So many reviews! I'm already up to nine. This has put me 3 chapters behind…
Anyway, here's the next chapter. For those who haven't realized I generally check 2-5 times a day starting at noon, so I update frequently.
MythStar Black Dragon- Stefan is my fav character too.
Stefan turned down the roads that would bring him to his own home as he didn't feel like butting heads with the Alpha this close to the full moon. The streets at this hour were empty and he sped through the streets far above the 50 km/hr speed limit.
Mercy grumbled under her breath, "after this I am never getting in a car with another vampire again." She turned away from the window with the city speeding by. "Why is it that vampires all seem to enjoy setting new speed records?" She added.
Stefan laughed at that, "It is likely because of our reflexes. This doesn't seem to fast when you have vampire reflexes, although, it helps that we are hard to kill too. It's one of the reasons newly changed vampires might not last, they can't help but think their invincible." He shrugged, staring at Mercedes in the rearview mirror.
"Maybe vampires are hard to kill but we humans aren't so lucky," Jesse retorted.
Mercy just turned and grinned, "could always be worse."
"I suppose so, but I'm sure we'll find out sooner or later just how worse it can get," Jesse replied. "By the way, Stefan, how did you know that we could use help when that other vampire showed up?" She asked, innocently unaware what she had started.
Stefan shifted awkwardly, "I was keeping a very careful eye on you Mercy, as you tend to get into trouble and I wanted to be sure that she got home safely…" He rambled.
"You were," Mercy choked out "…STALKING me?!" She couldn't believe what she was hearing. "I don't need a babysitter despite what the wolves and you seem to think!" She continued ranting. "Just how long have you been following me around?" She asked.
Stefan knew better then to answer that with the complete truth so he went for the obvious implication of the question. "I have been keeping a watch over you," he said carefully avoiding the word 'stalking', "since you left the garage." He wasn't going to mention that had been every night since Blackwood, not just tonight. But he would let her come to her own conclusion that it had been after she left the garage tonight that he had started and not every night she closed shop for almost a month now.
But Mercy knew well how to phrase things to suit the truth, after all most werewolves could scent a lie and she had learned the art of shaping the truth to avoid an outright lie. "Since I closed the shop," Mercy repeated calmly.
Stefan relaxed inwardly, so she didn't realize…
"Just tonight or have you been stalking me for awhile now?" Mercy said guessing correctly there was more he wasn't choosing to say. She watched Jesse's eyes widen as the girl realized what she was thinking.
Stefan sighed, he was caught now, "Since…Blackwood, just after you killed the Monster. I…didn't have the bond to know you were safe since Blackwood broke it." He really hoped that Mercedes would not take it the wrong way.
"Since Blackwood," Mercy said closing her eyes and resting her head against the seat. "How many times do I have to say I'm fine before people start believing me."
"Well…" Jesse said hesitantly, "maybe people would believe you if it were actually true."
"What do you mean by that…Jesse isn't it?" Stefan said, ignoring Mercedes protest that she was 'just fine.'