Half a Soul

chapter eight

I could feel her letting go...
Letting go of life and letting go of me....

Then like watching a movie her life began to play out before my eye's.
Her childhood, dancing butterflies on the ceiling above her bed.
The fire that killed her parents..
The orphanage..........
Being sold like a piece of meat to that sick man...
Then at last the room where she was being held.. Then nothing but darkness and the feeling of being cold that seem to pull her deeper into its clutches with each passing second..

A pain so bad it felt like being stabbed in the heart... sent me rushing to her..
I didn't stop to bring my brothers in arms with me. There was no time she need me now..

Then I was there , stand at the end of the table she was tied too.
The room was pitch black....
But thanks to my enhanced eye sight, I had no trouble seeing the horrors he had inflicted on her..............

Every part of her body was soaked WIth her own blood...
Where he hadn't taken a knife to cut deep cuts into her skin, he had taken a hammer and broken bones..
My eyes still on her pale face before taking the fact he had completely scalped her...

I knew she was going to need a lot of blood...my blood and the blood of my brothers to heal..
But like taking a human as my mate was illegal so was my giving one my blood..
I had no problem giving her every drop I had as long as she lived..
But I could not ask this of my brothers could...
We up held our laws not break them..
Then her heart beat began to slow and the time for thinking was over..
I flashed back grabbing Jared by the Bach of his shirt and was standing back at the foot of the table in less then I a second..
What the hell man...
Jard stopped talking when I tore into my wrist ..blood was steadily flowing down my arm when I opened star mouth and held my wrist there..

Help me.. I begged Jared...
She not swallowing I yelled...
Jared didn't hesitate he was holding her head with one hand as he worked her throat ,helping her swallow the the other before I could even finish yelling..

What the hell kind of person does this.....
Jared asked looking at the damage
That was done to stars body...
Raged filled me as I watched my oldest friend rake his eyes over star's nude body..
A warning growl erupted from my chest.
Jared stared at me startled....
Really.....
Sorry I said once again ripping open my wrist that had healed already and placing it back at stars lips..
No worries..
Jared scanned the room..
Taking in the work bench and the jars full of human body parts....
We need to leave Jared said...
Something not right here.....

Clearly Jason responded... But I can't move her yet... not until her heart beats a little stronger...
No man .... I think we need to go now..

Then the lights turned on and all hell broke loose...
Jared had flashed over and had grabbed what they both thought was nothing but a sick twisted human by the neck..
But in the next instance Jared was crashing off the far wall..
No way could a human throw a vampire across a Room..

The dirty man pointed to Jason....
Mind getting your stinking blood away from my dinner....
Jason chest tight as it hit him...
Not human......but zombie
Not what the humans thought a zombie was..but a true zombie..
But they where all killed centuries ago.. at least that was what everyone thought.
Then Jared grabbed onto him and star and they flashed out of there....

Star lay across my kitchen table in my remote cabin in the mountains...
Her heart beat was stronger but she still need a lot of blood to finish healing.

Zombie you have to be freaking kidding me .
They told us that their extinct..
Jared continued to pace the kitchen.
Grumbling to himself..

I looked down at my sweet little star..
She was healing slowly..
But healing..

We need to contact headquarters...
And tell them what..
I found my mate, but she human..
And oh yeah I feed her my blood..
Oh by the way the guy that had her was zombie...
Who do you think their going after first ... The first person that usually track down the law breakers..
Or the supposed extinct zombie...
I have a gut feeling it would be me...

Then what do you think we should do?
Because if I remember my history right., once the get a taste of something they like nothing going to stop them from get their hands on that person and he clearly had a taste for star..
And if you remember the books said it would take a team of vampires to take just one down..
How long before it tracks her hete?
Theirs only the two of us..

I looked at star and then back at Jared....
I need some time to plan and to finish healing her..
Go find John...
Fill him in on what's going on..
We will all meet back here in two days..
Jared disappeared...
I brushed my fingers crossed her pale cheek..
Don't worry sweet one he'll never lay another finger on you..