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Part 6

"If Anna thought she had been nervous the night she'd first met the other boys, it had been nothing in comparison to what she was feeling right now. And Dwayne felt it. She'd been distracted and he'd heard and felt her heart rate rise and fall as the waves of anxiety washed over her, which had made him mad. He had zero time for Max as it was. Whenever he and the boys were 'summoned' to meet with him Dwayne had always said as little as possible to him as he didn't trust his own tongue. He was the head vampire and no one loved that fact more than Max himself.

The night before, Dwayne had taken her off to their bed early to try to take her mind off things. And while she had been fully into during, once they were done, she had gone quiet and had just clung to him.

"If he says no. What then?" she'd said quietly, as he played with her hair, usually it relaxed her.

"Then nothing. We're goin' there to tell him about us, not to ask his permission." He'd rolled her onto her back then so he was on top "I'll destroy anybody who tries to take you away from me. I'll die myself before…"

"No." she'd said suddenly and placing her fingertips against his lips "please." She'd said, her voice cracking slightly. She couldn't bear to hear him say it or even let herself think it for the briefest second. Losing him was not an option.

All the way to the boardwalk, it had felt like she'd held him tighter around his middle than she ever. He'd pulled up and helped her off the bike, straight away taking her into his arms, before placing one soft kiss on her lips.

"You ok?"

"Yeah, time to be a big girl." She said, attempting the smallest smile.

"Always be my girl." He'd said and she wasn't sure if it had been a question or not. It didn't really matter. The answer would always be yes.

As was usual, Dwayne led her by the hand through the insane crowds, each person stepping out of his way without missing a beat. Of course, she knew now that he and the boys' reputations went before them, but seeing just how much, never got old.

"Here, this way." She said, turning them quickly into one of the many little alley ways dotted around the boardwalk, a lot of which the average person would never risk taking a short cut down, but it wasn't really an issue for Dwayne. Or so you would have thought.

"Hello Dwayne." Came a voice out of nowhere. The mystery didn't last long though as a figure landed confidently on its feet directly in front of them "Long time no see." Anna looked upwards at Dwayne, searching for answers, but all she got was an eye roll in the direction of whoever this was. The stranger stepped out of the shadows then, to reveal itself as a woman. And a beautiful one at that.

"Yvette." Dwayne said, already sounding board. Straight away, 'Yvette's' gaze landed on Anna. Who, apart from knowing this woman's name. was still completely in the dark.

"So, who's your friend?" she asked, eyes still fixed on Anna.

"She's not my friend." And Anna saw the woman's face begin to break into a grin "She's my wife." OK weren't married yet but Yvette didn't know that and by the sudden change of expression on her face, it'd had the desired effect.

"I see." She began, her voice cracking badly "When…"

"Look, what do you want Yvette? Does Yuri know you're out?" Dwayne asked, again sounding utterly disinterested but firm as he squeezed Anna's hand tighter, signalling for her not to panic.

"Yuri doesn't tell me what to I do. I'm not a child!" Yvette snapped in a way that instantly contradicted her last statement.

"Right, well we gotta go. Come on baby." Dwayne said, beginning to pull Anna along behind him. He'd explain everything to her later but right now he'd had enough. Yvette however, wasn't done.

"I can hear her heart…She's still human?" she said and Dwayne suddenly felt all his defences and instincts come alive as he stopped them both dead.

"One chance Yvette. One chance to back the fuck up." Dwayne's voice dripped with threat as Anna gripped the back of his jacket so tight her hands hurt. The way this woman was looking at her, Anna was sure that if she could get through Dwayne she would be history.

"I would have done anything for you ANYTHING!" Yvette screeched causing Anna's human ears to vibrate "But you take a filthy fucking human over me!" at her words, Dwayne felt all the rage in him begin to rise to the surface "I'm guessing Max doesn't know about this?" Yvette said, the nastiest smirk at her lips.

"Little girl, you'll be dead long before you reach the boardwalk." After that, Anna remembered seeing Yvette's features distort before she hit the floor about 100 feet to the left of her. She was in too much shock right then to feel if any pain was coming. When she looked up, Yvette had Dwayne against the wall but it didn't last for long, he tossed her back like she weighed nothing and she landed with a crash against the wall opposite but was on her feet again at an alarming pace. Once she was up, she quickly turned her attention to Anna who did her best to scramble backwards but knew she had no chance against the other woman for speed. Dwayne was sure he'd never moved as fast in his life as he had at that moment, but as he reached for Yvette he grabbed nothing but air.

"Need to work them reactions!" Paul seemingly came out of nowhere and had Yvette on the floor, her face pressed tight into the concrete though she continued to thrash.

"I had it!" Dwayne said, still in shock.

"Sure, ya did." Paul grinned, it was gonna be a long time before he let Dwayne hear the end of this one.

Dwayne turned to see Marko helping Anna to her feet. He tried to get his head into gear, it hadn't hit him how close he'd just come to losing her. He made his feet move and was soon over to her, almost snatching her out of Marko's arms. The need to touch her was almost painful. "You ok?" he said, running his hands over her, almost unconsciously checking her for injuries.

"I'm ok." She said as she grabbed his hands to still them "I'm ok. I promise." She let her forehead drop against his, as she attempted to get her own back on track. She quickly thanked Marko for getting her back on her feet.

"Anytime." He answered, giving her that grin, wink combo the devil himself could have gifted him.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have let this happen. I got sloppy…I'll never…" talking at a million miles an hour.

"Ssshh." She said softly "It takes a lot more than that to take me out. I could have taken her." Anna let herself smile even though her insides were still jelly and Dwayne placed a kiss in the middle of her forehead. "So, who is she. You're ex?" Anna asked as she turned back to look at the insane scene still playing out before her. Paul still held Yvette tight against the ground.

"No but she wanted to be." Anna jumped as David appeared behind them "Paul get her on her feet." He said in a soft demand.

"Little help here man?" Paul said to Marko, who jumped over Yvette's struggling body and grabbed her arm. When Paul nodded giving him the go ahead, they turned her over and yanked her roughly to her feet. Her face was still fully vamped out and her skin was scratched up. Her eyes were almost black. She looked like an animal.

"Had quite the crush on Dwayne here, isn't that right?" David said, as he came to a stop in front of her and Yvette's features quickly morphed back to human.

"How could you let this happen! The David I knew wouldn't let his brother get away with fucking a human under his roof! It's sick!" she spat and Anna felt Dwayne's body go ridged under her hands. David quickly reached out and gave her a violent back hand across the face, forcing her legs to buckle and Marko and Paul to drag her back up straight.

"So, you know me? Tell me how well you know me Yvette?" he said, closing the gap between them even more. "If you know me so well then you'll know how I was when Ceri died. You remember that Yvette?" David looked her dead in the eyes now and from her position, Anna saw the woman's expression change dramatically. Suddenly she looked like a petrified little girl. "But of course you remember, you were right there, weren't you? Broke her neck and then ripped her throat out. That part was just for hell of it right, because you could?" His voice was as controlled as could be and that made it all the more terrifying.

"She was cheating on you David." Yvette began, her voice sounding anything but controlled "It wasn't enough for her that she had you, she wanted Dwayne too, I saw them! I caught her touching what was mine and I punished her for it. You should be thanking me I did you a fav…" David cut he off by back handing her again.

"We had a fight! I was an asshole and she was leaving me! Dwayne talked her into staying!" He screamed and then immediately dropped the volume again "And you killed her. All because she toughed your toys. Toys that never belonged to you." He said, his face inches away from hers. Then Yvette's eyes moved back to Anna.

"You think because I'm dead she'll be safe? When he finds out what you did, Yuri will find her and rip out heart." Dwayne growled, deep within his chest, red mist began to descend in his vision as Yvette tried to force images of what she'd just been described into his mind.

"Dwayne?" David said, not shifting his gaze off Yvette while letting that deadly smile creep over his lips. Anna looked up at Dwayne, he didn't have to explain, she knew exactly what came next.

"You don't have to see this." he said, taking her face in his hands "Just close your eyes." His first instinct was to tell her to go to the beach and wait but after what he'd just heard, he had no intention of letting her out of his sight.

"No. If we're together it's through everything. I'm not going to hide." Her voice was soft but defiant. Dwayne leaned in then and kissed her and when he pulled back he nodded. He wasn't going to fight her on it. He was proud of her. With that he stalked away from her and towards where his brothers were holding Yvette. Anna was determined to hold her ground, even though her heart was now beating worryingly hard against her rib cage. She watched as one by one, the boys vamped out. Up to now. Dwayne had been the only one she'd seen in the other form and she couldn't deny that they were still all as gorgeous as they did0 human.

Unsurprisingly, David was the first to strike. He tore into Yvette's neck, her screams muffled by the ones from the boardwalk. Anna had never seen so much blood and even though she'd promised to be strong, all her still human instincts told her to look away or run. That's when Dwayne attacked. He sank his teeth into Yvette's throat and shredded it. His mouth was covered in blood that was quickly dripping down on to his chest and tiny flecks covered one half of his face. She saw that Marko and Paul went for the onslaught at the same time but her eyes were attached to Dwayne. He was completely wild and feral and although she couldn't deny that the feeling frightened the life out of her, her body was quickly coming to life. A warmth that began in her stomach, quickly relocated between her thighs. She watched as Dwayne and David clamped their teeth fast into Yvette's now utterly lifeless body before pulling back sated, leaving Paul and Marko were to dispatch what was left. The youngest were evidently the hungriest.

Anna watched Dwayne's chest rise and fall, the only other times she saw him like this were the moments just after they made love, after he'd given her all of himself like he always did and it wasn't until she felt the sting did she realise how hard she'd dug her fingernails into her palm. She looked down for a split second to assess any damage and when she looked back up, Dwayne's gaze had found her and suddenly nothing else existed. His eyes were dark, his lips we're turned up into a snarl.

"Go. Take her out of here." David said. Seconds earlier he'd turned to say something completely different to Dwayne, then he saw the look that was passing between him and Anna, and realised quickly his brother was already lost to him for the rest of the night.

"What about Max?"

"I'll take care of Max for tonight." He said, to which Dwayne nodded quickly before heading back to Anna. He didn't need to be told twice. He'd seen the look Anna had given him, and it mirrored what he was feeling exactly. Right he wanted her so badly it hurt.

Dwayne was ready to take her in the middle of the boardwalk in front, so turned on was he, but he managed to hold it together long enough to get her underneath it. It didn't help that they'd had to go the long route to get there. Dwayne was still covered in blood so couldn't exactly wander freely through the crowds. Once undercover though, he pressed Anna against the nearest wall and she immediately began tugging wildly at his pants, desperate to get them open. "I love it when you're greedy." He said, his voice heavy with desire.

"I want you inside me." Anna said as she slipped her hand into his jeans and filled her hand with his rapidly growing cock. Dwayne kissed her then, his own hands going to work on her pants. As he began to push them off her hips, he looked at her and was sure he would cum right there and then. During the kiss, some of the blood from his face had transferred to her. It smudged around her mouth and up her cheek and it was just about the hottest fucking thing he'd ever seen. He pulled her jeans roughly to her feet and she raised one leg so he could yank them off. The other leg they just left to hang off her ankle, it didn't matter, the only thing that did was getting between her thighs.

In the next second, Anna was off the ground and her legs came up to wrap around his middle. Dwayne wasted no time, he positioned himself in the right place and trust his hips forward at such a rate, Anna was smacked into the wall. Not that she felt it. All she could feel was him. He pounded into her like he couldn't get deep enough. Her hands gripping at his shoulders so hard he was sure she'd leave marks. Well he hoped. After a while he let go of her altogether and placed his hands flat of the wall behind them, at either side of her head, anything to get more depth and Anna wrapped her arms around his neck and held on for dear life as he fucked her to the point of blacking out.

"Oh God…Dwayne! I'm almost there!" she panted as her head fell back against the wall.

"Let go baby! Come for me! Let me feel it!" he said against her neck and instantly felt her begin to spasm around him, so tight that it caused his hips to jerk forward one last time like she was literally pulling his orgasm out of him.

"Marry me." He said, breathlessly as he placed her back onto the ground.

"You already asked me that remember?" she said, looking up at him, all glassy eyed and flushed cheeks.

"Tomorrow." Dwayne said, and he meant it.