For Santana Only

Chapter 1

Nobody knew of your hunting excursions when you left everyday after the sun went down. By mere accident you found a cave in the jungle during a hunting trip that completely caught you off guard. While you were out hunting for fowl it was the noises coming from the cave that frightened you the most. They were the screams of other people but their screams became inhuman each time you passed by the cave. Your curiosity dug a hole that you couldn't get out of. 

Upon entering the dark, damp, musty cavern there in the darkness eyes glowed back at you. The fear rose up in your chest, your heart raced and your palms grew sweaty. The eyes would glow for a mere few seconds followed by the screams of men and that faded into the darkness. The morbid curiosity within you urged you to go see what was inside. After all you were a hunter and told yourself not to be afraid but a shadow of doubt crept into your consciousness. As you ventured inside with a torch lit, you were surprised at the sight before you. 

Chained to the walls of the cave were men. Not just any men they were deformed by fangs, pale skin, and glowing eyes. Centered in the depths of the cavern another man wrestled with these inhuman beings. This one stood before them differently. Long red strands of wild hair flowed down covering his back and tiny horns protruded from the top of his head. As he wrestled with one of the other inhuman beings his strength snapped the creature's arm in half. The sound of cracking bone horrified you. But you continued to watch and finally the red head male seemed to swallow this inhuman being into his body. It looked as if he absorbed him. The remains of a leg jutted out of the red head male's back. His taut muscles stretched into an agile motion and the leg was gone. The sound of belch erupted from him. 

You gasped. Did he just… No it can't be. 

The gasps of your horror caught the male's attention. His nostrils flared open catching a wift of your scent. 

"That scent. Familiar." His lowered voice spoke. 

You shook your head in disbelief not knowing whether you should have ran for safety or stayed. Although you ventured inside you were much closer to the mouth of the cave, it felt much safer in case you needed to high tail out of there. But fear gripped you in your place while the male approached you. His expression softened seeing you sweat in fear. You noticed his rugged features up close they differed from the beings chained to the walls of the cave. His body massive compared to yours made you feel like prey. He sniffed hard then closed the distance between you. 

"Hunter." He said observing you over. You noticed a tribal cogged tattoo underneath his eye. Even if you were mixed in with your emotions of fear and a bit of excitement you couldn't help notice how handsome he was. His high cheek bones, squared jaw and long red hair had you thinking he could have been one of those gods your people worshipped. Perhaps so since he seemed to carry brute force and swallowed a much bigger man into his own body. 

You cleared your throat to speak. "Yes I am a hunter. How did you know?"

"You smell like a primitive hunter." He said while looking down at you. You had many questions to ask. 

"Who are those people and what happened to that mine?" You questioned wide eyed while looking behind him watching the men struggle in restraints. 

"Vampires. They are food." He said casually. 

"Scary." You choked up trying to speak. All the while you were too busy getting acquainted you failed to notice the slithering at your feet. The heat of your body attracted the attention of a pit viper, without time to react it snapped and bit the soft exposed flesh of your leg. You cried out from the searing pain. The male reacted in time grabbing the snake by its head. With ease he absorbed into his own flesh. 

You fell backwards before him looking up at him in desperate need of help. A tightness in your chest wrenched your lungs. The swelling in your calf throbbed to the rhythm of your fast heart beat. He kneeled down before you shoving two of his thick digits into the bite wound. Your cries resounded in the area around you and the vampires chained up reacted to your screams. Their growls were guttural with hungry lust. 

"QUIET!" The red haired male growled back to the creatures in the cave. His fingers went deeper into the bite tearing open some of the skin. The pain unbearable as it was sent your vision into a blur. You felt your heartbeat slow down. The lids of your eyes pulled down slowly and you were your body went limp.