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you’re
going to help me get something that I do want. I’m sure your
boyfriend will be willing to negotiate with me when he hears you
scream.”
    “You didn’t have to mark me to get what you
wanted. Gedeon would’ve given you the remedy if you had just let me
go like he asked.”
    “Don’t fool yourself. Vampires are selfish
territorial creatures. Gedeon would’ve just taken you for himself,
and I’d still be without the remedy. With blood as sweet as yours,
it was only a matter of time before one of us claimed you.” Pryse
tilted his head back and a dark sinister laugh escaped his lips.
“You don’t actually think that he loves you, do you? Creatures like
us aren’t capable of love.”
    “Maybe a sick psychopathic bastard like you
isn’t, but Gedeon is nothing like you,” Sara spat.
    “Enough with the small talk,” he barked
“follow me.”
    Sara felt the bone in her finger snap as
Pryse grabbed her by the hand and dragged her towards the steel
fire door at the back of the warehouse. No matter how hard she
tried to scream, she couldn’t force the sound from her mouth. Pain
coursed through her hand as he led her through the door and up the
stairs towards the second floor. “Where are you taking me?”
    “Shut up,” Pryse barked, and stopped in front
of another heavy metal door that led to the second floor of the
warehouse. “In here,” he ordered. Moonlight streamed in from the
skylights above, casting imposing shadows on the floor below. The
room was empty except for an old wooden office chair and stack of
boxes that sat against one wall. “Now we wait.”
    “You won’t have to wait long.” Gedeon’s voice
echoed throughout the cavernous room.
    In one swift move, Pryse grabbed Sara by the
waist and turned to face Gedeon. “Stay where you are.”
    “Let her go Pryse. It’s not Sara that you
want, it’s this.” Moonlight glinted off the glass from the small
vile that Gedeon held in his hand. “This is what you’ve wanted all
along.”
    “Drop it on the floor and leave. When I have
it in my hands I’ll let the girl go.”
    “You know I can’t do that. I’m not leaving
here without her.” Gedeon continued to walk towards them at a
steady pace.
    Pryse’s fangs unsheathed and his grip on her
tightened, “Take one more step closer and I’ll drain her dry.”
    Sara knew she should be afraid, she knew that
she should be screaming at the top of her lungs, but being marked
to Pryse made her lose all sense of reason. A shiver of
anticipation ran through her at the idea that Pryse was going to
drink from her. She needed his bite. She wanted his bite and the
pleasure it would bring. Slowly, Sara tilted her head to the side
and offered him her neck.
    “Sara, don’t,” Gedeon yelled. “Look at me,
and concentrate on my voice. You can fight him off.”
    “Gedeon,” she whispered. The sound of his
voice sparked something deep within. Her muddled thoughts began to
clear as her eyes focused on the man walking towards her. In the
darkness of the room Gedeon looked like a warrior ready for battle;
her warrior, her vampire.
    “I told you to stay where you are,” Pryse
yelled, but it had little effect. Gedeon’s pace remained steady as
he walked across the warehouse floor towards them.
    “This is your last chance,” Gedeon warned.
“Give me the girl and I’ll give you the remedy.”
    “No deal. Put it on the floor and leave. If
you don’t, you’ll never see her alive again.”
    “Okay, have it your way.” With the flick of
his wrist, Gedeon sent the vile flying into the air. Pryse released
his grip on Sara and lunged for vile as it crashed to the ground.
Out of the corner of his eye, Gedeon saw the reflection of
moonlight on the sliver stake that Sara gripped tightly in her
hand. “Sara no,” he yelled, and in once quick movement he leapt
forward and pushed her out of the way.
    Sara felt the searing pain rip through her
when the stake she was holding plunged deep into her shoulder