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Chapter 12

Without warning the vampire appeared. With skin as pale as freshly poured milk and fangs protruding over the thin blue lips, he stood staring. Running or screaming seemed pointless, then inexplicably the vampire seemed to melt away into the shadows as soundlessly as it had arrived.

“So little wolf, are you here for games?” asked the vampire. I was still in shock because this was the one about whom I had dreamt when I was unconscious. What the hell was happening to me?

“Look I am not here for games and this is a neutral territory. I am not here to attack you either. So you can rest assured,” I said trying to bring as much confidence in my voice as it was possible and then I heard his laughter. It was just like warm honey being poured on the skin which was slightly warm but also chilled you because of the sickening sweetness.

“It is adorable that you think that you can attack me, little wolf. But this is an abode which I have to protect and you are simply trespassing,” said the vampire and this time his voice was just close to the veins of my neck and I knew that he was contemplating if he should sink his fangs or not.

“I am not here to cause any trouble, this is the Summit going on and I need to find something,” I said as I whirled around away from his grasp.

Smell had taken over as Credence’s primary sense. He no longer cared what people looked like, it was their aroma that counted. From across the street he could detect the sugar levels of a person's blood and the subtle flavour hues unknown to science and the medical minds. An uncontrolled diabetic was like walking candy, he could tell them how "sweet" they were as he led them to the closest place he could dine undisturbed. In his human life he had been handsome, the kind of face that appears in men's health magazines alongside protein shakes or aftershave. But back when his blood was warm there were no such things and in many ways his mind was stuck in a time-warp.

But this wolf….oh dear lord…she tasted like an entire confectionary. Credence knew very well that she was slightly scared but the bravado that she was putting up on was marvelous. She knew very well who or what he was. What he was, definitely, and no clue of who he was. Or the conversation would not be going in this direction at all. So Credence decided to play along.

“And what is this thing that you exactly need to find?” asked Credence, his voice was laced with mild humour.

“I have no idea what it is supposed to be….but they said that I should know when we find it,” I said and he laughed out loud again. This time I was getting angry.

“What is wrong with you? I am here trying to find something and you are laughing at me…does this seem like a joke to you?” I asked. This time my voice was tight and he looked at me. His eyes were still twinkling with mirth.

“Little wolf, little wolf, I wonder who sent you here and why on earth would they do that if they did not want you dead. I am not going to touch a hair on your pretty little head, you have my word but humour me, at least how on earth did you manage to get inside the manor undetected? And with your arms and knees scraped like that all the vampires would be swarming on you in minutes!!” said the vamp and I just smiled.

“Well if I reveal that to you then the next time I would not be able to break in, would i?” I asked and then laughed. This man, sorry vampire was taking this very well considering he had been here to protect this house and I was the one who had broken in. The next moment I looked he was a hair’s breadth away from me and my lips. He inhaled me deeply and said,” Little wolf, elixir runs through your veins….you have no idea how precious you are…”

His lips brush mine. Not innocently, like a tease but hot, fiery, passionate and demanding. I want to pull away before I lose myself but I can’t seem to…In this minty moment, my senses have been seduced and I can no longer think straight. “Little Wolf” he whispers slowly, prolonging each letter as if to savor them. I smile, my heart fluttering at his voice as I clasp my hands on either side of his face. Never before has my name ever felt so wonderful a one, I think, as I lean in for another…

The next thing I knew, he had slammed his lips to mine and nearly knocked all wind from my lungs.

I hardly had a moment to react before he pressed his tongue to the seam of my lips and, at my grant of access, delved inside my mouth. It was a very sloppy kiss with the strong scent of old wine being exchanged in the intermingling of our billowing breaths. My arms reached up and tangled around his thick, strong neck. In an instant I had pulled away and arched up into his broad chest, moaning in the contact of his cold skin against my own heated one, before I drew back into his lips. I could nearly feel the slight burn of the wine as it rolled off my tongue and seeped down my throat with every push of his tongue against mine.

And then suddenly I pulled back in horror.

What the hell was wrong with me?

I was standing there in the middle of a dark room in the manor of a vampire and I was kissing a vampire when they are the enemies…they are the ones that have been with war with us for centuries and the moment I was away from him and before my brain could react my hand went up of its own accord and slapped the vamp right across the cheek tightly. He looked at me in shock. He was definitely not expecting me to slap him just after we had shared a passionate kiss.

“You…stay away from me,” I said as I bit in the words and then moved away from the room. I did not know

And as I was out I found that Rubina was holding the egg that we were supposed to collect with a winner’s smile on her face and I absolutely lost it. I went bat-shit crazy and I attacked her. There was no rule in the Summit where it was mentioned that the one who would touch the egg first was the winner. The one who collected it and was able to bring back successfully was going to win. I knew that the vampire I had just slapped was in close shadows and he was watching intently at what we were doing but did not interfere for a moment.

“You are not going to get away with this,” said Rubina as I caught hold of the pony tail that she had on her head and then slammed it on the floor sideways. I was sure that it was going to hurt like hell. But she was not going to get away with it.

“I am older than you, I am stronger than and I deserve the crown,” she screamed as she was trying to get me off when I pulled back for a moment and then head butted her and her nose broke in a sickening crunch.

The vampire who was watching us whistled in appreciation and then came forward,” Nothing is sexier than watching two women fighting like this..”

And Rubina looked at who was the one to whom the voice belonged and her grasp on the egg loosened and I immediately caught hold of it and twisted he wrist, broke it and then rose up.

“You know what Rubina…payback is a bitch. And you might be older than me but that does not give you the birthright to have the crown. You can say whatever the hell you want to yourself but you will know that you are not good enough to be the Queen,” I said as I immediately put down the egg in the pack that I had around my waist and then ran back the way through which I had come along.

“Wait!!” came the vampire’s voice and he said,” Tell me your name…”

“Maybe next time. Thanks for the distraction,” I said as I put the rope around my waist and then jumped. This was going to be a free fall like bungee jumping but I knew that this was good and I was happy knowing this that I had beaten Rubina and I really wished that I had killed her but even I was not that ruthless. I could feel getting closer to the ground and immediately braced myself for impact. Thankfully it was sand and it did not hurt much. I took back the backpack which I had stashed in the outcrop of the rocks and then I could see my watch that I only had about twenty minutes left to reach the shore. Blossom and Amber were nowhere to be found close to the forest as I ran. I had dropped my climbing tools in the rock crevice and I did not bother about that. I had the egg in my possession and that was all that I needed to think of as of now.

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