over the centuries

12

I search for Adam's essence in the great void of the world, looking for that tendril of familiar mind. All vampires could communicate with eachother, could feel one another around the world, some voices louder then others, it was like a spicet of drops I choose to turn on or off.
"Adam" I call out, closing the shield around my mind.
"Adam!" I call again when I was left with nothing but silence.
Slowly, ow so slowly I feel his consciousness ring out in my mind. His essence like fire and smoldering coles he was mad. I stood there in the forest, legs apart and braced for the impact I knew would soon follow. Adam was already on his way to me, running at ungodly speeds. I had choosen a clearing someway away from the house, not wanting to give away the exact location, choosing a spot just far away enough for him not to detect elises open shields.
"Finally going to hand over that psychotic bitch" He seeths in my mind.
"Your in a blood rage! Think rationally!" I angrily call out.
A dark chuckle reverberates in my mind. I stand and watch as a single leaf falls to the ground. The forest quite in my presence the animals scattered or hiding from the lethal preditor.
"She's different Adam. She has no powers." I calmy send. "She's not a psychic, she's just an ordinary girl."
"Lies!" He seeths still running toward me.
"It's not a lie! Look through her mind yourself!" I answer back.
Adam's mind closes shut then, the steel barrier preventing me from showing him cassies memories. I wait patiently, moving my arms out in front of me, I listen to the still forest. I creek could be heard some miles off, rustling of some leaves to the south. Still I waited for Adam's approach.
His mind opened up again, for the north direction, I locked on to it location, slamming one of Cassie more recent memories at him.
"I don't wanna see that bitch!" He seethed
I threw more memories at him, my own perception tangled into the memories he could feel my confusion and wonder.
"She's just an ordinary girl!" I called again. Buy his mind closed up once more, the shields locking into place. I looked to the north, then to the east, bracing myself for Adam's soon approach.
His mind opened up again this time to the north east. I flooded his mind with more memories, downloading them faster then he could process them.
"How I'm going to enjoy ripping her to shreds." He chuckled into my mind.
"You do that and I'll kill your mate." I seethed "this is my chance at a normal life adam!"
"She's deceived you! You know she could always bend her memories." He called out before shutting his mind closed again.
I grew tired of this game, the male changing directions again he opened his mind after a few minutes. Now to the mouth west. He was close. There was no more point in arguing I would take him by force, beat the blood lust out of his system.
A fist came flying toward me then and I quickly dodged, pivoting to the left. I could feel my fang popping out of my gums, my nails elongation to claws. Adam stood there, his hair wiped back from running, the blonde male heaved as he lunged for me again. My arms went up as he toppled me to the ground, I grabbed hold of his neck and flipped us the second we made contact, now holding him still as he squirmed beneath me, I squeezed.
"She's different adam!" I bellowed at the clawing man. I lowered my head then, peering into his dark dilated eyes "you do this and I won't forgive you. Ever."
Adam hissed at me and my grip went tighter. Shoving my arm back with the palm of his hand, he freed his neck and flipped us, now on top of me he attempted to break my neck, but I held one of his arms back. The motion wouldn't kill me, only paralyze me for a second, a second long enough to get to the house and Cassie. I roared, swiveling my head to bite his arm, ripping his flesh off, he yelled backing off. Both us of standing now, we faced off in front of eachother.
"It's just the bond speaking Michel. You don't love her." Adam said circling me.
"Your wrong. That's my fucking souldmate!" I said a I lunge forward again, throwing a punch, it connected with his face.
"Michel" Elise suddenly telepathically called panic in her voice. "Migel and Truman are here."
Adam punched me straight in the gut while I was distracted by Elise, the motion nocking me back. I stammered.
"What the he'll do they want?!" I called back.
My attention on Adam again, I raised my fists. Adam lunged at me again but I side stepped out of the way, punching him straight in the head again, I ran so fast, he didn't see it coming as I got behind him, hands gripped on his chin and head I snapped his neck in one fluid motion. I was always the quicker of the two. I didn't want to seriously hurt Adam, but I had no choice now.
"They want to talk" Elise said "to cassie"
"Only talk?" I asked already running toward the house.
"That's what they said." She answered back hesitantly.
The forest stilled as I ran, everything coming into focus and blurring at the same time I ran back quicker then it took a leaf to touch the ground and get scurried on by a wild animal. Dodging and jumping I made my way over and through tree after tree, running as fast as my legs could carry me.
"They want to sift through her memories. I told them to wait for you." She called back.
Good, maybe they'd heard mine and Adam's talk and changed there minds. Adam must have brought them along knowing I'd have Elise with me.
"The bastad brought them" I called to Elise
"I know" She said "but they seemed unconvinced its worth passing you off over."
"Good" I said "im almost there."
I hopped over one last logg as I slowed, coming out of the forest and back onto the road leading to my house. I jogged at a human pace the rest of the way, the concrete crunching under my tennis shoes, I looked like any other jogger, in my sweat pants and white t-shirt.
I rounded the corner, hopping my own fence in one fluid movement I pick up the pace coming up to my own private residence. I could see Truman and migel from a distance, standing on the front porch with Elise they seemed to be arguing.
"There's Michel now" Elise said pointing to me, as I finished my jogg up the stairs and to there little gathering.
I looked over the two guests then, Truman's arms crossed infront of his body, and migel with an open and inviting stance.
"We didn't come for trouble. We heard your conversation with Adam and we wanted to check for ourselves." Migel said
"Wanted to check or wanted to hurt my mate?" I ask ready to leap into action if they gave me an incling that they were here to fight.
"We mean your mate no harm" migel said, putting his hands up. "I only want to see if the psychic really isn't a psychic anymore."
"Adam wants us to kill her" Truman added honestly, his eyes darkening a little.
I bare my teeth for him to see, feeling the dominance in my stance I brace myself. "But I won't. She's never gotten on my nerves before" He said
"Then why did you come!?" I demand fangs still bared.
Truman's expression softens a little, his arms relaxing some. He took a step back.
"Because we were concerned for you. We know how bad she messed you up last time. So we went along with Adam to find you and see what you wanted." He voice rang true, as I could hear the sincerity in his words.
These guys were my friends, but I had already been betrayed by one friend tonight. More then a friend, Adam was practically my brother. I turn to migel then his arms no relaxed to his side, I look him up and down.
"Your the expert on minds. Maybe you can find a vision I overlooked." I say then, making up my mind. "Truman help guard the house with elise, Adam will find this place soon enough."
My and migel make our way inside the house, I walk briskly, wanting to get this over with and my mate out of harms way. With migel to voucher for her sanity as well, I knew Adam would listen. He may not believe me, and it was true I was biased toward my own soulmate, but he'd listen to a third party.
"Cassie" I called out from the front entry room.
I could hear her rustling as she scrabbled to readjust in the living room, the t.v. getting switched off. Me and migel round the corner to the living room, quickly making our way inside.
The first thing that hit me was her smell, like milk and honey it was intoxicating. The smell of a thousand life spans and a thousand more to come with me I would never get enough of that scent. Migel grunted as he took in my mates scent, he always had a soft spot for it too. I bared my fang at him, and he put his arms up again in surrender.
"You know I'd never bite her." He said
Cassie had a look of fear come to her delicate features then, a nervous hand going to her dark brown hair to brush it to the side and play with it, exposing her neck, she looked down. She didn't know that that heightened her already mouthwatering scent. How could she? Humans never thought of there actions.
"Do you mind if I have a look at your memories?" Migel asked her.
She nodded her head to the side, Roy got up then and moved to the fathest chair in the corner of the room. The farthest chair from migel, the male must have been uncomfortable with the situation.
Cassie braced herself, putting a hand on the arm of the couch, she sat there as migel came around to kneel infront of her while I took up the position behind her.
Migel closed his eyes, concentrating on her mind while I monitored the situation, making sure he didn't do anything to harm her. Cassie fiddled more with her hair as she watched migel, her nerves getting the better of her.
"I don't see anything" migel said after awhile, his eyes dancing transversly.
"Wait" he said putting up a hand "there"
"Do you see something?" I asked impatiently.
"Memories are tinted with knowing. She sees.... on a subconsious level only." He said weakly.
"Look at her subconscious." He said then opening his dilated eyes. "All her visions are only there. Her conscious mind unable to process them. Only feelings get across." He said
I let out a low long breath that I didn't realize I was holding. Only subconscious level that meant she was weak. Weaker than any other life, but she was still my souldmate, still a psychic.
"It won't effect her mind will it?" I asked
'It shouldn't if it can't even process her visions." Migel said getting up from the floor. "But you may be able to see them"
"I don't want to see those damn visions ever again. They've done nothing but ruine our lives together." I said, gripping the couch around Cassie.
"Thats your decision. Its probably a good idea anhways. Mlst lf what i saw knvolved you, but the council will still want to know that she's still a psychic." He added
"They won't give a danm about her once they find out how weak she is this life." I said
"Maybe" migel added "but you know how they've reacted to her in the past.
Yes in the past, when she was strong the council tried to use her for there own gain. We'd trade information for more influence in the vampire world, but I'd seen where that got us. No where but enemies at our backs, I was done with that. Now all I wanted was a normal life.
"Adam's coming" Elise called from the front entry way "and he's coming fast."
Migel came around and out a hand on my shoulder "I'll help protect your mate and convince him don't worry." He said "I'm already mindlinking him now"
I searched out Adam's location, I could feel his mind closing in on us. Fuck!
"He's locked me out" migel breathes
We both dash out of the living room and back outside. Jogging up to Elise she was already moving back outside, in a second her figure was at the gate along with migel, Truman and myself taking up positions at the front door.
"Well here's a surprise my aunterage has turned on me." Adam's voice came and moments later he was standing stationary on the other side of the fence, his hands grasping hold of it. He squeezed, the metal groaning as it bent to his will. I stopped breathing my hands going up.in a stance, as well as Truman's.
"She is different adam. Listen to reason" migel goes on. "I've searched her mind myself. Look into my memories you'll see all I've seen."
"How do I know you won't only show me what I want to see?" Adam asked
"Look for yourself." Migel calls.
Adam's eyes were still dilated, his breath coming rapidly from the blood rage frenzy, he closed his eyes at the same time migel did. Moments later they opened again, anger still riding out his instincts, he looked as feral as before.
"She's still a psychic!" He seethed
"Barely" I called out "It won't effect her mind this time. I'm telling you Adam if you do this were through!"
Adam looked to migel then back to me, his shoulders relaxed some and his breathing calmed.
"I wouldn't lie to you adam" migel said calmly.
"Theyll come for her again. The council. Do you really wanna deal with that shit? You so much happier without her!" Adam calls
My own stance relaxes some, fists lowering I look Adam right in the eyes. The tension dissipating as the seconds ticked on. I felt vulnerable then, the situation still bare I knew what it meant to except my soulmate back into my life, even if this time was different.
"And you'll be there to help me through it. But not if you do this Adam! I'll never forgive you from taking this chance away from me!" I called back
I could feel the tug of the bond, a light between myself and my souldmate. It guided my protective instincts, made me rage for her, lighting up my senses when I knew she was in danger. Nothing was more powerful, damning, or beautiful... she was mine and I was hers. For all of eternity.
"You know how powerful the bond is adam... dont make me kill you." I added softly. 
Adam's eyes softened at the threat, reading my expression he turned to leave, changing his mind.
"She's your problem now" He called with a wave of his hand as he continued his was down the path and out of my sight.