Syra tried her best to see through the curtain of her hair and the sting of her tears as she ran through the corridors. She had never been so embarrassed or mortified in her whole life. Now the entire work force would know that she was attracted to Dominic, and that she wasn't an Ice Princess like everyone thought. This meant more advances from the men and more difficulty getting along with the women who worked here.
She continued to run, out of the compound and headed for the woods, the one place no one knew she ever went to, so it was the last place they would look for her. In all of her twenty-one years had she ever wanted someone as bad as she did Dominic, and with what had happened five years ago, she knew he would never want her. Memories started to flow over her as she tripped on a branch and tumbled down a large hill, her roll stopped by a large rock to her side. Gasping for breath she kept running trying to force the memory away, trying to keep from reliving that night. Her efforts were to no avail as she again fell, this time in a clearing. Night had already settled in, and the darkness mixed with the biting cold wind only helped to make her memories more real. She remembered coming home and seeing her family dead on the floor, remembered the rouge vampire that had stood in the corner smiling. She felt his claws as he dragged them down her side, and his fangs as the buried themselves in her arm, tearing away flesh. She could feel the pain and fear as he pinned her to the ground and began tearing away her clothing, the hope she felt when she grabbed the broken leg of a chair, and the victory she got as she stabbed him through the back as he tore into her throat with his teeth. She felt the pain of the change again, fangs ripping through her gums, her senses heightening.
Syra touched the scar on her arm and struggled against tears that threatened to fall. She knew that Dominic wouldn't want her; she was a created vampire, not one that was born. Other men didn't want her, fear of her killing them or disgust at her scars. The men who did look at her were known to be violent and abusive. She had kept her secret about Dominic since she had met him when she had first come to this place, and now everyone knew. She shuddered as cold settled into her body, making the freezing wind feel too hot on her skin. Tears that she had never shed now tried to pour down her cheeks as she curled into a ball on the dried grass and closed her eyes tightly. She wondered what it would feel like to freeze to death, knowing that she couldn't. Even if she wasn't born a vampire, she was still one and that meant she couldn't die.
As she lay there, Syra allowed herself a few minutes to think of Dominic. She didn't really know much about him other then the fact that he was always surrounded by women and was the best fighter at SEA. He was sexy and from the rumors she heard, very good in bed. There had been several nights she had fallen asleep thinking about what he would be like, and more then a few times she dreamed of him, always waking before she came. Like now, she could feel herself drifting to sleep as she thought of him, wishing that she would have one chance to be with him, that he would be the first to take her. Then her eyes slid closed and she fell into darkness.
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"Has anyone seen Syramalik?"
Several people turned to Dan when he asked the question. Most of them had a look of confusion on their faces.
"Did you check her room?" someone asked
"Yes and she isn't there. Nor is she anywhere to be found in the compound." Dan answered
"She probably ran off somewhere else after her little secret was found out."
Dan looked over at the speaker, a kid named Ron who had been with the team for two years and felt like something bad had happened.
"What secret would that be?" Dan asked
"That she likes Dominic and lusts after him." Ron answered causing several people to chuckle. Dan on the other hand was not amused in the slightest.
"You realize that it is fifteen degrees outside and if she left in her training outfit her body will have to use blood to keep warm? That and the fact that she hasn't fed means she could end up going into a bloodlust?"
