The Hunter's Beloved

I wake up to another day, it's not her, I'm not supposed to be with this woman, I watch the woman lying in bed next to me, but something is missing. I get up and get ready for my day, leaving the female sleeping as I go to the adjoining suite.

It's all blur sometimes, it's her smile that shows her pearl white teeth, her obsidian eyes, and her long dark hair that's all I make out the rest is empty.

I feel empty.

I don't know her but for some reason I find myself looking for her. Oh God

I wake Nina but she doesn't budge, gosh she's such a heavy sleeper so I lie next to her waiting, soon

I feel her stirs, when her eyes open, a smile flashed on her face but frown.

"You're up already," I look at the pretty blonde, I nod we understand each other better, hanging with her is like being with your therapist every day.

She's very spontaneous. She smiles getting out of bed to the bathroom

"I blacked out didn't I?" I laugh remembering what happened last night. She is an easy drunk but takes a little to get her wasted, I nod.

" When will you stop blacking out like a school girl when you drink bourbon?" I always have to carry her from the bar. "You're so crazy,"

"And you love it," she smiles flipping her blonde hair before running to the bathroom.

I've lived for over a century now and in that century I feel like a part of me is missing, I'm a man with all the riches one can only think of dreaming, I have the world at my feet, I have mansions, well-established businesses all over the world, and I can easily get anything I want, women literally freeze when I talk to them but an important part of me is missing, a person. Who is she?

Nina comes out wearing a short towel around her, swaying her hips in a seductive matter before standing between my legs biting her lower lips.

"You ready for me?" I nod looking up to her as she traces her finger from my jawline, I groan, enjoying the touch.

"I want you now," she straddles me, looking in my eyes before we both burst out laughing.

Nina is crazy. Why does she always do that, and I find myself playing along every damn time just to appease her.

Calming our laughs she finally gets off me, dropping the towel to the floor to get ready.

"But seriously dude, I'm naked," she reminds gesturing to her nude body.

"I know, you're literally standing in front of me,"

"And you feel nothing at all?" She asks amused, as attractive as she is I really do feel nothing towards her. Yes, I bed women all the time but she and will never be one of them.

"Nope," I answer getting up to pour myself a glass of bourbon. At some point, we almost dated but we thought it would be better to just be friends, I didn't want to ruin our friendship, it's so very important to me.

We head out of the hotel, and the valet brings my car.

"Oh Lamborghini, " she squeals running to the driver's seat as I toss her the keys, she looks driving sports cars as much as I do.

"Where to?" She asks not taking her eyes off the road.

" At the organization then office," she salutes

"Ok boss," I throw my head against the seat, lately the organization has been a mess, demanding. Training the recruits and teaching them the ropes.

Vampires have been terrorizing humans, using them as blood banks, some even kill but luckily we are there to stop it.

"Hosea and the council want us to go West," but we were there last year

"Stop," I order her, she oblige, I hear faint sobs and get out of the car, taking in my surroundings, it feels wrong here, this part of the city is deserted. Nina follows suit, drawing out her gun, I go deeper into the alley, and the smell of vampires stronger.

To busy with feeding on some human girl to notice our arrival, but once he does, he backs away holding the young girl tighter around the neck. He gasps when our eyes meet they gasp.

"Deandre Caesar, the Ultimate hunter." I can see the fear in his eyes making him tighten his hold on the girl who whimpers as tears freely falls from her face, looking very scared. I look at the other girl who is struggling in the older man's hold.

"Let us go or they die," the older one with the boy says snarling. But I move closer.

"Don't try me hunter, but I promise if we get out alive, we'll let them go," he says once again, his voice trembling this time and not as menacing as the first time.

I get the small knife in my hand, throwing it with force and it lands right in the vampire's heart. The other female screams lunging at me but before she can come close my partner fills her head with bullets leaving us with the younger vampire, shaking still holding the girl

"Let .. me - me go," he stutters

"Let her go first," he nods slowly doing that with a sigh and tries to move past us, but before he can leave, with my inhuman speed I grab him and swiftly snap his neck.

"They should know you don't make deals with vampires," I nod, Indeed, I'd never, I've been exterminating vampires for a century now, they know me to not make deals with them, they are a plague in the society, they kill and feed like human lives means nothing at all.

And with each kill I make, the desire to hunt them grows and I feel myself getting stronger and more powerful. Unlike other hunters, I have supernatural power. I'm ten times better than vampires.

So they call me the Ultimate hunter, I love how they quiver in fear at the sight of me

My attention goes to the sobbing young adults, assessing their wounds, they will heal but for now, we have to be taken to a hospital at the organization and erase their memories. The people don't need to know about all these monsters roaming around their country, that's why we are here to keep them safe and one by one we will rid of vampires.

The other girl is bleeding profusely so I carry her, running through the city, building in a blur and the girl has her eyes shut, scared.

I want them all gone, none one left.

I saw him today, I danced with him, he really doesn't remember so the spell and compulsion worked, compulsion alone couldn't work on him because he's the ultimate hunter, his power and aura is different from the other hunters we've come across, that's why when he activated his curse I knew he is one the ultimate, he's their descendant.

I smile thinking about him

His gaze on me was so intense and I drowned in it, look at me I've lived for almost more than centuries I should know better, but it's the way he looks at me, even after a century of no memory he looks at me with the same intensity that makes my lady parts wet and twitch.

We danced like we did the first time we met, his eyes on me the whole time.

We were so close I could feel his body warm and all I wanted to do was lean in.

Feeling his soft cherry lips on mine, I kept biting my lips hard I was afraid my body will betray me if I don't and he looked as handsome as I ever, only now he doesn't have a beard

"You saw him again didn't you?" I turn from the window to look at my older brother, Theodore. He comes towards me with a gentle smile and kiss my forehead

"It's dangerous, you shouldn't have," I frown at his words but I know he is right, he takes my arm as we walk downstairs to the party, it's for his company and he requested my presence. Really my brother is my biggest support system and unlike everyone in my family, he's very proper and sophisticated.

"All the women here are gawking you and sending glares my way," I say as we descend the stairs,

"Only because I'm with the most beautiful woman in the room," he answers, I smile, my brother is very well established, or maybe because he's had centuries to make money. Moving away from the main capital, my family founded this place and built a home in this town, when we found it was nothing but trees and a huge forest we named it Alcasia new town after our mother

We built it to what it is now, a town with wealth, tall buildings and now with a large population though not so big but perfect for us, most new settlers here are humans unlike us, so it's perfect.

They don't know what we truly are, all they know is that we are the original settlers' descendants and our family has been here for a long time.

When we reach the last stair, all eyes on us. I left home not too long ago now I'm back.

My brother goes to the center of the room and me by his side with a smile, he commands everyone's attention

"Well, thank you all for joining us today," he says smiling " my sister has been gone for a while now and this is a welcome back party for her," he informs the guest looking at each one of them, I gasp, I thought it was a business party.

" welcome home sister," he says raising a glass to me and with a kiss on my cheek. Everyone claps and my brother takes my arm introducing me to his business partners.

My brother has got buildings here and in the main city too and the CEO of Avraham group.

They all welcome me with smiles and start talking about business, I keep hearing numbers and expansion I know nothing of, I frown nudging Theodore and he understands, business is not my domain.

Excusing myself I go and interact with other guests who are very pleasant and friendly. To them, we are the wealthiest in the town and the founders.

I go outside for a night breeze all this politeness and having chit chat is so boring

I go to the stable, looking at the horses, my brother loves horses, I keep petting one.

"My lady! Welcome back," a deep soft voice startles me, I turn around with a smile, he bows a little.

" Shaina," I correct, he touches the back of his head, smiling down at me, he's looking very proper in a suit, he must have joined my brother's company.

"Miss Shaina," he says as if testing it out, I roll my eyes going to hug him.

"Messi, I missed you, big guy," he blushes looking at his shoes, I chuckle. He still hasn't changed, only his hair is shorter now and his brown eyes lighting and smiling genuinely happy to see me. We talk a bit filling me In on this while I was away.

My long time bodyguard leads me upstairs to my room, once I'm in, I let out a sigh taking off these painfully high heels and heading to the bathroom, a bath was already prepared for me getting in a lavender bath I relax surrounded by my favorite scent, letting sleep take over.

I walk down the basement, looking for my brother and I find him next to her coffin, looking at her with a small smile on his face.

Noticing my arrive he looks my way, still in his work black suite, looking elegant as usual, his eyes look sad, I frown at that. I look at the beautiful woman in the coffin, she still looks the same, beautiful heavy curls, full lips and tan skin tone as ever, Aurelia is an epitome of beauty, I see why my brothers fell in love with her instantly.

"You like her in this form better," I state, but my brother shakes his head.

"I love her in whatever form she takes. It's her soul I love most," I nod, she is so lucky to have someone cherish you as Theodore does, it is a blessing that most people miss. Like me.

Noticing my sad expression, he comes closer, touching my cheek softly.

" What is wrong?" he asks in a soft voice, I embrace him tightly, letting a tear or two run down my face, my brother pulls away concerned as he assess me with a worried look.

"I miss him so much," I confess, he tenses I should have known I'm not the only one missing him, Deandre was his best friend.

" I know," he whispers turning to close the coffin and leading us back in our salon, we take our seats, I smile trying to change the subject.

"If you love her in any form she takes then why do you still keep that body and why did you ask the witch to preserve her original body," he shakes his head but doesn't comment. I was right.

" Well maybe, I am a little more attracted to her in that form," he finally confesses taking a sip of his bourbon.

"Don't worry, she'll find a spell soon, we will get her back to her original body," I assure him. It's hard for my brother over a century, he has loved only one woman and not wanting to part, he made her cast an inhabitant spell, she can jump from one body to the other.

"I am worried, even after a century, she's still furious I chose her sister," he sighs pouring himself another glass.

" She might hurt her, after a century she still sends hunters after us Shaina," he says a little annoyed. I nod oh well that witch is very vindictive, she hates my family, even her own sister. When my brother tricked her into doing the spell, she only did it so he can choose her, Theodore was going to do anything to save his beloved so he agreed to be with her for the night, but afterwards she still wanted more but my brother could not purposely betray his beloved so we left their land to find settlement somewhere else.

"We don't know what form she takes, I'm sure she lost lost her original body long ago as well," I nod, when she comes for us herself, we will be at a disadvantage.

"Don't worry love, when she comes I'll know," Aurelia comes in happily, dropping her shopping bags before kissing my brother on the lips and sit on his lap, this form suites her too, it's just than she's three inches shorter in this one making her a 5'4 , my brother lightly puts his hand on her back, rubbing circles.

I sigh pouring myself a strong drink too.

"Sleep well," I head to my room. But sleep doesn't come easy

1890

"Wow it's so pretty," I muse looking at the moonlight before us, it's the festivals and the whole week people have been dancing, girls wearing their finest gown and men their nice pants and boots. I feel his breathe against my neck, I smile and heat rushes to my cheeks.

"De..andre," I stutter, stupid me, it's been a week since he confessed his feelings for me and I'm yet to give him an answer.

"You look beautiful in your blue dress," I smile at the compliment not meeting his eyes, but he smiles, touching my chin, enjoying my shyness. He tilts my head so I'm looking in his amazing silver eyes. I really do enjoy them, they flicker in the darkness, his gaze on me is more than I can bare and I cast my eyes down yet again.

"My brother won't like that he doesn't know where I am," I say quietly, trying to move away but he stops me, bringing my eyes to him once again but they fall on his unbuttoned linen shirt and I find myself swallowing thickly but whenever I look at him in such a manner, all my thoughts become indecent, his chest looks so hard I know trains with the swordsmen at the village square everyday since he is their leader.

"Your brother has gone back to the manor, I saw his carriage leave earlier, he has some business with the humans," he says very sure of this information. I nod walking away before he grabs my wrist and turns me to him fast, so I am now facing him, my hands on his strong arms.

" You still haven't given me an answer," he reminds me again, I sigh this man is very persistent indeed, I've always been aware of his feelings for a long time now, not only that, he is my beloved but I hesitate, maybe I like being chased by him.

"You know what I am," I say softly, I'm a vampire and he's human, although he has shown incredible strength and hasn't shown any signs of aging since we came to live in the main city.

But he is my beloved, the one made for me, I could feel it the moment I laid my eyes on him, and when I fed on him, it was so satisfying like I've never felt before.

"I need an answer, I know I'm not the only one in the fighting for your heart," since we arrived here, a lot of males have been fighting for my attention, doing everything they can so I can notice them, bringing flowers and expensive jewelry in hopes of winning my love but my heart is set on one man, Deandre Caesar. , Gathering all my courage, I stand on my toes and place a sweet kiss on his cheek before giggling and running off into the crowd of dancing people, I feel him coming after me but I run faster even with my super speed he will catch on, he always does.

So lost in my thoughts I didn't realize it's dawn already. I get up to go to the balcony to watch the sunrise as I always do before getting ready for the day.