It was raining. Not heavily, but moderately. I touched my hand to the window and could almost feel the water slipping down my fingertips. Tonight...I would go outside.

With a sigh, I spun around, but quickly screamed when I found that Julian was right beside me. He laughed while I held my thundering heart and glared.

"Get out of my room," I hissed, pointing straight at the exit.

Julian just kept laughing, bent over and holding his knees. If he wasn't going to move, then I would make him. With a smirk, I grabbed the back of his shirt and began dragging him towards the door. Realizing that I wasn't playing, he twisted his body and evaded my grasp.

"Julian, I'm not playing. Get out."

He mocked my stance.

"No."

Shrugging, I opened my mouth to yell for Jackson, but he wrapped his hand around my mouth, pulling my back to his chest. I gripped his hand, actually pissed now, and ripped it from my face. "What is your problem?"

"Nothing, just bored," he whispered in my ear before throwing me onto my bed. I bounced once. Twice. Then rolled onto my back, ready to cuss him out, but before I could he was on top of me. I shoved at his chest, but he grabbed my wrist and pinned them to the sheet.

"Play with me, June." He began to lean down. "June, play with me."

"No...no...Julian stop," he ignore me, "GET OFF OF ME!"

I woke up with a scream, shoving the body on top of me off. I didn't want to play. I didn't want to play.

"June...honey, it's okay. It's just me. You're okay," a voice I recognized whispered.

Slowly, cautiously, I stopped flailing my arms and lookes into the darkness at Kelen. My mind sputtered for a second, before it caught up and I launched myself at him.

"Kelen," I whispered, nuzzling his warm neck. Tears pricked at my eyes, but I refused to let them fall. "When did you get here?"

He pulled out my hair tie gently, then ran his fingers through my hair. They all knew this calmed me. "Maybe three hours ago. You were hugging the pillow and I couldn't help myself. I hope you don't mind. Cas told me you wanted to be alone."

I shook my head, still not having the strength to pull away. "I was worried about you guys. It's been a week. I thought you guys weren't coming back," I said, and despite myself, I started to cry. The week had been so stressful on me. Not knowing where they were. Not knowing if they were alive. Kelen began to rock me back and forth, pulling me into his lap. I wrapped my legs around his waist and arms around his neck, never wanting to let go.

"June I am so, so sorry. We...we found something. And it wasn't pretty---"

"Found what? A dead body? Kelen please tell me it wasn't---"

"No," he laughted softly, "it wasn't a dead body or nothing you're probably thinking. It...I'll tell you soon, but not now. Right now, I just want to hold you. It's been rough on us too, baby."

I nodded, smuggling further into him. He was so warm and I felt so safe.

"If you want to talk about it, I would like to know what you were having a nightmare about."

Finally, I pulled my head back and sighed. His eyes were hard to see, but I could tell they were on me. I grabbed his face, pulling it in for a soft kiss, then rested my forehead against his. "I...it wasn't just quite a dream. No, it was a memory, but altered. I was in my room, looking out the window, when...when Julian came in. He scared me, then wouldn't leave when I told him to get out. I tried to yell for Jackson, but he covered my mouth and...and t-threw me onto the bed...." I trailed off, not able to speak with the lump in my throat. My hair shielded my face as I turned away from his piercing stare.

"He didn't.....did he?" He asked, his voice low and dangerous. A shiver ran up my spine.

"No," I whispered, "I woke up."

The silence stretched for what felt like forever.

Hands gently gripped my chin, pulling my head to face him again. My breath hitched at the emotion I saw there. Rage. Concern. Love? We stared at each other for another forever moment, then he was kissing me like a starving man. It took me by surprise, but I quickly gave as good as I got. His tongue traced my bottom lip and I opened for him eagerly. He was so completely intoxicating.

Kelen pulled back, but I chased his lips. He chuckled at that and it just made ten times more wet for him. "You're mine June. Mine and ours and ours and mine. I'll never let anybody touch you that's not your beloved. I swear it on my life."

My breathing became ragged and more tears threatened to fall. I let them. "I'm yours and there's. Forever." Forever was barely out of my mouth when his lips crashed to mine again. My fingers fisted in his hair as my desire became rough. I bit into his bottom lip, drawling blood. My vampire came alive, lapping at the blood eagerly. Kelen's hands on my waist tighten to the point of pain, but oddly...I liked that. Our fight for dominance, which was a failing effort on my part, had Kelen tipping over. His back hit the bed and I pounced, ripping his shirt open. Buttons flew everywhere and I just narrowly missed one to the eye, but I wasn't concerned. I just wanted skin. I just wanted to forget.

My mouth trailed down his chest, leaving kisses and the occasional lick. "June," he growled, his hand wrapping around my hair slowly. I ignored him, well I tried, until he yanked my head up. If it was anybody else or under any other circumstance, I would have cried out in pain, but instead....I cried out in pleasure. I liked rough Kelen.

"June," he said again, softer. "Baby we have to stop or we'll do something you're not ready for."

I arched a single eyebrow, biting my lip for a second. "Who says I'm not ready?"

Kelen threw his head back and groaned, but it quickly turned into a lust filled growl. I was on my back before I even blinked, but that wasn't what surprised me, no, what surprised me was the fact that he hadn't even touched me. I tried to sit up, but something held me down. I looked up but saw no bindings. When my gaze traveled back to Kelen, I saw that he had his back to me, hands fisted by his side.

"Kelen?" I inquired quietly. He shook his head, holding up one finger.

"I-I need a moment," he said, but his voice wasn't his own. It was otherworldly. A shiver crawled up my spine once again, but it wasn't entirely from the lust.

I gave him a moment, squirming as much as I could against whatever invisible force was holding me, when it hit me. His shadows...

"They want to play. June I---" he ran his fingers through his hair then turned to face me, "soon. Not tonight but soon, okay? You need to sleep."

I nodded, trying to stomp down a pout. Soon. I could do soon.

Kelen muttered something to himself, then began to shrug off his clothes. I closed my eyes, not needing to get riled up again. Once he was settled against me, arms banned around my waist and face in my neck, I opened my eyes.

"Goodnight Kelen."

"Goodnight, June," Kelen paused,"Soon baby. Soon." he whispered with a kiss to my forehead.

I fell back asleep that night with a smile and clear mind.

Soon.

I'm going to be posting a pole of sorts on what my next book should be, so please be on the look out for that. I need you guys to choose because if you don't I'll try to write them all at once.

(It will probably be in book form)❤