Caged Wings

Chapter Twenty Three: Past, Darkness, Future

Raven opens one eye and wakes herself up. She sits up and realizes she was passed out on the coffee table in the livingroom. She yawns as she stands herself up. She shakes her head to snap out of it. She felt really, really sick. She figured it was from everything she drank the other night. She looks around to see Hova passed out in a chair, Zero on the couch, and Sythe on the floor. Raven shakes her head and sighs.

Her eyes widened as she puts a hand on her mouth, "Guh..."

She then runs into the bathroom and began to throw up into the toilet. She coughs at the vile taste in her mouth. Her eyes widened as she began to puke once more. She began to shake, feeling nervous. One of the worst things she hated......vomitting. She began to breathe heavily. She found it odd. She never threw up often, in fact, she never did in years. She looks down and gasps. She sees dark blood in the toilet. It was almost black. She wipes her mouth as she whispers to herself, "W-what's happening to me?"

She hears a moan, "Hm?"

She looks to see Hikari sit up from the bath tub. Raven's eyes widened, "Hikari?"

Hikari rubs her eyes, "Morning."

Raven would normally laugh at something like this. Hikari had passed out in the bath tub with no explaination. Usually very funny, but not this time. All Raven replied faintly was, "Hey"

She then flushes the toilet before anyone could see what she just threw up. Hikari laughs, "Sickness kicking in?"

Raven chuckles vaguely, "Oh yeah."

She then gets up, "See ya."

Raven leaves as Hikari watches with concern. Raven then goes into her room and closes her door. She then goes to her mirrior. She looks at herself. She was paler than before and her eyes were deep black. Raven blinks and wipes the left over blood from her mouth. Raven began to shiver, "W-why did I throw up blood?"

Raven then feels a painful pulse in her chest. Ba-bump! Ba-bump!

Raven grabs her chest, "Gah!!!!"

She falls to her knees as the pulse kept on beating over and over again, slowly. Ba-bump! Ba-bump! Ba-bump! Ba-bump!

Raven screams and falls onto her back, still clenching her chest. Her heart began to slow with each passing moment. She shakes again, "W-what's.....going on.....with me?"

Raven began to pant like she just ran miles on end. She turns herself over, regaining her breath. She then stands as her pulse began to slow once more as the pain disappeared. She was still shivering. Raven then shakes her head to snap out of it. She then feels a cold draft behind her. Her eyes widened and she looks to see Dimus. Raven's eyes widened, "Dimus?"

Dimus walks up to her and strokes the side of her face. Raven slaps his hand away and growls, "What the hell did you do to me?!!"

Dimus sighs and looks to the floor, ashamed. He says lowly, "What you wished."

Raven grabs Dimus by the shirt, "I didn't wish for this!!! To be sick like a dog and throw up blood!!"

Dimus looks her in the eyes, "It's part of the transformation. It's your last day before your body dies. Your body is dying. Once it's does that, you become immortal. You only have until dusk before you transform fully."

Before Raven went to say something, there was a knock, "Raven? Are you okay? I heard you scream."

It was Serenity. Raven lets go of Dimus and calls, "Come back later!"

Serenity says from behind the door, "Let's talk. We haven't talked in a while."

Raven opens the door a crack, "What is it?"

Serenity gasps as soon as she notices Raven's skin colour, "Oh no. You're paler than usual! Are you alright."

Raven's eyes go colder, "I'm fine. I'm busy right now."

Serenity grabs the door before Raven could close it, "Wait! I want to talk now! You're hiding something! I want to know."

Raven's look turns into a glare. She growls, "I'm busy!"

Serenity shouts, "With what?!"

Raven growls once more and shouts, "Nothing that's any of YOUR business!!! Now get lost!!!"

Serenity gasps, "Carrie!!! How could you say that?!!"

Raven's eyes widened and then narrowed in anger. They began to turn red. She grabs Serenity's shirt and says in a sinister voice, "Don't.....call me.....by that name......ever! I no longer go by that name!! Now GET LOST!!!!"

Raven let's go of Serenity. Fear was struck in her eyes. She began to shed tears. She says softly, "I thought.....all I was doing......was being a friend......"

With that, Serenity turns and runs to her room, crying. Raven then growls and slams the door. Dimus goes up to her, "Quite a performance there."

Raven began to shed tears, "Just get me out of here!"

Raven began to cry, realizing what she had done. She never meant to yell at Serenity. None of this was her fault. This wasn't her. Not at all. She would never yell at Serenity like she just had. What was she truely becoming?

Dimus looks at Raven and nods at her request. He lifts her off her feet. He then goes out the window and flies with Raven in his arms. Dimus felt a great feeling of despair as he watched Raven's tears flow.

After a little while, Dimus and Raven arrive at his castle. Dimus flies onto a balcony. He walks inside and sets her on a bed. The room was big. It was dark-like, with dark greyish blue walls, and black boarders around the room. He also had a big dresser with a huge mirrior on it. There was also another dresser and then two big doors on side of the room and a single big one on the other. Raven assumed the single door had to be the closet. The bed had gloomy red blankets made from silk and a giant black canopy. This room felt secure and comfortable.

Dimus sits beside Raven, "How do you feel?"

Raven sniffles and wipes her tears, "L-like a stupid loser.....or better yet.....a stupid bitch."

Dimus wraps an arm around her, "Aww.....my love, you aren't any of those things."

Raven sheds more tears, "B-but I just exploded at my own bestfriend for no reason when all she wanted to do was try and help me."

Dimus leans Raven into himself and says softly, "That wasn't your fault. It was your transformation interfering with your emotions. Part of the transformation is feeling a great deal of anger and despair."

Raven sniffles more, "B-but.......still....."

Dimus rests his head on top of hers, "I know.....I know it hurts. I know how you feel. I'm sorry you have to go through this.......you deserve better than this. Far beyond better."

Raven then looks up at Dimus as he says, "I know exactly what you're going through. First few days of my transformation.......I ended up killing my bestfriend. You should be grateful that yelling was all that you did to her. Arguments blow over with time.......losing a friend's life doesn't."

Raven's eyes widened, "Y-you killed your bestfriend?"

Dimus nods sadly. Raven then closes her eyes and gives him a gentle kiss on his cheek. Dimus smiles softly and kisses her lips. He then wipes Raven's tears with his finger tips, "Raven tears should never have to manifest. It's too sacred and rare for any man to have to witness. A crying raven only makes the path more difficult for the follower and makes them lose their way. Those who make a raven cry should be punished for hurting something so pure."

Raven's eyes widened, feeling a great deal of warmth arise from her. Dimus smiles and then kisses her softly on her lips. Raven quivered only a little. She then places a hand on Dimus' hand, which was on the side of her tear streamed face. Dimus kisses Raven's cheek, tasting her tears. It tasted sweet and yet a pinch salty.....but only a pinch. He whispers, "I love you, my angel of darkness....."

Raven then says, "I.....I love you too."

Dimus' eyes widened more. Raven rarely said those words. It joyed Dimus to hear them from her. Dimus then smiles and kisses her once again. Dimus breaks away from the kiss as soon there was a knock on his door. Dimus then gets up and answers it. It was Den Maco. She crosses her arms, "What are you up to, little brother?"

Dimus opens the door wider, "Nothing out of the ordinary, dear sister."

Den Maco enters and sees Raven. Her eyes narrow, "I see. You're with that mortal. I should've suspected so."

Dimus grunts and says, "And what's wrong with that? Haven't we already discussed this?"

Den Maco smirks, "Yes we have, little brother."

Raven stands and places her hand on the banister of the bed as she thinks to herself, "They discussed matters.....about me??"

Den Maco walks up to Raven and smells the side of her face. Raven's eyes widened a little. Den Maco then says, "Hm.....you smell different from before. Odd."

She then turns to Dimus, "Very well. I'll leave you two be."

As she went to leave, Raven moves her hand along the banister absent mindedly. There was a small spike on it causing Raven to prick herself. Raven jerks her hand away, "Ow!"

She looks at the palm of her hand. It had a small scratch on the side, bleeding a ruby red stream on her skin. Den Maco pauses and smells Raven's blood in the air. Invigorating and sensual. It was also strong and lusting. It drew Den Maco in in an instant. She then turns with glowing red eyes. Before anyone knew what was going on, Den Maco jumps at Raven with fangs and claws at the ready. As soon as Den Maco was inches away from her attack, Dimus roars and appears in front of her with such speed. Dimus then shoves Den Maco up against the wall, with his arm locking her throat and her in place. Den Maco tried to struggle, still smelling Raven's blood. Den Maco growls loudly. Dimus roars vampirically, "You are not to attack HER!!!! UNDERSTAND?!!"

Raven's eyes widened. Dimus looked just as angry as he was the night he fought Evan. Den Maco screams, "LET GO!!!"

Dimus does so and looks at her with evil eyes. He says lowly, "Get out!!"

Den Maco walks to the door and says coldly, "If you weren't my brother......I'd killed you long ago."

Dimus roars fiercely, "OUT!!!!!!!"

Den Maco then leaves the room. Raven's eyes were still widened at what just happened. Dimus turns to her and takes a deep breath as he shoke with anger. Raven goes up to him, "Are you okay?"

With no word, Dimus grabs Raven's hand as it still bled. He then traces the stream of blood with his tongue. As soon as he got to the scratch, he began to suck on it, tasting Raven's blood again. How he yearned for that taste again. It was pure and sweet. Like liquidfied fire being added to his blood stream. It gave him a great deal of arousion as he tasted a little more. Raven's eyes widened at the sudden action, but went with it. Dimus finally looks at her. Raven steps closer to him. Dimus finally stops sucking on Raven's small wound and begins to kiss her as Raven began to kiss him. Raven could taste her own blood. It tasted even better than before for some strange reason. Raven wraps her arms around Dimus as he wrapped his arms around her, kissing her with such ferocity. Dimus then starts to kiss Raven's neck. Raven leans her head back with a soft sigh.

Dimus pulls away a little bit to look at Raven. He whispers, "Next time she does that.......I'll kill her."

Raven eyes widened, knowing he meant Den Maco. Dimus wanted more. He wanted Raven there and now. Dimus then tried to control his urges. He then says, "I should take you home. I'm sorry for Den Maco's behavior."

Raven nods, "It's alright."

Dimus then swipes her off her feet, "I would let you stay, but after that......who knows what might happen next."

With that, he went to his balcony with Raven in his arms and flew off with her.

Dimus then arrives at Raven's home. He then places her on her feet as soon as they stepped inside her room through her window. Dimus then kisses her once again, "I'll see you tomorrow, okay my love?"

Raven nods and whispers, "Okay."

With that, Dimus goes out the window and flies off. Raven looks out the window after him. She then looks down at her hand to see the scratch was already healed. Raven's eyes widened at the sight.

She then turns and opens her bedroom door. She goes to the livingroom and sees everyone there. Sith stands, "Where the hell were you?!"

Raven replies, "I had some stuff to sort out. Sorry to worry you."

Sith touches the side of her face and looks at her eyes. Sith sighs, "You have until sundown before you're a full vampire."

Sith noticed how pale Raven was and how cold her eyes were. Pheonix looks at Raven too, "You're also gonna get cravings you've never had before, resulting in hurting your friends possibly. You already went through the moodswings and attitude changes."

Raven sees that Serenity wasn't in the room. Her eyes widened, "W-where's Serenity?"

Serenity's voice was heard behind Raven, "Right here."

Raven turns and instantly hugs her, "I'm sorry!! I'm sooo sorry!! I won't yell at you like that again!!!"

Serenity smiles, "It's alright. Sith and Pheonix filled me in on the vampiric traits.....so it's cool."

Raven smiles, "I'm so glad."

Serenity smiles again, "I could never stay mad at you anyways."

Coslotus sighs, "You're not gonna kiss and make up are you?"

Everyone began to laugh at the sudden comment. Hova smirks, "You're just jealous cause you can't any action from any sex."

Coslotus growls, "How bout I start some up right now, starting with tearing you in two!!"

Raven waves her hands, "Woah woah, you two! What is up with this rivalry?!"

Coslotus turns away, "Because Hova is a back stabber!!"

Hova then says, "Yeah right! He's just mad cause I outdid him at some point and now he hates me for it."

Coslotus growls, "That's not it at all!!!"

Raven sits on a chair, "Okay.....okay. Why don't you start from the top and tell us what happened between you two? You guys use to be bestfriends! What in hell happened to you that changed that?"

Coslotus sighs, "Fine. I'll tell you."

Hova then says, "Noooo......we'll tell you."

Everyone then grabs a seat, except for Sith and Evan. Sith leaned against the side of the television as Evan leaned his back against the wall and lit up a cigarette, ready to listen. Once everyone was settled, Coslotus started, "It all began after The Great Release Period after I found Serenity."

Flashback:

Coslotus was fighting off a few demons. After killing one, the other went to attack him from behind until.....BANG!

The demon was shot in the head dead. Coslotus looked over to see Hova holding out a gun with a pinch of smoke coming from the end of it. He smirks, "Should I shoot you too, creature?"

Coslotus took a good look at him. He smirks, "Luke."

Hova's eyes widened at the name. He mutters, "W-what the--? How--?"

Coslotus chuckles, "Don't you recognize me?"

Hova takes a good look at Coslotus, "J-John?? Dude!!!"

Hova lowers his gun down at once and goes up to Coslotus, "I thought I'd never see you again!! What the hell happened to you?!!"

Coslotus sighs, "Let's just say another dimension isn't a good place to go."

Hova smiles, "Sick! So you have like powers and shit?"

Coslotus replies, "Sort of."

Back to now:

Hova then says, "After we found one another......we decided to stick together."

Back to flashback:

Hova runs to Coslotus, "Dude! I just got promoted!!"

He shows Coslotus a piece of paper. He reads it. Coslotus raises an eyebrow, "An assassin for demons?"

Hova nods, "That's right! The boss says I have supreme skills and that I'm more than qualified for the job. Not only do I get a shit load of money, but I also get to rid of the demons that screw up our world too."

Coslotus smiles, "Good for you."

Hova smiles, "So.....what do you plan on doing with your life?"

Coslotus walks on ahead, "I can get by. I don't take orders....I prefer freedom more than anything."

Hova catches up to Coslotus, "So.....pretty much nothing? Ha ha! Still the same as always. Lazy and carefree."

Coslotus looks at Hova with a smirk and they began to laugh.

Days passed by and Hova stood in front of his boss with the lastest report. His boss was a fat man in a stripped suit. He smirks under his grey mustache. On the desk, it said the name Mowzer. He then says, "Good, Hova. You've proven yourself quite a bit!"

Hova nods, "Thank you, Sir."

Mowzer smirks, "Now....how would you like a higher ranking?"

Hova's eyes widened, "I.....I'd be honoured!"

Hova's been wanting a higher rank for a long time. Mowzer smirks once more and throws down a file, "All you have to do is kill that demon in the file."

Hova looks at the file and sees Coslotus' picture. His eyes widened at once, "B-but.....Sir! This is no demon!"

Mowzer turns and chuckles, "He's still a bother. I want you to kill him. Kill him and you get your rank. Are we clear?"

Hova looks to the floor, "Crystal."

A week later, a riot from a demon prison broke out and started to disrupt the city. Coslotus and Hova were there fighting them off, side by side. As more and more demons flooded the area, Hova and Coslotus were separted. Hova turns and laughs. He then gets out his guns and began shooting everything in his path. He then turns and sees Coslotus. He points his gun at him. Coslotus' eyes widened, "W-what are you doing??"

Hova sighs, "I was assigned to kill you in exchange for the promotion I want! I choose the promotion!!"

Back to now:

Hova shouts, "Hold on!! That's not what happened!!"

Coslotus growls, "That did so happen!!"

Hova shakes his head, "No it didn't!! Is your head full of that much saw dust??"

Hova sighs, "This is what REALLY happened!!"

Back to flashback:

Hova starts to shoot everything in his path. He then hears laughter from the top of the prison. He looks up to see his boss laughing. Hova's eyes widened, "He......he set this up???"

Hova's eyes narrowed in anger and he runs inside the prison. He fights off more and more demons along the way. He then reaches the roof, "YOU!!"

Mowzer turns and smirks, "Ah. Hova. I see you're joining in on the fun."

Hova goes up to him, "Why?! Why did you do this??"

Mowzer smirks, "Why? Because I wanted to. I wanted to see how good your skills REALLY were!"

He then turns and looks down, seeing Coslotus taking on all the demons on his own. Mowzer then says, "Look at him. He has so much potential and yet he doesn't want to put it to good use. What a waste. I need you to kill him right now!"

Hova shakes his head, "NO!"

Mowzer laughs, "If you don't do it.....you can say goodbye to your career. You already made your choice when you agreed to serve me and our human race. If you don't kill him....then I will!!"

Mowzer gets out a sniper rifle and makes a shot. Hova's eyes widened, "NO!"

He then grabs it from him, "Don't! He was once human!!"

Mowzer laughs, "That thing is a disgrace to humans and needs to be put out of it's misery!! So Hova....what's it gonna be? The world? Or him?"

Hova looks at Coslotus, feeling guilt. He then gets the rifle at the ready and takes aim. He has a clear shot of Coslotus. Hova began to shake and shed a little bit of tears. Mowzer shouts, "Do IT!! NOW!! Or the agency is gonna hunt him down till he dies!!!"

Hova's eyes widened. He then takes aim once more. Hova then closes his eyes and pulls the trigger. He hits Coslotus in the shoulder. He falls back onto his back. He looks up and sees Hova with the gun, "W-why.....?"

That was the last word he said before blacking out. Hova drops the gun and walks away, feeling a great pain of anquish, anger, and guilt.

End of flashback:

Hova looks to the floor in saddness, "I pulled the trigger, not wanting to kill him. I didn't and I couldn't. I only did it so the agency didn't hunt him down. I was putting him AND his sister in danger alone. So I shot the gun and walked away without a glance back."

Everyone looks at Hova, saddened as well. Raven then says, "So you did it to save Coslotus and Serenity."

Coslotus roars, "That is the biggest load of shit ever!! You did it for the money!"

Hova shouts, "No I didn't, idiot!! I only did it so my boss wouldn't hunt you down and not only kill you, but possibly Serenity too!!! If you don't want to believe me, fine! But I know what I did."

With that, Hova leaves the room. Everyone looks after he left and then turn to Coslotus. He growls and gets up to leave as well. Raven looks, feeling a great clench of remorse.

Raven sits in her room, thinking of Coslotus and Hova's story. Would she do the same for Serenity? Yes she would......but.....could she bare to shoot her own friend? She didn't know and hope to never know.

Just then, she got another painful clench in her chest. Her eyes widened, "Ngh!!"

She falls to the floor onto her knees. Ba-bump! Ba-bump! Ba-bump! Ba-bump!

Raven grunts in pain as her heart began to slow again. The sun was now setting outside. The pain got worse. Raven screams in pain. She arches up and lands forward on all fours. She began to leave scratch marks in her rug, breathing heavily. She rolls onto her back, breathing more heavy. She clenches her chest and growls in pain. Ba-bump! Ba-bump! Ba-bump! BA-BUMP!

Raven screams, "AAAHH!!"

Her heart began to slow, slow, then........stop. Raven fell silent for a few moments. All the colour of her skin left her as the sun disappeared into the horizon. Raven's body began to twitch. Raven then gasped loudly as if she had just awaken from a sleep in a closed area with little air. She then feels pains everywhere. She groans in pain as fangs grew. She began to growl, only this time it was different. It was more vampiric-like. Her nails grew as well. The life in her eyes left her and was replaced with death and coldness. Her hair began to grow as well. It grew long and almost wavy. She began to gasp for air, not being able to breathe properly.

After a few minutes, silence once again. Raven then arches back and raises herself into a sit up with no effort. After the pain and torture, everything was numb now. No more pain whatsoever. She stands, seeing everything like it was the first time seeing, only different. She then stands and looks around. She looks out into the dark, hearing and seeing everything. Everything felt so wonderful and new sensations ran through her like a plague. She then looks into the mirrior. She could see herself. She touches her face. She was pale and her eyes went from black to a bright brown. Her hair was messy and went to the very bottom of her back. She then does it up into a ponytail.

She growls and tears through her drawers. She throws her clothes everywhere. Her eyes widened when she looked inside her closest. She sees a loose looking black dress. Her claws grew and she begins to rip some of it, making it into her own. She then changes into it looks at herself in the mirrior. She felt satisfied with her looks.....for once. She smirks and sees her new fangs, that started to reside. Her dress had rips on the bottom and was really tight at the top and showed her shoulders completely. She then closes her eyes and hears whispers everywhere. She twitches and feels a great feeling of hunger and craving take her under.

She then opens her eyes and she smells and senses something that caught her attiention. She looks to her door and smirks.

Evan lays on his bed and then sits up when he smells the air. He smells a change in Raven's scent. He then gets up and goes to his door to check on her. As soon as he opens it, he sees Raven standing there. His eyes widened, "R-Raven??"

He looked at her appearence. He suddenly felt more drawn in than before. Raven smiles, "Hello, Evan. Can I come in?"

Evan, fighting his sudden urges, steps aside, "S-sure."

Evan then looks her over, "W-what happened to you??"

Raven turns and smiles, "I just went through a change. Nothing more."

Raven goes closer to Evan, smelling him. She closes her eyes and then slowly opens them, becoming intoxicated with his scent. Raven then says, "I never noticed until now....but....you have an intensifying scent."

Evan's eyes widened, unsure on what to say next. He knew what had happened to her. Her appearence was obvious of the final transformation. He then says, "R-Raven.....maybe you should rest."

Evan began to shake, he tried his hardest to remain calm. Raven goes closer, "You're.......shaking....."

Evan leans up against the wall, while Raven goes right in front of him. Raven could hear his heart rate. She smirks, "Are you frightened?"

Evan shakes his head, "No. I'm just.....a little nervous."

Raven leans right up against his chest, "I say you're a lot more than that."

Evan couldn't help but smell her scent. It was stronger and more intoxicating. It was far different from an ordinary vampire's smell. Usually he hated the smell of them. But Raven's was different......her scent was drawing him in, making him feel he lusts for it. Raven smirks, "Don't be nervous. I could never have the heart to harm you in any way."

With that, she places her lips upon Evan's. His eyes widened at the sudden action. Her lips felt cold and warm at the same time. Evan then closes his eyes and kisses her back. Evan wanted to give in so badly, but couldn't. He knew it was wrong, this was wrong. He pushes Raven back a little, "I....I can't do this! This isn't you!"

Raven whispers, "Yes. It's me."

She then kisses him again. Evan pulls away, "No. It's not. It is you.....but you're...........different."

Raven smirks, "This is what you've always wanted isn't it? You've always longed for me. Here's your chance to have me."

Evan shakes his head, "Not like this, Raven. Not like this."

Raven's smirk widens, "We'll see."

With that, Raven kisses Evan's lips once again. Evan couldn't resist anymore. He then kisses her wildly and grabs her. She was his. In this moment......she was finally his! Evan then lifts Raven up, hooking her legs around him. He carries her to his bed, while kissing her. Raven wraps her arms around him, kissing him back and tasting him and his warmth. Evan gently places her on the bed and goes on top of her, kissing her passionately. Evan then slides one of Raven's straps from her shoulders and begins to kiss it. He then playfully bites it and lets out a growl.

Evan then starts to kiss her neck. Raven sighs in pleasure. Raven gently tugs on Evan's hair and starts to kiss his lips wildly. Evan felt nothing but warmth and sensations flowing between them. He then lifts the bottom of her dress a little ways and hooks one of her legs around him, rubbing it up and down. Raven lets out a small purr from pleasure and flips them both over so she was on top of him. Evan sits up, with Raven still on him and kisses her lips once again. Raven wraps her arms around him tight, feeling more and more aroused with each passing moment.

Evan starts to kiss Raven's neck again, breathing his warm breath on her as he growls from pleasure. He then starts to kiss near her cleavage. Raven leans her head back, beginning to breathe loudly. She then places a hand gently on the back of his head as she wraps the other arm around him. More and more heat was felt from both of them. Evan leans back a little to look at her. Raven looks at him and whispers, "I want you. Right here and now."

Before Evan could say anything, Raven kisses his lips again. With passion and intensity at the same time. Evan then pulls her closer against himself as he kisses her back. Raven then gently kisses his cheek and began to kiss his neck. Evan lets out a small whisper-like moan. Before Raven knew it, her fangs grew. As she was about to bite down onto Evan's neck, her eyes widened. She felt his blood flow faster, making her more drawn to him. She stops herself, realizing what she was doing. She at once thought of Dimus. She leans back and shakes her head, "Oh no.........I'm sorry.......I'm so sorry......"

Evan looks at her, "Raven?"

Raven began to shed tears, "I....I shouldn't have come here!!"

She then sprints towards Evan's window. Evan reaches his arm out, "Raven, wait!!!"

Raven didn't listen. She dived out his window and took off. Evan ran towards the window and shouts, "Raven!!!"

Raven runs away, shedding tears. Right then and there, she was about to feed off of Evan. Right then and there, she became what she swore she would never become.........a cheater.

Raven disappears into the shadows. Evan keeps shouting her name. But no answer was heard. All that was left was the silence of the night and the lonliness that lerked within the shadows.