Hidden Secrets {Nathan Sykes}

Chpt. 13

THIS IS MY FAVORITE CHAPTER!!!! AHHHH

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Dionne hissed, "Who are you?!"

"You will not lay another finger on her!" Luke snarled back at her.

Luke? I tried turning my body to the sound of his voice. He was at the clearing glaring at Dionne. But in a flash he had crossed all those yards inbetween and reached her. In a single swift jump she evaded his first attack. With concerned eyes, Luke bent down to me.

"Oh my God," was all he could say examining my broken body.

But with a flash of black hair and she was back trying to prevent this newcomer from spoiling her plan. Luke equally evaded her counter and landed a satisfying blow from beneath her jaw that sent her flying a good 100 feet. He rushed back to me and Nathan.

Glaring at Nathan he shouted at him, "Why didn't you change her? She wouldn't be in such pain right now. I knew I should have done it when I had the chance."

Nathan looked at him and then at me.

Luke bent close to me, "I can still help you Crystal and change you if you just let me."

But Dionne was back in full fury and her and Luke were fighting once again. Both got in equally good blows but Dionne seemed unstoppable. Darius watched on with other 5 vampires as his first in command seemed to not need any help.

But the tables suddenly turned as reinforcements darted from the woods. The Wanted had finally arrived! Almost too quickly they finished off the vampires that had made up Darius troupe. Tom joined Luke and slowly circled Dionne, while Max, Jay, and Siva concentrated on Darius. I tried to roll closer to Nathan as he struggled against his bonds.

"Oh Crystal, I'm so sorry!" he kept saying over and over again.

I suddenly remembered the knife I had hidden on me. I had carefully tucked it away in the small of my back. It was hard but I managed to reach around with my other good arm and wrench it free. I worked on the bonds that held Nathan to the post. It was just enough and the bonds gave way. Nathan was free. He gently cradled my broken body in his arms, "I love you Crystal, please be okay."

I choked out the words as best as I could, "Go, go and finish this."

He nodded, kissed my head, and set me down carefully in the wet grass. I watched as he told Tom to join the rest of the guys while he and Luke stared down Dionne. She hissed in response.

"Nice job protecting my girl," Luke said sarcastically to Nathan.

"I know, you probably did the best job out of the both of us," Nathan responded in a sorrowful tone.

Never taking his eyes off Dionne, he said to Nathan, "So you agree that I'm the best one for her then."

"I think we should let her decide that on her own," Nathan said.

Dionne hissed like an angry cat, "Oh for crying out loud, are you two done yet?!"

"Yep," they both replied in unison and attacked her.

But Dionne concentrated all her energy on Luke and sent him flying 50 yards away. He landed with a crash.

Dionne spat, "I hate you Nathan! I hate you for leaving me, I hate that we ever were together!"

"Well that I can definitely agree on," Nathan said as he lunged at her.

Dionne didn't even get to let out a scream as he tore her head off. Her chocolate skin already turning to ash as her body fell to a heap on the ground.

Meanwhile Darius was taking turns at the Wanted the best he could. Tom, Max, Siva and Jay were doing the best they could to hold him at bay. When Nathan joined them Darius actually had a concerned look on his face. His first in command had been defeated.

"Darius, this ends tonight!" Nathan pointed threateningly at him, "You will never hurt me or my family ever again!"

"As long as I live, I will never quit trying to avenge my father!"

"Well, I guess we'll have to do something about that then," Nathan said quietly.

With that they all sprang towards Darius at the same time. It was 5 against 1 but somehow Darius fought them off never letting one get him too off guard. It was frustrating watching this go on for several minutes. I could tell the guys were taking some pretty hard hits and were getting worn. I was worried that only one wrong move could seriously maybe even fatally injure someone. All too soon, Jay went flying through the air and landed in a loud heap on the ground.

I screamed, "Nooooo!"

My vision blurred as tears filled my eyes. It was now 4 against 1 and it wasn't looking good. Soon Siva was thrown violently to the ground. I had to do something! A faint glint of metal on the ground caught my eye. It was the knife I had used to free Nathan. I crawled over and picked it up and at first not sure what I should do with it. I doubt I could make an accurate throw, not to mention I probably would hit one of the guys and not Darius. I thought a moment longer and finally decided what I needed to do. There was no way I could stand upright so I brought myself the best I could to my knees. As I watched all that I love fall one by one, in desperate move I openly cut my left hand. My warm blood ran down and dripped down to the ground.

Darius' bloodthirsty red eyes locked on me in that instant and his sharp teeth gleamed in wild hunger. My diversion worked all too well. In the blink of an eye he was on top of me. I saw his teeth lower to my neck.

My body shuddered as Darius' teeth ripped into my throat. No words could describe the pain I felt. It was what Logan had described to me but much worse. Sharp pin pricks ran up and down every vein to the core of every blood vessel in my body. While the pressure from my neck lessened, pain continued to course through my body wave after wave as I writhed about screaming. I didn't even witness the Wanted take down Darius and Nathan beheading him. I eagerly welcomed death, to be released from this neverending agony, but to my extreme disappointment the relief would never come. I could actually feel my heart slow with every beat as my lifeblood ran into the ground.

I was vaguely aware of Nathan and Luke by my side urging me to just hold on a bit longer. Luke looked at Nathan and he nodded. Nathan then cut his own wrist and offered it to my lips. I was surprised and appalled at the same time that I grabbed it hungrily and drank from it. The intense pain eventually waned and shortly disappeared altogether. At that same time I felt my heart beat for the last time.

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Luke, Crystal & Nathan!