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"Mr. Landon Devries, open up, it's the police. We need to speak with you." A strong voice broke through the silence, slightly muffled by the door.

“We need to leave." Landon whispered in my ear urgently, taking my hand in his and pulling me off the bed and on to my feet.
There was more pounding at the door, this time harder. “We know your in there!”

Landon swiftly dragged me across the hall, and down the stairs stopping when we reached the bottom. We were in the huge kitchen, which was connected to the dinning room where the back door was located.

“Open up now, or we willed be obliged to enter by force.”

My heart was beating against my chest as vicious as the police's fists at the door. I feared we weren't going to make it.

“Stay low,” he commanded, and I crouched down behind him holding his hand. His wings were pressed up against his back and his grip was firm and steady, giving me strength. We could do this.

We made our way silently along the wall of the dark kitchen, staying out of the view from the front door in the living room as much as we could.

We had almost made it into the dinning room when there was loud boom in the living room and a crash. They had broken down the door.

There were only a few more yards to go and we'd be free.

Landon's grip tightened and we straightened slightly so we could move faster.

“Split up, men; he's in here somewhere.” We heard one of the policemen order, and immediately after we could hear their footsteps spreading throughout the house, one of them heading our way.

Landon tugged me behind one of the big statues in the dining room. He held me against his chest and put his mouth against my ear.“We're going to run, okay?”

Small rays of light shone into the room from the cop's flashlights, they were getting closer.

I nodded, and in that instant I was being hauled through the dinning room across the short distance to the door. Time seemed to halt though as I heard one of the police shout, “He's in here!”

We reached the door just as the room flooded with police that all sputtered to a stop when they saw us.

“What the heck...” One muttered, quickly followed by another. “He's got w-w-wings”

Landon opened the door and swiftly pulled me ahead of him and out the door. “Run!” He yelled at me.

“I'm not going anywhere without you!” I turned to face him, and noticed all the police looking at Landon in awe, only turning to me when I spoke. They had their guns out and pointed at him but none seemed prepared to shoot.

“He's got the girl!” A big burly guy exclaimed. Landon turned around to face them and I heard a growl escape his lips. The fear on the cops faces told me Landon had probably shown them his fangs.

He turned to face me again, looking at me intensely with his now red eyes. “Run.” He ordered, and when I hesitated he repeated the command, more fiercely this time. “Run!”

I didn't know what he was going to do; he looked so angry. I could image what he could do to all those people, and I knew I didn't want to stick around and watch. Nor did I want to disobey him, so I quickly spun around and ran across his huge backyard that was surrounded by forest.

I could hear screams coming from Landon's house mixed in with a lot of shouts. The temptation to turn around was strong, I wanted to go back and tell Landon to stop. He couldn't hurt those men, they were only trying to help, probably sent by my family.

Just as I turned around a loud shot rang through the noise. A gun went off. I looked fearfully at the house, what if they got Landon? I looked at the house but it was completely dark. Either the policemen had turned off their flashlights or they left, but neither made sense to me.

My feet were moving before I realized that I was running, screaming Landon's name. I was quite a distance away from the house still when I noticed a shape moving slowly across the lawn. He was holding his side and limping, hurt. Shadows of wings rose up behind him and I instantly knew it was Landon.

“Landon!” I yelled quickly running up to him just as he fell to the ground.

His eyes were closed, and his breathing seemed jagged.

“What happened?” I asked frantic, looking over his body for wounds and noticing a dark pool of some thick liquid spread around where he held his hand against his chest. Slowly and fearfully I lifted his hand of and gasped when I saw the wound. He had been shot on his side, but the hole looked about three times the size of a bullet. My throat tightened; there was so much blood.

“Oh Landon,” I sobbed, quickly taking off my tee shirt leaving me in only a cami and ripping it down the side so I could wrap it around him.

With effort I dug the cloth underneath him and tied it securely at his side, being careful of his wings.

His eyes fluttered open just as I finished. Tears clouded my eyes, and I fought to keep them back.

“Kayri.” He whispered hoarsely, bringing his hand slowly up to my face. I gripped in with one of mine and held it there as I looked mournfully into his eyes. There was nothing more I could do for him.

“I love you.” He said, and I could feel the tears coming down in torrents as I told him I loved him too. And I knew I always would. He was everything to me, we had been through so much. I vowed to never let his memory fade from me; I'd never forget him.

My heart ached as I realized how much I would miss him, how I'd miss his comforting hugs, his sweet kisses. I'd miss his determination, the motivation he gave me. His love. Nothing would ever be the same; I would never be the same. I was losing my better half.

His breathing slowed, and his eyes closed. I didn't want to believe he was dying, it didn't seem real. Nothing mattered but him at that moment, the outside world was just a dream as I watched my Landon fade away. I laid my head on his chest, listening to his faint heartbeat grow fainter. I didn't notice the new stream of lights, or the male voices; In my mind there was nothing but me and Landon.

Please vaote! The last one was only a lil over half the reg. I don't mean to sound selfish or anything but it isnt very motivating when the votes drop like that lol... They'll prolly catch up somewhat in the next few days but yeah, i just wanted to remind ppl to vote please!