Authors: Jess Parry
Sarah and Marcus followed with Siobhan and Jason behind them. As the
y
entered, the bouncer grabbed Siobhan’s arm pulling her close to him. She caught a faint smell of burnt embers surrounding him, wrinkling her noise as he leaned
down
to
whisper in her ear.
“Watch who you let touch you in there, a soul is a delicate thing” his raspy voice whispered
bitterly
A few of the people at the front of the line began calling out to the bouncers. The bouncer let go of Siobhan as he turned to the waiting crowd
snarling
. A hush fell outside as Siobhan walked into the blaring
music
instantly
surrounded by blackness. Jason’s hand brushed against Siobhan’s back
as
she blindly reached for him. The darkness enveloped them instantly, but Siobhan could feel the bass from the music pulsating all around her. She felt hands pulling at her hair, grabbing her clothing
trying to
pull her in different directions. Pulsating lights raced around her, craning her head she tried to catch where the lights were coming from, but they darted away as quickly as they came. She squeezed Jason’s hand
before
look
ing
behind
her
to see how his reaction was to all this, but couldn’t see anything but blackness.
It felt as though they had been walking for miles, she knew they were walking down, but wasn’t sure how long they would continue. Stumbling into Marcus and Sarah, Siobhan looked up as the pulsating lights danced across her face illuminating the entrance before her.
The room was spacious; there were speakers twice the size of Jason scattered throughout
with
people dancing on top
of
them. There were black lights posted sporadically along the ceiling casting an unnatural glow to the neon colors peeking along the floor. The colors would shine brightly before a dancer would cover the space again, shrouding the floor in darkness. There were bodies everywhere dancing to the music. Taking in her surroundings, Siobhan blinked a couple of times
feeling
the darkness begin to close in. Dizziness began to swim just around the edges of her vision
as
she stumbled forward reaching her arms out for the wall.
Simon’s face appeared before her
pulling
Siobhan into his arms. He leaned in as if he was going to kiss her; Siobhan watched as his mouth
opened feeling a cool breeze feather her face. Closing her eyes she inhaled the rich scent of cinnamon and cloves. Her body
instantly
going
limp in Simon’s
embrace, he chuckled softly
reaching up
he brushed a strand of hair from Siobhan’s face
, watching her intently
.
“Ah lovely, we can’t have you grasp what is around you entirely”
Leaning
over
softly
kiss
ing
her forehead before letting her go. Siobhan opened her eyes
to
gaze
at Simon grinning above her. She took in the severe angles of his face, the blonde hair spiked around his head like a halo. The sharp nose slightly crooked. Blinking she focused on his eyes. They were violet; she had never seen violet eyes before. They were a deep purple with light pulsating around the iris. The pull to touch Simon was too much; she reached out a hand tentatively towards his face.
Simon’s eyes took in her movements, with a smirk he leaned his face closer to her. Siobhan grazed his cheek softly; Simon’s eyes closed for a moment as a sigh escaped his lips. When his eyes opened they were glowing, fisting his hands into her hair he pulled her closer. She could feel the muscles in his body tensing against hers, as heat engulfed her.
Siobhan closed her eyes in anticipation of the kiss
,
her lips opening slightly awaiting the pressure of Simon’s lips against hers. The air around her shimmered, coldness encased her
as
Simon’s embrace
disappeared no longer
support
ing
her. She reached out blindly
grabbing
on to anything to stabilize her,
finding
only air.
She landed on the unbearably cold floor roughly, biting her tongue; she felt the coppery warmth fill her mouth. Glancing around she could make out the glowing shapes on the floor as the people continued to dance around her. Blinking sharply to stop the onslaught of tears from falling, she looked around for Simon.
Realizing she was sitting on the floor
,
she started to rise, stopping suddenly,
she gawked at the couple a few feet in front of her. They were entangled in an embrace as they danced to the pounding music.
Mesmerized, Siobhan watched as the man who was considerably taller than the woman in his arms fondled her. The room began to swim lazily before her
as
she felt her knees buckle
sliding
back down to the floor. The man continued to run kisses along the woman’s mouth
inching slowly
down her throat as they moved in synch to the beat. Nimbly he turned the woman so that she was facing away from him a
s he
ran his hands down her side to her hips.
Siobhan felt her mouth dry as yearning began running through her body. The man’s long nimble fingers reached under the woman’s shirt to
the
bare skin exposed. She watched
hypnotized
as he slowly trailed his mouth seductively down the woman’s throat. The woman’s eyes were closed
;
her head f
al
l
ing
back lazily onto his wide chest. Siobhan had to almost close her eyes as the random flashing lights grazed his features. He was beautiful; his hair was a dark choppy mess on a lanky face
,
his
jet
black eyes sparkled in the strobe flash.
Unable to look away,
S
iobhan
continued to watch as the man’s strong full lips unrelenting kiss
ed
the woman
in his arms
. Licking her dry lips, she glanced up just as the man turned away from the woman
. Their eyes met
locking, the man
smiled wickedly at Siobhan.
Everything around Siobhan dimmed
as
only the man before her was crystal clear. Sucking in a breath, Siobhan reached to brace herself against the floor. Her hands wouldn’t budge, looking down
to see
her hands limply lying in her lap. She willed them to rise, but they were
frozen
, whipping her head back up she felt panic rising quickly. She could move her head, but from the neck down her body was numb, she couldn’t feel the fabric of her dress or the cold floor. Eyes widening as she opened her mouth trying to scream, but no sound emerged from her.
The man winked at Siobhan, his features distorted slightly
,
grinning roguishly
he
showed canine’s extending from his lips. Throwing his head back, barking laughter, he
ruthlessly
sank his mouth onto the woman’s throat. An expression of sheer ecstasy passed across the woman’s face. Frozen in shock Siobhan couldn’t tear her gaze away. She watched as a trickle of blood ran out of the man’s mouth
trailing lazily
down the woman’s throat.
Looking up sharply
as the man let the woman go;
Siobhan saw her
f
a
ll limply
at
his feet.
He took a step towards Siobhan grinning, his eyes wild; he brought his hand up motioning her towards him. She felt her
body
start to rise
pulling her body towards him
. Siobhan
wanted to
thr
ow
her
self back
down to
the ground to
keep
from rising
.
Fear encompassed her, she willed herself to stop moving, every fiber in her being screaming to stop, she suddenly fell back down to ground
whimper
ing
.
Looking
around for Jason or Sarah, someone to see what was happening
to
stop it. Siobhan’s eyes filled as fear gripped her. Tears started falling, one slid down her face glowing in the darkness. The man
crouched
before her
, his features distorting as he
hissed barring his sharp teeth
.
Siobhan watched as he started to launch himself at her. Closing her eyes she braced herself for the impact.
The impact of
feeling the man’s grip
escaped her as
she expelled a whoosh of air as she felt arms tightly grip around her middle & push her away. The sounds around her once again
filling
her ears
, painfully with
t
he booming bass harshly rack
ing
against her body after the silence she had just been through.
She heard the grunt of bodies colliding, as air rushed passed her. She opened her eyes to see the man entangled with another body. They were grunting
,
rolling around the floor, people scattered as legs kicked and punches were thrown. A glint of silver caught the light, then was gone
instantly
; Siobhan heard a crunch followed by a wail of pain.
Scrambling back, Siobhan hit the wall
, pulling herself up; she
started walking slowly against it. The people closed around the two on the floor
. The sounds of
hooting and hollering
rose to a deafening roar
as a pool of blackness started pooling beneath the man
lying on the floor
. The last thing Siobhan saw before the crowd closed out her view, were beautiful bright green eyes staring at her from the stranger straddling the man.
The music continued
its relentless
pounding rhythmic thump into her ears, she felt along the wall as she inched her way farther from the group. Her breath hitched in her lungs, her fingernails dug into the soft wood along the wall. The scent of bitter copper fill
ing
her senses; she had to get out of there. She didn’t care about where Jason or Sarah w
as
or if they were alright. Panic closed around her, closing off what little air she was able to take in. Her lungs screamed for oxygen, her mouth opened and closed, but wouldn’t expel or intake anything. The only thought she could clearly keep was run, escape,
she had to
get away from everything.
Siobhan stopped as she bumped into something solid.
Looking
up to see what had stopped her progress. Eyes wild, she saw bright green eyes staring back at her, she felt blackness surround her as she heard a lilting voice whispering “Mine, always mine”.
55
Gathering Storm
6 CHAPTER
Six
The stranger pulled Siobhan up into his arms making his way through the crowd undisturbed out into the night. He carried her to a small park near the club
sitting
down onto the cool wooden bench. Delicately, he reached trembling hands to Siobhan’s face
brushing
her
loose
hair to the side.
He silently took
in the sight
of his beloved
before him,
as
Siobhan’s unconscious body trembled
violently in his arms
.
Pulling
her closer to him
he lightly
laid his forehead onto hers. Her brow was covered in a light sheen of sweat a
s
heat came off her in waves. Pulling his head back, he touched her check
;
Siobhan whimpered softly as she leaned into his hand. Growling gently he touched his lips to Siobhan’s
as he
felt her arms instinctively
wra
p
p
ing
around him.
The stranger looked up as the air shimmered around him
as
Marcus appeared snickering.
“What the hell were you thinking?” the stranger angrily hissed at Marcus
“That I wanted to have some fun” Marcus shrugged his shoulders as he took in Siobhan lying in the stranger’s arms. “No harm, no foul, Ash”
“Foolish that is what you are, where are the others?”
“Simon has them,
he
would have kept her safe, if you hadn’t of displaced his energy with her earlier”
“She is not to be touched, Simon is lucky I didn’t expel him for what he was about to do” Ash replied firmly as he looked back down at Siobhan
“He got lost in the moment, she has a seduction of her own if you haven’t noticed brother” Sighing Marcus reached out to take Siobhan out of Ash’s arms
“I’m not your brother” he replied hoarsely
as he
pulled Siobhan closer to him “Just give me a minute”
“Take as long as you like, but she’ll wake soon and best not see you before she truly remembers. Did you not learn the last time you let your impatience take over? You lost her immediately as I recall… you held her one moment and then nothing the next. If that is what you want, fine by me as I was able to spend a hundred years causing havoc among these fools.” Marcus waved his arms widely around him as he looked about
“Shut up, just shut up, I’ll give her to you” rising slowly Ash handed Siobhan over to Marcus.
Marcus cradled Siobhan in his arms
grinning
. “She is lovely; you must forgive Simon for the temptation to taste”
“Touch her and I will kill you”
Throwing
his head back
,
Marcus bellowed
laugh
ter
before turning carrying Siobhan away; he reached over
lightly
touch
ing
his finger to her lips. “Time to wake young one, let the night soothe you; your mind will hide the event’s you saw tonight”
Siobhan stiffened in his arms as her eyes shot open
;
she sucked in a greedy breath of the cool night air. “Wh..what happened?” Siobhan whispered hoarsely at Marcus.
Marcus looked down into her face, noting the color rising to her ch
eeks erasing some of the pallor
. Her eyes were brighter than they should be and he grumbled at
that
. “You got a little over heated on the dance floor, lovely I brought you outside to get some air”
“There was a man, he wanted to hurt me” The images were fuzzy in Siobhan’s mind
shaking her weary
head trying to clear it. “We were dancing, Simon and I, then he was gone…green…all I can remember is green” Growling in frustration Siobhan pushed at Marcus trying to wiggle out of his embrace.
Chuckling, Marcus let Siobhan down. “Simon saw something that caught his attention and he left you on the floor. I was making my way to you, when a couple of guys started handling you improperly, love. I don’t recall anything green”
“No, you were not there; I know you wer
en’t. Where are Jason and Sarah
?” Siobhan stumbled away from him. She knew something was wrong, but her mind kept jumping over what had happened in the club. It was sinister, that much she knew as tremors ran up and down her spine.
Marcus hissed softly, he couldn’t believe she could remember as much as she could. Something wasn’t right, his words should have erased everything, yet she was pulling out too much. He watched the emotions run across her face, anger, confusion, fear. He smiled at the last em
o
tion
feeling
its power rush through him. Wanting ran through his body, he watched her slowly backing away from him. The need to chase engulfed him. Yes, he thought, run like a frightened deer, he wanted to hear her heartbeat race, wanted to feel the blast of the fear engulf her. The power was radiating through her, waves of it crash
ing
into him staggering him. His eyes darkened as his pupils dilated completely he felt his canines begin to descend.
Siobhan continued to back away from Marcus, something was wrong; she felt it in her bones. Her body was pushing her to run, she had to get away. Her feet ached to push off
,
pounding into
the sidewalk pulling her anywhere but where she was at this moment. The park surrounded her ominously. The trees swaying in the night breeze, the benches scattered throughout the area
sat empty of people
.
There was no one here to help her, looking around wildly s
he
realized she
was standing in a fork of the sidewalk
s
, it trailed directions around her lazily leading to an exit out she hoped.
She took a steading breath
before choosing
the path to her right, just as she raised her foot to push off, laughter filled the air.
“There you are Becky!” Sarah screeched as she ran over to Siobhan. “Girl, we have been looking everywhere for you!”
Sarah pulled Siobhan into a quick hug
before
turn
ing
away “Guys, she’s over here with Marcus” Sarah bellowed to her left. Siobhan watched as Simon and Jason came running from the direction Sarah had yelled.
Jason got to Siobhan before Simon did
, quickly
pull
ing
her into his arms. She fell into the embrace
as
pulled him closer
to her
breathing in his scent. Her senses calming, she exhaled the breath she had been holding. A cool breeze wandered through the group, caressing each affectionately as it calmed them. Marcus shook his head blinking rapidly clearing his thoughts. Simon sauntered over to Sarah
flinging
his arm around her.
“Brother, what were you about to do?” Simon whispered silently for only Marcus to hear
Marcus raised o
ne eyebrow as he turned to Simon “The same thing you almost did in the club brother” his reply silently crept into Simon’s ears. “Tell me brother, what would you have done if Ash hadn’t stopped you?”
Simon shook his head before responding to Marcus “She is strong, stronger than the rest, I just wanted a taste…”
“He will banish you if you touch her again…give them something to change the mood, fear is still lingering…my control is slipping”
Sighing loudly Simon turned to Siobhan and Jason;
walking
over
he
leaned down to Siobhan. Breathing softly into her face
“Lovely, let’s be on another adventure tonight shall we?”