A Shadowhunter's Connection

Chapter 7

The man smirked, "Well, hey, baby. You like to ride?" He waves his hand slightly, his face changing and his teeth growing fangs. "You know you smell like a friggin' angel, right? But without all that Shadowhunter rune crap all over you. Much better look, right?"

Somehow, someway, my body relaxed, my mind almost foggy as I stared at the vampire before me. Jace became a back burner thought as I nodded slowly, "Right."

The vampire seemed so, captivating, but not in the way Jace was to me. It was as if my mind was controlling me while my heart tried to fight my actions and words.

Leaning in slightly, the vampire smirked. "I don't know what the hell you are, angel doll, but you're one tasty treat."

"Thank you," I said, an uncontrollable giggle leaving my lips.

Walking around his bike, to me, the vampire patted his seat. "Do you wanna jump on the bike, baby?"

"Yeah," I said, still unable to control my words and actions as I climbed onto the bike. It was strange, being on a motorcycle, but even stranger that I wasn't racing to jump off of it as the vampire smirked devilishly at me.

Jace's feet carried him over to us, grabbing the vampire's attention, "Hey. You having fun with my girl?"

Even under the spell like cast I seemed to be placed on with this vampire, Jace's words sent electricity chills up my body.

The vampire glared at Jace, "Piss off, Shadowhunter."

"I'm going for a ride." I said, my hands planted on the seat that I sat on, waiting for someone to take its place.

Nodding, the vampire agreed, "That's right."

"That's not gonna happen," Jace said, shaking his head slightly as he seemed to get slightly irritable. Almost, jealous in a way.

"You heard the lady. Step aside," The vampire said, pushing Jace which causing him to stumble slightly. The actions seemed to pull me back to reality, to Jace as my mouth parted slightly. But even then, my body wouldn't move from the bike and my words couldn't be found.

Jace pushes the few strains that fell in his face back, his eyes moving past the vampire towards me. He pointed a finger at me with a smirk, "Don't move, Faith." And just like that, I felt frozen, now unable to move thanks to Jace's demand.

The vampire sweeps into action, seeing his power on me falter. He quickly goes to punch Jace but he suddenly vanishes, spearing behind him. "Yoo-hoo, Romeo," Jace says, causing the vampire to quickly turn around.

With one hard punch, Jace has knocked the vampire back and onto the floor. His motorcycle keys fly into the air and land perfectly in Jace's hand who smiles victoriously. The second his eyes rise though, he catches the group of vampire stand, their sights set on him.

"As you were," Jace quickly says, turning and racing to climb onto the bike. He starts the bike up, causing my hands to wrap around his waist. In seconds, we've sped out of there, moving so fast that no mortal vehicle could match us.

Yelling past the wind that blew my hair back, I asked Jace, "Why did you let him do that to me?"

"I couldn't exactly dig around in his pockets for the keys."

"What, you were gonna let him turn me into a vampire just to get his keys?" I asked, slightly hurt and disappointed. Luckily though, his next words eased my mind and made my heart skip a beat slightly at his caring tone.

"I'd never let him hurt you. Don't you trust me?" He suddenly speeds the bike up, everything turning into a speed of colors. "Better hold tight, this bike runs on demon energy. It's pretty mean."