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Chapter 6: For You I'd Bleed Myself Dry

We heard Loote lay her keys downstairs in the kitchen where the key basket was. Footsteps up the stairs came next. Then I heard the expected knock on the door. I told her to come in.

When she opened the door and saw Nicholas and I together she smiled, "You've told him haven't you?"

I nodded, "Yeah. You were right. He is my soulmate."

She laughed, "I told you so. I guess you'll have to join Circle Daybreak now."

"I don't know about that. You won't turn me in will you?" I said, becoming serious. I had committed grave offenses, the penalty for which was death.

"Of course not, with my luck, I'll probably wind up with a human for a soulmate too. And plus, we're family, right?"

"Right," I nodded and smiled.

"But you know, Circle Daybreak will find out eventually. They're very resourceful with their connections."

My smile faded, "I know. I just don't want to overwhelm Nichy right off the bat, and have him run away screaming."

"I told you before Iz, I'm not going anywhere. You couldn't even chase me away," he kissed my forehead.

It was the fifth day of Christmas break when we got that knock at the door. Nicholas had been spending all of his time over here. That first night he knew about the Night World, neither one of us wanted to leave the other's company so he called and told his mom that he was spending the night at a friend's house. He had just turned nineteen so she couldn't really say no.

I was making dinner for Loote and Nichy when I heard three taps on front door. I knew by the knocking that it wasn't Loote, Nichy was already sitting at the table, and any of our friends would have called before coming over, I probably didn't want to answer it.

My logic must have shown on my face because Nicholas stood up really quickly, "I'll get it."

I shook my head, "Not if it's what I think it is. I can handle myself. I want you to stay here, and find something sharp and wooden."

"But Iz-"

"No buts!" my fangs were already coming out.

"Ok, ok, just calm down," he said, pulling out wooden skewers that were used for shish kabobs from a drawer. I shuddered at the thought of what those could do to me, and briefly wondered why we had them in the house.

Satisfied that Nicholas would have enough protection should it come to that, I went at vampire speed to the door. I cautiously cracked it, hoping against hope that it wasn't the Elders. I couldn't see anything so I forced myself to open it wider. When I did, I was both relieved and upset. It was Poppy and James.

"You all are very resourceful," I said and crossed my arms.

"I see you're keeping well Kaisa," James said.

"I always look like this. But I see that you and Poppy are doing well," I looked from him to her; she had come out of the change rather well. James had bitten her because she was dying of cancer. I would never tell Nicholas, but him dying would be the only way that I would change him.

"You know why we're here," he said.

"I do, and I can't promise that I'll be cooperative," I went to shut the door, but James's hand stopped me.

"We have to see what he looks like so we can protect him if he's ever out in the open without you," James said and put a comforting hand on my shoulder.

I sighed, "I know. Just try not to scare him too much. He only found out a few days ago."

I let them in and showed them into the kitchen. Nicholas was sitting at the table with five skewers in each hand. I already knew what was going to be said, even without seeing the looks, so I cleared up the confusion.

"I thought you were the Elders. I was going to keep him safe no matter what."

"I understand, I was willing to take the same measures with Poppy," James smiled, knowing we both understood what it was like to have human soulmates.

"Nichy, this is James and Poppy. They're soulmates like us. James and Poppy, this is Nicholas, my soulmate."

They smiled and shook hands. James and Poppy sat down at the table, "So you're making dinner?"

"Yeah. Loote and Nichy do have to eat. By the way there are some rabbits out back if you need them," I said, pouring water into the pot of rice.

"Thanks," Poppy said, smiling.

They stayed for dinner; Loote's face was priceless when she saw that we had company. She went into a rant about how our James and Poppy could probably see every speck of dirt and dust the house had accumulated since I had cleaned it yesterday.

We rolled said eyes as Loote sat down and accepted her plate of food. Over dinner James and Poppy told Nicholas everything about Circle Daybreak and the Night World that he asked about. By the end of dinner he seemed keen to join and that's what I was afraid of. I told them to give me a couple of days to think about it.

After they left Nicholas washed the dishes and Loote went upstairs to do…well whatever it is that Loote does.

"Do you have to go home tonight?" I asked, grabbing a towel to help him dry.

"No I can stay. I told my parent's that I was thinking about moving out anyway," He said, handing me a plate.

"Where are you planning on going? Are you going to get an apartment with some of the guys?" I asked.

"Actually I was planning on staying here if you were ok with it," he said hesitantly.

"I would love it," I smiled and leaned over and kissed him.

Having my soulmate around all the time would make things more pleasant for me. Not only could I watch out for him and protect him, but there were also other things we could do with him living here.

"We could move my stuff in next week," he said washing the last of the dishes.

"Sure, and tomorrow we can go to the mall. I'd like to get some new clothes," I said drying the last dish.

Together we put them all up and then went upstairs and put on the pajamas we had had on last night.

The next morning I went downstairs and began cooking breakfast after I had taken a shower. I sat at the kitchen table reading a book while I waited for them to get up. Pretty soon Nicholas and Loote came downstairs.

"Mmmhm. Smells great," Loote said going over to the stove.

"You know I'm still not used to you never sleeping," Nicholas said as he followed Loote.

"Well while you two eat this, I'm going to have a snack of my own," I said putting the book down and going outside.

I pick a large rabbit and took only a little bit of its blood before putting it back in its own cage. I wiped my mouth and walked back inside. I saw the two of them just finishing up. I continued to read my book as Nicholas went upstairs to get ready to go out.

"Ok, how does this look?" I said, stepping out in a red sweater dress with black leggings and calf length black boots.

"It looks great. Then again, everything looks great on you," he laughed.

I rolled my eyes, smiled, and went back into the dressing room. I changed back into my regular clothes and bought the outfits I had tried on. As we were walking through the food court I saw a particular face. It was a face that looked too perfect in the crowd. It was an unfriendly face, one that was looking at Nicholas and I.

"Let's go!" I said. I grabbed his arm and began pulling him in the other direction quickly.

"Wait! W-what's wrong?" He said hurrying after me.

"It's another Night Worlder, and he's not on our side. We need to get away," I said.

We ran out to the car and got in. I threw the bags in the back seat, shut the door, and turned the key. We flew out of the parking space and began driving down the back roads to avoid traffic. I don't know how fast we were driving but it wasn't fast enough to get away from the car that was now following us at breakneck speed.

We were going good. I had gained a little speed on the car, and I had looked up into the rear view mirror to see their position. When my eyes shifted back to the road I screamed. There was a sharp curve just ahead and I was going over ninety. I held Nicholas's hand as we went off the road and into the trees of the roadside forest.

The car had shot past several trees before it had finally smashed head on into one. I lifted my head from the steering wheel where it had been forced down. It took me a few seconds to recover before I could even look over at Nicholas.

When I did I actually started to cry, "Nichy?"

He was cut up and bruised everywhere. The worst of it was the large piece of glass from the windshield had pierced his abdomen and blood was pouring down his light blue shirt. He squeezed my hand, "Iz…Are you ok?"

His words were labored and his breath was coming out short and ragged. This was it. My soulmate was going to die, and I was going to have to watch it as my wounds healed. Unless…

I looked around for the other car; I didn't see it, before I slit my wrist open with my teeth and lifted it to his mouth, "Hurry and drink!"

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