A Change in the Tide

A bite and a dress

"How did you find us?" I heard Blake scream. A bone chilling laugh seeped through the cracks in the door. I shuttered and began pacing back and forth again. I was scared. I didn't understand how he jumped time and why he would try to kill us. I stopped pacing and strained to hear what they were saying. I could only make out murmers. I stepped away from the door and began to leave the cellars. I opened the door and stood outside.

After about ten minuets Blake came out and locked the doors. He sighed and ran his hand through his hair.

"I'll have my dad take care of this tomorrow." He looked at me and sighed again.

"Did you get anything out of him tonight?" I questioned. He nodded and grabbed my hand as he began to walk.

"His name is Maliki. He was bitten by a royal blood line. You can tell he's innocent but the bite is turning him." Blake played with my fingers as we walked.

"We have to save him!" I burst out. A person that is bitten and is refusing to change is usually hopefully. Blake sighed and looked at me sadly.

"It may be to late already." he said. I looked at the ground. There has to be a way to save him.

We got to the house and Blake pulled me upstairs. He took off his shirt and pants and got into bed. I picked up the shirt he took off and went into the bathroom to change. I kept thinking about Maliki. There had to be a way to save him. I crawled into bed and then my brain finally began to concentrate on other things. My first night at Blake's house and I'm already sharing a bed? What am I doing? It was to late though Blake had his arms wrapped around me and our legs were tangled together like branches on a vine. I shut my eyes and began to drift off to sleep.

The library! There has to be something in there about enchantments and curses. Suddenly I was wide awake and ready to go do some research.

"Stop moving around." Blake mumbled into my neck. I froze at the sudden realization of how close we were. I liked it. A lot. I sighed and snuggled closer. Blake growled making me stop moving and shut my eyes. An overwhelming feeling of fatigue came over me and I was thrown into a dark dream of vampires.

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"Why did you do that?" He asked me. I breathed out and opened my eyes.

"To slow down the shift." I said. I had done research this morning about how to stop someone from changing into a vampire and discovered I could slow down or completely stop the shift by biting him myself. Maliki hadn't taken the full form of a vampire so his skin was soft and didn't taste sour and salty like a vampire would. Since I came from a royal bloodline his shift will either slow down a lot or come to a complete stop. The purer the biter the better the chance of living.

"You can't save him." said a deep dark voice. Maliki's face contorted as if pained by what he had just said. A creepy laugh came from him until Maliki screamed. He had gained control quickly. Hopefully the bite is helping.

"How old are you, Maliki?" I asked sitting on the table across from his small bed.

"19." He looked at the ground and rubbed his neck. I gave him a reassuring look.

"I think with time you will feel much better." I said standing up.

"Will I have some weird connection with you now?" He blurted out. His face became bright red and his eyes shot into the floor.

"No I bit your wrist not your neck." I said simply. I shut the door and locked it with the bolts. I turned around and ran right into a wall. Shit.

"What the hell were you doing?" Blake questioned me. "I leave you alone for one hour and I find you here talking to something that tried to kill me and my family?" He was pumped.

"Blake I can explain." I said calmly. His eyes softened a little bit and his stance became more relaxed. "I went to the library and read about saving someone from shifting. It said if a werewolf or other shape shifter bit the shifter it could possibly stop the shift. So I bit him." I said watching for his reaction.

"Where?" He asked sternly.

"His wrist. Don't worry it wouldn't have worked if I bit him anywhere else. I had to get into that vein." I explained pointing to it on my wrist. Blake gave me a relived smile.

"We'll check on him tonight. Right now I want to take you somewhere." Blake grabbed my hand an lead me out of the cellars. He bolted the door and then grabbed my hand. He guided me to his car and we got in and began to drive into town. We stopped at a dress shop and got out.

"I'm introducing you to my pack as their future Luna and I wanted to get you a dress for the night." Blake said as he grabbed my hand and pulled me inside. We were met by a young man and his mother.

"Willow! Jack and I have already picked out some dresses for you!" She said excitedly. I looked around the store. It looked like a bridal shop but there was less big poofy white gowns and more formal and party dresses. They led me to a fitting room where Blake sat outside of and played on his phone. I looked at the dresses and sighed. None of them looked appealing. I picked the first one off the rack. It was white with a sweet heart neck line and stopped just above my knees. There was really no pattern to it.

I pulled it on and looked like Plain Jane's ugly twin. I took it off quickly and grabbed the next one. It was light pink and had a one strap sash sort of thing going on. I hate pink.

I slipped it on and frowned. Deffinetly not my style.  The last one was light blue and girly. I didn't even want to try it on. After I pulled it on it sat nicely on my body but the color just wasn't doing it for me.

I got dressed and opened the fitting room curtain. Blake looked up and frowned.

"You're not gonna show me?" He asked as he stood up and grabbed my waist. I shrugged my shoulders.

"I didn't like any of them enough to show you." I stated while looking up at him. He was way taller than me so I had a nice view of his neck right now.

"Let's go find another one." I said pulling Blake back into the store. We looked at red dresses to black dresses to white to champagne. I didn't like any of them.

"Hey put this one on and show me this time." Blake said. He was holding a strapless black dress that looked a little short but descent. I took it from him and smiled.

"Okey dokey." I went back to the changing rooms and changed. After I had pulled the dress down I made a few adjustments and smiled. I didn't look so bad. It wasn't long but it wasn't super short. It was just right. I flowed over my body but hugged it in all the right places. And it had a low back that went almost all the way down to my butt. It was elegant but classy. Dam Blake has a good taste in dresses.

"Are you done yet?" Blake asked. I gave myself a once over and nodded. I opened the curtain and came face to face with Blake well his chest. He smiled and then held me at arms length. He spun me around and then pulled me close putting his hand on my bare back.

"I think this one is perfect." He said looking down at me. I smiled at him and nodded.

"I like it a lot too." I hugged him and he put his arms around me. I sighed and smiled.

"OK happy couple. Let me see Willow." His mom inturrupted our hug. He pulled away and held me out to her like a child giving his mom something he made at school. Her eyes lit up and she smiled.

"Its perfect. A little skin teaser but its elegant." With that she nodded and turned away. "I'll meet you two in the car. The dress is prepaid for so just ask them to wrap it up." She said over her shoulder.

"Thank you!" I called after her retreating figure. I felt Blake put his hand on my back again and then felt it slip into the side of my dress. I gasped and turned around.

"Don't do that!" I said with a playful glare. He smirked down at me and then pulled me into the changing room. He shut the curtain leaving me alone to change. Well then.

"You're such a tease." I heard him mutter. I just smiled to myself and started changing.