Night Blood

Chapter 1

(1850's in Scotland)

As Night Blood sat down on one of the lower tree braches in the dense woods, a large procession was traveling down a dirt road that was located about fifty feet from his position. The only time he had ever seen that many humans was in a village. He thought it looked like an entire village of oomans was making a pilgrimage, but he just did not know where to. Even though, he could care less where they were going, he was just enjoying some quiet time away from his ship and obnoxious unblooded Yautja, who were very full of themselves and could not wait for anything.

Night Blood had temporarily removed his mask but remained invisible. Looking over at the parade of humans, he saw a huge gold and turquoise colored box that had four spoke wheels and six black creatures pulling it in front. Night Blood then remembered that the box was called a carriage and the black creatures were called horses.

That is when he saw a human female poke her head out of the carriage window. In fact, she had the upper portion of her body stuck out of the window and she was smiling.

Night Blood thought that the young female was attractive for a human. Her strawberry blonde hair was pulled back away from her heart-shaped face, save for a few stray tendrils that were hanging loose at the base of her neck. Her eyebrows were delicately arched over her almond-shaped lavender colored eyes. Her nose was pin-straight, except it was slightly turned up at the end. Her lips were the color of a dark pink rose, full and pouty. From what he could see of her upper body, she was wearing an off-the-shoulder pale blue satin gown with matching lace that was sewn over the top of it, which emphasized the swell of her breasts. Around her delicate neck, she wore a gold chain that had a single pearl drop that dipped down to being just slightly above the swell of her breasts. She also wore a set of matching earrings. As he looked at all the skin that was available to his view, he thought that her skin reminded him of cream. Soft and inviting.

It also reminded him of the fact that he had been without a mate for a long time, so anything female was a temptation. He knew he could abstain until he got back home and there were plenty of females to be had. Many of the females would kill to have him mate with them but the problem was that he did not find any of them appealing after one round. He was finally looking for someone that he could take as a life mate. He wanted a female who was not solely interested in him for mating but someone who could spark his interest. He needed a female who was willing to travel the galaxy with him and who could fight by his side without him having to ask.

Sighing heavily, Night Blood continued to watch the processional as it continued its trek down the road. The young female was still gazing in wide wonder at everything that she saw. However, it was her eyes that entranced him. He had never seen purple eyes on any human before. He was used to seeing them with either brown, blue, or sometimes green but never purple. He figured that would be a good enough reason for any male to choose her as a potential mate.

Night Blood leaned his head back against the tree and shut his golden eyes against the sunlight that came dancing through the trees. He felt as though his day could not have been any more perfect than what it was right now. The day was very warm, the sun was shining brightly, there was not a cloud in the sky, and most importantly, none of his unblooded crewmembers was there to aggravate him.

He was just about to doze off when he heard a couple of branches cracking. Looking over, he saw several human males making their way on horses towards the road, specifically the carriage that housed the lavender eyed female. Night Blood did not think that these males were part of her troop, so he decided to keep watch just to see if any of them attempted to attack. If they did, he would intervene and enjoy a little bit of hunting as well as saving lives all in one day.

"DAWSON!" Night Blood heard the female scream when the approaching men started to attack the troop. Oh well, time to have some fun without the rest of the crew.

Well, what do you think so far? Do you see anything I need to add or explain? If so, let me know so this way I can add it into the next chapter. This story should have been the first in the series but I did not think about adding it until after I started "To Catch a Warrior". So, please forgive me and do not strangle me for the confusion.