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    Post  Sharon Salvatore Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:48 pm

    The Highest Stakes Tyler -Tyler
    Tyler continued to lay in bed, finally waking up to getting smacked on the head. "Wake up..." a female voice, he opened his eyes and saw his girlfriend, Anya as she stood above him, "What for exactly..?"

    "Uh..it's the first day of classes, come on." She says again, patting his butt below the sheet. "Keep doing that..." he says, smirking and she slaps him there instead, hard. He sits up, "Alright...,what time will you be home or you want me to meet you at school?"

    "I'll just meet you back here, have a meeting after my classes. Are you nervous?" She says, as she finishes getting dressed. He stands up and goes over to her,"Nervous? Because I am in a new country only a week and I only know one person...,that person being you."

    "You will be fine..." She says, smiling to him and kisses him. She leaves first, he gets ready for the day.

    He steps out on to the busy street, he was a Colorado guy living in Germany of all places. Attending one of the best Universities that thankfully also spoke English, they catered to a lot of international students. He gets the subway to the school and makes his way, a lot of students around him speaking German.

    He spent his summer taking a German speaking class but he was still learning, although he loved his girlfriend, whom he came here for,  the girls he could see around him were definitely beautiful. He made his way to his first class, getting a seat.

    It was 10 minutes later, when the professor walked in and it was again a very beautiful woman. She had dark hair, blue eyes and insanely big breasts. She seems to lock eyes with Tyler but he looks away.

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    Post  PuppyWithATutu Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:07 pm

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    Kira lay at Julian's side, her cheek pressed against his shoulder, her hand making trails over his broad chest as he rained kisses along her scalp. His fingers had made themselves a home in her locks of dark hair, absently twisting and twirling them around each long digit and letting them float back to the bed around her face, admiring Kira in all her beauty. Well over three centuries with the woman and yet every time seemed like a first. She had a fire, a spark, even if she seemed to lack it at times. While not one for expressing emotions, she made up for that and then some with a fierceness and resolve that vampires far older than she couldn't seem to grasp.

    He eyed the rosy peak of one supple breast peeking out from beneath the sheets and his lip quirked. Though it hadn't been long since his lips had been around just that, licking and teasing and reducing her body to shivers, he edged his way downward and caught her nipple between his teeth.

    "So soon?" she quipped, her voice monotone but lacking of any real fight. She wanted it, he could tell. She always did.

    He rolled over until he was once again on top of her, edging his way between her thighs. They fell to the side and spread for him, her brown eyes hooded and playful. He smirked, the razor-sharp ends of his canines elongating into fangs. His eyes changed from a vibrant emerald hue to something dark and delicious, and because she loved it, she grinned beneath him and thrust her hips upwards, an invitation. "I don't see you complaining," he snarled, his fangs reaching past that full and grinning bottom lip and aching to bury themselves into any part of her that he could. His erection pressed against her opening and he groaned when he felt just how ready she was. When she writhed against him again, granting him entrance, he groaned but held back. The push and pull between them and the fury in her eyes upon not getting what she wanted was almost better than the fucking. Almost.

    "Such a sadist," she growled, her own fangs coming out to play and damned near a sexy enough sight to make him want to burst. He was impossibly hard. She wouldn't be waiting long this time. "I never beg and yet you still try."

    "Just once?" he said with a grin, beaming down at her and pushing forward just an inch. She clenched around him, but she made no move to push him against her, to fill the empty ache between her legs. Kira and her stubborn pride. "I could always settle for a rain check," he shrugged in mock disinterest. "I'm getting hungry."

    Kira snorted. "Very well, Julian. So am I."

    And, just like that, the switch was flipped. She pushed him off and got to her feet, not even bothering to dress herself before she reached the door. Julian sat up and groaned. The couple met each other's gazes, each daring the other to fold. Neither would. The sheet, impressively tented beneath his lap, almost beckoned to her. He slipped a hand beneath the silk to fist his length and gave it a slow tug, his eyes never once straying from hers. "Be a dear and get us a drink. I feel like making this interesting."

    Kira rolled her eyes. "You and your blood whores."

    Just as she moved to open the door, a knock caught her first. The voice of a fellow vampire floated through the door.

    "Julian?"

    Julian stood, not shy about his body in the least, and picked at a fingernail as he answered. "Abel. Always delighted for your presence."

    "May I come in?"

    He directed a smirk toward Kira. "Come," he called back in his signature deep tone. "It's time someone did."

    Abel pushed through the door, tentatively eying Kira, but not daring to let his gaze drift downward. He immediately bowed his head toward Julian out of respect for the leader of their coven.

    "Speak," Julian commanded, finally taking his eyes off of Kira in time to see the turmoil behind Abel's eyes. Something was wrong.

    Abel took a small step closer and locked eyes with Julian. "It's Maria," he rasped, the corded muscles of his arms flexing beneath his Henley, his fists tensed at his sides and his jaw clenched tight. "She went missing this morning. She told me she was going out to hunt. Morgan and I traced her back to the mortals' grounds. She's being kept."

    "She was taken?" Julian responded, his demeanor changing from seductive and carefree to deadly and active. He reached for a shirt from the dresser beside the bed. "That's two in one week. We've not even compiled all of our information."

    Kira reached for her own jeans and tank shirt as Julian dressed. Maria, a strong fighter and loyal friend, had been taken. And she was Abel's only love.

    "I should have watched her," Abel bit out. "We knew that Ivan wouldn't be the only one. I should have gone. Protected her."

    Kira crossed the room in one quick stride and placed a hand on his shoulder. "None of this will help find her. You know the weapons they can use against us. They've got an entire government on their side. Armies. We cannot go into this blind."

    "We'll scope out the grounds again," Julian concluded, now fully dressed, his eyes narrowed in warning at Abel. "I'll not have you entering the premises. We must know what we're getting ourselves into. We will look, we'll return and we'll figure out a mode of attack."

    Abel bristled. "And that's it? We simply wait?"

    Kira understood his frustration, but no one spoke to their leader with such menace. Julian turned on him quickly. Faster than Kira could blink, Julian had his hand on Abel's throat, the younger vampire's body pressed into the wall. "Forgive me," Julian grated. "For a moment there, it seemed as though you were questioning me."

    Abel writhed in Julian's grasp, but the elder was much stronger. He nodded as much as he could. "I'm sorry," he choked. "You're right."

    Just as quickly as he had restrained him, Julian released his hold on Abel. Kira stepped forward. "We're wasting time. Lana has the blueprints from when the place was built. We've only to add more information to go on before we begin rescuing them for good." She set her gaze on Abel and his haunted eyes peered back at her, pleading for her to understand something she understood far more than she'd ever wanted to. Loss was nothing new to her. It was nothing new to any vampire. "We will find Maria and we will save her, Abel. We simply cannot act on emotions and risk getting killed."

    It all sounded too sympathetic for her ears. Too unlike herself. Abel was Abel though, and he was one of their newest vampires. She turned on him and her tone turned from soothing to glacial. "And if you make a move to expose us before this mission is solid, I'll kill you myself."

    Leaving the two men where they stood, she rushed through the bedroom doors to get to work.
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    Post  Sharon Salvatore Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:44 pm

    It had been a month and life in Germany was good, he worked part-time and lived in an apartment with Anya. He never felt so in love with a girl, his family couldn't believe how he left everything to come be with her.

    He was a very normal guy, didn't like drawing attention to himself and preferred a night in playing video games to almost anything else. 

    He was just finishing a text to Anya, when class ended and the professor asked to speak to him. He walked over, "Professor...?"

    This was of course the insanely good looking teacher, never has he had one this attractive before. She leans over and looks at him,"You are doing very well so far...more than most of the students in this class, you should be very proud Mr.Montgomery."

    Tyler smiled politely, "Thank you..."

    "I have an opening for a teachers assistant, you help me mark assignments and do other tasks for me...it looks great on a resume for future employers. I can see you going very far..., what is your main goal?" She says, he replies, "Architect...,I like to draw and math, figured it made sense."

    She smiles,"Yes...,so think about my offer?"

    He gives a second, what an opportunity and just nods right away, "I accept, not even a second thought.."

    "Fantastic...I will see you tomorrow evening then, give you a list of tasks right away." She says, offering her hand and he shakes it, her skin is so soft.

    He takes his own back and bids farewell, getting back to the apartment.

    "Hey..." He says, going into the kitchen and seeing Anya around the stove, "Soup?"

    She nods,"I tried to do something more complicated...and yeah, you don't want to know how it turned out."

    She looks all embarrassed by it and Tyler just smirks, kissing her cheek "Soup is good with me..."

    She looks at him, as he grabs a soda out of the fridge.

    "Soda is going to rot your teeth..." Anya scolds, he takes a big drink and looks at her, " But it's so good..."

    Anya laughs at him, he always does make her laugh and they sit down for dinner. They eat and finally he speaks up,"So..really good news, Professor Delioncourt wants me to be a TA for her..."

    Anya looks at him, "Really? It's only been a month..."

    "I know but she said I am doing really well, wants to help me out...will look great on a resume." He eats some more soup and Anya keeps her mouth shut, he looks at her,"What?"

    "Nothing...that's great babe,I knew you would do well here." She says, drinking her water. "Anya...say it." He pleads, she sighs, "I've just...,I've heard stories about that Professor. Her and male students."

    He sits back smiling,"So, she thinks I'm hot...that's it?"

    Anya looks at her, "Don't act like she's not attractive.."

    "She is nothing compared to you, I mean that..." He says and holds her hand, Anya smiles and leans over to kiss him. She breaks off, looks at him "Just rumors, I am sure it's not true..." Tyler just nods and kisses her back, they have some fun.

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    Tyler snaps awake, it's dark and he feels....well nothing. He wakes up and looks around, not sure at all where he was and stands up. He hears some footsteps and in walks his Professor, Jessica he learned was her name. She sees him,"Oh good..you're awake."

    He looks at her, "What...happened?"

    She is walking around her room, grabbing a suitcase and looks at him,"You will remember soon...I compelled you a lot but the memories will come back, soon as you drink."

    He looks at her, glances to a mirror and sees his neck. He goes up closer and you can see it looks mauled.  She goes over and bites her wrist, shoves it into his mouth and he is forced to drink her blood. She lets him go and he sees the neck heal.

    "We need to go now Tyler, come..." Jessica says, finishing packing. He stands there in nothing but black boxes, "Go? What the hell is happening...? Last I remember being in your office and then..."

    "And then we came back here and made love all night long..." She says, he looks at her,"We what...?"

    You could hear noises, she looks at him, "I wish I had more time to explain...but I don't, it's you or me. I would hide if I were you, bye" She says and with that, leaves with not another word. Suddenly the door is kicked down, they have guns pointed at Tyler and they tell him to stay still.

    They move their way over, looking at him and another soldier seems to come in. Taking away the attention,"She is not here...Hey, stand down. Shoot him!"

    Tyler books it, bullets missing him by inches and just keeps going, speed surprising him. He makes his way onto the street, still only in his underwear, it's night time and looks around. He has absolutely no idea where he is, going up to strangers, asking for help...some people are chasing him. Everyone thinks he's some guy coming off a high, finally a helpful person tells him how to get to the University from here but has to walk, no money but gets there a lot sooner than he thought.

    He walks further to his apartment, seeing a light on in the window that is his. He goes up the stairs and knocks on the door, Anya opens the door and phone is to her ear, "Oh my god...it's him, he's here." She hangs up and hugs him, "Tyler...where have you been?"

    He hugs her back, feeling safe finally and she breaks off, walking in and he tries to but can't. Weird. She looks at him, "Come in baby, were you robbed?"

    He steps in and shuts the door, "I have no idea...I can't remember anything."

    She has him sit and hands him a cup of tea, he takes it and looks at her,"What day is it?"

    "It's Friday.." She sits next to him, "And how long have I been missing?" He adds on.

    "3 days...it's not like you, what happened Tyler?" She says, touching his back and takes it away,"You're freezing.." She grabs a blanket and puts it around him. 

    She strokes his hair, he just shakes his head, "I don't know what happened..I really don't." Jessica said they slept together, was he drunk? 3 days feel like a complete blank, when suddenly he smells something and looks at her, her palm and sees a cut.

    "You have a cut..." He says, she takes her hand and looks at it, "Forgot I had it.." she says, he stares at it transfixed and leans over, not noticing at all what he's doing and licks the small wound, Anya looks at him, "Tyler...?"

    He looks at her and suddenly his eyes look black, fangs come out and he bites into her palm. Anya screams trying to fend for herself but no use, he keeps down as he drinks and drinks, not wanting to stop when suddenly he is shot in the back and nothing more.

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    "You like all this Tyler...I am showing you how to be different." Jessica says, kissing down his neck and he lays his head back, she rocks her hips on top of him.

    He snaps awake and is strapped to a chair, a man in a white lab coat is taking out blood from his veins, "Who are you?"

    The man doesn't respond, Tyler is so weak and can barely move.
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    Post  PuppyWithATutu Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:13 pm

    "I've got four guards by the east entrance," Kira murmured, her voice whisper soft but more than loud enough for anyone with vampire hearing. It had been a month of hearing Abel mope around the castle, but a month wasn't nearly enough as far as she and Julian were concerned. The last time they'd underestimated the humans, they'd lost two of their own. With any luck, a month of research would help.

    "What weapons?" Julian asked. "From here, I've got five. Stake shooters. Some flame throwers. Grenades."

    The latter two were poison to them, surely, but a vampire's true death came at the ends of a wooden stake. And the guns the mortals before her now held more than enough to put her into the grave for good. These guns were high powered. She knew because she'd seen acquaintances being blown to bits by one pull of a mortal's trigger. These shot out not just one stake but dozens. Once they left the oversized barrel, they became thick, unstoppable fragments, splinters designed to put a vampire down and to keep him there, if not kill him entirely.

    "Same," she replied. "And ammo straps. Lots of them. Any movement by the tower?"

    "Only one guard on watch," came Abel's answer. "Morgan's at the south entrance. There's only one. Smoke break. I'd say that's our best bet."

    "I'd say it could also be a trap," Julian responded with authority. "You saw the blueprints. The space beneath his feet was once a loading dock before they sealed it over and built up. It could hold explosives. Stay down."

    Julian and his overactive mind. It wasn't exactly a hindrance, but Kira highly doubted the humans would put so many guards on watch if the place was an active minefield. "I say we blast the west end. We've heard no movements from within. It's a lobby. It'll attract enough attention for the guards to come running. We go in and kill whoever's in sight."

    She could hear Abel shuffling about between the safety of the trees around them. He liked that idea.

    Julian sighed from where he was perched. "Oh, what the hell. Abel goes first. You and I flank him, Kira."

    Kira fidgeted, anxious to break from her crouch. "Got it."

    There was the dullest of thuds when Julian sprang from his tree branch and called out an order. "Morgan?"

    "All set," came the vampire's reply. In seconds, a blast sounded out. The night erupted in a huge puff of orange flames and black smoke. Screams rang through the silence, and just as Kira had predicted, the guards ran toward the explosion, completely abandoning the far side of the building. Abel raced forward first, catching the first guard he could find and hoisting him up by the neck.

    "Where?" he snarled, his fangs at the ready.

    "Where?" the guard repeated.

    "Your prisoners," Abel barked. "Where are they?"

    The guard, defenseless, his weapons scattered beneath his dangling feet, choked out an answer. "Level C. Basement."

    Without another word, Abel snapped his neck and raced inside.

    "So much for loyalty between the mortals," Julian deadpanned, and in an instant, he was at Kira's side. He placed a kiss at the nape of her neck and lingered there, enjoying her scent. "Shall we, princess?"

    Kira brushed off the intimacy of his gesture and stalked ahead. "Try not to get me killed."
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    Post  Sharon Salvatore Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:19 pm

    Tyler comes around again, hearing something break and looks to see just the lab coat guy. "I don't know who you are but I can assure you, you got the wrong guy..."

    The lab coat guy takes a stake in his hand, Tyler watches not understanding what that is supposed to do, when suddenly a hand appears in front of the lab guys chest, it's pulled back and the man drops down dead, standing behind him is a woman, holding his heart.

    She had very captivating eyes, he looks at her but before he can say anything she frees him from whatever restraints, he didn't even notice them and stands up, almost falling but she catches him, helping him to stand and he glances at her, about to ask something when they are interrupted by a really intimidating guy.
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    Post  PuppyWithATutu Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:38 pm

    Kira looked the man over, all the way down from his terrified brown eyes to his naked chest to the black boxers that hid all else. His feet were bare, his ankles bearing the evidence of his restraints just as his wrists did. They healed just the same before her eyes. He was new. Very new.

    "Nice outfit," she said, steadying him against her side and peering around the room for any more movement.

    "All quiet on the western front." Julian appeared at her side and glanced down at the vampire in her arms. His nose wrinkled. "Put him down. We're not adopting strays."

    "Fuck off and find Maria and Ivan," Kira demanded, a high request for a vampire to her sire. Were she not his lover, he'd have taken issue with such a command. "I'll take him."

    "I need you," Julian argued. "You're my best fighter. We don't need the boy."

    Kira directed a glare in Julian's direction and then her eyes rested on that of the vampire's. Judging by the red around his eyes and the bags underneath, it was clear he'd been starved. She didn't want to think of how the other prisoners had fared. "The boy needs us. We might as well save him. They'll kill him if we flee."

    Somehow, she didn't like the idea. He was one of them, coven or not. In this day and age, it was the vampires against the humans and the werewolves. An addition to their own army sounded nice. If she could train him.

    Julian sighed. "You're lucky you're more than my progeny. Stay at my back." With that, he turned back toward the doorway in time to find three guards rushing toward them. They didn't stand a chance against Julian, and it was clear they hadn't done their research on his coven. In seconds, their bodies -or pieces of them, rather- lay on the floor at their feet.

    When the next guard rushed in, Kira spoke up. "Hand this one over. He's useless to us now if he doesn't feed."

    It wasn't hard to miss Julian's growl in response. Just the same, he did as she asked because she knew he would and wrapped his hand around the guard's neck. "By all means, lover. We have all the time in the world here. Would he like a menu and a choice of wine, perhaps?"

    Kira ignored Julian and grabbed onto the human. With all the scents of blood mixed in the air, it was clear that the vampire in her arms was affected. His own fangs were growing, his eyes wild and feral. The guard fought in her grasp, but he wasn't going anywhere.

    "Drink," she ordered him, edging the guard's neck closer to the vampire's waiting mouth. "And hurry."
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    Post  Sharon Salvatore Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:44 pm

    Tyler tried to stand up right but just felt so weak, looking at the guard before him and the blood. It's how he felt with but suddenly the idea of doing what this woman was barking at him to do, he wanted to protest but she forced him to it more and more.

    Finally, she just moves his lips to it and just one drop is all it takes for him to bite into the humans neck. He drank and drank,  so filling till every last drop was taken and the man falls dead. Tyler stands up straight, not needing her support and feels great, so much energy.

    All that is taken away, seeing the dead body. "Is he dead..?" Looks at the woman, did he just kill someone?
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    Post  PuppyWithATutu Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:52 pm

    Julian scoffed. "Have no mercy for these fucking mortals. They kidnap and torture our kind." Just then, another rush of guards came in. Kira edged herself between Julian and the vampire, shielding him with her body. What she lacked in stature and bulk, she made up for with grace and efficiency. When the first man sidestepped Julian and pointed his stake shooter at Kira, she merely skirted around him, grabbed the barrel and tugged it upwards until it slipped from his hands. Then, wielding the gun herself, she pointed it at his chest and pulled the trigger, leaving a gaping hole where his heart had once been.

    Julian wiped his bloodied hands on his jeans and checked the doorway. "Let's get going. The boy can move on his own." He leveled his glare on the vampire at Kira's back. "Try to keep up."

    He reached for Kira's hand at the same time she reached for the vampire's, and without thinking, she passed the stake shooter back to him.

    "Shoot," she ordered him. "Don't think."

    With that, she took off after Julian, the two of them taking out every guard they came across along the way.
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    Post  Sharon Salvatore Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:56 pm

    Tyler looks at the stake shooter in his hands and almost about to say something, when a guard comes up and does what the woman said, getting the guard in the leg. They make their way out of the building, to a bunch of cars and the woman pulls him into the one with her.

    Finally, when it's silent. She is in the passenger seat, as the scary guy drives. Tyler looks out the window, not sure what to say or what is going on, looks at them both finally, loses his questions and is silent.
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    Post  PuppyWithATutu Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:11 pm

    Kira glanced back at the vampire, her curiosity piqued. He was obviously unsettled, to say the least. She glanced down and her eyes narrowed at the stake protruding from his gut. His hand wrapped around the wood, his teeth bearing down on his lower lip and his jaw working to stay silent despite his obvious pain. Why hadn't he said anything?

    She climbed over her seat and reached for the stake, making him flinch from the sudden movement. Kira stayed her hand and let her eyes bore into his. "Let me," she whispered, catching Julian's gaze in the rearview mirror. He scowled.

    The vampire had noticed, too, and suddenly his eyes were darting back and forth between them as if deciding whose order -vocalized or not- to heed. Kira made the choice for him and grabbed onto his hand as gently as she could, feeling as though she were approaching an abused animal rather than a man she shared a species with. Whatever kept him from freaking out and leaping out of Julian's speeding car sounded like the safest bet. When his hand drifted down by his side and he braced himself for what she had planned, she grabbed onto the stake.

    He gritted his teeth and glanced back at the mirror to find Julian's glaring reflection. Kira kept her gaze on the vampire at her side. "Don't look at him," she ordered him softly. "Look at me."

    He obeyed. Quickly, faster than any human could dream, she yanked the stake out of his abdomen and sat back as he howled in response, his hand reaching for his gut as if he needed to keep his insides from spilling out. She sat back and watched him, taking in his chest as it rose and fell and the wild locks of long, brown hair plastered to his face. He was attractive; there was no denying it.

    She flipped the stake in her hand and locked gazes with the vampire once he'd settled down. "How long have you been in there?" she asked.
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    Post  Sharon Salvatore Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:14 pm

    He looks at the woman, not wanting to answer. The man seemed to glare some more, finally he answered, "I don't know, I really have no idea where I am or what is going on..how you just pulled a piece of wood out of my gut and now it's healed."
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    Post  PuppyWithATutu Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:22 pm

    Kira's brow furrowed. Before she could answer, Julian spoke for her. "You're a fucking vampire, kid. Miss World Peace over here just couldn't leave you behind."

    Kira snarled, her fangs beginning to lengthen, but then held back. The less she frightened him, the better. "Maria and Ivan are no better than this one here. He's new. We can teach him all there is to know. He can train to fight."

    The vampire beside her stiffened at her words.

    "Just what I want to do, Kira," Julian snapped back. "Babysit."

    "Then quit complaining and I will," she hissed. "I don't ask much of my sire, but I'm not asking this time. I'm saying it would be stupid to turn him away."

    Julian sighed, and his gaze went from Kira's to the vampire at her side. "You say you don't know anything. How'd you end up here? You're hardly old enough to be on their watch list."
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    Post  Sharon Salvatore Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:25 pm

    Tyler looks at him, not understanding the question at all. "Look...I don't need to be taken care of, I appreciate saving me from whatever the hell that was but you can just...let me out, I have to get back and forget about this whole fucking night."
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    Post  PuppyWithATutu Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:36 pm

    Julian quirked a brow. "Oh, that simple, is it? Okay." Kira reached to stop him, but he pulled over to the side of the road and slammed on the brakes. Faster than she could get out, Julian sped around the car to the vampire's side and threw open the door, then gestured out into the expanse of the hills around them.

    "Go on then, kiddo," Julian offered. "Whom do you plan to return to, may I ask? Because once my dear Kira saved your ass, you became my responsibility and I must know what you plan to do with your big, bad vampire self. With all that bloodlust you've got now, are you going back to your family? Friends? Girlfriend?"

    The vampire's mouth opened, then fell in response. "Go on, brother," Julian continued. "Go back to all the humans you so adore. Think you'll have enough self control in your newly turned state only to massacre them and then get caught feeding and, last but not least, expose an entire population that's already on the outs with all who possess a beating heart."

    Kira hated his words, but he was right. There was no way they could let him go. Not so quickly.

    She grabbed the vampire's arm until he was forced to look back at her. "Come back with us," she said. "You'll be safe there. You've no idea what can happen if you go about on your own."
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    He didn't know what to say, all this seemed like a bad dream that he wasn't waking up from. What about Anya, he bit her...what was she doing now? He missed her so much but the doors closed and they drove on, Tyler just kept quiet.

    They pulled up to a gated house, it opened and drove up to a huge castle. The car stops and they get out, Tyler looks at the huge place and make their way inside, it's very vintage looking. Old paintings and very extravagant furniture fill the room.

    The woman puts her hand on his shoulder and he takes note to follow her, they come to a bedroom and they walk in. It's huge, bigger than his entire apartment. He stands in the room, completely at lost for everything that has happened to him recently.

    More memories flash through his mind, vampires...this is insane. He just takes a seat on a chair in the room, wondering if he should try to sneak out later.
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    Post  PuppyWithATutu Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:48 pm

    Kira could almost see the wheels spinning in the vampire's head. She thought it best to trample those ideas before they came to fruition. "Your doors will be guarded," she informed him. "It's for your own good. I'll have one of our men bring you some clothes."

    She walked across the room and opened up the wooden stand beside the bed. From within, she pulled out a few pillows and placed them on top of the comforter. "The adjoining room holds a shower and all you'll need to clean off the blood. If you need anything else, knock on the door. They'll see to it that you have what you request."
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    Post  Sharon Salvatore Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:55 pm

    She leaves and he doesn't sleep that entire night, just going over everything. The next day, which was in a couple hours anyways, he stands up and opens the curtains. It burns his skin when the sun comes in contact with his skin, instinctively he backs away into a shady spot. Feels fine, watching his wound heel.

    He is some freak, clearly, vampires exist? 

    He goes to the washroom and has a shower, getting lost in the water and indeed wiping off the blood. He stands underneath the water, his hands pressed against the wall and wants to just explode with emotions right now, everything feels intense.

    He gets out of the shower, towel wrapped around his waist and sees a closet full of clothes. The sun has gone down, as he gets dressed.

    He is invited down to where the woman is, shows up and takes a seat. Other vampires around them, blood bags are handed out and Tyler looks at this, what he would give for a burger right now but didn't think it was an option to ask and tries the bag, draining it in seconds.
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    Post  PuppyWithATutu Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:15 pm

    Kira eyed the vampire as he drained a blood bag, tentatively taking in the sea of faces around him. He was... intriguing. He had potential. That soft spot wasn't hard to break once you were a vampire for so long. He had compassion, which was good, but the nerves had to go. No fighter would get far with such insecurities.

    "Bonding with the child, are we?" Julian asked as he strode into the room, setting his glare on Kira. They'd had a lengthy discussion the night before, and he still wasn't much better than he'd been then.

    Zoe, a vampire with red locks of hair and piercing blue eyes, piped up and set her sights on their newest addition to the clan. "He's very attractive. A bit of Johnny Depp in him, no?"

    Kira frowned. "Who?"

    Julian dropped down into his seat at the head of the table and picked up a blood bag, studying it with a grimace. "I'll take in a stray, but that's as far as my humanity goes." He shoved the blood bag across the table, free for any takers, and turned back toward the doorway. "Malin? Komm her."

    His designated human, a bubbly brunette with wide brown eyes, stepped forward. "Ja?"

    He curled his finger, and she appeared at his side in seconds, all too eager to offer her neck up for a bite. It was oddly seductive to some humans. Some hated the pain of the bite, and some lived off of it. Malin made one of the latter.

    In response, Julian reached up to trail a finger down the length of her pale neck, tracing the path of the veins pulsing with blood underneath. She closed her eyes, enjoying his touch. "Setzt dich," he murmured, and she obeyed happily, flinging herself down in the seat beside his and scooting her chair closer. Kira watched, eyes narrowed, as Julian moved in and bit into her neck. He drank his fill, drawing back when Malin's body began to sway. He licked his lips and groaned. "Ganz gut," he appraised her. "Danke, Malin."

    If she had enough blood in her body to do so, she'd have blushed. Instead, she opted for chewing on her lip and nodding sleepily. "Bitte schön," she whispered.

    He flicked a hand in her direction, and suddenly the charming demeanor was gone. "Geh," he ordered her, and as soon as she'd come, she rose from her seat and scurried away. He turned his stare back to Kira, and then to the vampire.

    "Enjoying your stay?"
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    Post  Sharon Salvatore Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:03 am

    Tyler was just staying quiet and looks to the guy in charge, staying quiet and glances to the woman some more. He looks back to the guy, who saw him looking. "I guess so...nothing really to compare it too."
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    Post  PuppyWithATutu Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:06 pm

    Julian nodded and leaned back in his chair. "Well, you're definitely American," he observed. "Your German is terrible. Studying abroad, perhaps, landed you here. You look like a college kid."

    Kira crossed her arms and leaned back as well. "And none of this is beneficial."

    Julian's lip quirked. "No, but it's fun. However, since we can't set a new one loose, I intend to take advantage and find out information." He turned his green gaze on the vampire. "Problem one, which seems the least important now in comparison, is the fact that you've no idea how any of this began with you. That means you didn't choose to become vampire. Someone turned you for the hell of it. That, my dear guest, is a high crime in our world."

    Kira swallowed, a sort of rage suddenly consuming her. She'd practically begged Julian to turn her all those centuries ago. She had the freedom of choice. The vampire next to her had little to none, and now he wasn't even free to step outside in this new world he'd yet to experience. "When we find said vampire, which we will, it will be executed at your hands."

    The vampire's gaze shifted about the room, his eyes flitting between each face around him like a caged animal. She had a feeling he wasn't placated in the least by her words.

    Julian nodded. "Secondly, I spoke with Ivan and Maria at length last night to find out what they experienced in their captivity. We want to know just what these humans plan on accomplishing. Anything you can recall about that place, I expect to be informed of. Any information helps." He tapped his fingernails against the tabletop and pounded out a slow rhythm as he studied his newest addition. "Third, which you well know, is that you shouldn't escape. I'm an asshole, yes, but I also care about the people you see around you. The general human population has no idea we exist. We want to keep it that way."

    Kira straightened in her seat and flicked her hand in the air. Julian's eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly when he caught her motion, but he nodded. "Share your piece, Kira," he sighed.

    "I have a fourth," she included, turning in her seat to face the newest vampire. "What is your name?"
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    Post  Sharon Salvatore Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:27 pm

    Tyler looked at Julian, listening to everything he said. "My name is Tyler...and yes, I am American, moved here for school..which I have missed a whole week of."
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    Post  PuppyWithATutu Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:31 pm

    Kira knew Julian's response before he even did it. He laughed. It was loud, bellowing through the room, at the absurdity he heard. He licked his lips. "That's rich. You won't be going back to school." His brow quirked. "You won't be seeing Anya again, either."
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    Post  Sharon Salvatore Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:32 pm

    Tyler looked at him, shocked "Yes, I am going back to her...I am learning whatever I can from whoever the hell you are and being with her. She is why I moved here and how did you even know her name...?Is a question I should have started with."
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    Post  PuppyWithATutu Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:44 pm

    Julian leaned forward in his seat and steepled his fingers above the tabletop. "You talk in your sleep. It's utterly adorable. Also annoying." With that, he stood and made his way toward the edge of the large room, reaching inside the liquor cabinet for a bottle of scotch. He took his time pouring a glass and then tipped it back. "Also, it's cute that you moved for her. Truly, I'm touched. But believe me when I say this, Tyler. You'll see her as a meal. A meal you love, yes, but a meal nonetheless, and I highly doubt she'll appreciate it when you get bitey in her presence."

    As if to prove his point, his own fangs grew, bright white and razor sharp, beneath the lights above. He tapped the edge of one long canine with his finger. "These things, at your age, cannot be controlled. I'm not sure how many times you need to hear it. I won't have you running amok when there's an entire government with armies and weapons on your tail. You'll remain here until you're trusted, and you won't leave the premises without one of us there to watch you."
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    Post  Sharon Salvatore Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:47 pm

    Tyler looked at them and stood, "So..my life is over,is what you're saying? Nothing about me at all is normal?"

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