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paused, sitting back, dabbing at his lip, It doesn't matter anyway, because you're all the same. An angel-kissed, blue bastard. It's your seventeenth birthday, and this happened. Just like all the others. He leaned back laughing at me. The first twenty-four hours are a bitch.
     
    You have no idea what you are, what you're capable of, or why this happened to you. The corners of his mouth pulled into a tight grin. It's the perfect time to kill you. That's why I waited.
     
    And I'm usually kind of nice about it. But you bit me, you little whore. So, I'm going to make sure it hurts much more than usual. He leered at me with a satanic smile, I'm going to rip out your soul so fast that it cracks your bones.
     
    Bloodstained teeth beamed, as he moved toward me.
     
    Screaming wildly, I belted the sound through the trees, shattering the still night. Jake's eyes burned in the darkness as he inched nearer. My roaring heartbeat drowned out all other noises. Stiffening in anticipation, tears ran down my cheeks. I couldn't bear it. Not again.
     
    Dripping with satisfaction, he hovered over me. Are you afraid, Ivy? His face slid toward me, slowly. His lips curled, as he sensed my terror. Of course you are. I'm your mortal enemy.
     
    Well, immortal enemy. You would have been around for a while if you'd never met me.
     
    The ring of fire around his eyes flashed and pooled solid crimson with only a single spec of black remaining. A wicked smile pulled at his lips, as his hand slammed the ground next to my head. Jake lowered his body on top of mine, crushing me, as he came closer for the last kiss.
     
    No! Jake don t! Terror shot through me. Bloody lips smashed down on mine. Slicing razors flooded my body, for the third time, searching for my remaining scrap of soul.
     
    The last fragment of my spirit came into contact with his deadly kiss. Tiny hooks snagged it, and started ripping it away from my bones. My body shuddered one last time before it became limp, and my soul loosened. It floated freely, as it traveled from within me toward Jake's lips.
     
    Inky haze distorted my vision, as I realized death was trying to take me. Barely aware of Jake's mouth on mine, the pain dulled as my consciousness fought to live, but my body surrendered. Strands of life slowly spilled out of me. I could see them leave my body, and spill onto the ground like liquid gold.
     
    There was one strand left only one bit of my soul remained.
     
    As the last golden strand of life left me, Jake was violently torn away. My body reacted without my consent, and I shot up gagging. It felt as if the razor wire was ripped from my throat in one sharp pull. My head wobbled on my neck, as my body crumpled, and fell to the ground. Hands caught me before my head smashed into the dirt. It all occurred so fast that I wasn't sure what happened.
     
    Death was still trying to take me, even though Jake was gone. My chest felt like it was beneath a pile of boulders. My breaths were so shallow that I wanted to stop breathing. Just for a minute. It was so heavy and I was so weak.
     
    As my consciousness was fading, I felt warm arms wrapped around me. A voice whispered, but I couldn't understand the words. My muscles still vividly remembered the pain. I tried to focus on the voice, to allow it pull me away from the blackness that was taking me, but I couldn t. Everything sounded far away, echoing hollowly in my head. It was impossible to take another breath.
     
    The whispers of the stranger's voice sounded farther away when I felt warmth spread across my head, with a gentle touch.
     
    Softness brushed across my lips. Feeling a surge of life, I sucked in air, and the blackness receded as quickly as it came. The haze lingered, making my body feel like I'd awoken from a dream too quickly. I swallowed, soothing the burning sensation in my throat.
     
    Suddenly aware of the warm arms holding me, my eyes fluttered open. The moon seemed brighter than I remembered, outlining a