[i]"Elizabeth, let me explain..."[/i]

Azrael had begun to explain when Elizabeth pushed passed him, and entered the house through the front door. He went to grab her by the arm so he could explain what had just happened. Not that he was entirely sure himself. There was something about Evangeline was starting to affect him.

These last few days he had spent around the human girl had caused him to become somewhat smitten with her. She was refreshing change to his usual life of seclusion, or his infrequent meetings with other Vampires. He'd never met someone as uniquely interesting as her. A human who could have it all, but passes it up for the chance at adventure. It was a truly rare thing to see, at least from Azraels understanding of the modern human society. The days of travelling seas and exploring new worlds was a thing of the past, all of that sort of thing was romanticised in stories. Perhaps knowing a Vampire was an adventure in itself for this little princess. Whatever it was, Azrael had a feeling that Evangeline could cause him quite a bit of trouble, a possible future that he would look forward to. It was no drawback that her blood was of the highest quality. He was not quite ready to part with her yet either, so he was eager to travel with her for a bit longer. He was sure that there was more to discover about her, or even help her to discover.

But, his hand grasped thin air as Elizabeth moved instantaneously from the doorway and appeared in front of the girl. Unfortunately, Azrael wasn't quick enough to realise the impending danger and made his next move far to slowly.
Elizabeth wrapped her cold fingers around Evangelines warm throat and preceded to squeeze the life from her. The small girl was powerless against the strength of the Vampire and struggled violently until the air no longer reached her lungs and she suddenly fell limp. Elizabeth bit into the lifeless dolls neck and bit off a chunk of pale flesh. She threw the girl, now bleeding quite profusely, to the other side of the room before turning to look at Azrael, who was quite shocked at what he just saw. He stared at the blood pouring from the giant gash in the humans neck, he could easily tell that the flow wouldn't stop until there was nothing left.

The words from Elizabeths mouth swept over him like nothing but a dull humming, his attention focused purely on the little princess, her unique blood which he had been so fixated on minutes before, now staining the pale yellow floor as her body lay still.

He felt the rush of wind as his fellow Vampire quickly passed him and entered the dark night, heading for the woods.
Azrael took a few slow steps towards the girl lying on the floor, his shoes now resting in the blood, he crouched down next to her and brushed the blood soaked hair from her face. He studied her face for a moment, he thought he could see her very own life force draining from her eyes. He traced his fingers down her face and placed two of them on her neck. He held them there for a few seconds before he felt the weakest of heartbeats.

She was still holding on. Barely.

He ripped off one of his shirt sleeves and looked at the wound on her neck, still spewing blood, if only at a much slower rate than before. He paused. Staring at the blood. The blood which he knew could send him into ecstasy with one little taste. He shook his head vigorously. There was no point letting this girl die just so he could get blood-drunk.

He tied the torn sleeve tightly around her neck. It wouldn't save her, but the pressure might slow the bleeding just long enough for Azrael to get Evangeline to the next town, and a doctor. If he sprinted hard, he could have her there in no time. Not that this situation allowed him any time at all.

[i]"I do not know if you can hear me, little princess. But hold on for just a bit longer. I will not let you die in such a horrible manner."[/i]

Once again, he found himself carrying a human, the same one for a third time in less than twenty four hours. He slipped one arm under her legs and the other supporting her back and then exited the house. He briefly looked for Elizabeth in case she decided to attack again, but saw nothing, with that, he sprinted as fast as he could in the direction of the next town.