Running Wild (Sequal to I'm Not A Vampire)

Breaking the Law

I nodded and looked at the back seat. "Are we sleeping back there?"

"Unless you want to sleep outside?" he raised an eyebrow at me.

Actually, sleeping outside sounded kind of nice. Directly next to the car, the thick forest grass looked like comfortable cushioning. Though we were in an unfamiliar forest, I felt completely safe as long as Drake was by my side. He would protect me from anything. "Yeah, that actually sounds pretty cool."

His answering smile was brilliant. "Alright then," he stepped out of the car, and I did the same. Shutting the door, I just plopped down on the grass next to the car, pleased to find it was as soft as it looked. A few seconds later Drake laid down beside me. We stared up at the stars through the canopy of trees above us silently.

"Drake," I whispered. "What if they catch us? What's gonna happen?"

"I don't know, Blade," he replied quietly. "I try not to think about it, honestly."

I turned my head and looked at him. "I'm scared," I admitted. "What if they take you away again, this time for good? We came so close back there to getting torn apart again."

"Well, I guess that makes each moment we have with each other precious," Drake's voice glided through the air like a soft breeze against the skin, deep and beautiful.

Something deep within my gut screamed at me, and before I even knew what I was doing, I found myself inching closer to him. "I guess it does," I agreed, sliding on top of him easily.

Drake lifted his head and stared at me with an expression that was half surprise, half wonder. "Blade...what're you doing?"

I smiled and kissed him softly, removing his shirt in one fluid movement, barely registering how natural this seemed to me, how right each movement felt. "Making this moment precious."

At this, he stiffened slightly, but didn't hesitate to kiss me back. "Angel, are you sure?" he asked, voice muffled slightly by our kiss.

"Yes," I breathed as I felt his hands beneath my own shirt, pulling it over my head.

"You know you can't ever take this back?"

"I know. I want this."

"Blade, I don't know. Maybe we should wait...."

"No. Please, Drake, I love you. I want to do this, in case they catch us and I never see you again. Please?"

There was a long beat of silence that seemed to laugh a lifetime. Finally, Drake let out a slow breath and nodded. After that, everything happened so fast I could barely keep up. Though each breath, each kiss, each movement made felt so right, my mind was left spinning. Suddenly the only thing keeping me anchored to the earth was Drake; the touch of his soft hands gliding across my skin, his warm breath breathing life into me like I'd never felt before, his perfect lips caressing my own. And his voice, soft and slight, like the gentle flutter of a butterfly's wings. "I love you, Blade," he murmured. Just three simple words, and yet they completed me, sent me spiraling deeper into the perfect ecstasy of the moment. "I love you."

**???'S POV**

Hidden in the brushes of the dark forest, we watched the creatures with careful eyes as they stopped their car and exited the vehicle. We rose ever so slightly, without making a single sound, waiting for them to depart somewhere, but they didn't. Instead, they simply lay on the grass next to their car, side by side. Me and the two others accompanying me settled back down then, watching them as they talked quietly to each other.

Suddenly, one of them began to move closer to the other. The three of us stiffened, our gazes locked on the pair. Having been tracking them closely since their alliance had begun, we knew that this was a development that had never happened before. As the two began to remove their clothing, one of my partners turned away, unable to watch. My other cohort and I merely rolled our eyes at him, not surprised, nonetheless. It was normal for newer members to be chaste at first. He'd get over it. My other partner and I went back to watching the two as they copulated, uncaring, emotionless, as one of our belief was to be. We did not once avert our gaze, not once felt any sort of emotion at watching the two make love, until they were finished. After about five or so minutes, they were both soundly asleep. Immediately after confirming this, I took out the silver cellphone that had been hidden in my pocket and clicked on the first number under the contact list, holding the device up to me ear. After two rings, a familiar, authoritative voice answered, "Yes?"

"The half-breed and the werewolf have mated," I said softly into the phone, glancing back at the pair to be sure they were still asleep.

"How long ago was this?" the voice asked without hesitation.

"Approximately six minutes and thirty-five seconds ago," I replied immediately. "Awaiting your further instruction."

The Leader was silent for a moment. "And this intercourse was...?"

I knew automatically what she was asking me for confirmation of. "Unprotected," I finished for her. "What is our next movement?"

"Capture the half-breed. We must be sure that he has not been infected by this act before we dispose of him in the according fashion."

"And the werewolf?"

"Termination. Immediate termination."