Okay, if I counted right, this should be the ninth chapter. Here goes nothing.

I pulled up to the same piece of abandoned road. At least, that's what I thought. Running into the forest, I could smell Jarrett's scent. Coming to halt as it got stronger, I could faintly hear running. Praying it wasn't a wolf, I turned, and jumped.

"You gotta stop doing that."

"Doing what?"

"The appearing behind my back thing."

"Sorry. So I suppose we're in some sort of hurry?"

"Ah-Yes."

"Let's go then." He turned, poised in a position that looked like he wanted me to get on his back.

"No way." Even I had my tolerance limits.

"Fine. But phase so you can keep up." I made him close his eyes and walked into the forest. I phased, forgetting the momentary problem I caused.

Oh s***.

Leah?? Leah! A chorus of "where are you" came up, clouding my mind. And then Black phased.

Leah come home. I could feel the command, but it wasn't as strong as a pull. I had one shot at this.

No Jacob. La Push isn't my home. Protecting them isn't my job, and you are not my ALPHA! I was seething, and the weight of many minds disappeared. Even Jake and Sam weren't in my head. I didn't know what had happened, and I didn't stop to find out. Running alongside Jarrett I could feel the wind and I felt my love of running again. Oddly, this felt like home. For now.

~*~

We ran for three days, silence reverberating through my head. When we ate, I would run into the forest to catch something, with the horrid taste of raw meat in my mouth. I should say when I ate though. I watched as Jarrett's pupils became darker, the red slowly disappearing.

"I never wanted to kill humans you know."

"I know, I could tell." I figured it was time to introduce Jarrett to the vegetarian vampire's way of living. I had a feeling he could do it, his hate for what he was did that alone.

"There is, another way." He looked at me briefly, and shook his head.

"Human food doesn't work. I've already tried."

"Its not human food." He looked up, confused. "You could drink an animal's blood. Your eyes will turn a golden liquid color, and its like being a vegetarian vampire." I felt like I was rambling now, but his eyes had that 'That's a wonderful idea' look on it.

"I suppose I should try it now, before I become any hungrier." I nodded. If he got the hang of it quickly, we may be able to walk in a city without me constantly worrying. We walked deeper into the forest, and we found a sleeping deer. With a lunge he killed the deer by breaking its neck, and then sucking out the blood. This was our temporary treaty. If he didn't let his venom flow through the animal's bloodstream, he figured out I could still eat it. Despite his good thoughts, I was still praying for city food soon.

I know this is a short chapter and I'm attempting to make up the two weeks I couldn't update. The last chapter and this one were updated together, and I'm already working on the next one. I love reviews and I 3 you all that are reading my story and reviewing, even if you didn't like it.