He couldn't do it. He wasn't ready to end her. He wasn't ready to end their rendevue. He slowly lowered the stake. He moved quickly and knocked her to the ground. Instead of stabbing her with the stake he began pulling out the splinters. If she stabbed him it would not deter him from his mission. Sitting on her lower half he pulled each and every splinter out of the wound. He got up and back flipped to land at his location again. He had no idea if he had a stab wound. He raised the stake again. Then flipped it and sheathed it. Drawing a silver one instead. He raised it but made no motion to strike at her again. "Cheri...what is it about you that draws such reluctance to end our games?" He said in a soft voice. "I missed your heart with that first one. Cheri...I never miss. I never miss the mark yet with you...I did. There must be an explanation to this. I probably won't like it but I know there has to be one."<br/><br/>His voice soft but deep. He blinked a bit. "Ash and brimstone? Again with tha ash and brimstone. Why do all the female vampires keep saying that?!" He cried out. Sheathing the stake. He looked at her. "I do not know why. I am human. I was raised by a group of priests twenty something years ago." He said. "I am human. I don't know why you female vampires keep insisting that I am not." He said with gritted teeth. "I am human. What else could I be but human?" He really didn't know what she was talking about. This fact should be quite clear based on puzzlement and confusion.<br/><br/>He looked at the cheri who made him miss. Something about her made him miss. He NEVER missed. He studied her. "I don't want to end you. This fact is quite clear to me now. The first point...I missed your heart and got your shoulder. The second point...I was right up against your chest and instead of driving it in I jumped back to give you a turn." He shook his head. "Something is wrong with me that I can end a certain vampiress." He looked at her curiously. "What is it about you that is different? It has to be because you would be my type if you weren't a vampire." He stepped back again. "As I said cheri...it is your turn. Are you going to run through the window? Or stab me repeatedly with that sharp little pin of yours? Your call cheri. Even if you run...I'll be back." He said with a smirk.<br/><br/>He looked her over again. "Which despite the fact you have a bit of black blood on your clothes you look dressed to kill. Was it your plan to kill me tonight cheri? Like it was mine? I think we'll let our games continue for now. No harm in that...I suppose." He let his gaze roam over her. She was sexy but that whole you aren't human entirely...puzzled him. "Why does all the vampires insist that I am not entirely human?" He said under his breath. "It makes no sense." He waved his hand in a bring it on motion. "Come cheri...lets dance." He said. He wanted a cigarette but it could wait. It could always wait when in a dance of death. One he usually won but this time couldn't make himself do.<br/><br/>"What makes you so special cheri?" He asked in a soft voice. "What makes you different that I am reluctant to plunge a stake into your pretty chest?"