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Chapter 7
Running, running from and unknown monster who was chasing me. I see Marko, and jump into his arms. Looking back, I see the monster still coming, and it formed into three human-like forms. It was Dwayne, Paul, and David, trying to kill me, grinning like maniacs.
Looking back around, I saw Marko, who had turned into one again. I tried to get out of his grip, but it was impossible. He leaned down to bite my neck, and I couldn't do anything about it.
I woke, barely keeping myself from screaming. I was covered in sweat. Looking around, I saw Marko's sleeping form, turned away from me. Slipping out of the bed, I snuck down the hall to the main room.
When I made sure the coast was clear, I ran to the exit with my fairy like feet making only the slightest padding noises. I managed to get up the rocky path up to the staircase, realizing that it was about afternoon. I've been sleeping through the day?
Once I had finally made it to the top of the stairs, I plopped down in the soft grass, slipping off my thin sandals. Why did I confess my love to Marko like that? I realized how gushy I had seemed, and that I had never noticed until now.
He seemed like that too.
Maybe it has something to do with the whole 'mate' thing. That's probably why I willingly said I would be a vampire too. With a jerk, I remembered what he had said to me earlier: You now need to make the commitment of half will do this tomorrow night, and also full vampire afterwards, okay?
"What if I change my mind?" I said to myself aloud. The more I thought about it, the more I saw how much I would be missing out on. Sunlight, true human friends, growing up, getting a real job, and having children of my own.
I had always lived with the hope of having my own children, and now that Marko had recognized me as his, it was taken away from me. If only he had been human, we could grow together, and have a true, non-vampiric family of our own.
I didn't want to be a vampire now, I knew it. There was no turning back though, and I had given my life away.
I hadn't realized that I had fallen asleep until I felt a pair of strong, yet careful arms gently pick me up and carry me somewhere. I opened my eyes and was looking up into the stern face of Dwayne, who was flying me back to the opening of the cave.
When we got in, he landed and set me down in front of the frantic face of Marko. He swung me up into a worried hug, then held me effortlessly at arms length and examined me up and down as I uncomfortably hovered above the ground in his grasp.
"Thank God you're all right! We've been tearing the cave up looking for you!" He said, scolding me like a child.
"She was outside, asleep on the grass." Dwayne reported, temporarily drawing Marko's attention away from me.
"In the grass? Why were you sleeping in the grass?" He turned his attention back on me.
"I don't know. I woke from a horrible nightmare, so I went outside for some fresh air. I must have fallen asleep when I laid down." I said quietly.
"Only you!" Marko gave in, chuckling as he pulled me into a bear hug, giving me a wet-willy. I screamed playfully and tried to pull out of his grip, giggling as I punched him in the face, knowing he wouldn't be hurt.
"When I'm one of you, your gonna get a taste of your own medicine!" I shrieked, finally being put down. I childishly kicked Marko's shin.
"Yeah, but until then, your little kicks and punches do you know good!" He picked me up so that I was in the air completely upside down, trying to keep my skirt down.
"Put me down! My skirt's falling!" I yelped.
"Oops! Sorry." He said, gently setting me down.
"She's not in the...oh." David said, walking in with Paul right behind him.
"She was outside, asleep on the grass." Dwayne reported, finally ending his deep, manly chuckles.
"Why was she..?" David trailed off. He saw the look in Marko's eyes and saw he needed no further information.
"Crazy!" Paul scooped me up and held me by my ankles as he flew up into the air, causing my skirt to misbehave again.
"Asshole! Put me down!" I yelled. It took only a second for Marko, a glint in his eyes, to fly up and punch the shit out of Paul, making him drop me.
"Help!" I shrieked, closing my eyes. I felt the blood rush to my head as I fell from the high ceiling. Something hit my back. Hard. I felt the air leave my body. I felt cold. I couldn't bear to open my eyes, afraid of what may lie before me.
"Are you okay?" I heard another rare, yet familiar voice whisper.
"Am I dead?" I hoped I wasn't. It suddenly hit me how much I wanted Marko, and felt why I had been so willing to tell him I loved him. It was because it was true. I absolutely loved Marko. I slowly opened my eyes. I was floating in someone's arms. Dwayne.
There was something in his eyes that I couldn't quiet figure out. Something different, that made my blood run cold.
"No, sweetie, just a little shocked I think." He said, continuing to look down at me.
"Thank you for catching me." I said very politely, hoping he would finally put me down, which he didn't.
"You're welcome. I'm positive Marko would have, had he not been kicking Paul's ass." He replied, nodding towards the ceiling. Sure enough, Marko was in a fight with Paul, punching, kicking, and biting. Both of them in their vampiric forms.
"Marko! Stop that this INSTANT!" I yelled, trying to break them up.
"What? You're not my mother!" He yelled back. I was pissed now. He was dead vampire meat.
"I'm not you're mother, but I'm your fucking mate! Get your ass down here right now." I yelled with a dangerous edge. He turned, eyes bulging down at me. Paul was trying to get free of the death grip Marko had on his throat.
"If I don't?" He challenged, enraging me further. I saw red, and he knew it. My faint ring began to glow a dangerous shade of pink, and I gave him a look of pure tiny girl anger.
"Then I will not be your mate, and I will kill myself." I said, accepting the challenge.
"You can't back down now missy. You've already accepted. There is no turning back from here.
You will be mine, and there is nothing, not one little thing you can do about it, Sweetheart." He spat, flying down to where he was right in my face. I could smell the bitterness of death on him, see the fierceness of his glare, two inches from my face.
"Then I will stake myself, or maybe walk out in the middle of the day." I hissed, getting even more into his face until our noses nearly touched. I knew I should back down now, and that he may kill me for daring to talk to him this way, but I truly didn't give a shit.
"You dare talk to a vampire like this?" He all but yelled. I could smell the metallic scent of blood that I had never noticed before.
"Yep. What are you going to do about it? Bloodsucker." I dared. He grabbed me out of a frightened Dwayne's arms and held me up by the armpits, keeping our closeness.
"You are one of a kind. I'll give you that." He said, attempting to kiss me. I turned my head, stubbornly refusing.
"Put me down. Now." I commanded, noticing an icy silence throughout the cave.
"You're perfect!" Marko basically shrieked, hugging me like a maniac and returning to his human state. he flew us down to the ground and Paul, Dwayne, David, and Marko began cheering my name in unison. When they finally stopped, I was so confused, I couldn't hold back anymore.
"What the fuck is going on here?" I yelled, seriously pissed at their grinning Cheshire faces.
"It was a test! You passed!" David explained partially.
"What the hell? What kind of test?" I hollered, still trying to calm down.
"To make sure you would hold your ground. You passed with the highest grade of excellence. To pass, you had to at least hold up until I got up into your face. You have all of tonight to continue being a human, if you want to. The deadline is positively tomorrow though. There will be a ceremony." Marko explained to me, making me realize that they had probably already seen me outside and concocted the plan for the 'test'.
While the boys were out hunting, I visited my orphanage to confirm my new permanent home, and to gather my stuff. Anne pestered me, trying to make sure that I was sure of this, and if I was being forced into it.
She seemed to calm herself once I had finally convinced her. It wasn't long until the guys were there to tell me what I thought I would never hear them say. They asked if I could stay at the orphanage just for tonight.
"Of course she can!" Anne butted in the second I had opened my mouth to protest. With an apologetic look on his face, Marko led me to my room and told me to sit on the bed.
"You will have to participate in a ceremony tomorrow, which I am not allowed to tell anything about, but it is an initiation into being a half vampire. There will be others there, so we are preparing it for the ceremony. I don't want to leave you either, but it must be done. Don't get used to it, I'll be back for you tomorrow night Kitten." He explained. I didn't want him to go, but I knew he had to.
I gave him a hug around the neck, and he had to peel me off of him before leaning down to give me a lingering kiss on my forehead, and then he left.
The night and following day dragged on and on and on. My chores were not mine anymore, so I had no work to do, so I just read some of my old magazines, napped, took a shower, and redid my make-up.
I couldn't find anything to do except watch the television, which had nothing interesting on except MTV.
"Kitty, there's a young man here to see you dear." I heard Anne call. It was only 3:00 pm. Who was here to see me?
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