What do they want from us?" For a minute she wouldn't answer me and looked away but as soon as I was about to ask her again, a guard grabbed both of us and told us that we were the "main attractions" and that we were to go up on stage first, (on stage for what?) so he dragged us and forcefully pushed us onto what would appear to be a drama school stage. I glanced around and saw thousands of Night world people all waving their numbers in the air as high as they could. I clicked on straight away and was sickened by what they were doing, and this was before the auction even began.

Rowan was whispering in my ear telling me to look across the stage and as soon as I did my heart did a leap. Ash! He was here, but apparently he was captured too.