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and
arrogant. When I reached the meadow, I turned to look back down the
hill at the village but it was gone. In its place were tall pine
trees.
    I woke up with something tickling my ear. Opening my
eyes I saw Bullet stretched out beside me once more. It was his fur
that was tickling my ear. With bleary eyes I saw I was still near
the raspberry bushes that I had eaten from earlier, though now it
was almost dusk. What the hell? How long had I been asleep? I stood
and stretched my stiff limbs.
    I smiled as I watched Bullet shake himself off in
almost the same manner. Then he looked me in the eye as if to say
what now? The dream was still vivid in my mind. “I’ll tell you what
now, Bullet. We go back and face the fucking vampires. And then we
go and find that village. I got some Sensay training to do.”
    I turned and started walking back the way I came
knowing instinctively which direction I needed to go to get me back
to Roberto’s.
    It no longer pained me to think of him. Now it just
made me angry. The red glow was constantly with me now. Walking
beside me, I knew Bullet was aware of my anger because every so
often he would let out a low menacing growl on my behalf. It was
full dark when we got close to Roberto’s. I knew we were close
because I could hear voices. It sounded as if they were getting a
search party ready to go looking for me. I heard Janel weeping,
Antonio muttering about flashlights, and I heard Roberto cursing.
So the bastard was back. I faltered for a second and when I did I
realized that the sounds back at the house were now quiet. Roberto
knew I was coming.
    Good , I
thought to myself as I put a little smile on my face and began to
move forward again. This reunion was not
going to be the sweet gathering that sonofabitch thinks it will
be .

Chapter 4
     
    When Bullet and I broke free of the tree line I saw
Roberto running across the meadow towards me, but he stopped dead
in his tracks when he saw us. Good…he looked uneasy all of a
sudden. We walked to within ten feet of him and stopped directly in
front of him. I stared at him hard for a minute and decided to
dismiss him and began walking around him.
    He grabbed my arm “Olivia…please.”
    Bullet growled and moved between us. Roberto dropped
my arm. I stared at him with hard eyes “Please what, Roberto?
Please forgive me for lying to you for months, please forgive me
for being bonded to another, please forgive me for fucking you
every night and letting you think I loved you?”
    Roberto’s eyes blazed. “I do love you Olivia. You
know that’s true.”
    My own eyes blazed back at him, “Hmmm. Okay…how
about the first time we made love? Did you love me then
Roberto?”
    He eyes shifted away from me. I continued, “How
about the second time? No answer, huh? I thought as much.”
    Once more I started walking away when Roberto said,
“That’s it then Olivia? You’re not going to let me tell my
story?”
    I spun around fast and slapped his face hard. “Fuck
you Roberto! You had months to tell me your story.”
    I walked away again and this time he did not follow
me.
    Everyone was standing on the front porch, Janel,
Antonio, Andy and Mark. The men were not looking at me, but Janel
stood there with tears running down her face and started for me
with her arms outstretched until she saw Bullet at my side.
    “ It’s okay. He won’t hurt
you.”
    Janel looked at us unbelievably, “I don’t know
Olivia, your dog is huge and he looks hungry.”
    “ He’s a wolf, not a dog and he is
hungry. Antonio, can you find something for Bullet to eat while I
pack?”
    When I said the word pack everyone’s head snapped
up. “Yeah, I said pack. I’m leaving here tonight.”
    “ You don’t have to leave tonight.
Why don’t you wait until the morning?” Roberto spoke quietly from
behind me.
    I spun around “No. I need to leave tonight. I am
anxious to start my life. Don’t you remember? You’re the one that
told me I have a destiny. I’m just going