Summary: Revised. Set in the first Bloodlines book; same events starting with Sydney looking at the yearbook. Not in her POV, but centered on her and Adrian.457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy462liCuKU
Sydney Sage heard a knock on the door, as she stood, looking at an old yearbook in Keith’s apartment. She set it on the desk and walked to the door.
When she got there, she opened the door to see Lee standing there.
He walked in without her saying that he could come in. That raised even more suspicion and wariness that she already had.
She closed the door and walked back over to the desk.
She looked at the page and then up where he stood in front of her.
“I’m sorry, Sydney. I didn’t want it to end this way. I wanted to spare you. But Keith is gone, so you leave me no choice.”
“You did it. You killed Kelly. And the others.”
“Yes. I was strigoi once, but a Spirit user turned me back. You don’t know what it’s like to have all that power and then have it taken away. I killed those people to turn back. But not matter how many I killed, it didn’t work. But you…you’re special. You should work. If not, I have some strigoi ready for backup.”
Fear crept through her, but she didn’t let it show. She was determined to get out of here now.
She stepped back.
He pulled out a knife.
She ran for the door and he headed for her.
Not far from the door, he through her to the floor. The blade of the knife glittered in the moonlight from the window.
A knock came from the other side of the door.
Lee bent down on his knees and told her softly, “Be quiet. Whoever it is will go away.”
She turned onto her stomach and tried to lunge for the door. She needed to get out of there to survive.
“I know you’re in there, Sage. I need to talk to you,” the voice said from the other side of the door.
Lee grabbed her, as she frantically yelled out, “Adrian!” And as he grabbed her around the waist, she felt pain and knew she had been stabbed.
A familiar figure opened the door to see the scene.
She lay on her back now, as Lee pulled the knife out. And as she lay there, she blurrily saw the two men fighting. Then everything went black, as her head rolled to the left. At the same time, her wound continued to bleed heavily.
Half an hour later, after the fight, Adrian Ivashkov ran to her aid.
He knelt at her left side.
“Sage.”
There was so much blood from her lower stomach wound, he didn’t know if she would make it. There was only one thing he could do. He knew what she felt about magic, but he would rather her live and be mad, than for her to die. So he placed his hand on top of her wound, and used Spirit to heal her.
Soon, her wound was healed.
A few minutes later, the door opened to reveal two strigoi. By now, Lee was on his feet from Adrian throwing him against the desk, which had broken it and knocked him out in the process.
“I pick the girl,” the male said.
“You have to share, Jared,” the female said.
“At least let me get in a taste, Dawn,” Jared said.
“You promised you would turn me first,” Lee reminded them. “Change me back. Then you can have them.”
“You’re right,” Dawn agreed. “Jared?”
“With pleasure,” Jared replied.
Soon, as Lee lay on his back on the couch being bitten by Jared, Sydney came to.
“Sage. You’re okay,” Adrian said, helping her to her feet.
“What’s happening?” Sydney asked.
“The reward for them turning him back is us,” Adrian informed her.
They both knew they had to get out of there, but also knew it wouldn’t work.
Jared tried to turn Lee, which didn’t work.
Soon, before they could do anything, Jared was drinking from Sydney, while Dawn was drinking from Adrian whom was in front of the window.
Before Sydney lost consciousness, Jared let go and she fell to the floor on her back. She saw Jared join Dawn in the feeding, as she lay there, helpless to stop them. She could only watch blurrily. She couldn’t do anything. She was too weak. And as darkness closed in, she heard the door open and saw Eddie rush towards the strigoi whom were feeding on Adrian.
We’re saved, she thought, before she went under for the second time tonight.
Eddie pushed the strigoi off Adrian, whom then fell to the floor. He recovered though, since he had used Spirit to heal himself.
As soon as he saw her, Adrian rushed over and knelt by an unconscious Alchemist. And then he healed her.
A few minutes later, she started to come to. And after Eddie killed both strigoi, everyone walked out.
The next day, when the Alchemist came to visit Adrian in Keith’s former apartment, which was now Adrian’s, he kissed her by the window. She knew it was wrong, but she kissed back. At that moment, she didn’t care. And when they parted, they silently looked into one another’s eyes.
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