Odd Encounter Turns Bad

Hooded Man's POV

My plans were now formed and I was ready to act on them. I had showered and put on some clean clothes. I walked outside and waited on her. I decided I would follow her until she was somewhere I could talk to her without seeming completely crazy.

About 20 minutes after I had positioned myself outside of her building, she exited. She started walking toward downtown. I smirked, "Perfect." I said aloud to myself.

Once she was far enough ahead of me she wouldn't realize she was being followed I started walking. Her every move was graceful almost majestic. Hell, she was sexy. I shook that thought from my mind and continued to watch her. She went in a few stores but when she came out of the last one she dropped one of her bags spilling the contents of it all over the sidewalk. My perfect chance.

I hurried over to her and helped her start picking things up. "Let me help you." I smiled at her.

She jumped back and almost fell. I caught her arm to keep her upright. "Are you alright?"

Jade's POV

I stared in his eyes a moment then stood, "Yes, I'm fine. Thank you." There was something oddly familiar about this man and that scared me. I don't like not knowing...but I couldn't open my senses back up yet. Mila would then know where to find me if I did and I wasn't ready to face any of them. So I just pushed that sudden fear out of my mind and took my bag from him.

He stood there smiling at me a minute, although it was almost a grin. "I'm Jeff, by the way." I took his hand and shook it. "Jade."

"Would you like to have a cup of coffee with me?" He asked. I was nervous about that. I bit my lip and despite my insistent fear I agreed.

I turned and he followed me. That's when I realized who this man was. He was the hooded stranger that followed me the other day. My skin crawled at the thought. I would not divert my attention from that fact but I would go through with this just to see what the hell it is he wants.

We walked in the little coffee shop around the corner from my hotel and I realized it's the same coffee shop I ran into when he was following me the other day. Deja vu much?

We found a table and sat down. The waitress came over and he ordered a black coffee and a white chocolate caramel cappucino for myself. "So Jade, tell me about yourself."

I raised my brow at him, "What do you want to know?" I sat back and crossed my legs, I knew he wanted something and I was going to figure out what it was.

"Anything you want to share." He smirked. I was not liking the way this guy is being. He creeped me out. "Well, what if I don't want to share anything?" If he wanted to play games then so could I.

"Then maybe I will have to force you to tell me." He growled. That's when I realized he was a vampire. Fuck. I'm screwed without Mila and Zoey, well and if he's very strong we would need Nookie too. Dammit.

I just sat there quiet. "I'm not telling you anything, Jeff. I know what you are, now tell me what you want from me." I stated matter of factly. I expected him to abide by what I just said.

"Oh, no no no, sweetheart. It doesn't work that way. You WILL do as I say. I wouldn't want to hurt Derek, Evan, or Mila." He smirked and my breath caught. "What have you done with them you sick bastard?" I wanted to hit him bad but knew it would do nothing but break a finger or two...of mine.

"Nothing yet, my dear. Calm down." He laughed. "But I will if i have to. Now give me what I want and we'll have no problems, got it?"

Hooded Man's POV

I watched her maliciously. "That depends on what you want you sick fuck!" She was really starting to irritate me. Maybe I would just take the athame and get it over with. This waiting around for her to give it to me willingly is running my patience thin.

"I want your precious athame that you inherited." I knew by the look in her eyes this wasn't going to be easy. "Hell no!"

I almost tipped my chair backwards. "You WILL give it to me, Jade. My precious Jade." I reached across the table and took her hand. She tried to jerk away and I tightened my grip. "I can really hurt you, you know that right?" All she did was nod. "Let's get our drinks to go. We have lots to discuss, my sweet." I smirked.

When the waitress brought our drinks to us I asked to have them in to go cups. She gladly obliged. I put some money on the table to pay for them then took mine from her and Jade took hers when she brought them back. I stood and took her by the arm and led her out of the coffee shop and down the street to my apartment.