Her Vampire & Her Werewolf

Chapter Twenty-One

"Tony, Darious, why such hostility?" the man said with a smirk.

"Who is this beautiful creature you have on your arm Tony; you don't date women" the woman said.

I felt Darious' chest against my back, as Tony put his arm around my waist.

"Paul, Liz" Tony said in a cold tone.

I had the feeling that these two were trouble but to have both of the guys on edge, something wasn't right.

"Well, aren't you going to introduce us?" the man said as he smiled down at me.

"No" Tony said with a slight growl to his tone, I felt Darious' chest had an extremely low growl coming from him. Now I was cautious.

"You can't hide her away forever Tony, and we will be stopping by her place since she has something of ours" the woman said with a snide tone to her voice as she looked at me.

The two walked away and disappeared from sight.

"Who were they?" I asked as Tony steered me towards the car after that little encounter.

Once we got into the car, Tony sped home.

"What is going on and who were they?" I asked as Tony pulled the car up to the house.

Tony looked at me with a stone expression on his face.

"Paul and Liz are two demons that are high ranking, they do not play nice and will kill you and not think twice if they want something and can't get it" Tony said as his voice was laced with rage.

We got out of the car and Tony ushered me inside. Once inside the house Tony looked at Darious.

"We need to ward this house against all demons," he said. Darious nodded and went to grab some things from his house. I sat down on the couch and watched as Tony went around putting something along the windowsills.

"Why are they after me?" I asked.

Tony stopped and looked at me, I could see he had to rein himself in, he walked over and sat next to me on the couch, taking my hands in his as he kissed them.

"My sweet cat, your aunt was a hunter for us. As you know she collected a whole bunch of things that were either haunted or possessed. Well she did a job for us that I'm afraid contributed to ending her life, I'm not a hundred percent sure, but those two that were in the park, they are demons of a high ranking status in their world.

I am forbidden to kill them unless the high council gives the go ahead. But they also know your aunt is dead and you now hold the objects. Well your aunt captured their brother, and they want him back."

"Oh just great" I said with a sigh, leaning back against the couch. Just what I needed right now, two demons trying to kill me if they don't get their brother back.

"They weren't expecting me to be with you, so now they have to be careful in what they do as they are not allowed to touch me, for they know that is an instant death sentence" he said with a devious smirk on his lips.

That statement made me feel a bit better, not by much but it still calmed a bit of the butterflies that were zooming around my stomach at the moment.

Darious walked into the house with a bag and he sat down on the coffee table.

"I have everything that we need to keep them out" he said as he sat down next to me. Darious looked at me for a moment.

"Nothing is going to get to you baby" he whispered as he patted my knee.

"Let me guess, you were with my aunt when she captured him?" I asked.

"Yes, I was with her most of the time when she captured certain beings that needed to be," he said as he opened the bag and pulled out the contents.

Tony got up and went to the bedrooms to finish putting the stuff on the windowsills.

Looking at the stuff, Darious looked at me.

"I guess it's a crash course baby" he said as he lightly bumped my shoulder.

I smiled and looked over at him, he sat there looking at me for a moment.

"You know Tori, my heart is yours" he whispered as he leaned over and gently kissed me.

"I know, and you have mine as well" I whispered back. That brought out the sweetest smile I have ever seen on his face.

"Now, let me talk you through these things," he said as he cleared his throat.

"There are sigils, black salt, and a few different kinds of talismans," he said as he got up and started to put some of them around the house.

As soon as Darious went to the front door, he took black paint and painted some sigils on the door.

"What does that do?" I asked as I sat there watching him.

"It keeps them from crossing the threshold," he said. Just then Tony walked into the room and stood in front of me, holding out his hand. I placed mine in his and I followed him into the bedroom.

He shut the door and then turned and looked at me.

"Everything okay?" I asked.

"It will be my love" he said as he walked slowly over to where I was standing.

"Even though we are engaged and we have drank from each other, I want you to wear my mark. Usually you would get it when we get married but because of these demons, once you have my mark they can't hurt you" he said as he looked down into my eyes.

"What does it involve?" I asked, not sure what he meant by his mark. That was one of the things the books never talked about.

"I will recite some words, and as you drink from me, markings will appear on your body that are unique, the marks are mine as any elder vampire acquires them after three hundred years."

"And of course my love I will gladly wear your mark" I said looking up at him.

He cut his skin on his chest, I put my lips to his skin and started to drink the blood. Tony started to recite words that were in a language I haven't heard before.

But after a couple of minutes I felt a warm sensation on my arms, shoulders, and upper back. Once he finished, he gently pulled me away from his chest. The wound was sealed within seconds.

"You are breathtaking," Tony said as he looked at me. I went to the mirror and I saw intricate vines that weaved around my arms, shoulders, and upper back.

Every place that I felt the warm sensation, and amongst the vines there were words as well.

"These are amazing" I said in awe as I kept looking at my skin.

Tony kissed the top of my head.

"They fit you, my little cat" he said as I heard a knock on my bedroom door.

"Can I come in?" Darious asked.

"Of course" I called out, I couldn't take my eyes off of my new markings.

Darious opened the door and walked in; his eyes were on my marks.

"What words are these?" he asked as he looked at them.

"They are ancient words that only belong to the mated pair. They are private" Tony said as he sat on the bed.

"Gotcha" was all Darious said but his eyes kept looking at the marks.

"For the time being if it's okay with you Tori, I was going to stay in my old bedroom" Darious asked.

I turned around and looked up at him.

"It's good with me, be nice having company in the house" I said with a wink and Darious laughed.

"I'm going to change into my night shirt, then would we be able to sit on the front porch? It's so beautiful out tonight" I asked, looking at Tony.

"Get changed and then we will enjoy the evening air" he said standing up. Darious and Tony went into the kitchen, I could hear Darious ask how the marks appeared. He knew not to ask about the personal parts of it.