Salighayan; A Taboo Love Story

Chapter 24

~ Mike’s PoV

I lay awake on my bed in my room, unable to catch a wink, I’ve been finding it more and more difficult to sleep these days, well ever since I started reverting to a turned vamp.

Turned vamps don’t sleep, during the day they prefer to fall into a sort of resting state in which they look dead rather than asleep.

It had happened to me once, I fell asleep and instead felt dead, nothing worked in my body system, I tried to wake but couldn’t, I panicked but then found no reason to, so I calmed myself.

Gradually I started to come out of it like someone just waking up from a long term coma, after waking up, I had felt such immense power and rush, such strength, thinking on this made me all the more sure that turned vampires are a whole lot more powerful than pure breeds.

The human side tames the vamp side, and as for me, dying a couple of times had been killing the human side of me, baring open the vamp side.

At this point I was somewhere in between a turned and a pure breed, having both qualities and little of both weaknesses.

I can’t tell this all to Maya yet, she will know in due time, but what she needs to know is that vampires are out rightly dangerous, more so if they’re from a prominent family, especially like the Markhams.

I hope she got the message, I don’t want her to have anything to do with Victor Markham, I know I’m starting to sound a bit jealous and clingy and maybe overprotective, but that’s what I’ve got to do to protect my interests.

I calmed myself some more, and tapped into my hearing abilities to take me far beyond where I presently was, past the helps in their quarters, away from my apartment and unto the next.

Maya’s heartbeat thumped peaceful, rhythmically, and softly, I was straining myself already, but ut was worth it, just to hear her soft breathing and throbbing heart.

Just then, I heard a soft and faint almost undetectable footfall, then another, Maya woke and gasped, at once, I was on my feet gliding with tremendous speed.

The stench of turned vampires filled my nostrils and my anger swelled unimaginably, I got there in under twenty seconds and burst open the door.

They were three, one was on the floor clutching his crotch and stomach and wheezing at the same time, one was by the window trying to secure their escape whilst the third was binding Maya up already, ready to carry her.

In the split second of my analysis, they hadn’t even had time to register surprise yet, but I was already on them all.

I grabbed the one on top of her by the scruff of his neck and flung him at the one by the window, although not before I broke his neck.

They both crashed out of the window straight down all three floors to the ground, I’ll go back for them, first the one that had tried to lay his hands on her first, because I am sure she had attacked him that was why he was in such a state, and she could have only attacked him if he had been the one to cone for her first.

I broke all his limbs by turning them outwards and gave him a choke slam to cut short his cry of pain, he gurgled on his screams, unable to cry out.

I went over to Maya and freed her of the bonds on her, then I saw a bruise on her face, it was harshly pink and red and was obviously from a blow.

“Which one did this” I ask simply, my tone low and dangerous like a purring predator with his prey in his sights already.

She trembled a bit, I’m sure I must scare her by now, all vamped out and merciless at her assailants, but then I can never let them go scot free.

“T..the one tying me up” She said.

Ouch, I thought to myself, I had broken his neck but he was going to wake up from that soon, I only hoped he is still there as I went over to the window to check.

They were up, helping each other stand and balance, one looked up and saw me and at that moment they bolted in different directions.

I jumped off in one swift motion, I landed in a tuck and roll fashion and was immediately back on my feet, I only chased the one I was after.

I confirmed my theory of being a tad bit more powerful than the turned vampires yet again as I overtook him and blocked his path.

He saw me only when it was too late and he had already slammed into the clothesline I had waiting for him. He got flipped into the air and landed flat on his face.

He recovered quickly and rolled away before I could harm him any further at that point, he crouched down in a poised to strike position just a few paces away from me, but his eyes kept darting about so I knew he was looking for a way to escape rather than fight, as if I’d let that happen.

I feigned coming for him to see which direction he would bolt towards, and as suspected he lunged backwards and turned left but I was there already to slam him hard in his chest with my palm such that he flew backwards and stumbled.

He caught himself before falling, but I had followed as well and I repeated the strike, this time he went stumbling till he fell.

He still chose to run immediately he regained his footing thanks to the speed of the undead, and I once again gave chase, only to realize he was feigning as well and actually wanted me close so he could land a good blow on me.

Reading his movements I had already changed tactics and swerved to avoid his blow, turning around I hit him with a heavy blow of my own to the side of his chest.

The blow was strong enough that I heard and felt a couple of ribs c***k, sure enough the whimper of pain and how he immediately clutched the side was another confirmation.

By so doing though he had bared his other side to which I landed the same such blow, cracking even more ribs, this drove him to his knees as he tried to clutch both sides.

I stayed behind him and held his head in my hands, and then I snapped it towards both sides repeatedly and then pulled it up forcefully, tearing it free from his neck.

Then I dragged his currently lifeless body towards the incinerator, (we were still in my compound after all) then I struck a flint and set him on fire amongst the rubbish in there.

I felt eyes on me and looked towards the window of Maya’s room, and there she was glancing down at me and my handwork, I almost felt remorse, almost.

I started to move back towards her apartment after the fire had caught well enough, my anger started lessening, even though I wasn’t done there was still business to handle, why did I have to see her I chided myself, now I’m getting soft.

I jumped up and lunged from place to place till I was at her window facing her, she didn’t move away, instead we started at each other for a few seconds.

“There’s a door you know? This is no way to enter into a ladies room” she said to me, I was totally caught off guard by her sentence, how could she have regained her composure that fast and even started to joke already?

“Very well ma’am” I answered smirking and jumped back down and sped across back to her front door, I had kicked it down so it was hanging from its hinges.

I wanted to enter but she raised a hand in mock warning, so I stepped back and knocked.

“Who is there?” she said and managed to sound actually oblivious, I didn’t want to play this game, but then what else was I to do.

“It’s Mike, your boss” I said to her still smirking. She smiled sweetly at me at that point, melting the rest of my initially hardened heart.

“Oh do come in boss” she said and I stepped in, all out of anger.

I looked to the vampire that was left and saw him tied up and unconscious but his injuries were gone, now that was way too fast for a turned vampire to have healed up.

“Maya? What did you do?” I asked subtly looking at her suspiciously.

“He was squirming around a lot, he was in so much pain obviously so I knocked him out hard on the head and tended to his injuries” she said.

Maya would always find new ways to surprise me, this was someone who had assaulted her, one of those who had hit her although the mark was almost all faded by now.

Yet she had compassion on him and eased his pain, what a lady, but then that leads to more questions for me about her, what was she, her own wounds heal up by themselves and she can as well heal other people’s wounds , yet she doesn’t seem supernatural.

I’ll have to get on it with her later, if she doesn’t know then we would figure it out together, it is important that I figure out just what she is and the things she can do.

Right now though, I need to find out who sent these people although I have a very good idea as to who it is.

A couple of the helps showed up, as well as my butler, “Hip, bring me the chains of torture” I said to him, and the others I told them to pack up the vamp down into the dungeon.

“A lady’s room is nowhere to conduct such practices” I said and winked to Maya, but her face now held the expression of pity, I can’t still believe she is feeling sorry for the guy.

I faced a lady maid “Move Maya’s things to the room opposite mine, until I get to the bottom of this I can’t have her too far from me should these perps try again, one of them escaped after all, and get in touch with the constructors so they can repair here” I said and about three of them got to work, while another went to place the call.

“cheer up Maya, I’ll get to the bottom of this, and I promise you that no harm will come upon you again” I said to her, and I meant it from the deepest reaches of my heart.