MoonNight (12 page)

“Bite me in the full moon Carson.
 
Please,
i
beg you.”

“Never.”

“Let’s go get a drink.”

“Always.”

The juice felt good in my body.
 
Carson helped me on to a bench and sat next to me.

“Do we have to do another dance?”
 
I asked over all the noise.

“No we can go outside if you want.”
 
Carson offered.

“Sure.”

The cool breeze of the night caressed my hair. I secretly smiled at the ground.
 
Carson and I
were standing under a vedana looking pavilion excluding the bars.
 
I looked to the forests edge and saw a figure fly by the
tree line
.
 
Tarun
.
 
We made eye contact.
 
She was standing there with her
Goth
features, Victorian dress, and fur shawl.
 
She mouthed the words
later
.
 
Two men came up hooking
their
arms one on each side and led her away.
 
I looked up at Carson horrified.
 

“Leslie are you okay?”

I opened my mouth to tell him but instead I just said, “Yeah I’m fine.”

“Good because I’ve been having a splendid night.”
 
He brought me to his chest and rested his head atop mine.
 
I started crying then it turned into a laugh.
 

“You’ve been drinking,
” Carson
told me.

“Yeah the
Kool-Aid
you gave me.”

My bed felt
awesome
after I managed to get out of the dress.
 
The window latch moved up, which
probably Carson was
coming in just like every night.
 
Except for it wasn’t.
 
A pair of black combat boots entered first.
 
Emi
.
 
Emi was actually sleeping in here tonight.
 
The whole body came in.
 
This man was huge.
 
I’d guess six foot six.
 
He was very muscular, perfectly tan skin, and his eyes were,
green.
 
There on the front side of his neck was a circular tattoo with a frightening wolves face in the middle.
 
Werewolf protector
.
 
He sniffed the air then in a raspy voice of a chain smoker said:

“Get the other human out of here.”

I had nothing to do but obey.
 
Plus it was for Emis sake too.
 
I shook her.

“Emi,
” I
whispered.

“Hmmm?”
 
She
muttered.

“Can you go to your friends dorm because I-
” what
would she understand?
 
“Because I need time with my boyfriend.”

“Sure,
” she
said getting up and leaving.

I flicked on the light.

“Boyfriend?”
 
the
protector laughed.

“Just kill me.”

“Kill you?
 
That’s the girl Taruns job.”

“Then what do you want?”
 

“I will give you something if you deliver your message.”

“Tell me.”
 
I demanded.

“I need
you
to
bring
me the four vampires to me and in return I’ll give you anything I can that are within my boundaries
and
I will not let the girl touch you until I have them. After that I will not be responsible for anything.
 
Do not tell anyone about any of this or I will personally kill you myself.
 
So I ask of you, what do you want?”

I already knew instantly what I wanted.
 
An eternity with Carson.
 
To be one of them.
 
But would I really hand the Ricolis over for this?
 
Or was there really a way I could trick this werewolf into giving me what I wanted without harming the vampires?

“Do you want all of them?
 
Even Lea, the little girl?”
 
I asked.

“Every single one of them.”
 
He
growled.

 
 
 
“Okay but you have to promise to give me what I want.”
 
 
 
 
“Tell me,” the werewolf did not like me messing with his patience.
 
 
 
“I want.”
 
I gulped.
 
“I want to be turned on the full moon.
 
I
want you to bite me.
 
Please.”
 
 
 
In a flash, he ran to me, cupped his hand around the back of my head, and placed his lips on my neck.
 
 
 
“I will,” he nuzzled me.
 
“If you bring the vampires.”
 
He slid his hands slowly off of me then retreated through the window. “I’ll be back next week on the full moon,
” were
the last words he said before the window latch clicked.
 
 
 
 
I needed the Ricolis.
 
I needed a way to keep them unharmed.
 
I needed the protector to bite me on the full moon.
 
I needed to keep Carson from knowing this.
 
It broke my heart to lie like this all over again.
 
But if this all works out the way I plan it too then I would have forever with the life I wanted.
 
This was going to be a challenge.
 
Dallas Texas to Cordova Alaska.
 
I had an idea and dialed the last number on my calling list.
 
 
 
 
“Hello?” a voice answered.
 
 
 
“Hi this is Leslie Woods, is
this
the
Ricolis?”
 
 
 
I heard a little talk in the background then, “Yeah this is Rifle.”
 
 
 
“Oh
..
Um
...” my
voice caught in my throat.
 
I couldn’t speak.
 
Didn’t know what to say.
 
 
 
“Is there a problem?”
 
 
 
“Um no, no, of course not.
 
There’s going to be a party next week on the full moon... so I’d rather take it up with vampires rather
than
werewolves...?”
 
Wow
I sounded like a worried mother.
 
 
 
“I’ll talk to my family about it but I will definitely make it there myself.”
 
 
 
“Oh...
Kay
, meet me at the gas station by my school at six.”
 
 
 
“Sounds good.
 
Do you even want all of us to come?”
 
 
 
 
“Yes I’ll need all of you to come.”
 
 
 
“Okay by Les.”
 
 
 
“Bye.”
 
 
 
 
I took a deep breath just staring at the phone in my hand for a moment.
 
Quickly I dialed the last number I wanted to.
 
 
 
“Hi, um, I don’t know your name but it’s me Leslie.”
 
 
 
“Call me Alex.
 
What’d you need?”
 
 
 
“Where do I meet with the vampires next week?”
 
 
 
“There’s a clearing just off I-17 at white claw park.
 
Remember no later
than
seven.
 
I turn that night on the full moon.”
 
 
 
I hung up.
 
That’s all I needed to know.
 
Four vampires could definitely out rule one werewolf.
 
Right?