Captured By A Ruthless Vampire King
|56|~A Midnight Ride ~

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Embry’s POV.

“Brake, Embry,” shouts Cyrus, for the thousandth time.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry,” I apologize over and over again for the thousandth time back while slamming my foot down on to the brakes.

“Don’t say sorry. You’re not a sorry person Embry! You’re a phenomenal one,” he responds back to me once again.

This has been our brief exchange of dialogue for the last past three hours. That is how long that it has been since we started my very first driving lesson. For the first hour, I started out driving very slow. So slow, that I’m 100% certain that even a turtle could go flying right pass the vehicle that I’m operating.

Cyrus was laughing historically at me the entire time. He said that I drive like a one hundred and fifteenth year old human would be expected to drive and immediately I took offense because I’am one hundred and fifteenth years old, which happens to be a young adult in wolf years. He laughed harder when I told him that and all I could say was oh, my Goddess! I didn’t see what was so funny.

Finally, becoming tired of my mate constantly cracking slow poke jokes, I decided to put some pedal to the metal, which resulted to several epic crashes. Poor us because I’m one hundred percent certain that our lives would have been long gone by now, if we were human. Luckily for the both of us we are not! Now, what I should have said is poor fancy car because it really have taken a far greater lost out of the three of us.

The once shiny, squeaky clean, black jack, batmoblie was most certainly in better shape before Cyrus had this grand idea of letting me get behind the wheel. It actually really is a total lost.

So with that being said I think it is safe to say that my drivers aid 101 class didn’t go so great but it wasn’t all my fault. Cyrus was a horrible instructor by the way, I just got to add that in. He was just sitting back and laughing at me the entire time. He just basically allowed me to figure it out on my own.

“I apologize for shouting at you. I just don’t want you to crash again and accidentally hurt yourself. How about we take a break for a little while? You can pull over right there,” he says, while pointing to the left side of the road.

That’s great! You don’t have to tell me twice. I turn the wheel with force, which results to the car swerving. Then, I slam my right foot down onto the brakes, creating a grinding noise right before a sudden vibration sensation begins to rumble underneath my foot. Yes! It’s that bad, another epic fail!

“Tell me about it,” says my wolf. “You even just gave me whop-flash, which is crazy because in this form I’m basically just a figure of your imagination,”

“Oh, my Goddess!” I mentally sigh. Can you believe that? She supposed to be on my side. What ever happened to moral support?

“So that was fun,” suddenly says Cyrus. Fun? Did he just say fun? No I have to disagree that was far from fun.

That was the driving lesson from hell, absolutely embarrassing. With that thought, I slowly turn around to face Cyrus. My eyes instantly enlarge as I come in contact with his appearance.

For starters, there is a big ole lump sitting in the center of his forehead but luckily for him the lump dump is already starting to go down. Cyrus knuckles are bloody red as well. Most likely from him holding onto the handle, as the car squirted around, which is completely understandable. Honestly, I’m surprised that he didn’t break the handle.

His attire is all messed up too. Well, at least his shirt is. The once wrinkled free black t-shirt is now very wrinkled and I can’t leave out his messy hair. His thick mahogany hair is ruffled all up, slightly hanging over his face making him appear to be more boyish. He looks hot to me though, a little beat up but still hot either way. Plus I’m pretty sure that he is in much better shape than his vehicle.

“I wouldn’t say fun,” I finally say. “What a drive?”

“Your right and quite the ride it was,” agrees Cyrus, while slicking his hair back making me blush. He looks sexy when he slicks his hair back. Cyrus eyes sparks golden light as he comes in contact with my slight blush. “I always enjoyed a wild rider,” he adds in with a wink.

A soft smile spreads out across my lips before I actually read in between the lines. Then, my entire face instantly goes from pink to red.

Oh, my Goddess! He didn’t just say that.

“Yes my love,” Cyrus says while taking a hold of my left hand before he places his soft but rough lips down onto my skin, gently planting a single kiss. It’s a very simple kiss. Short and firm but lovely.

As an effect my heart begins to do somersaults inside my chest and my already scorching hot face over heats. Oh, my Goddess! I’m such a sucker for his affection.

“Now let’s get going, Sunshine. We are really behind schedule, scoot over,” he says before exiting the car.

Again. You don’t have to tell me twice. It’s officially, I hate driving. With that being said, I waste no time climbing over to sit in the passengers seat and by the time that Cyrus is back in the car I’m already buckled in.

Once he’s in the driver seat, he adjusts the mirror and then squirts off like a bat flying out of hell, making me giggle.

“What’s so funny?” questions Cyrus.

“Oh, nothing,” I whisper underneath my breath still giggling.“It’s just that you’re driving like a bat flying out of hell,”

“Oh, really,” he responds within a second, raising his right eyebrow.“And I take that you think it’s funny because hypothetically speaking I’m supposed to be a member of the bat family. Plus, a figure who surfaced from the darkest pits of hell,”

“With me being a vampire and all,” he quickly adds in.

“Precisely,” I tell him with a laugh. Cyrus’ lips curve into a wicked smirk as he joins in. Obviously being unable to stop his self from hysterically laughing himself. His boyish behavior makes me laugh harder. I love it when he acts like this.

So far, the car rides that we have shared has always proving to be very pleasurable.

“How far are we away from the airport?” I decided to question him a few moments later.

“Maybe an hour or two, depending on how much damage you have done to the engine. You have really fucked this car up,”

“Yeah, sorry about that,” I give him a sincere apology. This car must have cost him a fortune. “No wonder why my dad never allowed me to drive. He must have figured that I wouldn’t do anything but total a car,” I explain.

“Our pack couldn’t afford that. The cars that we have are very precious. They aren’t fancy or anything, but they did come in handy,”

“Don’t’ worry about it love,” interrupts Cyrus. “We have millions of cars that you can do whatever you want to and if you somehow manage to destroy all of those. I’ll buy you a million and one more, just so you can destroy those too, eventually you will get the hang of it,”

“We,“I ask as my eyes scan over the passing scenery.

“Yes we, Embry you and me. What’s mine is yours, my love. We are one,”

How could a simple sentence like that one make little butterflies begin to swim around my gut? How? Once again, my cheeks are colored with a pinkish red tint. Oh,my Goddess!

“Now what was you saying about your pack?”

“What about them?” I answer his questions with a question because honestly Cyrus asking questions about my pack kind of makes me feel uncomfortable.

I mean... I’m no longer with the pack but displaying pack information to my mate just feels so wrong.

“You were saying something about the cars,” responds Cyrus, while never taking his eyes off the road. “How did cars come in handy? You’re from the Western Pack?”

“Correct?” He adds in a second later, while briefly flickering his eyes in my direction.

“How did you know that?” I answer his question with a question, briefly looking in his direction as well.

“How do you think?” He answers my question with a question right back with a wink. He’s being doing that a lot. Winking. That one action makes him appear to be hotter than hot, if that’s even possible.

Cyrus smirks. A moment of silences passes between the two of us before Cyrus begins to speak again. “I’m just trying to get to know you better without evading your privacy. I want to know everything about you, Sunshine,”

“So you’re not trying to get information from me?” I question him, while looking over at him skeptically.

“Of course not,” he says, as his eyes briefly scan over my face. “We are passed that Embry. We are officially bonded at this point. I will never do anything to hurt you, ever again,”

“Promise,” my voice comes out in a whisper. I don’t think that I could handle any more heartbreak, especially from him. He is all I have at this point.

“Promise,” he solemnly swears. “I put that on my life and everything I love that you are the most important creature in this entire universe to me, Embry. Nothing or no one will ever again come before your happiness. I love you, Embry,” he knocks the air right out of my lungs.

“We love you,” he declares with a husky voice, instantly making my heart drop. Then it flops and finally stops beating.

Actually, time seems to stop completely as I turn around to face him. His monster is now present. Those bright and vivid, blazing red eyes of his sets a passionate flame to blaze within my soul.

“I love you too,” I barely whisper.“I love you so much that it hurts,” I know that sounds cliche but I do. That’s the Goddess honest truth. There is a constant ache inside my chest that bleeds for Cyrus.

Without him, I’m a pile of mush. At this point, I don’t think that I will be able to live without him. Cyrus is my air.

“I know the feeling my love,” confesses Cyrus while once again taking my left hand and then bringing it to his mouth, planting another kiss down onto my skin. Oh, my Goddess! I really do love it when he does that.

Cyrus tighten his hold around my left hand as he continues to practice his need for speed down the road. “I’ll tell you what,” he says after a while.

“We have eternity to learn all there is to know about one another. We can take it slow, each and every day for the rest of our lives. I’ll value to take sometime out of my day, just to learn something new about you. There is no rush,”

I don’t know about that. Eternity doesn’t seem long enough. I want this for ever and ever and ever. I don’t want a happy ending. I don’t ever want this to end. Ever!

“Okay,” I agree anyway, not really wanting to expose how deeply he has his hooks in my soul.

“Okay,” he repeats with a cocky smirk basically showing me that he knows the true meaning behind my simple word. He knows.

We drive in silence after that Cyrus begins to focus more on the road, leaving me to my own thoughts. I still can’t believe that we have come this far. I still can’t believe that we are here. Officially bonded and finally on the same page. It’s such an amazing feeling.

All the arguments, fights, and battle for dominance were worth it. Everything that we have gone through or will go through is worth it. This is certainly a bond that’s worth fighting for. An unbreakable bond that I’ll die for.

The love that I feel deep inside my heart for this immortal is indescribable.

He’s the best thing that has ever happened to me ever, even though Cyrus has been the cause to a lot of my pain, but he has also proven to be the cure to all the damaged that has been done. I have never felt so strong.... so fierce...so got darn invincible.

He makes me feel dangerous, like I can take on the world. He completes me and holds my heart in his hands but I know that it’s safe with him. He is my hearts keeper. This love will never fade, for that I’m sure.

My mind continues to wonder, thinking about the million and one reason why I love Cyrus as I lay my head on top of his shoulders and then release a dreamy sigh. Thank you, Moon Goddess! Thank you, for answering my prayers and sending my blessing all in the same night. Thank You.

“What are you thinking about, Sunshine?” suddenly questions Cyrus.

You! I think to myself but I wouldn’t dare said that out loud. I’m not that brave.

Cyrus eyes briefly flicker in my direction. “Don’t be afraid to say how you feel, Embry,” he says to me as if he knows what I’m thinking. “You are my Queen, my equal. You don’t have to fear a thing,”

“Not even you,” I just have to ask. He is rumored to be the Ruthless King after all, even though he doesn’t seem to be that way with me and honestly he never has.

Cyrus suddenly slams his foot down on the breaks, stopping the car in the middle of the road. Our eyes lock. For a long drawn out moment, we just stare into one another eyes.

“No, Embry! You don’t ever have to fear me,” he says after a long while. “I’m the last person in this entire world that you would ever have to fear. I’m your protector. My life purpose has shifted the very first day that I’ve laid eyes on you, despite all the bullshit I put you through. My life is centered all around you, if you move I move. If you say jump, I’ll say how high,”

His last statement makes my heart flutter and my mouth go dry. “I remember when you said that I was supposed to asks you how high to jump for you,”

“Yes!” my wolf decides to speak up inside of my head. Those shitty ass rules,”

“I agree with you, little wolf,” says Cyrus, reading our thoughts. Those were some shitty ass rules,”

Instantly, we all burst out laughing. Cyrus and I laughing our buts off while sitting in the car and my wolf giggling like a maniac inside my head. It’s a beautiful moment. This is the moment in time that I’ve been waiting my entire life to find. Moments like this is what I’ve prayed for and so have my wolf. Actually, I believe that it’s safe to say that she had officially fallen head over hills for him.

She’s absolutely adores him as well as I but it is strange how out of no where her feelings about our supposed to be mate has changed. What did he do to win her over?

“Enjoy the moment Embry,” my wolf speaks up for herself.

“Yeah... yeah... yeah, your right,” I admit because she is. This isn’t the time to be overthinking. This is a moment that I should enjoy. Besides, it really doesn’t matter what happened that changed her mind about him. All that matters right now is that we’re all finally on the same page, every single one of us and that is a phenomenal feeling. This feels good and right. No matter what anyone else thinks, this bond is real.

“Would you look at that,” Cyrus suddenly says as he leans his head closer towards the windshield window.

“Wow,” I analyze his discovery with wide eyes. “It’s beautiful,” I add in, while opening the car door and then hopping out of the car.

It’s a charade of falling stars that appear to be so close I could reach out and touch them. The display is magical. For the second time, in my life I find myself staring at the sky in complete awe as an universe of falling stars streaks across the darkened night sky once again.

Just like the very first time that I’ve bared witness to this extraordinary force of nature. The very sight takes my breath away, but it also brings tears to my eyes as my mind flashes back to the first time that I’ve witness this same event...

I remember asking my Goddess to carry my voice throughout the wind into a time long before she blessed me with the gift of life.

I remember how I begged my Goddess to send me a sign, any sign that would indicate that my arranged union was blessed, or deliver me from this tragic ending and she did. On that same night she sent my mate.

He literally just blew in with the wind. My beloved, appearing out of thin air like a knight in shining armor to save my life, even though we didn’t start out being the best of friends.

He still came to my rescue. The man of my dreams. The man that has brought me back to life. He’s the reason why I’ve awakened and is now more aware... He’s my savior, believe it or not.

Cyrus didn’t just save my life that night. He also saved me from living the rest of my life, for everyone other then me. My mate also delivered me from a loveless fate that was being placed on back and weighed heavily on my heart. The burden that came along with being a Wilde wolf born on the day of the awakening.

That’s one of the reasons that I’ve never given up on him after everything and I never will. In my eyes, this is a true love, though it’s not an ordinary love and I’m starting to realize that it was never meant to be.

This love is destined. A blessing from the stars, moon, sun, Gods and Goddesses their selves. It’s that deep... That real. The universe brought us together for a reason. Cyrus is my destiny. He’s it for me and all that I will ever want. It gets no better. He is my one and only. The only one for me, just thinking about how I truly feel causes my tears to finally escape from out of my eyes,.

“Why are you crying, Sunshine,” his soft voice brings me back to reality, as he steals my soul with his stare.

Once again I found my mate staring at me like I’m a golden treasure chest filled with the worlds rarest jewels, most expensive diamonds and the shiniest pearls. Showing me that I’m just as important to him as he is too me.

“These are happy tears,” I tell him quickly, wiping my tears away with the sleeve of my jacket. “You make me so happy. So, so, happy,” I admit in between my fit of sniffles.

“Awe baby, come here,” he says, while pulling me into the safety of his ford tough hold. My sanctuary. The one place in this entire world that I will always find safe. I wrap my arms around him, embracing my one and only with open arms. I’m with him.

“We need to go baby,” he says after he places a gentle kiss on top of my forehead.

“No! Please,” I object. “Please! I’m not ready for this to end. Please,”

“Don’t beg, Sunshine,” instructs Cyrus, slightly pulling away. “Ever! You can have whatever you want, Embry. The world is at your feet,” he declares, while looking directly into my eyes so I know that his announcement is real.

“Do you understand?”

“Yes,” I answer his question, while looking directly into his eyes.

“Good,” he says, finally pulling away before sitting on top of the hood of his car, and of course I follow his lead. I swear on my life that I’ll follow this man anywhere. I’ll always follow his lead. Always.

For what seems like an eternity of time, we just sit on top of the hood of the car, star gazing and I silently enjoy every second of it.

It’s a cold winter night but the calm silence and energy in the air makes my blood boil in an electrifying blistering peace and it’s all because of him, Cyrus. My heart and soul. Once again, he has proving to be exactly what I need. Especially, after everything that has recently transpired Cyrus always seems to know exactly what to do when it comes to calming me.

My eyes lock onto the hanging moon and sky filled with a million and one star like diamonds. It’s so beautiful out here.

“The perfect time to mate,” says my wolf. ” I always wondered how it would feel to mate underneath the gleaming light of the full moon,”

“So have I,” I silently agree.

“Then let’s get to it,” she responds. “Just get naked,”

“What?”

“You heard her,” Cyrus adds in, setting my face on flames. “Just get naked,”

My heart drops, stops, and flips flops inside my chest as my eyes widen in response, but somehow I still manage to do the unthinkable.

Out of nowhere, I experience a rush of bravery. I take a stand, snatch my leather jacket from off my back, and somehow find my way out of Cyrus over-sized clothes. Yes! I did that. I decided to get naked.

For the first time, since we met Cyrus is now the one staring at me with widened eyes and I can see the exact moment that reality kicks inside his irises. The very moment that his monster takes over, now hawking me down with ruby red eyes....

He’s mentally take’s me in.

Here I stand in my naked glory in front of my frozen in place mate, who now happens to be staring at me with the eye of a predator that is seconds away from pouncing on top of his prey.

His eyes slowly roam over my entire body, silently drinking me in. He wants me. There isn’t any doubt about that and I want him.

“L-e-t-’sssssgeeeetttttoooooitttttttttthennnn,” I begin to stutter, choking on the tip of my tongue. My words are muffled, completely mushed.

That one statement is all it takes. He pounces.

Hey, love bugs. I’m sorry for the late update. This entire chapter was accidentally deleted and for some strange reason didn’t save so I had to retype the entire chapter on my phone, which means that this chapter most certainly needs a lot of editing.

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