Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)
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				Title: <strong>Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sephora</strong> on <strong>24-08-2009, 07:33:52</strong>
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				Alice Morris stared at the fading sun with an impassive look in her eyes.&nbsp; Now that the natural light was fading, it was about time to turn on the spotlights.&nbsp; The thought of ending the day early never once ran through her mind.&nbsp; There was too much to do at the dig site, just because the sun had gone down didn’t mean that the work was gone as well. <br>&nbsp;<br>Alice was currently kneeling in front of a rocky mountain pass, along with around fourteen other archeologists; with a handful of graduate students thrown in.&nbsp; They were digging along the Scottish hills in search of ruins and artifacts believed to at one time have belonged to the Druids.&nbsp; At least, that was the theory anyway.&nbsp; All of the items that they had found so far had the oddest markings on them…<br><br>But that was neither here nor there, wasn’t it?<br><br>Closing her blue eyes for a moment; Alice feels out the people around her; making sure that the current humidity and dampness of the weather wasn’t effecting anyone’s performance.&nbsp; Because that was what Alice did.&nbsp; Because Alice was psychic. With the smallest of efforts; she was able to read the minds of those around and know what they were thinking.&nbsp; It came in handy when she didn’t actually feel like talking to anyone.<br><br>Raising an eyebrow as she discovers that Melissa, a graduate student, had just discovered what appeared to be a necklace with the same odd markings on it that they had found on a handful of disks; Alice rises to her feet and walks over to the other girl.<br>“Hey Melissa, how are things going?” Alice asks with a light smile as she touches the red headed girls shoulder.<br><br>“Great actually!” The greenhorn says with a bouncing enthusiasm.&nbsp; “You won’t believe what I just found!” she exclaims before babbling about the necklace; showing it off to Alice before handing it to the other girl for closer examination.&nbsp; <br><br>“This is interesting.” The petite blond says with a frown as she begins to roll the object in her hands.&nbsp; It was in surprisingly good condition.&nbsp; All it needed was a little cleaning, and it would be set to be sent off to the museum as it was.&nbsp; It was a beautiful piece. It seemed to be made of some sort of metal rather than clay; and each stone panel set in the necklace seemed to have the oddest…well, it almost seemed to glow against the setting sun’s light.&nbsp; Staring at it, it seemed to be more Egyptian than Druidic, which was an extremely interesting thing to consider.<br><br>“It’s amazing.” Alice finally breathes out.&nbsp; Her intellectual fancies more than a little tickled<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PeacethatPowerbrings</strong> on <strong>24-08-2009, 08:23:26</strong>
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				Vincent watched the sunset for a moment, but returned to the shelter of trees while it set. The Vampires he'd been hunting would not yet be awake, and he was glad of that at least. It gave him a chance to head them off. He knew where they were headed. It was a Carpathian site in scotland, long ago lost to their history, but now...being excavated by humans, there was reason to return.<br><br>He could help but think through these things, his mind tended towards the bland and factual. A symptom of his ever-worsening condition. He'd lived a long time, too long, in his estimation, but his life still had purpose. Vampires were a plague, and humans had never been truly capable of resisting them. Even if they'd forsaken their souls, their power was still formidable.<br><br>He brushed his long jet-black hair to the side, and strapped his knives in place. Two long, curved blades, silver edged, and attached to his belt.<br><br>He almost had to smile as he thought of the time to come...the thrill of the kill was still there while he hunted Vampires, though, in time that too would fade, and he'd greet the dawn with dignity. Until then, his purpose remained...<br><br>He could already sense the humans below, and the desire to call them...to feed, and kill was there as well. How much worse must it have been when the Vampires he now hunted gave up their souls? He feared the prospect of finding what the Vampires had come for. How much would he give to live in the light? Could he truly do what needed to be done? That didn't matter, he knew, all that matter was that the Vampires certainly wouldn't.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sephora</strong> on <strong>24-08-2009, 22:56:36</strong>
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				Alice was just about to turn the necklace back over to Melissa; when the spot lights begin to go out.&nbsp; One by one, all over the dig site, the lights began to go out.&nbsp; And now that the sun had set completely; the area was completely swallowed by darkness.&nbsp; <br><br>Shoving the necklace into her pocket; Alice's blue eyes instantly focus as she pushes her long legs towards the technical area.&nbsp; "What the hell happened?" she grouches out as she sees a small mob of people trying to rework the wires; clueless as to how the electricity went out.&nbsp; <br><br>"Nothing seems to be wrong with the wiring...it's just not working." Allen, their tech guy explains to her with a frown as he pokes his flashlight over to the power generator.&nbsp; <br><br>"Maybe its a sign from above that we should end work early." One of the other archeologists chirp out.&nbsp; <br><br>"That's just not going to happen." Alice replies with a sniff.&nbsp; They had just discovered a necklace that was completly intact! Who knew what else they could find, if they stopped now....she'd be up all night desperate to what other things they might find in the morning.&nbsp; "Allen, get the damned thing working." She orders lowly.<br><br>For the most part; everyone was being very professional about the entire event.&nbsp; No one was screaming in terror, and no one was acting out of order.&nbsp; They treated it as though they had been given a free break.&nbsp; <br><br>This causal acceptance however, left them vulnerable.&nbsp; None of the archeologists on the site noticed one or two of the grad students wandering off, as though called by an unseen force.&nbsp; And no one noticed when a few people that no one knew began to gather around the man group.&nbsp; <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PeacethatPowerbrings</strong> on <strong>25-08-2009, 06:09:28</strong>
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				The whole scene was almost serenely clam, in a sick way, at least it seemed so to Vincent. He relished the hunt, and was glad that there was something left to give his life some small flicker of feeling in his otherwise blank existence.<br><br>He was in amongst them before they knew what had happened. There were three, now, the fourth bleeding bluckets of blood from two wounds in his chest created by his curved knives. He'd missed the creature's heart, which was a problem, and he twisted his knife, giving it another jolt, this one hitting the Vampire's heart.<br><br>He had to jump away, as the creature died, his wounds, gushing terribly acidic blood, but thankfully he'd failed to make the Vampire's body tear itself apart, and it slumped to the ground, thankfully smothering the flow on the ground.<br><br>The next moments were the most frantic. Screaming and running. In a second he was engaged with two of them, while their leader, obviously the older one, caught and checked humans, reading their confused thoughts, obviously looking for his ultimate objective.<br><br>It was all Vincent could do to fend off the two vampires, fast as he was, they too were fast, and angry, and far more experienced killers, though he would assume that he was the more experienced vampire killer.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sephora</strong> on <strong>26-08-2009, 05:09:08</strong>
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				Trouble came with no warning.&nbsp; Screams and blood started showing up from every direction; and the entire archeology crew took off in every direction.&nbsp; Alice ran as well; she wasn't even quite sure what she was running from, but she was positive that if she stopped; even for a moment, it would lead to her death.<br><br>Running across the over sized clumps of dirt, stones, and other things that get in her way; Alice's heart beats in her head as she runs for her life.&nbsp; She didn't know how she knew; but that was what she was doing.&nbsp; She felt as though if she hesitated for even a single moment, that second would be her last.&nbsp; Something was following her; something that offered only darkness, only death within itself.<br><br>And then, suddenly, she was trapped between a rock and a hard place. Literally.&nbsp; Huge boulder blocked her exit; and whirling around, Alice finally discovers who it was that was chasing her.<br><br>He was an odd looking man; with dark hair, darker eyes, and pale skin.&nbsp; She didn't like the look at him, and Alice took a nervous step back; finding her back bumping into the wall. She needed to come up with some way to escape; some way to get rid of the man in front of her.&nbsp; <br><br>"What do you want?" she demands with a furrowed brow; using a stall tactic as she begins to edge away from the boulder. <br><br>"The light." The man replies...no, not a man; this was a monster.&nbsp; "Give it to me." He orders her; his voice coming out like a silken breeze.&nbsp; She felt like she no longer had any control of her body; and in accordance to that; she stopped trying to escape, though she desperately wanted to.&nbsp; <br><br>She was frozen in place; trapped inside of her own body; and a shiver of horror rolls down her spine as the monster walks closer to her.&nbsp; "Give it to me!" He orders her once more; rushing forward all at once and gripping her throat with his hand; his claw like fingers digging into her skin.&nbsp; <br><br>She didn't know what he wanted from her, but something told her that even if she did, she wouldn't have given it to him.&nbsp; Nothing was worth giving this monster something more than what he already had.&nbsp; Not even her life.&nbsp; <br><br>Reading his mind, Alice discovers that he was talking about her necklace.&nbsp; That awareness both fascinated her and horrified her.&nbsp; If she thought her life wasn't about to end in four seconds, she would have worked to discover more about the item; why had he called it light?<br><br>Shaking her furiously; the vampire hisses at her; showing her his fangs. "Give it to me!" He shouts out one final time before finally pushing her head to the side; digging his poisonous fangs deep into her neck.&nbsp; <br><br><br><br><br>She was going to die.
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				Post by: <strong>PeacethatPowerbrings</strong> on <strong>26-08-2009, 07:28:17</strong>
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				"...give it to me!" Vincent ran, ignoring the two still-living, if slightly wounded vampires, and heading straight for the leader.<br><br>He was occupied with a human, and Vincent was there in a split second, tearing the vampire, unfortunately, messily, away from the woman. As he did, his fingers brush her neck, touched her blood, and as he slammed his prey, the monstrous creature that he might've once called kin if he'd known him, he saw the ground beneath him, brown dirt, green grass, grey stone. His own brown leather jacket, and the red blood that dripped down the Vampire's chin.<br><br>He could sense he, too, and as he twisted the Vampire's head to break his neck the pleasure in it, was not there.<br><br>He stood up, eyes on the ground, moving from side to side, trying to take stock. He barely paid attention as he seized the two, running, vampires trying to aid their leader, by their throats, and slammed them to the ground, drawing both knives at once and killing them both at the same time, each with a stab to their unholy hearts.<br><br>He stood, again, and turned, looking back to the human who was...his lifemate? How was such a thing even possible?
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				Post by: <strong>Sephora</strong> on <strong>27-08-2009, 05:58:23</strong>
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				Alice had been expecting death.&nbsp; So when the monsters mouth is suddenly torn away from her neck, along with the rest of his body; Alice is more than just a little pleased.&nbsp; Something had ripped the man clear off of her; it had caused her neck to tear a bit; but it was worth it.&nbsp; And staring forward; it wasn't just some random thing that had saved her, it was a man.<br><br>Her mind was foggy from getting her blood drawn, on top of feeling the burning sting from the vampire's poisonous bite, and for the next few moments; Alice merely watched as Vincent moved like a bolt of lightening around the area; murdering her attacker along with the other two in a shorter amount of time than should have been possible.&nbsp; <br><br>Maybe she was in shell shock.&nbsp; Like when soldiers suddenly became too stunned too move in the middle of the battlefield.&nbsp; She knew she should move, knew that doing otherwise was all but suicidal; but it was as if her feet were glued to the ground.<br><br>And then it was over as quickly as it had begun.<br><br>Regaining her senses; Alice instantly begins to worry about the others.&nbsp; How many of her team had died due to these monsters? How had this man stopped them with such ease?<br><br>"Who are you?" Alice demands; all but glaring at the man as she holds her hand to her neck; trying to lessen the throbbing pain coming from her bite mark.&nbsp; 
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				Post by: <strong>PeacethatPowerbrings</strong> on <strong>27-08-2009, 07:44:00</strong>
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				Vincent moved as fast as he could to embrace her and he looked at her neck wound. "I am Vincent" he said, "I am your lifemate...I am going to clean off your wound now...is that ok?" he asked.<br><br>He had to ask, she seemed to have little concept of what he meant, or what he was going to do. The excavation team wasn't involved with their kind, obviously, or if they were they'd been made to forget. He was a amazed that it was all happening so fast, but his instincts with her were flawless, he knew he had to protect her, that she ceratinly was his lifemate, and that she...was no his reason for living.<br><br>He didn't wait for an answer, he could always explain later why he'd needed to do it, as he put a hand around to the back of her neck and held her head to the side while he lapped up her blood, trying to clean the wound completely, knowing that with the healing power of his saliva, she wouldn't get an infection, and it would heal much faster, as messy as the Vampire had been.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sephora</strong> on <strong>28-08-2009, 07:13:05</strong>
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				Alice didn't understand what this Vincent guy was talking about.&nbsp; What was a lifemate? And what did he have on him that could clean off her wound? She didn't see any disinfectant on him. But she was more shocked by his sudden movements; having him hold her in a tight embrace...it left an odd feeling quaking in her soul.&nbsp; Not that she has much time to think on it though.<br><br>A tremor of fear rolls through Alice as his he holds her and pulls her head to the side in the exact same way the vampire from earlier had.&nbsp; Was this man going to finish the job? Had she been saved; only to be killed by a different murderer?&nbsp; Was his earlier statement of cleaning her wound just a lie, to calm her down?<br><br>But he doesn't bite down, he begins to lick her.&nbsp; Crying out at the almost electrifying feel of his tongue against her skin,&nbsp; Alice finds herself actually welcoming his touch for a moment or two.&nbsp; It felt..amazing.&nbsp; And while it should have disturbed her...it didn't.<br><br>And then Alice gets her bearings straight.<br><br>"Get off of me you brute!" she demands as she thumps her fists against his chest, struggling to pull herself away from him.&nbsp; "What do you think you are doing?" she demands with a scowl as she stares at him with a flushed face and a dark scowl.&nbsp; <br><br>Automatically; Alice tries to force her way into Vincent's mind, trying to figure out exactly what was going on.&nbsp; He'd been able to beat those other vampires easily enough; that had to mean he had the answers she needed.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PeacethatPowerbrings</strong> on <strong>29-08-2009, 05:09:06</strong>
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				Vincent released her, somewhat shocked but realizing that there was a certain difference in their knowledge bases. He knew what lifemate meant, and she did not, and of course, not being a Carpathian, there was little that she would know about what she had to be feeling, for he assumed she had to feel something of what he felt...<br><br>"Trying to help," he said, about to explain when he felt her heavy-handed touch on his mind. She was merely amateur as a telepath, her short life as a human could explain that, and he resisted her invasion expertly.<br><br>"It is not polite to barge into someone's mind so..." he said, "I would not do as much to you without permission...even if you are my lifemate..."<br><br>He was beginning to wonder what cruel twist of fate left his human lifemate without the instinctual knowledge of their connection. It was infuriating, though feeling anything at all was a relief, and he was practically overjoyed, though he strained to remain calm.
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				Post by: <strong>Sephora</strong> on <strong>29-08-2009, 06:26:43</strong>
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				She didn't understand what he meant by 'trying to help', but as she places her hand back on where the vampire had bit her; she had to admit, the throbbing pain had died down some since he had licked her.&nbsp; That made no sense; but she figured that he had known that it would work.<br><br>She was shocked when she was all but pushed out of his mind with ease.&nbsp; That had never happened before.&nbsp; She'd never had to work at being subtle in an attempt to read someones mind before, because no one had ever been aware that she was doing it.&nbsp; The fact that not only was Vincent aware of her attempts, but was able to keep her out as well....it was mind blowing.&nbsp; <br><br>Staring at him carefully through narrowed blue eyes; Alice tries to work out just how she was supposed to apologize for doing something that she took for granted every day of her life. "I'm..sorry." she says awkwardly, rubbing her arm sheepishly.&nbsp; "I guess your a telepath too then?" It would explain why he'd been able to figure out what she was doing so easily.&nbsp; "I've never met another one before now." <br><br>"And...thank you.&nbsp; For saving me.&nbsp; And everyone else." she says stiffly; not comfortable thanking the man just yet.&nbsp; Not when she wasn't sure of his intentions, or where he came from, or how he was able to beat those monsters so easily and so quickly.&nbsp; She had aimed to get all those questions answered by digging into his brain; but she'd been discovered before she could even gain the most basic of entries.<br><br>"What's a lifemate?" she questions with a furrowed brow. More than willing to gather her answers the old fashioned way. <br><br>She doesn't have time to deepen her knowledge with his answers however, as Melissa, the grad student, suddenly runs up to the two of them.&nbsp; "Are you ok?" she demands Alice as she examines her neck would before the younger girl glances at Vincent.&nbsp; "Whats going on?" she questions softly.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PeacethatPowerbrings</strong> on <strong>29-08-2009, 21:34:18</strong>
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				"I'm telepathic, but it is only one of my powers..." he said, "I didn't mean to shut you out..." he added, "just to make sure you understand the rules when dealing with those who are also telepathic...this will, naturally, go much faster if you do read my mind..."<br><br>He lowered his defences, some automatic, and some created in reaction to her invasion. He wasn't sure how she'd react but he had the wealth of the lore about&nbsp; his people in his head, and of course, if she understood, and wasn't frightened, it would make their being together much easier, for he wasn't going to leave her, after all he could, not really, if he lost her, he wouldn't be able to continue living.<br><br>Strange, to have such an instant need, but such was the manner of his race.<br><br>"One thing, before you go looking for answers inside my mind..." he said, "the necklace...give it to me..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sephora</strong> on <strong>30-08-2009, 05:19:24</strong>
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				Only one of his powers? That was just impressive.&nbsp; She'd never met another psychic before, let alone one that could do more than one thing.&nbsp; Having multiple powers....this was a powerful man that she was dealing with, that much was perfectly clear.&nbsp; She supposed what he said made sense though.&nbsp; It WAS pretty rude to just barge into peoples heads, she'd been acting pretty obnoxious in doing so.<br><br>She noticed him lowering his defenses; and briefly, Alice pondered to herself if she should look into getting some herself.&nbsp; Having never dealt with another psychic; she'd never had to defend herself from any.&nbsp; She had no idea how to go about learning; maybe Vincent would tell her?<br><br>She'd relaxed slightly over her initial reaction to him, but when he asks her for the necklace; Alice instantly stiffens and takes a step away from him, her hand covering the pocket that held the necklace inside.&nbsp; "Why do you want it? And how do you know about it?" she demands with a scowl; glaring at the man who had such a magnetic appeal to her.<br><br>Glancing to Melissa she offers the other woman a brief smile.&nbsp; "I'm fine Melissa, I'm just talking to Vincent here." she says; her eyes returning to Vincent, not really wanting to look at anything besides him; allowing herself the guilty pleasure of drinking in his handsome features.<br><br>"Go check on everyone else." she orders the younger girl firmly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PeacethatPowerbrings</strong> on <strong>31-08-2009, 06:45:33</strong>
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				He realized that he hadn't given the newcomer much thought, even when she left. He supposed that with his power he'd gotten used to simply making humans forget anything odd about him, that he no longer bothered with their presence, aside from his focus, but he also realized that if his lifemate was a human, he'd have to alter his behaviour.<br><br>"Perhaps, I should explain that after you get your answers," he said, "but please...be gentle...I...unlike them, can feel your touch on my mind..."<br><br>He already knew where she held his objective, it was clear, if only to him, the extra weight, the way the pocket bulged. Human were terrible at hiding things, they relied on a lack of observence to keep anything secret at all. Though even an intelligent human could do what he did, it was all just deduction really. He assumed that the Vampires knew she had the necklace, and that they were right, knowing that their senses too, were sharp, he simply continued on that train of thought.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sephora</strong> on <strong>09-09-2009, 06:35:05</strong>
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				"So..it's alright if I check out your brain?" Alice asks with a sheepish smile, biting down on her lip.&nbsp; It was odd.&nbsp; So much was going on in the background.&nbsp; People trying to figure out what had just happened, who had died, who had caused death, why it had happened...yet she couldn't help but feel as though the going ons between her and Vincent were happening in its own little bubble.&nbsp; As though both situations couldn't touch each other or something.&nbsp; <br><br>She didn't know how to be gentle when entering someones mind, so her efforts were feeble at best.&nbsp; Like a giant trying to pet a butterfly.&nbsp; The attempt at being gentle was there, but some things just couldn't be helped.&nbsp; And then she understood it.&nbsp; All of it.&nbsp; Well, not all of it; she didn't have enough time for all that.&nbsp; But she understood what the necklace was now.&nbsp; And what he was.&nbsp; And what those..vampires were.<br><br>"So this thing can allow you to...be in daylight?" she affirms carefully as her hand slips into the necklace.&nbsp; It was understandable, for him to want it.&nbsp; But a part of her was worried over giving it over.&nbsp; If the vampires got their hands on it; then god only knew how much trouble would be in store.&nbsp; Was she really sure that this one Carpathian would be able to keep it from an entire group?<br><br>Then again, could she really claim that she could?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PeacethatPowerbrings</strong> on <strong>10-09-2009, 04:59:20</strong>
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				"Yes," he said, "and so we must hide it away from the Vampires forever."<br><br>He took Alice's arm in his hand and bent down slightly to look into her eyes directly.<br><br>"Give it to me...Alice," he said, "we have time now, but who knows how many Vampires will flock to this site when the Vampires that came looking do not return..."<br><br>It would be a great number, he knew that much. If the Vampires didn't return, it meant one of two things, someone cared enought to kill them, good proof of the necklace's presence, or perhaps, that they'd gained its power and taken up lives in daylight.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sephora</strong> on <strong>15-09-2009, 00:18:18</strong>
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				'We'.&nbsp; He said 'we must hide it away'.&nbsp; Did that mean that he wanted her help? That it was just an assumed thing that they would be working together? Alice normally wasn't the type to look into every little thing someone said, but something about Vincent had her carefully following his every word.&nbsp; The question was; was that a good thing? Or a bad thing?<br><br>It was everything she could do not to turn into putty as his eyes clash against her own blue ones.&nbsp; But as he says her name; for a moment, she overreacts.&nbsp; How did he know her name? Had she told it to him?...No. She hadn't.&nbsp; A tremor of distrust and fear run through her as she takes a wary step back; before recalling the fact that he was a telepath.&nbsp; No, not just a telepath.&nbsp; A carpathian.&nbsp; He had probably read her mind when she had been entering his; and had discovered her name that way.<br><br>"I..." slipping her hand into the pocket that held the necklace, Alice grips the artifact tightly into her fist before shaking her head.&nbsp; "I can't." she finally says apologetically.&nbsp; "I'll help you hide it.&nbsp; I'll go with you.&nbsp; But I won't give it to you." She had read his mind, understood what he stood for, and what he was...but she couldn't help but be wary. He was far better at telepathy than she was, for all she knew, he had created false memories for her to read, to lull her into a fake sense of security.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PeacethatPowerbrings</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 05:59:00</strong>
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				"Having it makes you their target..." he replied, "if you refuse to give it to me...I won't force the issue, but know that I could, if I so desired, and you would not be able to resist, nor would any human."<br><br>He moved his hand with blinding speed to her face, stopping it a sliver of distance away from her face, before giving her cheek a soft stroke with his fingertips. He knew her human eyes wouldn't track the motion. It wasn't a threat, so much as a indication that he wouldn't make the threat, a kind of gesture of good faith, as it were. Of course, he couldn't hurt her, not now, though he didn't know if her explorations, heavy handed and obvious as they were touched upon the concept of a lifemate, or not.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sephora</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 07:39:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"It might make me a target, but I'd be going with you no matter what. All that changes is whether or not I'm just following a target, or if I have a better eye on it myself." Alice replies with a sniff as she slowly pulls her hand out of her pocket; having been given the impression that he wouldn't fight the issue. <br><br>Although, his next few actions make her question over whether or not that was a smart thing to do.&nbsp; As a mere moment later his hand was suddenly inches away from her face; flinching away from him; Alice shivers in fright as he caresses her cheek.&nbsp; If he could do that in the matter of an eye blink; what else could he do?<br><br>She wanted to read his mind again.<br><br>That thought came to her unabashed.&nbsp; She'd tried to be so careful with her reading the last time; had fumbled awkwardly in his mind.&nbsp; She hadn't been able to read all the things that might be able to help her deal with him.&nbsp; Still, she knew that any attempt she might make would leave him aware of her entry.&nbsp; <br><br>Turning her eyes away from him, Alice shoves her hands into her pockets once more.&nbsp; "So when are we going?" she asks as she takes in the sight of the still disheveled archeology site.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Greet The Night (Sephora +PeaceThatPowerBrings)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>PeacethatPowerbrings</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 07:03:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Now," he said, "if you have some means of transport, a jeep, or a truck would be preferable..."<br><br>He looked around for a moment, taking in the scene, now, would definately be better than later. He'd made a real mess, and so had the Vampires, it seemed that keeping a low profile wasn't possible now, so he was willing to simply make a run for it, the interest of local vampires would die out once the necklace couldn't call to them, buried in the earth, or at the bottom of a loch.<br><br>"You want to read my mind," he said, suddenly, and without warning. He couldn't really help hearing her thoughts, she had no barriers, no control over her thoughts, and she was his lifemate.<br><br>"You can, if you like," he said, "but first...we require a vehicle."
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