The Awakening - (Evian) - Chapter Three
by lala02


Chapter III

Eve slowly stumbled over to the man that took the bullet for her. When she was close enough to him, she dropped down to her hands and knees while she struggled to catch her breath. Looking over her shoulder, she stared at the dead body of Nigel. Closing her eyes, a frown instantly appearing on her face as she thought about all that had just happened. It was never her intention to hurt anyone, let alone kill them, but Nigel left her no choice.

This was the first time in nearly ninety years that she had actually taken another person’s life. After the first incident, she nearly went insane. No matter how many times she bathed or scrubbed her skin raw, the dirty, gritty feeling over what she had did and the smell of blood, never went away. It took her a very long time to recover from that incident and once she did, she vowed never to take another person’s life again. Well obviously she just broke her vow…and felt terrible about it.

Eve clinched her eyes tighter, willing the tears that threatened to escape as she scooted closer to Julian and lifted him up. Julian groaned out painfully at the sudden shift in position, but never woke. Every muscle in her body was screaming as she shifted his left arm around her shoulder then placed her arms around his waist. Looking around to make sure that no one was around, Eve tightened her hold around Julian then ran and jumped to the top of the building to the right. Afterwards, she proceeded straight ahead as the two of them disappeared into the darkness.

The sound of clothes tearing suddenly jerked Julian awake from his darkened slumber. It was too painful to open his eyes, so he kept them closed. Where was he and how did he get here, were the first two questions that came to mind as he tried to sit up, but something prevented him from moving as pain shot through his right shoulder, making him moan out in pain.

“Don’t move. You’ll just reopen your wound.” The person said.

Julian instantly opened his eyes this time after the hearing the voice of the person who spoke to him. Blinking a few times to clear his vision, once the person came into sight, he gasped.

“It’s you…” Julian whispered.

Eve narrowed her eyes suspiciously. “Who are you? Why were you following me?” she commanded.

“Julian…Julian Crane.” Julian stuttered. “I wanted to meet you that’s all.”

Eve stood up then moved away from him. “Well Julian Crane, you’re wanting to meet me nearly got you killed.”

“Who was that man?” Julian asked as he slowly sat up. He was curious as to what was really going on. Julian then watched as Eve turned her back to him, giving him a shocking view of the number of injures she sustained to her back, as she stared out the window.

“Who that man was, is none of your business.” A hand upon her shoulder caught Eve off guard as she spurn around to face Julian.

The two of them just stood there, staring at each other’s eyes. Eve’s breath hitched in her throat as she realized just how close Julian was to her. Her eyes slowly descended from his eyes as she took in the sight of him closely. He was about six foot one, a hundred and ninety pounds, short dark brown hair, nice tanned skinned and a pair of deep brown eyes that a woman like her could get lost in.

Julian, for the most part, wasn’t fairing well either as he took in the sight of Eve. Dark hair flowing passed her shoulders, beautiful brown skin, and a pair of light blue eyes that took his breath away. She stood at about five foot eight, and probably weighed no more than a hundred and forty pounds. He nearly groaned out loud when she absentmindedly licked her lips.

‘I wonder what her luscious lips taste like.’ A lecherous thought flashed in his mind as his eyes sparkled seductively.

Eve immediately blinked her glossed over eyes and pushed Julian away from her with a snarl. The obvious smell of his arousal suddenly peaked and that scared her. ‘Stupid sensitive nose.’ She thought with a scowl on her face.

“Don’t ever touch me again!” She snapped.

Momentarily stunned, Julian regained his balance before clearing his throat.

“Sorry.” He mumbled then turned around and sat back on the bed. “What are you?” he asked in a serious tone.

“None of your damn business.”

“I saw your fangs.”

“You saw nothing!” Eve snapped again then closed her eyes to take a deep breath to calm down her nerves. Once she was calm, she opened her eyes this time revealing a pair of light brown ones that Julian didn’t fail to miss.

“Your eyes.” Julian said.

“What about them?”

“They’re light brown. They were light blue before you closed them just now.” He pointed.

“So?” she raised a brow.

“So you tell me what’s going on? Just what are you?” Julian demanded.

Eve sighed, “I am what I am and nothing more.” She answered truthfully.

Julian’s eyes grew huge, “So you’re a vampire...” his voice trailed off.

“Some people call me that, while others call me a demon or a halfling, but I’m not sure what I really am actually.” Eve said as she walked over to the chair beside her bed. “So what do you know about vampires?” she blurted out.

“They drink blood because they can’t life without it, they can’t go out into the daylight or they’ll fry to death, you have to die first to become one…” While Julian named a few things off, Eve rolled her eyes and shook her head.

“Stupid vampire myths.” She snorted.

“What?”

“Vampire myths. One, I don’t always drink blood. I eat normal food just like the rest of you. Two, I can walk in daylight but only when I’m wearing my dark shades. My eyes are very sensitive and the sunlight causes me severe headaches. And three, you don’t have to die to be turned. When I was turned, I didn’t die.”

“What do you mean you didn’t die? You have to die to turn over.” Julian stated.

“Well I didn’t, so that alone makes me different.” Eve huffed then folded her arms.

“Wow.” Was all Julian could say. He then started thinking about all of the vampire flicks he watched as a kid.

“Do you have any idea what you’ve just gotten yourself into? Now they are going to come after you because of me.” Julian watched as Eve started pacing back and forth. “I can’t deal with this on my conscience.”

“Who are they?” he asked.

Eve stopped her pacing then took a deep breath. She had no choice but to tell Julian the truth…well the semi-truth…

“They’re hunters. They come from all over the world, different shapes, sizes and race, hunting creatures of the darkness. They’ve been after me for a very long time.”

“How long would that be?” Julian asked curiously.

“Long enough. That’s all you need to know.” Eve said dryly.

The room suddenly became quiet and Julian the opportunity to look around. From what he could guess, they were in a motel. Right next to where Eve was standing was a small wooden table and two chairs. The bed he was sitting on was a few feet away from the table and right behind him was the small bathroom.

Once he was done looking around the room, Julian stood up again then walked over to stand next to Eve.

“Why don’t you sit down so I can clean the wounds on your back?” Julian said.

Eve turned her head and just looked at him.

“C’mon, it’s the least I can do since you cleaned mine.” Julian smiled.

“Don’t bother, they’ll be healed in the morning.” Eve said then turned back towards the window.

“Well at least let me wrap them up. You wouldn’t want to sick now would you?” Julian raised a brow.

“Fine.” Eve shrugged as she removed her now blood soaked, ripped white shirt revealing a black bra underneath. It’s not like she could get sick anyways. She hadn’t had a cold since she was twenty-four…and that was more than a hundred years ago!

‘Dear lord’ Julian sucked in a breath as he stared at her breasts from the side. Eve suddenly snapped her head in the direction of a gawking Julian and glared.

“Do you mind?!” She snarled at him, showing off her fangs. ‘Is that all men think about?!’ She fumed on the inside.

“Sorry.” Julian muttered in an embarrassing tone after being caught staring. Well he just couldn’t help himself; he was a man after all…

Once Eve was calm enough, she pointed Julian in the direction of the first aid kit she had. Walking over to where it was, Julian grabbed a few clean cloths, a pack of bandages and some ointment. Carrying everything he had over to the bed, he motioned for Eve to come over and sit down.

Eve walked over to the bed and sat down. It was useless for her to fight so she gave in. She had already told him that all of her injures would be healed by the morning, but he just wouldn't listen. As Julian moved behind her and placed his hand on her shoulder, Eve nearly moaned out. This was the first time in very long time that she was ever this close to a man before. On second thought, this was the first time that she ever allowed a man this close to her before. ‘I’m losing my edge.’ Eve sighed.

The injures that Eve had on her back, there was no way a normal human could survive them, Julian realized. Taking his sweet time with the last bandage, as he placed it on her lower back, he slowly ran his fingers along side her waist before resting his hand completely on her hip.

This time a soft moan did come from Eve, as she couldn’t fight it from coming out. Realizing what she just did, Eve jumped up from the bed, turned around and grabbed Julian roughly by the arm.

“What the hell is wrong with you?!” Eve hissed. “Do you just walk up to every woman you meet and touch them like that?”

Julian remained quiet for a moment as he regained his composure. No it wasn’t like this every time he walked up to a woman he first met, but there was something about Eve that made his blood boil. Blinking his eyes a few times, he finally spoke.

“I’m sorry. I don’t what came over me.” Julian lied, as Eve released his right arm.

Walking over to where the rest of her clothes were, Eve dug into one of the shopping bags she brought earlier and pulled out a light gray t-shirt and another bra, then put them on. She then walked over to Julian and handed him a large t-shirt to put on as well.

“Where are we going?” Julian asked as he put the shirt on.

“We are not going anywhere, you are.” Eve corrected.

“Where are you taking me?”

“Back to the bar.”

“You can’t take me back to the bar!” Julian shrieked.

“The hell I can’t.” Eve snapped.

“You just told me no more than ten minutes ago, that I wasn’t safe anymore because of you. What makes you think that I’m gonna just sit back and let you leave me?” Julian said, as a scowl appeared on Eve’s face. “Whether you like it or not, you’re stuck with me.” He concluded then folded his arms. ‘Gotcha!’

Eve rolled her eyes and sighed. “Ugh fine. C’mon let’s go. It’s not safe here anymore.”

This was it; he was finally going to get the recognition he always wanted and deserved. It was quite by accident that he stumbled across her. The woman his master had been looking for, for more then a hundred years. He knew that she was the one because of the way his master described her to be and boy was she a sight for sore eyes.

As he ran down darkened alley, he came upon a chained fence. Hopping over it, he continued to run until he arrived at this rundown apartment building. Once he inside, he walked up two flights of stairs before coming to a stop in front of his apartment door. Walking inside, he sat down in front of his apartment window then picked up his phone, dialed a few numbers and waited.

“Speak.” The person on the other end of the phone said with a deep commanding voice.

“M-My lord, my name is Garth sir. I have some information that might be quite valuable to you.” Garth said.

“Speak more.”

“I know the whereabouts of the woman in black.”

Silence-

“Si-Sir?” Garth stuttered.

“Tell me where you are…now mortal.” He spat in a threatening voice.

“I’m in a small town called Harmony sir.” Garth said before the phone went dead.

A man of about six foot four rose from his chair by the window and walked over to stand in front of his fireplace. Looking up at the portrait that hung high over his fireplace, his eyes slowly scanned over the woman’s beautiful face. His eyes darkened with lust as he remembered the first time he ever laid eyes on her.

{Flashback}

Summer 1870

It had been nearly three days since he last fed, and he didn’t know how long he could go on. He had been traveling nonstop since he arrived here in Boston from Cambodia. This was not the way a man of his stature, was suppose to be traveling. He always knew that he was meant to be something more powerful then any vampire known to man but some mortals and those of his coven, never respected him enough to be frightened. It had taken him almost a hundred years to become king of the underworld and now that he was, everyone knew just how powerful and ruthless he was. Those who tried to betray him ended up being torture to death with no mercy. Now that he had everything he always wanted, it was time for him to settle for a while, and the only way he knew how to settle down was to have woman by his side and not just any woman, but the one that he would make his mate.

For nearly two hundred years, he traveled over the globe looking for the right woman to become his mate, but hadn’t come close yet. As he continued on with his walk, he stumbled across this beautiful lake. Dropping to his knees, he dunked his head underneath the water to wash away the sweat hovering over his eyebrows. The minute he came up from under, his eyes nearly bugged out of his head.

Short dark hair, beautiful smooth brown skin, full supple breasts and curves in all the right places, not the mention that she was breathtakingly gorgeous. He never was one to believe in love at first sight, but in this instance, he was a believer. He continued to watch the object of his affection, as she submerged under water, then came back up for air. His eyes wandered to the warm water cascading down her voluptuous body as the sight instantly sent a chill down his spine. He knew right this very moment, that she was the one who was going to be his mate. And not the thought of another woman would ever sway him.

{Flashback ends}

Placing his hand on the portrait, he trailed his fingers across the surface of her face, before dropping it slowly to his side. “I’m coming for you Eve.” He whispered then smiled, showing off his long fangs.


Chapter 4
Chapter 2
Site Index