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Full of winding trails over the cliffs and into hundreds of uncharted acres of forest. Parts are swampy and other parts are simply confusing if you wonder off the trail. Large Witch gatherings take place here on special occasions.
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Artemus's motorcycle was off trail parked and covered by limbs. He undressed and folded his clothes with it before he took snake form. If he was lucky he could strike somebody for just a small bit of their soul energy. He slithered through the woods. The species of snake he shifted into was a five foot long Leopard Boa...certainly not a native to the area. He slithered along the side of the trail hoping to run into some early joggers. He had to feed to take mortal form during the day and he had never taken the trails before, but he got a good map of the area and the woods seemed secluded fi he caught someone he could get more than enough if they travelled back far enough on the trails. The trails were not even mapped so it seemed that the only thing stopping people from coming this way would be local superstition, but as God fearing as the people were here he doubted such a thing existed.

Aurelia had jogged from her home to the woods. She was listening to music and not really paying attention to her surroundings. As she ran, she went onto of the the many trails that most of the locals avoided. It was a nice secluded area that ran right next to the marshy waters and lively green woodlands. She smiled as she ran, allowing herself to clear her mind. She was still annoyed with that man from before, he had made her waste a perfectly good Sex on the Beach. Now after an eventful evening, here she was without getting even a wink of sleep she was jogging at the crack of dawn, hardly no one was ever out here this early aside from her. As she ran she paused for a moment, catching her breath, and gazing around at the beauty of nature. She took a deep breath and sighed. "A true shame I couldn't be as beautiful as you are." She whispered to the greenery around her. Unlike most she didn't believe in God, in fact what she believed in was nature itself. She worshiped it and has gotten criticized for it, but no can beat her in her reasoning for why she worships nature. It's a completely logical reason too, unlike most beliefs, she can prove nature exists. After admiring her surroundings, Aurie started jogging again and unknowingly found herself drawings closer to Artemus.

Artemus's senses were going haywire as he tasted the air with his tongue and the familiar scent of Aurelia was nearing. If snakes could grin he would have. Artemus coiled up a tree and rested on a low branch as she approached. She was completely lost in her own world. Artemus waited a second before she passed under him and struck out quickly. His mouth open and fangs extended he locked onto her upper arm. Sticking his fangs deep into her skin he hung on tightly. He was going to get as much as possible to drain her. It would only make her weak for a few days, but at least the witch would be far more vulnerable no matter the time limit it took to kill her. Her soul would be missing a piece. His eyes turned blood red. He began to suck in a deep red light through his fangs flowing form her like blood just glowing. He finally released and dropped onto the old boards that clearly hadn't seen maintenance in what seemed like fifty years. He fell with the thud and shook his head a bit feeling the pressure. Then his deep glowing red eyes faded in light but kept their colour. He showed his fangs at her wondering if she would recognize him. If so he was currently the vulnerable one. He wasn't one for testing if he could swim as a snake and his only option now was either charge her or race the other way. With energy coursing through his veins he became as reckless as her. He darted forward fangs barred and pure muscle slithering right at her.

Aurelia had to started to jog again when the snake had latched onto her. Naturally she screamed and grabbed the snake by its head. Using the element of fire she burned the snake, at least until it had let go of her, then she threw it. Her vision had grown blurry and her mind fuzzy, and she swayed uneasily. As he had taken a fragment of her soul it had left her disoriented and addled. As Artemus charged at her again, she collapsed before he even met her. This had been the break he was looking, right? Not only was she weak and vulnerable, but they were in a secluded area and she was unconscious. He had wanted to kill her so much, this would best break the world had to offer him. Aurelia was laying on the old boards, helplessly. Her caramel brown hair covered her face for the most part, only leaving her full, but slightly parted lips visible. Even unconscious Aurie was very beautiful, but to the man,or rather snake, before her, beauty wasn't going to save her, not in a long shot. She then shifted and moaned, her citrus eyes fluttered and she began to wake up again, though the fact remained that she was still easy prey.

Artemus slithered up her body coiling aorund her leg before sliding between her thighs and positioning hismelf on her stomach. This was too easy. He wanted a challenge. elvoed achallenge and he went out of hsi way to have one. Slowly with the bit of soul in him the aura of red on him began to burn away glowing brightly. The serpent started growing longer and larger limbs ripping through it's sides and slowly a face taking the serpent head's place and finally a fully grown Artemus in the buff was holding himself over her. "This is it for you Witch. I have every desire to make you suffer beyond the quick deaths I provide with most of my Witch victims. You will die slowly and painfully." He punched her in the face one hard time to knock her unconscious more fully. He knew the Witch would heal and have no bleeding or bruises from the experience maybe a light headache, but that was all. He lifted her into his arms and raced back to his motorcycle and clothes. It was about two miles off but his inhuman strength gave him speed. He laid her unconscious body across his bike and pulling on his clothes. He then pulled out iron handcuffs and wrapped her arms around his waist as he put them on. She wouldn't be able to get off the bike without taking him with her and she couldn't choke him with her hands together aorund his waist. He started the bike and floored it into a wheelie heading toward the Iron Horse Inn, where he had a room.

He pulled into the parking lot and was happy to see no one around. He pulled himself free of her hands and scooped her into hsi arms like a newlywed couple. Artemus unlocked his room door tossing the Witch onto his bed and used two more sets of iron handcuffs to strap her to the headboard. He grabbed his ice bucket and filled it with cold water before slapshing it on the Witch..."Wake up."

((Post at Iron Horse Inn))

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{Artemus took Aurelia to the Iron Horse Inn.}