"Please wake up... Please." Ebony sat next to the cold body barely listening to his faint heart beat mixed with a delicate flutter of eyelashes. With her hand intertwined with his, she tightened her grasp afraid he wouldn't realise she was waiting for him and dissappear forever.
'Mine. My mate. He's mine. He has to wake up. Please wake up, I don't want to feel that pain again... "
"* Gasp cough cough, splutter*" violently coughing up red, Charlie launched forward grabbing his chest.
"... Alive... Your alive... "Ebony paused, then started laughing helplessly as tears instantaneously streamed down her reddened face.
" *wheeze*" gasping for air, he lent forward and grounded himself with his hands trying to push himself off thee floor.
Minutes passed in silence as Charlie continued to empty his blood filled lungs onto the defrosting ground. Ebony gently patted his back, watching as her mate cough up poisonous colours that made her head spin in panic.
"You-" he wheezed, lying back after getting the blockage out from his airways, "you promised to take me home."
Ebony chuckled, not letting the fact of how lucky she was to have him safe by her side. Nuzzling into him, she forgot about the fact she and him were wearing no clothes so unsurprisingly she felt herself being shoved off.
"S-stop being so clingy" Charlie blushed as he tried to hide the fact he was secretly wanting to endulge himself in her scent more.
"Ha! Never, your mine to be clingy with" she whispered in his ear as she stood up and brushed past him.
Jumping up suddenly, Charlie followed after as she headed towards the one car that hadn't been frozen over.
"How is this one not frozen- wait why are there people inside the car?! ..."
"Chill out and get in" Ebony sighed opening up the door and pushing him onto the seat next to Tom who had a look of shock and disgust stained on his face at the sight of the naked boy rolled out next to him.
"It'd be best for you not to say anything" Ebony warned smirking at the now shivering tom.
As she hopped in Jane gave her a look of concern as she realised that both of them were badly hurt. Shaking her head ebony looked forward and signaled for the Jane to drive.
"W-where to?" she stuttered, exiting the deserted car park.
"It needs to be far away and out of the public eye I don't want to draw attention to us. It's up to you whether you want to follow me and my mate. Although if your thinking of leaving us be warned your life will constantly be chased by them if you aren't careful." she recited as she watched the lanes branch off into different directions.
" I-it's not like I don't want to stay with you its just... "she rambled trying not to be offensive as her grip on the wheel became shaky.
" Eyes on the road," Ebony warned," look I don't care, you and Tom go live somewhere else but life will be hard regardless the only difference is whether we do it alone or together."
Ebony understood where they were coming from and knew they wouldn't want to live with someone who threatened them and was potentially a ticking time bomb. However she couldn't give up the feeling of being responsible for the danger they were in.
Furrowing her brows she looked in the front mirror to find her mate already staring back, "where do you want to go?"
"Home."
Smiling, she faced back out the window as they neared a main road leading to a different city. They were finally going to make it out of that hell but she didn't forget to make an oath to return for vengeance.
After a week of driving onwards diverting onto different courses, in case the organisation was tracking them, they reached another mountainous terrain closer to the border of the country. Tired, they found that there was a small camp site available to treckers within the mountain and as though the god blessed them, it was free.
" Wow. I just can't believe..." Jane exhaled as though her worries vanished into thin air.
"Lucky we bought you warmer outfits and camping gear at the last road stop," Ebony joked as she breathed in the forest air, "wow its been a long time since I've smelled the air being this fresh."
Just as she was about to turn and venture into the forest a hand grabbed her sleeve tugging her back.
"hmm?" she pulled in to hug her mate as he regretted his action and pushed her back, "pfft, don't tug my sleeve so cutely if you don't expect me to hug you."
"U-uh umm..." he began looking down and playing with the hem of his jumper.
"Don't worry it's safe and if its not I'm a thousand-No! A million times faster than them!" she proudly stated as he looked doubtfully at the girl who was captured twice.
"Just be care-" he started but realised the word careful didn't seem to exist in her dictionary, "I'll go with you."
"Aww coming to hunt with me how adorable," she teased as he followed off after her into the forest.
"Mum what's with those two?" he asked innocently as he looked at his mother who was getting more and more concerned for their safety.
"D-dont ask and stay away from them for the time being. We'll be leaving here as soon as I find a safe place to stay." she sternly warned, wondering how her child was still normal after everything that happened.
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"So what are we going to do now that we're free from them?" Charlie asked as he realised they had no plans whatsoever.
"Whatever you wish for my dear mate~" she cooed, giving him a loving look.
"No, but seriously. We can't just live on the run our whole lives..." he mumbled as she turned back coldly.
Stepping forward, she stroked his cheek and smiled sinisterly, "Of course not. I'm going to go back. Find them. Hunt and torture them. Before ripping of their heads an keeping them as souvenirs when I leave."
Shivers ran up his spine as he heard her plan. This was his mate, how could she be so sweet one second and so twisted the other.
"Don't worry you won't have to lift a finger, I already have a plan to go find them. " she laughed, turning around whilst beginning to unbutton her coat
" Really? If its anything close to that plan its not going to be very successful is it" he sarcastically remarked as he rolled his eyes.
"Don't worry it'll work."
"Sure..." he mumbled as he jumped up realising she was undressing in front of him, "D-dont just do that!"
"Chill out, we've both seen it all before." she giggled as she removed the last item of clothing before transforming.
Trotting forward, her wolf nudged her mate softly as he turned around to stroke her cheek. Purring, she rubbed her scent on him before heading off deeper into the forest.
'Come on then!'
"W-wait up!" he yelled as he ran after almost catching up to her.
'Shhh... Bunny rabbit'
Her wolf began growling as her nose picked up something better in another direction. Jumping over a bush she pounced on a large deer before snapping its neck in her mouth and carrying it back to camp.
"W-what is that!" Jane screamed as she saw the two emerge dragging a deer back.
"Dinner" Ebony grinned as she licked her lips getting a taste of the blood that remained.
"ooh, a deer!" Tom cheered as he came over to pat the dead corpse.
"Jeez don't touch that Tom it's dead." she moaned, dragging her son off into the tent they'd set up.
"Cutie you wouldn't mind going to get some dried sticks and rocks would you?" she looked up at Charlie with puppy eyes.
"Fine..." he sighed, running off to collect sticks while she skinned and cut apart the deer.
Soon after Charlie was back she had managed to set up the fire and have skewers of meat hanging over it to cook.
Drooling, she leaned forward alike the others including Jane who had came to wait for food. After in was done ebony grabbed a stick and tore into the meat devouring it as the rest looked in shock.
"Mmm tasty..." she licked her lips as the rest slowly went to grab their first while she was already half way into her second.
"Hungry?" Charlie joked as he watched her tear into several sticks of meat with no signs of satiating her stomach.
"Yeah, but are you really one to ask? You should be starving, when was the last you had blood?" Ebony looked back at him as he became stiff along with Jane and Tom.
"B-blood?" Jane shook, looking at the boy she had been driving with for the past week.
"Yeah, he's a vampire of course blood." she retorted looking at charlie as his face froze with his eyes wide open in fear.
"I don't drink blood." he gritted out as though he had been hypnotized.
"All vampires drink blood it's the only way they remain healthy. If you haven't been drinking it you'd be in immense pain..." she rolled as her face flipped around and looked at him seriously, "Please tell me you haven't been...?"
He turned his head away knowing full well his body was slowly deteriorating the longer he went on, some days to the point he couldn't move.
Loud growling erupted as ebony had a surge of anger towards the ones who hurt her mate, " Why didn't you tell me?! You could have asked me for blood it will still provide you the same nutrients as human blood."
"No." he was quick to reply as he stood up and left for the forest. Jumping up she ran after him and as she reached the forest she growled more viciously making him stop in his tracks.
"Don't. You. Run." she stalked forward as her mate continued to face away from her, "why won't you trust me?"
Spinning around at the sound of the sadness lasted in her words he winced and grabbed her hand, "I'm sorry, but I..."
"You what? Don't trust me? We're mates!" she yelled as tears formed at the corner of her eyes.
"I do!" he shouted back, "... But I can't live with hurting anymore people."
He lowered his head in shame at the images of his mother's face paling as the blood was drained from her body.
"I'm sorry."
"... Care." she murmered
"huh?"
" I don't care!" she growled her canines sharpening as her eyes glowed under the moonlight. Suddenly her jaw flew to her wrist, piercing the skin and causing blood the treacle down her arm onto the forest floor.
"W-what are you doing?...!" he stuttered, trying to step backwards as she stormed forward and jammed her wrist in his mouth.
"Drink it before I chain you up and force you," she gritted out as he regrettably swallowed the streams of sweet, refreshing blood that poured into his mouth.
'I can't continue to drink this I'll hurt her."
He clenched his eyes shut as his mind was becoming foggy with the desire to drink more. Retracting his fangs from her arms he pushed her onto the floor and burrowed his head into the corned of her neck. Snapping down fiercely his tongue circled over the two holes that had an irresistible sweetness treacling out over her warm skin.
He could hear her pulse thumping loudly above his own deep breathing as he tried to devour her.
"I don't care..." he heard her whisper before letting go and wiping the blood from his lips. What expression was on her face? He didn't want to know.
"Huh?" he felt a pair of warm hands cup around his cheeks. Opening his eyes on reflex he realised that it was hers and she was staring up smiling gently.
"I'm glad..." she muttered, gently shutting her eyes as she fell asleep.
"Hngg!" he listened for her heartbeat but it was still normal, "just sleeping."
Her breathing remained constant as he carried her back to the site and crept into one of the tents careful not to wake the others who would most likely call him a monster. Laying her down on one of the sleeping bags he wiped off the dried up blood and the leaves that had stuck to her clothes.
"You... Don't you dare die..."