Once Bitten, Twice Shy

chapter 1. The deal with the she devil.

Before I could look back to see what scared him off I felt a surge movement from my left side. Then Drew went flying like someone hurled him in to the air. He had slammed  into a tree with a tall  woman   closing her hands around his neck.

I tuned back from them when I heard a sobbing sound from behind. Jackson, the super duper football snob crying, why don’t I have a camera when I really need one. But the frantically terrified faces of him and the other two of his pals who were lying on the floor covered in blood waked me from my dreams of sweet revenge. The woman shifted her gaze to me and stared at me like she'd been wandering the Sahara for months and I'm this cool bar with fruit drinks or something . She was slim and was wrapped in a black leather coat that hit her at the knees which made her look even tinier. Her face was covered in a black mask that only left her eyes exposed .And they were ice blue like diamonds. The hair that was pulled in to a pony tail behind her neck had the palest blonde color to it I had never seen before. Even before her long canines gleamed in the moon light and sank in to my best friend’s neck l knew she was not someone to be messed with. If I’m dreaming it’s time to wake up. My gaze shifted from her to Jackson and back again. She is really drinking blood from Drew’s neck. And the  Chris and Liam weunconscious, or both dead.

‘’No, please stop! You are killing him’’

But it didn’t seem like she heard anything. Drew’s face was paler than a sheet but his face showed no emotion, like he was fascinated by her enthrallment. And I could feel it too,  every fibe of my body ache for the strange allure flooding from this woman. And I never had feelings for older women, gross. Stop drooling around, Drew is already in a bad condition, I ordered myself.

‘’Let him go, you sick sonofabitch.’’

I yelled, trying to pull her away from my friend. This really pissed her off. This time it was me who went flying. I dropped on my ass about 15 feet away from where I was. She was on me the next minute pressing me hard to the dump ground. My best friend’s blood was still dripping from her mouth. She still managed to look beautiful, like the angel of death she sure was.

‘’HOW DARE you talk to me like that you foolish little human ‘’ She growled.

‘’ You think you don’t deserve it. You killed them.’’

I trembled with fear even as I said it. But it didn’t seem to affect her at all. She moved her face close to my neck and nuzzled her nose against it. And it….It felt disgustingly comfortable.

‘’Then it’s true,................... but a human. What a twisted joke of fate is this.’’

She crooned in a soft voice like silk. But that voice sent shivers through my spine.

‘’ Get off me you bitch. Get your fucking hands off me.’’

Like almost as an afterthought she released me and rose to walk back to the unconscious Drew. She kneeled at his side and mumbled something in a strange language I couldn’t recognize.  Then she took his limp arm and sunk her fangs into the wrist.

‘’ No. let him go.’’ I was scared shitless, I was only 14 for christsake. A very distant part of my brain was telling me I was yelling at a vampire  while all other rational parts were begging me to run and never look back. But I couldn’t leave my friend. He got in to this mess because of me after all. However, all my words did was increase her pleasure.

‘’ please don’t do this I’ll do anything you want.’’

This took her attention like she was waiting to hear it. She rose to her feet in one elegant movement after she delicately dabbed blood from her lips.

She came close to me in an inhuman speed and fisted a hand in my hair, yanking my head to expose the neck. Then brought her face close to my ear and whispered to me in an alluring voice.

‘’ will you do what I say. Will you do my bidding’’

No, the word screamed in my mind but I knew Drew’s life depends on my answer. So I just nodded.

‘’I will come for you in six years. When I do, I’m gonna ask you to do something for me, and when that day comes you’ll comply without question without hesitation. Say deal or I have to finish my little job here. I’m  a busy woman.’’ I bet you are.

What the hell is she talking about? My stupid mouth acted before I could stop it. Reflexes, you know.

‘’Really, where do you want me to sign.’’

‘’ Your word will be your sign ‘’

‘’Okay I guess. Deal, but you should promise me that you’ll stay away from my family or anyone I know. And ………and to let him go.’’ What have I got myself in to?

‘’Then to seal the deal’’ She gave me that 33000 volts smile.

She struck, the fangs piercing my neck. The pain was unspeakable, searing through skin, in to blood, beyond the bone marrows. And mixed with it was a terrible, terrible pleasure and sensation.

‘’Ah, hunters blood, so potent, so rich’’

You bear my mark now. I will always know where you are. I heard those words in my mind. She dipped back, and then taking my face in both her hands she kissed my forehead. 

‘’ Now sleep my dear human. We’ll meet again.’’

My vision got blurry. The pain, fear and exhaustion dragged me deeper into the abyss.