• Riley kicked at the water and started to walk upstream. How Kristen had reacted... He did have his reasons. This world didn't need anymore Vampyres runnimg around, it was dangerous enough. And Kristen would make a very powerful Vampyre. But he loved her too much to put her though that pain. The pain of rejection. The pain of power. That was never going to happen. Not to Kristen.He finnaly looked up see a young woman strolling along the path. He sighed and walked toward her. She looked directly at him and started to scream but Riley lifted up her hand and took her voice away. Her hands flew to her mouth in shock. "Come." He said, barely above a whisper. She body stiffened and slowly she began to walk toward him. Riley layed a hand on her shoulder and she fell to the ground, unconsoius. He knelt beside her and gently bit into her forearm. When he was finshed, he healed the wound and lay her body under a tree. Her voice would return in about three days. Slowly he stood and took off desperate to find Kristen.