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Tony . . .

I faced the dead before but nothing was as scary as Maya's dad. I swear those green eyes were more intimidating than the red eyes of a Strigoi. But of course, I stayed with an emotionless face like I was taught as he told me not to be doing anything nasty with his daughter. He explained to me what would happen if I did.

"Ready to go back to the Academy?" I asked Maya, looking down at her.

She looked sadly towards the way Kyle's room was. I had never seen somebody experience so much pain. I didn't know how it felt to lose someone important in my life. Yeah, I had lost my father but he wasn't important, to be honest. My mother, if I lost her, it would be cool because she wasn't much a mother at all. My mentor had been more like a mother to me than my own mother had been.

"I don't want to leave. I feel that if I leave something's bad going to happen and I'm not going to be there for him." She looked down sadly, trying to hide the tears but I saw them slip off her face, even so.

All I wanted was to wrap my arms around her and hold very close. I did. I inhaled her beautiful scent that was a mixture of the sweetest fragrance of roses. Her mother should have named her Rose, instead of Maya. Rose would describe how beautiful Maya was, like a red rose that was just about finished blossoming.

"Oh, Maya." I had never been in this kind of situation so I didn't have the slightest of idea what to say. "It's going be alright" I wanted to tell her but she knew and I both knew it wasn't going to be alright. It was never going to be alright when your best brother died. "Would you rather stay here?"

She shook her head. "My dad said to go back to the Academy, I have to respect what he says or else I would have stayed here. I know Kyle's going to be alright, for now that is." Again, there was the tears. I wiped the tears away and led her to the SUV the Academy had let me borrow.

As I opened the door, I caught sight of her tired face. She really needed to get some sleep.

"You should let me drive. We'll be there in half the time," she joked.

"I do believe your dad said to keep you safe . . ."

"So . . ." she began. "What did you think of my parents?"

I looked straight at the road. "Well, your mom really doesn't like the idea of you and me." I saw her eyes when I said you and me. "Your dad seems a lot cooler, but a lot scarier. He's really overprotective of you."

"My mom, she only wants me to be safe, I guess you can say. She doesn't believe in dhampir/dhampir pairings. My dad, he understands. But recently he has turned into the new Abe Mazur."

"Abe Mazur? I heard stories of him. He's all for the illegal."

"He is. But yes, my dad has turned into the new Abe Mazur, well when it comes to his daughters. I remember one time my mother told me that her dad, Abe, told my dad what he would do if my dad hurt my mother in a very grotesque way."

"Kind of the same way your dad told me what he would do if I hurt his darling angel."

She laughed and I was pretty sure that was her first laugh in a long time. It felt kind of nice to hear her laugh and be distracted from the Kyle issue. She continued to laugh and smile and just had a nice conversation with me. It warmed my cold heart.

We didn't say anything when we arrived at the academy. I wanted to walk her to her, which was why we were walking that way.

"We're in public right now. They'll fire you if they catch you someone under age."

"I told you before, I don't follow the rules." We stopped where her dorm was. I wanted to take her all the way up to her room but I knew I couldn't. There were some rules that had to be followed as well as there were rules that could be broken. I leaned down and kissed her cheek. Kissing her in the lips was forbidden but that didn't mean I didn't want to do it. "Sleep well."

Her face turned sad again. "I'm not going to be able to sleep. Kyle would always stay on the phone with me until I fell asleep." She bit her lip, trying not cry again.

All I wanted to do was to comfort her. "You can come sleep in my room. Just sleep." I was very specific on the just sleep part.

"I wouldn't want you to get in trouble."

"I don't care about getting in trouble. I care about you feeling well. I'll watch over you while you sleep." I took her hand and scanned the area. "If nobody's around, we can make a run for my room."

I ran, dragging her along with me. I had been given a cabin out in the forest. I was thankful I had been given one of those because I could be alone with Maya, without any interruptions. No one bothered you out here. Well, only if there was an emergency. And there wasn't really a great chance that there'd be an emergency tonight.

The fire in the chimney was just about to die when we walked inside the cabin. The thing I hated the most of living here was that it got really cold. You had to pile up in clothes to sleep well during the winter. She looked around the room. She was probably not used to these conditions. At least she hadn't started to shiver . . . yet.

I reached over and grabbed her hands and brought it to my lips. When I turned her way, she was smiling.

"What was that for?"

"I was just expressing my love."

She smiled again and it ate up my heart and stole my breath. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever had. The best I ever had. The best I would ever have. I prayed to God I would never be taken away from this beautiful creature he has gifted me with.

"It's rude to stare."

"Even if it's at someone as beautiful as you are?"

That made her blush. There was what I was looking for her. Her blush. The blush that lit up her face and made her green eyes seem lighter than they actually were. I stood there rooted in place, not knowing what to do next. All I wanted was to stare into her eyes for the rest of my life.

"Maya . . ."

Maya

I heard him say my name. The simple saying of my name made me shiver. I closed my eyes.

"Tony . . ."

I didn't know who reached over first, but suddenly we were bother clinging to each other. His lips soon found mine and he kissed me like there was no tomorrow. Like I was his salvation. The relief of his pain. The one he had waited for his whole life for. The one he needed. The one he loved. . . .

I didn't really know what was happened and I didn't really want to know because I was in the arms of Tony, the one I loved. Our kissing didn't stop either; it only intensified and deepened. The hunger and wanting burned on our skin, coursed through our veins.

I relaxed into his arms as he took me to the bed, not breaking the kiss. And suddenly, the clothes were coming off. His shirt, my shirt. His shoes, my shoes. His pants, my pants. . . till we were both naked. We didn't get straight to the point. Taking it slow sometimes was good.

He kissed my lips, going down caressing my neck with his lips, kissing down to my chest and back up to my lips again and again. He nibbled on my ear and my neck and the tops of my boobs. I felt so inexperience because I was laying with a man, not a boy like Matt. This was Tony, but I trusted him.

He started to pull away. "Maya, we can't do this."

"We've come this far . . ." His lips would not leave my skin or my lips.

"We can't do this . . ." He said weakly.

"You keep on saying we can't do this, yet your lips and actions say otherwise."

"Oh, God, Maya; I want you so bad." He continued to kiss me but pulled away seconds later. "I don't want to hurt you, Maya—"

"You won't Tony."

He was breathless. "We really can't do this . . ."

"Tony, be a man, just give in . . ."

He did.

There was a big difference in sleeping with a boy as opposed to sleeping with a man. Tony knew what the hell he was doing and everything he did was followed by a wave of pleasure and bliss. My hands curled, my nails dug into his back.

"Oh, God, Tony . . ." I sighed onto his skin. "Don't ever let go . . ."

I opened my eyes and I could see no doubt that he loved me just as much as I loved him. Possibly more. My toes and fingers curled as I felt my orgasm coming. As soon as were finished, I laid back in bed. I was glad when Tony took off a blanket off us. Yes it was cold, but the body heat enough to keep us warm.

"Whoa . . ."

"Hmm?" he randomly asked as he played with my hair.

"That was awesome." I closed my eyes as a post-orgasmic wave hit me.

He laughed. "I thought you'd be one of those girls that would say something like 'that was amazing.'"

"Those words are for freaks."

He tightened his hold on me, closing his eyes. "Too much activity for the night, I think we should call it a night."

I yawned. "You made me tired." I accused.

"We needed that."

"Mhm . . ." He pulled me closer, tucking me under his shoulder. I snuggled closer to him and we both fell asleep.

Nothing could ruin tonight.

Nothing.

Somewhere else in the night a killer plans her escape . . .

I looked around to see if anyone else beside the nurse dressed in white was around. Everything was all clear and quiet, just how I wanted it to be. I looked up at her, something I rarely did because I was afraid they would learn my secret. I didn't really need to be here at all. I had gained my head back a couple of months after my brother and that nasty guardian had died.

"Lourdes?" I read off her name tag and then looked her straight in the eye.

"Yes?"

"I want to get out of here."

I willed my compulsion on her. "Yes, of course anything for you."

"Give me your clothes." We traded clothes and I looked like a nurse. Nobody would suspect of me being an escapist rather than a nurse. I let my hair fall down all over my shoulder, trying to cover my face. With my compulsion, I willed her to believe that something else had happened to her and that nobody should know about me leaving.

I scanned the area as I headed towards the main door, the door that would let me free.

I saw several guards standing around but they didn't question me as I went by. If they tried to stop me, it would be hell for them. They would probably end up getting killed by me. The guards did have a suspicious look, but they shooed it away. I was a nurse that ended her shift. They nodded at me as they opened the gate.

I walked out.

The setting sun was all I could see; I was blinded by its beauty.

I was free.

I smiled cruelly. "Watch out, Ivashkovs. There is going to be hell to pay this time. Nobody gets away with anything. Nobody."

I vanished into the night, laughing evilly as I went.

Soo…who do you think is gonna be the killer in this story? Review for the next chapter!

Take lots of care

-Mel