Katia couldn't look at Talon, nor Rainer. "I-I....I honestly don't know..." she replied at length. "I was never given the choice....so...so I don't know." She looked directly at Talon, with a bewildered expression on her pale face.

Talon looked at her closely, "Katia....you saved my life.....and I thought.....maybe I was just grateful.....but that feeling....there's more to it......I....." He simply leaned forward, and kissed her.

Katia was surprised by Talon suddenly kissing her. She didn't know what she should do...she knew she had to do something. 'Slap him...slap him hard...' she thought...but as she moved her hand to slap him, she found that her hand was wrapping around him, and she was kissing him back. 'Wait....' she thought to herself. 'You can't do this....'

Talon continued to kiss her. As he heard a groan from Rainer, he stomped on his forehead again, knocking him out further.

Katia couldn't stop herself from kissing Talon, nor push him away from her. She found that every attempt to push him away, resulted in her gripping his shirt and pulling him towards her, then moaning softly.

Talon carried Katia to her bed, after closing her door, and set her down. He then pulled up a chair. "So, what are to do?"

Katia looked at Talon with an expression of both bewilderment, and complete and utter surprise. Though she wanted to grab him and throw him on her bed, as she had done with Rainer...she knew what he consequences would be. She got up from her bed, and walked towards the door; but left it closed. Instead she folded her arms, keeping her back turned to Talon, as her heart raced. "You haven't been a vampire for long; but you really don't understand what would happen if we go through with this, we'll be hunted to the ends of the earth...." her voice trailed off, as her voice began to shake.

Talon took her hands into his own, "Plead our case the council then with me. Show them that you don't want to be some simple tool for breeding, because that's how their treating you right now."

Katia turned around. "Plead our case?!" She said, with a slight laugh. "You'd be going to ask for your death if we did that." She added, as she folded her arms, then walked to the window. "Some purebloods have allowed their children to choose their own mates, so long as that when they decided to breed, it would be with another pureblood." She spoke, as she placed her hand on the window. "What you are suggesting...no other female pureblood has done before...at least none that have been recorded." She turned and looked at Talon. "If we were to pursue one another, it would be best to leave this place." She added with a serious expression on her face. "I have no servants to be tortured by the counsel for information, should we leave...and you have only been in my service since the counsel discovered your existence...so logically speaking, if the counsel wanted to find us, they'd have to go to your maker....and Saraphis doesn't often comply with the counsel."

Talon looked her in the eyes, "Well then, are you willing to go on the run with me, or shall we both remain slave to others? You seem to have thought about it for a long while, why don't we go, we can vanish, we can....we can actually love each other.....and be with one another, and not have to deal with others oppressing our free will." He took her hands, and placed them over his heart.

Katia stared at her hand on Talon's chest. She felt like she was having an out of body experience. Everything that has happened to her, since she found Talon dying of his thirst, felt like she was in a constant fight with herself, over the things that she knows, versus the things that Talon continually questions. She pulled her hand away from Talon, with a bewildered expression on her pale features. "I-I...I don't know..."

Talon began to walk away, "If you can't answer me here and now, I'm afraid I have to leave." He started to walk away from her, "Better I be hunted alone, then forced to watch this thing in the floor take you as his own." He stepped over Rainer, and started walking out the front door.

"Have you forgotten that you were compelled to stay in my service by my mother?" Katia called to Talon, as she followed Talon at a casual pace. "You won't get far, before the compulsion brings you back."

Talon turned back, "Then why don't you simply come with me?" He continued walking, defiant as always.

"And go where?" Katia asked, as she folded her arms behind her back.

Talon turned, his hands behind his back, "We go elsewhere, we leave, anywhere but here. Where is the least densely populated area of vampires on this planet?"

"There are vampires everywhere." Katia pointed out. "Finding a place where the counsel has little to no influence...hmm...well...those places my not appeal to either of us." She thought for a moment, then looked at Talon. She thought for several minutes, then finally unfolded her arms from behind her back, and walked straight to Talon, grabbing his wrist, as she walked by him. "Come on." She ordered. "If we're going to get out of dodge, we better do it fast...and before Rainer wakes."

Talon nodded, "Alright, lets go." He ran with her.

Name: Asher Banning
Age: 278 looks to be about 21
Gender: Male
Vampire Class: Mid-level
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Name: Ushi Zaizan
Age: 275 looks to be about 18
Gender: Female
Vampire Class: Mid-level
Details:

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Katia pulled Talon, as she ran. "I know some vampires that can help us stay on the run." She said, as she ran. "They are in the next city over...but they owe me their loyalty."

Talon kept running with her, "Kay, wait, why do they owe you loyalty?"

Rainer began to awaken.

"I freed them from my service many years ago." Katia replied, and stopped, looking back at Talon. "They attempted to kill a pureblood vampire. They begged me to free them from my service, and I told them that I would; but only if they would keep their loyalty to me, should I need it."

Talon smiled, "Well I'm glad to hear you have friends that can help us."

"I said they owed me their loyalty...I'm not too sure if they can help us yet." Katia correct Talon, then looked at him.

Talon smiled, "Well, there's some hope there."