The recent nights have been maddening. He couldn’t focus on his normal life. That was pretty much just focus on feeding and then on Angel. The later half was what was suffering. Though that whole thing was still a lot more trouble than he wished it would be. He was trying though.

It wouldn’t be as big of a deal if he wasn’t filling his time with another woman. The situation was far more complicated than just an affair. He was obsessed with the one that he let get away. She had him going insane so he started to watch her, in the shadows. That woman was a crafty one there were times where it seemed like she just disappeared. The woman had a routine though and it was easy enough to pick up on.

Tonight she seemed to take a turn, into a bar. Nik slid in behind her, taking a seat by himself at a booth. The waitress stopped by and he flashed her a charming smile ordering a drink mostly for show. No need to stick out of a crowed when he was trying to stay hidden.

Niklaus wasn’t sure why he needed to watch this girl. Actually he did know. It was because she got away from him. That night went so not according to plan. Now he was left with a girl who was running through his mind constantly because she had to go and live. His words from that night even rang in his ears. He wanted her to live, so that he could finish her, like it should have happened that night. It’s been almost a week and he had been wasting his time just watching her.

To be fair she had been better about not being out late at night alone. Of course that made things that much more difficult. He kept telling himself that he was waiting because he needed to make sure and do this right. Nik was stupid for not sticking to his normal food source.

She got up after the couple of glasses of booze, his own glass only half full. Liquor, sadly didn’t do as much for him as it used to. He missed things like that, the way that whisky used to envelope him with a nice buzz. It looked like she was going towards the restrooms. Nik pressed his lips together. A finger tapped the rim of his glass. Luckily she came back. Once she was out the door he stood up leaving some money on the table from a wallet he had swiped from someone earlier.

On the street it was much nicer, the wind whipped down the streets. He walked behind her, not being as sneaky as he had been the previous days. He needed to finish this. Nik walked faster, taking wider steps so he could close the gap between them. It didn’t take long to be next to his pretty brunette addiction.

“добрый вечер дорогая, ( goodevening,darling ) “ He spoke looking down at her. “It’s a wicked night to be out here alone.” His accent was think on his English. He shouldn’t be interacting this way with her. Nik knew better. Why was he being so reckless.

He looked down at her with that little smirk. Niklaus wasn’t trying to intimidate her, there were plenty of other things he could do that would be more effective for that. He couldn’t deny that he liked being that close to her, her sent strong. It was still sweet, like it was expected to be. The realization started to hit her face.

The girl looked up to him and he could see it in her eyes. She knew, or at least she wasn’t going to take the chance. Niklaus doubted she knew exactly what he looked like from the night before. If that were true something would have happened to him by now.

That fright traveled from her eyes to her mouth twisting it down in a frown. Then she started to run. There was something satisfying about seeing her run down the street, even if that meant he would have to chase her. And that was exactly what he did. Nik started after the brunette racing down the street. The gap between them was close easily. He reached out a hand and pulled her to him. Quickly ducking them both into the ally to the right.

The closeness brought back the rush from last time. He found her again, it was time to make sure that he didn’t mess up again. His hand was securely holding onto her arm. Nik’s eyes took her in, giving her the time he didn’t give last time. There was something thrilling about all of this. The problem now was he didn’t want to end it.

He was hesitating just standing there over her. This was hardly the time to be changing his moral code. There was nothing he regretted enough to make that happen. Even now looking down on this poor girl who managed to get away, he didn’t feel bad about feeding on her. He just didn’t want to see that fighter go down. It didn’t make sense. He needed to stop and just end it.

She seemed to be frozen as he looked her over. A smirk stretching on his mouth. As her heart started to beat harder he could hear it, thud thud thud. She smelled wonderful and her arm, even with the jacket over it felt warm with the rushing blood. Oh to be alive. It made his mouth water. Still he didn’t bite her yet.

She started to struggle now kicking and hitting him. He certainly did choose a feisty one. “Just calm down дорогой (darling),” He cooed at her as if trying to sooth her. As the girl was obviously attractive that was not why he was looking down at her with admiration or whispering little names at her.

Niklaus already had a woman who he was trying to win over, again. It was proving to be difficult but Nik was not one to dabble in adultery. He had a hard enough time holding on to one woman two would just be a nightmare.

There was something he saw in this woman. She had a fight that he would never imagine in her. She was strong, it was almost disappointing that he had to take that spark. That was right he had to do it, eventually. This was a dangerous way for him to think, getting attached like he was, there was something he knew was going to get him if he let this go on for too long.

“You know I can’t do that,” He breathed into her ear. His other hand snatched up her free hand letting her other one go free. “You shouldn’t have gotten past the first night.” He then snarled. Nik wasn’t trying to be intimidating. He really didn’t know why he was talking so much and letting this drag out.

No he did, Honestly he didn’t want to take her life. He wanted to be close to her. The thud of this woman’s heart the ferocity that she had when she fought back. She wasn’t scared looking at him, she looked annoyed and it was intriguing, amusing even. It made him feel, alive.

She was still struggling with kicks. He voice might have been shaking when she asked him the question, still he could pick up that strength that she wanted to have behind her words. She was smart too. Nik had been careful this week when he would fallow her. It was tricky at first ti figure out exactly where to start. He didn’t know where she lived, but there was a good chance that the street he originally caught her on was near her home.

Niklaus spotted her going onto a pub not far from where he snatched her. Every night she was avoiding the walk, what he could assume to be, home. This was the first time he had a chance to get close to her again. It seemed that she managed to put that little puzzle together. More than once he thought about actually joining the girl at the bar. That would have been completely idiotic. Even this banter was but not nearly as risky as approaching her in a crowded place.

He let a small laugh out “Not long,” He shrugged. It was all of the time he had known the woman, yes but as far as how long he could have drawn this all out it was only a couple hours a night. “You just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time девушка ( girl / woman ), truly.” His words were slick, like a hiss despite the accent soaking over every sound.

Of course he knew he shouldn’t be entertaining her questions at all. His mind was screaming at him. The vampire was obviously not listening. “So many questions you have.” He shook his head. “I’m sorry but our small talk must end. I’ve been putting this off.” He mick sighed, as if this next bit would be difficult.

Honestly it was going to be. He didn’t want to end it, this little game they were playing. Well more like the game that he was playing. He closed the little space that was between them, towering over her now eyes glinting as he looked down at her. He remembered the taste of her blood, it was in his mouth now. It was sweet. Tempting. He still didn’t want to end her. Nik bared his fangs now with a small snarl. No matter how much he kept telling himself he didn’t want to he had to. It was as simple as that.

The more he spoke the more she seemed to shrink into herself. And here he was admiring how strong she had been the whole time. People broke eventually that much he knew. IT could have been the knowledge of him actually fallowing that finally got under her skin.

She mumbled a word that he didn’t understand and just like that the wind picked up. It separated them. London might have been windy but never like this. He flew to the opposite side of the ally way. His head hit against the brick. He collapsed to the ground after getting slammed against the wall. If he were a normal man the impact would have knocked him out, his head would be gushing blood. There was only a small trickle ring from the crack in the back of his head, dark and cold blood.

The wind was knocked out of him he ached from the impacted. With foggy sight he watched her scrabble to her feet, a stick in her hand. What were those crazy sticks that people seemed to have that could just knock him straight into last week?

Nik grunted trying to move, his ribs hurt. It was just an ache, like he was badly bruised. He had no idea if he could even bruise any more. Nothing like this had happened until recently. And it was a small woman who had made him struggle to get to his knees. “блин ( damn it ” He snarled under his breath as she started to run out of the ally.

Really twice? How asinine was this? It took a little more time for him to actually get to his feet and his balance back. He just hoped that she hadn’t made it too far yet. He wasn’t even sure why he needed to chase her down any more, it was clear that he wasn’t going to kill her. Nik would have by now if he was. He just had to try and stop her from doing whatever it was he was afraid of.