Fan Fiction ❯ Last Caress ❯ Chapter 1

This is dedicated with loving hate to Demon.

 

 

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The full white moon hung low in the inky blue sky among a host of stars.... it would be the only sane witness that night. Anna was all dressed up for the night in a satin red halter top and a straight black skirt with a hemline full of loose silk and taffeta. The perfect dancing outfit. She was going out with some girlfriends for a night out at a bar and strip club. Gazing in her vanity mirror, a bit of her happiness drained out of her. *I wish it was Jacen going with me instead...* She threw off the thought and continued getting ready, all the while trying to ignore the blackness that grew in her heart. As she was leaving the house, she glanced over at Jacen's still form on the couch in front of the TV. "Don't wait up for me, babe."

 

 

"I didn't plan to." was the reply. Anna narrowed her eyes then slammed the door behind her. *Arrogant prick* She jumped in the car with her two girlfriends and began ranting about her miserable marriage. Her friends clucked their regret then told her that she was going to forget all her problems and have a fantastic evening. Anna took a deep breath and smiled. Yes, she was going to have a spendid evening.

 

But of course, as such things occur on the night of a full moon, their plans went awry and all had to head home much earlier than expected. As Anna unlocked the door and stepped into her house, something seemed different.

 

"Jace? Are you here?" Silence was the answer.

 

*Where the HELL did he go?* Memories of all his past infidelities crossed her mind.

 

*No... he changed, he swore to me he'd never do that again... maybe he just went out for pizza or something.*

 

As if in answer, she heard a car pull into the drive and two of the four doors slammed shut. Anna could plainly hear male and female drunken laughter as the pair came closer to the door.

 

Anna ran to the pantry and closed the door just as the pair stepped inside. She closed her eyes to stop the tears as she heard Jacen's voice order the girl to the bedroom and judging by the girl's straight route to the bedchamber, she had definitely been here before.

 

Anna's eyes opened. Sanity no longer held court there. All she could see was red... red as blood. Her mate of 10 years. It had all been in vain. He'd never loved her, everything had always been a lie.

 

Anna waited til she heard Jacen's footsteps pass the pantry and semi-close the bedroom door. She slipped off her stiletto heels, and creeping out of the pantry, she headed to the laundry room. In a box on the top shelf she pulled out a Colt 45. Staring at it, she knew what she was going to do. Get revenge for 10 years of her life wasted, to shatter his world just as he had demolished hers.

 

On bare feet, she padded to the darkened bedroom and slightly opened the door. She could see them there in the moonlight in their heated embrace... the soft moans and whispers like daggers to her heart. She flipped on the light and aimed the gun at the two in her marriage bed.

 

The girl's doe-like eyes locked on the weapon and she whimpered pathetically. Jacen's eyes went round with shock as he took in the sight of his mate weiding the .45 now aimed at his head. The first thought through his mind was how hot she looked in her anger, the next was that she couldn't do it. Anna was too weak... too gentle. She could barely kill the crickets that came into their home, much less actually shoot someone. But then when he looked in her flaming green eyes, he realized a little too late that maybe he had truly never found out who this person was.

 

Anna ran forward and wrapped her right hand in the girl's hair and tore her off of her husband. "YOU DIRTY WHORE! Don't EVER touch my husband..." Then Anna turned to Jacen, her voice now quiet and deadly. "And you... I will deal with you in a moment." She turned to face the disgusting slut and aimed the weapon in her face.

 

"Now listen to me bitch or I'll paint my walls with your fucking brains! I want you to go down to Consolidated Alarms tomorrow and I want you to fill out an application. Trust me, tomorrow there will be an opening, you'll get the job... and I want you to quit whoring yourself and make something of yourself...UNDERSTAND ME??"

The girl just stared at her for a moment then slowly nodded her head. "Y..y..yes m..m..ma'am." Anna glared her. "I will know if you don't... and I WILL hunt you down, got it?" The girl nodded as tears continued to stream down her cheeks.

"Now, GET OUT OF HERE!!!" Anna screamed as the girl dashed out of the bedroom and out the house, so frightened that she had forgotten her clothing and was now running down the street completely nude.

 

Anna turned to Jacen, her voice calm, but her eyes a raging inferno.

"I should have known that everything that came out of your mouth was a lie. Even when you swore to me that you'd be faithful til your dying day. Well, here's that day and you've probably fucked every girl in the city." She laughed bitterly.

 

But he had only one question for her. "Why is there going to be an opening at your job tomorrow?" Her eyes stared at him. "Because... because... I-I c-could never l-live without you. I love you too much."

 

His eyebrows knit together. Even though he had never been faithful to her, he did care about her deeply, he could just never bring himself to show her.

 

"Anna.."

 

"SHUT UP!" She interrupted.

 

Anna calmed herself a bit. "You know, death is a very intimate time. Only one person can bring you into this world and only one person can take you out." She laughed mockingly. "Guess we'll have something special and intimate after all."

 

She aimed the pistol at his head and clicked the saftey off. Staring into his eyes, the eyes of the man she had loved for most of her life...her finger on the trigger began to shake...

 

"I...I...can't..." Sirens screamed through the darkness sounding impending doom.

 

No time left, Anna knew her decision had to be made now. She looked at Jacen. "You killed my heart, and now my body. Try to live with that." She turned the gun on herself and pulled the trigger as Jacen's howls broke the night's peaceful fascade.

 

The site that greeted the police was a gruesome one. Blood was splattered everywhere and the carpet was laden with gray matter and fragments of bone. A naked young man sat in a pool of warm blood rocking back and forth crooning to the lifeless corpse he held in his lap.

 

Whispering, "I'm sorry baby... I'll never do it again... I love you... I can't live without you..."

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