Bites & Bruises (ManxMan)

Thirty

When Marius woke up I was in the middle of having a nightmare.

Sweat covered my body and in my dream I was being pawed at by long clawed fingers, snarls reaching my ears whilst my heart hammered away. I was running through a swamp, panting and crying out when pain suddenly hit my side.

I looked down to find blood staining my shirt before my gaze flickered behind me and standing there looking lethal as Hell was none other than Noah, clutching a knife whilst he wore a sickening grin before jumping down from the branch he was on to start prowling towards me.

Fear captured me in its vice like grip and I stumbled backwards, falling over roots of an old, turned up tree and fell with a yelp.

Noah continued to stroll towards me, eyes ablaze and that smirk etched onto his lips whilst I scuttled back, mud sticking to my body and caking my hands as I pushed myself away from the vampire stalking me.

"Such a silly little thing," He purred, fingering the knife, "You really thought I'd want to be friends with someone like you?"

"L-Leave me alone!"

Lightening struck overhead and I cringed at the sound. Darkness settled over the forest yet again before I looked up to find Noah no longer standing in front of me anymore, instead he was chuckling behind me and snagged out to grab a fistful of my hair.

The rain hammered down on us, soaking my clothes and getting me muddy whilst another wave of pain hit my side.

I looked up whilst tears welled up in my eyes to find the french vampire grinning down at me, the knife softly caressing my throat as he lent down to crush his lips against my own. It was a repulsing moment and I had to resist the urge to throw up.

Yanking my head back, Noah then grazed my earlobe with his teeth, his breath hot against my cheek whilst I shivered. "He's mine," He growled lowly, "And you will never, ever be able to get in the way again."

"Y-You can't do this," I choked out, feeling like my heart was about to burst out of my chest. "H-He's my m-mate!"

Noah let out a noise of musing before sharp, untainted pain hit me and I arched my back and gasped. "He was," He purred against my skin, twisting his wrist and shoving the knife deeper into my chest. "But not anymore."

My body felt like it was on fire and the scream that wanted to leave me got stuck in my throat, body shuddering as I fell forward face first into the mud. Noah was laughing manically now, eyes glowing in the dark.

"... hell up Payton!"

I jolted awake to find drool on my chin and my heart racing a mile a minute. Snapping open my eyes I quickly looked around, lurching to my feet whilst sleep still clung to my thoughts, "W-Wheres the trouble?" I held up my fists, blinking rapidly. "Is Marius okay?"

My gaze flickered around the room to find no one there and I began to frown, turning to check on my mate when I found the bed empty and a hard chest then blocking my line of sight.

A cold hand reached up to caress my cheeks and tingles of pleasure ran through me. Please tell me this isn't a dream, I told myself firmly, please let this be real...

"You were crying, what's wrong?"

Hearing him had my eyes widening and I slowly reached up to touch his face, afraid I was imagining things yet when his eyes fluttered closed and he pushed my hands aside to press his lips to mine I knew it was real. A strangled sob escaped me and Marius had me in his arms in an instant.

I nuzzled against his chest before I lent up to kiss him with passion.

Marius groaned deep in his throat and the sound thrilled me, my hands wandering to his chest to softly graze over the white bandage. His mouth left mine to plant quick hot kisses down my throat before tearing at my shirt, and clawing my back with his nails. The slight pain had me gasping yet blood rushed south for all the right reasons.