“if your looking for a good place with sounds of water just fallow that path there and it will take you up to the top of the water fall. We wont let any one pass by us.” The girl pointed to a faded path throught the grass that led up along the side of the rocks. “but if you just want a quite place to go to, just go walk south from here and you will reach a second clearing that very few people know about.”
~ is there just to many people around right now? I know your not to used to the way the clan is.~ Angelo sounded very worried about shadow. Sitting up he patted Julian and then stood. “I need to go, I will see you latter.” He gently brushed at Julian’s face a sad feeling growing in the pit of his stomach. He was becoming worried that Shadow was not going to do well here in the encampment. It had been so long and he had fallen right back into his old routine and not thought of his sires discomfort. “I have to go see about something.”

Julian smiled and watched as Angelo walked off. He would find it fun to see how far he could push Angelo. But right now would not be the best thing to do to Angelo. As long as Jeff did not get wind of what he was doing then this was going to be fun. Soon enough Angelo would not trust shadow and shadow would flee this encampment because of the pressure he would get from the rest of the family.
Angelo slowly walked along the way that he could smell Shadow. It was interesting the scents he was picking up as he walked. Frist it was the ratty man that made him feel like a disgusting child and then it was the two cute ladys. As their scents became stronger he heard the sound of the girls giggaling. Slowly taking a breath he thought of what he should do. He did not want others to know that he was fallowing his sire. The others would come looking for him and he really did not want them disturbing them. at that moment one of the sisters dared the other to dive as far down as she could. They both went under and Angelo quickly crossed to the path up to the falls.
As he reached the top he looked around and then slowly walked over to Shadow. “do you need to feed? I am full and feel like I might burst, would you like to?” Angelo slipped his fingers through Shadows hair.

“I am sorry Shadow, I had forgotten that you have never been a part of a wagon train before and that this would all be new to you. I feel back on old habits.” Shifting around so that they both would be comfortable he lifted Shadows hand and kissed it. “you have done so much for me that I cant begin to thank you for and yet I still forget to make sure your feeling ok.” It hurt him to see shadow this way. For as long as they had been with each other Shadow had been the strong one, the one controlling every thing but now… now Angelo would have to be Shadows protector. “how long can you feed off me if I have donors?” already he was thinking of the others in the small group he had met and if any of them would be good for them.
Julian was lovely, hansom and attractive but there was something there that just made him seem like a bad boy. Something about him was just not right, it excited Angelo but now he could not go on what he wanted, but what they needed. He knew this world just like Shadow knew the world of the home Rooted people. Now he had to show Shadow how to life here.

“I don’t think you upset over nothing, you just are not used to this.” He waved his hand at where the rest of the clan was. “and your used to me being close to you, so when I just up and took off, because I was falling back into old habits. You felt off kilter, like the world had just knocked the ground from under you.” leaning in he gently kissed Shadows lips. The tasted of them surprised him, he had forgotten how good they felt and tasted and now with the blood flowing through him, they only became more so. All thoughts of Julian and the clan lost from his mind. All he could think of was Shadow, and making him feel safe and happy. Pulling back Angelo looked down at Shadow.
“I am fully fed now, if your hungry, and I think I may know of a few others that would not mind being my feeders, maybe the next one I pick I will make sure they don’t mind being with both of us?” Angelo smiled a smile of hope.

Enjoying the kiss Angelo sighed then cupped Shadows face in his hands. “who was that man you were talking to while I was with the others. He seemed interesting.” Carefully standing up Angelo looked around, after a moment he found a different path then the one they had come up on and pulled Shadow along it. “this one looks better, we wont pass by the twins, they are sweet but not to my taste.” Somewhere in the back of his mind a map of the area formed and he led them along a path that at times seemed not to even be there. As they neared where he thought the wagons should been, he stopped.

Angelo did not fully hear Shadow speak as he was seeing the attack on his wagon train. His mother and sister. He fell to his knees his mind fighting to understand what he was seeing and what he was not. Without thinking about it he moved to his old wagon, the paint on it was faded and a few of the boards were lose. The door when he opened it fell to the ground the hinges rotted away. Inside the floor boards were dust covered but other then that is looked like the owner had just left it. Anglo called out a name that he had not called out in years and tumbled into the wagon. Quickly he crawled over to the dust covered bed and pulled himself up into It, his face streaked with tears. He knew that she was gone but to now see his old home and to find it real was a shock to him. “shadow?” his voice quivered with an unknowing to it. he was afraid that Shadow had been a dream and he was still that little boy who had just seen his family die. His hand reached out for Shadow.

His mind cleared and the images of the past disappeared from his eyes, and now all he saw was the abandoned wagon and Shadow. “this was my home, my wagon.” His voice trembled with the sadness. “this is where my mother used to sing to me, I did not know that it was still here.” Gently he pulled on Shadow to lay down beside him in the bed. “I had thought that the wagons would have been removed and that there would be no trace of what happened.”

“I think that I will be, but I would like to stay here for a time.” The sounds of the rain starting hitting the roof made Angelo look up. “I don’t think we can go out any time soon, and they wont be leaving without us. We are new and do not know where next the clan will go so they will not leave us behind.” Cuddling up closely to Shadow Angelo sighed. His neck open to Shadows, so if he wanted to feed he could. Angelo now only wished to give to Shadow what he had been giving to Angelo for the past few times that Angelo needed it. “take what you need I have fed resently.”

Angelo sighed and let the feelings wash over him as Shadow fed. His fingers reached up and intwined in his hair. He wanted the feeling to continue forever but he knew that it could not last that long. Was he broken to long for this feeling to last? If shadow did feed for forever then he, Angelo would die yet he still longed for it. when shadow stopped Angelo sighed again and curled up into shadows hold. He was different then he had been when last he had lain here with someone. then it had been his sister, the night before the attack. She had been telling him that it had just been a dream and he need not fear it. now he knew what he had dreamt was not a dream but what was to come. It had been shadow feeding on him that had scared him, but now Angelo could only find pleasure in it.
“will it always be that way with us now? Only on a rear time will you take from me that which you need?” he was sadden by the thought that they never would be that close again.

Not being prepared for the second bite Angelo gasped , his eyes fluttered closed. This was different, this was better. there was something about the taking of blood that felt intimate but this, this was different. His mind fluttered about trying to stay focused on what was going on but the sensations was pulling off into a bliss he had not felt for a long time. He whimpered, he had missed this. It had been some time since he had known Shadow to have full control over him, but now, now Angelo would have done anything to keep this going.
~I had forgotten, its been to long.~

~It has been busy, and I was distracted by my sisters death for a while. I am sorry love, it is not just your fault for our neglect.” His mind was slowly being pulled back to the world around him. reaching out he pulled Shadow closer to him. his fingers also fallowing Shadows and entwining into Shadows hair. ~my love do you still need blood, if so I don’t think that you need to hold back. I feel as I felt when I was human.~

Angelo’s fingers tightened in shadows hair as he let the feelings wash over him again. it was then that he realized that this was near to the same feelings that he felt when he feed off of Julian. trying not to let the sensation over take him again, he tried to ride the wave of sensation. ~I will tell you if I feel that way but for now, it has been some time since we were…~ he let the thought go, knowing that if Shadow wished it he would take the hint. And he did not want to have to hear Shadow say no to what he wanted.