In the coziness of solitude he waited, well ALMOST solitude, Jerald and his little pet were having late night fun across the hall. The soft snarls were reverberating off the walls.
Adrian heard giggles in the hallway, FINALLY he thought.
"Come on Adrian!" Nina called from outside his door.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming" he answered half heartedly.
He stalked out of his room.
"where do you want to feed babe?" Jerald asked Nina.
She was wrapped all around him, he had his arm around her waist playing with the lace of her shirt.
Gag. He hated hunting in a group, he especially hated hunting with this group, he preferred to be alone.

He noticed a smell that seemed familiar as they flew over a small patch of forest before they got to the park, in witch they agreed to hunt.
He sniffed the air again but the wind was blowing fresh air across his path.
He zoomed in on a large man, swaying with the presence of alcohol, laughing and talking with a small hooker wrapped around his waist.
He started to go for them, intending to be a glutton and feed on both, instead of knocking out one and feeding from the male, but he saw Jerald and Nina dive into the trees at a fast and precise way.
He flapped his wings and raced after them.
they swooped to the left, in the pursuit of something. He pushed his wings to go faster having to work hard having chosen the form of a park dove, in order not to attract attention,
though they chose the form of a night owl.
The same familiar sent wafted into his nose and this time, he recognized it.
The girl.
He finally caught up to them. Yes it was the girl, on a bike, her sent was stronger than before, not clouded by the smell of sweat and fear.
Faster, he needed something faster. A falcon it would be fast enough.
In mid air he changed, yes much faster.
Closer, he could feel her pulse in his head now, pounding, a steady beat in his head.
he was barreling toward her at an alarming rate, poised to strike at his clan at any moment should they attack.
they swerved to the left, following her sent he assumed.
it took him a moment to realize they weren't following the young woman he had saved.
they were chasing each other...being foolish.

he realized now that the girls sent really wasn't that strong, and the trail gave her some cover so that you had to be looking to notice her.

ADRIAN? ARE YOU OKAY? YOU SEEM VERY CONFUSED AND IRRITATED...

Nina's voice was clear as a bell in his mind.
He had exchanged blood with her once, when she was a fledgeling just to give her tolerance to blood lust and also to give her knowledge.
therefor, they could speak to each other telepathically.

ITS NOTHING,

He brought up a mental barier in his mind to hide his memories and thoughts.
She wasn't quite strong enough to break through it but he felt it being pushed at by her mind.

ADRIAN? WHATS GOING ON YOUR HIDING FROM ME AGAIN.

ITS NOTHING DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, LET ME DEAL WITH IT.

OK IF THAT'S HOW YOU WANT IT THEN I'LL LEAVE IT BE.

GOOD.

He turned away from them and began a lazy glide over the girl.
he sped forward a bit to get ahead of her,
then glided into her line of sight, she gasped, good, his action had gotten her attention.


She yanked back on the handlebar breaks makieng the tires sqwee against the pavement. Her eyes widened in shock, fear.
No,not him again, the devil, the angel, she couldn't deside all she knew was that he was dangerous, and he had saved her life.