spoke. “I repeat; this is Officer Jefferson requesting immediate backup at black wood. Two suspects in custody.” He looked forward and the gun switched hands, from left to right as he unbuckled a pair of handcuffs and came closer to me. Max still smiles. I started to feel worried Max would do something stupid. I looked at him again, said no again then the cop grabbed my wrist twisting my hand to my lower back and clasping the cold metallic brace he had taken out, then the other hand.
“Don’t you dare touch Miss Sara!” Max screams and lunges sideways baring his teeth targeting the cops neck. I stood as fast as possible with both hands tied to my back. Max mouth closed and I screamed; he missed his target as I pushed the cop out of the way. He falls flat on his back. Max opened his eyes as he felt my hair fall on to his face, the small threads caressing his cheeks. He opened his mouth again letting me go of his bite.
“O, Miss Sara I’m so, so sorry, please would you forgive me?” he said as a sad look came to his eyes as my knees gave and I fell to his arms. He turned to the cop that was still at the floor and glared at him, he was clearly mad. He let go of me and started to get up growling, hissing, and bearing his teeth.
“What are you people” said the cop. His voice cracks and stutters, his eyes wide as he sees the creature Max is, as his body moved backwards rustling the dead leaves under him.
“Max don’t.” I screamed and he stopped and looked back. His face had changed I could see the start of the blackness in his eyes his nose prickled up and his cheeks puffed. He kept moving.
“I can’t let you live after what you did to Miss Sara” he said
“Max, listen to me Max. I am okay. Listen to my voice. Come back here baby.” I said in a tender voice as if a lover was asking to cuddle with his or her partner, something I had never done. He stopped cold and turned around slowly.
“What did you just said?”
“Come back her baby, you don’t need to do this. Leave the man alone.” He turns around completely as his eyes sadden.
“You really mean it? I’m your lover.”
“Yes baby, you are my lover please let him go.” I said as Max had his back to the cop I screamed, “What are you waiting for, a fucking invitation, get the fuck out of here.”
“Well, my dear lovely Sara, then that, is worse.” He said as he turned around jumping over the cop. He rips the cop’s chest with his bare hands after biting his carotid artery and smashing his throat with his forearm so he could not scream, feasting on him. I was still on my knees as he feasted sadden buy the action he just has done, I closed my eyes. I hear the ripping sound of the flesh, the gurgling of Max drinking the man’s blood. I open my eyes and turned away. My stomach started churning the hunger calling.
“ Miss Sara, my dear lover?” Max asked.
“No t anymore,” I said still not looking back.
“But?”
“Why did you not listen to me? Call me Sara from now on.” I looked back to see Max standing the pieces of the cops flesh on his shirt and blood dripping form his mouth and looking down.
“I’ m sorry to have disobeyed you, I mean, Miss Sara he hurt you and was taking us in.”
“Yes and don’t you remember he called for backup? What are the others going to think when they see you like that?” I said and he looked at his blood soaked clothes, “There is no time to hide the body and you should do something before he comes back.”
I see his shoulder start to moved upward and down. Then I heard watery sniffing and I knew he was crying.
“Max, listen what is done is done. Now is not the time to stay here and weep. So get your act together and let’s move.” He started laughing, and I tilted my head left, confused.
“Alex is going to be so proud of me.” He said as he looked forward and kept laughing like a hyena , menacing and deadly.
“What do you mean?” I asked as he started walking back and forth
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