Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2010 17:57:27 GMT -5
Nikki Robbins slowly moved up to the door. She stood there for a moment feeling rather nervous. Nikki took a slow breath as she put in the code to unlock the door. She would wait for a few second as the door whirled and clicked while it unlocked. Once the last click sounded, she gently turned the handle and opened the door allowing her to walk into Fang Bangers.
Dimitri Catronis tilted his head to the side as he heard the door open. He immediately stood when he saw Nikki emerge. He took long stride over to her, and without hesitation wrapped his arms around her and lifted her off the ground and twirled her around with a huge smile on his face. Her brought his face to the base of her neck and gave her a gentle his before he set her back down on the ground. He bent over slightly so that his arms were still around her as he kissed her cheek and whispered "Angel moy. I have missed you"
Nikki Robbins looked up and smiled gently seeing Dimitri striding towards her. She let out a girlish squeal and a giggle as twirled her around. Nikki gently placed her arms around him but since they were shorter they did not reach that far. "I have missed you as well."
Dimitri Catronis he looked down into her jade eyes, as he lifted one hand and brought it to her face so that his palm cupped against her cheek "What do you wish to do tonight...?" he whispered
Nikki Robbins gently smiled up to him. "Anything. It does not matter. The only wish my friends have of me...is to relax and have fun. Anything in those categories with you will be lovely."
Dimitri Catronis smile widened as he moved away and offered her his hand "There is a place that I found...in the woods. I wish to take you there"
Nikki Robbins tilted her head at his response, "In the woods...? I am not so sure that would be the best idea...with...the current situation..."
Dimitri Catronis brows furrowed together as he lowered his hand "Do...you not trust me to protect you?" his voice sounded pained, and for the first time hurt would show in his eyes
Nikki Robbins blinked up at him looking shocked at his sudden change. She suddenly looked very regretful and even a little sad as she gently clasped her hands back in front of her body. "I am so sorry. I did not mean to hurt you Dimitri. I am simply...very fearful of this vampire who has come for me. I do trust you Dimitri. I am only sorry I can not be help to fear this man and that this fear...makes me not put more faith in you. I apologize for my hurtful action."
Dimitri Catronis eyes softened and shook his head as he stepped closer to her, he dipped down and picked her up so that he cradled her in his arms. He nuzzled his head into her hair "Do not apologize to me angel moy. I am sorry. I know of something about fear." he whispered into her black silken hair. He kissed her cheek as "...perhaps we should stay in then?" he said with a smile that she would be able to feel against her skin
Nikki Robbins squeaked lightly again as he picked her up and held her in his arms as she was yet again taken by surprise. She leaned her head against his chest. Nikki softly smiled. "No...it will be all right. We can go out. I rarely do so anymore these days..."
Dimitri Catronis he held her in his arms with ease. "Very well..." he chuckled as his arms tightened around her slightly and took off walking slowly to the door "We can walk along the river side. That way we are still close to town." He whispered as he gaze down at her a moment before he turned around and backed out of the door, then once outside he looked up to the moon closing his eyes a moment then back down to her "Does that sound alright angel moy?"
Nikki Robbins smiles softly as he carried her outside. She did not even place her arms around his neck but simply relaxed there. "That sounds good to me."
Dimitri Catronis nodded as he took long strides, his boots clicking against the ground softly until he reached the grass. Once he came to stand near the water, he slowly eased her down the front of his body so that she was standing once more. He offered her his hand once more "What would you like to talk about angel moy."
Nikki Robbins gently placed her petite hand within his as she looked up at him. "I am not sure. Is there anything you want to talk of?"
Dimitri Catronis grasped her hand tightly and began tugging her along the side of the river, making sure she was on the left side so she wouldn’t fall in. "I wish to know anything you wish to share. Just as I'll share whatever you wish to know."
Nikki Robbins quietly walked along side him as he spoke. She thought about that for a moment as they walked along the river. "I suppose...a place I might start...is not a place typical woman would start. What might you say if that...during the Spanish American war of 1898...that I was 21..?"
Dimitri Catronis chuckled as he squeezed her hand "I would say that I am 24 and that I was horrible in History." he looked down at her and gaze her and gently smiled as they continued to walk along the waters edge.
Nikki Robbins giggled softly, "well to help you out somewhat. That too was the year I became a vampire. Yet, the years still pass as they always do. As the saying goes, I am the one robbing the cradle as my years number 138 now."
Dimitri Catronis paused as this the edge of the river came to a halt, he turned to her and smiled "That is ok. I like older women" He laughed whole heartedly as he bent down and scooped her up into his arms "I know you could simply hover across, but I just like having you in my arms" He dipped his head down and nuzzled his face against her hair "Hold on." he whispered. He gave her a moment to clasp her tiny hands around his neck, then crouched down then jumped, clearing over the river and landed in the tall grass in front of the stables.
Nikki Robbins giggled softly as he picked her up. She did place her petite arms around his neck before he leapt across the river and landed on the other side. She glanced up at him smiling. "If you did not like older women...I would have said you had a problem. And...I do not mind being in your arms either."
Dimitri Catronis laughed again, he couldn’t remember the last time he had so much fun. This woman was amazing. He looked down at her again. "Oh...Really" he teased "What about you and younger boys...you cougar." he smirked as he carried her toward the stables. He moved and set down on a haystack, still keeping her in his arms
Nikki Robbins tilted her head slightly in confusion. "Cougar? I do not know what you mean by that."
Dimitri Catronis looked down at her and a smile still on his face "It is what a woman is called, when they date younger men…" he dipped his head down and nipped her ear gently "I was a fire fighter. In case you were wondering about the scar across my chest."
Nikki Robbins softly smiled. "The majority of men are younger than I..." She would have said more but he distracted her by nipping gently at her ear. It made her close her eyes and stop breathing for a moment as he began to speak again. Her words came out soft. "I had wondered. Yet, I felt you would tell me when you wished to."
Dimitri Catronis lifted his gaze away from her, and didn’t appear to look at anything as he spoke "My dad was a fire fighter. So I spent a lot of time hanging out in the fire house. I started training when I was sixteen. Even though I already knew most of it. I became a Fire fighter when I was 18...that was the year my father died…" He paused a moment and gulped. "I worked harder, to make Papa proud. He was a Hero…" He brought his eyes down to her then, only a hint of glossiness. "I was attacked…during a fire when I was twenty, by a werewolf who was scared since the building started to collapse.. I would have died that day If my team hadn't found me in time"
Nikki Robbins slowly reached up and touched his cheek allowing her thumb to gently stroke across the surface. "I am glad you are alive. The past...is always what makes us who we are today. If nothing else matters...then you can know...that you are who you are because of your own story."
Dimitri Catronis smiled weakly "I think...the only reason why...I stayed alive was so that I...could meet you." he raised his hand and cupped it against hers.
Nikki Robbins: "I suppose then...she same...is true of me as well." She smiled softly.
Dimitri Catronis looked down at her, as his hand clutched her hand tightly and brought it down over his pounding heart "This...beats for you. And I...am all yours angel moy"
Nikki Robbins slowly leaned against him but still looked up to his face and eyes. "Then I...am very lucky to have you in my life."
Dimitri Catronis chuckled lightly "I think...fate...is a better word" His thumbs gently stroked her fingers as his heart still continued to pound steadily
Nikki Robbins let her eyes slide closed as he gently caressed her fingers. She listened to his heart beating underneath her fingers. "If it is fate...I will not fight it."
Dimitri Catronis smiled and closed his own eyes as he bowed his head and rested it against hers "nor will I"
Nikki Robbins simply relaxed into his arms as he held her. She felt safer now than any time prior. If this was to be her new lot in life, she would happily accept it. Part of her wanted to speak more to him, the other wanted to simply enjoy this moment with him. However, he had shared his turning point with her. She wanted to do the same for him. Her voice came out as a whisper. "I spoke to you...of the year that I became a vampire. 1898. It may be 2010...yet I remember that day as clearly as I remember yesterday."
Dimitri Catronis tightened his grip on her "If you do not to share with me your turning. You do not have to...but if you want...I will listen" He said softly as he bent down and kiss her head
Nikki Robbins paused for a moment after he spoke. She took a soft breath through her nose and out of her lips. "I know...yet...I want to." She paused for a moment again. "At the time, I was a maid in one of the last grand Southern households in Texas. However, it is only grand to those whose home it is. It was never my home. I was laying on my blankets awake...unable to sleep that night in my small room under the grand staircase. I heard a knock on the front doors. I opened the little door to look out wondering who was calling upon the house so late. The butler was turning the handle...when the door simply...flew inward under a great force. The door landed on the butler and when he tried to rise...a man...a man with long hair was suddenly there...standing on the door..."
Dimitri Catronis raised his and began running through her hair, as he just allowed her to seek comfort in his arms while she spoke of her turning
Nikki Robbins: "Three others walked in through the door after him. Two males and a female. The master of the house...he had gone off to the war. The remaining male servants, they tried to fend them off as best as they could. Yet, no one knew till they died what they were. I closed my door tightly as I could but it did not lock. I remember...curling up into the corner and closing my eyes...as I tried to block out the screams of the others dying... The lady of the house and her two children. They died last. Soon...the house was completely silent. However, I heard them going through closets and drawers stealing things from the family. That is when...my door opened. I knew they had thought it was another closet. Yet, there I was. It was then that I looked into the eyes of the man who had stood upon the door...his crimson eyes. He raised his hand to me and called me softly. Despite my fears, somehow...I went to him. He had rolled me with his eyes to come to him. He drew me out of the little room to stand before him as he had me take off my bonnet to get a better look at me. He had to convince the others with him that I was going with them." She stopped as she slowly ran her petite fangs over her lower lip. Nikki fought off her whimper but she could not fight off the shudder that shook her body. She curled in closer to Dimitri. "He carried me away into the night...as the others burned down the house behind us... It was only two nights later that he made me a vampire to join his coven."
Dimitri Catronis curled her closer against him and began rocking back and forth "Shhhhhh... It's alright... I'm here now." he kept repeating those words over and over again "I will not let anything happen to you angel moy."
Nikki Robbins huddled up close to him as he rocked her. Yet, she never railed against it. She let herself be comforted. "I trust you."
Dimitri Catronis squeezed her tight, as he raised his hand and brushed the hair out of her face as he looked down to her "No more sadness...no more pain. We found each other and let us enjoy it and not let the past taint what we have."
Nikki Robbins looked up to him from where she was curled up against him. She slowly nodded. "I do not wish to think of either. Not when I am with you..."
Dimitri Catronis nuzzled his head against hers "I am glad…"
Nikki Robbins slowly closed her eyes again as she settled into his arms again. She nuzzled her head back against his as she placed her hand back against his chest. "I feel like...I can really talk to you... I have never felt that way about anyone...that I cared this much about..."
Dimitri Catronis nodded his head against her "I have only felt like this one other time. Though by comparison...this is far grander then I ever thought possible..." He tensed a moment as he pulled away to look at her "There is...something I need to speak with you about."
Nikki Robbins slowly opened up her eyes and looked up to Dimitri. "What is it...?"
Dimitri Catronis inhaled deeply "Do you remember that man, which I was with the first day?"
Nikki Robbins nodded gently, "Yes...yes I do... Khan...that was his name...right?"
Dimitri Catronis looked down and sighed "He...is my lover..."
Nikki Robbins slowly nodded, "I see... I had...thought as much before..." She opened her mouth to say more but then she closed it. Nikki thought she knew what was coming.
Dimitri Catronis brows furrowed, he raised his hand to her "I can not abandon him; He has no one to protect him...but..." He ran his thumb across her cheek " I...am falling in love with you angel moy. And that he and I...can no longer be as we were. But I can not abandon him"
Nikki Robbins looked up to him again as he touched her cheek gently. She slowly nodded. "I understand that. Would you like some help...?" She did not know if this meant they would have anything together yet she was not the one to ever leave another in danger for any reason.
Dimitri Catronis inhaled deeply as he continued to caress her cheek "He is...a were fox. I met him while I was in China. If you know of the ways there. You would know what they do to Shifters. We ran to the states...here for a safe haven..." he lowered his head "He...was my light for the longest time...but then I saw you...and I knew then what heaven must be like..." he leaned down and kissed her cheek then whispered against her skin "I...do not know...how he will respond. He knows that I have withdrawn emotionally since we arrived here. And he knows of you, for I speak of you often..." he kissed her again "I can not leave him...he is mine, as once was i was his...but now I am worse" he sighed heavily as he leaned back "I do not know what to do angel moy." There was sadness in his tone as he lowered his eyes
Nikki Robbins softly sighed as she closed her eyes. "I did not wish...to have you make such a choice. I had never thought that anyone would react to me as you do. I can not make this decision for you unfortunately. All I know is...he was in your heart first. He was in my current place first... I know...what I would do if it were me." She slowly drew her hand off his torso and placed it across her stomach. "Yet, that is me...and we are two very different people..."
Dimitri Catronis eye brows furrowed as he grabbed her hand and placed it over his heart "He may have had my heart first, and I had never thought it was possible to find a love any grander than he..." he used his other hand and tilted her head to face him "But as I said, That I am falling IN love with you.. A love that is far more powerful than I ever hoped to see in any lifetime" He leaned down and kissed her cheek "It is not fair to him, if I were to stay with him when i pine for someone else, desire someone else. Want to spend ever moment of my life with someone other then he…" he inhaled sharply. "If…you would have me Nikki. I wish to spend forever in your arms" he whispered
Nikki Robbins blinked as she looked up to him after he turned her face towards him. She looked surprised at his words. "You really...will choose me...over him? You want...to spend forever with me..." It just had not sunk in completely yet. She still had a part of her mindset that told her, like others had told her that she was not worth it. Was not worth someone's love. She was about to say more when there was the faint sound on the roof of the car. Nikki looked up as the faint sound of something falling on the roof over and over again moved along the roof. "What is that...?"
Dimitri Catronis looked at her with soft eyes he saw the shock "I do not know whom has torn out your heart, But If you will allow me to mend it with all that I am. I would spend forever with you if...you would have me. If I am enough for you" He whispered, just then he instantly tensed and without any hesitation or thought, he shielded her body, and brought her even closer to him, in a steel like grip. He closed his eyes and listened, as his white wolf emerged from its cavern with his ears drawn low and his teeth bare. He allowed his sense to rises, as he listened and allowed the scents of the night fill the air.
Nikki Robbins looked to the roof as the sounds of the items slid down the roof towards the drop off. She took in slow breaths. Her body stiffened in his arms. "Roses..." The moment after she said the very word, a shower of long stemmed roses started to rain down from the roof.
Dimitri Catronis growl rumbled deep within his throat, his lips began to draw back as he snarled. He knew something was wrong as he felt nikki stiffen against him.. His muscles began to tighten. "It is him" his voice dropped to being barely audible for human to understand. It was more animalistic, primal and he was furious
Nikki Robbins trembled in his arms. "It is him..." She whimpered softly. Slowly, the rain of roses stopped. There was a pile of them on the ground in front of the barn. Her voice was nearly a whisper. "He always does this... He...he wants me to stay afraid of him. He...will never let me be happy..."
Dimitri Catronis Growled against as he tightened his grasp on her and turned and began running with her in his arms, going faster then a human could possible go. He held her tighter as he leaped over the river and continued to run until they were near the entrance of Fang Bangers, with out any hesitation he burst through the doors not caring who saw. He needed Nikki to be safe, that was his first priority. And then he would hunt.
Nikki Robbins drew her face into his body as he started to run. She tucked in her arms against his body. She willed him to run as fast as he could. Once they had stopped, she could feel that the ari around them was different. Slowly, she drew her head away from his body and looked around and saw they were now in Fang Bangers. Nikki slowly looked up to him, "...thank you... Dimitri...I do... I mean... I do want you. I need you." She could not bring herself to fully say she loved him yet. She did not know how this would go with Khan. If they would stay together.
Dimitri Catronis Looked down at Nikki as his eyes showed the wolf’s eyes rather then his golden ones. He clenched his jaw, as his nostrils flared. He refused to let go of his grip on her. He looked over to the door a moment, appearing ready to pounce at anyone who dare follow them. He looked back down to Nikki as his voice rumbled deep and raw "You need to call the masters of the city. As well as Federal Marshal and whoever else.. He came to close to you. "He growled again as he inched toward to the door he had seen her come from the night before. "I am yours Nikki, Do not worry. Make the call... I want to know you are safe."
Nikki Robbins slowly nodded. She moved to draw her phone out of her pocket. With quick fingers she started to dial the numbers for Aydryan and Hikaru. However, she only got their voice mail. She hung up as she looked up to Dimitri. "I...I can not seem to reach them. I..." Nikki whimpered as she reached up to her cheek quickly placing her hand on it. A pink tear slowly rolled down her cheek and more started to follow. Her eyes slowly got distant with the sadness and fear still there. "He...he means to have me. He will not stop. Not ever..." Nikki slowly drew her hand away from her face. There was a light smear of her own blood on her fingers. Across her cheek, was a small cut that had all ready stopped bleeding. She slowly looked up to him and spoke with a pleading voice. "Please....do not leave me alone..."
Dimitri Catronis growled again "I will not...Let us go to your room. I do will protect night and die if I must" He squeeze her tighter. "He will not. I will tear out his throat before he touches you" He roared. His Wolf paced from one corner to another just in front of its snow covered cavern, his tail whipping behind it as it snarled and snorted. Dimitri clenched his jaw again as he looked down at her. "He will not have you, you are mine. Call them again and leave a message...call whoever you must and inform them. I will not leave your side."
Nikki Robbins quickly nodded, "I will try again. Can you...take me closer to the door? At least...we can be safer in there..." She went back to her phone and called Aydryan and Hikaru again leaving them messages about what happened. Then she called up Jenna to let her know.
Dimitri Catronis nodded and moved closer to the door.
Nikki Robbins: Once she made her phone calls and he moved her closer to the door, she reached up and quickly put in the proper code so the door would unlock. She would listen very impatiently as the door would click and whirr before unlocking and opening. "You just have to close the door behind us...it will lock." She reached over to the wall panel and pressed a few buttons there and the shutters on the doors and windows closed and locked.
Dimitri Catronis nodded without a word and stepped inside then with ease released on hand and closed the door tightly behind them. He placed his hands around her once more. "I will not let any harm come to you angel moy" He whispered as he head down to the catacombs. He began walking through the halls, easily remembering where her new room was. He found her door and opened it then walked inside with her still in his arms. He turned and shut the door locking it as well. Then he went upstairs and laid her in the bed gently and then laid beside her. He laid with her until dawn took her. And once dawn came he would ease out of the bed then go downstairs and barricade the door with whatever he could find. Once satisfied knowing that whoever came through that door would make enough noise to alert him, he moved back up the stairs and eased himself back into the bed, and snuggled close to her seemingly lifeless body. He did not care, he found his mate and he would stay by her even in death. ~Fade To Black~
Dimitri Catronis tilted his head to the side as he heard the door open. He immediately stood when he saw Nikki emerge. He took long stride over to her, and without hesitation wrapped his arms around her and lifted her off the ground and twirled her around with a huge smile on his face. Her brought his face to the base of her neck and gave her a gentle his before he set her back down on the ground. He bent over slightly so that his arms were still around her as he kissed her cheek and whispered "Angel moy. I have missed you"
Nikki Robbins looked up and smiled gently seeing Dimitri striding towards her. She let out a girlish squeal and a giggle as twirled her around. Nikki gently placed her arms around him but since they were shorter they did not reach that far. "I have missed you as well."
Dimitri Catronis he looked down into her jade eyes, as he lifted one hand and brought it to her face so that his palm cupped against her cheek "What do you wish to do tonight...?" he whispered
Nikki Robbins gently smiled up to him. "Anything. It does not matter. The only wish my friends have of me...is to relax and have fun. Anything in those categories with you will be lovely."
Dimitri Catronis smile widened as he moved away and offered her his hand "There is a place that I found...in the woods. I wish to take you there"
Nikki Robbins tilted her head at his response, "In the woods...? I am not so sure that would be the best idea...with...the current situation..."
Dimitri Catronis brows furrowed together as he lowered his hand "Do...you not trust me to protect you?" his voice sounded pained, and for the first time hurt would show in his eyes
Nikki Robbins blinked up at him looking shocked at his sudden change. She suddenly looked very regretful and even a little sad as she gently clasped her hands back in front of her body. "I am so sorry. I did not mean to hurt you Dimitri. I am simply...very fearful of this vampire who has come for me. I do trust you Dimitri. I am only sorry I can not be help to fear this man and that this fear...makes me not put more faith in you. I apologize for my hurtful action."
Dimitri Catronis eyes softened and shook his head as he stepped closer to her, he dipped down and picked her up so that he cradled her in his arms. He nuzzled his head into her hair "Do not apologize to me angel moy. I am sorry. I know of something about fear." he whispered into her black silken hair. He kissed her cheek as "...perhaps we should stay in then?" he said with a smile that she would be able to feel against her skin
Nikki Robbins squeaked lightly again as he picked her up and held her in his arms as she was yet again taken by surprise. She leaned her head against his chest. Nikki softly smiled. "No...it will be all right. We can go out. I rarely do so anymore these days..."
Dimitri Catronis he held her in his arms with ease. "Very well..." he chuckled as his arms tightened around her slightly and took off walking slowly to the door "We can walk along the river side. That way we are still close to town." He whispered as he gaze down at her a moment before he turned around and backed out of the door, then once outside he looked up to the moon closing his eyes a moment then back down to her "Does that sound alright angel moy?"
Nikki Robbins smiles softly as he carried her outside. She did not even place her arms around his neck but simply relaxed there. "That sounds good to me."
Dimitri Catronis nodded as he took long strides, his boots clicking against the ground softly until he reached the grass. Once he came to stand near the water, he slowly eased her down the front of his body so that she was standing once more. He offered her his hand once more "What would you like to talk about angel moy."
Nikki Robbins gently placed her petite hand within his as she looked up at him. "I am not sure. Is there anything you want to talk of?"
Dimitri Catronis grasped her hand tightly and began tugging her along the side of the river, making sure she was on the left side so she wouldn’t fall in. "I wish to know anything you wish to share. Just as I'll share whatever you wish to know."
Nikki Robbins quietly walked along side him as he spoke. She thought about that for a moment as they walked along the river. "I suppose...a place I might start...is not a place typical woman would start. What might you say if that...during the Spanish American war of 1898...that I was 21..?"
Dimitri Catronis chuckled as he squeezed her hand "I would say that I am 24 and that I was horrible in History." he looked down at her and gaze her and gently smiled as they continued to walk along the waters edge.
Nikki Robbins giggled softly, "well to help you out somewhat. That too was the year I became a vampire. Yet, the years still pass as they always do. As the saying goes, I am the one robbing the cradle as my years number 138 now."
Dimitri Catronis paused as this the edge of the river came to a halt, he turned to her and smiled "That is ok. I like older women" He laughed whole heartedly as he bent down and scooped her up into his arms "I know you could simply hover across, but I just like having you in my arms" He dipped his head down and nuzzled his face against her hair "Hold on." he whispered. He gave her a moment to clasp her tiny hands around his neck, then crouched down then jumped, clearing over the river and landed in the tall grass in front of the stables.
Nikki Robbins giggled softly as he picked her up. She did place her petite arms around his neck before he leapt across the river and landed on the other side. She glanced up at him smiling. "If you did not like older women...I would have said you had a problem. And...I do not mind being in your arms either."
Dimitri Catronis laughed again, he couldn’t remember the last time he had so much fun. This woman was amazing. He looked down at her again. "Oh...Really" he teased "What about you and younger boys...you cougar." he smirked as he carried her toward the stables. He moved and set down on a haystack, still keeping her in his arms
Nikki Robbins tilted her head slightly in confusion. "Cougar? I do not know what you mean by that."
Dimitri Catronis looked down at her and a smile still on his face "It is what a woman is called, when they date younger men…" he dipped his head down and nipped her ear gently "I was a fire fighter. In case you were wondering about the scar across my chest."
Nikki Robbins softly smiled. "The majority of men are younger than I..." She would have said more but he distracted her by nipping gently at her ear. It made her close her eyes and stop breathing for a moment as he began to speak again. Her words came out soft. "I had wondered. Yet, I felt you would tell me when you wished to."
Dimitri Catronis lifted his gaze away from her, and didn’t appear to look at anything as he spoke "My dad was a fire fighter. So I spent a lot of time hanging out in the fire house. I started training when I was sixteen. Even though I already knew most of it. I became a Fire fighter when I was 18...that was the year my father died…" He paused a moment and gulped. "I worked harder, to make Papa proud. He was a Hero…" He brought his eyes down to her then, only a hint of glossiness. "I was attacked…during a fire when I was twenty, by a werewolf who was scared since the building started to collapse.. I would have died that day If my team hadn't found me in time"
Nikki Robbins slowly reached up and touched his cheek allowing her thumb to gently stroke across the surface. "I am glad you are alive. The past...is always what makes us who we are today. If nothing else matters...then you can know...that you are who you are because of your own story."
Dimitri Catronis smiled weakly "I think...the only reason why...I stayed alive was so that I...could meet you." he raised his hand and cupped it against hers.
Nikki Robbins: "I suppose then...she same...is true of me as well." She smiled softly.
Dimitri Catronis looked down at her, as his hand clutched her hand tightly and brought it down over his pounding heart "This...beats for you. And I...am all yours angel moy"
Nikki Robbins slowly leaned against him but still looked up to his face and eyes. "Then I...am very lucky to have you in my life."
Dimitri Catronis chuckled lightly "I think...fate...is a better word" His thumbs gently stroked her fingers as his heart still continued to pound steadily
Nikki Robbins let her eyes slide closed as he gently caressed her fingers. She listened to his heart beating underneath her fingers. "If it is fate...I will not fight it."
Dimitri Catronis smiled and closed his own eyes as he bowed his head and rested it against hers "nor will I"
Nikki Robbins simply relaxed into his arms as he held her. She felt safer now than any time prior. If this was to be her new lot in life, she would happily accept it. Part of her wanted to speak more to him, the other wanted to simply enjoy this moment with him. However, he had shared his turning point with her. She wanted to do the same for him. Her voice came out as a whisper. "I spoke to you...of the year that I became a vampire. 1898. It may be 2010...yet I remember that day as clearly as I remember yesterday."
Dimitri Catronis tightened his grip on her "If you do not to share with me your turning. You do not have to...but if you want...I will listen" He said softly as he bent down and kiss her head
Nikki Robbins paused for a moment after he spoke. She took a soft breath through her nose and out of her lips. "I know...yet...I want to." She paused for a moment again. "At the time, I was a maid in one of the last grand Southern households in Texas. However, it is only grand to those whose home it is. It was never my home. I was laying on my blankets awake...unable to sleep that night in my small room under the grand staircase. I heard a knock on the front doors. I opened the little door to look out wondering who was calling upon the house so late. The butler was turning the handle...when the door simply...flew inward under a great force. The door landed on the butler and when he tried to rise...a man...a man with long hair was suddenly there...standing on the door..."
Dimitri Catronis raised his and began running through her hair, as he just allowed her to seek comfort in his arms while she spoke of her turning
Nikki Robbins: "Three others walked in through the door after him. Two males and a female. The master of the house...he had gone off to the war. The remaining male servants, they tried to fend them off as best as they could. Yet, no one knew till they died what they were. I closed my door tightly as I could but it did not lock. I remember...curling up into the corner and closing my eyes...as I tried to block out the screams of the others dying... The lady of the house and her two children. They died last. Soon...the house was completely silent. However, I heard them going through closets and drawers stealing things from the family. That is when...my door opened. I knew they had thought it was another closet. Yet, there I was. It was then that I looked into the eyes of the man who had stood upon the door...his crimson eyes. He raised his hand to me and called me softly. Despite my fears, somehow...I went to him. He had rolled me with his eyes to come to him. He drew me out of the little room to stand before him as he had me take off my bonnet to get a better look at me. He had to convince the others with him that I was going with them." She stopped as she slowly ran her petite fangs over her lower lip. Nikki fought off her whimper but she could not fight off the shudder that shook her body. She curled in closer to Dimitri. "He carried me away into the night...as the others burned down the house behind us... It was only two nights later that he made me a vampire to join his coven."
Dimitri Catronis curled her closer against him and began rocking back and forth "Shhhhhh... It's alright... I'm here now." he kept repeating those words over and over again "I will not let anything happen to you angel moy."
Nikki Robbins huddled up close to him as he rocked her. Yet, she never railed against it. She let herself be comforted. "I trust you."
Dimitri Catronis squeezed her tight, as he raised his hand and brushed the hair out of her face as he looked down to her "No more sadness...no more pain. We found each other and let us enjoy it and not let the past taint what we have."
Nikki Robbins looked up to him from where she was curled up against him. She slowly nodded. "I do not wish to think of either. Not when I am with you..."
Dimitri Catronis nuzzled his head against hers "I am glad…"
Nikki Robbins slowly closed her eyes again as she settled into his arms again. She nuzzled her head back against his as she placed her hand back against his chest. "I feel like...I can really talk to you... I have never felt that way about anyone...that I cared this much about..."
Dimitri Catronis nodded his head against her "I have only felt like this one other time. Though by comparison...this is far grander then I ever thought possible..." He tensed a moment as he pulled away to look at her "There is...something I need to speak with you about."
Nikki Robbins slowly opened up her eyes and looked up to Dimitri. "What is it...?"
Dimitri Catronis inhaled deeply "Do you remember that man, which I was with the first day?"
Nikki Robbins nodded gently, "Yes...yes I do... Khan...that was his name...right?"
Dimitri Catronis looked down and sighed "He...is my lover..."
Nikki Robbins slowly nodded, "I see... I had...thought as much before..." She opened her mouth to say more but then she closed it. Nikki thought she knew what was coming.
Dimitri Catronis brows furrowed, he raised his hand to her "I can not abandon him; He has no one to protect him...but..." He ran his thumb across her cheek " I...am falling in love with you angel moy. And that he and I...can no longer be as we were. But I can not abandon him"
Nikki Robbins looked up to him again as he touched her cheek gently. She slowly nodded. "I understand that. Would you like some help...?" She did not know if this meant they would have anything together yet she was not the one to ever leave another in danger for any reason.
Dimitri Catronis inhaled deeply as he continued to caress her cheek "He is...a were fox. I met him while I was in China. If you know of the ways there. You would know what they do to Shifters. We ran to the states...here for a safe haven..." he lowered his head "He...was my light for the longest time...but then I saw you...and I knew then what heaven must be like..." he leaned down and kissed her cheek then whispered against her skin "I...do not know...how he will respond. He knows that I have withdrawn emotionally since we arrived here. And he knows of you, for I speak of you often..." he kissed her again "I can not leave him...he is mine, as once was i was his...but now I am worse" he sighed heavily as he leaned back "I do not know what to do angel moy." There was sadness in his tone as he lowered his eyes
Nikki Robbins softly sighed as she closed her eyes. "I did not wish...to have you make such a choice. I had never thought that anyone would react to me as you do. I can not make this decision for you unfortunately. All I know is...he was in your heart first. He was in my current place first... I know...what I would do if it were me." She slowly drew her hand off his torso and placed it across her stomach. "Yet, that is me...and we are two very different people..."
Dimitri Catronis eye brows furrowed as he grabbed her hand and placed it over his heart "He may have had my heart first, and I had never thought it was possible to find a love any grander than he..." he used his other hand and tilted her head to face him "But as I said, That I am falling IN love with you.. A love that is far more powerful than I ever hoped to see in any lifetime" He leaned down and kissed her cheek "It is not fair to him, if I were to stay with him when i pine for someone else, desire someone else. Want to spend ever moment of my life with someone other then he…" he inhaled sharply. "If…you would have me Nikki. I wish to spend forever in your arms" he whispered
Nikki Robbins blinked as she looked up to him after he turned her face towards him. She looked surprised at his words. "You really...will choose me...over him? You want...to spend forever with me..." It just had not sunk in completely yet. She still had a part of her mindset that told her, like others had told her that she was not worth it. Was not worth someone's love. She was about to say more when there was the faint sound on the roof of the car. Nikki looked up as the faint sound of something falling on the roof over and over again moved along the roof. "What is that...?"
Dimitri Catronis looked at her with soft eyes he saw the shock "I do not know whom has torn out your heart, But If you will allow me to mend it with all that I am. I would spend forever with you if...you would have me. If I am enough for you" He whispered, just then he instantly tensed and without any hesitation or thought, he shielded her body, and brought her even closer to him, in a steel like grip. He closed his eyes and listened, as his white wolf emerged from its cavern with his ears drawn low and his teeth bare. He allowed his sense to rises, as he listened and allowed the scents of the night fill the air.
Nikki Robbins looked to the roof as the sounds of the items slid down the roof towards the drop off. She took in slow breaths. Her body stiffened in his arms. "Roses..." The moment after she said the very word, a shower of long stemmed roses started to rain down from the roof.
Dimitri Catronis growl rumbled deep within his throat, his lips began to draw back as he snarled. He knew something was wrong as he felt nikki stiffen against him.. His muscles began to tighten. "It is him" his voice dropped to being barely audible for human to understand. It was more animalistic, primal and he was furious
Nikki Robbins trembled in his arms. "It is him..." She whimpered softly. Slowly, the rain of roses stopped. There was a pile of them on the ground in front of the barn. Her voice was nearly a whisper. "He always does this... He...he wants me to stay afraid of him. He...will never let me be happy..."
Dimitri Catronis Growled against as he tightened his grasp on her and turned and began running with her in his arms, going faster then a human could possible go. He held her tighter as he leaped over the river and continued to run until they were near the entrance of Fang Bangers, with out any hesitation he burst through the doors not caring who saw. He needed Nikki to be safe, that was his first priority. And then he would hunt.
Nikki Robbins drew her face into his body as he started to run. She tucked in her arms against his body. She willed him to run as fast as he could. Once they had stopped, she could feel that the ari around them was different. Slowly, she drew her head away from his body and looked around and saw they were now in Fang Bangers. Nikki slowly looked up to him, "...thank you... Dimitri...I do... I mean... I do want you. I need you." She could not bring herself to fully say she loved him yet. She did not know how this would go with Khan. If they would stay together.
Dimitri Catronis Looked down at Nikki as his eyes showed the wolf’s eyes rather then his golden ones. He clenched his jaw, as his nostrils flared. He refused to let go of his grip on her. He looked over to the door a moment, appearing ready to pounce at anyone who dare follow them. He looked back down to Nikki as his voice rumbled deep and raw "You need to call the masters of the city. As well as Federal Marshal and whoever else.. He came to close to you. "He growled again as he inched toward to the door he had seen her come from the night before. "I am yours Nikki, Do not worry. Make the call... I want to know you are safe."
Nikki Robbins slowly nodded. She moved to draw her phone out of her pocket. With quick fingers she started to dial the numbers for Aydryan and Hikaru. However, she only got their voice mail. She hung up as she looked up to Dimitri. "I...I can not seem to reach them. I..." Nikki whimpered as she reached up to her cheek quickly placing her hand on it. A pink tear slowly rolled down her cheek and more started to follow. Her eyes slowly got distant with the sadness and fear still there. "He...he means to have me. He will not stop. Not ever..." Nikki slowly drew her hand away from her face. There was a light smear of her own blood on her fingers. Across her cheek, was a small cut that had all ready stopped bleeding. She slowly looked up to him and spoke with a pleading voice. "Please....do not leave me alone..."
Dimitri Catronis growled again "I will not...Let us go to your room. I do will protect night and die if I must" He squeeze her tighter. "He will not. I will tear out his throat before he touches you" He roared. His Wolf paced from one corner to another just in front of its snow covered cavern, his tail whipping behind it as it snarled and snorted. Dimitri clenched his jaw again as he looked down at her. "He will not have you, you are mine. Call them again and leave a message...call whoever you must and inform them. I will not leave your side."
Nikki Robbins quickly nodded, "I will try again. Can you...take me closer to the door? At least...we can be safer in there..." She went back to her phone and called Aydryan and Hikaru again leaving them messages about what happened. Then she called up Jenna to let her know.
Dimitri Catronis nodded and moved closer to the door.
Nikki Robbins: Once she made her phone calls and he moved her closer to the door, she reached up and quickly put in the proper code so the door would unlock. She would listen very impatiently as the door would click and whirr before unlocking and opening. "You just have to close the door behind us...it will lock." She reached over to the wall panel and pressed a few buttons there and the shutters on the doors and windows closed and locked.
Dimitri Catronis nodded without a word and stepped inside then with ease released on hand and closed the door tightly behind them. He placed his hands around her once more. "I will not let any harm come to you angel moy" He whispered as he head down to the catacombs. He began walking through the halls, easily remembering where her new room was. He found her door and opened it then walked inside with her still in his arms. He turned and shut the door locking it as well. Then he went upstairs and laid her in the bed gently and then laid beside her. He laid with her until dawn took her. And once dawn came he would ease out of the bed then go downstairs and barricade the door with whatever he could find. Once satisfied knowing that whoever came through that door would make enough noise to alert him, he moved back up the stairs and eased himself back into the bed, and snuggled close to her seemingly lifeless body. He did not care, he found his mate and he would stay by her even in death. ~Fade To Black~