Innocence

Chapter Twenty-four

I awoke on the cold ground. My head pounded and I didn't know where I was. Suddenly it all came back to me. I struggled to stand as nasuea wracked my body. I grasped onto the tree beside me for support. I squinted my eyes, trying to see my surrounding but it was to dark. Suddenly I heard my name. I stood silently, wondering if my ears were playing tricks on me.

"Ethan?" I whispered.

"Mikeala!" a voice yelled, Ethan's voice.

"Ethan!" I screamed. "Ethan! Where are you?" I started running but tripped and fell to the ground.

"Mikeala!" ethan yelled. A few minutes later he was beside me and I knew I was safe. He held me in his arms as I cried, struggling to tell him what had happened. He held me quietly, softly singing until my eyes closed from exhaustion.

I awoke in Ethan's bed. I opened my eyes and saw Ethan laying beside me.

"Ethan?" I said. He opened his eyes.

"Yes?"

"Why do they want me?" I asked, wondering who the "they" were.

"Because you love a vampire." Ethan growled. I looked at him but it wasn't him anymore. Instead a black wolf laid in his place. Suddenly I was in the woods. It was pitch black outside but I could see perfectly.

"Ethan, I'm scared." I said. He looked at me and took my hand.

"You should be." he smiled. I stared into his eyes and frowned as they turned dark red, blood trickling down his chin. My white dress was covered in blood. Ethan looked at me, suddenly smiling a smile full of evil and death.

"What's happening to you?" I whispered. In response Ethan licked the blood from his lips and bent down to kiss me.

"Death." he whispered in my ear.