Give Your Heart A Break~ Part 2 (CRYSTAL!)

[moonlightnightmare]

"You know I won't."She said, closing the little bit of space between them. She reached up position her hand on his skin. Her thumb rubbed across his cheek, while rest of her fingers rested on his neck under the ear. Gently and slowly she moved his head to look at her. "I want you to love me. And part of me knows that you want to return the gesture. So why...Why won't you?"Her voice was soft, sweet, but there were other things mingled in her tone: a mixture of love, admiration, and fear.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Diandre shivered at her touch. "Because... I can't," he said hoarsely.

[moonlightnightmare]

"Why can't you?"She asked, moving yet again this time her thumbs slip to me the rest of her hand which then slipped to a meeting point at the back of his neck, clasping together. She pulled herself closer to him, their bodies pressed together, her head resting on his shoulder. Each breath she exhaled hit his neck.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Diandre took in a shuddering breath. He knew he should push her away, make her leave him alone. He knew he had to, or risk getting hurt again. "Because it's too late for my heart," he whispered.

[moonlightnightmare]

"No...It's not. If it was, you'd have left me alone. If it was too late you would've left me there to die."She whispered, and found herself moving again until she was close enough to his face that her breath was on his lips. "But you didn't." She closed the remaining space, finally bringing their lips together again, in a gentle sweet, and passionate kiss.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Diandre moaned quietly as he kissed her back, his arms wrapping around her torso. After a second, he broke away with a gasp and shoved her back. "No!" he shouted, his voice resounding off the stone wall. "We can't do this, Rivyn!"

[moonlightnightmare]

When he pushed her, Rivyn stumbled back loosing her balance and fell to the floor with a startled cry.

Nikolai leaped on the opportunity having come back only minutes earlier.
"Well, well well. It looks like someone can't make up his mind. Come on we're all hanging on the edge of our seats. Do you love her or don't you?"He swooped down pulling Rivyn to her feet, one arm holding her in a chokehold in front of him and his free hand holding a dagger. "Be careful your answer dictates whether or not I kill her. Because the fun part of this game, is I can always make more hybrids and she's still to weak to fight me."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Let her go!" Diandre ordered, his eyes flashing. "You've already done enough to her."

[moonlightnightmare]

"Answer the question. Do you love her? Or don't you?"Nikolai persisted, pressing the blade to Rivyn's cheek and watching the thin line of blood run down her face. 

Rivyn seemed frozen in fear, her eyes the only thing that betrayed her fear though, and if it was for the knife digging into her skin, she'd have fought more. 

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Diandre's eyes darted from Nikolai's face to Rivyn's. "Why do you care?" he asked.

[moonlightnightmare]

"Because it makes a fun game. Answer the question or I'm going to kill her."He moved his arm down allowing access to her neck. He pulled the blade leaving a shallow cut from her cheek to the other side of her neck. He leaned down smirking before whispering in Rivyn's ear, "It looks like it is to late for him. If he's going to let me kill you. Third times the charm, eh?"

A broken hearted expression crossed her face as she started to doubt that he'd even save her. To be completely honest, if he let her die...All of his problems staring her would be gone.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Diandre wondered if answering would actually prevent Nikolai from killing her. He could have his fun and then dispatch her anyway. Well, if she died, at least she could die happy, right? If he somehow managed to save her, he could take it back. "Yes," he answered in a steely voice. "Okay? Yes, I love her."

[moonlightnightmare]

"Good, that's step one on the road to recovery. Admitting that you love her. Now let's face the facts. Your friend Henri is dead. And I did it."He laughed, dragging the blade down Rivyn's collar bone to the spot just above her breast.

Rivyn felt weak,like something in her was waking up and the blade started to sting, which further lead to burning, and she let out a high pitched yelp of pain.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Diandre stared at him in disbelief. "What did you say?"

[moonlightnightmare]

"You heard me. I killed him."Nikolai laughed, moving the knife from Rivyn's skin and pushing her into him. His next movement were quick as he faded into the shadows to make them think he was gone.

Rivyn stumbled forward, her body shaking in fear. Had he just...was he going to...? Her thoughts roamed and her chest burned still where the knife had rested, which lead her to assume that it was probably some mix of silver and iron.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Come back here, you ba*****!" Diandre shouted, running after the place he'd last seen the man.

[moonlightnightmare]

Nikolai laughed darting from the shadows and planting a needle right into the males neck. He pushed the plunger not bothering to pull the thing out, and sprinted away down the hall.

Rivyn despite the pain she was still in, darted forward to him, pulling the empty syringe free. "Damnit."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Diandre fell to his knees and then collapsed the rest of the way to the floor. It felt like fire was running through his veins. He moaned in pain, his eyes squeezed shut.

[moonlightnightmare]

She caught him before he completely collapsed, bringing his head to rest on her leg. A cry for help escaped her lips before she returned her focus to him. Rivyn's fingers brushed softly across his skin, and she looked terrified. What if he didn't make it? What if he died just like everyone else? Her heart thudded in her chest, harder and harder.

(Think it's time that we pull Noelle back in to come play helper or do you want to leave help out of this?)

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Noelle heard the scream and raced down the hallway, coming from the library. When she saw Rivyn sitting there with Diandre, she rushed to her side. "What happened?" she demanded.