Human Again Part 'C'

“So you’ve lived with this intense thirst for 170 years!” Her eyes widened and she threw her head back and laughed.

I heard a rustling behind me, then footsteps as the girl bolted from the column and tried to run down the alley. “Stop!” I chased after her and caught her before the others could get to her. Just as I reached her three males jumped down from the rooftops, landing softly just a few feet away. One was brand new; I could smell it on him. The other two were about as old as I was.

“Riata!” the one with waist length, black hair growled. “I’m done with pleasantries, can we get this over with!”

“NO!” I shielded the girl from the others.

“Oh Phineas my love.” She came up behind me. I turned to keep myself between the girl and her hunters. “We don’t want to eat her; although she does smell tempting. Are you a chocolate lover my dear?” she paused as if waiting for an answer, “Oh well, that’s ok we’ll talk later.” She looked at me and smiled, “You see Phineas, you broke my heart when you left. I created Sway to take your place.”

“You don’t have a heart to break Riata. I know that. They’ve been trained like dogs, I know you.”
            “You said you loved me!” There was a hiss in her throat. “You chose a human woman over me! Even after I revealed my true self to you, something I had never done nor ever have since.”

“You were exotic and very tempting, but I realized I didn’t want exotic, I didn’t want a cold eternity. I wanted mortality and everything that goes with it. You took that from me.”

“That’s neither here nor there.” She stroked the blond male’s hair lovingly. “Beautiful isn’t he? Only a year old. Sway doesn’t want to share me anymore, so he chose someone for him.” She paused and turned the blond male’s face towards hers and kissed it gently. “Well, I hope you’re happy with you’re life. However, if you don’t hand the girl over I’ll just have to take her from you… well, Sway will along with Eleazer and Jonas here.”

The girl behind me began to cry softly. Her body shook against mine. I quickly scanned the area for some kind of weapon to use when they attacked. There was a pile of wood somewhere I could smell it

Sway growled. “Are you going to hand her over or are you going to make me kill you?”

Death! Oh how I longed for it, but I couldn’t die yet, I had to save her. “Then kill me.”

“Really, this is quite simple.” Riata’s tone was even and cool. “She has been marked by Sway, she is technically his. Just look.” I growled at her and brought the girl carefully in front of me. She had really been crying and rain dripped from her hair. I pushed the long wet locks away from her neck and found the spot behind her left ear near the hairline where there were indeed fang marks. I bent over and sniffed them. My heart sank; it was Sway’s scent.

I pushed her back and shook her gently. “Have you ever seen this man before?” I motioned toward Sway, my eyes shone on him so she could see his face. She shook her head and blinked as she looked at him.

“Only in a dream, a nightmare.” Her voice cracked. I held her out from me with one hand; Sway came forward and took her.

“Thanks.” He said dryly.

I eyed him. The other males relaxed as soon as she was out of my hands. Sway walked her casually down the alley and out of sight, his arm around her waist. There wasn’t much time before he found the perfect place to turn her. My mind worked on a plan as I turned slowly to the others behind me. Riata was right next to me.

“Now, let me finish what I had started so very long ago.” She reached for my neck with her hand. I moved and jumped, clinging to the wall on the side of the alley near the dumpster as she turned to face me. “How did you get so fast?”

I hissed at her.

“I’ve never seen a vampire move that fast! Not even a council member.” She gasped.

“Then watch this!” I jumped down behind the dumpster, broke off a piece of the wood and sprang onto Eleazer. I jammed the stake through his chest. He let out a shriek. Jonas jumped on me from behind. The idiot made it easier for me. I pulled the stake from the convulsing Eleazer and threw Jonas off of me, then threw the stake after him pinning him to the brick wall.