Darken: Chapter 3

Cassie watched Gerard closely.1

The flicker of pain she'd caught in his eyes as he'd looked at her hand, then her belly had transfixed her momentarily, but he'd quickly covered it up.2

The dull voice he'd used to make the statement caught her.3

She nodded.4

He took a long drink of his Grey Goose, and starred at the far wall of the bar.5

"Do you know where Argon has taken him?" he asked quietly, and she saw the fires of rage building within him. 6

Argon Ducati. A master vampire of a mind boggling seventeen hundredyears, was Gerard's sire. He was hated by Gerard with a passion, first for turning him when he had been unwilling and second because he had wrecked havoc on who ever Gerard had tried to get close to. Right up  until Gerard had given up.7

Cassie put her hand protectively on her belly and watched him.8

"He has taken him to an abandoned base some where in Germany, I am not sure where but I believe it to be in the southern provinces near the boarder" she whispered.9

Gerard looked at her, then smiled gently, bringing some life back into his frozen eyes.10

"I promise to get your husband back Cassie. Even if it costs me my life" he whispered, he pulled her close and wrapped his arms around her gently.11

Cassie buried her face in his shoulder, the tears finally breaking free.12

"I didn't want him to go on that mission Gerard! i knew something was terribly wrong!" she sobbed. Gerard closed his eyes her pain becoming his own.13

"I'm sorry Cassie, and I promise I will get him," Gerard pressed his lips to her temple.14

A cold wind swirled around the bar, Gerard stilled, Cassie felt it shivered and froze.15

She looked up at him.16

"Argon's here" she whispered her eyes glazed with fear and remembered terror.17

The lights went out.