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She forgot for a moment to regulate her body temperature, and chills shot down her spine. With a growing hatred and loneliness, Sybella screamed into the night, daring a vampire to come her way. She didn't know if she had the strength to fight them, only that she would rather die than loose her dignity.

Since Lucifel's disappearance, Sybella fought the raising of a beast inside herself. It scared her, to think that a female Carpathian could long for another's death. She forced herself to remember Lucifel, and their love. Lucifel was the only thing keeping her away from the dawn in her fear.

**An untold amount of time had long since passed since he was forced to ground after a most brutal battle with the undead. A battle he had shut himself off completely from Sybella in hopes of saving her from having to experience that agonizing suffering he had gone through in the battle he managed to barely win out of...One in which as he went to earth he thought he was sure to die from...He was not certain he would rise anymore...And his final words were..."Sybella my love...I am sorry I have failed you..." before the very air with in his lungs escaped one last time and his heart ceased to beat. But the earth refused to allow him the final rest. As he slept the sleep of his people the healing properties of the soil that surrounded him set to work upon the grueling task of healing this way ward hunter. Days and nights began to blend together...The seasons came and went...

And now with the earth frozen from winter's bitter cold, a single heart began to beat....His intial mind set of closing himself off from her was still set in place...His hunger instantly gnawed at his starving cells...He was an ancient...And even with his great powers the soil above him in his weakened state was hard to move...Yet he had managed to do so, and instantly the chilly wind bit deep with into his very skin. He looked old and decrypted from his lack of feeding....His skin was so drawn back and eyes sunken he did not at all look like he normally and once had. The sound of his bones crackling could be heard through the night, as he crawled his way out of the whole in which he thought would be his perminant grave. But no...He was alive and breathing...But his heart instantly sank. He knew much time had passed. He was most certain she had met with the dawning rays and he had lost his one true love...His greif was great as he looked up at the full moon above with dark piercing eyes and howled his outrage at his own stupidity...He would keep to himself...Hide from the others until he too could bring himself to greet the sun or would present himself willingly to that of their prince...Hoping he would make his end swift.

Crawling away from the whole, he sealed it over before using the trunk of a near by tree to bring him to his feet...Reaching out with his senses he called the nearest human too him...Thankfully it was a youthful male...He had no strength to move and awaited the human's arrival...His heart laboring to beat...His lungs struggling for air.. Still he knew he needed to feed as he felt his fangs explode into his mouth, with anticipation. He heard a snap of a twig some several yards off...The human was closer now. He could see him...The man mindlessly came to Lucifel as he had bade him...Stumbling Lucifel walked over to the man and pulled him to him...Mostly for support then anything as he bent his head to feed.**

**Lucifel instantly lifted his head upon hearing the warm whisper of a familiar voice. A voice that made his very body ache with need. A soft moan brought him around as he noticed the grave and ravage wound he left in the man's throat from his feeding. A silent snarl curled his lips as he sealed the wound over...And implanted a memory of suddenly feeling ill...And that is why he was cutting his tip short to return home. Removing all traces of himself he sent the man on as his skin began to relax, and his starving cells replenished...He looked more like himself now....However his hunger was still great and he was a dangerous threat to all. Curiously he listened again for that voice...Attempting to retrace the mental path but his head instantly began to ach, forcing him to take a knee....Clasping the sides of his head he bore down releasing his sheilds of protection from all alround....It was as the wave of pain passed that he felt something upon his cheek...A scar...A scar that was faint but still there and noticible. One the vampire had inflicted that was vicious enough to remain behind even after all the healing and time had passed. Breathing heavily, and holding his side, he stood once more...Cleansing himself with in the way of his people he wore a pair of black leather boots under a pair of black leather pants. A black silk dress shirt hung about his well built frame, gapped open and unbuttoned. With a slight stagger, Lucifel slowly made his way towards the town Sy had just left.**

**There was that voice again..It was more urgent...Pleading with him to respond...Wincing as his head pounded with sever pain, he tried to focus...Staggering into a tree near the town's edge, he lent against it for support...A starving dog growled at him as he trotted near...Warning him off. Lucifel focused on the mut sending the beast fleaing in terror as it yelped and whined back into the city...Once more Lucifel attempted to focus, his vision blurring from the pain and his own blinding hunger. It was then he felt it....He sensed her....She was alive and it literally took his breath away.....**

"Sssyyy.."

**He managed to respond in a hoarse moan that was but a whisper...But then his mind cut off his connection to her causing the beast with in his to rise dramatically....He had to focus...He had to find her, but now he was on the brink of starvation once more and with the beast so near he had to send out another call...Most were already tucked in for the night forcing Lucifel to reinforce his need and urgency with the call...Finally a middle aged man stumbled out from a near by home and over towards Lucifel...He was a friend, and itching the back of his head as if he were confused. But upon seeing Lucifel his heart leapt...He saw the beast on the brink of being unleash and took a step back. Lucifel reassured his friend through gentle whispers that he would not harm him. The man knew this to be true, but was reluctant to offer what was needed. When he did so, Lucifel struggled to keep from taking the last drop and succumbing to the false hope. The false rush of power, and as he pictured Sybella's sweet face he sealed the man's wound and sent him respectfully on his way. His strength was coming back, and still he would need to feed a bit more tonight to fully come back to himself. But for now he was a bit more in control then that of the beast. Leaning against the tree once more he closed his eyes and attempted to compose himself.**

**Lucifel had been dozing...So much happening after so long was a bit much, and the voice caught him unawares...He pushed off the tree and stretched out...Groaning in pleasure of the release in tension of his own body...So much was taken for granted that he had grown sloppy....Instantly he became aware that the voice was not at all in his mind but that of actual voice. Coming fully around so that he was on alert, his eyes scanned his surrounding but come to a dead stop once they fell on her. Reaching out unsure of it...He took a step...His mouth tried to form words but he was utterly speechless by her sheer beauty. His beloved Sybella...**

"Sy....?"

**He managed to squeek out through another hoarse whisper.**

**Lucifel wrapped his arms around her...Crushing her to his larger frame, as he buried his face into her soft hair. His shoulders trembled as his eyes mositened with his own blood stained tears....Silently he wept holding on to her, wishing beyond anything that this was not some illusion or dream about to be yanked away from him.**

- Cara mia....Sivamet....Oh how I have missed you. -

**He mentally spoke as he found himself unable to do so physically.**

- Nay piccola, you are not delusional...I am here...And very real. I am meant only to save you from what happened when I closed you off that night so long ago...I thought I was done for...I never thought I would survive...No amount of words can undo the harm I have inflicted upon you through my stupidity...-

**He replied lovingly, sending her waves of reassurance, love, and warmth as he stood there holding her...Reaching out with his senses to make sure they were left in peace.**