Ravens Deep (one)
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“With me by your side forever we can stay together, we will forever remain at Ravens Deep for all eternity. We can shut out the mortal world and exist in our own world.” As I looked at Darius my vision gained clarity. He sighed looking weary and broken.
“Madeline, do you really think I can do that to you, when the very last part of my mortal emotion loves you so desperately?”
“But doesn’t’t the immortal part love me too?” I whispered.
“Yes,” he said sadly, uttering a sound of despair. “Madeline, I cannot do this to you.”
“Yes you can, “I pressed gently, “I could not bear to lose you even in death and no matter what you do to me, and I cannot be apart from you ever.” I paused, allowing my voice to gain some momentum. “If you love me you would not deny me anything. You once told me that you would not deny me anything if it made me happy,” I reminded him. “To be by your side for eternity, with you to guide me through the torment of it all would make the horror less for me. It wouldn’t’t be the same for me as it was for you. You will teach me how to exist.”
I pulled him close to me, his penetrating gaze seeing clearly into my mind.
“Wake up my immortality, I can see the hunger in your eyes and my blood will be the sweetest because you love me so,” I said seductively, willing him to do my bidding. He stared at me with a haunted look in the depths of green.
“What if I kill you instead?” he demanded. “Have you considered that?” But despite his words I could tell I had worn him down. His skin felt cool to my touch and he had to feed soon.
“I am not frightened to die.” Darius shook his head.
“I would not harm you, I would not have let you die in there,” he said sorrowfully.
“It does not matter now, Darius, my remains can wait forever in that cold stone sarcophagus in the churchyard, but I will be gone, or I can be by your side forever,” I could see the darkness in his eyes once more, but now it was mingled with a deep desire.
As I entwined my fingers in his hair he brought his mouth to mine. The tears were now falling freely down my face and Darius drew back and looked into my eyes. I could see his torment, his pain and anguish, but I closed my mind to his conflict and whispered to him.
“If you truly love me then do it. Do it now, and I will be forever with you.” I closed my eyes and grasped his hair even tighter. I felt his breath on my cheek and his lips on my throat, until finally I cried out in pain at the sting of his kiss on my neck.