couldn’t outrun him. Where would I go? I didn’t even know where I was really. I stopped and bent over, trying to catch my breath, and I heard them.
Thrashing sounds echoed around me. They weren't even trying to be quiet, they were making as much noise as possible. He’d sent his vampire priests out to herd me in. Panic filled me and then the spark that was Trevor…no… Vѐ ulfR, came to life within me. It filled me with wild energy and I jumped forward. My Nahual added her instincts to the mix, this being more her territory than the wolf's, and for the first time, they worked together.
I cleared fallen debris and wove through the jungle like it was home to me. The branches that reached for me passed harmlessly by as I instinctively swerved to miss them. My path appeared clear before me, my eyes instinctively going straight to the best course. For a second I felt joyous, free among the wild things. My legs and lungs seemed more powerful. I could run for miles and nothing would stop me.
Then I heard his voice behind me, calling to me sweetly, as if I were already his lover, and I turned towards it automatically. The ground fell away in that one distracted moment and I fell with it. I felt my body tumbling and I reached out around me for anything to break my fall. I felt earth fill my nails as I pulled grass free but found no purchase. My sides burned where roots and rocks ripped at me. The world spun as I rolled until I felt a warm hand grip my arm and pull me to a stop.
I looked up and Blue’s face was above me. He smoothed my hair back gently and I began to cry. I couldn't help it, the adrenaline, the chase, the fear, and the need for escape, it all came crashing down on me. I had failed, it was all over.
“Shhh,” he eased me onto his lap and I saw that we were halfway down a slope into a ravine. “It’s going to be alright now,” he whispered as he lowered his mouth to my neck.
I kept crying in futility and I hated myself for it. The adrenaline was leaving me, the wolf soul curling within my belly in submission, and the jaguar growling softly as she backed herself away. I sobbed as he drank from me, cried at the horror my life was about to become. Blue stroked my back and his mouth on my neck started to feel sensuous. I whimpered as my traitorous body responded to him.
He lifted his head and there was a drop of blood on his lips, his tongue flicked out and licked it. “Sleep now, little witch, sleep.”
The nightmare had begun.
Chapter Six
I was so tired, my limbs heavy and aching, but I knew I had to get up. Something was wrong. My back felt cold and bruised, made worse by the smooth stone beneath it. My neck throbbed, my hands and arms burned, and my head was foggy. Then I opened my eyes and saw only black. Panic flooded me for a second before I realized it was just cloth. I was covered in black silk. The cool caress of it flowed over my nude body. I groaned. This didn't bode well.
“She awakens,” I heard a soft voice on my left and then the cloth was slowly pulled down till my face and shoulders were exposed to the night air.
I was in the little clearing I’d breakfasted in with Blue, all those months ago. Around me were Blue’s priests, wearing white loin cloths, fastened with gold belts. Their bodies were painted with red geometric patterns that seemed to jump at me in the firelight. Horror washed over me when I realized it wasn’t paint at all but blood. I gasped and tried to get up but a heavy weight around my wrists and ankles held me tight. Looking down my body, I saw thick chains binding me to the stone altar.
Blue came striding through the trees then, resplendent in his Aztec finery. A gold crown sat atop his head, tall colorful feathers sticking straight up from it, and a wide, beaded collar encircled his neck. A heavy belt of gold held a swath of red fabric around his hips but his chest was bare. He wore no paint, no blood I mean. It was just beautiful bare skin shining in
Thrashing sounds echoed around me. They weren't even trying to be quiet, they were making as much noise as possible. He’d sent his vampire priests out to herd me in. Panic filled me and then the spark that was Trevor…no… Vѐ ulfR, came to life within me. It filled me with wild energy and I jumped forward. My Nahual added her instincts to the mix, this being more her territory than the wolf's, and for the first time, they worked together.
I cleared fallen debris and wove through the jungle like it was home to me. The branches that reached for me passed harmlessly by as I instinctively swerved to miss them. My path appeared clear before me, my eyes instinctively going straight to the best course. For a second I felt joyous, free among the wild things. My legs and lungs seemed more powerful. I could run for miles and nothing would stop me.
Then I heard his voice behind me, calling to me sweetly, as if I were already his lover, and I turned towards it automatically. The ground fell away in that one distracted moment and I fell with it. I felt my body tumbling and I reached out around me for anything to break my fall. I felt earth fill my nails as I pulled grass free but found no purchase. My sides burned where roots and rocks ripped at me. The world spun as I rolled until I felt a warm hand grip my arm and pull me to a stop.
I looked up and Blue’s face was above me. He smoothed my hair back gently and I began to cry. I couldn't help it, the adrenaline, the chase, the fear, and the need for escape, it all came crashing down on me. I had failed, it was all over.
“Shhh,” he eased me onto his lap and I saw that we were halfway down a slope into a ravine. “It’s going to be alright now,” he whispered as he lowered his mouth to my neck.
I kept crying in futility and I hated myself for it. The adrenaline was leaving me, the wolf soul curling within my belly in submission, and the jaguar growling softly as she backed herself away. I sobbed as he drank from me, cried at the horror my life was about to become. Blue stroked my back and his mouth on my neck started to feel sensuous. I whimpered as my traitorous body responded to him.
He lifted his head and there was a drop of blood on his lips, his tongue flicked out and licked it. “Sleep now, little witch, sleep.”
The nightmare had begun.
Chapter Six
I was so tired, my limbs heavy and aching, but I knew I had to get up. Something was wrong. My back felt cold and bruised, made worse by the smooth stone beneath it. My neck throbbed, my hands and arms burned, and my head was foggy. Then I opened my eyes and saw only black. Panic flooded me for a second before I realized it was just cloth. I was covered in black silk. The cool caress of it flowed over my nude body. I groaned. This didn't bode well.
“She awakens,” I heard a soft voice on my left and then the cloth was slowly pulled down till my face and shoulders were exposed to the night air.
I was in the little clearing I’d breakfasted in with Blue, all those months ago. Around me were Blue’s priests, wearing white loin cloths, fastened with gold belts. Their bodies were painted with red geometric patterns that seemed to jump at me in the firelight. Horror washed over me when I realized it wasn’t paint at all but blood. I gasped and tried to get up but a heavy weight around my wrists and ankles held me tight. Looking down my body, I saw thick chains binding me to the stone altar.
Blue came striding through the trees then, resplendent in his Aztec finery. A gold crown sat atop his head, tall colorful feathers sticking straight up from it, and a wide, beaded collar encircled his neck. A heavy belt of gold held a swath of red fabric around his hips but his chest was bare. He wore no paint, no blood I mean. It was just beautiful bare skin shining in
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