Ryders POV

I couldn't get a hold of Jack or Scott.

Fuck...

I needed backup. I needed help.

I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. I ran fast, but nothing was ever fast enough if she was in trouble.

I should have done more to protect her. I should have came home with her. I could have paid her college debt at another time or bought that stupid fucking laptop for her.

I could have been there for her and it's all my fault.

I skidded to a stop as my eyes took in the scene before me. The truck was smoking, the front door on its last hinge, her flowers spilled all over the ground.

But no Bambi.

No Sam.

FUCK!!! I scream to myself. I ran my hand threw my hair as I raced around the house. Everything was destroyed.

I headed upstairs to my bedroom. The door thrown off the hinges and splintered on the floor in my room.

The 4 post bed was broken and splintered. The sheets were torn off mattresses and the mattresses were even torn in to. What the hell could they even be looking for?

The way the furniture was destroyed it couldn't be a human. It had to have been someone supernatural.

I finally make my way back outside.

I turn to look at the side of the house where another car was parked now.

Jack and Nicole stood there looking dumbfounded at the scene before them.

"Someone has Charlotte." I said quickly.

"Who do you think it was?" Nicole asked starting to cry.

"Her shadow man." Jack murmured.

"FUCK!! WHAT THE FUCK?!?! WE NEED TO FUCKING FIND HER AND SAM!!" I yelled at everyone.

"Dude. We will. I promise. But why would they take Sam?" Jack asked quickly.

"I don't fucking know..." I gritted through my teeth.

"You don't think Sam could be...." Nicole's voice tapered off.

Screams echoed in my mind of who it could be. Everyone was on my fucking list. I couldn't push anyone off that list other then myself and Charlotte.

Fuck even Jack was on that list. My father. Scott. Dane....fucking Dane.

I punched the trucks door as I passed by it.

"All we know is he's male, bulky, and Charlotte described it as a cocky walk to him." Jack reiterated everything we knew about him.

"And he's supernatural." Nicole said looking over the house.

"Vampire." I said staring at the front door, "If it had been a mutt it would have left marks all over the place. This vampire is clean. Methodical. Knows where she is. Maybe it's someone that's close to us." I finished off.

I looked around the house again and left for the only person who I know would want Charlotte.

Dane.

Charlotte's POV

This couldn't be true.

I had to be dreaming.

I HAD to be dreaming. No way in hell he could be the shadow man. I was so close to him. He was there more then I thought. Looking in to my life. Following me more then I thought he was. But I didn't see it until everything clicked. How had no one figured it out yet?

The vehicle I was in was on a bumpy gravel road. The cloth in my mouth was causing me to drool and it hurt like hell. The blindfold didn't help either.

I didn't even know where Sam was.

I don't even know if he was still alive. Sam and I figured out who it was at the same time. I remember him reaching out for me and then it all went black.

I think he got hit by something. Please God let him be alive.

Where the fuck was Ryder?

My fingers and wrists were starting to become numb from the handcuffs that tore in to my wrists. I felt like I was going to pass out again

Can Ryder feel my pain?

My head was throbbing and I could feel the blood dripping from my forehead.

"Almost there." The familiar muffled voice came from the front of the car.

"Fuck you. You piece of shit! I will cut off your fucking skinny fucking dick if you don't let me go!!" I wanted to scream.

But it definitely came out muffled. A familiar chuckle came from the front of the car. I was in the trunk and I was getting tossed around like a hooker in an alleyway during a gangbang.

Horrible analogy. But I'm under a lot of stress so suck my left tit.

The car comes to an abrupt stop making me roll forward violently and smacking my head again.

I groaned as more blood fell down my face, it was now getting through the blindfold and in to my eyes. Stinging my eyes and causing my eyes to water.

The car door opens and closes rather quickly. The footsteps on the gravel coming closer and growing louder.

The trunk of the car is popped open and my kidnapper stands there, his hand hovers over my blindfold. But he was hesitating.

A sharp breath comes from him as he rips off the blindfold. His sharp nails cutting it in half.

As my eyes adjusted to the dark world around my assailant. I took in my surroundings. Tree line on both side and the gravel road led to a warehouse that was kept up nicely for it being out here in the middle of nowhere.

But absolutely no where for me to run.

I started muffled yelling again as he rolled his eyes.

"Shut the fuck up. You know why this is happening. Can't have Ryder with a human for all eternity. More pure bloods are needed. Not tainted vile pieces of shit. Dhampirs only reek havoc in our world." My kidnapper spoke as he lifted me up and tossed me on the ground.

The gravel brined my legs as my already cut up body was scratched by the rocks. Some rocks were definitely still going to be stuck in my skin when I get up.

I struggled to stand slowly, trying to take in my surroundings even more. Maybe I could find a path in to town. There had to be a way to get out of here. Maybe another building I could hide in.

Maybe I could find a phone.

I know mine wasn't on me.

Fuck, he was a vampire. He could just smell me and walk over.

He moves fast and I was bleeding.

A lot more now then I was before.

I could definitely feel the dizziness and tiredness from blood loss starting to settle in.

I wish I could be a vampire right about now. Nicole was going to do it so why couldn't I?

I needed to find a way out.

I needed to be with Ryder and away from....him.

Away from my kidnapper.

Away from the person I thought I could trust.

Away from.....