"Who were you talking to?"I thought about lying then decided not to, jerking a hand toward the door instead.She frowned still smiling though. "What?""The door. The doors talk around here.""They do?""Yes, we do," Pyne replied sassily. "What do you think, sexy vampire?"Kayla laughed, surprised by Pyne swinging himself against her. She entered and stood on the other side to look at his face."Wow that's something I have never seen in all my life.""Magic doors," I supplied. I was nervous. Now that it's all over and we've rested a little I needed to know where we stood. I know, we just finished a battle and all that and I should be more concerned about mourning the dead and thinking about where to go from here. But when you've had a brush with death more than once, you tend not to think about the past, you only care about how to move on and was exactly what I was doing.Kayla laughed again, raising slender fingers to touch Pyne who seemed to enjoy her touch. He even gave me a triump

It was almost as if nothing had happened here a few hours ago. Gone were the dust and scattered rubble. Every stone was back in place. Even the maze garden that i had crashed into when Ashterah appeared was now back to normal. The guards were back to their position at the gates - where were they throughout the battle again? The evening sky was a lovely dusky purple with a few stars winking behind the inky curtain. The moon was a faint crescent in the sky. With Kayla's hand in mine, we walked to the back of the hotel. There was a trail there that led to the private woods. The path was lit by dimly lit lamps, all of them about 3 metres high, placed on either side of the path. I had tried to collect twice and failed twice to collect the picnic basket from Kayla. She protected it jealously and every attempt to collect it was met with a quietly spoken, "It's not heavy you know?" And she wouldn't stop smiling. We walked down the path to the woods. The trees blocked out what little ligh

This time there was no hesitation, none of the shy softness from her earlier kisses. This time there was a need, a strong need that only resonated with the need inside of me too. A strong urge to claim yet overwhelmed me, though how I am supposed to claim her, I don't know. But I wanted more than just looks and touches and kisses.When she cupped me beneath the water surface, I knew what I wanted then. And there was no holding back.I reached down to touch her too; her breasts - small and perfect for my hands, her belly - taut and the warmth between her legs. She opened her mouth in surprise when I touched her the way she touched me. I followed her mouth, drinking in her impassioned cries. When her head fell back I turned n attention to the long column of her throat, running my tongue over the perfect cold skin, going lower and lower until I was kissing the gentle rise of one petite breast.She tugged me closer, holding my head close to her body as if to merge with me. Honestly, if it

I made a vow.Vows are more that promises. They have greater potency that the words of mere promises.I vowed never to turn a human or to feed from a human the day I made that dreadful mistake. What mistake? I killed the man I loved. I fed from him and drained every pint of blood he had in him. So I made my vow. I, Kayla, will never feed. I'll die from thirst and hunger before I ever feed. And because I was turned to a vampire against my will, I will never turn a human to the monster I have now become. I long for my humanity but I know I can never get it back. So I vowed. I will protect humans from monsters like myself. From anything non - human.And today, I will break that vow for the man I love.Silver exchanged a glance with Miles who in turn turned to me. "Are you sure?""I have never been more sure of anything else in my entire life," I said. And I meant it."And you will not hate yourself if you break your vow?"I swallowed. That was a question I couldn't answer just yet. I

And almost shut the back up when light pierced into my eyes but I stopped, realizing with absolute clarity that the light did not hurt my eyes even though they were bright enough to blind a man. But I am not blinded by the lights. What am I now?And Kayla? Where was she?And then I felt it. The presence beside me. I shifted my position on the bed to see. Kayla.She was asleep.She can sleep?Didn't she just call out to me in my dream. Or was that a dream at all. A revelation, maybe. The burn in my chest became slow and liquid as I moved to my side to look into her face."You shouldn't be moving so soon," a voice to my right said. I looked back over my shoulder to see Octavius standing beside my bed. I raised my brows curiously."You made it back. Welcome.""You were in my... head. You were in my head just now weren't you?""I had to bring you back to what really matters. If you had let yourself get carried away..." He ended in a shrug."What would have happened to me?" I asked know