-Keegan-
It took me a few days to track down the address that she called me from. The address was to a house that was about four hours from here. It was definitely a huge risk to take especially not knowing where the address would take me or if she'd even want anything to do with me. It also was kind of intimidating not knowing what kind of person I'd encounter there. If this person or thing scared Raven enough where she wouldn't come home, who knew what it could do to me.
I let the window down and felt the cool night air blow through my hair. I smelled rain. I had already been driving a couple of hours and anxiety and apprehension was beginning to get the best of me... What if I drove all the way out here and she just tells me to go fuck myself? What if the thing holding her captive killed me? The questions resounded in my head but one thing was for sure: I had already come too far to turn back now.
-Raven-
I laid in bed as Dorian traced lazy circles on my bare abdomen. Out of nowhere, I felt a disturbance. My heart jumped in my throat when I realized what it was: Keegan. He was near and how he found me, I had no idea but I had to get him out of here before he got himself killed...
-Keegan-
"Keegan, turn around... now," Raven's voice spoke softly in my head. I was scared shitless. How the hell did she do that? I was cracking up...surely it was just my imagination.
"No, it is really me. Listen, you have to turn around before you get yourself killed. There is danger here," she said urgently.
"I'm not leaving without you, Raven," I said to the windshield. I felt really weird speaking to nothing but I doubted if I could just think my response.
"Keegan, this is dangerous! Please go now while you still have a chance. I cannot protect you here," she said as a final warning.
"Over my dead body," I said dismissively.
"So be it," she said sadly.
It didn't take long for me to reach a mansion that looked like something right out of a horror film. The old rickety gate was closed but not locked. I got out of the rental car and pushed the gate open with a loud creak. Rain drops began to fall slowly, further perfecting the suspenseful and terrifying mood. I got in the car and drove up closer to the mansion. On the way, I passed a pond covered in a layer of fog and a old cemetery. This place gave me the creeps but I refused to leave without my fiancée.
-Raven-
It was not long before Dorian's hand stopped caressing my stomach. He sat up abruptly and inhaled deeply.
"What is wrong, Sir?" I asked, feigning concern.
"There is an intruder," he said, standing up, "A human."
He threw on a pair of pajama bottoms and I slipped on a gown.
Soon, we heard the front door open and heard Keegan's reluctant footsteps as he entered the entryway. Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning that illuminated the room, followed by the rumble of thunder. Dorian walked outside of the bedroom and I followed close behind him.
"Were you expecting company, my Dear?" he asked as we walked down the long hallway.
I looked away from him avoiding his eyes. "You still wear his scent. Do not worry, we shall give him a very warm welcome," he said, making the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
"You there! Intruder! What brings you into my home... uninvited?" Dorian asked as he descended the staircase, me at his side.
"I came to get my fiancée and bring her home," Keegan said boldly without missing a beat.
"Your fiancée? Who is your fiancée?" Dorian asked innocently.
"Raven. She is my fiancée and I aim to bring her back with me," Keegan said, maintaining his sure, confident tone even though his heart was beating like a jackrabbit's.
"Now, hold on, Friend. This woman belongs to me and it is rather dangerous to come into a man's home uninvited to claim his woman," Dorian said, reaching the ground level, baring his fangs at Keegan. "Raven, could you kindly tell this man who you belong to?"
-Keegan-
"I am his, Keegan," she said softly, blinking back the crimson tears.
"What are you saying, Raven?" I asked, my heart breaking.
"I am saying that I belong to him and I never have been your's, Keegan," she said a little stronger this time, "I am all wrong for you and you are all wrong for me. This vampire is my Maker and I love him with an intensity that I could never feel for anyone one else, including you. Please leave before you get yourself killed."
My broken heart pounded loudly in my throat. How could she say these things? What was I gonna do without her? I would rather die than be without her. She was my everything and I thought, until this moment, that the feelings were mutual.
"You should listen to her, Boy. Leave before I kill you," the male vampire said with a smirk.
I shook my head furiously. "I'll fight you for her," said a voice that sounded a lot like my own, except more confident.
The male vampire threw his head back and laughed heartily. "You will do what? Surely, you cannot be serious!"
"I see nothing funny," I replied gruffly, "I said: 'I'll fight you for her'. Winner gets her, loser fucks off."
He abruptly stopped laughing and disappeared up the stairs. Within a blink's time he was back down the stairs holding what looked like a stake. "You are on, Boy. Except when I win, I will fuck her in front of you and then I will kill you," he said with a smile as he threw me the stake.
I looked at Raven's face and she avoided my eyes. At that moment, I knew it to be fact: this vampire had touched her, violated her and she allowed it. Knowing this, why did I still want her? Why did she still encompass my every desire?
-Raven-
I hung my head in shame when Keegan came to the realization that I had had sex with Dorian. I knew it was bad when it was happening, but I could not very well say 'no' to Dorian. He was my Maker, something that Keegan would never understand. Not that it would matter for much longer anyway. My heart ached as I watched Keegan ready himself for a battle he could never win.
Keegan ran towards Dorian, stake pointed at his heart. Dorian jumped over him and laughed. "Did you really think it would be that easy?" Dorian asked as he continued to laugh.
As Dorian continued his laughing fit, Keegan took advantage, charging at him another time... the stake grazing Dorian's chest as he turned sideways. "Nice try," Dorian said, giving Keegan a nod and watching the wound slowly close and heal before his eyes.
Dorian obviously grew tired of this game and bared his fangs and lunged at Keegan. All I saw was a jumble of white skin and soon I saw blood. At this point I did not know who was bleeding, but I had a pretty good idea. After a moment with no movement, I saw Dorian untangle himself from Keegan's limp body and get to his feet. Keegan's blood leaked from the side of his mouth and down over his chest and abdomen.
My heart shattered as I saw Keegan lying on his back with an entire chunk missing out of the left side of his neck. His blood pooled on the ground around him. I let out a earth-shattering scream as I ran over to his lifeless body.
Tears cascaded down my face as I held him in my arms one last time. Dorian was clearly angry with my reaction and began to yell over my cries. "Look at you! Weak! Crying over a human? You are just as worthless as he was," he growled, circling my body.
I continued to cry loudly as my world came crashing down on me. I rocked his body slowly, praying that he would somehow make it through this. I knew it was not possible. His body was already growing cold. The puddle of blood surrounded us and drenched my knees.
"You are just as weak and powerless as you always have been! Nothing has changed! You are nothing but a disappointment, Raven!" he barked angrily, "As your Maker, I release you! Get out of my sight!"
Normally, his degrading words would take a toll on my self-esteem but he had took away the one thing I ever really cared about. I did the only thing I could think of: I instinctively bit my right wrist until the blood began to flow and eagerly put it against his open mouth. My blood pooled into his mouth and began to flow out of the side. "Come on, Keegan," I whispered as I used my left hand to rub his Adam's apple in hopes that I could get him to swallow. It could not be too late...
~*~*~*~
-Raven-
It was too late. He did not respond or swallow. He just laid there...dead. The heartbreak consumed me. It was all my fault. I was too weak to leave Dorian and go home to the man that really loved me. I was weak. I continued to cry, realizing that the rest of eternity would be desolate and depressing without Keegan by my side. Without him, I had no reason to live. I spent so much time crying that I did not realize that the open wound on Keegan's neck had begun to grow smaller and smaller...
-Keegan-
I felt as if I had just woken up from a bad dream. I ached all over and I couldn't open my eyes. My mouth was full of the most delicious liquid I had ever encountered. I swallowed what was left. I knew I was in Raven's arms but she was crying. Her tears covered my face and neck, I knew I had to be a bloody mess. It broke my heart to hear her cry but it was still too soon for me to do anything. A few minutes passed before I was able to move. It was agonizing to only be able to lie and listen to the one I loved mourn for me.
When I was finally able to move, I reached my hand up and softly stroked her cheek. Her sobbing stopped abruptly and she looked down on me. "Shh..." was the only thing I could manage to say. For some reason my voice didn't want to work. She stared at me as if she had seen a ghost for a moment and soon, a smile painted her beautiful face...
-Raven-
