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Dark Nights	By : MarianTheBlackadder Category: M through R > Only Lovers Left Alive Views: 4341 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Taking Action
                Adam turned the light in the master bedroom where Dani was sleeping, Eve following close behind on the phone with Jeremy. Exhausted Dani opened her eyes sitting up. “What’s wrong . . .what’s going on?”
                “We’ll meet you there in 20 minutes. We don’t have much time and we’re going to be cutting it close as it is. Right.” Eve hung up the phone picking up Dani’s shoes and slipping them on her feet as Adam wrapped his long coat around her and picked her up from the bed. Eve grabbed Dani’s bag out of the closet and quickly grabbed several pairs of Dani’s clothes and undergarments shoving them into it.
                “Adam? What’s going on?” Dani said still half asleep.
                “Everything’s fine sweetheart, just trust us right now. Okay?” Eve said following after Adam turning off the light and closing the door. Within moments, Eve and Adam had Dani in the backseat of his car and were driving as fast as the car would go.
                “Where are we going? Guys? Please you’re freaking me out now.” Dani said slipping her arms into the coat. She looked at her watch and felt sick to her stomach, “Oh my God, you guys we can’t be out here! The sun comes up in less than an hour. What’s going on? We need to go home!”
                Eve turned opening a thermos and passing it to her. Without a word or hesitation Dani took it and began gulping down the warm crimson. “Dani, just trust us. Please? We’re keeping you safe, as we promised.”
                “Playing chicken with the sun, really doesn’t . . .” she took another deep drink, “Seem like a great . . . way to do that.” She licked her lips and slid her finger around the rim so as not to miss a drop. Adam glanced at her in the mirror when she finished the blood. She really was hungry not to notice the slight metallic taste. Within moments, Dani felt weak and light headed. Her eyes closed tight as her hand covered her head. “Adam.” She breathed before falling back against the seat completely unconscious. Adam closed his eyes shaking his head. Eve knew that was hard for him, and reached over resting her hand on his arm. Clinching his jaw he jammed his foot down flat on the floor causing the car to fishtail a bit.
                A few moments later, they arrived at the end of a dark empty street where a white cargo van with only passenger and driver side windows besides the windshield was parked. Jeremy and Kaylee got out opening the back doors.
                Eve opened the back door as Adam gently and carefully picked up his very pregnant unconscious fledgling. He carried her over to the van where Jeremy and Kaylee were waiting stepping up into the back and laying her down in the crate like bed.
                “How long as she been down?” Jeremy said quickly walking over pressing his hand to her chest to feel her breathing finding her much warmer than usual.
                “6 minutes.” Eve said quickly.
                “Her metabolism is different than it is when she’s not pregnant.” Adam adjusted the way Dani was laying into the position he knew was most comfortable for her.
                “How much do you have left?” Eve asked when Kaylee came over drawing some medication into the syringe.
                “A weeks worth. Maybe. Her system breaks down everything much faster right now. That’s why she’s always so hungry.” Eve rolled up Dani’s sleeve as Kaylee swabbed her arm with alcohol before injecting her. “This is a bad idea. This is dangerous.” Kaylee said seriously. “This close to giving birth? She needs to be conscious. We need to be able to monitor her properly.”
                “Our family, our blood line has a strong telepathic bond. It’s always been there, Adam and I had shared dreams before but not intentionally. Ava started dabbling with it a few decades ago so she could use it to break into our dreams and thoughts, into Marlow’s. Which is what brought it to our attention and prompting us to practice the skill to use ourselves. She’s learned how to pick things out when we’re sleeping and we aren’t always aware of it.” Eve explained. “Sometimes she slips, and sometimes we can see her, sense her, feel her.”
                “What does that have to do with Dani?” Jeremy said taking her temperature. Adam saw the look on Jeremy’s face and stared at him seeing the nervousness.
                “What is it? What’s wrong?” Adam demanded.
                “She’s never been this warm before. Look.” He showed the thermometer to him. She was just over 70 degrees. “She has a fever. A high fever.”
                “She’s always warmer when she sleeps.” Adam said reaching up resting his hand to her throat. “She’s been breathing like this in her sleep for weeks, we told you of it.” Jeremy and Kaylee looked at each other. Adam looked between them his own agitation growing. “What!” He demanded sternly.
                Eve put her hand on Adam’s shoulder. “She’s safe with Kaylee and Jeremy, darling. They’ll keep her safe.” They were going to be racing to get home before sunrise and they didn’t have a single second to spare. Adam clinched his jaw staring at Jeremy knowing he and Kaylee were keeping something from him and he didn’t like it. “Adam, we have to go.” She said again.
                Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a large fold of bills handing it to Jeremy. “Get her out of here, out of the city. We’ll contact you in a few days.”
                “You have to keep her unconscious Jeremy.” Eve said. “If she wakes up, they’ll be able to find her. We didn’t tell her anything, she doesn’t know what’s going on.”
                “What are you going to do?” Jeremy asked.
                “We’re going to find out what exactly Ava knows, and her part in what happened to Dani.” Eve answered. “Were you able to get what she needs?” Kaylee nodded motioning towards a silver case.
                “We could only get 6 containers, 12 pints.”
                Eve looked at her watch, “Are you certain that this vehicle is secure? That she will be protected and safe from the light?”
                “We got everything finished and fitted before the sun set. Complete black even if she’s not in the compartment.” Jeremy answered.
                “This time of year you have 14 hours of daylight before the sun goes down again. You’re being able to move during the day gives you the advantage. But you have to be mindful. You’re both human, she isn’t. Even indirect sunlight will burn her. You have no idea how sensitive we are to the sun.” They nodded as Kaylee took the bag that Eve had packed for Dani and put it behind the passenger side seat which was on the other side of the divider.
                Adam was holding Dani’s hand starring at her face. He betrayed her by giving her the treated blood. He’d never lied to her before, he’d never taken advantage of her trust like this and it felt like a stake in his heart. He didn’t want to leave her and he certainly didn’t trust zombies to take care of her like he would, whether they were friends or not. But the danger was too great, they didn’t have a choice. They didn’t know where Ava’s ‘friends’ were, but they could have come with Ava and be close by. “Darling.” Eve said, they couldn’t waste another minute. Adam leaned down stroking Dani’s hair a moment before kissing her cheek softly. Eve rested her hand on his back, “Adam.” She whispered. He released Dani’s hand and took Eve’s as they quickly got back to Adam’s car and began to race home.
                Kaylee and Jeremy quickly wrapped a thick flame retardant blanket around Dani and pulled the top of the container closed and locked it in place. Once they were certain she was stable and secure they quickly got into the van and started making their way out of the city.
Interrogation
                Ava was fast asleep when Adam and Eve entered her room in the basement. Without a word or warning Adam grabbed her by the arm jerking her up out of the bed to her feet. His claws digging into her flesh drawing blood as his other hand wrapped around the back of her neck.
                “OUCH! Ow!!” Ava screamed as Adam dragged her up the stairs kicking and screaming. “EVE! EVE MAKE HIM STOP!!!” She shrieked as he marched her past his wife into the living room before the large thick drapes that covered the largest window in the house. Eve said nothing standing next to the curtain her glowing eyes on her wayward sister who had finally run out of family goodwill. He forced her down on her knees as he tied her hands behind her back twisting her arms and looped the end of the rope around her neck securing it tight with no give whatsoever to her wrists. She cried out again not liking to be manhandled like this. “What are you doing!?!”
                “You’ve got volumes of explaining to do Ava.” Eve said watching her husband tie the vampire in place so she couldn’t move.
                “What! I thought we were past this! I told you everything I know! I told you!” Adam growled slightly his eyes glowing as he dug his claws into her flesh again wanting to shred it off her body.
                “You have a lot of answers to give us Ava, and very little time to do it. This time when you’re asked a question, the only words out of your mouth had better be the truth.” Eve warned. Adam stepped back as Ava pouted.
                “Eve, I’m your sister! I’m not going to lie to you! Now take this off, it hurts, I don’t like it!” Eve reached up and jerked the cord of the drapes opening them for a fraction of a second as the beam of sun singed and charged Ava’s skin. She screamed in horror and agony. It was only a short burst, faster than a blink. But with the suns position in the sky, it was beaming directly through the large main room window. Ava hissed and whimpered as it took a moment for her body to heal from the burns. Every since she crossed their door, she’d been fed extremely well. Both Adam and Eve had been far too generous with feeding this traitor from their blood supply. It took less than 4 seconds for her body to heal itself but the sting of it remained.
                “Were you involved in Dani’s attack?” Adam demanded. “Did you help abduct her? Did you torture her? Did you leave her for dead in the open!?!?!” He roared.
                There were tears in Ava’s eyes, “Please, stop it. I’ve told you everything.” She whimpered pitifully. Adam glanced at Eve and she jerked the curtain open and closed as fast as before. Ava cried out in agony but her desperate pleas fell on deaf ears. After everything she’d done, the foolish and rather reckless way she seemed to just skip through life endangering everyone around her. Finally she’d worn out her welcome and no amount of familial sentiment was going to save her this time.
                “Dani remembered her attack. She remembered her attackers. She couldn’t remember faces, she couldn’t remember names but she recognized the language they were speaking. Lithuanian. When you were skulking around northern Europe you spent a few years there. You learned the language. You speak it like a native.” Eve said seriously. Ava fell silent and looked down and away. It was as though she thought they were completely unaware of her life. The things she did, the acts that she engaged in. It was becoming clear . . . she was there. She was part of the group that kidnapped and tortured Dani.
                Adam could hardly contain his rage as he stared at her, clinching his fists that dug deep into his own skin. He walked over grabbing her by the hair and jerking her head back further staring down into her eyes his own glowing and full of hate and anger. “WHY, Ava. WHY did you seek her out!! Why did you take her?!”
                She tried to tear her face away from his grip but then his other hand grabbed her jaw holding it in place. “She was carrying crates of fresh clean blood every night! Good stuff! The best!” She shouted feeling the pain in her back and arms. “You didn’t need it all, you couldn’t store even half of what she brought you!”
                “Then why didn’t you just take the blood and let her alone?” Eve demanded.
                Ava licked over her lips; her own sharp fangs meant to defend herself had cut her skin. She lapped up the drops before Adam jerked her head back again wanting answers. “WHY!!” He shouted hardly an inch between their faces.
                “FOR THE SAME REASON YOU WANTED HER!” She screamed at him, “SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL!! SHE WAS UNIQUE . . .” She half smiled in spite knowing how much this hurt Adam. “She was strong too. Strong enough to last for days instead of hours.” Ava said smugly remembering what had happened and how others they had taken to entertain themselves had died much faster. “Have you heard the noises she makes? The way she screams? Begs for mercy . . . begs for death? Was like a musical lullaby.” Her eyes turned to Eve. “There is no way you would ever share him willingly Eve. The two of you have been lovers for centuries. You never wanted anyone around you, not even me, your own sister.” The resentment in her voice seemed to have layers. She resented Adam for taking all of Eve’s attention, she resented Eve for pushing her aside for Adam, she resented them both for loving each other so much, so deeply, so profoundly which was a very rare thing. And she resented Dani most of all. A pathetic young zombie girl, not even in existence a full quarter of a century before she caught Adam’s eye and was accepted into Eve and Adam’s arms so completely.
                Eve just stared at her sister, having always known how foolish and shallow she was, but never seeing the full extent of it until this moment. “Do you know why you don’t understand the relationship we have with her? The bond we’ve formed?” She walked over and crouched down in front of her sister, feeling more pity for her then ever. “Because, you have lived your entire life . . . your zombie life, and your vampire life, without ever having truly known what love is. Everything you have ever done in your entire existence, you have only done for yourself.” Reaching up she tucked the few strains of matted hair that had fallen across Ava’s face behind her ear. “You don’t comprehend why we’re together, because . . . you have never truly loved, nor been loved. Because you are far too selfish.”
                Ava’s lip quivered slightly staring into her sisters eyes, “Eve, I can be that to you. I really . . . I really can. Please . . .” She begged finally realizing how much danger she was in. It was mid day and there was no one coming to her rescue. Eve was done making excuses for her and giving her chance after chance. Tears escaped Ava’s eyes and rolled down her cheeks. “Including you?” She whispered, “you never loved me? . ..is that why . . .” She closed her eyes a moment swallowing the tight knot in her throat before looking at Eve again. “Is that why you chose her? Why you took her into your arms instead of me?”
                Eve sighed, she still didn’t understand and she never would. “You’re right Ava.” She said looking into her eyes, “You could have been an aunt. The aunt of the first pure blood vampire, but more importantly, the newest member of our family. But you have lied, and manipulated, and betrayed us over and over and over again. Far too many times to count.”
                “But I can still be an aunt, Eve. If you just give me a chance, I could be.” It was becoming clear to Ava that neither of them were being convinced of her sincerity. “Please.” She said looking between them. Still they said nothing. Her look darkened as she was growing angry now. “This isn’t fair!!! You wouldn’t have her now if it wasn’t for us!”
                That was all Adam needed to hear to know that she was in fact involved with Dani’s attack. Turning he kicked the leg off of one of the nearby chairs, the end of the broken piece of wood splintering. “Adam.” Eve said realizing that his patience had finally worn through. He stormed over grabbing Ava by the hair jerking her back preparing to ram the wood through her chest. Eve rushed over and grasped his wrist. “Adam we have to find out what she knows!” She said quickly.
                “Their bond to Dani is through her, Eve. The sooner she is dealt with the better. They won’t find Dani if she’s gone.” He said through grit teeth preparing to strike again. Ava’s eyes went wide and she cried out staring at the broken wood, panting in terror.
                “Adam, don’t.” she said quickly not releasing his wrist. His eyes were glowing, as though burning with fire. He’d been annoyed by Ava every since he and Eve came to be one. But over the years that annoyance turned into hate. All of the destruction she had caused, the murder of a number of zombies he had been close to, his most prized possessions that couldn’t be replaced. She would have done the same thing to Dani, if he hadn’t happened upon her in that old abandoned parking lot. Eve wasn’t speaking for her or advocating in her defense anymore, but she couldn’t let Adam have her yet. Reaching out she snatched Ava by the chin starring deep into her eyes. “Where are they Ava? Where are your friends who helped you do this?” Ava’s lip quivered slightly before she bit her lip, “I won’t ask you again!!!” Eve said in a stern tone. “Why did you come to us here? Where are your friends?”
                Ava squeaked feeling like her back would snap if Adam bent her back any further with the way she was restrained. “They want her back!” She shouted, “They want her and the child back!” She said quickly.
                “Why? After torturing her for almost a week, you threw her out into an open parking lot to die at dawn! If Adam hadn’t happened upon her she would be dust now. Are you trying to say that they suddenly had a change of heart? Or are they just eager to finish what was started?” Eve demanded. “You were sent here by them weren’t you? Sent to see if you could charm her outdoors making it easy, making her vulnerable.”
                Ava’s face twisted as she stared up at them; her hurt and fear growing into fury. Her eyes shifted to Adam, “Can you taste us, Adam?” She said seriously, “When you hold her, take her, kiss her . . . can you taste us on your tongue? How much does it piss you off, knowing I had her before you did. Me and the others.” Eve could hardly believe what came out of Ava’s mouth, when she knew full well her existence was hanging by a thread as it was.
                It was the last straw. After centuries of putting up with this brat, this evil, uncouth, uncivilized bitch without even the smallest trace of empathy. Eve immediately stood stepping back out of the way. Adam grabbed the large knife off the table and walked back over to the terror filled vampire who had been struggling to get back up on her knees. Adam put his foot on her stomach shoving her hard to the floor again. With her arms tied high behind her back, her neck fastened crudely and painfully to the restraint s she hollered and struggled harder but it was no use. Adam was far too strong. “You have only Eve to thank for the years of life you’ve had after the first time you crossed me Ava.” His voice was low and laced with a rage induced growl, centuries of anger all coming to surface. She started to say something but instead of allowing her too with one hard stroke, Adam drove the large knife through Ava’s stomach, driving it hard into deep into the wooden floor below the hilt of the blade pushing down into her body. She shrieked in pain and horror. She was unable to move, unable to free herself, and with her hands tied behind her she couldn’t even try to remove it.
                Adam walked over to the drapes which kept the deadly sun out of the room. Ava gasped seeing what was coming and there was nothing she could do to stop it. “No, no don’t! Please!! God, please stop!” Her eyes turned to her sister, “Eve, stop him. Please stop him! I’m sorry, I’m sorry for everything!” However there was no longer any empathy or compassion in Eve’s stare. Ava may have been her sister, but Eve had had enough of her nonsense. Tears streamed down Ava’s eyes as she saw Eve step back out of the way into the deep dark shadows, as Adam prepared to do the same. When he started to reach for the curtain cord to pull it open, Ava called out, “ADAM!” He pause a moment looking towards her. Ava half smirked starring into his eyes, “There wasn’t a single bit of her body that wasn’t used a dozen times over.” She laughed, that child like laugh that Dani had mentioned hearing when she was being hurt. “We all took turns, until there was nothing left.”
                The words fell on his ears like acid, remembering the condition he had found his Dani in originally. They’d done such unspeakable things to her, such horrid and uncivilized things and worse. How could this thing even imagine asking for mercy when he had seen with his own eyes what she and her ‘friends’ had done?
                Without another moment’s pause or hesitation, Adam reached up and grabbed the thick black drape, and with one hard jerk tore it off the wall as the room flooded with light. He and Eve were hidden safe in the shadows, their eyes firmly on the execution that was taking place.
                Ava’s body started to smoke, as she cried and screamed, such unearthly noises coming from inside her filling the room. Because she had been gorging herself on their blood supply since the first night she showed up on their door, this was taking longer than it would have if she hadn’t been fed so well. The smell of burning and scorching flesh and hair filled their senses but still they didn’t turn away. Her skin blistered, as the wounds became larger. First degree burns, turned into second degree burns, soon becoming third degrees burns. Eve swallowed the lump in her throat, feeling some of the agony that Ava was experiencing although not as deep nor as painful as it was when Adam could feel and experience when Dani was in pain or afraid.
                Adam may have felt something too, but even if he did his rage, anger, and pure hate overpowered it. He hoped she did suffer, he hoped it was the worst pain in her life, he hoped it would take all day but as quickly as her body was burning away, it wouldn’t be long before she was gone. Ava cried and shrieked again as what was left of her body caught on fire. She screamed and cried and within a flash, her body turned to ash completely and the room fell silent. Nothing was left except dust around the knife that had pinned her in place not letting her move or try to escape her fate.
                There was a long moment of silence, Adam’s eyes never moving from the floor. Wishing that he’d had a chance to torture her like she’d tortured Dani. He knew Dani well and she would never hurt a fly. She was always kind, and compassionate and caring to Ava. Adam couldn’t help wonder how Dani would feel about this. Even though she had only met her twice, Dani sometimes had a hard time seeing Ava was poison. Pure poison to anyone and everyone she came into contact with. He could feel Eve’s inner distress that she was trying to keep from showing. Adam picked up the drape off of the floor and wrapped it around him before covering his head making sure none of him was left exposed. Then he quickly jumped across the open window to the other side into the shadow with Eve where it was safe. He threw the drape off that had already started to smoke even though it was less than a fraction of a second. Running his gloved hands over his jacket to make certain nothing was on fire.
                Eve’s eyes remained on the dust on the floor, filled with tears unable to look away. She’d always hoped that one day Ava would grow up, come home, and be a respectful member of a family. Someone they could trust, someone they could count on, but it was clear to Eve as she watched, it was never going to happen. Ava was as she was, and that was never going to change. Not ever. Not even if millennia strolled by. Still, she was Eve’s sister, and now she was dead. In perhaps one of the most gruesome ways that vampires died. Adam walked over and gathered Eve in his arms holding her tight as she began to cry. She wiped the tears from her eyes and just clung to Adam as he embraced her.
                What a mess. He’d disliked Ava a great deal, he’d grown to hate her after the stunts she pulled over the centuries, but he’d always put up with her for one reason and one reason only. Eve loved her and so he tolerated the spoiled little brat who felt entitled to whatever she wanted whenever she wanted, never mind the destruction she left in her wake. Ending her useless life was long overdue. Eve understood that, but it still hurt her heart. Adam kissed her gently holding her tight letting her cry, allowing her whatever time she needed to grieve for the loss of her sister.
Underground
                Jeremy and Kaylee settled into the bottom basement room they had rented for the night. The room was meant for overflow guests and whatever convention they had going on in the area had visitors coming in by the droves.
                “Maybe we should have gone somewhere else, found somewhere less populated.” Kaylee said when Jeremy laid Dani down on the bed. “There are a lot of people here.”
                “That’s a good thing Kaylee. So many humans in one place it’ll keep them from finding us without a lot effort.” He carefully rolled up Dani’s sleeve so they could give her another injection. “And she needs to feed. We couldn’t risk opening the compartment during the day. You heard Adam, he said even indirect sunlight will burn her.”
                “How long do we have to keep doing this?” Kaylee drew a dose of medication into the syringe. “We’re almost out of this stuff, and she’s going to give birth sooner rather than later. Jeremy, we have to be able to monitor her. It’s going to be hard enough when she’s the first pregnant vampire and no one anywhere seems to have any kind of idea of what’s going to happen.” She swabbed Dani’s arm with alcohol before giving her an injection. Jeremy got a bag of blood and opened it dripping a few drops on Dani’s lips. As soon as her body tasted it, Jeremy held it for her as she drank it.
                “Dani’s never talked to me about her attack. Adam’s the only one she ever opened up to about it and he had to force it.” Jeremy said as Dani finished the blood and he tossed the empty container away. “What ever happened was incredibly horrific. Knowing Adam and his temper, he’ll be out for blood.” He opened another packet of blood and held it so Dani could drink. “I hope he finds the bastards.”
                Kaylee reached over and rested her hand on Jeremy’s arm knowing now how close he and Dani had been in the past. There was a lot she understood now that she didn’t before. Just then the cell started ringing and Kaylee quickly reached over and picked it up. “Hello? Eve?”
                “How is everything? Alright?” Eve questioned.
                “We had to get some more blood for Dani, we ran out yesterday. But we managed to get enough for the week now.” Kaylee said her eyes looking over to the young vampire and her fiancé. “Eve, I need to talk to you about something.” Kaylee quietly slipped into the bathroom and closed the door so she could talk without Jeremy hearing and getting upset. “We might have to perform a c-section, a cesarean on Dani.”
                “What?” Eve said not having expected that. “Is there something wrong? Is the baby turned the wrong way?”
                “No . . . but she’s ready to come any time. If Dani doesn’t go into labor in the next few days, we may have to consider it.” Kaylee explained. “Is there any news? Have you found the ones you were worried about?”
                “We’ve taken care of one problem, but we aren’t having any luck finding the others. Ava wouldn’t talk which could mean that either she was playing a game and there was no one here but her, or they’re incredibly close by trying to find Dani.” Eve was frustrated, as was Adam at this point.
                “Can we bring her back yet? Or can you come to us? I really think that if we have to do the procedure that you guys should be here too.”
                “We’ll know soon. Adam and I have been trying to lure them out so we can take care of it. There’s no doubt that they sense that Ava’s gone, hopefully taking it as a warning to stay away from us, but there is no telling.” Eve explained. “How much sedative do you have left?”
                “Not much, maybe enough for another day. Two if we stretch it, but it’s as we were afraid of, with the baby her metabolism is breaking it down much faster than before. What’s going to happen when she wakes up? You know we’re no match for her when she’s not herself.” It was something that Kaylee had been concerned about since taking custody of Dani. “If she’s hungry . . .”
                “Try not to worry. Hopefully this will be cleared up and you can bring her back home. Just keep her and yourselves safe. I promise, we’ll have it figured out soon.” Kaylee took a breath hoping that she was right. “I will call you again tomorrow. Sooner if we have news” They said goodbye and hung up.
Choices
                Adam was pacing like a caged lion, anxious to have this done and over with so he could be with Dani again. “They have enough for another two days.” Eve knew how desperate the situation was.
                “They can’t get more either.” Adam said incredibly agitated. “That shit was engineered especially for us, and Jeremy hasn’t found another supplier yet. The old one was put ‘out of business’ by the federal government.” He shook his head hating this entire situation. He looked over at Eve seeing the sadness in her eyes. As much as a pain in the ass Ava was, Eve couldn’t stop mourning for her sister. He sighed and walked over sitting down next to his lovely wife and pulled her into his arms holding her close. “I’m sorry darling.” He whispered gently holding her tighter still.
                Reaching up Eve wiped the moistness away from her eyes before they turned into tears and she conjured up a smile from somewhere. “It just feels like there’s a hole inside. It will close in time. It’s not like I didn’t know she was going to die. She was so careless, reckless. Always putting those around her in danger, not thinking of the consequences of her actions. If we didn’t put a stop to things, someone else would have.” She closed her eyes taking another breath trying to stay focused on the matter at hand. “What’s important now is keeping Dani and the child safe.”
                Adam stroked her hair gently wishing he could ease the pain for her, but no matter zombie or vampire, they had to grieve for those they cared about. You can love someone who is family, but it didn’t mean that you liked them.
                “We have to go to them soon, Eve.” He said softly. “If she wakes up and we aren’t there . . . she’s going to be upset. She’ll be hungry, confused, she’ll feel the loss of Ava, and . . . .” His voice trailed off having numerous concerns about the baby but he didn’t want to voice them for fear they might come true.
                “Kaylee said cesarean might be necessary. If Dani didn’t go into labor soon, Kaylee thinks that she might need a helping hand.” Eve responded.
                “Then there’s even more reason to go. Take care of problems as they come long.” The most important question that they couldn’t get an answer from Ava about was what those miscreants wanted with Dani. Why did they want her now when they had ‘finished’ with her long ago? Flinging what little was left of her into the middle of a parking lot for the sun to burn to ash by morning. If anyone anywhere made the mistake of trying to lay a ‘claim’ to her that would be the end of them in less than half heartbeat. Regardless of who first turned her into a vampire, she was carrying his baby. Nothing was going to take either one of them away from him ever again.
                Eve gave a nod, “Should I tell them to bring her home to us then?” Eve questioned. Adam thought for a moment before getting up and walking over kneeling down on the hardwood floor. He took up one of the planks and reached down inside taking out a box before replacing the plank. He stood up and walked back over sitting down next to her. Eve recognized the box and frowned, having thought he had gotten rid of it along ago when they had to bounce around to different states countries. He took out the .38 and opened it checking the barrel before taking out the small velvet bag in the box.
                “Ian got these for me. I had only ordered the one, but when he returned he gave me 30 more. Apparently whoever it was he was getting them from thought it was a ‘cool’ concept and just kept manufacturing them. Ian was under the impression that the ‘art project’ I’d told him I wanted it for needed more ammunition.” He began to load the wooden bullets into the chambers.
                “Adam, I thought you got rid of these things a long time ago.” She said worriedly, “Why have you kept them? I don’t understand.”
                “Because we might have needed them someday. Can you imagine a day that they would be more useful then today?” He questioned.
                “Perhaps but Adam . . . we’re vampires too. If you miss, if you hit me or Dani . . .or God forbid your child . . . what then?” She reminded him. .
                “I never miss Eve. Ever. You know that. And I won’t allow anyone to hurt my family. Zombie or vampire.” He paused and reached up cupping her face gently in his hand wiping the tears from her cheek looking deep into her eyes. “You and Dani are my life. You are everything to me. I’m not about to let anyone hurt my girls. Not one of them.” He said seriously. She smiled softly for him and he went back to loading the weapon.
                “Have you asked her yet? Discussed it with her at all?” Eve asked quietly. Adam stopped a moment and glanced at Eve clinching his jaw slightly before going back to loading the gun.
                “It’s hardly the time to even bring it up. She’ll think it’s just because she’s pregnant.” He closed the gun and looked down the barrel to make certain the sight was aligned up properly. “Besides, I think that conversation is way off decades if not centuries down the line.” Adam put the gun down and looked at her again, “And you might change your mind too. You may decide you don’t want me to ask her.”
                “That’s silly darling, I love her just as much as you do. Why wouldn’t I want to keep her with us forever? “She asked thinking that a strange thought. Then she realized, “You heard Ava didn’t you. What she said to me when you were upstairs with Dani and I fed her in the kitchen. About my not wanting to share you with anyone.” Adam just looked at her. “Darling,” Eve cupped his face in her hands kissing him softly. “Sweetheart. Dani was meant for us. Meant for you. She’s special. You knew that from the beginning.” She rested her forehead against Adams, “And she loves you. Completely and totally. Something that she’s proved over and over again.
                Adam closed his eyes a moment. “I never thought I could love another apart from you.” He confessed. “But you will always come first in all my choices.”
                Eve smiled, “You’re heart is bigger than you think, my love. Bigger then you want to believe. There is room in it for all of us. Me, Dani, your daughter. Love has no limits or restrictions.” She said softly. ‘’ Adam just rested against her for several moments. The relationship that they were in was odd indeed. But they weren’t limited to Zombie traditions, laws, or beliefs.
                After a long moment Adam opened his eyes and looked at her, “Call them. Tell them to bring her home.”
To Be Continued . . . .
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